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{{Short description|Former constituency of the National Assembly for Wales}}
{{Distinguish|Conwy (UK Parliament constituency)}}
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|+ style="margin-left: inherit; font-size: large;" |'''Conwy''' 
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!colspan="2" bgcolor="#efefef"|Former [[Welsh Assembly]] [[county constituency]]
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|colspan="2" align="center"| [[File:ConwyConstituency.svg|180px|Conwy]]
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!colspan="2" bgcolor="#efefef"|Conwy shown as one of the 40 <br> [[Constituencies (Welsh Assembly)|Welsh Assembly constituencies]] from [[1999 National Assembly for Wales election|1999]] to [[2007 National Assembly for Wales election|2007]]
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|Created:|| [[1999 National Assembly for Wales election|1999]]
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|Abolished:|| [[2007 National Assembly for Wales election|2007]]
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|[[National Assembly for Wales constituencies and electoral regions|Electoral region]]:|| [[North Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)|North Wales]]
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|[[Preserved counties of Wales|Preserved counties]]:|| [[Clwyd]] and [[Gwynedd]]
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'''Conwy''' was a [[Constituencies (Welsh Assembly)|constituency]] of the [[National Assembly for Wales]] from [[1999 National Assembly for Wales election|1999]] to [[2007 National Assembly for Wales election|2007]]. It elected one [[Member of the National Assembly for Wales|Assembly Member]] by the [[first past the post]] method of election. It was also one of nine constituencies in the [[North Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)|North Wales]] [[National Assembly for Wales constituencies and electoral regions|electoral region]], which elected four [[additional member system|additional members]], in addition to nine constituency members, to produce a degree of [[proportional representation]] for the region as a whole.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politics.co.uk/reference/elections-wales|title=Elections (Wales)|website=politics.co.uk|access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref>

==Boundaries==
The constituency was created for the [[1999 National Assembly for Wales election|first election to the Assembly]], in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the [[Conwy (UK Parliament constituency)|Conwy Westminster constituency]]. It was partly within the [[Preserved counties of Wales|preserved county]] of [[Clwyd]] and partly within the preserved county of [[Gwynedd]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Criddle|first=Byron|title=The Almanac of British Politics|last2=Waller|first2=Robert|publisher=Routledge|year=2007|isbn=978-0415378239|pages=258}}</ref>

The other eight constituencies of the region were [[Alyn and Deeside (Assembly constituency)|Alyn and Deeside]], [[Caernarfon (National Assembly for Wales constituency)|Caernarfon]], [[Clwyd South (Assembly constituency)|Clwyd South]], [[Clwyd West (Assembly constituency)|Clwyd West]], [[Delyn (Assembly constituency)|Delyn]], [[Vale of Clwyd (Assembly constituency)|Vale of Clwyd]], [[Wrexham (Assembly constituency)|Wrexham]] and [[Ynys Môn (Assembly constituency)|Ynys Môn]].

The Conwy constituency was replaced for the [[2007 National Assembly for Wales election|2007 Assembly election]]. Its area became partly within the [[Arfon (Assembly constituency)|Arfon]] constituency, and partly within the [[Aberconwy (Assembly constituency)|Aberconwy]] constituency. [[Arfon (Assembly constituency)|Arfon]] is entirely within the preserved county of [[Gwynedd]] and [[Aberconwy (Assembly constituency)|Aberconwy]] is entirely within the preserved county of [[Clwyd]]. Both of these constituencies are in the [[North Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)|North Wales]] [[National Assembly for Wales constituencies and electoral regions|electoral region]]. For Westminster purposes, the new constituency boundaries became effective from the [[2010 United Kingdom general election]].<ref>[https://www.assembly.wales/Research%20Documents/Assembly%20Constituencies%20and%20Electoral%20Regions%20-%20Research%20paper-25012007-49203/07-006-English.pdf Assembly Constituencies and Electoral Regions] ''National Assembly for Wales'', Jan. 2007. Accessed 14 April 2020</ref>

==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 list|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.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Altunbas|first=Yener|title=Public Choice|publisher=Springer|year=2002|volume=111, No. 1/2|pages=185–193}}</ref>

==Members of the National Assembly for Wales==
{|class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"| Election !! Member !! Party!!Photo
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| style="background-color: {{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" | 
|| [[1999 National Assembly for Wales election|1999]] 
|| [[Gareth Jones (politician)|Gareth Jones]] 
|| [[Plaid Cymru]]
|
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 
|| [[2003 National Assembly for Wales election|2003]]  
|| [[Denise Idris Jones]] 
|| [[Welsh Labour|Labour]]
| [[File:Deniseidrisjones.jpg|100px]]
|-
| colspan="2" | [[2007 National Assembly for Wales election|2007]]
| colspan="3" | ''constituency abolished; see [[Arfon (Assembly constituency)|Arfon]] and [[Aberconwy (Assembly constituency)|Aberconwy]]''
|}

==Election Results==
{{AMS election box begin | title=[[2003 National Assembly for Wales election|Welsh Assembly Election 2003]]: Conwy |list_type = Regional<ref>{{cite book |title=The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003 |date=November 2003 |publisher=The Electoral Commission |pages=110–115 |url=https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/who-we-are-and-what-we-do/elections-and-referendums/past-elections-and-referendums/senedd-elections/results-and-turnout-2011-national-assembly-wales-election |access-date=1 August 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
  |party      = Welsh Labour 
  |candidate  = [[Denise Idris Jones]]
  |votes      = 6,467
  |percentage = 30.9
  |change     = +0.8
|list_votes   = 6,462
|list_percentage = 30.9
|list_change = +0.2
|winner       = yes
|list_winner  = yes
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
  |party      = Plaid Cymru
  |candidate  = [[Gareth Jones (politician)|Gareth Jones]]
  |votes      = 6,395
  |percentage = 30.6
  |change     = 0.0
|list_votes   = 5,283
|list_percentage = 25.3
|list_change =-5.1
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
  |party      = Welsh Conservative Party 
  |candidate  = [[Guto Bebb]]
  |votes      = 5,152
  |percentage = 24.6
  |change     = +6.1
|list_votes   = 4,671
|list_percentage = 22.3
|list_change =+3.4
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
  |party      = Welsh Liberal Democrats 
  |candidate  = Graham Rees
  |votes      = 2,914
  |percentage = 13.9
  |change     = −2.6
|list_votes   = 2,575
|list_percentage = 12.3
|list_change =-3.1
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party        = Green Party of England and Wales
|list_votes   = 725
|list_percentage = 3.5
|list_change =+0.9
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party        = UK Independence Party
|list_votes   = 549
|list_percentage = 2.6
|list_change =''New''
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party        = [[John Marek Independent Party]]
|list_votes   = 408
|list_percentage = 2.0
|list_change =''New''
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party        = Cymru Annibynnol
|list_votes   = 130
|list_percentage = 0.6
|list_change =''New''
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party        = Communist Party of Britain
|list_votes   = 79
|list_percentage = 0.4
|list_change =+0.2
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party        = [[ProLife Alliance]]
|list_votes   = 30
|list_percentage = 0.1
|list_change =''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 72
  |percentage = 0.3
  |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 20,928
  |percentage = 38.4
  |change     = −10.8
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
  |winner     = Welsh Labour 
  |loser      = Plaid Cymru
  |swing      = +0.4
}}
{{Election box end}}

'''2003 Electorate:''' 55,291<br>
'''Regional ballots rejected:''' 273

{{AMS election box begin
|title =  [[1999 National Assembly for Wales election|Welsh Assembly Election 1999]]: Conwy<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://senedd.assembly.wales/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=149|title=National Assembly for Wales Elections (Constituency) 1999 - Thursday, 6 May 1999|website=National Assembly for Wales|access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref>
|constituency_type = Constituency
|list_type = Regional 
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
  |party      = Plaid Cymru
  |candidate  = [[Gareth Jones (politician)|Gareth Jones]]
  |votes      = 8,285
  |percentage = 30.6
  |change     = N/A
|list_votes   = 8,306
|list_percentage = 30.4
|list_change  =  
|winner       = yes
|list_winner  = 
|status       =
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
  |party      = Welsh Labour 
  |candidate  = Cath Sherrington
  |votes      = 8,171
  |percentage = 30.1
  |change     = ''N/A''
|list_votes   = 8,383
|list_percentage = 30.7
|list_change  =  
|winner       =
|list_winner  = yes
|status       =
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
  |party      = Welsh Conservatives
  |candidate  = [[David Jones (Clwyd West MP)|David Jones]]
  |votes      = 5,006
  |percentage = 18.5
  |change     = ''N/A''
|list_votes   = 5,171
|list_percentage = 18.9
|list_change  =  
|winner       =
|list_winner  = 
|status       =
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
  |party      = Welsh Liberal Democrats 
  |candidate  = [[Christine Humphreys]]
  |votes      = 4,480
  |percentage = 16.5
  |change     = ''N/A''
|list_votes   = 4,189
|list_percentage = 15.4
|list_change  =  
|winner       =
|list_winner  = 
|status       =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |candidate  = Goronwy Edwards
  |votes      = 1,160
  |percentage = 4.3
  |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party        = Green Party of England and Wales
|list_votes   = 715
|list_percentage = 2.6
|list_change =
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party        = Natural Law Party
|list_votes   = 312
|list_percentage = 1.1
|list_change =
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party        = Welsh Socialist Alliance
|list_votes   = 118
|list_percentage = 0.4
|list_change =
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party        = Communist Party of Britain
|list_votes   = 68
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change = 
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party        = Rhuddlan Debt Protest Campaign	
|list_votes   = 26
|list_percentage = 0.1
|list_change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 114
  |percentage = 0.5
  |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 27,102
  |percentage = 49.2
  |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
  |winner     = Plaid Cymru
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[North Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)]]
* [[National Assembly for Wales constituencies and electoral regions]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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