Llanelli (Senedd constituency)
{{Short description|Constituency of the Senedd}}
{{distinguish|Llanelli (UK Parliament constituency)}}
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{{Infobox constituency
| name = Llanelli
|type=| constituency_type = Senedd county constituency
|parl_name=Senedd|map1=| image = 150px
| image2 = 200px
| caption2 = Llanelli shown within the Mid and West Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
|electorate=| year = 1999
| member_label = Member of the Senedd
| member = Lee Waters
|seats=| party_label = Party
| party = Welsh Labour and Co-operative
| parts_label = Preserved county
| parts = 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.
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 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
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="2"|Election | Member | Portrait
!Party |
|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: {{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |
| 1999 | ||
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 2003 | ||
| style="background-color: {{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |
| 2007 | Helen Mary Jones |Plaid Cymru | ||
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 2011 | 100px |Welsh Labour | ||
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 2016 |
Results
= Elections in the 2020s =
{{AMS election box begin
|title = 2021 Senedd election: Llanelli[https://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/home/council-democracy/public-notices/senedd-constituency-election-statement-of-persons-nominated-and-notice-of-poll-for-the-llanelli-constituency/] Llanelli Statement of Persons Nominated[https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/senedd-election-2021-llanelli-candidates-20530903] The full Senedd election 2021 result 2021 for Llanelli as Lee Waters wins record majority
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{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Welsh Labour
|candidate = Lee Waters
|votes = 13,930
|percentage = 46.1
|change = +9.6
|list_votes = 12,387
|list_percentage = 41.4
|list_change = +4.0
|winner = yes
|list_winner = yes
|status = incumbent
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{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Helen Mary Jones
|votes = 8,255
|percentage = 27.3
|change = -7.9
|list_votes = 8,149
|list_percentage = 27.3
|list_change = -3.5
|winner =
|list_winner =
|status = list incumbent
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{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = Stefan Ryszewski
|votes = 4,947
|percentage = 16.4
|change = +9.5
|list_votes = 5,122
|list_percentage = 17.1
|list_change = +9.1
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Howard Lillyman
|votes = 722
|percentage = 2.4
|change = -12.3
|list_votes = 529
|list_percentage = 1.8
|list_change = -12.4
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Reform UK
|candidate = Gareth Beer
|votes = 672
|percentage = 2.2
|change = New
|list_votes = 398
|list_percentage = 1.3
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Jonathan Edward Burree
|votes = 606
|percentage = 2.0
|change = +0.7
|list_votes = 624
|list_percentage = 2.1
|list_change = +1.0
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Gwlad
|candidate = Siân Caiach
|votes = 544
|percentage = 1.8
|change = New
|list_votes = 372
|list_percentage = 1.2
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box minor party
|party = Independent
|candidate = Shahana Najmi
|votes = 542
|percentage = 1.8
|change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|list_votes = 901
|list_percentage = 3.0
|list_change = +1.9
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party
|list_votes = 855
|list_percentage = 2.9
|list_change =+0.3
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Christian Party (UK)
|list_votes = 194
|list_percentage = 0.6
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Freedom Alliance (UK)
|list_votes = 160
|list_percentage = 0.5
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Propel (political party)
|list_votes = 90
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Communist Party of Britain
|list_votes = 64
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change = 0.0
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|list_votes = 58
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change = New
}}
{{Election box majority||votes=5,675|percentage=18.8|change=+17.5}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=30,218|percentage=48.14{{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=+1.0}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Welsh Labour
|swing =
}}
{{AMS election box end|notes=yes}}
= Elections in the 2010s =
{{AMS election box begin
|title = Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Llanelli
|constituency_type = Constituency{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/wales-constituencies/W09000017 | title=Wales elections > Llanelli|work=BBC News| date=6 May 2016}}
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Welsh Labour
|candidate = Lee Waters
|votes = 10,267
|percentage = 36.5
|change = -3.2
|list_votes = 10,492
|list_percentage = 37.4
|list_change = -1.4
|winner = yes
|list_winner = yes
|status =
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Helen Mary Jones
|votes = 9,885
|percentage = 35.2
|change = -4.2
|list_votes = 8,648
|list_percentage = 30.8
|list_change = -3.9
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Kenneth Rees
|votes = 4,132
|percentage = 14.7
|change = New
|list_votes = 3,996
|list_percentage = 14.2
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = Stefan Ryszewski
|votes = 1,937
|percentage = 6.9
|change = -4.1
|list_votes = 2,257
|list_percentage = 8.0
|list_change = -3.6
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Putting Llanelli First
|candidate = Siân Caiach
|votes = 1,113
|percentage = 4.0
|change = -3.7
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Wales Green Party
|candidate = Guy Smith
|votes = 427
|percentage = 1.5
|change = New
|list_votes = 521
|list_percentage = 1.9
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Gemma Bowker
|votes = 355
|percentage = 1.3
|change = -0.8
|list_votes = 297
|list_percentage = 1.1
|list_change = -1.5
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party
|list_votes = 716
|list_percentage = 2.6
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = People First (Wales)
|list_votes = 710
|list_percentage = 2.5
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
|list_votes = 138
|list_percentage = 0.5
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Welsh Christian Party
|list_votes = 169
|list_percentage = 0.6
|list_change = -0.5
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Association of Welsh Independents
|list_votes = 74
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Communist Party of Britain
|list_votes = 56
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change = -0.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 382
|percentage = 1.3
|change = +1.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 28,116
|percentage = 47.1
|change = +2.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Welsh Labour
| swing = +0.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{AMS election box begin
|title = Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Llanelli
|constituency_type = Constituency{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/wales-constituencies/W09000017 | title=Wales elections > Llanelli|work=BBC News| date=6 May 2016}}
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Welsh Labour
|candidate = Keith Davies
|votes = 10,359
|percentage = 39.7
|change = +3.6
|list_votes = 10,119
|list_percentage = 38.8
|list_change = +6.3
|winner = yes
|list_winner = yes
|status =
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Helen Mary Jones
|votes = 10,279
|percentage = 39.4
|change = -10.7
|list_votes = 9,045
|list_percentage = 34.7
|list_change = -5.8
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = Andrew Morgan
|votes = 2,880
|percentage = 11.0
|change = +1.1
|list_votes = 3,036
|list_percentage = 11.6
|list_change = +1.5
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Putting Llanelli First
|candidate = Siân Caiach
|votes = 2,004
|percentage = 7.7
|change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Cheryl Philpott
|votes = 548
|percentage = 2.1
|change = -1.7
|list_votes = 682
|list_percentage = 2.6
|list_change = -0.9
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
| party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|list_votes = 1,014
|list_percentage = 3.9
|list_change = +1.1
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
|list_votes = 727
|list_percentage = 2.8
|list_change = +1.5
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|list_votes = 599
|list_percentage = 2.3
|list_change = -0.4
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = British National Party
|list_votes = 480
|list_percentage = 1.8
|list_change = -2.4
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Welsh Christian Party
|list_votes = 284
|list_percentage = 1.1
|list_change = +0.3
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Communist Party of Britain
|list_votes = 79
|list_percentage =0.3
|list_change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 80
|percentage = 0.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 26,070
|percentage = 44.6
|change = +3.0
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Welsh Labour
| loser = Plaid Cymru
| swing = +7.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
Regional ballots rejected: 136{{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: Llanelli
|constituency_type = Constituency [http://www.assemblywales.org/abthome/abt-nafw/abt-nafw-election-results/abt-nafw-election-results-2007.htm Election results – 2007] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509085231/http://www.assemblywales.org/abthome/abt-nafw/abt-nafw-election-results/abt-nafw-election-results-2007.htm |date=9 May 2011 }}, National Assembly for Wales|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=1 August 2021 |ref=Page 72}}
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party=Plaid Cymru
|candidate=Helen Mary Jones
|votes=13,839
|percentage=50.1
|change=+7.3
|list_votes = 11,119
|list_percentage = 40.5
|list_change = +5.5
|winner = yes
|list_winner = yes
|status =
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party=Welsh Labour
|candidate=Catherine Thomas
|votes=9,955
|percentage=36.1
|change=-6.7
|list_votes = 8,913
|list_percentage = 32.5
|list_change = -9.6
|winner =
|list_winner =
|status =
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{{AMS election box with party link
|party=Welsh Conservative Party
|candidate=Andrew D Morgan
|votes=2,757
|percentage=10.0
|change=+2.6
|list_votes = 2,768
|list_percentage = 10.1
|list_change = -2.2
|winner =
|list_winner =
|status =
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party=Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate=Jeremy N Townsend
|votes=1,051
|percentage=3.8
|change=-3.3
|list_votes =960
|list_percentage = 3.5
|list_change = -3.6
|winner =
|list_winner =
|status =
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = British National Party
|list_votes = 1,166
|list_percentage = 4.2
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
| party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|list_votes = 768
|list_percentage = 2.8
|list_change =+1.1
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|list_votes = 732
|list_percentage = 2.7
|list_change = -0.1
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
|list_votes = 349
|list_percentage = 1.3
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Welsh Christian Party
|list_votes = 213
|list_percentage = 0.8
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Gwynoro Jones - Independent
|list_votes = 186
|list_percentage = 0.7
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Caroline Evans - Independent
|list_votes = 100
|list_percentage = 0.4
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Veritas
|list_votes = 61
|list_percentage =0.2
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Communist Party of Britain
|list_votes = 69
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Christian Peoples Alliance
|list_votes = 55
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes=3,698
|percentage=13.8
|change= N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes=26,889
|percentage=41.6
|change=-6.2
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Plaid Cymru
| loser = Welsh Labour
| swing = -8.8
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{AMS election box begin
|title = Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Llanelli
|constituency_type = Constituency
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party=Welsh Labour
|candidate=Catherine Thomas
|votes=9,916
|percentage=42.8
|change=+3.1
|list_votes = 9,761
|list_percentage = 42.1
|list_change = +5.2
|winner = yes
|list_winner = yes
|status =
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party=Plaid Cymru
|candidate=Helen Mary Jones
|votes=9,895
|percentage=42.8
|change=-0.7
|list_votes = 8,136
|list_percentage = 35.1
|list_change = -9.0
|winner =
|list_winner =
|status =
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{{AMS election box with party link
|party=Welsh Conservative Party
|candidate=Gareth John Jones
|votes=1,712
|percentage=7.4
|change=+0.8
|list_votes = 1,830
|list_percentage = 7.9
|list_change = +1.3
|winner =
|list_winner =
|status =
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{{AMS election box with party link
|party=Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate=Kenneth Denver Rees
|votes=1,644
|percentage=6.1
|change=-3.2
|list_votes = 1,648
|list_percentage = 7.1
|list_change = -0.7
|winner =
|list_winner =
|status =
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|list_votes = 659
|list_percentage = 2.8
|list_change = Unknown
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Mid and West Wales Pensioners
|list_votes = 461
|list_percentage = 2.0
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party=United Kingdom Independence Party
|list_votes = 396
|list_percentage = 1.7
|list_change = New
|winner =
|list_winner =
|status =
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Cymru Annibynnol
|list_votes = 150
|list_percentage = 0.6
|list_change =New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Vote 2 Stop the War
|list_votes = 75
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change =New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = ProLife Alliance
|list_votes = 60
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes=21
|percentage=0.0
|change= N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes=23,167
|percentage=40.3
|change=-8.6
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Welsh Labour
| loser = Plaid Cymru
| swing = +1.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
2003 Electorate: 33,742
Regional ballots rejected: 166
= Elections in the 1990s =
{{AMS election box begin
|title = Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Llanelli
|constituency_type = Constituency
|list_type = Regional
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Plaid Cymru
| candidate = Helen Mary Jones
| votes = 11,973
| percentage = 42.1
| change = N/A
|list_votes = 12,540
|list_percentage = 44.1
|list_change = N/A
|winner =yes
|list_winner = yes
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Labour Co-operative
| candidate = Ann Garrard
| votes = 11,285
| percentage = 39.7
| change = N/A
|list_votes = 10,485
|list_percentage = 36.9
|list_change = N/A
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
| candidate = Tim R. Dumper
| votes = 2,920
| percentage = 10.3
| change = N/A
|list_votes = 2,210
|list_percentage = 7.8
|list_change = N/A
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Conservatives
| candidate = Barrie Harding
| votes = 1,864
| percentage = 6.6
| change = N/A
|list_votes = 1,870
|list_percentage = 6.6
|list_change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = Anthony G. Popham
| votes = 345
| percentage = 1.3
| change = N/A
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party =
|list_votes = 1,317
|list_percentage = 4.6
|list_change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 688
| percentage = 2.4
| change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 28,387
| percentage = 48.9
| change = N/A
}}
{{Election box new seat win
| winner = Plaid Cymru
| swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
{{Reflist}}
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