Alyn and Deeside (Senedd constituency)

Alyn and Deeside
*Alun a Glannau Dyfrdwy*
Alyn and Deeside; Alun a Glannau Dyfrdwy
Senedd county constituency; for the Senedd
	Alyn and Deeside shown within the North Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd county constituency
Created	1999
Party	Labour
MS	Jack Sargeant
Preserved county	Clwyd

Alyn and Deeside (Welsh: Alun a Glannau Dyfrdwy) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the North Wales electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to nine constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The constituency has been represented by Jack Sargeant since February 2018.

Boundaries

Map of current boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Alyn and Deeside Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of Clwyd. For the 2007 Assembly election, there were minor changes to the constituency's boundaries. For Westminster purposes, the same boundary changes became effective at the 2010 United Kingdom general election.

When created in 1999, the North Wales region included the constituencies of Alyn and Deeside, Caernarfon, Clwyd West, Clwyd South, Conwy, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn (Anglesey).

Since the 2007 election, the region includes Aberconwy, Alyn and Deeside, Arfon, Clwyd South, Clwyd West, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn (Anglesey).

History

The constituency has been held by Labour since its creation. The assembly member Carl Sargeant served as Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children from 19 May 2016 until his resignation on 3 November 2017 following his suspension from the Labour Party due to "shocking and distressing" allegations about his personal behaviour.^[1] The seat was vacant following his death by suicide on 7 November 2017 and remained vacant until the by-election in the constituency took place on 6 February 2018, which was won by Carl's son Jack Sargeant for the Labour Party.

Voting

In general elections for the Senedd, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Member of the Senedd for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

Assembly Members and Members of the Senedd

	Member	Party
1999	Tom Middlehurst	Labour
2003	Carl Sargeant
2018	Jack Sargeant

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Alyn and Deeside^[2]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Sargeant^[a]	12,622	48.8	+3.1	10,658	41.2	+2.5
	Conservative	Abigail Mainon	8,244	31.9	+10.9	8,259	32.0	+9.9
	Plaid Cymru	Jack Morris	1,886	7.3	-1.7	2,247	8.7	-0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Twells	1,584	6.1	+1.6	1,309	5.1	+1.8
	UKIP	Felix Aubel	898	3.5	-13.9	615	2.4	-13.7
	Reform UK	Richard Purviss	401	1.6	New	297	1.1	New
	Freedom Alliance (UK)	Lien Davies	208	0.8	New	176	0.7	New
	Abolish					1,168	4.5	-1.1
	Green					766	3.0	+0.9
	Gwlad					101	0.4	New
	Independent	Michelle Brown				82	0.3	New
	Communist					81	0.3	-0.2
	Propel					60	0.2	New
	TUSC					28	0.1	New
Majority			4,378	16.9	−7.8
Turnout			25,843	39.22^[3]	+4.2
	Labour hold		Swing
Notes ^ Incumbent member for this constituency

Elections in the 2010s

A by-election took place on 6 February 2018, following the death of incumbent AM Carl Sargeant.^[4]^[5]

By-election 2018: Alyn and Deeside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Sargeant	11,267	60.7	+15.0
	Conservative	Sarah Atherton	4,722	25.4	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Donna Lalek	1,176	6.3	+1.8
	Plaid Cymru	Carrie Harper	1,059	5.7	−3.3
	Green	Duncan Rees	353	1.9	−0.5
Majority			6,545	35.3	+10.6
Turnout			18,577	29.1	−5.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.3

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Alyn and Deeside^[6]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Sargeant	9,922	45.7	−6.9	8,413	38.7	-4.1
	Conservative	Mike Gibbs	4,558	21.0	-7.1	4,797	22.1	-4.3
	UKIP	Michelle Brown	3,765	17.4	New	3,496	16.1	+10.1
	Plaid Cymru	Jacqueline Hurst	1,944	9.0	+1.5	2,006	9.2	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Williams	980	4.5	−3.1	719	3.3	-2.4
	Green	Martin Bennewith	527	2.4	New	447	2.1	-0.1
	Abolish					1,211	5.6	New
	Monster Raving Loony					253	1.2	New
	Association of Welsh Independents					181	0.8	New
	Communist					111	0.5	+0.2
	Mark Young - Independent					101	0.5	New
Majority			5,364	24.7	+0.2
Turnout			21,696	35.0	−2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.1

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Alyn and Deeside^[8]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Sargeant	11,978	52.6	+13.7	9,749	42.8	+6.9
	Conservative	John Bell	6,397	28.1	+5.2	6,018	26.4	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Williams	1,725	7.6	−2.3	1,290	5.7	-5.0
	Plaid Cymru	Shane Brennan	1,710	7.5	+0.9	2,042	9.0	+0.8
	BNP	Michael Whitby	959	4.2	New	866	3.8	-3.3
	UKIP					1,366	6.0	-0.1
	Socialist Labour					591	2.6	+0.9
	Green					497	2.2	-0.5
	Welsh Christian					168	0.7	±0.0
	Weyman - Independent					119	0.5	New
	Communist					64	0.3	-0.2
Majority			5,581	24.5	+8.5
Turnout			22,769	37.0	+1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.3

Regional ballots rejected: 226^[10]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Alyn and Deeside
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Sargeant	8,196	38.9	−7.8	7,535	35.9	-4.4
	Conservative	Will Gallagher	4,834	22.9	−0.6	5,475	26.1	+3.5
	Independent	Dennis Hutchinson	3,241	15.4	New
	Liberal Democrats	Paul J. Brighton	2,091	9.9	-6.8	2,238	10.7	-2.6
	Plaid Cymru	Dafydd M. Passe	1,398	6.6	-1.1	1,714	8.2	-2.5
	UKIP	William Crawford	1,335	6.3	+0.8	1,285	6.1	+2.3
	BNP					1,498	7.1	New
	Green					576	2.7	-1.0
	Socialist Labour					350	1.7	New
	Welsh Christian					144	0.7	New
	Communist					113	0.5	New
	CPA					45	0.2	New
Majority			3,362	16.0	−7.2
Turnout			21,095	35.5	+10.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.6

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Alyn and Deeside
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Sargeant	7,036	46.7	−4.7	6,062	40.3
	Conservative	Matthew G. Wright	3,533	23.5	+5.6	3,397	22.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul J. Brighton	2,509	16.7	+6.8	1,993	13.3
	Plaid Cymru	Richard S. Coombs	1,160	7.7	−4.4	1,610	10.7
	UKIP	William Crawford	826	5.5	New	573	3.8
	Green					556	3.7
	John Marek Independent Party					656	4.4
	Cymru Annibynnol					65	0.4
	Communist					89	0.6
	ProLife Alliance					26	0.2
Majority			3,503	23.2	−10.3
Turnout			15,064	24.9	−7.2
	Labour hold		Swing

2003 Electorate: 60,518
Regional ballots rejected: 120

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Alyn and Deeside
Party		Candidate	Constituency^[13]			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Middlehurst	9,772	51.4	N/A	9,315	49.1	N/A
	Conservative	Neil Formstone	3,413	17.9	N/A	4,114	21.7	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Ann Owen	2,304	12.1	N/A	2,572	13.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jeff Clarke	1,879	9.9	N/A	2,083	11.0	N/A
	Independent	John Cooksey	1,333	7.0	N/A
	Communist	Glyn Davies	329	1.7	N/A	119	0.6	N/A
	Green					Unknown
	Natural Law					Unknown
	Socialist Alliance					Unknown
	Rhuddlan Debt Protest Campaign					Unknown
	Above list parties					764	4.0	N/A
Majority			6,359	33.5	N/A
Turnout			19,030	32.1	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes

^ Peck, Tom (3 November 2017). "Welsh government minister resigns after being suspended over 'shocking and distressing' allegations". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 3 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
^ [1] Alyn and Deeside Statement of Persons Nominated
^ Hayward, Will (7 May 2021). "The voter turnout figures for every constituency in Wales". WalesOnline. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Sacked Labour minister dies". 7 November 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
^ "Carl Sargeant death: Alyn and Deeside by-election set for February". BBC News. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
^ "Wrexham– Welsh Assembly Constituency – Election 2016". BBC News. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
^ "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
^ "Wales elections > Alyn and Deeside". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales Election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
^ "2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
^ The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
^ "Wales elections > Alyn and Deeside". BBC News. 6 May 1999. Retrieved 28 October 2017.