Alyn and Deeside (Assembly constituency)

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Not to be confused with Alyn and Deeside (UK Parliament constituency).
Alyn and Deeside
National Assembly for Wales
county constituency
Alyn and Deeside shown within the
North Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Created: 1999
AM: Carl Sargeant
Party: Labour
Preserved county: Clwyd

Alyn and Deeside 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.

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[edit] Boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Alyn and Deeside Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of Clwyd. For the 2007 Assembly election, there were minor changes to the constituency's boundaries. For Westminster purposes, the same boundary changes will become effective at the next United Kingdom general election.

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 (Anglesey). From the 2007 election the region includes Aberconwy, Alyn and Deeside, Arfon, Clwyd South, Clwyd West, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn (Anglesey).

[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] Assembly Members

Period Member Party
1999 - 2003 Tom Middlehurst Labour Party
2003 - present Carl Sargeant Labour Party

[edit] Elections

Assembly Election 2007: Alyn and Deeside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carl Sargeant 8,196 38.8
Conservative Will Gallagher 4,834 22.9
Independent Dennis Hutchinson 3,241 15.4
Liberal Democrat Paul Brighton 2,091 9.9
Plaid Cymru Dafydd Passe 1,398 6.6
UK Independence William Crawford 1,335 6.3
Majority 3,362 15.9
Turnout 21,095 35.5
Labour hold Swing
Assembly Election 2003: Alyn and Deeside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carl Sargeant 7,036 46.7 -4.6
Conservative Matthew Wright 3,533 23.5 +5.5
Liberal Democrat Paul Brighton 2,509 16.7 +6.8
Plaid Cymru Richard Coombs 1,160 7.7 -4.4
UK Independence William Crawford 826 5.5 +5.5
Majority 3,503 23.3 -10.2
Turnout 15,172 25.1 -7.2
Labour hold Swing
Assembly Election 1999: Alyn and Deeside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Middlehurst 9,772 51.4
Conservative Neil Formstone 3,413 17.9
Plaid Cymru Ann Owen 2,304 12.1
Liberal Democrat Jeff Clarke 1,879 9.9
Independent John Cooksey 1,333 7.0
Communist Glyn Davies 329 1.7
Majority 6,359 33.5
Turnout 19,030 32.1
Labour hold Swing

[edit] See also

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Electoral regions and Constituencies of the National Assembly for Wales
Mid and West Wales
North Wales
Aberconwy · Alyn and Deeside · Arfon · Clwyd South · Clwyd West · Delyn · Vale of Clwyd · Wrexham
South Wales Central
South Wales East
South Wales West
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