Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (UK Parliament constituency)

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Carmarthen East and Dinefwr County constituency
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr shown within Wales
Created:	1997
MP:	Adam Price
Party:	Plaid Cymru
Type:	House of Commons
Preserved county:	Dyfed
EP constituency:	Wales

Carmathen East and 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.

The Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1997	Alan Williams	Labour
2001	Adam Price	Plaid Cymru

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
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 Democrats	Julianna Hughes	3,719	9.7	+2.3
	UK Independence	Mike Squires	661	1.7	0.0
	Legalise Cannabis	Sid Whitworth	272	0.7	+0.7
Majority			6,718	17.5
Turnout			38,291	71.6	+1.2
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing	+5.4

General Election 2001: Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
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 Democrats	Doiran Evans	2,815	7.4	-0.2
	UK Independence	Michael Squires	656	1.7	N/A
Majority			2,590	6.8
Turnout			38,053	70.4	-8.1
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1997: Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Williams	17,907	42.9
	Plaid Cymru	Rhodri Glyn Thomas	14,457	34.6
	Conservative	Edmund Hayward	5,022	12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Juliana Hughes	3,150	7.5
	Referendum Party	Humphreys-Evans	1,196	2.9
Majority			3,450
Turnout				78.6

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Dyfed

Constituencies in Wales
Labour	Aberavon | Alyn and Deeside | Bridgend | Caerphilly | Cardiff North | Cardiff South and Penarth | Cardiff West | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Clwyd South | Conwy | Cynon Valley | Delyn | Gower | Islwyn | Llanelli | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Neath | Newport East | Newport West | Ogmore | Pontypridd | Rhondda | Swansea East | Swansea West | Torfaen | Vale of Clwyd | Vale of Glamorgan | Wrexham | Ynys Môn
Liberal Democrat	Brecon and Radnorshire | Cardiff Central | Ceredigion | Montgomeryshire
Conservative	Clwyd West | Monmouth | Preseli Pembrokeshire
Plaid Cymru	Caernarfon | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
Independent	Blaenau Gwent
Wales European constituency: Labour (2) | Conservative (1) | Plaid Cymru (1)