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Mid and West Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)
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| Welsh Assembly electoral region | |
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| Mid and West Wales shown within Wales | |
| Created 1999 |
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| Current representation | |
| Plaid Cymru | 5 AMs |
| Conservative | 3 AMs |
| Labour | 2 AMs |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 AMs |
| Constituencies 1. Brecon and Radnorshire 2. Carmarthen East and Dinefwr 3. Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire 4. Ceredigion 5. Dwyfor Meirionnydd 6. Llanelli 7. Montgomeryshire 8. Preseli Pembrokeshire |
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| Preserved counties Clwyd (part) Dyfed Gwynedd (part) Powys (part) |
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Mid and West Wales is an electoral region of the National Assembly for Wales, consisting of eight constituencies. The region elects twelve members, eight directly elected constituency members and four additional members. The electoral region was first used in the 1999 Welsh Assembly election, when the Assembly for Wales was created.
Each constituency elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post electoral system, and the region as a whole elects four additional or top-up Assembly Members, to create a degree of proportional representation. The additional member seats are allocated from closed lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.
As created in 1999, the region covers the whole of the preserved county of Dyfed, most of the preserved county of Powys and parts of the preserved counties of Clwyd and Gwynedd. Other parts of Powys, Clwyd and Gwynedd are within the North Wales electoral region. For the 2007 Welsh Assembly election, however, boundaries will change, and the region will cover all of the preserved county of Dyfed, all of the preserved county of Powys and part of the preserved county of Gwynedd. The rest of Gwynedd will be in the North Wales region.
The constituencies have the names and boundaries of constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). For Westmister election purposes, however, there are no electoral regions, and constituency boundary changes will become effective for the next United Kingdom general election.
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| Constituency | 2007 Result | Preserved county |
|---|---|---|
| Brecon and Radnorshire | Kirsty Williams Liberal Democrats |
Entirely within Powys |
| Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Rhodri Glyn Thomas Plaid Cymru |
Entirely within Dyfed |
| Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Angela Burns Conservative |
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| Ceredigion | Elin Jones Plaid Cymru |
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| Dwyfor Meirionnydd | Dafydd Elis-Thomas Plaid Cymru |
Entirely within Gwynedd |
| Llanelli | Helen Mary Jones Plaid Cymru |
Entirely within Dyfed |
| Montgomeryshire | Mick Bates Liberal Democrats |
Entirely within Powys |
| Preseli Pembrokeshire | Paul Davies Conservative |
Entirely within Dyfed |
| Party | Constituency Seats | List Votes (vote %) | D'Hondt Entitlement | Additional Members Elected | Total Members Elected | Deviation from D'Hondt Entitlement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | 4 | 67258 (31.0%) | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Conservative | 2 | 49606 (22.9%) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Labour | 0 | 39979 (18.4%) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 28790 (13.3%) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Green | 0 | 8768 (4.0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UKIP | 0 | 8191 (3.8%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BNP | 0 | 6389 (2.9%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Parties (each 1% or less) | 0 | 7976 (3.68%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Constituency | Preserved counties |
|---|---|
| Brecon and Radnorshire | Entirely within Powys |
| Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Entirely within Dyfed |
| Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | |
| Ceredigion | |
| Llanelli | |
| Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Partly Clwyd, partly Gwynedd |
| Montgomeryshire | Entirely within Powys |
| Preseli Pembrokeshire | Entirely within Dyfed |