Investigating the National Assembly for Wales and the Welsh Government – Past Election Results
1999 Election Seats
In this article we are going to investigate the four elections in Wales in 1999, 2003, 2007 & 2011.
1999
Labour 28
Plaid 17
Conservative 9
Liberal Democrats 6
Image: Welsh Assembly election 1999 map - FurFur © Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International
Regional
Image: WelshAssemblyRegions1999 - Figaro-ahp © Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported
2003 Election Seats
2003
Labour 30
Plaid 12
Conservative 11
Liberal Democrats 6
Independent 1
Image: Welsh Assembly election 2003 map - FurFur © Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International
Regional
North Wales
Conservative - 2 seats; Plaid Cymru - 1 seat; Liberal Democrats - 1 seat
Mid and West Wales
Plaid Cymru - 1 seat; Conservatives - 3 seat
South Wales Central
Conservative - 2 seats; Plaid Cymru - 2 seats
South Wales East
Conservative - 2 seats; Liberal Democrats 1 seat; Plaid Cymru - 1 seats
South Wales West
Conservative - 1 seats; Plaid Cymru - 2 seat; Liberal Democrats - 1 seat
2007 Elections Seats
2007
Labour 26
Plaid 15
Conservative 12
Liberal Democrats 6
Independent 1
Image: Welsh Assembly election 2007 map - FurFur © Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported
Regional
North Wales
Conservative - 2 seats; Plaid Cymru - 1 seat; Liberal Democrats - 1 seat
Mid and West Wales
Labour - 2 seats; Plaid Cymru - 1 seat; Conservatives - 1 seat
South Wales Central
Conservative - 2 seats; Plaid Cymru - 2 seats
South Wales East
Conservative - 1 seats; Liberal Democrats 1 seat; Plaid Cymru - 2 seats
South Wales West
Conservative - 2 seats; Plaid Cymru - 1 seat; Liberal Democrats - 1 seat
2011 Election Seats
2011
Labour 30
Plaid 11
Conservative 14
Liberal Democrats 5
Image: Welsh Assembly election 2011 map - Nilfanion © Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported
Regional
North Wales
Conservative - 2 seats; Plaid Cymru - 1 seat; Liberal Democrats - 1 seat
Mid and West Wales
Labour - 2 seats; Plaid Cymru - 1 seat; Liberal Democrats - 1 seat
South Wales Central
Conservative - 2 seats; Plaid Cymru - 1 seat; Liberal Democrats - 1 seat
South Wales East
Conservative - 2 seats; Plaid Cymru - 2 seats
South Wales West
Conservative - 2 seats; Plaid Cymru - 1 seat; Liberal Democrats - 1 seat
A year ago in issue 26 of GITN we looked at different political parties and what they stood for. We looked at the ways in which they were grouped based on how they viewed the economy (all about money and how it is earned, taxed and spent by the government and also nationalism and unionism.
You should follow these links to look at this information so that you can understand the policies of the different parties.
Political Parties KS3 Link - Click Below
Choosing a Party
The information above tells you about the general ideas that underpin each party. However every party has a broad range of members and supporters; they choose the party that best fits what they believe and will rarely agree with everything a party believes in.
The ideas that a party believes in are usually reduced down to specific policies which are what the party would do if it was in power. Policies are usually decided by a vote by members or their representatives. When there is an election these policies are usually put in promises or pledges and form a party manifesto.
In the run up to the elections in May each party will probably put a leaflet of their main policies or a full manifesto through the letterbox of nearly every house in Wales. Try and rescue these before they go into the recycling bin so that you can also use these to help your investigation.
Manifesto link/Website
The following links are in order of current Welsh Assembly seats/members.
Student Activity
After reading all three articles and carrying out the activities. Use the accompanying A3 sheet to help you to carry out an investigation into the 2016 Assembly Elections in Wales.
Constituency Map - Click below
2007 Constituency Map - Click below
Regions Map - Click below
