Ynys Môn (Senedd constituency)

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Constituency
Current constituency

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

Assembly Election 2007: Ynys Môn

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
Turnout			26,820	51.8
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

See also

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