Montgomeryshire (Senedd constituency)

Not to be confused with Montgomeryshire (UK Parliament constituency).

Montgomeryshire (Welsh: Sir Drefaldwyn) 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.

Montgomeryshire Sir Drefaldwyn
Senedd county constituency for the Senedd
Montgomeryshire shown within the Mid and West Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd county constituency
Created	1999
Party	Conservative
MS	Russell George
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 Montgomeryshire 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 Brecon and Radnorshire and Clwyd South. Brecon and Radnorshire is also entirely within the preserved county of Powys, and within the Mid and West Wales region. Clwyd South is 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 and regional boundaries changed for the 2007 Assembly election. Montgomeryshire remained a Powys constituency, however, and one of eight constituencies in the Mid and West Wales electoral region.

Montgomeryshire 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 Brecon and Radnorshire.

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.

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	Portrait
	1999	Mick Bates	Liberal Democrat
	2010		Independent
	2011	Russell George	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Montgomeryshire^[1]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell George[a]	12,013	48.1	+6.3	9,344	37.6	+5.6
	Plaid Cymru	Elwyn Vaughan	4,485	17.9	+7.7	4,112	16.5	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Alexander	4,207	16.8	-10.9	3,398	13.7	-6.5
	Labour	Kait Duerden	3,576	14.3	+8.4	4,305	17.3	+8.4
	Reform UK	Oliver Lewis	549	2.2	New	254	1.02	New
	Gwlad	Gwyn Evans	157	0.6	New	93	0.37	New
	Green					1,155	4.6	-0.5
	Abolish					1,379	5.6	-2.6
	UKIP					456	1.8	-9.8
	Christian					134	0.5	New
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					118	0.47	New
	Propel					50	0.2	New
	Communist					40	0.2	0.0
	TUSC					26	0.11	New
Majority			7,528	30.2	+16.1
Turnout			24,987
	Conservative hold		Swing
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Montgomeryshire

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional[2]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell George	9,875	41.8	-1.9	7,483	32.0	-5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Dodds	6,536	27.7	-5.9	4,742	20.2	-3.8
	UKIP	Des Parkinson	2,458	10.4	New	2,718	11.6	+4.6
	Plaid Cymru	Aled Morgan Hughes	2,410	10.2	-1.1	2,856	12.2	-0.3
	Labour	Martyn Singelton	1,389	5.9	-5.5	2,080	8.9	-2.0
	Green	Richard Chaloner	932	3.9	New	1,185	5.1	+0.6
	Abolish					1,915	8.2	New
	Monster Raving Loony					110	0.5	New
	Welsh Christian					108	0.5	-0.2
	Association of Welsh Independents					91	0.4	New
	People First (Wales)					86	0.4	New
	Communist					45	0.2	-0.1
Majority			3,339	14.1	+4.0
Turnout			23,600	48.5	+1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Montgomeryshire

Party		Candidate	Constituency [3]			Regional[4]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell George	10,026	43.7	+13.5	8,478	37.0	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Wyn Williams	7,702	33.6	−5.4	5,501	24.0	+1.0
	Labour	Nick Colbourne	2,609	11.4	+4.5	2,489	10.9	+2.8
	Plaid Cymru	David Senior	2,596	11.3	−2.5	2,865	12.5	-3.6
	UKIP					1,600	7.0	-1.3
	Green					1,033	4.5	-0.4
	Socialist Labour					344	1.5	+0.9
	BNP					367	1.6	-2.9
	Welsh Christian					161	0.7	0.0
	Communist					67	0.3	-0.1
Majority			2,324	10.1	N/A
Turnout			22,933	47.2	+1.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+9.5

Regional ballots rejected: 270^[5]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Montgomeryshire

Party		Candidate	Constituency [6]			Regional[7]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mick Bates	8,704	39.0	−0.7	5,111	23.0	-9.1
	Conservative	Dan Munford	6,725	30.2	+1.6	7,191	32.4	+4.8
	Plaid Cymru	David Thomas	3,076	13.8	+2.5	3,519	15.9	+2.6
	UKIP	Charles Lawson	2,251	10.1	+7.7	1,842	8.3	+2.3
	Labour	Rachel Maycock	1,544	6.9	−4.1	1,790	8.1	-4.8
	Green					1,083	4.9	+0.6
	BNP					1,080	4.5	New
	Welsh Christian					164	0.7	New
	Socialist Labour					123	0.6	New
	Gwynoro Jones - Independent					91	0.4	New
	Caroline Evans - Independent					92	0.4	New
	Communist					86	0.4	New
	Veritas					54	0.2	New
	CPA					46	0.2	New
Majority			1,979	8.8	−5.4
Turnout			22,300	46.1	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−1.3

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Montgomeryshire

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional[8]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mick Bates	7,869	40.4	−8.0	6,211	32.1	-2.9
	Conservative	Glyn Davies	5,572	28.6	+5.9	5,344	27.6	+5.1
	Labour	Rina J. Clarke	2,039	10.5	−1.8	2,497	12.9	-1.7
	Plaid Cymru	David H. Senior	1,918	9.8	−6.8	2,574	13.3	-10.0
	UKIP	David W.L. Rowlands	1,107	5.7	New	1,164	6.0	New
	Green					835	4.3	+0.4
	Mid and West Wales Pensioners					470	2.4	New
	Cymru Annibynnol					164	0.8	New
	Vote 2 Stop the War					81	0.4	New
	ProLife Alliance					32	0.1	New
Majority			2,297	11.8	−12.9
Turnout			19,490	42.7	−6.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−7.0

2003 Electorate: 45,598
Regional ballots rejected: 250

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Montgomeryshire^[9]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional [10]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mick Bates	10,374	48.4	N/A	7,486	35.0	N/A
	Conservative	Glyn Davies	4,870	22.7	N/A	4,813	22.5	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	David H. Senior	3,554	16.6	N/A	4,770	22.3	N/A
	Labour	Chris S. Hewitt	2,638	12.3	N/A	3,182	14.6	N/A
	Green					827	3.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour					209	1.0	N/A
	Other list parties					145	0.7
Majority			5,504	25.7	N/A
Turnout			21,436	49.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

1. Montgomeryshire Statement of Persons Nominated
2. "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
3. "Wales elections > Montgomeryshire". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
4. "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales Election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
5. "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
6. Election results – 2007 Archived 9 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, National Assembly for Wales
7. "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.
8. The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
9. "Wales elections > Montgomeryshire". BBC News.
10. "Vote 99 Wales (Time Stub 01:08:20)". YouTube. BBC News. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

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