Wrexham (Assembly constituency)

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Not to be confused with Wrexham (UK Parliament constituency).
Wrexham
National Assembly for Wales
county constituency
Wrexham shown within the
North Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Created: 1999
AM: Lesley Griffiths
Party: Labour
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.

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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 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] Members of the National Assembly for Wales

Election Member Party
1999 John Marek Labour
2003 John Marek Independent
2007 Lesley Griffiths Labour

[edit] Constituency Election results

Welsh Assembly Election, 2007: Wrexham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lesley Griffiths 5,633 28.8 -3.3
Independent John Marek 4,383 22.4 -15.3
Conservative Felicity Elphick 3,372 17.2 +4.4
Liberal Democrat Bruce Roberts 3,268 16.7 +6.9
Plaid Cymru Sion Owen 1,878 9.6 +1.9
UK Independence Peter Lewis 1,033 5.3 +5.3
Majority 1,250 6.4
Turnout 19,576 38.8 +4.4
Labour gain from Independent Swing
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 Democrat Dr. Tom Rippeth 1,701 9.8 -6.1
Plaid Cymru Peter Ryder 1,329 7.7 -7.6
Majority 973 5.6
Turnout 17,363 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 Democrat 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

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