North Wales (Welsh: Gogledd Cymru) was an electoral region of the Senedd, consisting of nine constituencies. The region elected thirteen members, nine directly elected constituency members and four additional members. The electoral region was first used in the 1999 Welsh Assembly election, when the National Assembly for Wales was created.
Each constituency elected one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post electoral system, and the region as a whole elected four additional or top-up Members of the Senedd, to create a degree of proportional representation. The additional member seats were allocated from closed lists by the D'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.
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County and Westminster boundaries
As created in 1999, the region covered most of the preserved county of Clwyd, part of the preserved county of Gwynedd, and part of the preserved county of Powys. Other parts of these preserved counties were within the Mid and West Wales electoral region. For the 2007 Welsh Assembly election, however, boundaries changed, and the region later covered all of the preserved county of Clwyd and part of the preserved county of Gwynedd. The rest of Gwynedd was in the Mid and West Wales region.
The Senedd constituencies had the names of constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). For Westminster election purposes, however, there are no electoral regions, and constituency boundary changes became effective for the 2010 United Kingdom general election.
They were abolished ahead of the 2026 Senedd election.
Electoral region profile
The region was a mix of rural and urban areas, with the population higher in the east, where can be found the region's largest settlement, Wrexham, and the working-class conurbations of Deeside. The western areas, including the Isle of Anglesey (Ynys Môn), are largely rural. Although Anglesey and Gwynedd serve as the home to large numbers of Welsh speakers, with the language not being widely spoken in the north-east.
Former constituencies
Assembly members and Members of the Senedd
Regional list AMs and MSs
N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only
2021 Senedd election additional members
(The fourth regional seat was allocated to the Conservatives rather than to Plaid Cymru by a margin of only 21 votes).
2016 Welsh Assembly election additional members
2011 Welsh Assembly election additional members
Regional AMs elected 2011
† Resigned as AM following her election to the UK House of Commons on 7 May 2015; replaced by Janet Haworth from 27 May 2015.