Caernarfon (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

**Caernarfon**
Former Welsh Assembly county constituency

Caernarfon shown as one of the 40 Welsh Assembly constituencies from 1999 to 2007
Created:	1999
Abolished:	2007
Electoral region:	North Wales
Preserved county:	Gwynedd

Caernarfon was a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales from 1999 to 2007. It elected one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it was one of nine constituencies in the North Wales electoral region, which elected four additional members, in addition to nine constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Caernarfon Westminster constituency. It was entirely within the preserved county of Gwynedd.

The constituency was abolished at the 2007 election. Part of the constituency then joined the new Arfon constituency, and part the new Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency, both constituencies entirely within the preserved county of Gwynedd. The Arfon constituency is within the North Wales electoral region. The Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency is within the Mid and West Wales electoral region.

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Caernarfon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Ffred Jones	11,675	55.0	−10.9
	Labour	Martin R. Eaglestone	5,770	27.2	+4.4
	Conservative	Goronwy O. Edwards	2,402	11.3	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Steven William Churchman	1,392	6.6	+3.8
Majority			5,905	27.8	−15.3
Turnout			21,239	45.0	−15.7
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing	−7.7

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Caernarfon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Wigley	18,748	65.8	N/A
	Labour	Tom Jones	6,475	22.7	N/A
	Conservative	Mrs. Bronwen Naish	2,464	8.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David P. Shankland	791	2.8	N/A
Majority			12,273	43.1	N/A
Turnout			28,748	60.5	N/A
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)