Delyn (Senedd constituency)
Delyn 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.
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Senedd county constituency for the Senedd | |
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Current Senedd county constituency | |
Created | 1999 |
Party | Labour |
MS | Hannah Blythyn |
Preserved county | Clwyd |
Boundaries
editThe constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Delyn Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of Clwyd.
As created in 1999, the North Wales region included the constituencies of Alyn and Deeside, Caernarfon, Clwyd West, Clwyd South, Conwy, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn. For the 2007 election the region included Aberconwy, Alyn and Deeside, Arfon, Clwyd South, Clwyd West, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn.
Voting
editIn elections for the Senedd, each voter has two votes. The first vote is for a candidate for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote is 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
editElection | Member | Party | Portrait | |
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1999 | Alison Halford | Labour | ||
2003 | Sandy Mewies | |||
2016 | Hannah Blythyn |
Elections
editElections in the 2020s
editParty | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Labour | Hannah Blythyn[a] | 12,846 | 48.6 | +7.7 | 10,423 | 39.6 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Mark Isherwood[b] | 9,135 | 34.5 | +9.0 | 8,640 | 32.8 | +9.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Paul Rowlinson | 2,097 | 7.9 | -1.9 | 3,052 | 11.6 | ±0.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Parkhurst | 1,094 | 4.1 | -3.3 | 1,105 | 4.2 | -1.8 | |
UKIP | Mary Davies | 862 | 3.3 | -13.1 | 548 | 2.1 | -12.6 | |
Reform UK | Aiden Down | 297 | 1.1 | New | 264 | 1.0 | New | |
Gwlad | Anthony Williams | 112 | 0.4 | New | 121 | 0.5 | New | |
Abolish | 1,131 | 4.3 | -1.5 | |||||
Green | 704 | 2.7 | +0.9 | |||||
Freedom Alliance (UK) | 147 | 0.6 | New | |||||
Communist | 60 | 0.2 | -0.1 | |||||
Independent | Michelle Brown | 49 | 0.2 | New | ||||
Propel | 45 | 0.2 | New | |||||
TUSC | 25 | 0.1 | New | |||||
Majority | 3,711 | 14.1 | −1.3 | |||||
Turnout | 26,303 | 46.81[3] | +3.5 | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | |||||||
Notes
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Elections in the 2010s
editParty | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[5] | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Labour | Hannah Blythyn | 9,480 | 40.9 | −5.2 | 8,004 | 34.6 | -3.0 | |
Conservative | Huw Williams | 5,898 | 25.5 | −8.2 | 5,399 | 23.3 | -6.2 | |
UKIP | Nigel Williams | 3,794 | 16.4 | New | 3,403 | 14.7 | +9.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | Paul Rowlinson | 2,269 | 9.8 | −2.8 | 2,681 | 11.6 | -1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tom Rippeth | 1,718 | 7.4 | −0.2 | 1,390 | 6.0 | -0.1 | |
Abolish | 1,332 | 5.8 | New | |||||
Green | 417 | 1.8 | -0.1 | |||||
Association of Welsh Independents | 234 | 1.0 | New | |||||
Monster Raving Loony | 148 | 0.6 | New | |||||
Mark Young - Independent | 87 | 0.4 | New | |||||
Communist | 63 | 0.3 | +0.1 | |||||
Majority | 3,582 | 15.4 | +3.0 | |||||
Turnout | 23,159 | 43.3 | +0.3 | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[7] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Labour | Sandy Mewies | 10,695 | 46.1 | +11.5 | 8,690 | 37.6 | +6.7 | |
Conservative | Matthew Wright | 7,814 | 33.7 | +1.4 | 6,819 | 29.5 | -0.4 | |
Plaid Cymru | Carrie Harper | 2,918 | 12.6 | −2.1 | 3,044 | 13.2 | -5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michele Jones | 1,767 | 7.6 | −4.7 | 1,420 | 6.1 | +0.3 | |
UKIP | 1,241 | 5.4 | +1.3 | |||||
BNP | 579 | 2.5 | -3.2 | |||||
Socialist Labour | 540 | 2.3 | +0.8 | |||||
Green | 444 | 1.9 | -0.7 | |||||
Welsh Christian | 203 | 0.9 | ±0.0 | |||||
Weyman - Independent | 92 | 0.4 | New | |||||
Communist | 56 | 0.2 | -0.3 | |||||
Majority | 2,881 | 12.4 | +10.1 | |||||
Turnout | 23,194 | 43.0 | +1.9 | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.1 |
Regional ballots rejected: 254[8]
Elections in the 2000s
editParty | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[9] | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Labour | Sandy Mewies | 7,507 | 34.6 | −4.0 | 6,470 | 29.9 | -6.7 | |
Conservative | Antoinette Sandbach | 6,996 | 32.3 | +3.3 | 6,464 | 29.9 | +5.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | Meg Elis | 3,179 | 14.7 | −0.7 | 4,049 | 18.7 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Matthews | 2,669 | 12.3 | −4.7 | 1,245 | 5.8 | -6.9 | |
UKIP | Derek Bigg | 1,318 | 6.1 | New | 877 | 4.1 | +1.5 | |
BNP | 1,236 | 5.7 | New | |||||
Green | 570 | 2.6 | -0.1 | |||||
Socialist Labour | 326 | 1.5 | New | |||||
Welsh Christian | 189 | 0.9 | New | |||||
Communist | 116 | 0.5 | New | |||||
CPA | 73 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Majority | 511 | 2.3 | −7.2 | |||||
Turnout | 21,669 | 41.1 | +10.1 | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.7 |
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[10] | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Labour | Sandy Mewies | 6,520 | 38.6 | −6.1 | 6,184 | 36.6 | ||
Conservative | Mark Isherwood | 4,896 | 29.0 | +7.0 | 4,207 | 24.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David P. Lloyd | 2,880 | 17.1 | +4.1 | 2,151 | 12.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Paul J. Rowlinson | 2,588 | 15.3 | −5.0 | 2,549 | 15.1 | ||
John Marek Independent Party | 661 | 3.9 | ||||||
Green | 464 | 2.7 | ||||||
UKIP | 445 | 2.6 | ||||||
ProLife Alliance | 93 | 0.6 | ||||||
Cymru Annibynnol | 85 | 0.5 | ||||||
Communist | 59 | 0.3 | ||||||
Majority | 1,624 | 9.6 | −13.1 | |||||
Turnout | 17,073 | 31.4 | −12.8 | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | −6.6 |
2003 Electorate: 54,426
Regional ballots rejected: 203
Elections in the 1990s
editParty | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Labour | Alison Halford | 10,672 | 44.7 | K.A. | 9,909 | 41.6 | K.A. | |
Conservative | Karen Lumley | 5,255 | 22.0 | K.A. | 5,000 | 21.0 | K.A. | |
Plaid Cymru | Meg Elis | 4,837 | 20.3 | K.A. | 4,955 | 20.8 | K.A. | |
Liberal Democrats | Eleanor Burnham | 3,089 | 13.0 | K.A. | 3,091 | 13.0 | K.A. | |
Green | Unknown | Unknown | K.A. | |||||
Rhuddlan Debt Protest Campaign | Unknown | Unknown | K.A. | |||||
United Socialist | Unknown | Unknown | K.A. | |||||
Communist | Unknown | Unknown | K.A. | |||||
Natural Law | Unknown | Unknown | K.A. | |||||
Above list parties | 842 | 3.5 | K.A. | |||||
Majority | 5,417 | 22.7 | K.A. | |||||
Turnout | 23,853 | 44.2 | K.A. | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ [1] Delyn Statement of Persons Nominated
- ^ Regional Declaration of Results Flintshire Council
- ^ Hayward, Will (7 May 2021). "The voter turnout figures for every constituency in Wales". WalesOnline. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Delyn – Welsh Assembly Constituency – Election 2016". BBC News. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Wales elections > Delyn". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales Election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.