Llanelli (Assembly constituency)

Welsh Assembly constituency infobox
Name = Llanelli
Type = county


Region = Mid and West Wales
Year = 1999
AM = Helen Mary Jones
Party = Plaid Cymru
County= Dyfed]

Llanelli is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member 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

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

Boundaries will change for the 2007 Assembly election. Llanelli will remain one of five Dyfed constituencies and one of eight constituencies in the Mid and West Wales region. However, boundaries within Dyfed will change, to realign them with local government ward boundaries and to reduce disparities in the sizes of constituency electorates, and the boundaries of the region will change, to align them with the boundaries of preserved counties.

The other four Dyfed constituencies will be, 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 will consist 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 next 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.

Members of the National Assembly for Wales

Results

Election box begin
title=Welsh Assembly Election 2007: LlanelliElection box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Helen Mary Jones
votes = 13,839
percentage = 50.1
change = +7.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Catherine Thomas
votes = 9,955
percentage = 36.1
change = -6.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Morgan
votes = 2,757
percentage = 10.0
change = +2.6

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jeremy Townsend
votes = 1,051
percentage = 3.8
change = -3.3Election box majority
votes = 3,884
percentage = 14.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 27,602
percentage = 49.2
change = +8.9Election box gain with party link
winner = Plaid Cymru
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = 7.1

Election box begin
title=Welsh Assembly Election 2003: LlanelliElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Catherine Thomas
votes = 9,916
percentage = 42.8
change = +3.05Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Helen Mary Jones
votes = 9,895
percentage = 42.8
change = +0.53Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gareth Jones
votes = 1,712
percentage = 7.4
change = +4.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ken Rees
votes = 1,644
percentage = 6.1
change = -3.19Election box majority
votes = 21
percentage = 0.09
change = Election box turnout
votes = 23,167
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Plaid Cymru
swing = 1.26

Election box begin
title=Welsh Assembly Election 1999: LlanelliElection box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Helen Mary Jones
votes = 11,973
percentage = 42.1
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ann Garrard
votes = 11,285
percentage = 39.7
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Tim Dumper
votes = 2,920
percentage = 10.3
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Barrie Harding
votes = 1,864
percentage = 6.6
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Anthony Popham
votes = 345
percentage = 1.3
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 688
percentage = 2.4
change = N/AElection box turnout
votes = 28,387
percentage = 48.9
change = N/AElection box hold with party link
winner = Plaid Cymru
swing = N/A

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