Wrexham (Senedd Cymru constituency)

Wrexham (Welsh: Wrecsam) is a constituency of Senedd Cymru. 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.

Not to be confused with Wrexham (UK Parliament constituency).

Wrexham
Senedd Cymru county constituency
Wrexham shown within the North Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd Cymru county constituency
Created1999
PartyLabour
MSLesley Griffiths
Preserved countyClwyd

Boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Wrexham Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of Clwyd.

As created in 1999, the North Wales region includes the constituencies of Alyn and Deeside, Caernarfon, Clwyd West, Clwyd South, Conwy, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn. For the 2007 Assembly election the region will include Aberconwy, Alyn and Deeside, Arfon, Clwyd South, Clwyd West, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn.

The constituency of Wrexham is divided into the electoral divisions: Acton, Borras Park, Brynyffynnon, Cartrefle, Erddig, Garden Village, Gresford East and West, Grosvenor, Gwersyllt East and South, Gwersyllt North, Gwersyllt West, Hermitage, Holt, Little Acton, Llay, Maesydre, Marford and Hoseley, Offa, Queensway, Rhosnesni, Rossett, Smithfield, Stansty, Whitegate, Wynnstay

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.

Members of the Senedd
ElectionMemberPartyPortrait
1999 John Marek Labour
2003 John Marek Independent Party
2003 Forward Wales
2007 Lesley Griffiths Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s
Assembly Election 2016: Wrexham[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lesley Griffiths 7,552 37.1 −7.7
Conservative Andrew Atkinson 6,227 30.6 +3.7
Plaid Cymru Carrie Harper 2,631 12.9 −1.0
UKIP Jeanette Stefani 2,393 11.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Beryl Blackmore 1,140 5.6 −8.8
Green Alan Butterwoth 411 2.0 N/A
Majority 1,325 6.5 −11.4
Turnout 20,354 39.5 +3.3
Labour hold Swing −5.7
Assembly Election 2011: Wrexham[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lesley Griffiths 8,368 44.8 +16.0
Conservative John Marek 5,031 26.9 +9.7
Liberal Democrats Bill Brereton 2,692 14.4 −2.3
Plaid Cymru Marc Jones 2,596 13.9 +4.3
Majority 3,337 17.9 +11.5
Turnout 18,687 36.2 −2.6
Labour hold Swing +3.2

Elections in the 2000s
Assembly Election 2007: Wrexham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lesley Griffiths 5,633 28.8 −3.3
Forward Wales John Marek 4,383 22.4 −15.3
Conservative Felicity Elphick 3,372 17.2 +4.4
Liberal Democrats Bruce Roberts 3,268 16.7 +6.9
Plaid Cymru Sion Aled Owen 1,878 9.6 +1.9
UKIP Peter Lewis 1,033 5.3 N/A
Majority 1,250 6.4
Turnout 19,576 38.8 +4.4
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Assembly Election 2003: Wrexham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
John Marek Independent Party John Marek 6,539 37.7 N/A
Labour Lesley Griffiths 5,566 32.1 −21.0
Conservative Janet Finch-Saunders 2,228 12.8 −2.9
Liberal Democrats Thomas Philip Rippeth 1,701 9.8 −6.1
Plaid Cymru Peter Ryder 1,329 7.7 −7.6
Majority 973 5.6
Turnout 17,363 34.4 −12.2
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1990s
Assembly Election 1999: Wrexham[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Marek 9,239 53.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Carole O’Toole 2,767 15.9 N/A
Conservative Felicity Elphick 2,747 15.8 N/A
Plaid Cymru Janet Ryder 2,659 15.3 N/A
Majority 6,472 37.2 N/A
Turnout 17,412 34.2 N/A
Labour win (new seat)

See also

References
  1. "BBC News Election 2016". BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. "BBC News Election 2011". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  3. "BBC News Election 1999". BBC News. 6 May 1999. Retrieved 29 October 2017.

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