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Government minister Lesley Griffiths won the constituency by 1,350 votes, beating Tory candidate Jeremy Kent. It meant Labour was able to avoid a repeat of the 2019 general election, where the Conservatives pulled off a historic victory in the area. Lesley Griffiths AM Welsh Government Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs. Wrexham was again a hotly contested seat in the Welsh Parliament with both Prime Minister Boris Johnson and UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer visiting the town on the campaign trail in the last few weeks. Counting took place at Glyndwr University today (Friday, 7 May) instead of overnight due to the coronavirus pandemic. ....
Wrexham.com’s unscientific election Straw Poll results ! Our entirely unscientific snap straw poll results are in! Well over a thousand poll results were lodged in our now traditional snap straw poll that we conducted yesterday evening. Of course polls such of these are lacking the segmentation and pre-qualification elements of ‘proper’ polls so treat it accordingly. The audience in theory was the self selecting readership relevant to the Wrexham area – however one candidate did place their poll on their page within minutes of it going live, and unlike previous polls the Google Forms system does not allow basic filtering to attempt to prevent multiple voters. ....