Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (Assembly constituency)

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Not to be confused with Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency).
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
National Assembly for Wales
county constituency
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire shown within the
Mid and West Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Created: 1999
AM: Angela Burns
Party: Conservative Party
Preserved county: Dyfed

Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire 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 West and South Pembrokeshire 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 East and Dinefwr , 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] Since 2007

Boundaries changed for the 2007 Assembly election. Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire remained 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 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 East and Dinefwr , 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 - 2007 Christine Gwyther Labour Party
2007 - present Angela Burns Conservative Party

[edit] Elections

Assembly Election 2007: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angela Burns 8,590 30.1 +9.8
Labour Christine Gwyther 8,492 29.7 -5.1
Plaid Cymru John Dixon 8,340 29.2 -4.0
Liberal Democrat John Gossage 1,806 6.3 -2.9
Independent Malcolm Carver 1,340 4.7 +4.7
Majority 98 0.3
Turnout 28,568 49.7 +7.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Assembly Election 2003: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Gwyther 8,384 35.0 -0.2
Plaid Cymru Llyr Griffiths 7,869 32.8 +3.0
Conservative David Thomas 4,917 20.5 +2.5
Liberal Democrat Mary Megarry 2,222 9.3 +2.6
Independent Arthur Williams 580 2.4 +2.4
Majority 515 2.1 -3.2
Turnout 24,253 43.0 -7.9
Labour hold Swing
Assembly Election 1999: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Gwyther 9,891 35.1
Plaid Cymru Roy Llewelyn 8,399 29.8
Conservative David Edwards 5,079 18.0
Independent William Davies 2,090 7.4
Liberal Democrat Roger Williams 1,875 6.7
Independent Graham Fry 815 2.9
Majority 1,492 5.3
Turnout 28,149 50.7
Labour hold Swing

[edit] References


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