Rhun ap Iorwerth PLAID Cymru s Rhun ap Iorwerth comfortably held the Ynys Môn Senedd seat. First elected in a 2013 by-election, the former broadcast journalist retained his seat with a majority of 9,817 votes over the Conservatives. The Welsh Conservatives aw Cardiff councillor Lyn Hudson poll at 5,689 with Sam Egelstaff, a Llanrwst-based teacher, nudged into third place on 5,300 votes for Welsh Labour. Mr ap Iorwerth said: Its hugely humbling when the community you were brought up in gives you that sort of backing to represent them in our nation s Parliament. I will repay the faith they have shown in me by continuing to work as hard as I always have strived to do since being elected nearly eight years ago.
A POLITICIAN has made an impassioned plea for “unity” after holding onto his seat in the Senedd. Cabinet minister Ken Skates was re-elected in Clwyd South today (Friday 7 May), despite seeing his majority over the Conservatives drop slightly from 3,016 to 2,913. Mr Skates was able to steer clear of a repeat of the 2019 general election, where the constituency was won by the Tories in a shock result, by beating their candidate Barbara Hughes by 10,448 votes to 7,535. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who once stood to become an MP in Clwyd South, paid a flying visit to a farm in the area during the campaign as his party looked to make up ground.
She received 16,946 votes, with her majority substantially increased from 2,408 to 12,145. Jones, who was born in Lampeter and now lives in Aberaeron, has held the seat since its creation in 1999, and has been the Llywydd of the Senedd since 2016. The Welsh Conservatives came second with 4,801 votes, with Welsh Labour third with 3,345 votes and the Liberal Democrats - who have been second in every other vote since 2003 - finishing fourth with 3,227 votes. Full results: Elin Jones (Plaid Cymru) 16,946; Amanda Jenner (Welsh Conservatives) 4,801; Dylan Lewis-Rowlands (Welsh Labour) 3,345; Cadan ap Tomos (Welsh LD) 3,227; Harry Hayfield (Green Party) 1,356; Gethin James (Reform UK) 775; Stephanie Evans (Freedom Alliance) 305.
THE Conservatives have kept the Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire seat with Sam Kurtz winning the vote. Seven candidates fought it out for long-serving Welsh Conservative Angela Burns’ seat after she announced she would be standing down. Mr Kurtz received 11,240 votes around 900 more than Labour’s Riaz Hassan who had 10,304. Mr Kurtz, who at 29 will be one of the younger MS in Cardiff, thanked the people for “putting their trust in me to serve them well for the next five years.” He added it was a “privilege” to take over from Mrs Burns who was “such a dedicated member of the Senedd.”
Senedd Election 2021: Plaid Cymru s Sian Gwenllian sees majority surge in Arfon vote
Sian Gwenllian is on her way back to the Senedd for another term
Plaid Cymru MS Sian Gwenllian
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Arfon will be represented in Cardiff Bay for another five years by Sian Gwenllian.