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|leader1 = Ieuan Wyn Jones |
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Revision as of 07:22, 17 July 2010
‹ 2000  2012 › ›
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| 2006 Senedd Ty Uchaf Election | ||||
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| All 70 seats to the Senedd Upper House | ||||
| 11th May 2006 | ||||
| First party | Second party | |||
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| Leader | Ieuan Wyn Jones | Neil Kinnock | ||
| Party | Christian Democratic Party | Socialist Party | ||
| Last election | 14 seats | 20seats | ||
| Seats won | 17 | 14 | ||
| Seat change | +3 | -6 | ||
| Popular vote | 1,077,858 | 881,037 | ||
| Percentage | 33.6% | 25.5% | ||
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Seat results. The ruling Liberal-Conservative coalition secured 83 seats, comprising of the Liberal Party with 61 seats and Conservatives with 22 seats. The support of the Danish People's Party, with 25 seats, left the coalition with 108 seats, thus having a majority of the parliament with 19 seats. Finally, the coalition-friendly Union Party of former Faroese prime minister Edmund Joensen won one additional seat in the Faroese elections, leaving the VK coalition with 109 seats. | ||||
Leader of the Upper House before election
Neil Kinnock Socialist Party
Elected Leader of the Upper House
Ieuan Wyn Jones Christian Democratic Party | ||||
The 2006 election to the Senedd Upper House (Ty Uchaf) was contested on the 11th May 2006. The Upper House is not the Governing House of the Welsh Senedd, but a revising Chamber. Its role is to support and monitor the government based in the Lower House (Ty Isod). That is not to say that the Upper House doesn't have its powers. It can block and stall government legislation, preventing the government from fully carrying out its wishes. It also acts as a Secondary Government should the Chancellor's government fall to a vote of no confidence.
Background
The 70 member Upper House is constitutionally fixed to 6 year terms of office with no bar to the number of times a Senator may stand for office. The Leader of the Upper House is called the Gwas Ystafell Senedd or the Chamberlain of the Upper House. His role in Government is to sit in the Kings Privy Council and to also act as a Secundus Chancellor should the Government fall. The Chamberlain's role during such a time is to continue the role of government whilst arranging a General Election to provide a new Chancellor and new Government.
The 2006 election was fought primarily between three parties, the Christian Democrats, the Social Democrats and the Socialists. The Socialists were the former Communist Party and they had controlled the Upper House since the 2000 elections, and had briefly controlled both Houses (between 2000 and 2003). During the 2006 election the Chamberlain was Neil Kinnock.
Parties Contesting the Election
- Christian Democrat Party (Plaid Gwerinwr Cristnogol) - Centre right party
- Social Democrat Party (Plaid Gwerinwr Cymdeithasol) - Centre left party
- The Socialist Party (Plaid Sosialydd) - Left wing party
- The White Eagle Party (Plaid Eryr Gwyn) - Far right party
- Forward Dragon Party (Plaid Y Ddraig Ymlaen) - Centerist party
- The Green Party (Plaid Gwyrdd) - Environmental party
- The Catholic Party (Plaid Catholig) - Right wing party
- The Communist Party (Plaid Comiwnyddol) - Far left party
Electoral Regions & Voting System
- Ynys Mon
- Gwynedd Uwch Conwy
- Gwynedd Is Conwy
- Ceredigion
- Dyfed
- Ty Dewi
- Penfro
- Ystrad Twyi
- Seisyllwg
- Cydweli
- Gwyr
- Morgannwg Uchaf
- Bro Morgannwg
- Gwent
- Dean
- Ergyng
- Brycheiniog
- Powys Wenwynwyn
- Powys Fadog
- Y Mers
- Henffordd
- Gwlad yr Haf
- Goggledd Hwylio Gyda’r Tir
All the regions elect 2 Senators from a 1st Past the Post System which see's the top two candidates returned as Senior and Junior Senators for their region. The ballot paper then holds a Regional List of Additional Members, who are elected according to the proportion of the popular vote the parties gain over a "Super Region". The system is called [member proportional representation]. The Super Regions are as follows
- North Region: Mon & the 2 Gwynedd's
- Mid Region: Ceredigion & Powys
- West Region: TyDewi, Penfro, Dyfed, and Ystrad Twyi
- South West Central: Cydweli, Seisyllwg & Gwyr
- South Region: The two Morgannwgs & Gwent
- East Region: Y Mers & Henffordd
- South East Central Region: Brycheiniog, Ergyng & Dean
- South Below the Waters (De Is Mor): Gwlad yr Haf & Gogledd Hywlio Gyda’r Tir
In this manner we have 46 directly elected Senators and 24 proportionally elected Senators present in the House.