Ceredigion (Assembly constituency)




Coordinates: 52°22′52″N 3°55′19″W / 52.381°N 3.922°W / 52.381; -3.922










Ceredigion

National Assembly for Wales county constituency
Ceredigion (Assembly constituency).svg

Mid and West Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region).svg
Ceredigion shown within the Mid and West Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales

Current National Assembly for Wales county constituency
Created1999
PartyPlaid Cymru
AMElin Jones
Preserved countyDyfed

Ceredigion is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. It is also 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.


It has been represented since its creation in 1999 by Plaid Cymru's Elin Jones, who has been Presiding Officer of the Welsh Assembly since 2016.




Contents





  • 1 Boundaries

    • 1.1 1999 to 2007


    • 1.2 From 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


The area of the constituency is similar to that of the county of Ceredigion.



1999 to 2007


The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Ceredigion 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, Llanelli and Preseli Pembrokeshire. They are 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.



From 2007


Boundaries changed for the 2007 Assembly election. Ceredigion 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 West and South Pembrokeshire, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Llanelli and Preseli Pembrokeshire. They are 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 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.



Assembly members











ElectionMemberPartyPortrait
1999Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru

Elin Jones AM (27889497280).jpg


Elections



Elections in the 2010s


























































Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Ceredigion
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Plaid Cymru

Elin Jones
12,014
40.7
−0.6


Liberal Democrats
Elizabeth Evans
9,606
32.6
−2.6


UKIP
Gethin James
2,665
9

N/A


Conservative
Felix Aubel
2,075
7
−2.4


Labour
Iwan Wyn Jones
1,902
6.5
−2.3


Green
Brian Williams
1,223
4.1
−1.1
Majority
2,408
8.2
+2.1

Turnout
29,485
56.1
+4.2


Plaid Cymru hold

Swing




















































Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Ceredigion[1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Plaid Cymru

Elin Jones
12,020
41.3
−7.9


Liberal Democrats
Elizabeth Evans
10,243
35.2
−0.9


Conservative
Luke Evetts
2,755
9.5
+1.6


Labour
Richard Boudier
2,544
8.7
+3.7


Green
Chris Simpson
1,514
5.2

N/A
Majority
1,777
6.1
-7.0

Turnout
29,076
51.9
−3.8


Plaid Cymru hold

Swing



Elections in the 2000s




















































Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Ceredigion
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Plaid Cymru

Elin Jones
14,818
49.2
+4.1


Liberal Democrats
John Davies
10,863
36.1
+8.5


Conservative
Trefor Jones
2,369
7.9
−3.2


Labour
Linda Grace
1,530
5.1
−7.5


Independent
Emyr Morgan
528
1.8
+1.8
Majority
3,955
13.1
−4.4

Turnout
30,108
55.7
+5.9


Plaid Cymru hold

Swing
−2.3



















































Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Ceredigion
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Plaid Cymru

Elin Jones
11,883
45.1
−2.7


Liberal Democrats
John Davies
7,265
27.6
+16.4


Labour

Rhianon Passmore
3,308
12.6
−3.1


Conservative
Owen J. Williams
2,923
11.1
+1.9


UKIP
Ian J. Sheldon
940
3.6
+3.6
Majority
4,618
17.5
−14.6

Turnout
26,470
50.0
−8.0


Plaid Cymru hold

Swing
−9.4


Elections in the 1990s























































Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Ceredigion
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Plaid Cymru

Elin Jones
15,258
47.8

N/A


Labour
Maria Battle
5,009
15.7

N/A


Independent
David Lloyd Evans
4,114
12.9

N/A


Liberal Democrats
Doiran D. Evans
3,571
11.2

N/A


Conservative
Henri J. Lloyd Davies
2,944
9.2

N/A


Green
Dave H. Bradney
1,002
3.1

N/A
Majority
10,249
32.1

N/A

Turnout
31,898
57.8

N/A


Plaid Cymru win (new seat)


References




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