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Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (UK Parliament constituency)

Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997 onwards

Not to be confused with Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (Senedd constituency).

Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (Welsh: Dwyrain Caerfyrddin a Dinefwr) is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom represented since 2010 by Jonathan Edwards of Plaid Cymru. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was created in 1997, mostly from the former seat of Carmarthen.

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The Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Senedd constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999 (as an Assembly constituency).

The constituency is set to be abolished, as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the next United Kingdom general election. Its wards is to be split between Caerfyrddin (Carmarthen) and Llanelli.[3]

Boundaries

Map of current boundaries

The constituency is within the Carmarthenshire authority area, with Llanybydder, Llandovery and Llanfihangel-ar-Arth in the north, Llanfihangel-uwch-Gwili, Llanegwad, and Llandeilo in the central area, and Ammanford and Glanamman in the south.

Boundary changes for the 2010 general election introduced minor alterations, with the areas around Hermon and Llanpumsaint removed to the Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire constituency. These changes came into effect in 2007 for the National Assembly for Wales.

The constituency includes the whole of 41 Carmarthenshire communities (Abergwili; Ammanford; Betws; Cenarth; Cilycwm; Cwmamman; Cynwyl Gaeo; Dyffryn Cennen; Gorslas; Llanarthney; Llanddarog; Llanddeusant; Llandeilo; Llandovery; Llandybie; Llandyfaelog; Llanegwad; Llanfair-ar-y-bryn; Llanfihangel Aberbythych; Llanfihangel-ar-Arth; Llanfihangel Rhos-y-Corn; Llanfynydd; Llangadog; Llangathen; Llangeler; Llangunnor; Llangyndeyrn; Llanllawddog; Llanllwni; Llansadwrn; Llansawel; Llanwrda; Llanybydder; Llanycrwys; Manordeilo and Salem; Myddfai; Newcastle Emlyn; Pencarreg; Quarter Bach; St Ishmael; Talley).

Members of Parliament

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Elections

Carmarthen - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr election results

Elections in the 1990s

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Elections in the 2000s

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Elections in the 2010s

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Of the 65 rejected ballots:

  • 44 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[25]
  • 14 voted for more than one candidate.[25]
  • 7 had writing or a mark by which the voter could be identified.[25]
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Of the 145 rejected ballots:

  • 123 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[27]
  • 20 voted for more than one candidate.[27]
  • 2 had writing or a mark by which the voter could be identified.[27]

Edwards was elected as a Plaid Cymru MP, but had the whip withdrawn by the party after he was arrested on suspicion of assault in May 2020.

See also

References

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    2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies - The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales (PDF). Boundary Commission for Wales. 28 June 2023.
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    "Carmarthen East and Dinefwr 1997-". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 2 February 2015.
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    Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
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    C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.50 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
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    This constituency was new in 1997, and the election result is calculated relative to a notional 1992 result.
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    "Parliamentary General Election 2017" (PDF). Carmarthen County Council. Carmarthen County Council. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
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    "Lesley Prosser". Archived from the original on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
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    "Parliamentary General Election 2019" (PDF). Carmarthen County Council. Carmarthen County Council. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
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    "Carmarthen East & Dinefwr parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 17 December 2019.

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