Montgomeryshire Sir Drefaldwyn | |
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Senedd county constituency for the Senedd | |
Current Senedd county constituency | |
Created | 1999 |
Party | Conservative |
MS | Russell George |
Preserved county | Powys |
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.
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.
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.
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.
Election | Member | Party | Portrait | |
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1999 | Mick Bates | Liberal Democrat | ||
2010 | Independent | |||
2011 | Russell George | Conservative | ||
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Conservative | Russell George [lower-alpha 1] | 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 | |||||||
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional [2] | |||||
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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 | |||||||
Party | Candidate | Constituency [3] | Regional [4] | |||||
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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]
Party | Candidate | Constituency [6] | Regional [7] | |||||
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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 | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional [8] | |||||
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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
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional [10] | |||||
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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 | |||||
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