WREXHAM (NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WALES CONSTITUENCY)

'Wrexham'

Welsh Assembly county constituency
Wrexham shown as one of the 40 Welsh Assembly constituencies
Created:	1999
Electoral region:	North Wales
AM:	John Marek
Party:	Forward Wales
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.

Contents

Boundaries

Voting

Constituency Assembly Members

Constituency Election results

See also

Sources

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.

Constituency Assembly Members

Year	Member	Party
1999	John Marek	Labour
2003	John Marek	Independent
2007	Lesley Griffiths	Labour

Constituency Election results

See also

★ North Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)

★ National Assembly for Wales constituencies and electoral regions

★ Wrexham (UK Parliament constituency)

Sources

★ The United Kingdom Parliament Library