Gwynedd

Gwynedd encompasses Snowdonia National Park and a long stretch of coast from Tywyn in the south to Caernarfon in the north. It is an area of outstanding natural beauty. The village of Tryweryn, flooded to make a reservoir to serve Liverpool in the 1960s was in Gwynedd. The Welsh language is at its strongest here and discontent with rule from Westminster is high. In the old district council areas of Arfon, Dwyfor and Meiryionnydd, the 1991 census found that 74.6%, 75.4% and 65.4% of the respective populations were Welsh speaking.

This is the homeland of Plaid Cymru, two of their four MPs have seats here, Dafydd Wigley, leader of the parliamentary party represents Caernarfon and Elfyn Lloyd is the MP for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy. Plaid controls the council, with 46 of its 83 seats. The third seat within Gwynedd is Conwy, a seat that the Conservatives lost to Labour in the 1997 election.

Results of 1979 referendum:

		Yes		No		Turnout
All Wales		20%		80%		58.3%
Gwynedd		34%		66%		63.4%

Beaufort Research/Western Mail poll published on 2 July 1997:

		Agree		Disagree		Don't know
All Wales		43%		29%		28%
North Wales		42%		33%		29%