List of Parliamentary constituencies in Powys

Powys is divided into two constituencies of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament (Westminster), which are also used for elections to the National Assembly for Wales.[n 1] The current boundaries have been effective since the Welsh Assembly election, 2007 and the 2010 UK general election.[1]

Powys is one of the eight preserved counties of Wales, and has the name and boundaries of one of the 22 principal areas.

For Welsh Assembly elections, constituencies are grouped into additional member electoral regions, and changes to constituency boundaries mean, also, changes to regional boundaries.

Westminster boundaries

From 2010

Constituency Boundaries
1. Brecon and Radnorshire CC (Westminster)
2. Montgomeryshire CC (Westminster)
Constituency Electorate Majority Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Map reference above
Brecon and Radnorshire 56,010 8,038   Christopher Davies   James Gibson-Watt 1
Montgomeryshire 50,755 9,285   Glyn Davies   Jane Dodds 2

1997 to 2010

Constituency Boundaries
1. Brecon and Radnorshire CC (Westminster)
2. Montgomeryshire CC (Westminster)
3. Clwyd South CC (Westminster) (part)

The Clwyd South constituency was also partly a Clwyd constituency.

Changes proposed in 2016

As part of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the Boundary Commission for Wales proposed changes to almost all the existing Welsh Westminster constituencies, giving some of them Welsh language names.[2]

Assembly boundaries

From 2007

Constituency Assembly region Constituency boundaries
1. Brecon and Radnorshire CC (Assembly) Mid and West Wales
2. Montgomeryshire CC (Assembly)

The Mid and West Wales region also includes five Dyfed constituencies and one Gwynedd constituency.

1999 to 2007

Constituency Assembly region Constituency boundaries
1. Brecon and Radnorshire CC (Assembly) Mid and West Wales
2. Montgomeryshire CC (Assembly)
3. Clwyd South CC (Assembly) (part) North Wales

Results

Westminster elections

2005 2010 2015 2017

Assembly elections

2007 2011 2016

Historical representation by party

1832 to 1885

  Conservative   Liberal   Whig

Constituency 1832 33 1835 1837 40 1841 1847 50 1852 54 55 1857 58 1859 61 62 63 1865 66 1868 69 70 1874 75 77 1880 84
Montgomery Boroughs Pugh Edwards Cholmondeley Pugh Johnson C. Hanbury-Tracy F. Hanbury-Tracy
Montgomeryshire C. Williams-Wynn H. Williams-Wynn C. Williams-Wynn jnr Rendel
Radnor Boroughs Price T. Lewis G. Lewis --> Green-Price Cavendish Williams Rogers
Radnorshire T. Lewis Wilkins J. Walsh A. Walsh Green-Price
Brecon Watkins C. M. Morgan Watkins C. R. Morgan Watkins --> Gwyn1 Villiers Gwynne-Holford Flower
Breconshire Wood Bailey G. Morgan Fuller-Maitland

1 original victor Pratt (Liberal) declared void on petition

1885 to 1918

  Conservative   Liberal

Constituency 1885 1886 1892 94 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910
Montgomery District P. Pryce-Jones Hanbury-Tracy P. Pryce-Jones E. Pryce-Jones Rees E. Pryce-Jones
Montgomeryshire Rendel Humphreys-Owen Davies
Radnorshire Walsh Edwards Milbank Edwards Dillwyn-Venables-Llewellyn Edwards
Breconshire Fuller-Maitland Morley Robinson

1918 to 1983

  Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23)   Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal   National Government   National Liberal (1931-68)

Constituency 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 31 1931 1935 39 42 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 62 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979
Montgomeryshire D. Davies C. Davies --> --> --> Hooson Williams
Brecon and Radnor Robinson Jenkins --> Hall Freeman Hall Guest Jackson Watkins Roderick Hooson

1983 to present

  Conservative   Liberal   Liberal Democrats

Constituency 1983 85 1987 88 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017
Montgomeryshire Carlile --> Öpik G. Davies
Brecon and Radnorshire Hooson Livsey Evans Livsey Williams C. Davies
2015 [3]
3.4 4.8% 10.6% 28.8% 42.9% 9.6%
Grn Plaid Labour Lib Dems Conservative UKIP
2017 [4]
0.6 3.9% 22.6% 25.5% 46.7% .7%
Grn Plaid Labour Lib Dems Conservative UKIP

Notes and references

References
  1. ↑ The Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) Order 2006, OPSI website
  2. ↑ Initial Proposals Report Boundary Commission for Wales
  3. ↑ "2015 Electorates".
  4. ↑ "2017 Electorates".
Notes
  1. ↑ county constituencies (CCs) for the purposes of type of returning officer and level of expenses; an esoteric and largely academic distinction is therefore sometimes made between borough and county constituencies
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