Llanelli (Senedd constituency)

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Llanelli
Senedd county constituency
for the Senedd
Llanelli (Assembly constituency).svg
Mid and West Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region).svg
Llanelli shown within the Mid and West Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd county constituency
Created 1999
Party Welsh Labour and Co-operative
Member of the Senedd Lee Waters
Preserved county Dyfed

Llanelli 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.

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Boundaries

Llanelli (Senedd constituency)
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 Llanelli 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, Ceredigion and Preseli Pembrokeshire. They are all within the Mid and West 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

The constituency includes the whole of 9 Carmarthenshire communities (Kidwelly; Llanedi; Llanelli; Llanelli Rural; Llangennech; Llannon; Pembrey and Burry Port Town; Pontyberem; and Trimsaran).

Boundaries changed for the 2007 Assembly election. Llanelli 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 were, again, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion and Preseli Pembrokeshire, all within the Mid and West Wales electoral region.

The region consisted 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.

It is a marginal seat between Plaid and the Labour Party, and until the 2016 Assembly election, had never been held by the same party for more than one consecutive term.

Members of the Senedd

ElectionMemberPortraitParty
1999 Helen Mary Jones Helen Mary Jones AM.jpg Plaid Cymru
2003 Catherine Thomas Catherine Thomas.jpg Welsh Labour
2007 Helen Mary Jones Helen Mary Jones AM.jpg Plaid Cymru
2011 Keith Davies Keith Davies - National Assembly for Wales.jpg Welsh Labour
2016 Lee Waters Lee Waters AM (28066509142).jpg Welsh Labour and Co-operative

Results

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Llanelli [1] [2]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [3]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Lee Waters [lower-alpha 1] 13,93046.1+9.612,38741.4+4.0
Plaid Cymru Helen Mary Jones [lower-alpha 2] 8,25527.3-7.98,14927.3-3.5
Conservative Stefan Ryszewski4,94716.4+9.55,12217.1+9.1
UKIP Howard Lillyman7222.4-12.35291.8-12.4
Reform UK Gareth Beer6722.2New3981.3New
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Edward Burree6062.0+0.76242.1+1.0
Gwlad Siân Caiach5441.8New3721.2New
IndependentShahana Najmi5421.8New
Green 9013.0+1.9
Abolish 8552.9+0.3
Christian 1940.6New
Freedom Alliance (UK)1600.5New
Propel 900.3New
Communist 640.20.0
TUSC 580.2New
Majority5,67518.8+17.5
Turnout 30,21848.14 [4] +1.0
Labour hold Swing
Notes
  1. Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Llanelli
PartyCandidateConstituency [5] Regional [6]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Lee Waters 10,26736.5-3.210,49237.4-1.4
Plaid Cymru Helen Mary Jones 9,88535.2-4.28,64830.8-3.9
UKIP Kenneth Rees4,13214.7New3,99614.2New
Conservative Stefan Ryszewski1,9376.9-4.12,2578.0-3.6
Putting Llanelli FirstSiân Caiach1,1134.0-3.7
Green Guy Smith4271.5New5211.9New
Liberal Democrats Gemma Bowker3551.3-0.82971.1-1.5
Abolish 7162.6New
People First (Wales)7102.5New
Monster Raving Loony 1380.5New
Welsh Christian 1690.6-0.5
Association of Welsh Independents740.3New
Communist 560.2-0.1
Majority3821.3+1.0
Turnout 28,11647.1+2.5
Labour hold Swing +0.6
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Llanelli
PartyCandidateConstituency [7] Regional [8]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Keith Davies 10,35939.7+3.610,11938.8+6.3
Plaid Cymru Helen Mary Jones 10,27939.4-10.79,04534.7-5.8
Conservative Andrew Morgan2,88011.0+1.13,03611.6+1.5
Putting Llanelli FirstSiân Caiach2,0047.7New
Liberal Democrats Cheryl Philpott5482.1-1.76822.6-0.9
UKIP 1,0143.9+1.1
Socialist Labour 7272.8+1.5
Green 5992.3-0.4
BNP 4801.8-2.4
Welsh Christian 2841.1+0.3
Communist 790.30.0
Majority800.3N/A
Turnout 26,07044.6+3.0
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing +7.2

Regional ballots rejected: 136 [9]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Llanelli
PartyCandidateConstituency [10] Regional [11]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Plaid Cymru Helen Mary Jones 13,83950.1+7.311,11940.5+5.5
Labour Catherine Thomas 9,95536.1-6.78,91332.5-9.6
Conservative Andrew D Morgan2,75710.0+2.62,76810.1-2.2
Liberal Democrats Jeremy N Townsend1,0513.8-3.39603.5-3.6
BNP 1,1664.2New
UKIP 7682.8+1.1
Green 7322.7-0.1
Socialist Labour 3491.3New
Welsh Christian 2130.8New
Gwynoro Jones - Independent1860.7New
Caroline Evans - Independent1000.4New
Veritas 610.2New
Communist 690.3New
CPA 550.2New
Majority3,69813.8N/A
Turnout 26,88941.6-6.2
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour Swing -8.8
Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Llanelli
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [12]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Catherine Thomas 9,91642.8+3.19,76142.1+5.2
Plaid Cymru Helen Mary Jones 9,89542.8-0.78,13635.1-9.0
Conservative Gareth John Jones1,7127.4+0.81,8307.9+1.3
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Denver Rees1,6446.1-3.21,6487.1-0.7
Green 6592.8Unknown
Mid and West Wales Pensioners4612.0New
UKIP 3961.7New
Cymru Annibynnol1500.6New
Vote 2 Stop the War750.3New
ProLife Alliance 600.3New
Majority210.0N/A
Turnout 23,16740.3-8.6
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing +1.3

2003 Electorate: 33,742
Regional ballots rejected: 166

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Llanelli
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Plaid Cymru Helen Mary Jones 11,97342.1N/A12,54044.1N/A
Labour Co-op Ann Garrard11,28539.7N/A10,48536.9N/A
Liberal Democrats Tim R. Dumper2,92010.3N/A2,2107.8N/A
Conservative Barrie Harding1,8646.6N/A1,8706.6N/A
Independent Anthony G. Popham3451.3N/A
Other list parties1,3174.6N/A
Majority6882.4N/A
Turnout 28,38748.9N/A
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

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