Jane Dodds

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Jane Dodds

| image = Jane-dodds (cropped).jpg

| caption = Dodds in 2021

| honorific-suffix = MS

| office1 = Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats

| leader1 = Sir Vince Cable
Jo Swinson
Sir Ed Davey

| term_start1 = 3 November 2017

| term_end1 =

| predecessor1 = Mark Williams
Kirsty Williams (Acting)

| successor1 =

| office2 = Member of the Senedd
for Mid and West Wales

| term_start2 = 6 May 2021

| term_end2 =

| successor2 =

| office4 = Member of Parliament
for Brecon and Radnorshire

| term_start4 = 1 August 2019

| term_end4 = 6 November 2019

| predecessor4 = Chris Davies

| successor4 = Fay Jones

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|9|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Wrexham, Wales

| party = Welsh Liberal Democrats (2005 – present)

| otherparty = Labour Party (until 2003)

| spouse = Patrick Dodds

| education = Cardiff University

| residence = Hay-on-Wye, Powys

| website = {{URL|janedodds.wales|Official website}}

}}

Jane Winifred Dodds (born 13 September 1963) is a Welsh politician who has served as Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats since 2017. She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brecon and Radnorshire at the seat's 2019 by-election, but was an MP for only three months before being defeated in the general election later the same year. In May 2021, Dodds was elected to the Senedd on the Mid and West Wales list. She is the only Liberal Democrat MS in the Senedd.

Early life and career

Dodds was born and raised in a Welsh-speaking family in Wrexham, North Wales. She attended Ysgol Morgan Llwyd before studying social care at Cardiff University.

After university she trained to become a social worker,{{cite news |last=Mosalski |first=Ruth |title=The General Election 2019 candidates standing in Brecon and Radnorshire |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/brecon-radnorshire-general-election-candidates-16891873 |access-date=18 September 2020 |work=Wales Online |date=10 December 2019}} and worked for the Salvation Army in Child Protective Services for 27 years before being elected. During this time she also worked in a number of local authorities and for Cafcass, and also at one stage led the Children's Section of the Refugee Council.

Political career

=London=

Dodds moved to London in early 2000 and was a member of the Labour Party until 2003. Being a strong opponent of military intervention, she left the party following its decision to take part in the invasion of Iraq in early 2003. In 2005 she joined the Liberal Democrats following a meeting with Susan Kramer – who was at the time the Liberal Democrat MP for Richmond Park – and quickly became active in the local Richmond party.

Dodds stood for Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council for the Liberal Democrats in the 2006 local elections, and was elected as one of three councillors in the North Richmond ward.{{cite news |url=https://www.richmond.gov.uk/media/5409/results04may2006.pdf |title=Richmond Council Election Results |publisher=LB Richmond |date=4 May 2006 |access-date=8 November 2017 |language=en-GB}} In 2008 she was appointed as Cabinet Member for Performance in the Lib Dem-run administration, where she was responsible for the performance of the authority and ensuring that residents obtained value for money.{{cite news |title=This Is Local London |url=https://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/2292536.new-post-red-tape-gone-mad-tories/ |date=25 May 2008 |access-date=29 October 2019 |language=en-GB}} She narrowly failed to retain her seat in 2010 by a narrow margin of 19 votes, despite obtaining the highest vote among the three Liberal Democrat candidates.

She also contested a by-election for the same ward in 2012, following the resignation of one of the sitting Conservative councillors. During the by-election she was the victim of false leaflets produced in her name, which were produced to look like official Liberal Democrat literature.{{cite news |title=Police Investigate Fake Election Leaflets |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/05/12/police-investigate-fake-election-leaftlets_n_1511709.html |work=HuffPost UK |date=12 May 2012 |access-date=4 November 2017 |language=en-GB}} She narrowly missed out on re-election by 146 votes.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/claims-of-election-fraud-investigated-by-police-7742106.html|title=Claims of election fraud investigated by police|last=Pickover|first=Ella|date=12 May 2012|work=The Independent|accessdate=15 January 2023}}

= Wales =

File:Jane Dodds Royal Welsh Show 2018.jpg in 2018]]

In November 2012, Dodds returned to Wales and moved to Welshpool to help care for her elderly mother. Early the following year she was selected as the parliamentary candidate for Montgomeryshire, which Alex Carlile and later Lembit Öpik had held for the Liberal Democrats from 1983 to 2010. Dodds contested the seat in both the 2015 and 2017 general elections, as well as the Welsh Assembly constituency of Montgomeryshire in 2016. She came second on all three occasions, the Welsh Conservatives retaining both seats.

Dodds was elected as the Welsh Liberal Democrats Leader in November 2017, defeating Aberaeron Councillor Elizabeth Evans by 13% in an all-member ballot.{{cite web |last=Madden |first=Sophie |title=Montgomeryshire candidate Jane Dodds is elected as new Welsh Lib Dem leader |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/politics/2017/11/03/new-welsh-lib-dem-leader-montgomeryshire-candidate-jane-dodds-is-elected/ |website=Shropshire Star |date=3 November 2017 |access-date=4 March 2021}}

= As an MP =

In March 2019, Dodds was selected as the party's Westminster candidate for Brecon and Radnorshire.{{cite web |title=Jane Dodds selected to fight Brecon and Radnorshire |url=https://www.welshlibdems.wales/jane_dodds_selected_to_fight_brecon_and_radnorshire |publisher=Welsh Liberal Democrats |date=9 March 2019 |access-date=10 June 2019}} As candidate for the constituency, Dodds attacked then-Conservative leadership candidate Boris Johnson's comments about immigrant communities where English is allegedly not spoken as a first language, describing Johnson, in Welsh, as out of touch with communities in Wales.{{cite web |title=Boris Johnson Claims Too Many Areas In The UK Where English Is Not The First Language |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/boris-johnson-too-many-areas-where-english-is-not-first-language_uk_5d1f367be4b04c48141237d2 |website=HuffPost UK |date=5 July 2019 |access-date=2 August 2019}} Dodds won the by-election on 1 August 2019.{{cite web |title=By-election loss for Tories cuts Commons majority |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-49200636 |publisher=BBC News |date=2 August 2019 |access-date=29 October 2019}}

After serving for 97 days, she failed to retain her seat at the general election of 12 December, becoming one of the shortest-serving members at Westminster.{{cite news |title=Jane Dodds' time as MP one of the shortest ever – but not quite a Welsh record |url=https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2019-12-13/jane-dodds-time-as-mp-one-of-the-shortest-ever-but-not-quite-a-welsh-record/ |website=ITV News |date=13 December 2019 |access-date=22 December 2019}} The female MPs with the shortest continuous service are Labour's Ruth Dalton in 1929, at 92 days, and the Scottish National Party's Margo MacDonald who subsequently equalled that in 1973–74.{{cite web |url=http://www.qub.ac.uk/cawp/UKhtmls/RecordsUK.htm |publisher=Centre for Advancement of Women in Politics |location=Belfast |title=Women's political records in the United Kingdom |access-date=22 December 2019}}

= In the Senedd =

Dodds led her party into the 2021 Senedd election{{cite news |last=Dodds |first=Jane |title='A strong Wales as part of the United Kingdom and European Union' |url=https://www.thenational.wales/news/19129334.lib-dem-leader-jane-dodds-wales-future-uk-eu/ |website=The National Wales |date=4 March 2021 |access-date=4 March 2021}} and gained a seat on the list vote in Mid and West Wales, the only seat in the Senedd to be retained by the party.{{cite web |title=Liberal Democrats nearly wiped out in Wales after losing only constituency seat to Conservatives |url=https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2021-05-07/liberal-democrats-wiped-out-of-wales-after-losing-only-seat-to-conservatives |website=ITV News |date=8 May 2021 |access-date=8 May 2021}} The seat was only held by 714 votes.{{cite news|last=Hayward|first=Will|date=8 May 2021|title=Seven statistics that tell the story of Senedd Election 2021|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/senedd-election-welsh-parliament-politics-20555383|access-date=6 October 2021|website=WalesOnline|language=en}}

On 17 November 2024, the Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Ed Davey, hinted that Dodds should resign as Leader of the Welsh Lib Dems over her handling of a sexual abuse case when she worked for the Church of England.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-17 |title=Davey hints that Welsh Lib Dem leader should resign over handling of abuse case |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ed-davey-lib-dem-welsh-justin-welby-church-of-england-b2648550.html |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=The Independent |language=en}}

In the 2026 Senedd election, she will be a candidate in the Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd constituency.{{Cite news |date=2025-04-07 |title=Dodds to lead Lib Dem push in redrawn Senedd constituency |url=https://www.brecon-radnor.co.uk/news/dodds-to-lead-lib-dem-push-in-redrawn-senedd-constituency-781312 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250412024157/https://www.brecon-radnor.co.uk/news/dodds-to-lead-lib-dem-push-in-redrawn-senedd-constituency-781312 |archive-date=2025-04-12 |access-date=2025-07-06 |work=Brecon & Radnor Express |language=en}}

Mishandling of child sexual abuse case

A report published in 2021 found that Dodds had made "a grave error of judgement" by not pursuing a meeting to discuss a particular sexual abuse case involving a late former bishop who sexually abused at least 18 victims over a 15-year period when Dodds worked for the Church of England. This information came to light in November 2024 after the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby resigned over his failure to report prolific child abuser John Smyth.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-17 |title=Ed Davey says Welsh Lib Dem leader should 'reflect' on her position |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy87gm4v4g5o |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}

On 17 November 2024, Dodds said that she would not resign as Welsh Lib Dem leader despite the party's UK leader, Sir Ed Davey, saying that she should consider her position. Davey said he had spoken to Dodds and been “really clear to her about what I think she should do”.{{Cite web |last=Corbett |first=Helen |date=2024-11-17 |title=Davey hints that Welsh Lib Dem leader should resign over handling of abuse case |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/welsh-justin-welby-church-of-england-church-archbishop-b1194494.html |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=The Standard |language=en}} She said that she has the confidence of the party's Welsh Board. The Welsh party's President, Tim Sly, has also said that Dodds has its complete confidence.{{Cite news |date=2024-11-17 |title=Welsh Lib Dem leader Jane Dodds to stay in role despite Ed Davey calling her to consider position |url=https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2024-11-17/welsh-lib-dem-leader-to-stay-despite-ed-davey-calling-her-to-consider-position |access-date=2024-11-17 |work=ITV News}}

Dodds said she would "continue fighting for the people of Wales" as the party's Welsh leader and that she "accepted at the time that there were shortcomings in organising meetings about this case" and "acknowledged" them in the report. She stated that child protection is her life's work and wholeheartedly apologised to the victims.

Political positions

= Health =

In the Senedd, Jane Dodds has been critical of Welsh Labour's running of the NHS, campaigning against long ambulance waiting times, particularly in rural areas such as her own constituency of Mid and West Wales where services are generally poorer than their urban counterparts.{{Cite web |title=Worrying local ambulance response times revealed |url=https://www.mynewtown.co.uk/viewernews/ArticleId/19545/Worrying-local-ambulance-response-times-revealed |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=mynewtown |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2022-01-21 |title=Senedd member responds to ambulance waiting times |url=https://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/19861846.senedd-member-responds-ambulance-waiting-times-hywel-dda-region/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Western Telegraph |language=en}} Dodds has called for a priority in investment in social care across Wales in order to reduce stress on A&E services and ambulances being backed up because patients cannot be discharged from emergency departments.{{Cite web |title=Wales Needs an Emergency Social Care Plan |url=https://www.libdems.wales/news/article/wales-needs-an-emergency-social-care-plan |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=www.libdems.wales |language=en-gb}}

Dodds has called for the extension of safe staffing levels for nursing in Wales to cover mental health inpatient wards and community nursing.{{Cite web |title=Liberal Democrats Pledge Support the RCN Campaign on Safe Nursing Levels {{!}} West Wales Chronicle : News for Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, Swansea and Beyond |url=https://www.westwaleschronicle.co.uk/blog/2022/09/30/liberal-democrats-pledge-support-the-rcn-campaign-on-safe-nursing-levels/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=www.westwaleschronicle.co.uk|date=30 September 2022 }} The original legislation on safe staffing levels for nurses was introduced by former Welsh Liberal Democrat Leader Kirsty Williams in 2016.{{Cite web |date=2014-12-01 |title=Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016 |url=https://business.senedd.wales/mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=11778 |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=business.senedd.wales |language=en-gb}}

Since being elected to the Senedd, Jane Dodds has focused heavily on improving access to dental care in Wales stating that dental care in Wales has "all but collapsed" and that Welsh Labour have allowed a "two-tier system where the well-off can afford to go private and those, who are probably in the highest need, on lower incomes are left waiting in agony for treatment, unable to register for an NHS dentist".{{Cite web |date=2022-11-19 |title=Jane Dodds warns of "two-tier" dentistry system in mid Wales |url=https://www.brecon-radnor.co.uk/news/health/mid-wales-dental-inequality-is-unacceptable-says-ms-573642 |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Brecon & Radnor Express}}{{Cite web |date=2023-06-21 |title="NHS dental service has all but collapsed" in parts of Wales says Jane Dodds |url=https://www.abergavennychronicle.com/news/nhs-dental-service-has-all-but-collapsed-in-parts-of-wales-says-jane-dodds-621656 |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Abergavenny Chronicle}}

To solve the dentist crisis, Dodds presented a plan calling for a number of measures including: training more dental nurses and hygienists and widening the scale of work they are allowed to carry out; increasing per-capita spending from the current £47 to match the levels of Scotland (£55) and Northern Ireland (£57); setting health board targets for waiting times and appointments and integrating primary dental care more closely with other NHS primary care.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-28 |title=Welsh Lib Dems launch plan to save NHS dentistry in Wales |url=https://nation.cymru/news/welsh-lib-dems-launch-plan-to-save-nhs-dentistry-in-wales/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Nation.Cymru |language=en-GB}}

= Rural affairs and agriculture =

Dodds opposed the UK Conservative Government's trade deals with Australia and New Zealand, stating they were one-sided and that the Conservatives had sold Welsh farmers down the river by allowing cheaper products with lower standards into the UK market. She also called for future trade deals to be put to the UK Parliament for a vote and for impact assessments to be carried out on the impact of trade deals for all regions of the UK.{{Cite web |date=2021-12-03 |title=New Bill proposed to protect farmers |url=https://www.walesfarmer.co.uk/news/19760155.conservatives-selling-industry-river/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Wales Farmer |language=en}}

In 2023, Jane Dodds secured a key amendment to the Welsh Agriculture Bill to ensure there is Welsh Government support available to farmers who are looking to establish small-scale renewable energy production on their land and to support the agricultural industry in making changes to increase energy efficiency in their businesses.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-16 |title=Lib Dems and TFA secure key amends to Welsh Agriculture Bill |url=https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/farm-policy/lib-dems-and-tfa-secure-key-amends-to-welsh-agriculture-bill |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Farmers Weekly |language=en-US}}

= The environment and public transport =

Jane Dodds supports action on climate change and has opposed to opening of new coal mines in Wales and has called on the Welsh and UK Government's to prioritise investment in new industries, such as green hydrogen, in former mining communities.{{Cite news |date=2022-07-01 |title=Aberpergwm: Coal mine expansion facing legal challenge |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-62015020 |access-date=2023-09-01}}

Dodds is supportive of greater investment in offshore wind power in Wales alongside small-scale hydropower and tidal power. She has also called for the cutting of red tape on planning rules for offshore wind in order to boost moves towards a "green industrial revolution".{{Cite web |date=2022-03-14 |title=Call for Wales to become 'Green Battery of Europe' in bid to reduce dependence on Russian fossil fuels |url=https://nation.cymru/news/call-for-wales-to-become-green-battery-of-europe-in-bid-to-reduce-dependence-on-russian-fossil-fuels/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Nation.Cymru |language=en-GB}}

Dodds has opposed potential cuts by the Welsh Labour Government to bus services in Wales, a move which she has stated would leave rural communities like hers even more isolated.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-13 |title=Welsh Government blasted for 'allowing bus services to fail' |url=https://nation.cymru/news/welsh-government-blasted-for-allowing-bus-services-to-fail/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Nation.Cymru |language=en-GB}} She has also supported the concept of free-travel for under-25s to tackle climate change, increase social mobility and revitalise routes with low ridership.{{Cite web |last=Barry |first=Sion |date=2022-01-19 |title=Make all public transport in Wales free for under 25s say Liberal Democrats |url=https://www.business-live.co.uk/professional-services/make-public-transport-wales-free-22805647 |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Business Live |language=en}} She has also called on the Welsh Government to investigate subsidised public transport, pointing to similar schemes in Spain and Germany.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-05 |title=Call for Wales to follow Spain on free rail journeys over cost of living crisis |url=https://www.southwalesguardian.co.uk/news/20603172.welsh-government-introduce-free-train-journeys-say-liberal-democrats/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=South Wales Guardian |language=en}}

Jane Dodds has supported proposals to re-open the Aberystwyth-Carmarthen rail line pointing out that it would cost a fraction of the Barnett formula consequentials Wales should in her opinion receive from HS2.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-01 |title=Re-opening of Aber-Carmarthen rail link 'would keep young people in Ceredigion' |url=https://www.tivysideadvertiser.co.uk/news/23162345.aber-carmarthen-rail-link-halt-county-depopulation/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Tivyside Advertiser |language=en}}

Dodds has campaigned for the introduction of hourly rail services on the Cambrian Line in Montgomeryshire and Ceredigion.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-23 |title=Mid Wales 'being forgotten' as wait for hourly rail service continues |url=https://www.countytimes.co.uk/news/23144123.hourly-rail-service-call-transport-wales-powys/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=County Times |language=en}}

= Devolution and electoral reform =

Dodds supports the greater devolution of powers to Wales and the creation of a federal UK.{{Cite web |last=Dodds |first=Jane |date=11 June 2020 |title=Status quo or independence aren't the only options for Wales – a federal UK is possible |url=https://www.libdemvoice.org/jane-dodds-writes-status-quo-or-independence-arent-the-only-options-for-wales-a-federal-uk-is-possible-64943.html}} She also supports the findings of the Silk Commission for the devolution of justice to Wales.{{Cite web |date=2021-03-15 |title=Women in Wales deserve so much better than England's criminal justice system – it must be devolved |url=https://nation.cymru/opinion/women-in-wales-deserve-so-much-better-than-englands-criminal-justice-system-it-must-be-devolved/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Nation.Cymru |language=en-GB}}

Dodds supports implementing electoral reform across the UK including at Westminster, the Senedd and in local elections. She has supported introducing proportional representation in the Senedd under the Single Transferrable Vote (STV) system. She has criticised Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru for not backing STV and opting for closed lists under current Senedd reform plans.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Gwynoro |date=2022-05-10 |title=Labour-Plaid Cymru voting reforms fall short of creating a strong Democracy for Wales says Jane Dodds |url=https://walesnewsonline.com/labour-plaid-cymru-voting-reforms-fall-short-of-creating-a-strong-democracy-for-wales-says-jane-dodds/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Wales News Online |language=en-GB}}

= Foreign policy =

Jane Dodds opposed and campaigned against Brexit.{{Cite news |date=12 November 2019 |title=Liberal Democrats launch 'five-point plan' to stop Brexit, tackle climate change and treat mental health |url=https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2019-11-12/liberal-democrats-launch-five-point-plan-to-stop-brexit-tackle-climate-change-and-treat-mental-health |work=ITV News Wales}} She has since supported rebuilding economic ties with the EU, restoring freedom of movement and eventually rejoining the single market.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-22 |title=Tory 'botched Brexit deal' contributing to cost-of-living crisis, say Welsh Lib-Dems |url=https://nation.cymru/news/tory-botched-brexit-deal-contributing-to-cost-of-living-crisis-say-welsh-lib-dems/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Nation.Cymru |language=en-GB}}

Dodds was against the 2003 invasion of Iraq and left the Labour Party due to its role in the invasion.{{Cite web |last=Furet |first=Marine |date=2019-11-18 |title=Is Europe the issue that brings radicalism back to Welsh Liberalism? |url=https://www.iwa.wales/agenda/2019/11/is-europe-the-issue-that-brings-radicalism-back-to-welsh-liberalism/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Institute of Welsh Affairs |language=en-US}}

Dodds is a supporter of global human rights and has criticised the Welsh Labour Government for engaging with authoritarian regimes, including criticising Welsh Labour Leader Mark Drakeford for being one of the only UK politicians to visit Qatar during the 2022 FIFA World Cup.{{Cite news |last=Morris |first=Steven |date=2023-01-04 |title=Welsh first minister criticised for 'lavish' World Cup hotel stay paid by Qatar |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/04/welsh-first-minister-mark-drakeford-criticised-world-cup-hotel-qatar |access-date=2023-09-01 |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |date=2022-09-30 |title=Liberal Democrats call on Welsh Government to close Qatar office over human rights concerns |url=https://nation.cymru/news/liberal-democrats-call-on-welsh-government-to-close-qatar-office-over-human-rights-concerns/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Nation.Cymru |language=en-GB}}

Jane Dodds has expressed support for Ukraine following Russia's invasion of the country and has called on the UK Government to continue to arm Ukraine as well as provide financial support, do more to sanction Russia and support Ukrainian refugees in the UK.{{Cite web |title=Jane Dodds – Wales Will Continue to Stand With Ukrainians |url=https://www.southwark-libdems.org.uk/news/article/jane-dodds-wales-will-continue-to-stand-with-ukrainians |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=www.southwark-libdems.org.uk |language=en-gb}}{{Cite web |date=2022-02-24 |title=MS calls for Wales to stand in solidarity with Ukraine as Russia continues invasion |url=https://www.tenby-today.co.uk/news/ms-calls-for-wales-to-stand-in-solidarity-with-ukraine-as-russia-continues-invasion-510893 |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Tenby Observer}}

Personal life

She currently lives in Hay-on-Wye with her husband Patrick.

Electoral record

=Westminster elections=

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|title=General election 2019: Brecon and Radnorshire{{cite web|url=https://en.powys.gov.uk/media/10039/Statement-of-Persons-Nominated-Brecon-and-Radnorshire/pdf/Statement_of_Persons_Nominated_BR.pdf?m=1573747276830|title=Statement of Persons Nominated|date=14 November 2019|website=Powys County Council|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114204301/https://en.powys.gov.uk/media/10039/Statement-of-Persons-Nominated-Brecon-and-Radnorshire/pdf/Statement_of_Persons_Nominated_BR.pdf?m=1573747276830|archive-date=14 November 2019|access-date=14 November 2019}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Fay Jones

|votes = 21,958

|percentage = 53.1

|change = +4.5

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Jane Dodds

|votes = 14,827

|percentage = 35.9

|change = +6.8

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Tomos Davies

|votes = 3,944

|percentage = 9.5

|change = –8.2

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party

|candidate = Lady Lily the Pink

|votes = 345

|percentage = 0.8

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Christian Party (UK)

|candidate = Jeff Green

|votes = 245

|percentage = 0.6

|change = N/A

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 7,131

|percentage = 17.2

|change =

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 41,319

|percentage = 74.5

|change = +14.8

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 55,490

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{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|swing = +5.6

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{{Election box begin|title=2019 Brecon and Radnorshire by-election{{cite web|url=https://talkradio.co.uk/news/brecon-and-radnorshire-election-six-candidates-confirmed-19070531549|title=Brecon and Radnorshire by-election: Six candidates confirmed|website=talkradio.co.uk|date=5 July 2019|access-date=2 August 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-wales-politics-49103064|title=As it happened: Lib Dems win by-election|publisher=BBC News|date=1 August 2019|access-date=2 August 2019}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate=Jane Dodds

|votes= 13,826

|percentage= 43.5

|change= +14.4

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Christopher Davies

|votes= 12,401

|percentage= 39.0

|change= –9.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Brexit Party

|candidate=Des Parkinson

|votes= 3,331

|percentage= 10.5

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Labour Party (UK)

|candidate=Tom Davies

|votes= 1,680

|percentage= 5.3

|change= –12.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Official Monster Raving Loony Party

|candidate=Lady Lily the Pink

|votes= 334

|percentage= 1.1

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=United Kingdom Independence Party

|candidate=Liz Phillips

|votes= 242

|percentage= 0.8

|change= –0.6

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes= 1,425

|percentage= 4.5

|change=

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{{Election box turnout

|votes= 31,814

|percentage=59.7

|change=

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{{Election box gain with party link

|winner=Liberal Democrats (UK)

|loser=Conservative Party (UK)

|swing= +12.0

}}

{{Election box begin|title= General election 2015: Montgomeryshire{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}{{cite web|title=Powys election results|url=http://www.powys.gov.uk/en/elections/view-election-results/|website=2015 general election results|publisher=Powys County Council|access-date=20 September 2015}}{{cite news|title=Montgomeryshire Parliamentary constituency|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/W07000063#election2015-logo|website=Election 2015 Results|publisher=BBC|access-date=4 April 2020}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Welsh Conservatives

|candidate = Glyn Davies

|votes = 15,204

|percentage = 45.0

|change = +3.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats

|candidate=Jane Dodds{{cite web |url=http://montlibdems.org.uk/en/page/jane-dodds-parliamentary-candidate-for-montgomeryshire |title=Jane Dodds – Parliamentary Candidate for Montgomeryshire (Montgomeryshire Liberal Democrats) |access-date=2014-07-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140706232402/http://montlibdems.org.uk/en/page/jane-dodds-parliamentary-candidate-for-montgomeryshire |archive-date=2014-07-06 }}

|votes = 9,879

|percentage = 29.3

|change = −8.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Des Parkinson{{cite web |url=http://www.ukipwales.org.uk/our-candidates/4587404460 |title=4587404460 |access-date=13 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312004456/http://www.ukipwales.org.uk/our-candidates/4587404460 |archive-date=12 March 2015 }}

|votes = 3,769

|percentage = 11.2

|change = +7.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Welsh Labour

|candidate = Martyn Singleton{{cite web|url=http://www.mywelshpool.co.uk/viewerheadline/ArticleId/8838 |title=Labour reveal Martyn Singleton as candidate |publisher=Mywelshpool.co.uk |date=2015-03-31 |access-date=2017-09-19}}

|votes = 1,900

|percentage = 5.6

|change = −1.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Plaid Cymru

|candidate = Ann Griffith{{cite web|url=http://www.mywelshpool.co.uk/viewernews/ArticleId/8844 |title=Labour reveal Martyn Singleton as candidate |publisher=Mywelshpool.co.uk |access-date=2017-09-19}}

|votes = 1,745

|percentage = 5.2

|change = −3.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Richard Chaloner

|votes = 1,260

|percentage = 3.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority