A TOTAL of 68 candidates have put forward their names to fill one of the region’s 10 seats as they all bid to become members of the sixth Welsh Parliament.

On May 6 the people of Wales will vote to decide who their Members of the Senedd are going to be for the next five years.

But this election will be like no other as usual campaigning is hamstrung by the realities of social distancing and electioneering during a worldwide pandemic.

As a result, it’s expected that the levels of online campaigning will be on a scale never seen before.

However, it will also be the first election in which 16- and 17-year-olds and legally resident foreign nationals are allowed to vote.

The constituency vote

Whether you vote in person or by post, the first ballot paper will be for the person you want to represent you and your local area, known as your constituency.

Wales has a total of 40 Senedd constituencies, with each sending a single member to Cardiff Bay.

Elected using the first-past-the-post system, as used in Westminster, it simply means that the constituency candidate with most votes is elected.

A list of those contesting the regional list, or “top up” seats, has been produced seperately.

But these are the 68 hopefuls planning to contest the 10 seperate northern constituency races on May 6:

Aberconwy

  • Rachel Bagshaw, Reform UK
  • Janet Finch-Saunders, Welsh Conservative Party
  • Rhys David Jones, Welsh Liberal Democrats
  • Dawn McGuinness, Welsh Labour
  • Sharon Smith, No More Lockdowns
  • Aaron Wynne, Plaid Cymru

 

Alyn and Deeside

  • Felix Aubel, UKIP
  • Lien Davies, Freedom Alliance
  • Abigail Mainon, Welsh Conservative Party
  • Jack William Morris, Plaid Cymru
  • Richard Purviss, Reform UK
  • Jack Sargeant, Welsh Labour
  • Christopher Twells, Welsh Liberal Democrats

 

Arfon

  • Martin Harry Bristow, Independent
  • Calum Dafydd Davies, Welsh Liberal Democrats
  • Sian Gwenllian, Plaid Cymru
  • Andrew Martin Haigh, Reform UK
  • Iwan Wyn Jones, Welsh Labour
  • Tony Thomas, Welsh Conservative Party

 

Clwyd South

  • Jeanette Bassford-Barton, UKIP
  • Leena Sarah Farhat, Welsh Liberal Democrats
  • Llyr Huws Gruffydd, Plaid Cymru
  • Jonathon Andrew Harrington, Abolish the Welsh Assembly
  • Barbara Ann Hughes, Welsh Conservative Party
  • Mandy Jones, Reform UK
  • Ken Skates, Welsh Labour

 

Clwyd West

  • Jeanie Barton, UKIP
  • N. Clare Eno, Reform UK
  • Rhydian Hughes, Gwlad
  • Joshua Connor Hurst, Welsh Labour
  • Euan Joseph McGivern, Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party
  • Darren Millar, Welsh Conservative Party
  • Elin Walker Jones, Plaid Cymru
  • David James Wilkins, Welsh Liberal Democrats

 

Delyn

  • Hannah Blythyn, Welsh Labour
  • Mary Elizabeth Davies, UKIP
  • Aliden Robert Down, Reform UK
  • Mark Isherwood, Welsh Conservative Party
  • Andrew John Parkhurst, Welsh Liberal Democrats
  • Paul Rowlinson, Plaid Cymru
  • Anthony Williams, Gwlad

  

Dwyfor Meirionnydd

  • Mabon ap Gwynfor, Plaid Cymru
  • Stephen Churchman, Welsh Liberal Democrats
  • Glyn Daniels, Llais Gwynedd
  • Charlie Evans, Welsh Conservative Party
  • Louise Hughes, Reform UK
  • Cian Ireland, Welsh Labour
  • Michelle Murray, Freedom Alliance
  • Peter Read, Propel

 

Vale of Clwyd

  • Peter Christopher Dain, Reform UK
  • Gareth Davies, Welsh Conservative Party
  • Lisa Jane Davies, Welsh Liberal Democrats
  • Jason Mathew McLellan, Welsh Labour
  • Glenn Swingler, Plaid Cymru
  • David Lee Thomas, Independent

 

Wrexham

  • Paul Ashton, Abolish the Welsh Assembly
  • Charles Dodman, Reform UK
  • Lesley Griffiths, Welsh Labour
  • Carrie Harper, Plaid Cymru
  • Jeremy Richard Kent, Welsh Conservative Party
  • Aaron Norton, Gwlad
  • Sebastian Ross, UKIP
  • Timothy John Sly, Welsh Liberal Democrats

Ynys Môn

  • Rhun ap Iorwerth, Plaid Cymru
  • Sam Egelstaff, Welsh Labour
  • Lyn Hudson, Welsh Conservative Party
  • Emmett Jenner, Reform UK
  • Christopher Jones, Welsh Liberal Democrats