Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (Assembly constituency)

Welsh Assembly constituency infobox
Name = Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Type = county


Region = Mid and West Wales
Year = 1999
AM = Rhodri Glyn Thomas
Party = Plaid Cymru
County= Dyfed

Carmarthen East and Dinefwr 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 East and Dinefwr 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 West and South Pembrokeshire, 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.

From 2007

Boundaries changed for the 2007 Assembly election. Carmarthen East and Dinefwr remains 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 the 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 West and South Pembrokeshire, 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 next 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

Elections

Election box begin
title=Assembly Election 2007: Carmarthen East and DinefwrElection box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Rhodri Glyn Thomas
votes = 15,655
percentage = 53.5
change = +5.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kevin Madge
votes = 7,186
percentage = 24.6
change = -6.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Henrietta Hensher
votes = 4,676
percentage = 16.0
change = +2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ian Walton
votes = 1,752
percentage = 6.0
change = -1.0Election box majority
votes = 8,469
percentage = 28.9
change = +11.7Election box turnout
votes = 29,269
percentage = 55.7
change = +6.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Plaid Cymru
swing =

Election box begin
title=Assembly Election 2003: Carmarthen East and DinefwrElection box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Rhodri Glyn Thomas
votes = 12,969
percentage = 48.5
change = -4.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony Cooper
votes = 8,355
percentage = 31.2
change = -0.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Harri Davies
votes = 3,576
percentage = 13.4
change = +4.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Steffan John
votes = 1,866
percentage = 7.0
change = +0.2Election box majority
votes = 4,614
percentage = 17.2
change = -4.2Election box turnout
votes = 26,766
percentage = 49.5
change = -11.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Plaid Cymru
swing =

Election box begin
title=Assembly Election 1999: Carmarthen East and DinefwrElection box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Rhodri Glyn Thomas
votes = 17,328
percentage = 53.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Chris Llewelyn
votes = 10,348
percentage = 31.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Helen Stoddart
votes = 2,776
percentage = 8.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Juliana Hughes
votes = 2,202
percentage = 6.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 6,980
percentage = 21.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 32,654
percentage = 61.0
change =

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