Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 52°50′28″N 3°36′18″W / 52.841°N 3.605°W
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Meirionnydd Nant Conwy in Wales for the 2005 general election. | |
Preserved county | Clwyd, Gwynedd |
Major settlements | Dolgellau, Blaenau Ffestiniog |
1983–2010 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by |
Aberconwy, Dwyfor Meirionnydd |
Created from | Merioneth |
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
The Meirionnydd Nant Conwy Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.
History
The constituency was created in 1983 and was abolished in 2010. For the entire period of its existence, it was represented by Plaid Cymru. It had the lowest population of any constituency in Wales, and also had the second highest proportion of Welsh-speaking voters.
Boundaries
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy consisted of Merionethshire and part of the Conwy valley. This was a mainly rural area containing small towns such as Dolgellau, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Bala and Betws-y-Coed.
Boundary review
Following its review of parliamentary representation in Wales, the Boundary Commission for Wales abolished this constituency. It was replaced in part by Aberconwy and in part by Dwyfor Meirionnydd. These new constituencies were first fought at the 2010 general election.
Members of Parliament
From 1983 to 1992 the constituency was represented by Dafydd Elis Thomas of Plaid Cymru, who now represents Dwyfor Meirionnydd in the National Assembly for Wales and is its former Presiding Officer. The constituency was represented at its abolition by Elfyn Llwyd, also of Plaid Cymru, who is the party's leader in the House of Commons.
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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1983 | Dafydd Elis Thomas | Plaid Cymru | |
1992 | Elfyn Llwyd | Plaid Cymru | |
2010 | constituency abolished: see Aberconwy and Dwyfor Meirionnydd |
Elections
Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2005: Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Plaid Cymru | Elfyn Llwyd | 10,597 | 51.3 | +1.7 | |
Labour | Rhodri Jones | 3,983 | 19.3 | −3.4 | |
Conservative | Dan Munford | 3,402 | 16.5 | −2.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Adrian Fawcett | 2,192 | 10.6 | +1.7 | |
UKIP | Francis Wykes | 466 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,614 | 32.0 | |||
Turnout | 20,640 | 61.7 | −2.2 | ||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | +2.6 | |||
General Election 2001: Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Plaid Cymru | Elfyn Llwyd | 10,459 | 49.6 | −1.1 | |
Labour | Denise Idris Jones | 4,775 | 22.7 | −0.4 | |
Conservative | Lisa Francis | 3,962 | 18.8 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Dafydd Raw-Rees | 1,872 | 8.9 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 5,684 | 26.9 | |||
Turnout | 21,068 | 63.9 | −12.1 | ||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1997: Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Plaid Cymru | Elfyn Llwyd | 12,465 | 50.7 | +6.7 | |
Labour | Hefin Rees | 5,660 | 23.0 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | Jeremy Quin | 3,922 | 16.0 | −10.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Bobby Feeley | 1,719 | 7.0 | −1.9 | |
Referendum Party | Phillip Hodge | 809 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,805 | 27.7 | |||
Turnout | 24,575 | 76.0 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1992: Meirionnydd Nant Conwy[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Plaid Cymru | Elfyn Llwyd | 11,608 | 44.0 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | Gwyn S. Lewis | 6,995 | 26.5 | −1.9 | |
Labour | D. Rhys Williams | 4,978 | 18.8 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mrs Ruth E. Parry | 2,358 | 8.9 | −5.8 | |
Green | William A. Pritchard | 471 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 4,613 | 17.5 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 26,410 | 81.5 | +0.9 | ||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | +2.9 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
General Election 1987: Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Plaid Cymru | Dafydd Elis Thomas | 10,392 | 40.0 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | Dennis Terence Jones | 7,366 | 28.4 | −0.1 | |
Labour | Hugh Griffith Roberts | 4,397 | 16.9 | +1.8 | |
Social Democratic | David Leonard Roberts | 3,814 | 14.7 | −2.5 | |
Majority | 3,026 | 11.7 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 25,969 | 80.6 | −0.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
General Election 1983: Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Plaid Cymru | Dafydd Elis Thomas | 9,709 | 39.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | David G. Lloyd | 7,066 | 28.5 | N/A | |
Social Democratic | David Leonard Roberts | 4,254 | 17.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Glyn Williams | 3,735 | 15.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,643 | 10.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,764 | 81.3 | N/A | ||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | |||||
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
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