Ceredigion (Assembly constituency)

Not to be confused with Ceredigion (UK Parliament constituency).

Not to be confused with Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency).

Coordinates: 52°22′52″N 3°55′19″W / 52.381°N 3.922°W / 52.381; -3.922

Ceredigion National Assembly for Wales county constituency
Ceredigion shown within the Mid and West Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Created:	1999
AM:	Elin Jones
Party:	Plaid Cymru
Preserved county:	Dyfed

Ceredigion is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. It is also 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

The area of the constituency is similar to that of the county of Ceredigion.

1999 to 2007

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Ceredigion 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, Llanelli and Preseli Pembrokeshire. They are 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.

From 2007

Boundaries changed for the 2007 Assembly election. Ceredigion 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 West and South Pembrokeshire, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Llanelli and Preseli Pembrokeshire. They are 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 will become effective for the 2010 United Kingdom general election.

Voting

In general elections for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member 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

Period		Member	Party
	1999 - present	Elin Jones	Plaid Cymru

Elections

Assembly Election 2011: Ceredigion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Elin Jones	12,020	41.3	-7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Evans	10,243	35.2	-0.9
	Conservative	Luke Evetts	2,755	9.5	+1.6
	Labour	Richard Boudier	2,544	8.7	+3.7
	Green	Chris Simpson	1,514	5.2	N/A
Majority			1,777	6.1
Turnout			29,076	51.9	-10.32
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing	-3.5

Assembly Election 2007: Ceredigion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Elin Jones	14,818	49.2	+4.1
	Liberal Democrat	John Davies	10,863	36.1	+8.5
	Conservative	Trefor Jones	2,369	7.9	-3.2
	Labour	Linda Grace	1,530	5.1	-7.5
	Independent	Emyr Morgan	528	1.8	+1.8
Majority			3,955	13.1	-4.4
Turnout			30,108	55.7	+5.9
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing	-2.3

Assembly Election 2003: Ceredigion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Elin Jones	11,883	45.1	-2.7
	Liberal Democrat	John Davies	7,265	27.6	+16.4
	Labour	Rhianon Passmore	3,308	12.6	-3.1
	Conservative	Owen Williams	2,923	11.1	+1.9
	UKIP	Ian Sheldon	940	3.6	+3.6
Majority			4,618	17.5	-14.6
Turnout			26,470	50.0	-8.0
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing	-9.4

Assembly Election 1999: Ceredigion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Elin Jones	15,258	47.8
	Labour	Maria Battle	5,009	15.7
	Independent	David Evans	4,114	12.9
	Liberal Democrat	Doiran Evans	3,571	11.2
	Conservative	Henri Davies	2,944	9.2
	Green	Dave Bradney	1,002	3.1
Majority			10,249	32.1
Turnout			31,898	57.8
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

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