Caernarfon (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

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

Coordinates: 52°58′34″N 4°18′29″W / 52.976°N 4.308°W / 52.976; -4.308

Caernarfon
Former Welsh Assembly county constituency
Caernarfon
Caernarfon shown as one of the 40
Welsh Assembly constituencies from 1999 to 2007
Created: 1999
Abolished: 2007
Electoral region: North Wales
Preserved county: Gwynedd

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[]

The 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 electoral region.

Assembly members[]

Election Member Party
1999 Dafydd Wigley Plaid Cymru
2003 Alun Ffred Jones
2007 constituency abolished; see Arfon and Dwyfor Meirionnydd

Elections[]

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Caernofon
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[2]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Alun Ffred Jones 11,675 55.0 −10.9 10,335 48.6
Labour Martin Eaglestone 5,770 27.2 +4.4 5,127 24.1
Conservative Goronwy Edwards 2,402 11.3 +2.7 2,459 11.6
Liberal Democrats Stephen William Churchman 1,392 6.6 +3.8 1,238 5.8
Cymru Annibynnol 760 3.6
Green 535 2.5
UKIP 433 2.0
John Marek Independent Party 299 1.4
Communist 54 0.3
ProLife Alliance 33 0.2
Majority 5,905 27.8 −15.3
Turnout 21,239 45.0 −15.7
Plaid Cymru hold Swing −7.7
Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Caernarfon[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Dafydd Wigley 18,748 65.8 N/A
Labour Tom Jones 6,475 22.7 N/A
Conservative Bronwen Naish 2,464 8.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats David Shankland 791 2.8 N/A
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[]

  • North Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)
  • National Assembly for Wales constituencies and electoral regions

References[]

  1. ^ "How the Assembly is elected". National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  2. ^ "2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Pages 69, 70 and 78)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Election results for Caernarfon – 1999". National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
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