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| Alternate Names | Anglesey |
| Established | January 01, 1536 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Contributor | RP |
| Last Modified | RBH September 19, 2021 01:34am |
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Also known as Anglesey, Ynys Môn is the rural island at the north west tip of Wales. Although it has some heavier industry around the ferry port of Holyhead, agriculture and tourism remain the major industries. There is also a substantial retirement population. Anglesey Aluminium was is the island's largest employer (550 people) until it shut down. The DTI's decision to lift the moratorium on gas-fired power stations means that a new one could be built on the island. It has the fourth highest number of people employed in electricity, gas and water in the country. Politically, the seat is one of the most interesting in Wales as it is currently a three-way marginal. And Ynys Môn has been held by four different parties in succession. From 1929 to 1951 it was held by David Lloyd George's daughter Megan, who was at the time a Liberal (later a Labour MP for Carmarthen). She was followed by Labour's Cledwyn Hughes, until the Thatcher victory in 1979. The Tories hung on in 1983, but they were damaged by a share-buying scandal surrounding their MP Keith Best. Plaid Cymru emerged as the main challenger and in 1987 the party's former president and current Assembly Group Leader, Ieuan Wyn Jones snatched the constituency. He held off the Conservatives and Labour as the main challengers at successive elections in the 1990s and won the assembly seat in 1999. He stood down at the 2001 general election to concentrate on Cardiff Bay but with a slim majority of just 8.9%. Labour took the seat from Plaid in 2001 when Albert Owen became the MP with an even slimmer majority of just 800.
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