Montgomeryshire (Assembly constituency)

Not to be confused with Montgomeryshire (UK Parliament constituency).

Montgomeryshire National Assembly for Wales county constituency
Montgomeryshire shown within the Mid and West Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Created:	1999
AM:	Russell George
Party:	Conservative
Preserved county:	Powys

Montgomeryshire is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the Mid and West Wales electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Boundaries

1999 to 2007

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Montgomeryshire Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of Powys, and one of three Powys constituencies. Also, it is one of eight constituencies in the Mid and West Wales electoral region.

The other Powys constituencies are Brecon and Radnorshire and Clwyd South. Brecon and Radnorshire is also entirely within the preserved county of Powys, and within the Mid and West Wales region. Clwyd South is partly, and mostly, a Clwyd constituency, and within the North Wales electoral region.

The region consists of the eight constituencies of Brecon and Radnorshire, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, Llanelli, Meirionnydd Nant Conwy, Montgomeryshire and Preseli Pembrokeshire.

From 2007

Constituency boundaries will change for the 2007 Assembly election, and so will regional boundaries. Montgomeryshire will remain a Powys constituency, however, and one of eight constituencies in the Mid and West Wales electoral region.

Montgomeryshire will be one of two constituencies covering Powys, both entirely within the preserved county, and both within the Mid and West Wales region. The other Powys constituency will be Brecon and Radnorshire.

The Mid and West Wales region will consist of the constituencies of Brecon and Radnorshire, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, Dwyfor Meirionnydd, Llanelli, Montgomeryshire and Preseli Pembrokeshire.

For Westminster purposes, the same new constituency boundaries will become effective for the 2010 United Kingdom general election.

Voting

In general elections for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

Assembly Members

Period		Member	Party
	1999 to 2011	Mick Bates	Liberal Democrat
	2011 to present	Russell George	Conservative

Elections

Assembly Election 2011: Montgomeryshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell George	10,026	43.7	+13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Wyn Williams	7,702	33.6	-5.4
	Labour	Nick Colbourne	2,609	11.4	+4.5
	Plaid Cymru	David Senior	2,596	11.3	-2.5
Majority			2,324	10.1
Turnout			22,933	47.2	+0.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	9.5%

Assembly Election 2007: Montgomeryshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mick Bates	8,704	39.0	-0.7
	Conservative	Dan Munford	6,725	30.2	+1.6
	Plaid Cymru	David Thomas	3,076	13.8	+2.5
	UKIP	Bruce Lawson	2,251	10.1	+7.7
	Labour	Rachel Maycock	1,544	6.9	-4.1
Majority			1,979	8.9	-5.4
Turnout			22,300	46.1	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-1.3