Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (Senedd constituency)
{{Short description|Constituency of the Senedd}}
{{distinguish|Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)}}
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{{Infobox constituency
| name = Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
{{Langx|cy|Gorllewin Caerfyrddin a De Sir Benfro|label=none}}
| constituency_type = Senedd county constituency
|parl_name=Senedd| image = 150px
| image2 = 200px
| caption2 = Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire shown within the Mid and West Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
| year = 1999
| member_label = MS
| member = Samuel Kurtz
| party_label = Party
| party = Conservative Party
| parts_label = Preserved county
| parts = Dyfed
}}
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire ({{Langx|cy|Gorllewin Caerfyrddin a De Sir Benfro}}) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. In addition, 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.
Boundaries
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= 1999 to 2007 =
The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Westminster constituency. It was a Dyfed constituency, one of five constituencies covering, and entirely within, the preserved county of Dyfed.
The other four Dyfed constituencies were Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Ceredigion, Llanelli and Preseli Pembrokeshire. They were 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.
= Since 2007 =
The constituency includes the whole of 22 Carmarthenshire communities (Abernant; Bronwydd; Carmarthen; Cilymaenllwyd; Cynwyl Elfed; Eglwyscummin; Henllanfallteg; Laugharne Township; Llanboidy; Llanddowror; Llangain; Llangynin; Llangynog; Llanpumsaint; Llansteffan; Llanwinio; Meidrim; Newchurch and Merthyr; Pendine; St Clears; Trelech; Whitland), the whole of 24 Pembrokeshire communities (Amroth; Angle; Carew; Cosheston; East Williamston; Hundleton; Jeffreyston; Kilgetty/Begelly; Lampeter Velfrey; Lamphey; Llanddewi Velfrey; Llawhaden; Manorbier; Martletwy; Narberth; Pembroke; Pembroke Dock; Penally; St Florence; St Mary Out Liberty; Saundersfoot; Stackpole and Castlemartin; Templeton; and Tenby), also the eastern part of the Pembrokeshire community of Uzmaston, Boulston and Slebech.
Boundaries changed for the 2007 Assembly election. Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire 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 East and Dinefwr, Ceredigion, Llanelli and Preseli Pembrokeshire, 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.
Assembly members and Members of the Senedd
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| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 1999 | Christine Gwyther | Labour | 100px |
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 2007 | Angela Burns | rowspan="2" | Conservative | 100px |
| 2021 |
Elections
= Elections in the 2020s =
{{AMS election box begin
|title = 2021 Senedd election: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire[https://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/home/council-democracy/elections-voting/senedd-cymru-elections/#.YIEwB2jYrrc] Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Statement of Persons Nominated
|constituency_type = Constituency
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{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = Samuel Kurtz
|votes = 11,240
|percentage = 35.5
|change = +0.1
|list_votes = 10,463
|list_percentage = 33.1
|list_change = +4.6
|winner = yes
|list_winner = yes
|status =
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Welsh Labour
|candidate = Riaz Hassan
|votes = 10,304
|percentage = 32.6
|change = +8.7
|list_votes = 10,190
|list_percentage = 32.2
|list_change = +8.0
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Cefin Campbell
|votes = 6,615
|percentage = 20.9
|change = +2.2
|list_votes = 6,362
|list_percentage = 20.1
|list_change = -0.9
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Alistair Cameron
|votes = 1,224
|percentage = 3.9
|change = +1.5
|list_votes = 726
|list_percentage = 2.3
|list_change = -0.6
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Paul Dowson
|votes = 982
|percentage = 3.1
|change = -8.2
|list_votes = 678
|list_percentage = 2.1
|list_change = -10.9
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Jon Harvey
|votes = 866
|percentage = 2.7
|change = New
|list_votes = N/A
|list_percentage = N/A
|list_change = N/A
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Reform UK
|candidate = Peter Prosser
|votes = 424
|percentage = 1.3
|change = New
|list_votes = 289
|list_percentage = 0.9
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|list_votes = 1,245
|list_percentage = 3.9
|list_change = +0.9
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party
|list_votes = 1,044
|list_percentage = 3.3
|list_change =-1.8
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Christian Party (UK)
|list_votes = 207
|list_percentage = 0.7
|list_change =New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Gwlad
|list_votes = 124
|list_percentage = 0.4
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Freedom Alliance (UK)
|list_votes = 111
|list_percentage = 0.4
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Propel (political party)
|list_votes = 91
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Communist Party of Britain
|list_votes = 77
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change = 0.0
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|list_votes = 26
|list_percentage = 0.1
|list_change = New
}}
{{Election box majority||votes=936|percentage=2.9|change=-8.6}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=31,655|percentage=56.35{{Cite web|last=Hayward|first=Will|date=2021-05-07|title=The voter turnout figures for every constituency in Wales|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/senedd-parliament-voter-turnout-election-20553006|access-date=2021-11-20|website=WalesOnline|language=en}}|change= +5.1}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Welsh Conservatives
|swing =
}}
{{AMS election box end|notes=yes}}
= Elections in the 2010s =
{{AMS election box begin
|title = Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
|constituency_type = Constituency{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/wales-constituencies/W09000016 | title=Wales elections > Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire |work=BBC News| date=6 May 2016 | accessdate=8 March 2016}}
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Welsh Conservative Party
|candidate = Angela Burns
|votes = 10,355
|percentage = 35.4
|change = −0.5
|list_votes = 8,035
|list_percentage = 28.5
|list_change =-3.9
|winner = yes
|list_winner = yes
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Welsh Labour
|candidate = Marc Tierney
|votes = 6,982
|percentage = 23.9
|change = −6.6
|list_votes = 6,805
|list_percentage = 24.2
|list_change =-3.4
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Simon Thomas
|votes = 5,459
|percentage = 18.7
|change = −11.0
|list_votes = 5,902
|list_percentage = 21.0
|list_change =-3.8
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Allan Brookes
|votes = 3,300
|percentage = 11.3
|change = New
|list_votes = 3,657
|list_percentage = 13.0
|list_change =+8.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Chris Overton
|votes = 1,638
|percentage = 5.6
|change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Wales Green Party
|candidate = Valerie Bradley
|votes = 804
|percentage = 2.7
|change = New
|list_votes = 837
|list_percentage = 3.0
|list_change =-0.1
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Alistair Cameron
|votes = 699
|percentage = 2.4
|change = −1.5
|list_votes = 808
|list_percentage = 2.9
|list_change =-0.9
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party
|list_votes = 1,439
|list_percentage = 5.1
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = People First (Wales)
|list_votes = 120
|list_percentage = 0.4
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Association of Welsh Independents
|list_votes = 194
|list_percentage = 0.7
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Welsh Christian Party
|list_votes = 191
|list_percentage = 0.7
|list_change = -0.2
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
|list_votes = 126
|list_percentage = 0.4
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Communist Party of Britain
|list_votes = 52
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,373
|percentage = 11.5
|change = +6.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 29,217
|percentage = 51.2
|change = +3.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Welsh Conservative Party
| swing = +3.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{AMS election box begin
|title = Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/constituency/html/26677.stm | title=Wales elections > Carmarthen West & Pembrokeshire South |work=BBC News| date=6 May 2011 }}
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Conservative Party
| candidate = Angela Burns
| votes = 10,095
| percentage = 35.9
| change = +5.8
|list_votes = 9,113
|list_percentage = 32.4
|list_change = +3.9
|winner = yes
|list_winner = yes
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Labour
| candidate = Christine Gwyther
| votes = 8,591
| percentage = 30.5
| change = +0.8
|list_votes = 7,769
|list_percentage = 27.6
|list_change = +2.4
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Plaid Cymru
| candidate = Nerys Evans
| votes = 8,373
| percentage = 29.7
| change = +0.5
|list_votes = 6,975
|list_percentage = 24.8
|list_change = -1.6
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
| candidate = Selwyn Runnett
| votes = 1,097
| percentage = 3.9
| change = −2.4
|list_votes = 1,076
|list_percentage = 3.8
|list_change = -1.9
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
| party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|list_votes = 1,161
|list_percentage = 4.1
|list_change = +0.4
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
| party = Green Party of England and Wales
|list_votes = 874
|list_percentage = 3.1
|list_change = -0.6
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
|list_votes = 540
|list_percentage = 1.9
|list_change = +0.8
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = British National Party
|list_votes = 355
|list_percentage = 1.3
|list_change = -1.6
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Welsh Christian Party
|list_votes = 257
|list_percentage = 0.9
|list_change = +0.3
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Communist Party of Britain
|list_votes = 45
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change = -0.1
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 1,504
| percentage = 5.4
| change = +5.0
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 28,156
| percentage = 48.1
| change = −1.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Welsh Conservative Party
| swing = +2.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
Regional ballots rejected: 192{{cite web |title=Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election |url=https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/sites/default/files/excel_doc/NAW-2011-results-flat-file-WEB.xls |website=Electoral Commission |access-date=27 November 2021}}
= Elections in the 2000s =
{{AMS election box begin
|title = Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
|constituency_type = Constituency |list_type = Regional{{cite web |title=2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet)|url=https://senedd.wales/media/nxnn2sz4/07-069-english.pdf|publisher=National Assembly for Wales |access-date=24 October 2021 |ref=Page 72}}
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Conservative Party
| candidate = Angela Burns
| votes = 8,590
| percentage = 30.1
| change = +9.8
|list_votes = 8,135
|list_percentage = 28.5
|list_change = +7.2
|winner = yes
|list_winner = yes
|status =
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Labour
| candidate = Christine Gwyther
| votes = 8,492
| percentage = 29.7
| change = −5.1
|list_votes = 7,182
|list_percentage = 25.2
|list_change = -6.0
|winner =
|list_winner =
|status =
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{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Plaid Cymru
| candidate = John Dixon
| votes = 8,340
| percentage = 29.2
| change = −4.0
|list_votes = 7,538
|list_percentage = 26.4
|list_change = -0.3
|winner =
|list_winner =
|status =
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{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
| candidate = John Gossage
| votes = 1,806
| percentage = 6.3
| change = −2.9
|list_votes = 1,638
|list_percentage = 5.7
|list_change = -3.7
|winner =
|list_winner =
|status =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent politician
| candidate = Malcolm Carver
| votes = 1,340
| percentage = 4.7
| change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|list_votes = 1,061
|list_percentage = 3.7
|list_change = -0.3
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|list_votes = 1,053
|list_percentage = 3.7
|list_change = +0.8
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = British National Party
|list_votes = 824
|list_percentage = 2.9
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
|list_votes = 308
|list_percentage = 1.1
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Gwynoro Jones - Independent politician
|list_votes = 245
|list_percentage = 0.9
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Welsh Christian Party
|list_votes = 183
|list_percentage = 0.6
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Caroline Evans - Independent politician
|list_votes = 154
|list_percentage = 0.5
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Communist Party of Britain
|list_votes = 79
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Veritas
|list_votes = 67
|list_percentage =0.2
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Christian Peoples Alliance
|list_votes = 63
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 98
| percentage = 0.4
| change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 28,568
| percentage = 49.7
| change = +7.0
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Welsh Conservative Party
| loser = Welsh Labour
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{AMS election box begin
|title = Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Labour
| candidate = Christine Gwyther
| votes = 8,384
| percentage = 35.0
| change = −0.1
|list_votes = 7,451
|list_percentage = 31.2
|list_change = +0.8
|winner = yes
|list_winner = yes
|status =
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Plaid Cymru
| candidate = Llyr Huws Gruffydd
| votes = 7,869
| percentage = 32.8
| change = +3.0
|list_votes = 6,427
|list_percentage = 26.9
|list_change = -6.0
|winner =
|list_winner =
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{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Conservative Party
| candidate = David N. Thomas
| votes = 4,917
| percentage = 20.5
| change = +2.5
|list_votes = 5,094
|list_percentage = 21.3
|list_change = -0.2
|winner =
|list_winner =
|status =
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{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
| candidate = Mary K. Megarry
| votes = 2,222
| percentage = 9.3
| change = +2.6
|list_votes = 2,240
|list_percentage = 9.4
|list_change = +0.5
|winner =
|list_winner =
|status =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = Arthur R. Williams
| votes = 580
| percentage = 2.4
| change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|list_votes = 957
|list_percentage = 4.0
|list_change = Unknown
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|list_votes = 691
|list_percentage = 2.9
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Mid and West Wales Pensioners
|list_votes = 675
|list_percentage = 2.8
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Cymru Annibynnol
|list_votes = 205
|list_percentage = 0.9
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Vote 2 Stop the War
|list_votes = 101
|list_percentage = 0.4
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Prolife Alliance
|list_votes = 42
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 515
| percentage = 2.1
| change = −3.2
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 24,253
| percentage = 43.0
| change = −7.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Welsh Labour
| swing = −1.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
2003 Electorate: 56,403
Regional ballots rejected: 292
= Elections in the 1990s =
{{AMS election box begin
|title = Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
|constituency_type = Constituency
|list_type = Regional
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Labour
| candidate = Christine Gwyther
| votes = 9,891
| percentage = 35.1
| change = N/A
|list_votes = 8,536
|list_percentage = 30.4
|list_change = N/A
|winner = yes
|list_winner =
|status =
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{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Plaid Cymru
| candidate = Roy Llewelyn
| votes = 8,399
| percentage = 29.8
| change = N/A
|list_votes = 9,234
|list_percentage = 32.9
|list_change = N/A
|winner =
|list_winner = yes
|status =
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{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Conservatives
| candidate = David G. Edwards
| votes = 5,079
| percentage = 18.0
| change = N/A
|list_votes = 6,032
|list_percentage = 21.5
|list_change = N/A
|winner =
|list_winner =
|status =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = William E.H.V. Davies
| votes = 2,090
| percentage = 7.4
| change = N/A
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
| candidate = Roger H. Williams
| votes = 1,875
| percentage = 6.7
| change = N/A
|list_votes = 2,510
|list_percentage = 8.9
|list_change = N/A
|winner =
|list_winner =
|status =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = Graham T.R. Fry
| votes = 815
| percentage = 2.9
| change = N/A
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party =
|list_votes = 1,791
|list_percentage = 6.4
|list_change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 1,492
| percentage = 5.3
| change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 28,149
| percentage = 50.7
| change = N/A
}}
{{Election box new seat win
| winner = Welsh Labour
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Senedd constituencies}}
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Category:Senedd constituencies in the Mid and West Wales electoral region