Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (UK Parliament constituency)
| Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | |
|---|---|
| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Carmarthen East and Dinefwr in Wales. |
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| Preserved county | Dyfed |
| Electorate | 54,557 (December 2010)[1] |
| Major settlements | Carmarthen (part), Ammanford, Llandovery |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1997 |
| Member of Parliament | Jonathan Edwards (Plaid Cymru) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Carmarthen, Llanelli |
| Overlaps | |
| Welsh Assembly | Mid and West Wales |
| European Parliament constituency | Wales |
Carmathen East and Dinefwr (Welsh:Dwyrain Caerfyrddyn a Dinefwr) is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was created in 1997 mostly from the former seat of Carmarthen. The current MP is Plaid Cymru's Jonathan Edwards.
The Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.
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[edit] Boundaries
The existing constituency is within the Carmarthenshire authority area, with Llanybydder, Llandovery and Llanfihangel-ar-Arth in the north, Llanfihangel-uwch-Gwili, Llanegwad, and Llandeilo in the central area, and Ammanford and Glanamman in the south.
Boundary changes for the General Election 2010 introduced minor alterations, with the areas around Hermon and Llanpumsaint removed to the Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire constituency. These changes came into effect in 2007 for the National Assembly for Wales.
[edit] Proposed abolition
As part of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which began in 2011, the Boundary Commission for Wales proposes a new seat called "Caerfyrddin" which would incorporate Carmarthen, Llandovery, Llandelio, Ammanford and Llansteffan[2]
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Alan Wynne Williams | Labour | |
| 2001 | Adam Price | Plaid Cymru | |
| 2010 | Jonathan Edwards | Plaid Cymru | |
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: Carmarthen East and Dinefwr [4][5] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Plaid Cymru | Jonathan Edwards | 13,546 | 35.6 | −10.2 | |
| Labour | Christine Gwyther | 10,065 | 26.5 | −1.8 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Morgan | 8,506 | 22.4 | +8.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | William Powell | 4,609 | 12.1 | +2.4 | |
| UKIP | John Atkinson | 1,285 | 3.4 | +1.7 | |
| Majority | 3,481 | 9.2 | −8.3 | ||
| Turnout | 38,011 | 72.6 | +1.8 | ||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | −4.2 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Carmarthen East and Dinefwr[6] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Plaid Cymru | Adam Price | 17,561 | 45.9 | +3.5 | |
| Labour | Ross Hendry | 10,843 | 28.3 | −7.3 | |
| Conservative | Suzy Davies | 5,235 | 13.7 | +0.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Julianna Hughes | 3,719 | 9.7 | +2.3 | |
| UKIP | Mike Squires | 661 | 1.7 | 0.0 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Sid Whitworth | 272 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
| Majority | 6,718 | 17.5 | +10.7 | ||
| Turnout | 38,291 | 71.6 | +1.2 | ||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | +5.4 | |||
| General Election 2001: Carmarthen East and Dinefwr[7] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Plaid Cymru | Adam Price | 16,130 | 42.4 | +7.7 | |
| Labour | Alan Williams | 13,540 | 35.6 | −7.3 | |
| Conservative | David Thomas | 4,912 | 12.9 | +0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Doiran Evans | 2,815 | 7.4 | −0.2 | |
| UKIP | Michael Squires | 656 | 1.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,590 | 6.8 | −1.5 | ||
| Turnout | 38,053 | 70.4 | −1.5 | ||
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | +7.5 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1997: Carmarthen East and Dinefwr[8][9][10][11] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Alan Williams | 17,907 | 42.9 | +1.4 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Rhodri Glyn Thomas | 14,457 | 34.6 | +5.5 | |
| Conservative | Edmund Hayward | 5,022 | 12.0 | −8.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Juliana Hughes | 3,150 | 7.5 | +1.6 | |
| Referendum Party | Ian Humphreys-Evans | 1,196 | 2.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,450 | 8.3 | −4.2 | ||
| Turnout | 32,654 | 78.6 | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. http://www.statswales.wales.gov.uk/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=14666. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Proposed man - Caerfyrddin Boundary Commission for Wales
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)[self-published source?][better source needed]
- ^ Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Carmarthenshire County Council - candidates Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
- ^ Carmarthen East and Dinefwr BBC Election - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
- ^ "Carmarthen East and Dinefwr: Constituency > Politics > guardian.co.uk". Election 2010. The Guardian. 2005-05-05. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/constituency/795/carmarthen-east-and-dinefwr. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
- ^ "BBC NEWS > VOTE 2001 > RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES > Carmarthen East and Dinefwr". Vote 2001. BBC News. 7 June 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/128.stm. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1997. Politics Resources. 1 May 1997. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/542.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
- ^ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.50 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
- ^ This constituency was new in 1997, and the election result is calculated relative to a notional 1992 result.
- ^ "BBC NEWS>VOTE 2001>Results and Constituencies>Carmarthen East and Dinefwr". Vote 2001. BBC News. 1 May 1997. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/128.stm. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
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