Eurig Wyn - Citizendia

This article is about the politician Eurig Wyn, who should not be confused with the late author Eirug Wyn. This article is about the late author Eirug Wyn who is often confused with the politician Eurig Wyn.

Eurig Wyn is a Welsh politician. He was a Plaid Cymru member of the European Parliament for Wales from 1999 to 2004, when he lost his seat in part due to a reduction of the number of seats that Wales had. Plaid Cymru (plaɪd ˈkəmri The Party of Wales often referred to simply as Plaid) is a Political party in Wales. A Member of the European Parliament ( English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Union 's legislative body the European Parliament. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "

He had previously been a journalist for the BBC.

During 2005, Eurig Wyn was selected as Plaid Cymru's parliamentary candidate for the Ynys Môn constituency. Prior to his selection, Eurig Wyn had spent about a year building up a profile in Ynys Môn with a view to eventually taking the seat back from the Labour Party, following Plaid Cymru's loss in 2001. The seat was the party's key target seat in the 2005 General Election; however, Plaid had their proportion of the vote reduced and the Labour Party held on to it, all main parties saw their vote fall due to independent candidate, Peter Rogers, who came 3rd and took a large share of the vote. Results Overview For events leading up to the date of the election see article Pre-election day events of the United Kingdom general The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Peter Rogers (born in Wrexham, 2 January 1940) was a Welsh Conservative politician currently an Independent candidate at Assembly

Offices Held

European Parliament
Preceded by Constituency created	Member of European Parliament for Wales 1999–2004	Succeeded by Number of representatives reduced

The European Parliament ( Europarl or EP) is the only directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU A Member of the European Parliament ( English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Union 's legislative body the European Parliament. Wales is a Constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 4 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of Party-list proportional representation England Scotland and Wales Source: UK Office of the European Parliament Note Percentages are approximate Northern Ireland England Scotland and Wales Turnout for all the regions was 37

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