Ynys Môn (Senedd Cymru constituency)

Coordinates: 53°17′02″N 4°21′40″W / 53.284°N 4.361°W / 53.284; -4.361

Ynys Môn
Senedd Cymru county constituency
Ynys Môn shown within the North Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd Cymru county constituency
Created	1999
Party	Plaid Cymru
MS	Rhun ap Iorwerth
Preserved county	Gwynedd

Ynys Môn is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd 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 was represented from 1999 by Ieuan Wyn Jones, the former leader of Plaid Cymru. Jones resigned from the Assembly on 20 June 2013, triggering a by-election, which was held on 1 August 2013.^[1] Plaid Cymru's candidate Rhun ap Iorwerth comfortably held the seat for the party with a majority of over 9000 votes.^[2]

Boundaries[edit]

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. From the 2007 Assembly election the region included Aberconwy, Alyn and Deeside, Arfon, Clwyd South, Clwyd West, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn.

Voting[edit]

In elections for the Senedd, 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 and Members of the Senedd[edit]

Elections[edit]

Elections in the 2020s[edit]

Elections in the 2010s[edit]

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Ynys Môn^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Rhun ap Iorwerth	13,788	54.8	13.4
	Labour	Julia Dobson	4,278	17.0	9.2
	UKIP	Simon Wall	3,212	12.8	12.8
	Conservative	Clay Theakston	2,904	11.5	17.7
	Green	Gerry Wolff	389	1.5	1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Crofts	334	1.3	1.8
	Independent	Daniel ap Eifion Jones	262	1.0	1.0
Majority			9,510	37.8	25.6
Turnout			25,167	50.0
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

2013 Ynys Môn by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Rhun ap Iorwerth	12,601	58.24	16.8
	Labour	Tal Michael	3,435	15.88	10.3
	UKIP	Nathan Gill	3,099	14.3	N/A
	Conservative	Neil Fairlamb	1,843	8.5	20.7
	Socialist Labour	Kathrine Jones	348	1.61	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Churchman	309	1.4	1.8
Majority			9,166	42.3	30.3
Turnout			21,635	—	—
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Ynys Môn^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Ieuan Wyn Jones	9,969	41.4	1.7
	Conservative	Paul Williams	7,032	29.2	16.2
	Labour	Joe Lock	6,307	26.2	8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rhys Taylor	759	3.2	0.2
Majority			2,937	12.2	4.4
Turnout			24,067	48.6	3.2
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing	7.3

Elections in the 2000s[edit]

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Ynys Môn^[6]

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 Democrats	Mandi Abrahams	912	3.4	4.9
	UKIP	Francis Wykes	833	3.1	2.2
Majority			4,392	16.4	6.5
Turnout			26,820	51.8	1.5
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Ynys Môn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Ieuan Wyn Jones	9,452	37.4	15.2
	Conservative	Peter Rogers	7,197	28.5	9.3
	Labour	William Gerwyn Jones	6,024	23.8	0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Bennett	2,089	8.2	3.0
	UKIP	Francis Charles Wykes	481	1.9	N/A
Majority			2,255	8.9	20.8
Turnout			25,243	50.3	9.3
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s[edit]

See also[edit]

• North Wales (Senedd Cymru electoral region)
• Senedd constituencies and electoral regions

References[edit]