Ynys Môn (Welsh pronunciation:[ˌənɨsˈmoːn]; officially called Anglesey until 1983) is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is one of five 'protected constituencies' within the UK, with boundaries defined by the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020 to be to those of Isle of Anglesey County Council where there must be a whole number of MPs rounded up to the nearest whole number with these boundaries.[2]
The Ynys Môn Senedd constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999 (as an Assembly constituency).
As of 2024, Ynys Môn is represented by Llinos Medi of Plaid Cymru.
Constituency profile
The seat covers the isles of Anglesey and Holy Island. Incomes and house prices are slightly below average for the UK. Electoral Calculus describes the seat as "Traditionalist", characterised by socially conservative Labour-inclined voters with lower levels of income and formal education.[3]
History
The Laws in Wales Act 1535 (26 Hen. 8. c. 26) provided for a single county seat in the House of Commons for each of 12 historic Welsh counties (including Anglesey) and two for Monmouthshire. Using the modern year, starting on 1 January, these parliamentary constituencies were authorised in 1536.
The Act contains the following provision, which had the effect of enfranchising the shire of Anglesey:
And that for this present Parliament, and all other Parliaments to be holden and kept for this Realm, one Knight shall be chosen and elected to the same Parliaments for every of the Shires of Brecknock, Radnor, Mountgomery and Denbigh, and for every other Shire within the said Country of Dominion of Wales;
The earliest known results are a fragment of the 1541 returns, in which the name of the Knight of the Shire for Anglesey (as Members of Parliament from county constituencies were known before the 19th century) has been lost.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][excessive citations] It is not known if Anglesey was represented in the parliaments of 1536 and 1539.[14]
The borough constituency of Newborough, soon renamed Beaumaris, returned a member of parliament for the boroughs of Anglesey. It was abolished in 1885, leaving only the county constituency of Anglesey. The official name of the constituency in English was Anglesey, until it was replaced by the Welsh name Ynys Môn. Parliament approved the change, to take effect from the 1983 general election. This was purely an alteration of the official name, as no boundary changes were involved.
Boundaries
Geographically, the constituency of Ynys Môn comprises the whole of the main island of Anglesey and the smaller Holy Island.[2]
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^ abCragoe, Matthew (2004). Culture, Politics, and National Identity in Wales, 1832-1886. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 31. ISBN 0-19-820754-9. Retrieved 22 August 2018 – via Google Books.
^ ab"Anglesey (County)". Bell's New Weekly Messenger. 11 January 1835. p. 5. Retrieved 22 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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^ abEscott, Margaret. "Anglesey". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
^ abcdefghijklmCraig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
^"State of the Poll". North Wales Chronicle. 28 February 1837. p. 3. Retrieved 5 May 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ abcdefghiCraig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 (1 ed.). London and Basingstoke: The Macmillan Press Ltd. ISBN 9780333169032. Page 467
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^"Politics Resources". Election 1979. Politics Resources. 3 May 1979. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
^ ab"Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^"Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
^"Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^"BBC NEWS>VOTE 2001>Results and Constituencies>Ynys Môn". Vote 2001. BBC News. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
^"Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^"BBC NEWS > Ynys Môn". Vote 2001. BBC News. 7 June 2001. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
^"Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^"Ynys Môn parliamentary constituency - Election 2005" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
^"Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^"Election 2010 | Constituency | Ynys Mon". BBC News. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
^"Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ abc"Election results for Ynys Môn with full statistics". Election results for Ynys Môn. Isle of Anglesey Count Council. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
^"Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Isle of Anglesey County Council. 14 November 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
^"Ynys Môn Parliamentary constituency". BBC News Online. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
^ abcd"Election-Results/General-Election-2019" (PDF). Isle of Anglesey County Council. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
^"Ynys Môn results - General election 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
Further reading
The House of Commons 1509–1558, by S.T. Bindoff (Secker & Warburg 1982)
Williams, William Retlaw (1895). The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales. Brecknock: E. Davies and Bell. pp. 1–8. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918–1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow, 1949
Keele University, UK General Election Results, 1950
External links
Ynys Môn UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
Ynys Môn UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK