Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (Assembly constituency)

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Not to be confused with Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (UK Parliament constituency).
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
National Assembly for Wales
county constituency
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr shown within the
Mid and West Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Created: 1999
AM: Rhodri Glyn Thomas
Party: Plaid Cymru
Preserved county: Dyfed

Carmarthen East and Dinefwr is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the Mid and West Wales electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

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[edit] Boundaries

[edit] 1999 to 2007

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Westminster constituency. It was a Dyfed constituency, one of five constituencies covering, and entirely within, the preserved county of Dyfed.

The other four Dyfed constituencies were Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, Llanelli and Preseli Pembrokeshire. They were all within the Mid and West Wales electoral region.

The region consisted of the eight constituencies of Brecon and Radnorshire, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, Llanelli, Meirionnydd Nant Conwy, Montgomeryshire and Preseli Pembrokeshire.

[edit] From 2007

Boundaries changed for the 2007 Assembly election. Carmarthen East and Dinefwr remains one of five Dyfed constituencies and one of eight constituencies in the Mid and West Wales region. However, boundaries within Dyfed changed, to realign them with local government ward boundaries and to reduce the disparities in the sizes of constituency electorates, and the boundaries of the region changed, to align them with the boundaries of preserved counties.

The other four Dyfed constituencies are, again, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, Llanelli and Preseli Pembrokeshire, all within the Mid and West Wales electoral region.

The region consists of the constituencies of Brecon and Radnorshire, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, Dwyfor Meirionnydd, Llanelli, Montgomeryshire and Preseli Pembrokeshire.

For Westminster purposes, the same new constituency boundaries will become effective for the next United Kingdom general election.

[edit] Voting

In general elections for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

[edit] Assembly Members

Period Member Party
1999 - present Rhodri Glyn Thomas Plaid Cymru

[edit] Elections

Assembly Election 2007: Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Rhodri Glyn Thomas 15,655 53.5 +5.0
Labour Kevin Madge 7,186 24.6 -6.7
Conservative Henrietta Hensher 4,676 16.0 +2.6
Liberal Democrat Ian Walton 1,752 6.0 -1.0
Majority 8,469 28.9 +11.7
Turnout 29,269 55.7 +6.2
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Assembly Election 2003: Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Rhodri Glyn Thomas 12,969 48.5 -4.6
Labour Anthony Cooper 8,355 31.2 -0.5
Conservative Harri Davies 3,576 13.4 +4.9
Liberal Democrat Steffan John 1,866 7.0 +0.2
Majority 4,614 17.2 -4.2
Turnout 26,766 49.5 -11.4
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Assembly Election 1999: Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Rhodri Glyn Thomas 17,328 53.1
Labour Chris Llewelyn 10,348 31.7
Conservative Helen Stoddart 2,776 8.5
Liberal Democrat Juliana Hughes 2,202 6.7
Majority 6,980 21.4
Turnout 32,654 61.0

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