List of Parliamentary constituencies in Gwynedd
There are four constituencies covering the preserved county of Gwynedd. They are all county constituencies (CCs) of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster), and are used also for elections to the National Assembly for Wales. The current boundaries have been effective since the Welsh Assembly election, 2007 and the 2010 United Kingdom general election.[1]
The preserved county of Gwynedd shares its name with the principal area of Gwynedd, although the preserved county also covers Anglesey.
For Welsh Assembly elections, constituencies are grouped into additional member electoral regions, and changes to constituency boundaries mean, also, changes to regional boundaries.
Westminster boundaries
From 2010
| Constituency | Boundaries |
|---|---|
| 1. Arfon CC (Westminster) |  |
| 2. Dwyfor Meirionnydd CC (Westminster) | |
| 3. Ynys Môn CC (Westminster) |
1997 to 2010
| Constituency | Boundaries |
|---|---|
| 1. Caernarfon CC (Westminster) |  |
| 2. Conwy CC (Westminster) (part) | |
| 3. Meirionnydd Nant Conwy CC (Westminster) (part) | |
| 4. Ynys Môn CC (Westminster) |
Changes proposed in 2016
As part of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the Boundary Commission for Wales proposed changes to almost all the existing Welsh Westminster constituencies, giving some of them Welsh language names.[2]
- Ynys Môn ac Arfon
- Gogledd Clwyd a Gwynedd
- Colwyn and Conwy
Assembly boundaries
From 2007
| Constituency | Assembly region | Constituency boundaries |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Arfon CC (Assembly) | North Wales | |
| 2. Dwyfor Meirionnydd CC (Assembly) | Mid and West Wales | |
| 3. Ynys Môn CC (Assembly) | North Wales |
The North Wales region also includes seven Clwyd constituencies. The Mid and West Wales region also includes five Dyfed constituencies and two Powys constituencies.
1999 to 2007
| Constituency | Assembly region | Constituency boundaries |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Caernarfon CC (Assembly) | North Wales | |
| 2. Conwy CC (Assembly) (part) | ||
| 3. Meirionnydd Nant Conwy CC (Assembly) (part) | Mid and West Wales | |
| 4. Ynys Môn CC (Assembly) | North Wales |
Historical representation by party
Before 1974 this table covers the historic counties of Anglesey, Carnarvonshire and Merionethshire.
1885 to 1918
| Constituency | 1885 | 1886 | 90 | 1892 | 1895 | 99 | 1900 | 1906 | Jan 1910 | Dec 1910 | 15 | 1918 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1929 | 1931 | 1935 | 45 | 1945 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anglesey | Davies | Lewis | Ellis-Griffith | O. Thomas | R. Thomas | M. Lloyd George | ||||||||||||||
| Arfon (1885-1918) / Carnarvonshire (1918-50) | Rathbone | Jones | Rees | Breese | Jones | Owen | G. Roberts | |||||||||||||
| Carnarvon | Jones-Parry | Swetenham | D. Lloyd George | --> | --> | Davies | Price-White | |||||||||||||
| Eifion | Roberts | Davies | ||||||||||||||||||
| Merionethshire | Robertson | Ellis | Edwards | Williams | Haydn Jones | E. Roberts | ||||||||||||||
1950 to 1974
| Constituency | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | Feb 1974 | Oct 1974 | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anglesey / Ynys Môn (1983-) | Lloyd George | Hughes | Best | Wyn Jones | Owen | |||||||||||||
| Caernarfon / Arfon (2010-) | G. Roberts | Wigley | H. Williams | |||||||||||||||
| Conway | W. Jones | Thomas | Davies | W. Roberts | B. Williams | moved to Clwyd | ||||||||||||
| Merionethshire / Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (1983-2010) /
Dwyfor Meirionnydd (from 2010) |
E. Roberts | T. Jones | Edwards | Thomas | Llwyd | Saville-Roberts | ||||||||||||
Notes and references
- ↑ The Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) Order 2006, OPSI website
- ↑ Initial Proposals Report Boundary Commission for Wales