Coordinates: 53°17′02″N 4°21′40″W / 53.284°N 4.361°W
| Ynys Môn National Assembly for Wales county constituency |
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| Ynys Môn shown within the North Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| AM: | Ieuan Wyn Jones |
| Party: | Plaid Cymru |
| Preserved county: | Gwynedd |
Ynys Môn (Anglesey) 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.
It has been represented since 1999 by Ieuan Wyn Jones, the Deputy First Minister and leader of Plaid Cymru.
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Boundaries
The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Ynys Môn Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of Gwynedd.
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.
Elections
| Assembly Election 2007: Ynys Môn[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Plaid Cymru | Ieuan Wyn Jones | 10,653 | 39.7 | +2.3 | |
| Independent | Peter Rogers | 6,261 | 23.3 | +23.3 | |
| Labour | Jonathan Austin | 4,681 | 17.4 | -6.4 | |
| Conservative | James Roach | 3,480 | 13.0 | -15.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mandi Abrahams | 912 | 3.4 | -4.9 | |
| UKIP | Francis Wykes | 833 | 3.1 | +2.2 | |
| Majority | 4,392 | 16.4 | |||
| Turnout | 26,820 | 51.8 | |||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
See also
- North Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)
- National Assembly for Wales constituencies and electoral regions
References
- ^ "Welsh assembly election 2007". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2007-05-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/welshasssembly_english/html/839.stm. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
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