Ynys Môn (Assembly constituency)

Welsh Assembly constituency infobox
Name = Ynys Môn
Type = county


Region = North Wales
Year = 1999
AM = Ieuan Wyn Jones
Party = Plaid Cymru
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.

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

Election box begin
title=Assembly Election 2007: Ynys Môn [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/welshasssembly_english/html/839.stm|title=Welsh assembly election 2007|date=2007-05-07|work=BBC News|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=2008-07-15] Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Ieuan Wyn Jones
votes = 10,653
percentage = 39.7
change = +2.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Peter Rogers
votes = 6,261
percentage = 23.3
change = +23.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jonathan Austin
votes = 4,681
percentage = 17.4
change = -6.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Roach
votes = 3,480
percentage = 13.0
change = -15.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mandi Abrahams
votes = 912
percentage = 3.4
change = -4.9Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Francis Wykes
votes = 833
percentage = 3.1
change = +2.2Election box majority
votes = 4,392
percentage = 16.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 26,820
percentage = 51.8
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

References