Mid and West Wales (Senedd electoral region)

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Mid and West Wales
Canolbarth a Gorllewin Cymru
Senedd electoral region
Mid Wales Senedd region 2021.svg
Mid and West Wales shown within Wales
Created
1999
Current representation
Plaid Cymru 4 MSs
Conservative 4 MSs
Labour 3 MSs
Liberal Democrats 1 MS
Constituencies
1. Brecon and Radnorshire
2. Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
3. Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
4. Ceredigion
5. Dwyfor Meirionnydd
6. Llanelli
7. Montgomeryshire
8. Preseli Pembrokeshire
Preserved counties
Dyfed
Gwynedd (part)
Powys

Mid and West Wales (Welsh : Canolbarth a Gorllewin Cymru) is an electoral region of the Senedd, consisting of eight constituencies. The region elects twelve members, eight directly elected constituency members and four additional members. The electoral region was first used in the 1999 Welsh Assembly election, when the National Assembly for Wales was created.

Contents

Each constituency elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post electoral system, and the region as a whole elects four additional or top-up Members of the Senedd, to create a degree of proportional representation. The additional member seats are allocated from closed lists by the D'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

County and Westminster boundaries

Mid and West Wales (Senedd electoral region)
Map of current boundaries

As created in 1999, the region covered the whole of the preserved county of Dyfed, most of the preserved county of Powys and parts of the preserved counties of Clwyd and Gwynedd. Other parts of Powys, Clwyd and Gwynedd were within the North Wales electoral region.

However, boundaries changed for the 2007 Welsh Assembly election and the region now covers all of the preserved county of Dyfed, all of the preserved county of Powys and part of the preserved county of Gwynedd. The rest of Gwynedd is in the North Wales region.

The constituencies have the names and boundaries of constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). For Westminster election purposes, however, there are no electoral regions, and constituency boundary changes became effective for the 2010 United Kingdom general election.

Electoral region profile

The region is geographically the largest of the five electoral regions in Wales, being larger in area than the other four regions combined. It consists almost entirely of sparsely populated rural areas, with the exception of the tinplate- and steel-producing town of Llanelli in the south. [1] The Welsh language is widely spoken.

Constituencies

Constituency 2021 result Preserved county
Brecon and Radnorshire James Evans
Conservative
Entirely within Powys
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Adam Price
Plaid Cymru
Entirely within Dyfed
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Samuel Kurtz
Conservative
Ceredigion Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
Dwyfor Meirionnydd Mabon ap Gwynfor
Plaid Cymru
Entirely within Gwynedd
Llanelli Lee Waters
Labour
Entirely within Dyfed
Montgomeryshire Russell George
Conservative
Entirely within Powys
Preseli Pembrokeshire Paul Davies
Conservative
Entirely within Dyfed

Former constituencies

1999 to 2007

Map of former boundaries 1999-2007 Mid and West Wales Assembly Region 1999-2007.svg
Map of former boundaries 1999-2007
ConstituencyPreserved counties
1. Brecon and Radnorshire Entirely within Powys
2. Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Entirely within Dyfed
3. Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
4. Ceredigion
5. Llanelli
6. Meirionnydd Nant Conwy Partly Clwyd, partly Gwynedd
7. Montgomeryshire Entirely within Powys
8. Preseli Pembrokeshire Entirely within Dyfed

Assembly members and Members of the Senedd

Constituency MSs

TermElection Brecon and
Radnorshire
Carmarthen East
and Dinefwr
Carmarthen West and
South Pembrokeshire
Ceredigion Meirionnydd
Nant Conwy
Llanelli Montgomeryshire Preseli
Pembrokeshire
1st 1999 Kirsty Williams
(LD)
Rhodri Glyn Thomas
(PC)
Christine Gwyther
(Lab)
Elin Jones
(PC)
Dafydd Elis-Thomas
(PC)
Helen Mary Jones
(PC)
Mick Bates
(LD)
Richard Edwards
(Lab)
2nd 2003 Catherine Thomas
(Lab)
Tamsin Dunwoody
(Lab)
TermElection Brecon and
Radnorshire
Carmarthen East
and Dinefwr
Carmarthen West and
South Pembrokeshire
Ceredigion Dwyfor Meirionnydd Llanelli Montgomeryshire Preseli
Pembrokeshire
3rd 2007 Kirsty Williams
(LD)
Rhodri Glyn Thomas
(PC)
Angela Burns
(Con)
Elin Jones
(PC)
Dafydd Elis-Thomas
(PC)
(later Independent)
Helen Mary Jones
(PC)
Mick Bates
(LD)
Paul Davies
(Con)
4th 2011 Keith Davies
(Lab)
Russell George
(Con)
5th 2016 Adam Price
(PC)
Lee Waters
(Lab)
2016 [2]
6th 2021 James Evans
(Con)
Samuel Kurtz
(Con)
Mabon ap Gwynfor
(PC)

Regional list MSs

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

TermElectionAMAMAMAM
1st 1999 Nick Bourne
(Con)
Glyn Davies
(Con)
Alun Michael
(Lab)
Cynog Dafis
(PC)
2000 [3] Delyth Evans
(Lab)
2nd 2003 Lisa Francis
(Con)
Helen Mary Jones
(PC)
3rd 2007 Alun Davies
(Lab)
Joyce Watson
(Lab)
Nerys Evans
(PC)
4th 2011 William Powell
(LD)
Rebecca Evans
(Lab)
Simon Thomas
(PC)
5th 2016 Neil Hamilton
(UKIP)
Eluned Morgan
(Lab)
2018 [4] Helen Mary Jones
(PC)
6th 2021 Jane Dodds
(LD)
Cefin Campbell
(PC)

2021 Senedd election

2021 Senedd election: Mid and West Wales
ListCandidatesVotes%±
Plaid Cymru Cefin Campbell , Helen Mary Jones, Elwyn Vaughan, Cris Tomos, Grenville Ham, Elin Tracy Jones, Angharad Shaw, Mabon ap Gwynfor , Elin Jones , Adam Price 65,46027.5Increase2.svg1.2
Conservative Tomos Davies, Amanda Jenner, Elizabeth Lesnianski, Aled Davies, Charles Evans, Rachel Buckler, Brian Murphy63,82726.8Increase2.svg6.2
Labour Eluned Morgan , Joyce Watson , Helen Taylor, Ben Gwalchmai61,73325.9Increase2.svg6.5
Liberal Democrats Jane Dodds , William Powell, Alistair Cameron, Stephen Churchman, Cadan ap Tomos, Alison Alexander16,1816.8Decrease2.svg4.1
Green Emily Durrant, Tomos Barlow, Peter (Harry) Hayfield, Marc Pearton-Scale10,5454.4Increase2.svg0.6
Abolish Claire Mills, Ray Wood, Jeremy Pugh, Benjamin Pugh, Bryan Craven, Sara Canning8,0733.4Decrease2.svg1.6
UKIP Jonathon Riley, Howard Lillyman, Paul Dowson, Kenneth Rees3,7311.6Decrease2.svg10.0
Reform UK Gethin James, Roger Lewis, Louise Hughes, Peter Prosser, Gareth Beert2,5821.1Increase2.svg1.1
Propel Dylan Bullard, Gretta Marshall, Peter Read, Sara Thomas1,4280.6Increase2.svg0.6
Christian Jeffrey Green, Barbara Hill, Louise Wynne Jones, Sue Green1,3660.6Increase2.svg0.1
Gwlad Siân Caiach, Gwyn Wigley Evans, Dennis Morris, Samuel Holwill1,3030.5Increase2.svg0.5
Freedom AllianceMichelle Murray, Jason Smith, Darryl Bickler1,1810.5Increase2.svg0.5
Communist Claudia Cannon, Catrin Ashton, Graham Morgan, David Wood5890.2Steady2.svg0.0
TUSC Carys Phillips2570.1Increase2.svg0.1

2021 Senedd election additional members

PartyConstituency
seats
List
votes (vote %)
D'Hondt
entitlement
Additional
Members
elected
Total
Members
elected
Deviation
from
D'Hondt
entitlement
Plaid Cymru 365,460 (27.5%)4140
Conservative 463,827 (26.8%)4040
Labour 161,733 (25.9%)3230
Liberal Democrats 016,181 (6.8%)1110
Green 010,545 (4.4%)0000
Abolish 08,073 (3.4%)0000
UKIP 03,731 (1.6%)0000
Reform UK 02,582 (0.5%)0000
Propel 01,428 (0.5%)0000
Welsh Christian 01,366 (0.6%)0000
Gwlad 01,303 (0.5%)0000
Freedom Alliance01,181 (0.5%)0000
Communist 0589 (0.2%)0000
TUSC 0257 (0.1%)0000

Regional MSs elected 2021

PartyName
Labour Eluned Morgan
Labour Joyce Watson
Plaid Cymru Cefin Campbell
Liberal Democrats Jane Dodds

D'Hondt count

Seat #PartyVotesMember
Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5
Plaid Cymru 65460Constituency seat 1
Conservative 63827Constituency seat 1
Labour 61733Constituency seat 1
Plaid Cymru 32730Constituency seat 2
Conservative 31914Constituency seat 2
1 Labour 30866 Eluned Morgan
Plaid Cymru 21820Constituency seat 3
Conservative 21276Constituency seat 3
2 Labour 20578 Joyce Watson
3 Plaid Cymru 16365 Cefin Campbell
4 Liberal Democrats 16181 Jane Dodds
Conservative 15957Constituency seat 4
5 Labour 15433Helen Taylor
6 Plaid Cymru 13092 Helen Mary Jones
7 Conservative 12765Tomos Davies
8 Labour 12347Ben Gwalchmai

2016 Welsh Assembly election additional members

PartyConstituency
seats
List
votes (vote %)
D'Hondt
entitlement
Additional
Members
elected
Total
Members
elected
Deviation
from
D'Hondt
entitlement
Plaid Cymru 356,754 (26.3%)4140
Conservative 344,461 (20.6%)3030
Labour 141,975 (19.4%)3230
UKIP 025,042 (11.6%)1110
Liberal Democrats 123,554 (10.9%)1010
Abolish 010,707 (5.0%)0000
Green 08,222 (3.8%)0000
People First01,496 (0.7%)0000
Welsh Christian 01,103 (0.5%)0000
Monster Raving Loony 01,071 (0.5%)0000
Independent 01,032 (0.5%)0000
Welsh Communist Party 0423 (0.2%)0000

Regional AMs elected 2016

PartyName
UKIP Neil Hamilton
Labour Joyce Watson
Plaid Cymru Simon Thomas
Labour Eluned Morgan

2011 Welsh Assembly election additional members

PartyConstituency
seats
List
votes (vote %)
D'Hondt
entitlement
Additional
Members
elected
Total
Members
elected
Deviation
from
D'Hondt
entitlement
Plaid Cymru 356,384 (26.7%)4140
Conservative 352,905 (25.1%)3030
Labour 147,348 (22.5%)3230
Liberal Democrats 126,847 (12.7%)2120
UKIP 09,711 (4.6%)0000
Green 08,660 (4.1%)0000
Socialist Labour 03,951 (1.9%)0000
BNP 02,821 (1.3%)0000
Welsh Christian 01,630 (0.8%)0000
Communist 0595 (0.3%)0000

Regional AMs elected 2011

PartyName
Labour Rebecca Evans
Labour Joyce Watson
Liberal Democrats William Powell
Plaid Cymru Simon Thomas

2007 Welsh Assembly election additional members

PartyConstituency
seats
List
votes (vote %)
D'Hondt
entitlement
Additional
Members
elected
Total
Members
elected
Deviation
from
D'Hondt
entitlement
Plaid Cymru 467,258 (31.0%)5150
Conservative 249,606 (22.9%)3130
Labour 039,979 (18.4%)2220
Liberal Democrats 228,790 (13.3%)2020
Green 08,768 (4.0%)0000
UKIP 08,191 (3.8%)0000
BNP 06,389 (2.9%)0000
Socialist Labour 02,196 (1.0%)0000
Independent (Gwynoro Jones)01,598 (0.7%)0000
Welsh Christian 01,493 (0.7%)0000
Independent (Caroline Evans)01,108 (0.5%)0000
Communist 0666 (0.3%)0000
Veritas 0502 (0.2%)0000
CPA 0413 (0.2%)0000

[5]

Regional AMs elected 2007

PartyName
Conservative Nick Bourne
Labour Alun Davies
Plaid Cymru Nerys Evans
Labour Joyce Watson

2003 Welsh Assembly election additional members [6]

PartyConstituency
seats
List
votes (vote %)
D'Hondt
entitlement
Additional
Members
elected
Total
Members
elected
Deviation
from
D'Hondt
entitlement
Plaid Cymru 351,874 (28.16%)4140
Labour 346,451 (25.22%)3030
Conservative 035,566 (19.31%)3330
Liberal Democrats 230,177 (16.38%)2020
Green 07,794 (4.23%)0000
UKIP 05,945 (3.23%)0000
Mid & West Wales Pensioners03,968 (2.15%)0000
Cymru Annibynnol01,324 (0.72%)0000
Vote No 2 Stop the War0716 (0.39%)0000
ProLife Alliance 0383 (0.21%)0000

Regional AMs elected 2003

PartyName
Conservative Nick Bourne
Conservative Glyn Davies
Plaid Cymru Helen Mary Jones
Conservative Lisa Francis

1999 Welsh Assembly election additional members [6]

PartyConstituency
seats
List
votes (vote %)
D'Hondt
entitlement
Additional
Members
elected
Total
Members
elected
Deviation
from
D'Hondt
entitlement
Plaid Cymru 484,554 (38.55%)5150
Labour 253,842 (24.55%)3130
Conservative 036,622 (16.70%)2220
Liberal Democrats 231,683 (14.44%)2020
Green 07,718 (3.52%)0000
Socialist Labour 03,019 (1.38%)0000
Independent 01,214 (0.55%)0000
Natural Law 0705 (0.32%)0000

Regional AMs elected 1999

PartyName
Conservative Nick Bourne [7]
Labour Alun Michael [7]
(Michael resigned in May of 2000
and was replaced by Delyth Evans.)
[8]
Plaid Cymru Cynog Dafis [7]
Conservative Glyn Davies [7]

Notes

  1. J. Paxton (1999), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Places, 3rd ed. London: Penguin.
  2. "Lord Elis-Thomas quits Plaid Cymru". 14 October 2016. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020 via www.bbc.co.uk.
  3. Alun Michael resigned in May 2000 and was replaced by Delyth Evans.
  4. "AM quits after indecent images arrest". 25 July 2018. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2020 via www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. BBC Election results Archived 2012-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
  6. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. 1 2 3 4 Staff reporter (1999). "Constituencies & Regions: Mid and West Wales". BBC News. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  8. Staff reporter (8 May 2000). "Michael's successor is sworn in". BBC News. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2014.

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