Ceredigion (Senedd constituency)

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Ceredigion
Senedd county constituency
for the Senedd
Ceredigion (Assembly constituency).svg
Mid and West Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region).svg
Ceredigion shown within the Mid and West Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd county constituency
Created 1999
Party Plaid Cymru
MS Elin Jones
Preserved county Dyfed

Ceredigion is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It is also 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.

Contents

It has been represented since its creation in 1999 by Plaid Cymru's Elin Jones, who has also been the Llywydd (Presiding Officer) of the Senedd since 2016.

Boundaries

Ceredigion (Senedd constituency)
Map of current boundaries

The area of the constituency is similar to that of the county of Ceredigion.

1999 to 2007

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Ceredigion Westminster constituency. It is a Dyfed constituency, one of five constituencies covering, and entirely within, the preserved county of Dyfed.

The other four Dyfed constituencies are Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, Llanelli and Preseli Pembrokeshire. They are 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.

From 2007

Boundaries changed for the 2007 Assembly election. Ceredigion 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 West and South Pembrokeshire, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Llanelli and Preseli Pembrokeshire. They are 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.

Members of the Senedd

ElectionMemberPartyPortrait
1999 Elin Jones Plaid Cymru Elin Jones AM (27889497280).jpg

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Ceredigion [1]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Plaid Cymru Elin Jones [a] 16,94655.1+14.414,20145.9+8.7
Conservative Amanda Jenner4,80115.6+8.55,13716.6+6.7
Labour Dylan Lewis-Rowlands3,34510.9+4.44,88815.8+5.6
Liberal Democrats Cadan ap Tomos3,22710.5-22.12,6508.6-11.8
Green Harry Hayfield1,3564.4+0.31,7955.8-0.4
Reform UK Gethin James7752.5New3921.3New
Freedom Alliance (UK)Stephanie Evans3051.0New2080.7New
Abolish 6842.2-1.8
UKIP 3901.3-9.0
Christian 176
Gwlad 1310.4New
Propel 1200.4New
Communist 950.3+0.1
TUSC 410.1New
Majority 12,14539.5+31.4
Turnout 30,75555.74 [2] −0.4
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Ceredigion
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [3]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Plaid Cymru Elin Jones [a] 12,01440.7-0.610,69237.2+0.7
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Evans9,60632.6-2.65,85820.4-6.4
UKIP Gethin James2,6659.0New2,97310.3+6.6
Conservative Felix Aubel2,0757.1-2.42,8349.9-2.9
Labour Iwan Wyn Jones1,9026.5-2.22,91610.2-0.3
Green Brian Williams1,2234.1-1.11,7936.2-0.1
Abolish 1,1464.0New
Monster Raving Loony 1690.6New
Welsh Christian 1080.4-0.3
Association of Welsh Independents910.3New
People First (Wales)890.3New
Communist 580.2-0.2
Majority 2,4088.1+2.0
Turnout 29,48556.1+4.2
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Ceredigion
PartyCandidateConstituency [4] Regional [5]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Plaid Cymru Elin Jones [a] 12,02041.3-7.910,59636.5-5.1
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Evans10,24335.2- 0.97,78926.8+0.9
Conservative Luke Evetts2,7559.5+1.63,71812.8+0.3
Labour Richard Boudier2,5448.7+3.63,04910.5+2.7
Green Chris Simpson1,5145.2New1,8216.3+1.7
UKIP 1,0663.7+1.5
Socialist Labour 3761.3+0.6
BNP 3091.1-0.7
Welsh Christian 2060.7-0.3
Communist 1210.4+0.1
Majority 1,7776.1−7.0
Turnout 29,07651.9−3.8
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Regional ballots rejected: 187 [6]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Ceredigion
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [7]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Plaid Cymru Elin Jones [a] 14,81849.2+4.112,48841.6+2.2
Liberal Democrats John Davies10,86336.1+8.57,76925.9+5.2
Conservative Trefor Jones2,3697.9-3.23,75312.5-1.2
Labour Linda Grace1,5305.1-7.52,3487.8-6.7
Independent (Dafydd) Emyr Morgan5281.8New
Green 1,3944.6-0.8
UKIP 6632.2-1.2
BNP 5501.8New
Welsh Christian 2861.0New
Socialist Labour 2100.7New
Gwynoro Jones - Independent2020.7New
Caroline Evans - Independent1280.4New
Communist 930.3New
Veritas 790.3New
CPA 580.2New
Majority 3,95513.1−4.4
Turnout 30,10855.7+5.7
Plaid Cymru hold Swing -2.3
Notes
  1. 1 2 3 Incumbent member for this constituency
Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Ceredigion
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [8]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Plaid Cymru Elin Jones [a] 11,88345.1-2.710,35839.4-14.2
Liberal Democrats John Davies7,26527.6+16.45,43720.7+5.1
Labour Rhianon Passmore 3,30812.6-3.13,80214.5-1.1
Conservative Owen J Williams2,92311.1+1.93,58913.7+1.5
UKIP Ian Sheldon9403.6New8883.4New
Green 1,4175.4+1.0
Mid and West Wales Pensioners4041.5New
Cymru Annibynnol2080.8New
Vote 2 Stop the War1010.4New
Prolife Alliance 700.3New
Majority 4,61817.5−14.6
Turnout 26,47050.0−7.8
Plaid Cymru hold Swing -9.4
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency

2003 Electorate: 52,940
Regional ballots rejected: 189

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Ceredigion
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [9]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Plaid Cymru Elin Jones 15,25847.8N/A17,13153.6N/A
Labour Maria Battle5,00915.7N/A4,97815.6N/A
Independent David Lloyd Evans4,11412.9N/A
Liberal Democrats Doiran D. Evans3,57111.2N/A3,83612.0N/A
Conservative Henri Lloyd Davies2,9449.2N/A3,88112.2N/A
Green Dave Bradney1,0023.1N/A1,4064.4N/A
Socialist Labour 3581.1N/A
Other list parties3441.1
Majority 10,24932.1N/A
Turnout 31,89857.8N/A
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ "Ceredigion Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Ceredigion County Council. 9 April 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  2. ↑ Hayward, Will (7 May 2021). "The voter turnout figures for every constituency in Wales". WalesOnline. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Wales elections > Ceredigion". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  5. ↑ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales Election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "Vote 99 Wales (Time Stub 01:07:47)". YouTube. BBC News. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

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