Alyn and Deeside (Assembly constituency)

Welsh Assembly constituency infobox
Name = Alyn and Deeside
Type = county


Region = North Wales
Year = 1999
AM = Carl Sargeant
Party = Labour
County= Clwyd

Alyn and Deeside 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 Alyn and Deeside Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of Clwyd. For the 2007 Assembly election, there were minor changes to the constituency's boundaries. For Westminster purposes, the same boundary changes will become effective at the next 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 (Anglesey). From the 2007 election the region includes Aberconwy, Alyn and Deeside, Arfon, Clwyd South, Clwyd West, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn (Anglesey).

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

Elections

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title=Assembly Election 2007: Alyn and DeesideElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Carl Sargeant
votes = 8,196
percentage = 38.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Will Gallagher
votes = 4,834
percentage = 22.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Dennis Hutchinson
votes = 3,241
percentage = 15.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paul Brighton
votes = 2,091
percentage = 9.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Dafydd Passe
votes = 1,398
percentage = 6.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = William Crawford
votes = 1,335
percentage = 6.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 3,362
percentage = 15.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 21,095
percentage = 35.5
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=Assembly Election 2003: Alyn and DeesideElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Carl Sargeant
votes = 7,036
percentage = 46.7
change = -4.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Matthew Wright
votes = 3,533
percentage = 23.5
change = +5.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paul Brighton
votes = 2,509
percentage = 16.7
change = +6.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Richard Coombs
votes = 1,160
percentage = 7.7
change = -4.4Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = William Crawford
votes = 826
percentage = 5.5
change = +5.5Election box majority
votes = 3,503
percentage = 23.3
change = -10.2Election box turnout
votes = 15,172
percentage = 25.1
change = -7.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=Assembly Election 1999: Alyn and DeesideElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Tom Middlehurst
votes = 9,772
percentage = 51.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Neil Formstone
votes = 3,413
percentage = 17.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Ann Owen
votes = 2,304
percentage = 12.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jeff Clarke
votes = 1,879
percentage = 9.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Cooksey
votes = 1,333
percentage = 7.0
change = Election box candidate
party = Communist
candidate = Glyn Davies
votes = 329
percentage = 1.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 6,359
percentage = 33.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 19,030
percentage = 32.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

See also

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