Brecon and Radnorshire (Senedd constituency)

Not to be confused with Brecon and Radnorshire (UK Parliament constituency).

Brecon and Radnorshire (Welsh: Brycheiniog a Sir Faesyfed) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd 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. It is currently represented by James Evans MS, of the Conservatives who has been the MS since May 2021.

Brecon and Radnorshire Brycheiniog a Sir Faesyfed
Senedd county constituency for the Senedd
Brecon and Radnorshire shown within the Mid and West Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd county constituency
Created	1999
Party	Welsh Conservatives
MS	James Evans
Preserved county	Powys

Boundaries

Map of current boundaries

1999 to 2007

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Brecon and Radnorshire Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of Powys, and one of three Powys constituencies. Also, it is one of eight constituencies in the Mid and West Wales electoral region.

The other Powys constituencies are Montgomeryshire and Clwyd South. Montgomeryshire is also entirely within the preserved county of Powys, and within the Mid and West Wales region. Clwyd South is partly, and mostly, a Clwyd constituency, and within the North 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

Constituency boundaries changed from the 2007 Assembly election, as did regional boundaries. Brecon and Radnorshire remained a Powys constituency, however, and one of eight constituencies in the Mid and West Wales electoral region.

Brecon and Radnorshire is one of two constituencies covering Powys, both entirely within the preserved county, and both within the Mid and West Wales region. The other Powys constituency is Montgomeryshire.

The Mid and West Wales 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.

Members of the Senedd

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Kirsty Williams	Liberal Democrat
	2021	James Evans	Conservative

Voting

In general elections for the Senedd, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Member of the Senedd 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.

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Brecon and Radnorshire^[1]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Evans	12,741	39.7	+14.3	11,572	36.6	+11.2
	Liberal Democrats	William Powell	8,921	27.8	–24.6	6,723	21.3	-8.9
	Labour	Gethin Jones	4,980	15.5	+6.6	6,217	19.7	+4.9
	Plaid Cymru	Grenville Ham	2,075	6.5	+2.6	2,754	8.7	+1.4
	Green	Emily Durrant	1,556	4.8	+2.5	1,807	5.7	+1.9
	Abolish	Claire Mills	1,209	3.8	New	1,786	5.6	-2.4
	Independent	Karen Laurie-Parry	345	1.1	New
	Reform UK	John Muir	213	0.7	New	202	0.64	New
	Gwlad	Sam Holwill	75	0.2	New	89	0.28	New
	Christian					141	0.44	New
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					139	0.4	New
	Communist					85	0.27	New
	Propel					57	0.18	New
	TUSC					34	0.11	New
Majority			3,820	11.9	N/A
Turnout			32,115	57.5[2]	+1.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+19.5

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Brecon and Radnorshire

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional[3]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsty Williams	15,898	52.4	+9.4	9,069	30.2	+0.9
	Conservative	Gary Price	7,728	25.4	−7.9	7,625	25.4	-7.1
	Labour	Alex Thomas	2,703	8.9	−8.0	4,446	14.8	-3.2
	UKIP	Thomas Turton	2,161	7.1	New	2,655	8.8	+3.9
	Plaid Cymru	Freddy Greaves	1,180	3.9	−2.8	2,181	7.3	0.0
	Green	Grenville Ham	697	2.3	New	1,145	3.8	-0.6
	Abolish					2,388	8.0	New
	Monster Raving Loony					180	0.6	New
	Welsh Christian					163	0.5	-0.2
	People First (Wales)					74	0.2	New
	Association of Welsh Independents					63	0.2	New
	Communist					41	0.1	-0.2
Majority			8,170	27.0	+17.3
Turnout			30,367	56.5	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+8.6

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Brecon and Radnorshire

Party		Candidate	Constituency [4]			Regional[5]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsty Williams	12,201	43.0	−9.2	8,271	29.3	-2.1
	Conservative	Christopher Davies	9,444	33.3	−0.3	9,181	32.5	-0.5
	Labour	Chris Lloyd	4,797	16.9	+8.2	5,091	18.0	+5.2
	Plaid Cymru	Gary Price	1,906	6.7	+1.2	2,071	7.3	-0.7
	UKIP					1,371	4.9	+0.4
	Green					1,251	4.4	0.0
	Socialist Labour					471	1.7	+0.8
	BNP					291	1.0	-1.7
	Welsh Christian					193	0.7	0.0
	Communist					75	0.3	0.0
Majority			2,757	9.7	−8.9
Turnout			28,348	52.9	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−4.5

Regional ballots rejected: 311^[6]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Brecon and Radnorshire

Party		Candidate	Constituency [7]			Regional[8]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsty Williams	15,006	52.2	+2.6	9,014	31.4	-2.3
	Conservative	Suzy Davies	9,652	33.6	+3.7	9,454	33.0	+1.3
	Labour	Neil Stone	2,514	8.7	−3.0	3,658	12.8	-3.6
	Plaid Cymru	Arwel Lloyd	1,576	5.5	+0.5	2,282	8.0	+1.4
	UKIP					1,296	4.5	+0.4
	Green					1,252	4.4	+0.3
	BNP					782	2.7	New
	Socialist Labour					270	0.9	New
	Welsh Christian					215	0.7	New
	Gwynoro Jones -Independent					136	0.5	New
	Caroline Evans - Independent					126	0.4	New
	Communist					88	0.3	New
	CPA					54	0.2	New
	Veritas					51	0.2	New
Majority			5,354	18.6	−1.1
Turnout			28,748	51.9	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−0.6

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Brecon and Radnorsihire

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional[9]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsty Williams	13,325	49.6	+5.0	8,999	33.7	+1.6
	Conservative	Nick Bourne	8,017	29.9	+5.4	8,453	31.7	+5.8
	Labour	David Rees[10]	3,130	11.7	−6.0	4,385	16.4	-3.1
	Plaid Cymru	Brynach Parry	1,329	5.0	−3.1	1,761	6.6	-10.3
	Green					1,107	4.1	Unknown
	UKIP					1,156	4.3	New
	Mid and West Wales Pensioners					509	1.9	New
	Cymru Annibynnol					151	0.6	New
	Vote 2 Stop the War					113	0.4	New
	ProLife Alliance					49	0.2	New
Majority			5,308	19.7	−0.4
Turnout			28,348	52.9	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+0.3

2003 Electorate: 53,739
Regional ballots rejected: 282

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Brecon and Radnorshire^[11]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsty Williams	13,022	44.6	N/A	9,309	32.1	N/A
	Conservative	Nick Bourne	7,170	24.5	N/A	7,498	25.9	N/A
	Labour	Ian Janes	5,165	17.7	N/A	5,667	19.5	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	David Petersen	2,356	8.1	N/A	4,891	16.9	N/A
	Independent	Michael Shaw	1,502	5.1
	Other list parties					1,636	5.6	N/A
Majority			5,852	20.1
Turnout			29,215	57.3
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

1. ^{[permanent dead link‍]} Brecon and Radnorshire Statement of Persons Nominated
2. Hayward, Will (7 May 2021). "The voter turnout figures for every constituency in Wales". WalesOnline. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
3. "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
4. "Wales elections > Cardiff Central". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
5. "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales Election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
6. "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
7. Election results – 2007 Archived 9 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, National Assembly for Wales
8. "2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
9. The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
10. "Member Profile". Welsh Parliament.
11. "Vote 99: Brecon & Radnorshire". BBC News. Retrieved 5 August 2008.

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