Wrexham (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

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**Wrexham**
Welsh Assembly county constituency

Wrexham shown as one of the 40 Welsh Assembly constituencies
Created:	1999
Electoral region:	North Wales
AM:	John Marek
Party:	Forward Wales
Preserved county:	Clwyd

Wrexham is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member 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.

1 Boundaries
2 Voting
3 Constituency Assembly Members
4 Constituency Election results
5 See also
6 Sources

[edit] 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

[edit] Voting

In general elections for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member 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.

[edit] Constituency Assembly Members

Year	Member	Party
1999	John Marek	Labour
2003	John Marek	Independent

[edit] Constituency Election results

Welsh Assembly Election, 2003: Wrexham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Marek	6,539	37.7
	Labour	Susan Lesley Griffiths	5,566	32.1	-21.0
	Conservative	Janet Finch-Saunders	2,228	12.8	-2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Dr. Tom Rippeth	1,701	9.8	-6.1
	Plaid Cymru	Peter Ryder	1,329	7.7	-7.6
Majority			973	5.6
Turnout			17363	34.4	-12.2
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election, 1999: Wrexham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Marek	9,239	53.1
	Liberal Democrats	Carole O’Toole	2,767	15.9
	Conservative	Felicity Elphick	2,747	15.8
	Plaid Cymru	Janet Ryder	2,659	15.3
Majority			6,472	37.2
Turnout			17412	34.2
	Labour hold		Swing