Mid and West Wales (Senedd electoral region) explained

**Mid and West Wales**
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Mid and West Wales shown within Wales
Senedd electoral region

Created 1999
Current representation
	4 MSs
	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

Mid and West Wales 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.

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

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		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

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		Kirsty Williams (LD)		Rhodri Glyn Thomas (PC)		Christine Gwyther (Lab)		Elin Jones (PC)		Dafydd Elis-Thomas (PC)		Catherine Thomas (Lab)		Mick Bates (LD)		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				Rhodri Glyn Thomas (PC)								Keith Davies (Lab)		Russell George (Con)
5th	2016				Adam Price (PC)								Lee Waters (Lab)
5th	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
1st	1999	Nick Bourne (Con)	Glyn Davies (Con)	Alun Michael (Lab)	Cynog Dafis (PC)
1st	2000^[3]			Delyth Evans (Lab)	Cynog Dafis (PC)
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)		Simon Thomas (PC)
5th	2018^[4]	Neil Hamilton (UKIP)			Helen Mary Jones (PC)
6th	2021	Jane Dodds (LD)			Cefin Campbell (PC)

2021 Senedd election

See main article: 2021 Senedd election.

2021 Senedd election additional members

	Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional Members elected	Total Members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
	3	65,460 (27.5%)	4	1	4	0
	4	63,827 (26.8%)	4	0	4	0
	1	61,733 (25.9%)	3	2	3	0
	0	16,181 (6.8%)	1	1	1	0
	0	10,545 (4.4%)	0	0	0	0
	0	8,073 (3.4%)	0	0	0	0
	0	3,731 (1.6%)	0	0	0	0
	0	2,582 (0.5%)	0	0	0	0
	0	1,428 (0.5%)	0	0	0	0
	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
	0	589 (0.2%)	0	0	0	0
	0	257 (0.1%)	0	0	0	0

Regional MSs elected 2021

Party		Name
		Eluned Morgan
		Joyce Watson
		Cefin Campbell
		Jane Dodds

D'Hondt count

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

2016 Welsh Assembly election additional members

	Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional Members elected	Total Members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
	3	56,754 (26.3%)	4	1	4	0
	3	44,461 (20.6%)	3	0	3	0
	1	41,975 (19.4%)	3	2	3	0
	0	25,042 (11.6%)	1	1	1	0
	1	23,554 (10.9%)	1	0	1	0
	0	10,707 (5.0%)	0	0	0	0
	0	8,222 (3.8%)	0	0	0	0
People First	0	1,496 (0.7%)	0	0	0	0
	0	1,103 (0.5%)	0	0	0	0
	0	1,071 (0.5%)	0	0	0	0
	0	1,032 (0.5%)	0	0	0	0
	0	423 (0.2%)	0	0	0	0

Regional AMs elected 2016

Party		Name
		Neil Hamilton
		Joyce Watson
		Simon Thomas
		Eluned Morgan

2011 Welsh Assembly election additional members

Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional Members elected	Total Members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
3	56,384 (26.7%)	4	1	4	0
3	52,905 (25.1%)	3	0	3	0
1	47,348 (22.5%)	3	2	3	0
1	26,847 (12.7%)	2	1	2	0
0	9,711 (4.6%)	0	0	0	0
0	8,660 (4.1%)	0	0	0	0
0	3,951 (1.9%)	0	0	0	0
0	2,821 (1.3%)	0	0	0	0
0	1,630 (0.8%)	0	0	0	0
0	595 (0.3%)	0	0	0	0

Regional AMs elected 2011

Party		Name
		Rebecca Evans
		Joyce Watson
		William Powell
		Simon Thomas

2007 Welsh Assembly election additional members

	Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional Members elected	Total Members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
	4	67,258 (31.0%)	5	1	5	0
	2	49,606 (22.9%)	3	1	3	0
	0	39,979 (18.4%)	2	2	2	0
	2	28,790 (13.3%)	2	0	2	0
	0	8,768 (4.0%)	0	0	0	0
	0	8,191 (3.8%)	0	0	0	0
	0	6,389 (2.9%)	0	0	0	0
	0	2,196 (1.0%)	0	0	0	0
(Gwynoro Jones)	0	1,598 (0.7%)	0	0	0	0
	0	1,493 (0.7%)	0	0	0	0
(Caroline Evans)	0	1,108 (0.5%)	0	0	0	0
	0	666 (0.3%)	0	0	0	0
	0	502 (0.2%)	0	0	0	0
	0	413 (0.2%)	0	0	0	0

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Regional AMs elected 2007

Party		Name
		Nick Bourne
		Alun Davies
		Nerys Evans
		Joyce Watson

2003 Welsh Assembly election additional members^[6]

	Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional Members elected	Total Members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
	3	51,874 (28.16%)	4	1	4	0
	3	46,451 (25.22%)	3	0	3	0
	0	35,566 (19.31%)	3	3	3	0
	2	30,177 (16.38%)	2	0	2	0
	0	7,794 (4.23%)	0	0	0	0
	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
	0	383 (0.21%)	0	0	0	0

Regional AMs elected 2003

Party		Name
		Nick Bourne
		Glyn Davies
		Helen Mary Jones
		Lisa Francis

1999 Welsh Assembly election additional members

Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional Members elected	Total Members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
4	84,554 (38.55%)	5	1	5	0
2	53,842 (24.55%)	3	1	3	0
0	36,622 (16.70%)	2	2	2	0
2	31,683 (14.44%)	2	0	2	0
0	7,718 (3.52%)	0	0	0	0
0	3,019 (1.38%)	0	0	0	0
0	1,214 (0.55%)	0	0	0	0
0	705 (0.32%)	0	0	0	0

Regional AMs elected 1999

Party		Name
		Nick Bourne^[7]
		Alun Michael ^[8]
		Cynog Dafis
		Glyn Davies

Notes and References

J. Paxton (1999), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Places, 3rd ed. London: Penguin.
News: Lord Elis-Thomas quits Plaid Cymru. 14 October 2016. www.bbc.co.uk. 25 June 2020. 4 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200804051152/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-37661776. live.
Alun Michael resigned in May 2000 and was replaced by Delyth Evans.
Web site: AM quits after indecent images arrest. July 25, 2018. www.bbc.co.uk. September 6, 2020. May 13, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210513042626/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-44952101. live.
BBC Election results
Web site: Archived copy . 2011-02-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020431/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ass/constit/wr1.htm . 2011-07-24 . dead .
News: Staff reporter . Constituencies & Regions: Mid and West Wales . BBC News . 1999 . 2014-02-22 . 2014-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140228182717/http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote_99/wales_99/html/region/2.stm . live .
News: Staff reporter . Michael's successor is sworn in . BBC News . 2000-05-08 . 2014-02-22 . 2017-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171107013328/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/738767.stm . live .