# North Wales (Senedd electoral region)

North Wales (Welsh: Gogledd Cymru) is an electoral region of the Senedd, consisting of nine constituencies. The region elects thirteen members, nine directly elected constituency members and four additional members. The electoral region was first used in the 1999 Welsh Assembly election, when the National Assembly for Wales was created.
Each constituency elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post electoral system, and the region as a whole elects four additional or top-up Members of the Senedd, to create a degree of proportional representation. The additional member seats are allocated from closed lists by the D'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

## County and Westminster boundaries

As created in 1999, the region covered most of the preserved county of Clwyd, part of the preserved county of Gwynedd, and part of the preserved county of Powys. Other parts of these preserved counties were within the Mid and West Wales electoral region. For the 2007 Welsh Assembly election, however, boundaries changed, and the region now covers all of the preserved county of Clwyd and part of the preserved county of Gwynedd. The rest of Gwynedd is in the Mid and West Wales region.
The Senedd constituencies have the names of constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). For Westminster election purposes, however, there are no electoral regions, and constituency boundary changes became effective for the 2010 United Kingdom general election.

## Electoral region profile

The region is a mix of rural and urban areas, with the population higher in the east, where can be found the region's largest town, Wrexham, and the working-class conurbations of Deeside. The western areas, including the Isle of Anglesey (Ynys Môn), are largely rural. Although Anglesey and Gwynedd are home to large numbers of Welsh speakers, the language is not widely spoken in the north-east.

## Constituencies

| Constituency | 2021 result | Preserved county |
| Aberconwy | Janet Finch-Saunders Conservative | Entirely within Clwyd |
| Alyn and Deeside | Jack Sargeant Labour | Entirely within Clwyd |
| Arfon | Siân Gwenllian Plaid Cymru | Entirely within Gwynedd |
| Clwyd South | Ken Skates Labour | Entirely within Clwyd |
| Clwyd West | Darren Millar Conservative | Entirely within Clwyd |
| Delyn | Hannah Blythyn Labour | Entirely within Clwyd |
| Vale of Clwyd | Gareth Davies Conservative | Entirely within Clwyd |
| Wrexham | Lesley Griffiths Labour | Entirely within Clwyd |
| Ynys Môn | Rhun ap Iorwerth Plaid Cymru | Entirely within Gwynedd |

## Former constituencies
### 1999 to 2007

| Constituency | Preserved counties |
| 1. Alyn and Deeside | Entirely within Clwyd |
| 2. Caernarfon | Entirely within Gwynedd |
| 3. Clwyd South | Partly Clwyd, partly Powys |
| 4. Clwyd West | Entirely within Clwyd |
| 5. Conwy | Partly Clwyd, partly Gwynedd |
| 6. Delyn | Entirely within Clwyd |
| 7. Vale of Clwyd | Entirely within Clwyd |
| 8. Wrexham | Entirely within Clwyd |
| 9. Ynys Môn | Entirely within Gwynedd |

## Assembly members and Members of the Senedd
### Constituency AMs and MSs

| Term | Election | Conwy | Conwy | Alyn and Deeside | Alyn and Deeside | Caernarfon | Caernarfon | Clwyd South | Clwyd South | Clwyd West | Clwyd West | Delyn | Delyn | Vale of Clwyd | Vale of Clwyd | Wrexham | Wrexham | Ynys Môn | Ynys Môn |
| 1st | 1999 | | Gareth Jones (PC) | | Tom Middlehurst (Lab) | | Dafydd Wigley (PC) | | Karen Sinclair (Lab) | | Alun Pugh (Lab) | | Alison Halford (Lab) | | Ann Jones (Lab) | | John Marek (Lab) (later JMIP then Forward Wales) | | Ieuan Wyn Jones (PC) |
| 2nd | 2003 | | Denise Idris Jones (Lab) | | Carl Sargeant (Lab) | | Alun Ffred Jones (PC) | | Karen Sinclair (Lab) | | Alun Pugh (Lab) | | Sandy Mewies (Lab) | | Ann Jones (Lab) | | John Marek (Lab) (later JMIP then Forward Wales) | | Ieuan Wyn Jones (PC) |
| Term | Election | Aberconwy | Aberconwy | Alyn and Deeside | Alyn and Deeside | Arfon | Arfon | Clwyd South | Clwyd South | Clwyd West | Clwyd West | Delyn | Delyn | Vale of Clwyd | Vale of Clwyd | Wrexham | Wrexham | Ynys Môn | Ynys Môn |
| 3rd | 2007 | | Gareth Jones (PC) | | Carl Sargeant (Lab) | | Alun Ffred Jones (PC) | | Karen Sinclair (Lab) | | Darren Millar (Con) | | Sandy Mewies (Lab) | | Ann Jones (Lab) | | Lesley Griffiths (Lab) | | Ieuan Wyn Jones (PC) |
| 4th | 2011 | | Janet Finch-Saunders (Con) | | Carl Sargeant (Lab) | | Alun Ffred Jones (PC) | | Ken Skates (Lab) | | Darren Millar (Con) | | Sandy Mewies (Lab) | | Ann Jones (Lab) | | Lesley Griffiths (Lab) | | Ieuan Wyn Jones (PC) |
| 4th | 2013 | | Janet Finch-Saunders (Con) | | Carl Sargeant (Lab) | | Alun Ffred Jones (PC) | | Ken Skates (Lab) | | Darren Millar (Con) | | Sandy Mewies (Lab) | | Ann Jones (Lab) | | Lesley Griffiths (Lab) | | Rhun ap Iorwerth (PC) |
| 5th | 2016 | | Janet Finch-Saunders (Con) | | Carl Sargeant (Lab) | | Siân Gwenllian (PC) | | Ken Skates (Lab) | | Darren Millar (Con) | | Hannah Blythyn (Lab) | | Ann Jones (Lab) | | Lesley Griffiths (Lab) | | Rhun ap Iorwerth (PC) |
| 5th | 2018 | | Janet Finch-Saunders (Con) | | Jack Sargeant (Lab) | | Siân Gwenllian (PC) | | Ken Skates (Lab) | | Darren Millar (Con) | | Hannah Blythyn (Lab) | | Ann Jones (Lab) | | Lesley Griffiths (Lab) | | Rhun ap Iorwerth (PC) |
| 6th | 2021 | | Janet Finch-Saunders (Con) | | Jack Sargeant (Lab) | | Siân Gwenllian (PC) | | Ken Skates (Lab) | | Darren Millar (Con) | | Hannah Blythyn (Lab) | | Gareth Davies (Con) | | Lesley Griffiths (Lab) | | Rhun ap Iorwerth (PC) |

### Regional list AMs and MSs

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only
| Term | Election | MS | MS | MS | MS |
| 1st | 1999 | Rod Richards (Con) | Peter Rogers (Con) | Christine Humphreys (LD) | Janet Ryder (PC) |
| 1st | 2001 | Rod Richards (Con) | Peter Rogers (Con) | Eleanor Burnham (LD) | Janet Ryder (PC) |
| 1st | 2002 | David Jones (Con) | Peter Rogers (Con) | Eleanor Burnham (LD) | Janet Ryder (PC) |
| 2nd | 2003 | Mark Isherwood (Con) | Brynle Williams (Con) | Eleanor Burnham (LD) | Janet Ryder (PC) |
| 3rd | 2007 | Mark Isherwood (Con) | Brynle Williams (Con) | Eleanor Burnham (LD) | Janet Ryder (PC) |
| 4th | 2011 | Mark Isherwood (Con) | Antoinette Sandbach (Con) | Aled Roberts (LD) | Llyr Gruffydd (PC) |
| 4th | 2015 | Mark Isherwood (Con) | Janet Haworth (Con) | Aled Roberts (LD) | Llyr Gruffydd (PC) |
| 5th | 2016 | Mark Isherwood (Con) | Nathan Gill (UKIP) (later Independent) | Michelle Brown (UKIP), later Independent | Llyr Gruffydd (PC) |
| 5th | 2016 | Mark Isherwood (Con) | Nathan Gill (UKIP) (later Independent) | Michelle Brown (UKIP), later Independent | Llyr Gruffydd (PC) |
| 5th | 2017 | Mark Isherwood (Con) | Mandy Jones (Independent) (later BREX) | Michelle Brown (UKIP), later Independent | Llyr Gruffydd (PC) |
| 5th | 2019 | Mark Isherwood (Con) | Mandy Jones (Independent) (later BREX) | Michelle Brown (UKIP), later Independent | Llyr Gruffydd (PC) |
| 6th | 2021 | Mark Isherwood (Con) | Sam Rowlands (Con) | Carolyn Thomas (Lab) | Llyr Gruffydd (PC) |

### 2021 Senedd election

2021 Senedd election: North Wales :
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. |
| Labour | Carolyn Thomas, Andrew Short, Diane Green, Ryan O'Gorman | 73,120 | 32.3 | 4.2 |
| Conservative | Mark Isherwood, Sam Rowlands, Barbara Hughes, Gareth Davies, Abigail Mainon, Jeremy Kent, Gonul Daniels, Lyn Hudson, Anthony Thomas | 67,544 | 29.9 | 7.7 |
| Plaid Cymru | Llyr Gruffydd, Carrie Harper, Elin Jones, Paul Rowlinson, Catrin Wager, Aaron Wynne, Jack Morris, Glenn Swingler, Trystan Lewis | 53,950 | 23.9 | 0.6 |
| Abolish | Richard Suchorzewski, Jonathon Harrington, William Ashton, Craig Search, Euan McGivern, Nicholas Williams | 7,960 | 3.5 | 1.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Twells, David Wilkins, Timothy Sly, Calum Davies, Andrew Parkhurst | 7,160 | 3.2 | 1.4 |
| Green | Iolo Jones, Duncan Rees, Adam Turner, Linda Rogers | 6,586 | 2.9 | 0.6 |
| UKIP | Felix Aubel, Jeanie Bassford-Barton, Mary Davies, Jeanette Bassford-Barton, Sebastian Ross | 3,573 | 1.6 | 10.9 |
| Reform UK | Nathan Gill, Peter Dain, Nancy Eno, Charles Dodman, Emmett Jenner | 2,374 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Gwlad | Phil Roberts, Aled Job, Rhydian Hughes, Aaron Norton, Anthony Williams | 1,228 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Freedom Alliance | Simon Foster, Peter Jones, Miriam Finch, Mark Finchr | 1,186 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Communist | Trevor Jones, Jayne Evans, David Morgan, Glyn Davies | 557 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Propel | Jacqui Hurst, Robert Redhead, Nia Marshall Lloyd, Alan Ennis | 415 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Independent | Michelle Brown | 382 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| TUSC | Michelle Francis | 164 | 0.1 | 0.1 |

## 2021 Senedd election additional members

| Party | Constituency seats | List votes (vote %) | D'Hondt entitlement | Additional members elected | Total members elected | Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement |
| Labour | 4 | 73,120 (32%) | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Conservative | 3 | 67,544 (30%) | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Plaid Cymru | 2 | 53,950 (24%) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Abolish | 0 | 7,960 (4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 7,160 (3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Green | 0 | 6,586 (3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UKIP | 0 | 3,573 (2%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reform UK | 0 | 2,374 (1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gwlad | 0 | 1,228 (1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Freedom Alliance | 0 | 1,186 (1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Communist | 0 | 557 (0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Propel | 0 | 415 (0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent – Brown | 0 | 382 (0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TUSC | 0 | 164 (0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
(The fourth regional seat was allocated to the Conservatives rather than to Plaid Cymru by a margin of only 21 votes).

### Regional MSs elected in 2021

| Party | Name |
| Plaid Cymru | Llyr Huws Gruffydd |
| Conservative | Mark Isherwood |
| Labour | Carolyn Thomas |
| Conservative | Sam Rowlands |

## 2016 Welsh Assembly election additional members

2016 National Assembly for Wales election: North Wales :
| Party | Constituency seats | List votes (vote %) | D'Hondt entitlement | Additional members elected | Total members elected | Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement |
| Labour | 5 | 57,528 (28.1%) | 4 | 0 | 5 | +1 |
| Plaid Cymru | 2 | 47,701 (23.3%) | 4 | 1 | 3 | -1 |
| Conservative | 2 | 45,468 (22.2%) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| UKIP | 0 | 25,518 (12.5%) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Abolish | 0 | 9,409 (4.6%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 9,345 (4.6%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Green | 0 | 4,789 (2.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Association of Welsh Local Independents | 0 | 1,865 (0.9%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Monster Raving Loony | 0 | 1,355 (0.7%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent - Mark Young | 0 | 926 (0.5%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Welsh Communist Party | 0 | 586 (0.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Regional AMs elected in 2016

| Party | Name |
| Conservative | Mark Isherwood |
| UKIP | Michelle Brown |
| UKIP | Nathan Gill |
| Plaid Cymru | Llyr Huws Gruffydd |

## 2011 Welsh Assembly election additional members

2011 National Assembly for Wales election: North Wales :
| Party | Constituency seats | List votes (vote %) | D'Hondt entitlement | Additional members elected | Total members elected | Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement |
| Labour | 5 | 62,677 (32.2%) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Conservative | 2 | 52,201 (26.8%) | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Plaid Cymru | 2 | 41,701 (21.4%) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 11,507 (5.9%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| UKIP | 0 | 9,608 (4.9%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 4,895 (2.5%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BNP | 0 | 4,785 (2.5%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Green | 0 | 4,406 (2.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Welsh Christian | 0 | 1,401 (0.7%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 1,094 (0.6%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Communist | 0 | 523 (0.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Regional AMs elected 2011

| Party | Name |
| Conservative | Mark Isherwood |
| Conservative | Antoinette Sandbach † |
| Liberal Democrats | Aled Roberts |
| Plaid Cymru | Llyr Huws Gruffydd |
† Resigned as AM following her election to the UK House of Commons on 7 May 2015; replaced by Janet Haworth from 27 May 2015.

## 2007 Welsh Assembly election additional members

2007 National Assembly for Wales election: North Wales :
| Party | Constituency seats | List votes (vote %) | D'Hondt entitlement | Additional members elected | Total members elected | Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement |
| Labour | 5 | 51,831 (26.4%) | 4 | 0 | 5 | +1 |
| Plaid Cymru | 3 | 50,558 (25.7%) | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Conservative | 1 | 50,266 (25.6%) | 4 | 2 | 3 | −1 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 15,275 (7.8%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| BNP | 0 | 9,986 (5.1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UKIP | 0 | 8,015 (4.1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Green | 0 | 5,660 (2.9%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 2,209 (1.1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Welsh Christian | 0 | 1,300 (0.7%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Communist | 0 | 700 (0.4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CPA | 0 | 642 (0.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## 2003 Welsh Assembly election additional members

2003 National Assembly for Wales election: North Wales :
| Party | Constituency seats | List votes (vote %) | D'Hondt entitlement | Additional members elected | Total members elected | Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement |
| Labour | 6 | 55,250 (31.6%) | 5 | 0 | 6 | +1 |
| Plaid Cymru | 2 | 41,640 (23.8%) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Conservative | 0 | 38,543 (22.0%) | 3 | 2 | 2 | -1 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 17,503 (10.0%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Independent | 1 | 11,008 (6.3%) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| UKIP | 0 | 4,500 (2.6%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Green | 0 | 4,200 (2.4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cymru Annibynnol | 0 | 1,552 (0.9%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Communist | 0 | 522 (0.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ProLife Alliance | 0 | 310 (0.2%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## 1999 Welsh Assembly election additional members

1999 National Assembly for Wales election: North Wales region :
| Party | Constituency seats | List votes (vote %) | D'Hondt entitlement | Additional members elected | Total members elected | Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement |
| Labour | 6 | 73,673 (34.2%) | 5 | 0 | 6 | +1 |
| Plaid Cymru | 3 | 69,518 (32.3%) | 5 | 1 | 4 | -1 |
| Conservative | 0 | 41,700 (19.4%) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 22,130 (10.3%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Green | 0 | 4,667 (2.2%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhuddlan Debt Protest Campaign | 0 | 1,353 (0.6%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Socialist Alliance | 0 | 828 (0.4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Natural Law | 0 | 917 (0.4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Communist | 0 | 714 (0.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |