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Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency) 
Summary
Dwyfor Meirionnydd is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster). The seat was created by the Welsh Boundary Commission for the 2010 general election, and replaced the old north Wales seat of Meirionnydd Nant Conwy. Dwyfor Meirionnydd is bordered to the north by Arfon and Aberconwy. The same boundaries were used for the Dwyfor Meirionnydd Welsh Assembly constituency in the 2007 Welsh Assembly election.
| Dwyfor Meirionnydd | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Dwyfor Meirionnydd in Wales for the 2010 general election | |
| Preserved county | Gwynedd |
| Electorate | 45,006 (December 2010)[1] |
| Major settlements | Pwllheli, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Porthmadog |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2010 |
| Member of Parliament | Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Caernarfon and Meirionnydd Nant Conwy |
| Overlaps | |
| Senedd | Dwyfor Meirionnydd, Mid and West Wales |
Like its predecessors, it is a Plaid Cymru stronghold, with their candidate in 2019 achieving a majority of 15.9%.
The constituency is to retain its name and gain wards, 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.[2]
Boundaries edit
Map of current boundaries
The constituency was created by merging most of Meirionnydd Nant Conwy with the southern part of Caernarfon; the northern area became part of a new Arfon constituency.
The electoral wards used to create the seat are as follows. They are entirely within the preserved county of Gwynedd.
- Aberdaron, Aberdyfi, Abererch, Abermaw, Abersoch, Bala, Botwnnog, Bowydd and Rhiw, Brithdir and Llanfachreth/Ganllwyd/Llanelltyd, Bryn-crug/Llanfihangel, Clynnog, Corris/Mawddwy, Criccieth, Diffwys and Maenofferen, Dolbenmaen, Dolgellau North, Dolgellau South, Dyffryn Ardudwy, Efail-newydd/Buan, Harlech, Llanaelhaearn, Llanbedr, Llanbedrog, Llandderfel, Llanengan, Llangelynin, Llanuwchllyn, Llanystumdwy, Morfa Nefyn, Nefyn, Penrhyndeudraeth, Porthmadog East, Porthmadog West, Porthmadog-Tremadog, Pwllheli North, Pwllheli South, Teigl, Trawsfynydd, Tudweiliog and Tywyn.
Members of Parliament edit
| Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Elfyn Llwyd | Plaid Cymru | Plaid Cymru's Westminster parliamentary group leader until 2015 | |
| 2015 | Liz Saville Roberts | Plaid Cymru | Plaid Cymru's Westminster parliamentary group leader from 2017 | |
Elections edit
Elections in the 2010s edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Elfyn Llwyd | 12,814 | 44.3 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Simon Baynes | 6,447 | 22.3 | N/A | |
| Labour | Alwyn Humphreys | 4,021 | 13.9 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Churchman | 3,538 | 12.2 | N/A | |
| Independent | Louise Hughes | 1,310 | 4.5 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Frank Wykes | 776 | 2.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,367 | 22.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 28,906 | 63.7 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 45,354 | ||||
| Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Liz Saville Roberts | 11,811 | 40.9 | -3.4 | |
| Conservative | Neil Fairlamb | 6,550 | 22.7 | +0.4 | |
| Labour | Mary Clarke | 3,904 | 13.5 | -0.4 | |
| UKIP | Christopher Gillibrand[9] | 3,126 | 10.8 | +8.1 | |
| Independent | Louise Hughes | 1,388 | 4.8 | +0.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Churchman | 1,153 | 4.0 | -8.2 | |
| Green | Marc Fothergill | 981 | 3.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,261 | 18.2 | -3.8 | ||
| Turnout | 28,913 | 65.1 | +1.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 44,394 | ||||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | -1.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Liz Saville Roberts | 13,687 | 45.1 | +4.2 | |
| Conservative | Neil Fairlamb | 8,837 | 29.1 | +6.4 | |
| Labour | Mathew Norman | 6,273 | 20.7 | +7.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Churchman | 937 | 3.1 | -0.9 | |
| UKIP | Frank Wykes | 614 | 2.0 | -8.8 | |
| Majority | 4,850 | 16.0 | -2.2 | ||
| Turnout | 30,312 | 68.0 | +2.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 44,699 | ||||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | -1.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Liz Saville Roberts | 14,447 | 48.3 | +3.2 | |
| Conservative | Tomos Davies | 9,707 | 32.4 | +3.3 | |
| Labour | Graham Hogg | 3,998 | 13.4 | -7.3 | |
| Brexit Party | Louise Hughes | 1,776 | 5.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,740 | 15.9 | -0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 29,928 | 67.5 | -0.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 44,362 | ||||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | -0.1 | |||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies - The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales (PDF). Boundary Commission for Wales. 28 June 2023.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Dwyfor Meirionnydd BBC Election - Dwyfor Meirionnydd
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Gwynedd Council results". Parliamentary Election results - 7 May 2015. Gwynedd Council. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Gwynedd Council. 9 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ "Dwyfor Meirionnydd Parliamentary constituency". Election 2015 Results. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ Randall, Liam (22 April 2015). "Chris Gillibrand, UKIP candidate for Dwyfor Meirionnydd". northwales.
- ^ "General Election 2017: The Dwyfor Meirionnydd candidates". Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ "Dwyfor Meirionnydd Parliamentary constituency". Election 2017 Results. BBC. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Cyngor Gwynedd Council. 14 November 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "Dwyfor Meirionnydd parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
External links edit
- Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
- 2017 Election House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report
- A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers)
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