Bangor Aberconwy

Conwy valley

Like all the constituencies covered by the North West Wales Conservative Federation, Bangor Aberconwy is a UK Parliamentary constituency.  The Assembly seat was first contested in the 2007 Welsh Assembly elections, the Parliamentary seat is newly created and will be the first to be contested in the next General Election.  

The new constituency was created from the former Arfon, Aberconwy and Clwyd West constituencies following the 2023 Parliamentary Constituencies Review which was conducted by the Boundary Commission for Wales. The main population centres in Bangor Aberconwy are Bangor, Llandudno, Conwy, Llandudno Junction, Penmaenmawr, Llanfarifechan and Llanrwst.

Bangor Aberconwy sits within Conwy County Borough Council, Denbighshire County Council and Gwynedd Council and is made up of the following electoral divisions: Bryn, Capello, Conwy, Craig-Y-Don, Conwy, Deganwy, Gogarth, Gower, Llansanffraid, Marl, Moisten, Pandy, Pant-yr-Afon/Penmaenan, Penrhyn, Pensarn, Tudno, Deiniol, Demi, Garth, Gerlan, Glyder, Hendre, Hirael, Marchog, Menai (Bangor), Ogwen, Pentir, Tregarth & Mynydd Llandygai. 

News

Covid-19: Home care funding ‘will be scrutinised’ says Shadow Welsh Minister

The Shadow Social Care Welsh Minister has pledged to scrutinise the Welsh Labour administration after it announced today (April 29) a £10-million package to transition people from hospital to home as they recover from Covid-19 (Coronavirus). So far, the UK Government has allocated some £2 billion to tackle the pandemic in Wales.

Covid-19: ‘The Health Minister’s responses are not reassuring’

The Shadow Welsh Minister for Social Care rounded on the Welsh Government today over its lacklustre record on providing PPE to key workers on the frontline in combatting Covid-19 (Coronavirus). Janet Finch-Saunders AM took the Minister for Health to task over a written Assembly question (WAQ) she submitted to him 19 days ago asking that urgent steps were taken ensure that adult and children hospices have access to adequate personal protective equipment (PPE).

Calls for Clarity on Mass Testing in North Wales.

Clarity is being sought on plans for mass testing in North Wales.  The calls for information have been made by Janet Finch-Saunders, Assembly Member for Aberconwy, following the publication of the Welsh Government’s Review of testing for Covid-19 which aimed to look at the whole testing regime and identify where improvements could and should be made.

Aberconwy AM calls for “a fair and efficient grant allocation process across Wales”.

Following the publication of recent guidance in relation to the issuing of COVID-19 grants to self-catering businesses, Janet Finch-Saunders, Assembly Member for Aberconwy, has sent an urgent letter to the First Minister asking a number of questions and that self-catering business in one local authority area not be treated more or less favourably than those in another.