Aberconwy (Assembly constituency)

Coordinates: 53°18′07″N 3°48′18″W / 53.302°N 3.805°W / 53.302; -3.805

Aberconwy
National Assembly for Wales county constituency

Aberconwy shown within the North Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current National Assembly for Wales county constituency
Created	2007
Party	Welsh Conservative
AM	Janet Finch-Saunders
Preserved county	Clwyd
Created from	Conwy and Meirionnydd Nant Conwy

Aberconwy is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales, created for the 2007 Assembly election. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. 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.

History

Since its creation this seat has been a three-way marginal constituency between the Conservatives, Labour and Plaid Cymru. Plaid won this seat in the 2007 election but since then the Conservatives have narrowly held the constituency.

Party averages from 5 elections: Conservative - 33% Plaid Cymru - 32% Labour - 24.9% Lib Dem - 9%

Boundaries

The constituency has the same boundary as the Aberconwy Westminster constituency, which came into use for the 2010 United Kingdom general election. It was created in 2007 and merges into one constituency areas formerly within the Conwy and Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituencies. Conwy was a constituency within the North Wales electoral region, straddling the boundary between the preserved county of Clwyd and the preserved county of Gwynedd. Meirionnydd Nant Conwy also straddled this boundary, but was within the Mid and West Wales region.

Aberconwy constituency is entirely within the preserved county of Clwyd.

It is composed of the Conwy electoral divisions: Betws-y-Coed, Bryn, Caerhun, Capelulo, Conwy, Craig-y-Don, Crwst, Deganwy, Egwysbach, Gogarth, Gower, Llansanffraid, Marl, Mostyn, Pandy, Penmaenan, Penrhyn, Pensarn, Trefriw, Tudno, and Uwch Conwy.

The North Wales region was created for the first Assembly election, in 1999. For the 2007 election, however, it had new boundaries. It includes the constituencies of Aberconwy, Alyn and Deeside, Arfon, Clwyd South, Clwyd West, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn.

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.

Assembly Members

Election		Member	Party	Portrait
	2007	Gareth Jones	Plaid Cymru
	2011	Janet Finch-Saunders	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Aberconwy Count 2016 Janet Finch Saunders, Sarah Lesiter-Burgess, Petra Haig, Mike Priestley; Trystan Lewis

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Aberconwy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Janet Finch-Saunders	7,646	34.7	+0.7
	Plaid Cymru	Trystan Lewis	6,892	31.3	+5.0
	Labour	Mike Priestley	6,039	27.4	+1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Lesiter-Burgess	781	3.5	−10.6
	Green	Petra Haig	680	3.1	+3.1
Majority			754	3.4	-4.3
Turnout				49	+3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.2

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Aberconwy^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Janet Finch-Saunders	6,888	34.0	+3.6
	Plaid Cymru	Iwan Huws	5,321	26.2	−12.3
	Labour	Eifion Wyn Williams	5,206	25.7	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Priestley	2,873	14.2	+4.9
Majority			1,567	7.7
Turnout			20,288	45.1	−1.8
	Conservative gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Aberconwy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Plaid Cymru	Gareth Jones	7,983	38.6	N/A
	Conservative	Dylan Jones-Evans	6,290	30.4	N/A
	Labour	Denise Idris Jones	4,508	21.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Euron Hughes	1,918	9.3	N/A
Majority			1,693	8.2	N/A
Turnout			20,699	46.9	N/A
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

References

↑ "Wales elections > Aberconwy". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.

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 Ynys Môn
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

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