Brecon and Radnorshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Brecon and Radnorshire County constituency
Brecon and Radnorshire shown within Wales
Created:	1918
MP:	Roger Williams
Party:	Liberal Democrat
Type:	House of Commons
Preserved county:	Powys
EP constituency:	Wales

Brecon and Radnorshire is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Created in 1918, it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election; until the 1990s its name was simply Brecon and Radnor. It is the single largest constituency (by area) in England and Wales.[1]

The Brecon and Radnorshire Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Elections 5 Election results 6 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The boundaries of the constituency correspond broadly with the ancient counties of Brecknockshire and Radnorshire.

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[edit] History

The constituency was created in the boundary changes of 1918 by merging Breconshire and Radnorshire, both previously constituencies in their own right. While once a Labour stronghold, the constituency was captured from the Conservative government by the SDP-Liberal Alliance at a dramatic by-election in 1985. It was regained by the Conservatives in 1992, but has been in Liberal Democrat hands since 1997. It was the Conservative Party's fifteenth target seat at the 2005 election, but their share of the vote fell.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Sidney Robinson	Coalition Liberal
	1922	William Albert Jenkins	National Liberal
	1923		Liberal
	1924	Walter D'Arcy Hall	Conservative
	1929	Peter Freeman	Labour
	1931	Walter D'Arcy Hall	Conservative
	1935	Ivor Grosvenor Guest	National
	1939 (by-election)	William Frederick Jackson	Labour
	1945	Tudor Elwyn Watkins	Labour
	1970	Caerwyn Eifion Roderick	Labour
	1979	Tom Ellis Hooson	Conservative
	1985 (by-election)	Richard Livsey	Liberal
	1992	Jonathan Evans	Conservative
	1997	Richard Livsey	Liberal Democrat
	2001	Roger Williams	Liberal Democrat

[edit] Elections

[edit] Election results

Confirmed candidates for Next United Kingdom general election[1][2]: Brecon and Radnorshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Suzy Davies
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Williams

General Election 2005: Brecon and Radnorshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Williams	17,182	44.8	+8.0
	Conservative	Andrew Davies	13,277	34.6	-0.2
	Labour	Leighton Veale	5,755	15.0	-6.4
	Plaid Cymru	Mabon ap Gwynfor	1,404	3.7	+0.2
	UK Independence	Liz Phillips	723	1.9	+0.7
Majority			3,905	10.2
Turnout			38,341	69.5	-1.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+4.1

General Election 2001: Brecon and Radnorshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Williams	13,824	36.8	-4.0
	Conservative	Felix Aubel	13,073	34.8	+5.9
	Labour	Huw Irranca-Davies	8,024	21.4	-5.3
	Plaid Cymru	Brynach Parri	1,301	3.5	+2.0
	Independent (politician)	Ian Mitchell	762	2.0	N/A
	UK Independence	Elizabeth Phillips	452	1.2	N/A
	Independent (politician)	Robert Nicholson	80	0.2	N/A
Majority			751	2.0
Turnout			37,516	70.5	-11.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

By-Election 1985: Brecon and Radnor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Livsey	13,753	35.8	+11.4
	Labour	Richard Willey	13,194	34.4	+9.4
	Conservative	Chris Butler	10,631	27.7	-20.5
	Plaid Cymru	Janet Davies	435	1.1	-0.6
	Monster Raving Loony	David Sutch	202	0.5	N/A
	Independent Conservative	Roger Everest	154	0.4	N/A
	Independent	Andre Genillard	43	0.1	N/A
Majority			559	1.4	N/A
Turnout			38,412	79.4	-0.7
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Powys
• Brecon and Radnorshire (National Assembly for Wales constituency)
• www.breconradnorshirelabour.org.uk

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