Caernarfon (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

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 other eight constituencies of the region were Alyn and Deeside, Clwyd West, Clwyd South, Conwy, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn.

The constituency was replaced at the 2007 election. Part of the constituency then joined the Arfon constituency, and part the 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.

Assembly Members

Elections

Election box begin
title=Assembly Election 2003: CaernarfonElection box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Alun Ffred Jones
votes = 11,675
percentage = 55.0
change = -10.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Martin Eaglestone
votes = 5,770
percentage = 27.2
change = +4.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Goronwy Edwards
votes = 2,402
percentage = 11.3
change = +2.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stephen Churchman
votes = 1,392
percentage = 6.6
change = +3.8Election box majority
votes = 5,905
percentage = 27.8
change = -15.3Election box turnout
votes = 21,239
percentage = 45.0
change = -15.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Plaid Cymru
swing =

Election box begin
title=Assembly Election 1999: CaernarfonElection box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Dafydd Wigley
votes = 18,748
percentage = 65.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Tom Jones
votes = 6,475
percentage = 22.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Bronwen Naish
votes = 2,464
percentage = 8.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Shankland
votes = 791
percentage = 2.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 12,273
percentage = 43.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 28,748
percentage = 60.5
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Plaid Cymru
swing =

See also

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