Plaid Cymru has held Arfon in the General Election with an increased majority, while the conservatives have won Ynys Môn.

 

In 2017, Plaid won Arfon by just 92 votes but polled 13,134 votes, a 4.3% increase on 2017, extending the party’s majority to almost 2,000. Hywel Williams held off the challenge of Labour’s Steffie Williams Roberts from Bangor, who finished second with 10,353 votes.

Conservative candidate Gonul Daniels had 4,428 votes, while Gary Gribben, the Brexit Party candidate, had 1,159 votes.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price both visited Bangor on their campaign trail last weekend, in a final push for votes before Thursday’s General Election.

The Liberal Democrats withdrew their candidate in Arfon after agreeing a ‘pro-EU electoral pact’ with Plaid Cymru and the Green Party.

Big Conservative Majority

Boris Johnson has won a huge victory in the general election, taking seats from Labour in its heartlands across the UK.

The Conservatives clinched their majority after winning 326 seats – their majority is now on course to be between 78 and 82.

Ynys Môn

Virginia Crosbie won Ynys Môn to become Wales’ second female Tory MP. This followed Sarah Atherton’s 2,131 majority win in Wrexham.

The Conservatives had 12,959 votes, Labour’s Mary Roberts finished in second place with 10,991 votes. Plaid’s Aled ap Dafydd was pushed into third place with 10,418. The Brexit Party’s Helen Jenner secured 2,184 votes.

Mrs Crosbie, who is the Chair of Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Conservatives, is a maths teacher has lived in West Sussex for 10 years with her husband and three children. Her Grandfather was from Merthyr Tydfil, and her father from Monmouth.

She has previously stood in the Rhondda constituency, winning 10% of the vote in 2017 which she describes on her website as an “exceptional result in a challenging election”.

Mrs Crosbie said that she was “proud” to lead the way for other women MPs, describing her “honour” of being elected, promising that “the hard work started now.”

She added: “The message has been very clear, it’s all about delivering Brexit by the end of January so that we can focus on getting jobs, skilled employment, and much needed investment in the area.”