List of Parliamentary constituencies in Dyfed
There are five constituencies covering Dyfed. They are all county constituencies (CCs) of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster), and are used also for elections to the National Assembly for Wales. The current boundaries have been effective since the Welsh Assembly election, 2007 and the 2010 United Kingdom general election.[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 Welsh Assembly elections, constituencies are grouped into additional member electoral regions.
Westminster boundaries
From 2010
1997 to 2010
Changes proposed in 2016
As part of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the Boundary Commission for Wales proposed changes to almost all the existing Welsh Westminster constituencies, giving some of them Welsh language names.[2]
- Llanelli and Lliw
- Caerfyrddin
- South Pembrokeshire
- Ceredigion a Gogledd Sir Benfro
Assembly boundaries
From 2007
Constituency | Assembly region | Constituency boundaries |
---|---|---|
1. Carmarthen East and Dinefwr CC (Assembly) | Mid and West Wales | |
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 | |
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
1885 to 1918
Constituency | 1885 | 1886 | 89 | 90 | 1892 | 1895 | 98 | 1900 | 1906 | 08 | Jan 1910 | Dec 1910 | 12 |
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Cardiganshire | D. Davies | Rowlands | Vaughan-Davies | ||||||||||
Carmarthen District | Jenkins | Cowell-Stepney | Jones | Jenkins | Davies | Williams | |||||||
Carmarthenshire East | Pugh | Thomas | Towyn Jones | ||||||||||
Carmarthenshire West | Powell | Morgan | Hinds | ||||||||||
Pembroke and Haverfordwest District | H. Allen | Mayne | C. Allen | Laurie | Philipps | Guest | |||||||
Pembrokeshire | W. Davies | Rees Davies | Philipps | Roch |
1918 to 1950
Constituency | 1918 | 21 | 1922 | 1923 | 24 | 1924 | 26 | 28 | 1929 | 1931 | 32 | 1935 | 36 | 41 | 1945 | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 57 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 66 | 68 | 69 | 1970 | Feb 74 | Oct 74 | 1979 |
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Cardiganshire | Vaughan-Davies | E. Evans | Morris | --> | O. Evans | Bowen | Morgan | Howells | |||||||||||||||||||||
Carmarthen | Hinds | Ellis-Griffith | Mond | --> | W. Jones | Hopkin | R. Evans | Hopkin | Hughes | Morris | M. Lloyd-George | G. Evans | G. Jones | G. Evans | Thomas | ||||||||||||||
Llanelli | Towyn Jones | Williams | Griffiths | Davies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pembrokeshire | E. Jones | G. Lloyd-George | --> | Price | G. Lloyd-George | Donnelly | --> | --> | Edwards |
1983 to present
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 88 | 1992 | 1997 | 00 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 |
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Carmarthen / Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (1997) | R. Thomas | A. Williams | Price | J. Edwards | ||||||
Ceredigion and Pembroke North / Ceredigion (1997) | Howells | --> | Dafis | S. Thomas | M. Williams | |||||
Llanelli | Davies | Griffith | ||||||||
Pembrokeshire / Preseli Pembrokeshire (1997) | N. Edwards | Bennett | Ainger | Lawrence | Crabb | |||||
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Ainger | Hart |
Notes and references
- ↑ The Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) Order 2006, OPSI website
- ↑ Initial Proposals Report Boundary Commission for Wales