Brecon and Radnorshire (Assembly constituency)

Welsh Assembly constituency infobox
Name = Brecon and Radnorshire
Type = county


Region = Mid and West Wales
Year = 1999
AM = Kirsty Williams
Party = Liberal Democrats
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.

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 isMontgomeryshire.

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 next United Kingdom general election.

Assembly Members

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

Election box begin
title=Assembly Election 2007: Brecon and RadnorshireElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Kirsty Williams
votes = 15,006
percentage = 52.2
change = +2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Suzy Davies
votes = 9,652
percentage = 33.6
change = +3.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Neil Stone
votes = 2,514
percentage = 8.7
change = -2.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Arwel Lloyd
votes = 1,576
percentage = 5.5
change = +0.5Election box majority
votes = 5,354
percentage = 18.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 28,748
percentage = 51.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=Assembly Election 2003: Brecon and RadnorshireElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Kirsty Williams
votes = 13,325
percentage = 49.6
change = +5.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nick Bourne
votes = 8,017
percentage = 29.9
change = +4.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = D Rees
votes = 3,130
percentage = 11.7
change = -6.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = B Parry
votes = 1,329
percentage = 5.0
change = -3.1Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Liz Phillips
votes = 1,042
percentage = 3.9
change = +3.9Election box majority
votes = 5,308
percentage = 19.7
change = -0.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = +0.3

Election box begin
title=Assembly Election 1999: Brecon and Radnorshire [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk//hi/english/static/vote_99/wales_99/html/constituency/4.stm|title=Vote 99: Brecon & Radnorshire|work=BBC News|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=2008-08-05] Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Kirsty Williams
votes = 13,022
percentage = 44.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = N Bourne
votes = 7,170
percentage = 24.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Janes
votes = 5,165
percentage = 17.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = David Peterson
votes = 2,356
percentage = 8.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = M Shaw
votes = 1,502
percentage = 5.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 5,852
percentage = 20.0
change =

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