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Delyn (Senedd constituency)

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

Delyn
Senedd county constituency
for the Senedd
File:Delyn (Assembly constituency).svg
File:North Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region).svg
Delyn shown within the North Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd county constituency
Created1999
PartyLabour
MSHannah Blythyn
Preserved countyClwyd

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.

Boundaries

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The 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

In 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

Election Member Party Portrait
1999 Alison Halford Labour File:Alison Halford.png
2003 Sandy Mewies File:Sandy Mewies.jpg
2016 Hannah Blythyn File:Hannah Blythyn AM (27555185853).jpg

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Delyn[1][2]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Hannah Blythyn[lower-alpha 1] 12,846 48.6 +7.7 10,423 39.6 +5.0
Conservative Mark Isherwood[lower-alpha 2] 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
UK Independence Party 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 Party of England and Wales 704 2.7 +0.9
Freedom Alliance (UK) 147 0.6 New
Communist Party of Britain 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
  1. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. ↑ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Delyn[4]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[5]
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
UK Independence Party 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 Party of England and Wales 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 Party of Britain 63 0.3 +0.1
Majority 3,582 15.4 +3.0
Turnout 23,159 43.3 +0.3
Labour hold Swing +1.5
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Delyn[6]
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
British National Party 579 2.5 -3.2
Socialist Labour 540 2.3 +0.8
Green Party of England and Wales 444 1.9 -0.7
Welsh Christian 203 0.9 ±0.0
Weyman - Independent 92 0.4 New
Communist Party of Britain 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

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Delyn
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[9]
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
UK Independence Party Derek Bigg 1,318 6.1 New 877 4.1 +1.5
British National Party 1,236 5.7 New
Green Party of England and Wales 570 2.6 -0.1
Socialist Labour 326 1.5 New
Welsh Christian 189 0.9 New
Communist Party of Britain 116 0.5 New
Christian Peoples Alliance 73 0.3 New
Majority 511 2.3 −7.2
Turnout 21,669 41.1 +10.1
Labour hold Swing −3.7
Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Delyn
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[10]
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 Party of England and Wales 464 2.7
UK Independence Party 445 2.6
ProLife Alliance 93 0.6
Cymru Annibynnol 85 0.5
Communist Party of Britain 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

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Delyn
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Alison Halford 10,672 44.7 N/A 9,909 41.6 N/A
Conservative Karen Lumley 5,255 22.0 N/A 5,000 21.0 N/A
Plaid Cymru Meg Elis 4,837 20.3 N/A 4,955 20.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Burnham 3,089 13.0 N/A 3,091 13.0 N/A
Green Party of England and Wales Unknown Unknown N/A
Rhuddlan Debt Protest Campaign Unknown Unknown N/A
United Socialist Unknown Unknown N/A
Communist Party of Britain Unknown Unknown N/A
Natural Law Unknown Unknown N/A
Above list parties 842 3.5 N/A
Majority 5,417 22.7 N/A
Turnout 23,853 44.2 N/A
Labour win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. ↑ [1] Delyn Statement of Persons Nominated
  2. ↑ Regional Declaration of Results Flintshire Council
  3. ↑ Hayward, Will (7 May 2021). "The voter turnout figures for every constituency in Wales". WalesOnline. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Delyn – Welsh Assembly Constituency – Election 2016". BBC News. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Wales elections > Delyn". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  7. ↑ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales Election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

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