Alyn and Deeside (Assembly constituency)
Alyn and Deeside | |
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National Assembly for Wales county constituency | |
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Current National Assembly for Wales county constituency | |
Created | 1999 |
AM | Jack Sargeant (Labour) |
Preserved county | Clwyd |
Alyn and Deeside 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.
The constituency has been represented by Jack Sargeant since February 2018.
Boundaries
The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Alyn and Deeside Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of Clwyd. For the 2007 Assembly election, there were minor changes to the constituency's boundaries. For Westminster purposes, the same boundary changes became effective at the 2010 United Kingdom general election.
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 (Anglesey). From the 2007 election the region includes Aberconwy, Alyn and Deeside, Arfon, Clwyd South, Clwyd West, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn (Anglesey).
History
The constituency has been held by Labour since its creation. The assembly member Carl Sargeant served as Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children 19 May 2016 until his resignation on 3 November 2017 following his suspension from the Labour Party due to "shocking and distressing" allegations about his personal behaviour.[1] The seat has been vacant following his death by suicide on 7 November 2017 and will remain vacant until the by-election in the constituency takes place on 6 February 2018.
Voting
In general 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.
Assembly Members
Election | Member | Party | |
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1999 | Tom Middlehurst | Labour | |
2003 | Carl Sargeant | Labour | |
2018 | Jack Sargeant | Labour |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
A by-election took place on 6 February 2018, following the death of incumbent AM Carl Sargeant.[2][3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Jack Sargeant | 11,267 | 60.7 | ||
Conservative | Sarah Atherton | 4,722 | 25.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Donna Lalek | 1,176 | 6.3 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Carrie Harper | 1,059 | 5.7 | ||
Green | Duncan Rees | 353 | 1.9 | ||
Majority | 6,545 | 35.3 | |||
Turnout | 29.1 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Carl Sargeant | 9,922 | 45.7 | −6.9 | |
Conservative | Mike Gibbs | 4,558 | 21.0 | −7.1 | |
UKIP | Michelle Brown | 3,765 | 17.4 | +17.4 | |
Plaid Cymru | Jacqueline Hurst | 1,944 | 9.0 | +1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Williams | 980 | 4.5 | −3.1 | |
Green | Martin Bennewith | 527 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 5,364 | 24.7 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 21,696 | 35.0 | −2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Carl Sargeant | 11,978 | 52.6 | +13.8 | |
Conservative | John Bell | 6,397 | 28.1 | +5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Williams | 1,725 | 7.6 | −2.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | Shane Brennan | 1,710 | 7.5 | +0.9 | |
BNP | Michael Whitby | 959 | 4.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,581 | 24.5 | +8.6 | ||
Turnout | 22,769 | 37 | +1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.3 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Carl Sargeant | 8,196 | 38.9 | −7.8 | |
Conservative | Will Gallagher | 4,834 | 22.9 | −0.6 | |
Independent | Dennis Hutchinson | 3,241 | 15.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul J. Brighton | 2,091 | 9.9 | −6.8 | |
Plaid Cymru | Dafydd M. Passe | 1,398 | 6.6 | −1.1 | |
UKIP | William Crawford | 1,335 | 6.3 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 3,362 | 15.9 | -7.4 | ||
Turnout | 21,095 | 35.5 | +10.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Carl Sargeant | 7,036 | 46.7 | −4.6 | |
Conservative | Matthew G. Wright | 3,533 | 23.5 | +5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul J. Brighton | 2,509 | 16.7 | +6.8 | |
Plaid Cymru | Richard S. Coombs | 1,160 | 7.7 | −4.4 | |
UKIP | William Crawford | 826 | 5.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,503 | 23.3 | −10.2 | ||
Turnout | 15,064 | 24.9 | −7.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Tom Middlehurst | 9,772 | 51.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Neil Formstone | 3,413 | 17.9 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Ann Owen | 2,304 | 12.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeff Clarke | 1,879 | 9.9 | N/A | |
Independent | John Cooksey | 1,333 | 7.0 | N/A | |
Communist | Glyn Davies | 329 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,359 | 33.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 19,030 | 32.1 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
Notes
- ↑ Peck, Tom (3 November 2017). "Welsh government minister resigns after being suspended over 'shocking and distressing' allegations". The Independent. London. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ↑ "Sacked Labour minister dies". 7 November 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ↑
- ↑ ganlyniadau Etholiad Cymru 2016
- ↑ "Wales elections > Alyn and Deeside". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- ↑ "Wales elections > Alyn and Deeside". BBC News. 6 May 1999. Retrieved 28 October 2017.