Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (Senedd constituency)

Not to be confused with Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency).

Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (Welsh: Gorllewin Caerfyrddin a De Sir Benfro) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. In addition, 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.

Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Gorllewin Caerfyrddin a De Sir Benfro
Senedd county constituency for the Senedd
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire shown within the Mid and West Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd county constituency
Created	1999
Party	Conservative Party
MS	Samuel Kurtz
Preserved county	Dyfed

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 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 became effective for the 2010 United Kingdom general election.

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.

Assembly members and Members of the Senedd

Election		Member	Party	Image
	1999	Christine Gwyther	Labour
	2007	Angela Burns	Conservative
	2021	Samuel Kurtz

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire^[1]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional[2]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Kurtz	11,240	35.5	+0.1	10,463	33.1	+4.6
	Labour	Riaz Hassan	10,304	32.6	+8.7	10,190	32.2	+8.0
	Plaid Cymru	Cefin Campbell	6,615	20.9	+2.2	6,362	20.1	-0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Cameron	1,224	3.9	+1.5	726	2.3	-0.6
	UKIP	Paul Dowson	982	3.1	-8.2	678	2.1	-10.9
	Independent	Jon Harvey	866	2.7	New	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Reform UK	Peter Prosser	424	1.3	New	289	0.9	New
	Green					1,245	3.9	+0.9
	Abolish					1,044	3.3	-1.8
	Christian					207	0.7	New
	Gwlad					124	0.4	New
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					111	0.4	New
	Propel					91	0.3	New
	Communist					77	0.2	0.0
	TUSC					26	0.1	New
Majority			936	2.9	−8.6
Turnout			31,655	56.35[3]	+5.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
Notes

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire

Party		Candidate	Constituency[4]			Regional[5]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Burns	10,355	35.4	−0.5	8,035	28.5	-3.9
	Labour	Marc Tierney	6,982	23.9	−6.6	6,805	24.2	-3.4
	Plaid Cymru	Simon Thomas	5,459	18.7	−11.0	5,902	21.0	-3.8
	UKIP	Allan Brookes	3,300	11.3	New	3,657	13.0	+8.9
	Independent	Chris Overton	1,638	5.6	New
	Green	Valerie Bradley	804	2.7	New	837	3.0	-0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Cameron	699	2.4	−1.5	808	2.9	-0.9
	Abolish					1,439	5.1	New
	People First (Wales)					120	0.4	New
	Association of Welsh Independents					194	0.7	New
	Welsh Christian					191	0.7	-0.2
	Monster Raving Loony					126	0.4	New
	Communist					52	0.2	0.0
Majority			3,373	11.5	+6.1
Turnout			29,217	51.2	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.1

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire^[6]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional[7]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Burns	10,095	35.9	+5.8	9,113	32.4	+3.9
	Labour	Christine Gwyther	8,591	30.5	+0.8	7,769	27.6	+2.4
	Plaid Cymru	Nerys Evans	8,373	29.7	+0.5	6,975	24.8	-1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Selwyn Runnett	1,097	3.9	−2.4	1,076	3.8	-1.9
	UKIP					1,161	4.1	+0.4
	Green					874	3.1	-0.6
	Socialist Labour					540	1.9	+0.8
	BNP					355	1.3	-1.6
	Welsh Christian					257	0.9	+0.3
	Communist					45	0.2	-0.1
Majority			1,504	5.4	+5.0
Turnout			28,156	48.1	−1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.5

Regional ballots rejected: 192^[8]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional[9]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Burns	8,590	30.1	+9.8	8,135	28.5	+7.2
	Labour	Christine Gwyther	8,492	29.7	−5.1	7,182	25.2	-6.0
	Plaid Cymru	John Dixon	8,340	29.2	−4.0	7,538	26.4	-0.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Gossage	1,806	6.3	−2.9	1,638	5.7	-3.7
	Independent	Malcolm Carver	1,340	4.7	New
	Green					1,061	3.7	-0.3
	UKIP					1,053	3.7	+0.8
	BNP					824	2.9	New
	Socialist Labour					308	1.1	New
	Gwynoro Jones - Independent politician					245	0.9	New
	Welsh Christian					183	0.6	New
	Caroline Evans - Independent politician					154	0.5	New
	Communist					79	0.3	New
	Veritas					67	0.2	New
	CPA					63	0.2	New
Majority			98	0.4	N/A
Turnout			28,568	49.7	+7.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional[10]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Gwyther	8,384	35.0	−0.1	7,451	31.2	+0.8
	Plaid Cymru	Llyr Huws Gruffydd	7,869	32.8	+3.0	6,427	26.9	-6.0
	Conservative	David N. Thomas	4,917	20.5	+2.5	5,094	21.3	-0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mary K. Megarry	2,222	9.3	+2.6	2,240	9.4	+0.5
	Independent	Arthur R. Williams	580	2.4	New
	Green					957	4.0	Unknown
	UKIP					691	2.9	New
	Mid and West Wales Pensioners					675	2.8	New
	Cymru Annibynnol					205	0.9	New
	Vote 2 Stop the War					101	0.4	New
	Prolife Alliance					42	0.2	New
Majority			515	2.1	−3.2
Turnout			24,253	43.0	−7.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.6

2003 Electorate: 56,403
Regional ballots rejected: 292

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Gwyther	9,891	35.1	N/A	8,536	30.4	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Roy Llewelyn	8,399	29.8	N/A	9,234	32.9	N/A
	Conservative	David G. Edwards	5,079	18.0	N/A	6,032	21.5	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	2,510	8.9	N/A
	Independent	Graham T.R. Fry	815	2.9	N/A
	Other list parties					1,791	6.4	N/A
Majority			1,492	5.3	N/A
Turnout			28,149	50.7	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

References

1. Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Statement of Persons Nominated
2. "Senedd Cymru Elections: Mid and West Wales region - Carmarthen West and South Pembrokshire". Carmarthenshire Council. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
3. Hayward, Will (7 May 2021). "The voter turnout figures for every constituency in Wales". WalesOnline. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
4. "Wales elections > Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire". BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
5. "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
6. "Wales elections > Carmarthen West & Pembrokeshire South". BBC News. 6 May 2011.
7. "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales Election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
8. "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
9. "2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
10. The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2021.

51°47′17″N 4°41′50″W