Ynys Môn (UK Parliament constituency)

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Coordinates: 53°15′54″N 4°21′47″W / 53.265°N 4.363°W / 53.265; -4.363

Ynys Môn County constituency
Ynys Môn shown within Wales
Created:	1545
MP:	Albert Owen
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
Preserved county:	Gwynedd
EP constituency:	Wales

Ynys Môn (Welsh pronunciation: [ˌənɨs ˈmoːn]; called Anglesey until 1983 in English) is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The Ynys Môn Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.

Contents 1 History 2 Boundaries 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results in the 2000s 5 General election results, 1929-1950 6 See also 7 References 8 Bibliography

[edit] History

The Laws in Wales Act 1535 (26 Hen. VIII, c. 26) provided for a single county seat in the House of Commons for each of twelve historic Welsh counties (including Anglesey) and two for Monmouthshire. Using the modern year, starting on 1 January, these parliamentary constituencies were authorised in 1536. In practice, the first known Knights of the Shire from Wales (as Members of Parliament from county constituencies were known before the nineteenth century) were perhaps not elected until 1545.

The Act contains the following provision, which had the effect of enfranchising the shire of Anglesey.

And that for this present Parliament, and all other Parliaments to be holden and kept for this Realm, one Knight shall be chosen and elected to the same Parliaments for every of the Shires of Brecknock, Radnor, Mountgomery and Denbigh, and for every other Shire within the said Country of Dominion of Wales;

The official name of the constituency in English was Anglesey, until it was replaced by the Welsh name Ynys Môn. Parliament approved the change, to take effect from the United Kingdom general election, 1983. This was purely an alteration of the official name, as no boundary changes were involved.

[edit] Boundaries

Geographically, the constituency of Ynys Môn comprises the whole of the main island of Anglesey and the smaller Holy Island.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1326–1327: Howel ap Griffuyth
• 1326–1327: David ap Howel
• 1326–1327: Tudur Duy
• 1326–1327: Tudur ap Lewelyn
• 1326–1327: Lewelyn Vaghan
• 1326–1327: Howel ap Tudur

not represented in Parliament until 1541

• 1541: Name lost
• 1545: William Bulkeley
• 1547: William Bulkeley
• 1549: Sir Richard Bulkeley (I)
• March 1553: Lewis Ab Owen ap Meurig
• October 1553: William Lewis
• April 1554: Sir Richard Bulkeley (I)
• November 1554: Sir Richard Bulkeley (I)
• 1555: William Lewis
• 1558: Rowland Ap Meredydd
• 1562/3: Richard Bulkeley (II)
• 1571: Sir Richard Bulkeley (I)
• 1572: Lewis Ab Owen ap Meurig
• 1584: Owen Holland
• 1586: Sir Henry Bagenal
• 1588: Richard Bulkeley (III)
• 1593: William Glynne
• 1597: Hugh Hughes
• 1601: Thomas Holland
• 1604: Sir Richard Bulkeley (II)
• 1614: Sir Richard Bulkeley (II)
• 1621: Richard Williams
• 1623: John Mosten
• 1625: Sir Sackville Trevor
• 1626: Richard Bulkeley (IV)
• 1628: Richard Bulkeley (IV)
• April 1640: John Bodville

Long Parliament

• 1640–1644: John Bodville (Royalist) - disabled to sit, 5 February 1644
• 1646–1648: Richard Wood - excluded in Pride's Purge, December 1648

Anglesey was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament

First Protectorate Parliament

• 1654–1655: Col. George Twisleton
• 1654–1655: William Foxwist

Second Protectorate Parliament

• 1656–1658: Col. George Twisleton
• 1656–1658: Griffith Bodwrda

Third Protectorate Parliament

• 1659: Col. George Twisleton

Year		Member	Party
April 1660		Robert Bulkeley, 2nd Viscount Bulkeley	Court
1661		Nicholas Bagenal	Court
February 1679		Hon. Henry Bulkeley	Tory
August 1679		Hon. Richard Bulkeley	Tory
1685		Robert Bulkeley, 2nd Viscount Bulkeley	Tory
1689		Hon. Thomas Bulkeley	Tory
1690		Richard Bulkeley, 3rd Viscount Bulkeley	Tory
1704		Richard Bulkeley, 4th Viscount Bulkeley	Tory
1715		Owen Meyrick	Whig
1722		Richard Bulkeley, 4th Viscount Bulkeley	Tory
1725		Hugh Williams	Whig
1734		Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet	Opposition Whig
1741		John Owen	Opposition Whig
1747		Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet	Opposition Whig
1761		Owen Meyrick	Whig
1770		Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet	Opposition Whig
1774		Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley	Opposition, later allied to Burke and later still to Pitt
1784		Nicholas Bayly	Independent Whig, supported Pitt
1790		Hon. William Paget	Whig, supported Pitt
1794		Sir Arthur Paget	Whig
1807		Hon. Berkeley Paget	Whig
1820		Henry Paget, Earl of Uxbridge	Whig
1832		Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, 10th Baronet	Whig
1837		Hon. William Stanley	Liberal
1847		Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, 10th Baronet	Liberal
1868		Richard Davies	Liberal
1886		Thomas Lewis	Liberal (Gladstonian)
1895		Ellis Ellis-Griffith	Liberal
1918		Sir Owen Thomas	Independent Labour
1923		Sir Robert Thomas	Liberal
1929		Lady Megan Lloyd George	Liberal
1951		Cledwyn Hughes	Labour
1979		Keith Best	Conservative
1983	Name changed to Ynys Môn
1987		Ieuan Wyn Jones	Plaid Cymru
2001		Albert Owen	Labour

[edit] Election results in the 2000s

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Nathan Gill
	Conservative	Trefor Jones
	Labour	Albert Owen
	Plaid Cymru	Dylan Rees

General Election 2005: Ynys Môn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Owen	12,278	34.6	-0.4
	Plaid Cymru	Eurig Wyn	11,036	31.1	-1.5
	Independent	Peter Rogers	5,216	14.7
	Conservative	James Roach	3,915	11.0	-11.5
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Green	2,418	6.8	-1.3
	UKIP	Elaine Gill	367	1.0	-0.1
	Legalise Cannabis	Tim Evans	232	0.7
Majority			1,242	3.5
Turnout			35,462	67.5	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.6

General Election 2001: Ynys Môn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Owen	11,906	35.0	+1.8
	Plaid Cymru	Eilian Williams	11,106	32.6	-6.8
	Conservative	Albie Fox	7,653	22.5	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Bennett	2,772	8.1	+4.3
	UKIP	Francis Wykes	359	1.1	N/A
	Independent	Nona Donald	222	0.7	N/A
Majority			800	2.4
Turnout			34,018	63.7	-11.2
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

[edit] General election results, 1929-1950

General Election, 23 February 1950:Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Miss Megan Lloyd George	13,688	46.6
	Labour	Cledwyn Hughes	11,759	40.0
	Conservative	J O Jones	3,919	13.3
Majority			1,929	6.5
Turnout				82.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election, 5-12 July 1945:Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Miss Megan Lloyd George	12,610	52.2
	Labour	Cledwyn Hughes	11,529	47.8
Majority			1,081	4.4
Turnout				70.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election, 14 November 1935:Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Miss Megan Lloyd George	11,227	44.5
	Conservative	F J W Williams	7,045	27.9
	Labour	H Jones	6,959	27.6
Majority			4,182	16.6
Turnout				74.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election, 27 October 1931:Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Miss Megan Lloyd George	14,839	58.3
	Conservative	A Hughes	10,612	41.7
Majority			4,227	16.6
Turnout				75.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election, 30 May 1929: Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Miss Megan Lloyd George	13,181	49.4
	Labour	W Edwards	7,563	28.4
	Conservative	A Hughes	5,917	22.2
Majority			5,618	21.0
Turnout				79.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Gwynedd

v • d • e Constituencies in Wales Labour Aberavon · Alyn and Deeside · Bridgend · Caerphilly · Cardiff North · Cardiff South and Penarth · Cardiff West · Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire · Clwyd South · Conwy · Cynon Valley · Delyn · Gower · Islwyn · Llanelli · Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney · Neath · Newport East · Newport West · Ogmore · Pontypridd · Rhondda · Swansea East · Swansea West · Torfaen · Vale of Clwyd · Vale of Glamorgan · Wrexham · Ynys Môn Liberal Democrat Brecon and Radnorshire · Cardiff Central · Ceredigion · Montgomeryshire Conservative Clwyd West · Monmouth · Preseli Pembrokeshire Plaid Cymru Caernarfon · Carmarthen East and Dinefwr · Meirionnydd Nant Conwy Independent Blaenau Gwent Wales European constituency: Conservative (1) · Labour (1) · Plaid Cymru (1) · UKIP (1)

[edit] References

[edit] Bibliography

• The House of Commons 1509-1558, by S.T. Bindoff (Secker & Warburg 1982)
• Williams, William Retlaw (1895). The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales. Brecknock: E. Davies and Bell. pp. 1–8. http://books.google.com/books?id=rbYlAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 2008-08-28. 
• F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow, 1949
• Keele University, UK General Election Results, 1950