List of Parliamentary constituencies in Gwynedd
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There are four constitencies covering Gwynedd. They are all county constituencies (CCs), and are used also, since the 1999 Welsh Assembly election, for elections to the National Assembly for Wales.
Gwynedd is one of the eight preserved counties of Wales, and shares its name with one of the two principal areas of which that county consists. The other principal area is Anglesey.
Two of the constituencies straddle the boundary with another preserved county, and Boundary Commission for Wales proposals for new boundaries have been accepted,[1] to become effective for the next United Kingdom general election and the Welsh Assembly election, 2007. The new boundaries define three constituencies covering the preserved county of Gwynydd, all entirely within its boundary.
For Welsh Assembly elections, constituencies are grouped into additional member electoral regions, and changes to constituency boundaries mean, also, changes to regional boundaries.
Boundaries for the four existing constituencies were defined before changes to the boundaries of preserved counties under the Preserved Counties (Amendment to Boundaries) (Wales) Order 2003, which came into effect in 2003, and before changes to local government boundaries under the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, which came into effect in 1996.
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[edit] Westminster boundaries
[edit] Current boundaries
| Constituency | Boundaries |
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| 1. Caernarfon CC (Westminster) |
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| 2. Conwy CC (Westminster) (part) | |
| 3. Meirionnydd Nant Conwy CC (Westminster) (part) | |
| 4. Ynys Môn CC (Westminster) |
The Conwy and Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituencies are partly Clwyd constituencies.
[edit] New boundaries
| Constituency | Boundaries |
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| 1. Arfon CC (Westminster) |
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| 2. Dwyfor Meirionnydd CC (Westminster) | |
| 3. Ynys Môn CC (Westminster) |
[edit] Assembly boundaries
[edit] 1999 to 2007
| Constituency | Assembly region | Constituency boundaries |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Caernarfon CC (Assembly) | North Wales |
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| 2. Conwy CC (Assembly) (part) | ||
| 3. Meirionnydd Nant Conwy CC (Assembly) (part) | Mid and West Wales | |
| 4. Ynys Môn CC (Assembly) | North Wales |
The Conwy and Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituencies are partly Clwyd constituencies.
The North Wales includes, also, five Clwyd constituencies and one which is partly a Clwyd constituency and partly a Powys constituency. The Mid and West Wales region includes, also, five Dyfed constituencies and two Powys constituencies.
[edit] From 2007
| Constituency | Assembly region | Constituency boundaries |
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| 1. Arfon CC (Assembly) | North Wales |
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| 2. Dwyfor Meirionnydd CC (Assembly) | Mid and West Wales | |
| 3. Ynys Môn CC (Assembly) | North Wales |
The North Wales region will include, also, seven Clwyd constituencies. The Mid and West Wales region will include, also, five Dyfed constituencies and two Powys consituencies.
