2013 Ynys Môn by-election

Welsh Assembly by-election April 2022 2013 Ynys Môn by-election parliamentary Wales The Ynys Môn seat in the Welsh Assembly.Triggered by resignation of incumbent no 2011 National Assembly for Wales election 2011 2016 National Assembly for Wales election 2016 1 August 2013 Rhun ap Iorwerth RhunApIorwerth Nov2014.jpg Plaid Cymru 12,601 58.2% 16.8% Tal Michael Welsh Labour Welsh Labour 3,435 15.9% 10.3% Nathan Gill Nathan Gill AM (cropped).png UK Independence Party 3,099 14.3% New party Neil Fairlamb Welsh Conservatives Welsh Conservatives 1,843 8.5% 20.7% Ynys Môn (Assembly constituency).svg Map showing the Ynys Môn Assembly constituency within the North Wales electoral region within Wales. AM Subsequent AM Ieuan Wyn Jones Plaid Cymru Rhun ap Iorwerth Plaid Cymru A by-election for the Welsh Assembly constituency of Ynys Môn was held on 1 August 2013,https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-23072242 Ynys Mon by-election set for 1 August BBC News 26 June 2013 The by-election was triggered following the resignation on 20 June 2013 of its sitting Assembly Member, Ieuan Wyn Jones.https://senedd.wales/ Senedd Cymru | Welsh Parliament senedd.wales The election was the third Assembly by-election to be held since its formation in 1999, and the first for over seven years (the previous contest being at Blaenau Gwent in June 2006). Prior to the by-election, the governing Labour Party held exactly half the Assembly seats, meaning a gain for that party (who have held the equivalent seat in the House of Commons since 2001) would have given the Welsh Labour government a two-seat majority. Election Six candidates were nominated for the election.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23182533 Ynys Mon by-election: Six names put forward for poll BBC News online 5 July 2013http://www.ynysmon.gov.uk/Journals/2013/07/08/v/d/u/Datganiad_am_personau_a_enebwyd.pdf Datganiad am y Personau a Enwebwyd a Rhybudd y Bleidlais / Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll 2013-07-17 2016-03-03 ynesmon.gov.uk https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224502/http://www.ynysmon.gov.uk/Journals/2013/07/08/v/d/u/Datganiad_am_personau_a_enebwyd.pdf dead https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-23545120 Plaid's Anglesey win 'energising' for party, says Rhun ap Iorwerth BBC News online 2 August 2013 Result Plaid Cymru held the seat with a greatly increased majority. 2013 Ynys Môn by-election Rhun ap Iorwerth 12,601 58.24 +16.8 Plaid Cymru Tal Michael 3,435 15.88 -10.3 Welsh Labour Nathan Gill 3,099 14.32 New UK Independence Party Neil Fairlamb 1,843 -20.7 8.52 Welsh Conservatives Kathrine Jones 348 1.61 New Socialist Labour Party (UK) Stephen Churchman 309 -1.8 1.43 Welsh Liberal Democrats +30.1 42.34 9,166 -6.2 42.4 21,635 Plaid Cymru +13.58 Previous result 2011 Welsh Assembly election: Ynys Mônhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/constituency/html/26704.stm Wales elections 6 May 2011 BBC News BBC 6 May 2011 Plaid Cymru Ieuan Wyn Jones 9,969 41.4 +1.7 Welsh Conservatives Paul Williams 7,032 29.2 +16.2 Welsh Labour Joe Lock 6,307 26.2 +8.8 Welsh Liberal Democrats Rhys Taylor 759 3.2 −0.2 2,937 12.2 -4.2 24,067 48.6 -3.2 Plaid Cymru −7.3 References Category:By-elections to the Senedd Category:2013 elections in the United Kingdom Category:2013 in Wales Category:2010s elections in Wales Category:History of Anglesey Category:Politics of Anglesey Category:August 2013 in the United Kingdom