Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe (UK Parliament constituency)

Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
constituency for the House of Commons
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Location of the constituency within Wales
Electorate	72,113 (March 2020) [1]
Major settlements	Brecon, Builth Wells, Llandrindod Wells, Pontardawe, Ystradgynlais.
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	David Chadwick (Liberal Democrats)
Seats	One
Created from	Brecon and Radnorshire, Neath.

Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe (Welsh : Aberhonddu, Maesyfed a Chwm Tawe) is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, first contested at the 2024 general election, following the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies. The current MP is David Chadwick of the Liberal Democrats.

The constituency name refers to the historic counties of Breconshire and Radnorshire as well as the Swansea Valley, known as Cwm Tawe in Welsh. ^[2]

Boundaries

The seat covers the large rural areas of the historic counties of Brecknockshire and Radnorshire (currently administered as part of the unitary authority of Powys) which had previously formed the abolished Brecon and Radnorshire constituency, as well as the town of Pontardawe in Neath Port Talbot County Borough which had previously been part of the abolished Neath constituency. ^{[3] [4]}

Under the 2023 review, the constituency was defined as being composed of the following, as they existed on 1 December 2020: ^[5]

• The County Borough of Neath Port Talbot wards of: Allt-wen, Cwmllynfell, Godre’r Graig, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Lower Brynamman, Pontardawe, Rhos, Trebanos, and Ystalyfera.
• The County of Powys wards of: Aber-craf, Beguildy, Bronllys, Builth, Bwlch, Crickhowell, Cwm-twrch, Disserth and Trecoed, Felin-fâch, Glasbury, Gwernyfed, Hay, Knighton, Llanafanfawr, Llanbadarn Fawr, Llandrindod East/Llandrindod West, Llandrindod North, Llandrindod South, Llanelwedd, Llangattock, Llangors, Llangunllo, Llangynidr, Llanwrtyd Wells, Llanyre, Maescar/Llywel, Nantmel, Old Radnor, Presteigne, Rhayader, St. David Within, St. John, St. Mary, Talgarth, Talybont-on-Usk, Tawe-Uchaf, Ynyscedwyn, Yscir, and Ystradgynlais. ^[6]

Following local government boundary reviews which came into effect in May 2022, ^{[7] [8]} the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election: ^[9]

• The County Borough of Neath Port Talbot wards of: Allt-wen, Cwmllynfell and Ystalyfera, Godre’r Graig, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen and Lower Brynamman, Pontardawe, Rhos, and Trebanos.
• The County of Powys wards of: Aber-craf and Ystradgynlais, Brecon East, Brecon West, Bronllys and Felin-fâch, Builth, Crickhowell with Cwmdu and Tretower, Cwm-twrch, Disserth and Trecoed with Newbridge, Glasbury, Gwernyfed, Hay, Ithon Valley, Knighton with Beguildy, Llanafanfawr with Garth, Llandrindod North, Llandrindod South, Llanelwedd, Llangattock and Llangynidr, Llangors with Bwlch, Llangunllo with Norton, Llanwrtyd Wells, Llanyre with Nantmel, Maescar and Llywel, Old Radnor, Presteigne, Rhayader, Talgarth, Talybont-on-Usk, Tawe-Uchaf, Ynyscedwyn, and Yscir with Honddu Isaf and Llanddew.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2024	David Chadwick	Liberal Democrats

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Chadwick	13,736	29.5	+0.3
	Conservative	Fay Jones	12,264	26.3	−20.3
	Labour	Matthew Dorrance	9,904	21.3	+3.8
	Reform UK	Adam Hill	6,567	14.1	+12.3
	Plaid Cymru	Emily Durrant-Munro	2,280	4.9	+1.7
	Green	Amerjit Rosie Kaur-Dhaliwal	1,188	2.6	+2.2
	Abolish	Jonathan Harrington	372	0.8	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Lady Lily the Pink	237	0.5	−0.2
Majority			1,472	3.2
Turnout			46,548	63.7	−8.8
Registered electors			73,114
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+10.3

Notional 2019 result

2019 notional result [11]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	24,368	46.6
	Liberal Democrats	15,277	29.2
	Labour	9,164	17.5
	Plaid Cymru	1,692	3.2
	Brexit Party	964	1,8
	Other (2)	590	1.1
	Green Party	221	0.4
Majority		9,091	17.4
Turnout		52,276	72.5
Electorate		72,113

References

1. Mrs Justice Jefford; Thomas, Huw Vaughan; Hartley, Sam A (June 2023). "Appendix 1: Recommended Constituencies" (PDF). The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales. Cardiff: Boundary Commission for Wales. p. 250. ISBN   978-1-5286-3901-9 . Retrieved 13 July 2024.
2. "Brecon and Radnorshire constituency could change in review". Brecon & Radnor Express. 2022-10-19. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
3. Dowrick, Molly (2022-10-22). "The Valleys town being dumped in a mid Wales political constituency". Wales Online. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
4. "New Seat Details - Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe". Electoral Calculus . Retrieved 2023-07-30.
5. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 4 (Wales).
6. Final Recommendations Boundary Commission for Wales
7. "The County Borough of Neath Port Talbot (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021".
8. "The County of Powys (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021".
9. "Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
10. "Election of Member of Parliament to Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe Parliamentary Constituency - Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Powys County Council. 2024-06-07.
11. "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 28 January 2024.

External links

• Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK