Conwy (National Assembly for Wales constituency)
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| Conwy shown as one of the 40 Welsh Assembly constituencies |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| Electoral region: | North Wales |
| AM: | Denise Idris Jones |
| Party: | Labour |
| Preserved counties: | Clwyd and Gwynedd |
Conwy 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.
[edit] Boundaries
The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Conwy Westminster constituency. It is partly within the preserved county of Clwyd and partly within the preserved county of Gwynedd.
The other eight constituencies of the region are Alyn and Deeside, Caernarfon, Clwyd South, Clwyd West, Delyn, Meirionnydd Nant Conwy, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn.
The Conwy constituency will be replaced for the 2007 Assembly election. Its area will be partly within the Arfon constituency, and partly within the Aberconwy constituency. Arfon will be entirely within the preserved county of Clwyd and Aberconwy will be entirely within the preserved county of Gwynedd. Both of these constituencies will be in the North Wales electoral region. For Westminster purposes, the new constituency boundaries will be come effective for the next United Kingdom general election.
[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] Election results
Bubb, Guto, Welsh Conservative and Unionist Party: 5152
Jones, Gareth, Plaid Cymru: 6395
Jones-Idris, Denise , Welsh Labour Party: 6467
Graham Rees Welsh, Liberal Democrats: 2914
Labour Hold
