The Vale of Clwyd () was a constituency of the Senedd. It elected one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it was one of nine constituencies in the North Wales electoral region, which elected 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 Vale of Clwyd Westminster constituency. It was entirely within the preserved county of Clwyd. From the 2007 Assembly election, the constituency had included an area within the Clwyd West constituency. For Westminster purposes, the same boundary change became effective for the 2010 United Kingdom general election.
When created in 1999, the North Wales region included the constituencies of Alyn and Deeside, Caernarfon, Clwyd South, Clwyd West, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn.
Since the 2007 Assembly election, the region included Aberconwy, Alyn and Deeside, Arfon, Clwyd South, Conwy, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn.
Voting In elections for the Senedd, each voter had two votes. The first vote was 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 was used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats were allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.
Members of the Senedd ElectionMemberPartyPortrait 1999–2021 Ann Jones Labour 2021–present Gareth Davies Conservative
Elections Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 2010s
Regional ballots rejected: 186
Elections in the 2000s
2003 Electorate: 49,319 Regional ballots rejected: 534
Elections in the 1990s
See also North Wales (Senedd electoral region) Senedd constituencies and electoral regions
References
External links Vale of Clwyd Lib Dems Blog