Montgomeryshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Montgomeryshire County constituency

Montgomeryshire shown within Wales
Created:	1536
MP:	Lembit Öpik
Party:	Liberal Democrat
Type:	House of Commons
Preserved county:	Powys
EP constituency:	Wales

Montgomeryshire is a constituency represented in 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 Montgomeryshire Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Elections
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The seat is based on the traditional county of Montgomeryshire, in the principal area of Powys. One of the UK's most rural and isolated constituencies, it has also been one of the small handful of seats that the Lib Dems (formerly the Liberal Party) can call safe. Apart from a lone Conservative victory in the 1979 general election, Montgomeryshire has elected Liberal or Liberal-affiliated candidates for centuries.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Duration of term as MP	Name of MP
1624	George Herbert	Independent
1799 - 1834	Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn	Whig
1834 - 1850	Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn	Conservative
1863 - 1877	Charles Douglas Richard Hanbury-Tracy	Liberal
1880 - 1894	Stuart Rendel	Liberal
1894 - 1906	Arthur Humphreys-Owen	Liberal
1906 - 1929	David Davies	Liberal
1929 - 1931	Clement Davies	Liberal
1931 - 1939		National Liberal
1939 - 1942		Independent
1942 - 1962		Liberal
1962 - 1979	Emlyn Hooson	Liberal
1979 - 1983	Delwyn Williams	Conservative
1983 - 1988	Alex Carlile	Liberal
1988 - 1997	Alex Carlile	Liberal Democrats
1997 -	Lembit Öpik	Liberal Democrats

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Montgomeryshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lembit Öpik	15,419	51.2	+1.8
	Conservative	Simon Baynes	8,246	27.4	-0.5
	Labour	David Tinline	3,454	11.5	-0.4
	Plaid Cymru	Ellen ap Gwynn	2,078	6.9	+0.1
	UK Independence	Clive Easton	900	3.0	+0.3
Majority			7,173	23.8
Turnout			30,097	64.4	-1.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+1.2

General Election 2001: Montgomeryshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lembit Öpik	14,319	49.4	+3.5
	Conservative	David Jones	8,085	27.9	+1.8
	Labour	Paul Davies	3,443	11.9	-7.3
	Plaid Cymru	David Senior	1,969	6.8	+1.8
	UK Independence	David Rowlands	786	2.7	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Ruth Davies	210	0.7	N/A
	Independent (politician)	Reginald Taylor	171	0.6	N/A
Majority			6,234	21.5
Turnout			28,983	65.5	-9.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Powys

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)