Vale of Clwyd ( Assembly constituency)

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Wrexham National Assembly for Wales county constituency
Wrexham shown within the North Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Created:	1999
AM:	Ann Jones
Party:	Labour
Preserved county:	Clwyd

Vale of Clwyd 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Voting 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Vale of Clwyd Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of Clwyd. For the 2007 Assembly election, the constituency will include an area currently within the Clwyd West constituency. For Westminster purposes, the same boundary change will become effective for 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. 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.

[edit] Voting

In 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] See also

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

[edit] References

v • d • e Electoral regions and Constituencies of the National Assembly for Wales Mid and West Wales Brecon and Radnorshire · Carmarthen East and Dinefwr · Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire · Ceredigion · Dwyfor Meirionnydd · Llanelli · Montgomeryshire · Preseli Pembrokeshire North Wales Aberconwy · Alyn and Deeside · Arfon · Clwyd South · Clwyd West · Delyn · Vale of Clwyd · Wrexham South Wales Central Cardiff Central · Cardiff North · Cardiff South and Penarth · Cardiff West · Cynon Valley · Pontypridd · Rhondda · Vale of Glamorgan South Wales East Blaenau Gwent · Caerphilly · Islwyn · Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney · Monmouth · Newport East · Newport West · Torfaen South Wales West Aberavon · Bridgend · Gower · Neath · Ogmore · Swansea East · Swansea West