Ynys Môn (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Ynys Môn (Assembly constituency).

Ynys Môn
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Ynys Môn in Wales.
Preserved county	Gwynedd
Electorate	49,721 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Holyhead, Llangefni, Beaumaris
Current constituency
Created	1545 (1545)
Member of Parliament	Albert Owen (Labour)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
Welsh Assembly	North Wales
European Parliament constituency	Wales

Ynys Môn (Welsh pronunciation: [ˌənɨs ˈmoːn]; called Anglesey until 1983 in English) is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The Ynys Môn Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.

History

The Laws in Wales Act 1535 (26 Hen. VIII, c. 26) provided for a single county seat in the House of Commons for each of twelve historic Welsh counties (including Anglesey) and two for Monmouthshire. Using the modern year, starting on 1 January, these parliamentary constituencies were authorised in 1536. In practice, the first known Knights of the Shire from Wales (as Members of Parliament from county constituencies were known before the nineteenth century) were perhaps not elected until 1545.

The Act contains the following provision, which had the effect of enfranchising the shire of Anglesey.

And that for this present Parliament, and all other Parliaments to be holden and kept for this Realm, one Knight shall be chosen and elected to the same Parliaments for every of the Shires of Brecknock, Radnor, Mountgomery and Denbigh, and for every other Shire within the said Country of Dominion of Wales;

The official name of the constituency in English was Anglesey, until it was replaced by the Welsh name Ynys Môn. Parliament approved the change, to take effect from the United Kingdom general election, 1983. This was purely an alteration of the official name, as no boundary changes were involved.

Boundaries

Geographically, the constituency of Ynys Môn comprises the whole of the main island of Anglesey and the smaller Holy Island.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1545– 1640

Parliament	Member
1545	William Bulkeley
1547	William Bulkeley
1549	Sir Richard Bulkeley (I)
1553 (Mar)	Lewis Ab Owen ap Meurig
1553 (Oct)	William Lewis
1554 (Apr)	Sir Richard Bulkeley (I)
1554 (Nov)	Sir Richard Bulkeley (I)
1555	William Lewis
1558	Rowland Ap Meredydd
1562/3	Richard Bulkeley (II)
1571	Sir Richard Bulkeley (I)
1572	Lewis Ab Owen ap Meurig
1584	Owen Holland
1586	Sir Henry Bagenal
1588	Richard Bulkeley (III)
1593	William Glynne
1597	Hugh Hughes
1601	Thomas Holland
1604	Sir Richard Bulkeley (II)
1614	Sir Richard Bulkeley (II)
1621	Richard Williams
1624	John Mostyn
1625	Sir Sackville Trevor
1626	Richard Bulkeley (IV)
1628	Richard Bulkeley (IV)
1639–1640	No Parliaments summoned

MPs after 1640

Short Parliament

April 1640: John Bodvel

Long Parliament

1640–1644: John Bodvel (Royalist) – disabled to sit, 5 February 1644
1646–1648: Richard Wood – excluded in Pride's Purge, December 1648

Anglesey was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament

First Protectorate Parliament

1654–1655: Col. George Twisleton
1654–1655: William Foxwist

Second Protectorate Parliament

1656–1658: Col. George Twisleton
1656–1658: Griffith Bodwrda

Third Protectorate Parliament

1659: Col. George Twisleton

	Member^[2]^[3]	Party
April 1660	The Viscount Bulkeley	Court
1661	Nicholas Bagenal	Court
February 1679	Hon. Henry Bulkeley	Tory
August 1679	Hon. Richard Bulkeley	Tory
1685	The Viscount Bulkeley	Tory
1689	Hon. Thomas Bulkeley	Tory
1690	The Viscount Bulkeley	Tory
1704	The Viscount Bulkeley	Tory
1715	Owen Meyrick	Whig
1722	The Viscount Bulkeley	Tory
1725	Hugh Williams	Whig
1734	Sir Nicholas Bayly, Bt	Opposition Whig
1741	John Owen	Opposition Whig
1747	Sir Nicholas Bayly, Bt	Opposition Whig
1761	Owen Meyrick	Whig
1770	Sir Nicholas Bayly, Bt	Opposition Whig
1774	The Viscount Bulkeley	Opposition, later allied to Burke and later still to Pitt
1784	Nicholas Bayly	Independent Whig, supported Pitt
1790	Hon. William Paget	Whig, supported Pitt
1794	Hon. Sir Arthur Paget	Whig
1807	Hon. Berkeley Paget	Whig
1820	The Earl of Uxbridge	Whig
1832	Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, Bt	Whig
1837	Hon. William Stanley	Liberal
1847	Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, Bt	Liberal
1868	Richard Davies	Liberal
1886	Thomas Lewis	Liberal (Gladstonian)
1895	Ellis Ellis-Griffith	Liberal
1918	Sir Owen Thomas	Independent Labour
1923	Sir Robert Thomas, Bt	Liberal
1929	Megan Lloyd George	Liberal
1951	Cledwyn Hughes	Labour
1979	Keith Best	Conservative
1983	Name changed to Ynys Môn
1987	Ieuan Wyn Jones	Plaid Cymru
2001	Albert Owen	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Ynys Môn ^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Owen	11,490	33.4	-1.3
	Plaid Cymru	Dylan Rees	9,029	26.2	-4.9
	Conservative	Anthony Ridge-Newman	7,744	22.5	+11.5
	Liberal Democrat	Matt Wood	2,592	7.5	+0.7
	Independent	Peter Rogers	2,225	6.5	-8.2
	UKIP	Elaine Gill	1,201	3.5	+2.5
	Christian	David Owen	163	0.5	+0.5
Majority			2,461	7.1
Turnout			34,444	68.8	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.8

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Ynys Môn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Owen	12,278	34.6	-0.4
	Plaid Cymru	Eurig Wyn	11,036	31.1	-1.5
	Independent	Peter Rogers	5,216	14.7
	Conservative	James Roach	3,915	11.0	-11.5
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Green	2,418	6.8	-1.3
	UKIP	Elaine Gill	367	1.0	-0.1
	Legalise Cannabis	Tim Evans	232	0.7
Majority			1,242	3.5
Turnout			35,462	67.5	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.6

General Election 2001: Ynys Môn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Owen	11,906	35.0	+1.8
	Plaid Cymru	Eilian Williams	11,106	32.6	-6.8
	Conservative	Albie Fox	7,653	22.5	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Bennett	2,772	8.1	+4.3
	UKIP	Francis Wykes	359	1.1	N/A
	Independent	Nona Donald	222	0.7	N/A
Majority			800	2.4
Turnout			34,018	63.7	-11.2
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Ynys Môn^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Ieuan Wyn Jones	15,756	39.5	+2.4
	Labour	Owen Edwards	13,275	33.2	+9.7
	Conservative	Gwilym Owen	8,569	21.5	-13.1
	Liberal Democrat	Deric Burnham	1,537	3.8	-0.6
	Referendum Party	H. Gray-Morris	793	2.0	N/A
Majority			2,481
Turnout				75.4
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Ynys Môn^[7]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Ieuan Wyn Jones	15,984	37.1	−6.1
	Conservative	Gwynn Price Rowlands	14,878	34.6	+1.3
	Labour	Dr Robin O. Jones	10,126	23.5	+6.6
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs Pauline E. Badger	1,891	4.4	−2.3
	Natural Law	Mrs Susan M. Parry	182	0.4	+0.4
Majority			1,106	2.6	−7.4
Turnout			43,061	80.6	−1.0
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing	−3.7

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Ynys Môn^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Ieuan Wyn Jones	18,580	43.2
	Conservative	Roger Evans	14,282	33.2
	Labour	C. Parry	7,252	16.9
	Social Democrat	I. L. Evans	2,863	6.7
Majority			4,298	10.0
Turnout				81.7
	Plaid Cymru gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1983: Ynys Môn^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Best	15,017	37.5
	Plaid Cymru	Ieuan Wyn Jones	13,333	33.3
	Labour	T. Williams	6,791	16.9
	Social Democrat	D. Thomas	4,947	12.3
Majority			1,684	4.2
Turnout				79.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Best	15,100	39.0	+15.2
	Labour	Elystan Morgan	12,283	31.7	–9.9
	Plaid Cymru	John Williams	7,863	20.3	+1.2
	Liberal	John Jones	3,500	9.0	–6.5
Majority			2,817	7.3
Turnout				81.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election October 1974: Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt. Hon. Cledwyn Hughes	13,947	41.6
	Conservative	Vivan Lewis	7,975	23.8
	Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Iwan	6,410	19.1
	Liberal	Mervyn Ankers	5,182	15.5
Majority			5,972	17.8
Turnout				76.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt. Hon. Cledwyn Hughes	14,652	41.8
	Conservative	Thomas Vivan Lewis	8,898	25.4
	Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Iwan	7,610	21.7
	Liberal	Edwin Jones	3,882	11.1
Majority			5,754	16.4
Turnout				80.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt. Hon. Cledwyn Hughes	13,966	43.2
	Conservative	John Eilian Jones	9,220	28.5
	Plaid Cymru	John Lasarus Williams	7,140	22.1
	Liberal	G W Roddick	2,013	6.2
Majority			4,746	14.7
Turnout				78.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cledwyn Hughes	14,874	55
	Conservative	John Eilian Jones	9,576	35.4
	Plaid Cymru	John Wynn Meredith	2,596	9.6
Majority			5,298	19.6
Turnout				73.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cledwyn Hughes	13,553	48.1
	Conservative	John Eilian Jones	7,016	25
	Liberal	E Gwyn Jones	5,730	20.4
	Plaid Cymru	Dr R Tudur Jones	1,817	6.5
Majority			6,537	23.1
Turnout				78.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cledwyn Hughes	13,249	47
	Conservative	O. Meurig Hughes	7,005	24.9
	Plaid Cymru	R. Tudur Jones	4,121	14.6
	Liberal	Rhys Lloyd	3,796	13.5
Majority			6,244	22.1
Turnout				77.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cledwyn Hughes	13,986	48.4
	Liberal	John Williams Hughes	9,413	32.6
	Conservative	Owen H Hughes	3,333	13.3
	Plaid Cymru	J Rowland Jones	2,183	7.5
Majority			4,573	15.8
Turnout				80.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cledwyn Hughes	11,814	40.1
	Liberal	Miss Megan Lloyd George	11,219	38.2
	Conservative	O Meurig Roberts	6,366	21.7
Majority			595	1.9
Turnout				81.4
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1950: Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Miss Megan Lloyd George	13,688	46.7
	Labour	Cledwyn Hughes	11,759	40.0
	Conservative	J O Jones	3,919	13.3
Majority			1,929	6.7
Turnout				82.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Miss Megan Lloyd George	12,610	52.2
	Labour	Cledwyn Hughes	11,529	47.8
Majority			1,081	4.4
Turnout				70.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Miss Megan Lloyd George	11,227	44.5
	Conservative	F J W Williams	7,045	27.9
	Labour	H Jones	6,959	27.6
Majority			4,182	16.6
Turnout				74.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Miss Megan Lloyd George	14,839	58.3
	Conservative	A Hughes	10,612	41.7
Majority			4,227	16.6
Turnout				75.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Miss Megan Lloyd George	13,181	49.4
	Labour	W Edwards	7,563	28.4
	Conservative	A Hughes	5,917	22.2
Majority			5,618	21.0
Turnout				79.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1924: Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Robert Thomas, Bt	13,407	63.9
	Labour	Cyril O Jones	7,580	36.1
Majority			5,827	27.8
Turnout				74
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Robert Thomas, Bt	unopposed
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sir Owen Thomas	9,038	50.4
	Coalition Liberal	Ellis Ellis-Griffith	8.898	49.6
Majority			140	0.8
Turnout				69.4
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1910: Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ellis Ellis-Griffith	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1910: Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ellis Ellis-Griffith	5,888	70.7
	Conservative	R O Roberts	2,436	29.3
Majority			3,452	41.4
Turnout				80.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906: Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ellis Ellis-Griffith	5,356	67
	Conservative	C F Priestley	2,638	33
Majority			2,718	34
Turnout				79.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1900: Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ellis Ellis-Griffith	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1895: Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ellis Ellis-Griffith	4,224	56.9
	Conservative	J R Roberts	3,197	43.1
Majority			1,027	13.8
Turnout				74.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1892: Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Lewis	4,420	62.1
	Conservative	Morgan Lloyd	2,702	37.9
Majority			1,718	24.2
Turnout				70.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Lewis	3,727	52.1
	Conservative	Captain George Pritchard Rayner	3,420	47.9
Majority			307	4.2
Turnout				70.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1885: Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Davies	4,412	56
	Conservative	Captain George Pritchard Rayner	3,462	44
Majority			950	12
Turnout				80.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Notes and references

^ "Beyond 20/20 WDS – Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. http://www.statswales.wales.gov.uk/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=14666. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "Y"
^ Ynys Môn, Anglesey Council – candidates
^ "Election 2010 | Constituency | Ynys Mon". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/w01.stm. Retrieved 2010-09-05.
^ ^a ^b Ynys Mon, guardian.co.uk
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
^ UK General Election Results: June 1987
^ UK General Election Results: June 1983

Sources

The House of Commons 1509–1558, by S.T. Bindoff (Secker & Warburg 1982)
Williams, William Retlaw (1895). The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales. Brecknock: E. Davies and Bell. pp. 1–8. http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924030498939#page/n23/mode/2up. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918–1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow, 1949
Keele University, UK General Election Results, 1950

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