Brecon and Radnorshire (Assembly constituency)

Coordinates: 52°05′38″N 3°22′55″W / 52.094°N 3.382°W

Brecon and Radnorshire
National Assembly for Wales county constituency
Brecon and Radnorshire shown within the Mid and West Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current National Assembly for Wales county constituency
Created	1999
Party	Liberal Democrats
AM	Kirsty Williams
Preserved county	Powys

Brecon and Radnorshire 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.

It has been represented since 1999 by Kirsty Williams, the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats.

Boundaries

1999 to 2007

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Brecon and Radnorshire Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of Powys, and one of three Powys constituencies. Also, it is one of eight constituencies in the Mid and West Wales electoral region.

The other Powys constituencies are Montgomeryshire and Clwyd South. Montgomeryshire is also entirely within the preserved county of Powys, and within the Mid and West Wales region. Clwyd South is partly, and mostly, a Clwyd constituency, and within the North 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

Constituency boundaries changed from the 2007 Assembly election, as did regional boundaries. Brecon and Radnorshire remained a Powys constituency, however, and one of eight constituencies in the Mid and West Wales electoral region.

Brecon and Radnorshire is one of two constituencies covering Powys, both entirely within the preserved county, and both within the Mid and West Wales region. The other Powys constituency is Montgomeryshire.

The Mid and West Wales 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.

Assembly Members

Period		Member	Party
	1999	Kirsty Williams	Liberal Democrat

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.

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Brecon and Radnorshire[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsty Williams	15,898	52.4	+9.3
	Conservative	Gary Price	7,728	25.4	-7.9
	Labour	Alex Thomas	2,703	8.9	−8.0
	UKIP	Thomas Turton	2,161	7.1	+7.1
	Plaid Cymru	Freddy Greaves	1,180	3.9	−2.8
	Green	Grenville Ham	697	2.3	+2.3
Majority			8,170	27	+17.3
Turnout			30,367	56.5	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Brecon and Radnorshire[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsty Williams	12,201	43.0	−9.2
	Conservative	Christopher Paul Davies	9,444	33.3	−0.3
	Labour	Chris Lloyd	4,797	16.9	+8.2
	Plaid Cymru	Gary Price	1,906	6.7	+1.2
Majority			2,757	9.7	-8.9
Turnout			28,348	52.9	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−4.5

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Brecon and Radnorshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsty Williams	15,006	52.2	+2.6
	Conservative	Suzy Davies	9,652	33.6	+3.7
	Labour	Neil Stone	2,514	8.7	−2.9
	Plaid Cymru	Arwel Lloyd	1,576	5.5	+0.5
Majority			5,354	18.6	-1.1
Turnout			28,748	51.9	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−0.6

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Brecon and Radnorshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsty Williams	13,325	49.6	+5.0
	Conservative	Nick Bourne	8,017	29.9	+5.4
	Labour	David F. Rees	3,130	11.7	−6.0
	Plaid Cymru	Brynach Parry	1,329	5.0	−3.1
	UKIP	Elizabeth Fletcher Phillips	1,042	3.9	N/A
Majority			5,308	19.7	−0.3
Turnout			28,348	52.9	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+0.3

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Brecon and Radnorshire[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsty Williams	13,022	44.6	N/A
	Conservative	Nick Bourne	7,170	24.5	N/A
	Labour	Ian Janes	5,165	17.7	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	David Petersen	2,356	8.1	N/A
	Independent	Michael Shaw	1,502	5.1	N/A
Majority			5,852	20.0	N/A
Turnout			29,215	57.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

1. "Wales elections > Brecon & Radnorshire". BBC News. 6 May 2016.
2. "Wales elections > Brecon & Radnorshire". BBC News. 6 May 2011.
3. "Vote 99: Brecon & Radnorshire". BBC News (British Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 2008-08-05.