Not only is one of the candidates a former bartender, boxer, prison guard, professional gambler, car-factory worker and snowplough driver.

ECONOMIST: Oddball politicians

Two potential sites have been identified in Wrexham for a prison, at Kingmoor Park and the former Firestone factory site, both on Wrexham Industrial Estate.

BBC: Flintshire backs Wrexham as north Wales prison site

Then in March 2010 the Anglesey Aluminium factory at Holyhead was put forward by council leaders as one of six potential sites for a north Wales prison.

BBC: Prison cell door