Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox alt
Name = Carmarthen East and Dinefwr


Type = County
Entity = Wales
DivisionType = Preserved county
Division = Dyfed
Year = 1997
MP = Adam Price
Party = Plaid Cymru
EP = Wales

Carmathen East and Dinefwr is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Elections

Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Adam Price
votes = 17,561
percentage = 45.9
change = +3.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ross Hendry
votes = 10,843
percentage = 28.3
change = -7.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Suzy Davies
votes = 5,235
percentage = 13.7
change = +0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Julianna Hughes
votes = 3,719
percentage = 9.7
change = +2.3Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Mike Squires
votes = 661
percentage = 1.7
change = 0.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Legalise Cannabis Alliance
candidate = Sid Whitworth
votes = 272
percentage = 0.7
change = +0.7Election box majority
votes = 6,718
percentage = 17.5
change =Election box turnout
votes = 38,291
percentage = 71.6
change = +1.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Plaid Cymru
swing = +5.4

Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
id=Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Adam Price
votes = 16,130
percentage = 42.4
change = +7.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Williams
votes = 13,540
percentage = 35.6
change = -7.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Thomas
votes = 4,912
percentage = 12.9
change = +0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Doiran Evans
votes = 2,815
percentage = 7.4
change = -0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Michael Squires
votes = 656
percentage = 1.7
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 2,590
percentage = 6.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 38,053
percentage = 70.4
change = -8.1Election box gain with party link
winner = Plaid Cymru
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1997: Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
id=Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Williams
votes = 17,907
percentage = 42.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Rhodri Glyn Thomas
votes = 14,457
percentage = 34.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Edmund Hayward
votes = 5,022
percentage = 12.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Juliana Hughes
votes = 3,150
percentage = 7.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = Humphreys-Evans
votes = 1,196
percentage = 2.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 3,450
percentage =
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 78.6
change =

See also

* List of Parliamentary constituencies in Dyfed