WELSH Conservative Darren Millar has been elected as Member of the Senedd for Clwyd West for the fourth time. Mr Millar received 11,839 votes on Senedd election day on Thursday, May 6, followed by Welsh Labour candidate Joshua Hurst with 8,154, Elin Walker Jones, Plaid Cymru, with 5,609 and Liberal Democrat David Wilkins with 1,158 votes. Meanwhile Jeanie Barton, UKIP Scrap The Assembly, received 520 votes, Euan McGivern, Abolish The Welsh Assembly Party received 502, N Clare Eno, of Reform UK, received 304, and Rhydian Hughes, Gwlad – The Welsh Independence Party, received 277 votes. The results were confirmed on Friday afternoon at Eirias Park in Colwyn Bay, where the vote counting process was carried out by Conwy County Borough Council.
VOTE counting is underway for Clwyd West after people across Conwy went to the polls on Thursday. Thousands of votes to elect members to the Senedd and a Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales are being tallied by volunteers after polling stations closed at 10pm. Conwy County Borough Council is administering the verification of the votes at The Barn in Eirias Park, Colwyn Bay. The Barn, Colwyn Bay. Picture: Conwy County Borough Council/Twitter Aaron Wynne, Plaid Cymru candidate for Clwyd West, said he believes the race is really close between himself and Welsh Conservative candidate Darren Millar. Speaking to Jez Hemmings, Local Democracy Reporter, he said: “Things look very close. I think it’s a two-horse race between us and the Conservatives but I think we’re definitely still in the race.
VOTE counting is underway for Clwyd West after people across Conwy went to the polls on Thursday. Thousands of votes to elect members to the Senedd and a Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales are being tallied by volunteers after polling stations closed at 10pm. Conwy County Borough Council is administering the verification of the votes at The Barn in Eirias Park, Colwyn Bay. The Barn, Colwyn Bay. Picture: Conwy County Borough Council/Twitter Aaron Wynne, Plaid Cymru candidate for Clwyd West, said he believes the race is really close between himself and Welsh Conservative candidate Darren Millar. Speaking to Jez Hemmings, Local Democracy Reporter, he said: “Things look very close. I think it’s a two-horse race between us and the Conservatives but I think we’re definitely still in the race.