Mid and West Wales (Senedd electoral region)

Mid and West Wales (Welsh: Canolbarth a Gorllewin Cymru) is an electoral region of the Senedd, consisting of eight constituencies. The region elects twelve members, eight directly elected constituency members and four additional members. The electoral region was first used in the 1999 Welsh Assembly election, when the National Assembly for Wales was created.

Mid and West Wales
Canolbarth a Gorllewin Cymru

Senedd electoral region
Mid and West Wales shown within Wales
Created 1999
Current representation
Plaid Cymru	4 MSs
Conservative	4 MSs
Labour	3 MSs
Liberal Democrats	1 MS
Constituencies 1. Brecon and Radnorshire 2. Carmarthen East and Dinefwr 3. Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire 4. Ceredigion 5. Dwyfor Meirionnydd 6. Llanelli 7. Montgomeryshire 8. Preseli Pembrokeshire
Preserved counties Dyfed Gwynedd (part) Powys

Each constituency elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post electoral system, and the region as a whole elects four additional or top-up Members of the Senedd, to create a degree of proportional representation. The additional member seats are allocated from closed lists by the D'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

County and Westminster boundaries

Map of current boundaries

As created in 1999, the region covered the whole of the preserved county of Dyfed, most of the preserved county of Powys and parts of the preserved counties of Clwyd and Gwynedd. Other parts of Powys, Clwyd and Gwynedd were within the North Wales electoral region.

However, boundaries changed for the 2007 Welsh Assembly election and the region now covers all of the preserved county of Dyfed, all of the preserved county of Powys and part of the preserved county of Gwynedd. The rest of Gwynedd is in the North Wales region.

The constituencies have the names and boundaries of constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). For Westminster election purposes, however, there are no electoral regions, and constituency boundary changes became effective for the 2010 United Kingdom general election.

Electoral region profile

The region is geographically the largest of the five electoral regions in Wales, being larger in area than the other four regions combined. It consists almost entirely of sparsely populated rural areas, with the exception of the tinplate- and steel-producing town of Llanelli in the south.^[1] The Welsh language is widely spoken.

Constituencies

Constituency	2021 result		Preserved county
Brecon and Radnorshire		James Evans Conservative	Entirely within Powys
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr		Adam Price Plaid Cymru	Entirely within Dyfed
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire		Samuel Kurtz Conservative
Ceredigion		Elin Jones Plaid Cymru
Dwyfor Meirionnydd		Mabon ap Gwynfor Plaid Cymru	Entirely within Gwynedd
Llanelli		Lee Waters Labour	Entirely within Dyfed
Montgomeryshire		Russell George Conservative	Entirely within Powys
Preseli Pembrokeshire		Paul Davies Conservative	Entirely within Dyfed

Former constituencies

1999 to 2007

Map of former boundaries 1999-2007

Constituency	Preserved counties
1. Brecon and Radnorshire	Entirely within Powys
2. Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Entirely within Dyfed
3. Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
4. Ceredigion
5. Llanelli
6. Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Partly Clwyd, partly Gwynedd
7. Montgomeryshire	Entirely within Powys
8. Preseli Pembrokeshire	Entirely within Dyfed

Assembly members and Members of the Senedd

Constituency MSs

Term	Election	Brecon and Radnorshire		Carmarthen East and Dinefwr		Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire		Ceredigion		Meirionnydd Nant Conwy		Llanelli		Montgomeryshire		Preseli Pembrokeshire
1st	1999		Kirsty Williams (LD)		Rhodri Glyn Thomas (PC)		Christine Gwyther (Lab)		Elin Jones (PC)		Dafydd Elis-Thomas (PC)		Helen Mary Jones (PC)		Mick Bates (LD)		Richard Edwards (Lab)
2nd	2003												Catherine Thomas (Lab)				Tamsin Dunwoody (Lab)
Term	Election	Brecon and Radnorshire		Carmarthen East and Dinefwr		Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire		Ceredigion		Dwyfor Meirionnydd		Llanelli		Montgomeryshire		Preseli Pembrokeshire
3rd	2007		Kirsty Williams (LD)		Rhodri Glyn Thomas (PC)		Angela Burns (Con)		Elin Jones (PC)		Dafydd Elis-Thomas (PC) (later Independent)		Helen Mary Jones (PC)		Mick Bates (LD)		Paul Davies (Con)
4th	2011												Keith Davies (Lab)		Russell George (Con)
5th	2016				Adam Price (PC)								Lee Waters (Lab)
	2016[2]
6th	2021		James Evans (Con)				Samuel Kurtz (Con)				Mabon ap Gwynfor (PC)

Regional list MSs

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

Term	Election	AM		AM		AM		AM
1st	1999		Nick Bourne (Con)		Glyn Davies (Con)		Alun Michael (Lab)		Cynog Dafis (PC)
	2000[3]						Delyth Evans (Lab)
2nd	2003						Lisa Francis (Con)		Helen Mary Jones (PC)
3rd	2007				Alun Davies (Lab)		Joyce Watson (Lab)		Nerys Evans (PC)
4th	2011		William Powell (LD)		Rebecca Evans (Lab)				Simon Thomas (PC)
5th	2016		Neil Hamilton (UKIP)		Eluned Morgan (Lab)
	2018[4]								Helen Mary Jones (PC)
6th	2021		Jane Dodds (LD)						Cefin Campbell (PC)

2021 Senedd election

Main article: 2021 Senedd election

2021 Senedd election: Mid and West Wales
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Plaid Cymru	Cefin Campbell, Helen Mary Jones, Elwyn Vaughan, Cris Tomos, Grenville Ham, Elin Tracy Jones, Angharad Shaw, Mabon ap Gwynfor, Elin Jones, Adam Price	65,460	27.5	1.2
	Conservative	Tomos Davies, Amanda Jenner, Elizabeth Lesnianski, Aled Davies, Charles Evans, Rachel Buckler, Brian Murphy	63,827	26.8	6.2
	Labour	Eluned Morgan, Joyce Watson, Helen Taylor, Ben Gwalchmai	61,733	25.9	6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Dodds, William Powell, Alistair Cameron, Stephen Churchman, Cadan ap Tomos, Alison Alexander	16,181	6.8	4.1
	Green	Emily Durrant, Tomos Barlow, Peter (Harry) Hayfield, Marc Pearton-Scale	10,545	4.4	0.6
	Abolish	Claire Mills, Ray Wood, Jeremy Pugh, Benjamin Pugh, Bryan Craven, Sara Canning	8,073	3.4	1.6
	UKIP	Jonathon Riley, Howard Lillyman, Paul Dowson, Kenneth Rees	3,731	1.6	10.0
	Reform UK	Gethin James, Roger Lewis, Louise Hughes, Peter Prosser, Gareth Beert	2,582	1.1	1.1
	Propel	Dylan Bullard, Gretta Marshall, Peter Read, Sara Thomas	1,428	0.6	0.6
	Christian	Jeffrey Green, Barbara Hill, Louise Wynne Jones, Sue Green	1,366	0.6	0.1
	Gwlad	Siân Caiach, Gwyn Wigley Evans, Dennis Morris, Samuel Holwill	1,303	0.5	0.5
	Freedom Alliance	Michelle Murray, Jason Smith, Darryl Bickler	1,181	0.5	0.5
	Communist	Claudia Cannon, Catrin Ashton, Graham Morgan, David Wood	589	0.2	0.0
	TUSC	Carys Phillips	257	0.1	0.1

2021 Senedd election additional members

Party		Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional Members elected	Total Members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
	Plaid Cymru	3	65,460 (27.5%)	4	1	4	0
	Conservative	4	63,827 (26.8%)	4	0	4	0
	Labour	1	61,733 (25.9%)	3	2	3	0
	Liberal Democrats	0	16,181 (6.8%)	1	1	1	0
	Green	0	10,545 (4.4%)	0	0	0	0
	Abolish	0	8,073 (3.4%)	0	0	0	0
	UKIP	0	3,731 (1.6%)	0	0	0	0
	Reform UK	0	2,582 (0.5%)	0	0	0	0
	Propel	0	1,428 (0.5%)	0	0	0	0
	Welsh Christian	0	1,366 (0.6%)	0	0	0	0
	Gwlad	0	1,303 (0.5%)	0	0	0	0
	Freedom Alliance	0	1,181 (0.5%)	0	0	0	0
	Communist	0	589 (0.2%)	0	0	0	0
	TUSC	0	257 (0.1%)	0	0	0	0

Regional MSs elected 2021

Party		Name
	Labour	Eluned Morgan
	Labour	Joyce Watson
	Plaid Cymru	Cefin Campbell
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Dodds

D'Hondt count

Seat #	Party	Votes					Member
		Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
–	Plaid Cymru	65460					Constituency seat 1
–	Conservative	63827					Constituency seat 1
–	Labour	61733					Constituency seat 1
–	Plaid Cymru		32730				Constituency seat 2
–	Conservative		31914				Constituency seat 2
1	Labour		30866				Eluned Morgan
–	Plaid Cymru			21820			Constituency seat 3
–	Conservative			21276			Constituency seat 3
2	Labour			20578			Joyce Watson
3	Plaid Cymru				16365		Cefin Campbell
4	Liberal Democrats	16181					Jane Dodds
–	Conservative				15957		Constituency seat 4
5	Labour				15433		Helen Taylor
6	Plaid Cymru					13092	Helen Mary Jones
7	Conservative					12765	Tomos Davies
8	Labour					12347	Ben Gwalchmai

2016 Welsh Assembly election additional members

Party		Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional Members elected	Total Members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
	Plaid Cymru	3	56,754 (26.3%)	4	1	4	0
	Conservative	3	44,461 (20.6%)	3	0	3	0
	Labour	1	41,975 (19.4%)	3	2	3	0
	UKIP	0	25,042 (11.6%)	1	1	1	0
	Liberal Democrats	1	23,554 (10.9%)	1	0	1	0
	Abolish	0	10,707 (5.0%)	0	0	0	0
	Green	0	8,222 (3.8%)	0	0	0	0
	People First	0	1,496 (0.7%)	0	0	0	0
	Welsh Christian	0	1,103 (0.5%)	0	0	0	0
	Monster Raving Loony	0	1,071 (0.5%)	0	0	0	0
	Independent	0	1,032 (0.5%)	0	0	0	0
	Welsh Communist Party	0	423 (0.2%)	0	0	0	0

Regional AMs elected 2016

Party		Name
	UKIP	Neil Hamilton
	Labour	Joyce Watson
	Plaid Cymru	Simon Thomas
	Labour	Eluned Morgan

2011 Welsh Assembly election additional members

Party		Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional Members elected	Total Members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
	Plaid Cymru	3	56,384 (26.7%)	4	1	4	0
	Conservative	3	52,905 (25.1%)	3	0	3	0
	Labour	1	47,348 (22.5%)	3	2	3	0
	Liberal Democrats	1	26,847 (12.7%)	2	1	2	0
	UKIP	0	9,711 (4.6%)	0	0	0	0
	Green	0	8,660 (4.1%)	0	0	0	0
	Socialist Labour	0	3,951 (1.9%)	0	0	0	0
	BNP	0	2,821 (1.3%)	0	0	0	0
	Welsh Christian	0	1,630 (0.8%)	0	0	0	0
	Communist	0	595 (0.3%)	0	0	0	0

Regional AMs elected 2011

Party		Name
	Labour	Rebecca Evans
	Labour	Joyce Watson
	Liberal Democrats	William Powell
	Plaid Cymru	Simon Thomas

2007 Welsh Assembly election additional members

Party		Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional Members elected	Total Members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
	Plaid Cymru	4	67,258 (31.0%)	5	1	5	0
	Conservative	2	49,606 (22.9%)	3	1	3	0
	Labour	0	39,979 (18.4%)	2	2	2	0
	Liberal Democrats	2	28,790 (13.3%)	2	0	2	0
	Green	0	8,768 (4.0%)	0	0	0	0
	UKIP	0	8,191 (3.8%)	0	0	0	0
	BNP	0	6,389 (2.9%)	0	0	0	0
	Socialist Labour	0	2,196 (1.0%)	0	0	0	0
	Independent (Gwynoro Jones)	0	1,598 (0.7%)	0	0	0	0
	Welsh Christian	0	1,493 (0.7%)	0	0	0	0
	Independent (Caroline Evans)	0	1,108 (0.5%)	0	0	0	0
	Communist	0	666 (0.3%)	0	0	0	0
	Veritas	0	502 (0.2%)	0	0	0	0
	CPA	0	413 (0.2%)	0	0	0	0

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Regional AMs elected 2007

Party		Name
	Conservative	Nick Bourne
	Labour	Alun Davies
	Plaid Cymru	Nerys Evans
	Labour	Joyce Watson

2003 Welsh Assembly election additional members[6]

Party		Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional Members elected	Total Members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
	Plaid Cymru	3	51,874 (28.16%)	4	1	4	0
	Labour	3	46,451 (25.22%)	3	0	3	0
	Conservative	0	35,566 (19.31%)	3	3	3	0
	Liberal Democrats	2	30,177 (16.38%)	2	0	2	0
	Green	0	7,794 (4.23%)	0	0	0	0
	UKIP	0	5,945 (3.23%)	0	0	0	0
	Mid & West Wales Pensioners	0	3,968 (2.15%)	0	0	0	0
	Cymru Annibynnol	0	1,324 (0.72%)	0	0	0	0
	Vote No 2 Stop the War	0	716 (0.39%)	0	0	0	0
	ProLife Alliance	0	383 (0.21%)	0	0	0	0

Regional AMs elected 2003

Party		Name
	Conservative	Nick Bourne
	Conservative	Glyn Davies
	Plaid Cymru	Helen Mary Jones
	Conservative	Lisa Francis

1999 Welsh Assembly election additional members[6]

Party		Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional Members elected	Total Members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
	Plaid Cymru	4	84,554 (38.55%)	5	1	5	0
	Labour	2	53,842 (24.55%)	3	1	3	0
	Conservative	0	36,622 (16.70%)	2	2	2	0
	Liberal Democrats	2	31,683 (14.44%)	2	0	2	0
	Green	0	7,718 (3.52%)	0	0	0	0
	Socialist Labour	0	3,019 (1.38%)	0	0	0	0
	Independent	0	1,214 (0.55%)	0	0	0	0
	Natural Law	0	705 (0.32%)	0	0	0	0

Regional AMs elected 1999

Party		Name
	Conservative	Nick Bourne[7]
	Labour	Alun Michael[7] (Michael resigned in May of 2000 and was replaced by Delyth Evans.)[8]
	Plaid Cymru	Cynog Dafis[7]
	Conservative	Glyn Davies[7]

References

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2. "Lord Elis-Thomas quits Plaid Cymru". 14 October 2016. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
3. Alun Michael resigned in May 2000 and was replaced by Delyth Evans.
4. "AM quits after indecent images arrest". 25 July 2018. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
5. BBC Election results Archived 2012-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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8. Staff reporter (8 May 2000). "Michael's successor is sworn in". BBC News. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2014.