Llanelli (Assembly constituency)

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Not to be confused with Llanelli (UK Parliament constituency).

Llanelli National Assembly for Wales county constituency

Llanelli shown within the Mid and West Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Created	1999
AM	Keith Davies
Party	Labour
Preserved county	Dyfed

Llanelli 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.

Boundaries

1999 to 2007

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

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

The region consists 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.

From 2007

Boundaries changed for the 2007 Assembly election. Llanelli 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 were, again, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion and Preseli Pembrokeshire, all within the Mid and West Wales electoral region.

The region consisted 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 became effective for the 2010 United Kingdom general election.

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.

It is a marginal seat between Plaid and the Labour Party and has never been held by the same party for more than one term with Plaid and Labour alternating

Members of the National Assembly for Wales

	Member	Party
1999	Helen Mary Jones	Plaid Cymru
2003	Catherine Thomas	Labour
2007	Helen Mary Jones	Plaid Cymru
2011	Keith Davies	Labour

Results

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Llanelli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Davies	10,359	39.7	+3.7
	Plaid Cymru	Helen Mary Jones	10,279	39.4	−10.7
	Conservative	Andrew Morgan	2,880	11.0	+1.1
	Putting Llanelli First	Siân Caiach	2,004	7.7	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Cheryl Philpott	548	2.1	−1.7
Majority			80	0.3
Turnout			26,070	44.6
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing	+7.2

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Llanelli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Helen Mary Jones	13,839	50.1	+7.4
	Labour	Catherine Thomas	9,955	36.1	−6.7
	Conservative	Andrew D. Morgan	2,757	10.0	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy N. Townsend	1,051	3.8	−3.3
Majority			3,884	14.1
Turnout			27,602	49.2	+8.9
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing	+7.1

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Llanelli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine Thomas	9,916	42.8	+3.1
	Plaid Cymru	Helen Mary Jones	9,895	42.8	+0.5
	Conservative	Gareth J. Jones	1,712	7.4	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ken D. Rees	1,644	6.1	−3.2
Majority			21	0.1
Turnout			23,167	40.3
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing	+1.3

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Llanelli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Helen Mary Jones	11,973	42.1	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Mrs. Ann Garrard	11,285	39.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Tim R. Dumper	2,920	10.3	N/A
	Conservative	Barrie Harding	1,864	6.6	N/A
	Independent	Anthony G. Popham	345	1.3	N/A
Majority			688	2.4	N/A
Turnout			28,387	48.9	N/A
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

References

v t e Electoral regions and Constituencies of the National Assembly for Wales

Mid and West Wales	Brecon and Radnorshire Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Ceredigion Dwyfor Meirionnydd Llanelli Montgomeryshire Preseli Pembrokeshire

North Wales	Aberconwy Alyn and Deeside Arfon Clwyd South Clwyd West Delyn Vale of Clwyd Wrexham Ynys Môn

South Wales Central	Cardiff Central Cardiff North Cardiff South and Penarth Cardiff West Cynon Valley Pontypridd Rhondda Vale of Glamorgan

South Wales East	Blaenau Gwent Caerphilly Islwyn Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Monmouth Newport East Newport West Torfaen

South Wales West	Aberavon Bridgend Gower Neath Ogmore Swansea East Swansea West

Coordinates: 51°43′14″N 4°13′33″W / 51.72056°N 4.22583°W / 51.72056; -4.22583

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