North Wales () was an electoral region of the Senedd, consisting of nine constituencies. The region elected 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 elected one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post electoral system, and the region as a whole elected four additional or top-up Members of the Senedd, to create a degree of proportional representation. The additional member seats were 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 later covered all of the preserved county of Clwyd and part of the preserved county of Gwynedd. The rest of Gwynedd was in the Mid and West Wales region.

The Senedd constituencies had 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.

They were abolished ahead of the 2026 Senedd election.

Electoral region profile The region was a mix of rural and urban areas, with the population higher in the east, where can be found the region's largest settlement, 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 serve as the home to large numbers of Welsh speakers, with the language not being 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 Arfon Siân Gwenllian Plaid Cymru Entirely within Gwynedd Clwyd South Ken Skates Labour Entirely within Clwyd Clwyd West Darren Millar Conservative Delyn Hannah Blythyn Labour Vale of Clwyd Gareth Davies Conservative Wrexham Lesley Griffiths Labour 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 8. Wrexham 9. Ynys Môn Entirely within Gwynedd

Assembly members and Members of the Senedd Constituency AMs and MSs Term ElectionConwyAlyn andDeesideCaernarfonClwyd SouthClwyd WestDelynVale of ClwydWrexhamYnys Môn1st1999Gareth 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)2nd2003Denise Idris Jones(Lab)Carl Sargeant(Lab)Alun Ffred Jones(PC)Sandy Mewies(Lab) Term ElectionAberconwyAlyn andDeesideArfonClwyd SouthClwyd WestDelynVale of ClwydWrexhamYnys Môn3rd2007Gareth 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)4th2011Janet Finch-Saunders(Con)Ken Skates(Lab)2013Rhun ap Iorwerth(PC)5th2016Siân Gwenllian(PC)Hannah Blythyn(Lab)2018Jack Sargeant(Lab)6th2021Gareth Davies(Con)

Regional list AMs and MSs

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

Term ElectionMSMSMSMS1st1999Rod Richards(Con)Peter Rogers(Con)Christine Humphreys(LD)Janet Ryder(PC)2001Eleanor Burnham(LD)2002David Jones(Con)2nd2003Mark Isherwood(Con)Brynle Williams(Con) 3rd20074th2011Antoinette Sandbach(Con)Aled Roberts(LD)Llyr Gruffydd(PC)2015Janet Haworth(Con)5th2016Nathan Gill(UKIP)(later Independent)Michelle Brown(UKIP), later Independent20162017Mandy Jones(Independent)(later BREX)20196th2021Sam Rowlands(Con)Carolyn Thomas(Lab)

2021 Senedd election

2021 Senedd election additional members Party Constituencyseats List votes(vote %) D'Hondtentitlement Additionalmemberselected Total memberselected Deviationfrom D'Hondtentitlement 4 73,120 (32%) 5150 3 67,544 (30%) 5250 2 53,950 (24%) 3130 0 7,960 (4%) 0 0 0 0 0 7,160 (3%) 0 0 0 0 0 6,586 (3%) 0 0 0 0 0 3,573 (2%) 0000 0 2,374 (1%) 0000 Gwlad 0 1,228 (1%) 0 0 0 0 Freedom Alliance 0 1,186 (1%) 0 0 0 0 0 557 (0%) 0 0 0 0 Propel 0 415 (0%) 0000 Independent – Brown 0 382 (0%) 0 0 0 0 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 Llyr Huws Gruffydd Mark Isherwood Carolyn Thomas Sam Rowlands

2016 Welsh Assembly election additional members

2016 National Assembly for Wales election: North Wales Party Constituencyseats List votes(vote %) D'Hondtentitlement Additionalmemberselected Total memberselected Deviationfrom D'Hondtentitlement 5 57,528 (28.1%) 4 0 5 +1 2 47,701 (23.3%) 4 1 3 -1 2 45,468 (22.2%) 3 1 3 0 0 25,518 (12.5%) 2 2 2 0 0 9,409 (4.6%) 0 0 0 0 0 9,345 (4.6%) 0 0 0 0 0 4,789 (2.3%) 0 0 0 0 Association of Welsh Local Independents 0 1,865 (0.9%) 0 0 0 0 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 Mark Isherwood Michelle Brown Nathan Gill Llyr Huws Gruffydd

2011 Welsh Assembly election additional members

2011 National Assembly for Wales election: North Wales Party Constituencyseats List votes(vote %) D'Hondtentitlement Additionalmemberselected Total memberselected Deviationfrom D'Hondtentitlement 5 62,677 (32.2%) 5 0 5 0 2 52,201 (26.8%) 4 2 4 0 2 41,701 (21.4%) 3 1 3 0 0 11,507 (5.9%) 1 1 1 0 0 9,608 (4.9%) 0 0 0 0 0 4,895 (2.5%) 0 0 0 0 0 4,785 (2.5%) 0 0 0 0 0 4,406 (2.3%) 0 0 0 0 0 1,401 (0.7%) 0 0 0 0 0 1,094 (0.6%) 0 0 0 0 0 523 (0.3%) 0 0 0 0

Regional AMs elected 2011 Party Name Mark Isherwood Antoinette Sandbach † Aled Roberts 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 Constituencyseats List votes(vote %) D'Hondtentitlement Additionalmemberselected Total memberselected Deviationfrom D'Hondtentitlement 5 51,831 (26.4%) 4 0 5 +1 3 50,558 (25.7%) 4 1 4 0 1 50,266 (25.6%) 4 2 3 −1 0 15,275 (7.8%) 1 1 1 0 0 9,986 (5.1%) 0 0 0 0 0 8,015 (4.1%) 0 0 0 0 0 5,660 (2.9%) 0 0 0 0 0 2,209 (1.1%) 0 0 0 0 0 1,300 (0.7%) 0 0 0 0 0 700 (0.4%) 0 0 0 0 0 642 (0.3%) 0 0 0 0

2003 Welsh Assembly election additional members

2003 National Assembly for Wales election: North Wales Party Constituencyseats List votes(vote %) D'Hondtentitlement Additionalmemberselected Total memberselected Deviationfrom D'Hondtentitlement 6 55,250 (31.6%) 5 0 6 +1 2 41,640 (23.8%) 3 1 3 0 0 38,543 (22.0%) 3 2 2 -1 0 17,503 (10.0%) 1 1 1 0 1 11,008 (6.3%) 1 0 1 0 0 4,500 (2.6%) 0 0 0 0 0 4,200 (2.4%) 0 0 0 0 Cymru Annibynnol 0 1,552 (0.9%) 0 0 0 0 0 522 (0.3%) 0 0 0 0 0 310 (0.2%) 0 0 0 0

1999 Welsh Assembly election additional members 1999 National Assembly for Wales election: North Wales region Party Constituencyseats List votes(vote %) D'Hondtentitlement Additionalmemberselected Total memberselected Deviationfrom D'Hondtentitlement 6 73,673 (34.2%) 5 0 6 +1 3 69,518 (32.3%) 5 1 4 -1 0 41,700 (19.4%) 2 2 2 0 0 22,130 (10.3%) 1 1 1 0 0 4,667 (2.2%) 0 0 0 0 Rhuddlan Debt Protest Campaign 0 1,353 (0.6%) 0 0 0 0 0 828 (0.4%) 0 0 0 0 0 917 (0.4%) 0 0 0 0 0 714 (0.3%) 0 0 0 0

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