Wrexham (Senedd constituency)

Not to be confused with Wrexham (UK Parliament constituency).

Wrexham
National Assembly for Wales county constituency
Wrexham shown within the North Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current National Assembly for Wales county constituency
Created	1999
Party	Labour
AM	Lesley Griffiths
Preserved county	Clwyd

Wrexham 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 Wrexham Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of Clwyd.

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.

The constituency of Wrexham is divided into the electoral divisions: Acton, Borras Park, Brynyffynnon, Cartrefle, Erddig, Garden Village, Gresford East and West, Grosvenor, Gwersyllt East and South, Gwersyllt North, Gwersyllt West, Hermitage, Holt, Little Acton, Llay, Maesydre, Marford and Hoseley, Offa, Queensway, Rhosnesni, Rossett, Smithfield, Stansty, Whitegate, Wynnstay

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.

Members of the National Assembly for Wales

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1999	John Marek	Labour
style="background-color: Template:John Marek Independent Party/meta/color" |	2003		John Marek Independent Party
style="background-color: Template:Forward Wales/meta/color" |	2003		Forward Wales
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	2007	Lesley Griffiths	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Assembly Election 2016: Wrexham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lesley Griffiths	7,552	37.1	−7.7
	Conservative	Andrew Atkinson	6,227	30.6	+3.7
	Plaid Cymru	Carrie Harper	2,631	12.9	−1
	UKIP	Jeanette Stefani	2,393	11.8	+11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Beryl Blackmore	1,140	5.6	−8.8
	Green	Alan Butterwoth	411	2	+2
Majority			1,325	6.5	−11.4
Turnout			20,354	39.5	+3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.7

Assembly Election 2011: Wrexham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lesley Griffiths	8,368	44.8	+16.0
	Conservative	John Marek	5,031	26.9	+9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Brereton	2,692	14.4	−2.3
	Plaid Cymru	Marc Jones	2,596	13.9	+4.3
Majority			3,337	17.9	+11.5
Turnout			18,687	36.2	−2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.2

Elections in the 2000s

Assembly Election 2007: Wrexham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lesley Griffiths	5,633	28.8	−3.3
	Forward Wales	John Marek	4,383	22.4	−15.3
	Conservative	Felicity Elphick	3,372	17.2	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Bruce Roberts	3,268	16.7	+6.9
	Plaid Cymru	Sion Aled Owen	1,878	9.6	+1.9
	UKIP	Peter Michael Lewis	1,033	5.3	N/A
Majority			1,250	6.4
Turnout			19,576	38.8	+4.4
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Assembly Election 2003: Wrexham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	John Marek Independent Party	John Marek	6,539	37.7	N/A
	Labour	Lesley Griffiths	5,566	32.1	−21.0
	Conservative	Janet Finch-Saunders	2,228	12.8	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Rippeth	1,701	9.8	−6.1
	Plaid Cymru	Peter Ryder	1,329	7.7	−7.6
Majority			973	5.6
Turnout			17,363	34.4	−12.2
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

Assembly Election 1999: Wrexham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Marek	9,239	53.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Carole O’Toole	2,767	15.9	N/A
	Conservative	Felicity Elphick	2,747	15.8	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Janet Ryder	2,659	15.3	N/A
Majority			6,472	37.2	N/A
Turnout			17,412	34.2	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• North Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)
• National Assembly for Wales constituencies and electoral regions
• Wrexham (UK Parliament constituency)