Vale of Clwyd (Assembly constituency)

The Vale of Clwyd
National Assembly for Wales county constituency
The Vale of Clwyd shown within the North Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current National Assembly for Wales county constituency
Created	1999
Party	Labour
AM	Ann Jones
Preserved county	Clwyd

The Vale of Clwyd (Welsh: Dyffryn 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.

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 2010 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.

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.

Members of the National Assembly for Wales

Election		Member	Party
	1999–present	Ann Jones	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Vale of Clwyd[1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Jones	9,560	40	-11
	Conservative	Sam Rowlands	8,792	36	+3
	UKIP	Paul Davies-Cooke	2,975	12	+12
	Plaid Cymru	Mair Rowlands	2,098	9	-3
	Liberal Democrat	Gwyn Williams	758	3	-2
Majority			758
Turnout				43
	Labour hold		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Vale of Clwyd[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Jones	11,691	50.7	+14.3
	Conservative	Ian Gunning	7,680	33.3	−2.7
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Lloyd Jones	2,597	11.3	−6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Alison Prydderch	1,088	4.7	−5.5
Majority			4,011	17.4	+17
Turnout			23,056	41.0	+0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.5

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Vale of Clwyd[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Jones	8,104	36.4	−9.8
	Conservative	Matthew G. Wright	8,012	36.0	+5.3
	Plaid Cymru	Mark David Jones	3,884	17.4	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mark John Young	2,275	10.2	+1.1
Majority			92	0.4	−15.1
Turnout			22,275	40.3	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−7.5

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Vale of Clwyd[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Jones	8,256	46.2	+8.5
	Conservative	Darren Millar	5,487	30.7	+8.1
	Plaid Cymru	Malcolm W. Evans	2,516	14.1	−5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Robina L. Feeley	1,630	9.1	+2.9
Majority			2,769	15.5	+0.4
Turnout			17,889	36.5	−7.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.2

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Vale of Clwyd[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Jones	8,359	37.6	N/A
	Conservative	Robert Salisbury	5,018	22.6	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Sion Brynach	4,295	19.3	N/A
	Ind Dem	Gwynn A. Clague	1,908	8.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Phill Lloyd	1,376	6.2	N/A
	Independent	David I. Roberts	661	3.0	N/A
	Independent	David A.P. Pennant	586	2.6	N/A
Majority			3,341	15.0	N/A
Turnout			22,203	43.5	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

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

References

1. "Vale of Clwyd - Welsh Assembly Constituency - Election 2016". BBC News. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
2. "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll - Vale of Clwyd" (PDF). Denbighshire County Council. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
3. , BBC News
4. Election results - 2007, National Assembly for Wales
5. , National Assembly for Wales
6. , National Assembly for Wales

External links

• Vale of Clwyd Lib Dems Blog

Coordinates: 53°14′08″N 3°24′21″W / 53.23556°N 3.40583°W