Caernarfon (Assembly constituency)
| Caernarfon | |
|---|---|
| Former Former county constituency for the Welsh Assembly | |
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| Former Former county constituency | |
| Created | 1999 |
| Abolished | 2007 |
| Preserved county | Gwynedd |
| Created from | Caernarfon |
| Replaced by | Arfon and Dwyfor Meirionnydd |
Caernarfon was a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales from 1999 to 2007. It was one of nine constituencies in the North Wales electoral region until the abolition of the seat. The constituency elected one Assembly Member by the first past the post method, while the North Wales region elected four additional members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the area as a whole.[1]
Boundaries
editThe constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Caernarfon Westminster constituency. It was entirely within the preserved county of Gwynedd.
The other eight constituencies of the region were Alyn and Deeside, Clwyd West, Clwyd South, Conwy, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn.
The constituency was abolished at the 2007 election. Part of the constituency then joined the new Arfon constituency, and part the new Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency, both constituencies entirely within the preserved county of Gwynedd. The Arfon constituency is within the North Wales electoral region. The Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency is within the Mid and West Wales region.
Assembly members
edit| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Dafydd Wigley | Plaid Cymru | |
| 2003 | Alun Ffred Jones | ||
| 2007 | constituency abolished; see Arfon and Dwyfor Meirionnydd | ||
Elections
edit| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Alun Ffred Jones | 11,675 | 55.0 | −10.8 | 10,335 | 48.6 | -10.1 | |
| Labour | Martin Eaglestone | 5,770 | 27.2 | +4.5 | 5,127 | 24.1 | +0.7 | |
| Conservative | Goronwy Edwards | 2,402 | 11.3 | +2.6 | 2,459 | 11.6 | +1.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen William Churchman | 1,392 | 6.6 | +3.8 | 1,238 | 5.8 | +1.4 | |
| Cymru Annibynnol | 760 | 3.6 | New | |||||
| Green | 535 | 2.5 | Unknown | |||||
| UKIP | 433 | 2.0 | New | |||||
| John Marek Independent Party | 299 | 1.4 | New | |||||
| Communist | 54 | 0.3 | Unknown | |||||
| ProLife Alliance | 33 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| Majority | 5,905 | 27.8 | −15.3 | |||||
| Turnout | 21,239 | 45.0 | −15.7 | |||||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | −7.7 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | List | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Dafydd Wigley | 18,748 | 65.8 | N/A | 16,661 | 58.7 | ||
| Labour | Tom Jones | 6,475 | 22.7 | N/A | 6,648 | 23.4 | ||
| Conservative | Bronwen Naish | 2,464 | 8.7 | N/A | 2,958 | 10.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Shankland | 791 | 2.8 | N/A | 1,237 | 4.4 | ||
| Green | Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Natural Law | Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Communist | Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Rhuddlan Debt Protest Campaign | Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Socialist Alliance | Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Collective vote of the above list parties | 880 | 3.1 | ||||||
| Majority | 12,273 | 43.1 | N/A | |||||
| Turnout | 28,748 | 60.5 | N/A | |||||
| Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | ||||||||
2003 Electorate: 47,173
Regional ballots rejected: 259
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "How the Assembly is elected". National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Pages 69, 70 and 78)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ "Election results for Caernarfon – 1999". National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 28 January 2020.