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Encyclopedia > Caernarfon (UK Parliament constituency)

Caernarfon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is named after the main town, Caernarfon, within the constituency. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... Caernarfon, 2002 Caernarfon (the original Welsh spelling is now normally used in preference over the Anglicised form, Caernarvon or Carnarvon) is a Royal Town in Gwynedd in north-west Wales. ...

Contents
1 Boundaries
2 Member of Parliament
3 Election results

3.1 2005
3.2 2001

4 Politics and history of the constituency

Boundaries

Member of Parliament

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Election results

2005

General Election 2005: Caernarfon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Hywel Williams 12,747 45.5 +1.1
Labour Martin Eaglestone 7,538 26.9 -5.4
Liberal Democrats Mel Ab Owain 3,508 12.5 +6.2
Conservative Guy Opperman 3,483 12.4 -2.8
UKIP Elwyn Williams 723 2.6 +0.7
Majority 18.6
Turnout 60.4 -1.6
Plaid Cymru hold Swing +3.3

2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on 5 May 2005, just over three weeks after the dissolution of Parliament on 11 April by Queen Elizabeth II, at the request of the Prime Minister, Tony Blair. ... Plaid Cymru (literally meaning, Party of Wales) is a left-of-centre (describing itself as socialist and proud of it) Welsh nationalist party. ... Hywel Williams (born 14 May 1953) is a Welsh politician and Plaid Cymru member of Parliament for Caernarfon since 2001. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right in the United Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... Plaid Cymru (literally meaning, Party of Wales) is a left-of-centre (describing itself as socialist and proud of it) Welsh nationalist party. ...

2001

General Election 2001: Caernarfon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Hywel Williams 12,894 44.4 -6.7
Labour Martin Eaglestone 9,383 32.3 +2.8
Conservative Bronwen Naish 4,403 15.2 +2.9
Liberal Democrats Mel Ab-Owain 1,823 6.3 +1.4
UKIP Ifor Lloyd 550 1.9 N/A
Majority 3,511 12.1
Turnout 29,053 62.0 -11.7
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... Plaid Cymru (literally meaning, Party of Wales) is a left-of-centre (describing itself as socialist and proud of it) Welsh nationalist party. ... Hywel Williams (born 14 May 1953) is a Welsh politician and Plaid Cymru member of Parliament for Caernarfon since 2001. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... Plaid Cymru (literally meaning, Party of Wales) is a left-of-centre (describing itself as socialist and proud of it) Welsh nationalist party. ...

Politics and history of the constituency


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