Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (Assembly constituency)

Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
National Assembly for Wales county constituency
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire 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	Conservative Party
AM	Angela Burns
Preserved county	Dyfed

Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire 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 Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Westminster constituency. It was a Dyfed constituency, one of five constituencies covering, and entirely within, the preserved county of Dyfed.

The other four Dyfed constituencies were Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Ceredigion, Llanelli and Preseli Pembrokeshire. They were 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.

Since 2007

The constituency includes the whole of 22 Carmarthenshire communities (Abernant; Bronwydd; Carmarthen; Cilymaenllwyd; Cynwyl Elfed; Eglwyscummin; Henllanfallteg; Laugharne Township; Llanboidy; Llanddowror; Llangain; Llangynin; Llangynog; Llanpumsaint; Llansteffan; Llanwinio; Meidrim; Newchurch and Merthyr; Pendine; St Clears; Trelech; Whitland), the whole of 24 Pembrokeshire communities (Amroth; Angle; Carew; Cosheston; East Williamston; Hundleton; Jeffreyston; Kilgetty/Begelly; Lampeter Velfrey; Lamphey; Llanddewi Velfrey; Llawhaden; Manorbier; Martletwy; Narberth; Pembroke; Pembroke Dock; Penally; St Florence; St Mary Out Liberty; Saundersfoot; Stackpole and Castlemartin; Templeton; and Tenby), also the eastern part of the Pembrokeshire community of Uzmaston, Boulston and Slebech.

Boundaries changed for the 2007 Assembly election. Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire 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 East and Dinefwr, Ceredigion, Llanelli and Preseli Pembrokeshire, 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	Christine Gwyther	Labour
	2007	Angela Burns	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Burns	10,355	35.4	−0.4
	Labour	Marc Tierney	6,982	23.9	−6.6
	Plaid Cymru	Simon Thomas	5,459	18.7	−11.1
	UKIP	Allan Brookes	3,300	11.3	+11.3
	Independent	Chris Overton	1,638	5.6	+5.6
	Green	Valerie Bradley	804	2.7	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Cameron	699	2.4	−1.5
Majority			3,373
Turnout				51.2	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.1

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Burns	10,095	35.9	+5.8
	Labour	Christine Gwyther	8,591	30.5	+0.8
	Plaid Cymru	Nerys Evans	8,373	29.7	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Selwyn Runnett	1,097	3.9	−2.4
Majority			1,504	5.3	+5.0
Turnout			28,156	48.1	−1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.5

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Burns	8,590	30.1	+9.8
	Labour	Christine Gwyther	8,492	29.7	−5.1
	Plaid Cymru	Andrew John Dixon	8,340	29.2	−4.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Richard Gossage	1,806	6.3	−2.9
	Independent	Malcolm Carver	1,340	4.7	+4.7
Majority			98	0.3
Turnout			28,568	49.7	+7.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Gwyther	8,384	35.0	−0.2
	Plaid Cymru	Llyr Huws Gruffydd	7,869	32.8	+3.0
	Conservative	David N. Thomas	4,917	20.5	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mary K. Megarry	2,222	9.3	+2.6
	Independent	Arthur R. Williams	580	2.4	+2.4
Majority			515	2.1	−3.2
Turnout			24,253	43.0	−7.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.6

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Gwyther	9,891	35.1	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Roy Llewelyn	8,399	29.8	N/A
	Conservative	David G. Edwards	5,079	18.0	N/A
	Independent	William E.H.V. Davies	2,090	7.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Roger H. Williams	1,875	6.7	N/A
	Independent	Graham T.R. Fry	815	2.9	N/A
Majority			1,492	5.3	N/A
Turnout			28,149	50.7	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

References

1. "Wales elections > Carmarthen West & Pembrokeshire South". BBC News. 6 May 2011.

Coordinates: 51°47′17″N 4°41′50″W / 51.78806°N 4.69722°W