Ynys Mon
2005 Results:
Labour: 12278 (34.6%)
Plaid Cymru: 11036 (31.1%)
Independent: 5216 (14.7%)
Conservative: 3915 (11%)
Liberal Democrat: 2418 (6.8%)
Other: 599 (1.7%)
Majority: 1242 (3.5%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 7653 (22.5%)
Labour: 11906 (35%)
Liberal Democrat: 2772 (8.1%)
Plaid Cymru: 11106 (32.6%)
UKIP: 359 (1.1%)
Other: 222 (0.7%)
Majority: 800 (2.4%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 8569 (21.5%)
Labour: 13275 (33.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 1537 (3.8%)
Plaid Cymru: 15756 (39.5%)
Referendum: 793 (2%)
Majority: 2481 (6.2%)
No Boundary Changes
Current MP: Albert Owen (Labour) (more information at They work for you)
Candidates:
Trefor Jones (Conservative) Contested Ceredigion in 2007 Welsh assembly elections.
Dylan Rees (Plaid Cymru) Educated at Aberystwyth University. Former Police inspector, now senior homelessness officer for Ynys Mon council.
Nathan Gill (UKIP) COntested North Wales region in 2007 Welsh elections.
2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 66829
Male: 48.4%
Female: 51.6%
Under 18: 22%
Over 60: 24.9%
Born outside UK: 2.6%
White: 99.3%
Mixed: 0.3%
Other: 0.2%
Christian: 79.4%
Full time students: 2.6%
Graduates 16-74: 18%
No Qualifications 16-74: 31.9%
Owner-Occupied: 68%
Social Housing: 17% (Council: 15.5%, Housing Ass.: 1.5%)
Privately Rented: 9.5%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 19.4%
78 Responses
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My point was simply that if you want to attract the Tory and Ind voters from last time, it’s no good telling people it’s between Red Left and Yellow Left, you will need a candidate who appeals to them. Sorry though I can’t see the LD’s being diverted to Cardiff N or Glamorgan, we’ll be giving Ceredigion all we’ve got. None of our other helds look too vulnerable and there are only a small number of seats we’ll be trying to gain in Wales.
August 16th, 2008 at 4:52 pmalyn and deeside / vale of clwyd
Benjamin,
I feel we may be looking at agreeing on manypoints and the main one is that we will both give Ceredigion our best.
It will be interesting as PC wants Ceredigion back and Lib Dems are keen on keeping what used to be trad ground.
Got to admit a straightforward Lib-Dem / Plaid fight is a new one!!!!
Red Left and Yellow Left are new ones on me. We all have - I hope - individual claims on political belief. With Senedd beginning to make itself a force in politics we need to have a Welsh perspective.
With Red and Yellow left I suppose you mean people who would normally vote Labour - I feel there may be more resurgent supoport for what used to be called trad Labour ideals.
Where they go in 2010 I cannot tell, but the one thing I have been working for for several years is that certain far-right parties do not capitalise on this situation.
Tories are more likely from my knowledge of the constituency to look at Lib Dem. Independents are less predictable.
Remember that we were nowhere in 1987 and then gained a seriously good MP next time round.
Hope it is a good campaign
August 16th, 2008 at 7:29 pmI mean that Labour and Plaid are both generally left-wing parties and Tories will have little cause to want to vote Plaid to keep Labour out as to their mind it is simply a question of having a leftist MP of a different party colour - Red left or Yellow left. Hence why a more centrist, business-friendly campaign and candidate are essential IMO for Plaid to win here.
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