List of Parliamentary constituencies in Powys
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There are three constitencies covering Powys. They are all county constituencies (CCs) of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster), and are used also, since the 1999 Welsh Assembly election, for elections to the National Assembly for Wales.
Powys is one of the eight preserved counties of Wales, and has the name and boundaries of one of the 22 principal areas.
One of the constituencies straddles the boundary with another preserved county, and Boundary Commission for Wales proposals for new boundaries have been accepted,[1] to become effective for the next United Kingdom general election and the Welsh Assembly election, 2007. The new boundaries define two constituencies covering the preserved county of Powys, both entirely within its boundary.
For Welsh Assembly elections, constituencies are grouped into additional member electoral regions, and changes to constituency boundaries mean, also, changes to regional boundaries.
Boundaries for the three existing constituencies were defined before changes to the boundaries of preserved counties under the Preserved Counties (Amendment to Boundaries) (Wales) Order 2003, which came into effect in 2003, and before changes to local government boundaries under the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, which came into effect in 1996.
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[edit] Westminster boundaries
[edit] Current boundaries
| Constituency | Boundaries |
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| 1. Brecon and Radnorshire CC (Westminster) |
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| 2. Montgomeryshire CC (Westminster) | |
| 3. Clwyd South CC (Westminster) (part) |
The Clwyd South constituency is also partly a Clwyd constituency.
[edit] New boundaries
| Constituency | Boundaries |
|---|---|
| 1. Brecon and Radnorshire CC (Westminster) |
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| 2. Montgomeryshire CC (Westminster) |
[edit] Assembly boundaries
[edit] 1999 to 2007
| Constituency | Assembly region | Constituency boundaries |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Brecon and Radnorshire CC (Assembly) | Mid and West Wales |
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| 2. Montgomeryshire CC (Assembly) | ||
| 3. Clwyd South CC (Assembly) (part) | North Wales |
The Clwyd South constituency is also partly a Clwyd constituency.
The Mid and West Wales region includes also five Dyfed constituencies and one which is partly a Gwynedd constituency and partly a Clwyd constituency. The North Wales region includes also five constituencies which are wholly Clwyd constituencies, two which are partly Clwyd constituencies and partly Gwynedd constituencies, and one which is wholly a Gwynedd constituency.
[edit] From 2007
| Constituency | Assembly region | Constituency boundaries |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Brecon and Radnorshire CC (Assembly) | Mid and West Wales |
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| 2. Montgomeryshire CC (Assembly) |
The Mid and West Wales region will include, also, five Dyfed constituencies and one Gwynedd constituency.
