Wrexham (Senedd constituency)

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

Wrexham (Welsh: Wrecsam) 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.

Wrexham Wrecsam
Senedd county constituency for the Senedd
Wrexham shown within the North Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd county constituency
Created	1999
Party	Labour
MS	Lesley Griffiths
Preserved county	Clwyd

Boundaries

 

Map of current 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 included 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 Senedd, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Member of the Senedd 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 Senedd

Election		Member	Party	Portrait
	1999	John Marek	Labour
	2003		John Marek Independent Party
	2003		Forward Wales
	2007	Lesley Griffiths	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Wrexham^[1]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lesley Griffiths	8,452	37.4	+0.3	7,450	33.0	+0.4
	Conservative	Jeremy Kent	7,102	31.4	+0.8	7,099	31.5	+8.1
	Plaid Cymru	Carrie Harper	4,832	21.4	+8.5	4,793	21.2	+8.1
	Abolish	Paul Ashton	790	3.5	New	1,000	4.4	–1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Sly	755	3.3	–2.3	778	3.4	–5.1
	UKIP	Sebastian Ross	378	1.7	–10.1	350	1.6	–10.5
	Reform UK	Charles Dodman	187	0.8	New	186	0.8	New
	Gwlad	Aaron Norton	110	0.5	New	89	0.4	New
	Green					545	2.4	–0.6
	Freedom Alliance					116	0.5	New
	Propel					59	0.3	New
	Communist					55	0.2	–0.1
	Independent	Michelle Brown				29	0.1	New
	TUSC					15	0.1	New
Majority			1,352	6.0	–0.5
Turnout			22,606
	Labour hold		Swing
Notes

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Wrexham^[2]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional^[3]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lesley Griffiths	7,552	37.1	−7.7	6,607	32.6	-4.6
	Conservative	Andrew Atkinson	6,227	30.6	+3.7	4,747	23.4	-0.4
	Plaid Cymru	Carrie Harper	2,631	12.9	−1.0	2,666	13.1	-0.1
	UKIP	Jeanette Stefani	2,393	11.8	New	2,458	12.1	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Beryl Blackmore	1,140	5.6	−8.8	1,729	8.5	-2.9
	Green	Alan Butterwoth	411	2.0	New	599	3.0	+1.0
	Abolish					1,098	5.4	New
	Association of Welsh Independents					134	0.7	New
	Monster Raving Loony					123	0.6	New
	Communist					68	0.3	±0.0
	Mark Young - Independent					57	0.3	New
Majority			1,325	6.5	−11.4
Turnout			20,354	39.5	+3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.7

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Wrexham^[4]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional^[5]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lesley Griffiths	8,368	44.8	+16.0	6,954	37.2	+6.9
	Conservative	John Marek	5,031	26.9	+9.7	4,448	23.8	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Brereton	2,692	14.4	−2.3	2,127	11.4	-6.7
	Plaid Cymru	Marc Jones	2,596	13.9	+4.3	2,463	13.2	+1.3
	UKIP					834	4.5	-1.2
	BNP					598	3.2	-6.2
	Socialist Labour					559	3.0	+1.8
	Green					379	2.0	-0.6
	Welsh Christian					183	1.0	+0.1
	Weyman - Independent					84	0.4	New
	Communist					58	0.3	±0.0
Majority			3,337	17.9	+11.5
Turnout			18,687	36.2	−2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.2

Regional ballots rejected: 240^[6]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Wrexham

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional^[7]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lesley Griffiths	5,633	28.8	−3.3	5,878	30.3	-0.7
	Independent	John Marek	4,383	22.4	−15.3
	Conservative	Felicity Elphick	3,372	17.2	+4.4	3,736	19.3	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Bruce Roberts	3,268	16.7	+6.9	3,508	18.1	+7.3
	Plaid Cymru	Sion Aled Owen	1,878	9.6	+1.9	2,307	11.9	+1.2
	UKIP	Peter Lewis	1,033	5.3	New	1,105	5.7	+3.4
	BNP					1,821	9.4	New
	Green					509	2.6	+1.3
	Socialist Labour					235	1.2	New
	Welsh Christian					180	0.9	New
	Communist					53	0.3	New
	CPA					41	0.2	New
Majority			1,250	6.4	N/A
Turnout			19,576	38.8	+4.4
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Wrexham

Party		Candidate	Constituency^[8]			List
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	John Marek Independent Party	John Marek	6,539	37.7	N/A	5,163	30.0	New
	Labour	Lesley Griffiths	5,566	32.1	−21.0	5,331	31.0
	Conservative	Janet Finch-Saunders	2,228	12.8	−3.0	2,269	13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Philip Rippeth	1,701	9.8	−6.1	1,865	10.8
	Plaid Cymru	Peter Ryder	1,329	7.7	−7.6	1,833	10.7
	UKIP					401	2.3
	Green					223	1.3
	Cymru Annibynnol					57	0.3	New
	Communist					35	0.2	New
	Prolife Alliance					16	0.1	New
Majority			973	5.6	N/A
Turnout			17,363	34.4	−12.2
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

2003 Electorate: 50,508
Regional ballots rejected: 294

Elections in the 1990s

Assembly Election 1999: Wrexham^[9]

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 (Senedd electoral region)
• Senedd constituencies and electoral regions
• Wrexham (UK Parliament constituency)

References

1. [https://www.wrexham.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2021-04/sopn-and-notice-of-poll-wrexham.pdf Wrexham Statement of Persons Nominated
2. "Wrexham– Welsh Assembly Constituency – Election 2016". BBC News. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
3. "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
4. "Wales elections > Wrexham". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
5. "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales Election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
6. "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
7. "2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Pages Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
8. The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
9. "BBC News Election 1999". BBC News. 6 May 1999. Retrieved 29 October 2017.

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