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Five constituencies cover Dyfed, also used for elections to the Senedd. The current boundaries have been effective since the 2007 Welsh Assembly election and the 2010 United Kingdom general election.[1][n 1]

Dyfed is one of the eight preserved counties of Wales, consisting of the principal areas of Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion. These principal areas are also known as counties.

For Senedd elections, constituencies are grouped into additional member electoral regions.

Westminster boundaries

From 2010

Constituency Boundaries
1. Carmarthen East and Dinefwr CC (Westminster)
Parliamentary constituencies in Dyfed 2010
Parliamentary constituencies in Dyfed 2010
2. Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire CC (Westminster)
3. Ceredigion CC (Westminster)
4. Llanelli CC (Westminster)
5. Preseli Pembrokeshire CC (Westminster)

  Conservative †   Labour ‡   Plaid Cymru ₪

Constituency Electorate Majority Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Map reference above
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr CC (Westminster) 57,407 1,809 bgcolor=Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color|  Jonathan Edwards ₪ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Havard Hughes † 1
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire CC (Westminster) 58,629 7,745 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Simon Hart † bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Marc Tierney ‡ 2
Ceredigion CC (Westminster) 56,250 6,329 bgcolor=Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color|  Ben Lake ₪ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Amanda Jenner † 3
Llanelli CC (Westminster) 60,513 4,670 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Nia Griffith ‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Tamara Reay † 4
Preseli Pembrokeshire CC (Westminster) 59,586 5,062 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Stephen Crabb † bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Philippa Thompson ‡ 5

1997 to 2010

Constituency Boundaries
1. Carmarthen East and Dinefwr CC (Westminster)
Parliamentary constituencies in Dyfed pre-2010
Parliamentary constituencies in Dyfed pre-2010
2. Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire CC (Westminster)
3. Ceredigion CC (Westminster)
4. Llanelli CC (Westminster)
5. Preseli Pembrokeshire CC (Westminster)

Proposed boundary changes

The Boundary Commission for Wales submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.

Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.

On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Chloe Smith, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries. They propose to bring forward primary legislation to remove the statutory obligation to implement the 2018 Boundary Review recommendations, as well as set the framework for future boundary reviews in time for the next review which is due to begin in early 2021 and report no later than October 2023. It is proposed that the number of constituencies now remains at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.[2]

Senedd boundaries

From 2007

Constituency Assembly region Constituency boundaries
1. Carmarthen East and Dinefwr CC (Assembly) Mid and West Wales
Assembly constituencies in Dyfed 2007
Assembly constituencies in Dyfed 2007
2. Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire CC (Assembly)
3. Ceredigion CC (Assembly)
4. Llanelli CC (Assembly)
5. Preseli Pembrokeshire CC (Assembly)

The Mid and West Wales region also includes two Powys constituencies and one Gwynedd constituency.

1999 to 2007

Constituency Assembly region Constituency boundaries
1. Carmarthen East and Dinefwr CC (Assembly) Mid and West Wales
Assembly constituencies in Dyfed pre-2007
Assembly constituencies in Dyfed pre-2007
2. Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire CC (Assembly)
3. Ceredigion CC (Assembly)
4. Llanelli CC (Assembly)
5. Preseli Pembrokeshire CC (Assembly)

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1832 to 1885

  Conservative   Liberal   Peelite   Radical   Whig

Constituency 1832 1835 1837 38 1841 42 46 1847 49 52 1852 54 55 1857 57 1859 61 64 1865 66 1868 1874 76 78 1880 82
Cardigan Boroughs bgcolor="Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" colspan="8" |P. Pryse bgcolor="Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" colspan="4" |Loveden bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |J. Davies bgcolor="Template:Radicals (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |E. Pryse colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |→ bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |T. Lloyd colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |D. Davies
Cardiganshire bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="11" |W. E. Powell bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |Vaughan bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="3" |W. T. Powell colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |T. Lloyd bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Richards bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="3" |T. E. Lloyd colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |L. Pugh
Haverfordwest Bors bgcolor="Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" |R. Philipps bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |W. Scourfield bgcolor="Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" colspan="5" |R. Philipps bgcolor="Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" colspan="3" |Evans bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="10" |J. Scourfield colspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Edwardes
Pembroke Boroughs bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="3" |H. Owen bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Graham bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |J. Owen bgcolor="Template:Peelite/meta/color" colspan="9" |→ bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"|→ colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |H. Owen jr bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Meyrick colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Reed colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Allen
Pembrokeshire bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |J. Owen bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="12" |J. Campbell bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="3" |G. Phillips bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Bowen bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |J. Scourfield bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Bowen colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |W. Davies
Carmarthen bgcolor="Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" |Yelverton bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Lewis bgcolor="Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" colspan="13" |D. Morris colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |→ colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"|W. Morris bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Cowell-Stepney bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Nevill bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"|Cowell-Stepney colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"|Williams bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"|Jenkins
Carmarthenshire bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="9" |Rice-Trevor bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="11" |D. Jones bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Sartoris bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |F. Campbell
bgcolor="Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" |Adams bgcolor="Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" |Hamlyn-Williams bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="3" |John Jones of Ystrad bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="9" |D. A. Davies bgcolor="Template:Peelite/meta/color" |D. Pugh colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |→ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |John Jones of Llandovery colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Powell

1885 to 1918

  Conservative   Liberal   Liberal Unionist

Constituency 1885 1886 89 90 1892 1895 98 1900 1906 08 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 12
Cardiganshire bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |D. Davies colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Rowlands colspan="8" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Vaughan-Davies
Carmarthen District bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Jenkins colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Cowell-Stepney bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Jones bgcolor="Template:Liberal Unionist Party/meta/color" colspan="2" |Jenkins bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Davies colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Williams
Carmarthenshire East colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Pugh colspan="9" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"|Thomas bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"|Towyn Jones
Carmarthenshire West colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Powell colspan="9" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"|Morgan colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Hinds
Pembroke and Haverfordwest District bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |H. Allen bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="3" |Mayne bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |C. Allen bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="3" |Laurie colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Philipps colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Guest
Pembrokeshire colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |W. Davies colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Rees Davies colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"|Philipps colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"|Roch

1918 to 1950

  Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23)   Conservative   Independent Liberal   Independent Liberals (1931)   Labour   Liberal

Constituency 1918 21 1922 1923 24 1924 26 28 1929 1931 32 1935 36 41 1945
Cardiganshire bgcolor="Template:Coalition Liberal/meta/color" |Vaughan-Davies bgcolor="Template:Coalition Liberal/meta/color" colspan="2" |E. Evans bgcolor="Template:Independent Liberal/meta/color" colspan="2" |Morris colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |→ colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"|O. Evans bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Bowen
Carmarthen bgcolor="Template:Coalition Liberal/meta/color" colspan="3" |Hinds bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Ellis-Griffith colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"|Mond bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |→ bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"|W. Jones bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Hopkin colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |R. Evans bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Hopkin bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Hughes bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Morris
Llanelli bgcolor="Template:Coalition Liberal/meta/color" colspan="2" |Towyn Jones bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="10" |Williams bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="3" |Griffiths
Pembrokeshire bgcolor="Template:Coalition Liberal/meta/color" colspan="2" |E. Jones bgcolor="Template:National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)/meta/color" |G. Lloyd-George colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |→ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="3" |Price bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |G. Lloyd-George bgcolor="Template:Independent Liberal/meta/color" colspan="2" |→ colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"|→

1950 to 1983

  Conservative   Democratic   Independent   Labour   Liberal   Plaid Cymru

Constituency 1950 1951 1955 57 1959 1964 1966 66 68 69 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979
Cardiganshire colspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"|Bowen bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |Morgan colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Howells
Carmarthen colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"|Morris bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |M. Lloyd-George colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color" |G. Evans bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |G. Jones bgcolor="Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color" |G. Evans bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Thomas
Llanelli bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="10" |Griffiths bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |Davies
Pembrokeshire bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="8" |Donnelly bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |→ bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (UK, 1969)/meta/color" |→ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |Edwards

1983 to present

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal   Liberal Democrats   Plaid Cymru

Constituency 1983 1987 88 1992 1997 00 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 20
Carmarthen / Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (1997) bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |R. Thomas bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |A. Williams colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color" |Price colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color" |J. Edwards bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|→
Ceredigion and Pembroke North / Ceredigion (1997) colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Howells bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |→ colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color" |Dafis colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color"|S. Thomas bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" colspan="3" |M. Williams colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color" |Lake
Llanelli bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="7" |Davies colspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Griffith
Pembrokeshire / Preseli Pembrokeshire (1997) bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |N. Edwards bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Bennett bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Ainger bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="3" |Lawrence colspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Crabb
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |Ainger colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Hart

See also

Notes and references

References
  1. ^ The Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) Order 2006, OPSI website
  2. ^ "Update: Strengthening Democracy:Written statement - HCWS183". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
Notes
  1. ^ They are all county constituencies (CCs) of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster)
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