Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (Assembly 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 | |
| Current National Assembly for Wales county constituency | |
| Created | 1999 |
| Party | Conservative Party |
| AM | Angela Burns |
| 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.
Contents
1 Boundaries
1.1 1999 to 2007
1.2 Since 2007
2 Voting
3 Assembly members
4 Elections
4.1 Elections in the 2010s
4.2 Elections in the 2000s
4.3 Elections in the 1990s
5 References
Boundaries
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.
Since 2007
The constituency includes the whole of 22 Carmarthenshire communities (Abernant; Bronwydd; Carmarthen; Cilymaenllwyd; Cynwyl Elfed; Eglwyscummin; Henllanfallteg; Laugharne Township; Llanboidy; Llanddowror; Llangain; Llangynin; Llangynog; Llanpumsaint; Llansteffan; Llanwinio; Meidrim; Newchurch and Merthyr; Pendine; St Clears; Trelech; Whitland), the whole of 24 Pembrokeshire communities (Amroth; Angle; Carew; Cosheston; East Williamston; Hundleton; Jeffreyston; Kilgetty/Begelly; Lampeter Velfrey; Lamphey; Llanddewi Velfrey; Llawhaden; Manorbier; Martletwy; Narberth; Pembroke; Pembroke Dock; Penally; St Florence; St Mary Out Liberty; Saundersfoot; Stackpole and Castlemartin; Templeton; and Tenby), also the eastern part of the Pembrokeshire community of Uzmaston, Boulston and Slebech.
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 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.
Assembly members
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Christine Gwyther | Labour | |
| 2007 | Angela Burns | Conservative | |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Angela Burns | 10,355 | 35.4 | −0.4 | |
Labour | Marc Tierney | 6,982 | 23.9 | −6.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | Simon Thomas | 5,459 | 18.7 | −11.1 | |
UKIP | Allan Brookes | 3,300 | 11.3 | +11.3 | |
Independent | Chris Overton | 1,638 | 5.6 | +5.6 | |
Green | Valerie Bradley | 804 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alistair Cameron | 699 | 2.4 | −1.5 | |
| Majority | 3,373 | 11.5 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 51.2 | +3.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Angela Burns | 10,095 | 35.9 | +5.8 | |
Labour | Christine Gwyther | 8,591 | 30.5 | +0.8 | |
Plaid Cymru | Nerys Evans | 8,373 | 29.7 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Selwyn Runnett | 1,097 | 3.9 | −2.4 | |
| Majority | 1,504 | 5.3 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 28,156 | 48.1 | −1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.5 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
| 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 Democrats | 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 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christine Gwyther | 8,384 | 35.0 | −0.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | Llyr Huws Gruffydd | 7,869 | 32.8 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | David N. Thomas | 4,917 | 20.5 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mary K. Megarry | 2,222 | 9.3 | +2.6 | |
Independent | Arthur R. Williams | 580 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
| Majority | 515 | 2.1 | −3.2 | ||
Turnout | 24,253 | 43.0 | −7.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.6 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christine Gwyther | 9,891 | 35.1 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Roy Llewelyn | 8,399 | 29.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | David G. Edwards | 5,079 | 18.0 | N/A | |
Independent | William E.H.V. Davies | 2,090 | 7.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Roger H. Williams | 1,875 | 6.7 | N/A | |
Independent | Graham T.R. Fry | 815 | 2.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,492 | 5.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,149 | 50.7 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
References
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^ "Wales elections > Carmarthen West & Pembrokeshire South". BBC News. 6 May 2011.
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