Brecon and Radnorshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Brecon and Radnorshire County constituency
Brecon and Radnorshire shown within Wales
Created:	1918
MP:	Roger Williams
Party:	Liberal Democrat
Type:	House of Commons
Preserved county:	Powys
EP constituency:	Wales

Brecon and Radnorshire is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Created in 1918, it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is the single largest constituency (by area) in England and Wales.[1]

The Brecon and Radnorshire Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Elections 5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The boundaries of the constituency correspond broadly with the traditional counties of Brecknockshire and Radnorshire.

[edit] History

While once a Labour stronghold, the constituency has been in Liberal Democrat hands since 1997. It was the Conservative Party's fifteenth target seat at the 2005 election.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Sidney Robinson	Coalition Liberal
	1922	William Albert Jenkins	National Liberal
	1923		Liberal
	1924	Capt Walter D'Arcy Hall MC	Conservative
	1929	Peter Freeman	Labour
	1931	Capt Walter D'Arcy Hall MC	Conservative
	1935	Ivor Grosvenor Guest	National
	1939 (by-election)	William Frederick Jackson	Labour
	1945	Tudor Elwyn Watkins	Labour
	1970	Caerwyn Eifion Roderick	Labour
	1979	Tom Ellis Hooson	Conservative
	1985 (by-election)	Richard Arthur Lloyd Livsey	Liberal
	1992	Jonathan Evans	Conservative
	1997	Richard Arthur Lloyd Livsey	Liberal Democrat
	2001	Roger Williams	Liberal Democrat

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Brecon and Radnorshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Williams	17,182	44.8	+8.0
	Conservative	Andrew Davies	13,277	34.6	-0.2
	Labour	Leighton Veale	5,755	15.0	-6.4
	Plaid Cymru	Mabon ap Gwynfor	1,404	3.7	+0.2
	UK Independence	Liz Phillips	723	1.9	+0.7
Majority			3,905	10.2
Turnout			38,341	69.5	-1.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+4.1

General Election 2001: Brecon and Radnorshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Williams	13,824	36.8	-4.0
	Conservative	Felix Aubel	13,073	34.8	+5.9
	Labour	Huw Irranca-Davies	8,024	21.4	-5.3
	Plaid Cymru	Brynach Parri	1,301	3.5	+2.0
	Independent (politician)	Ian Mitchell	762	2.0	N/A
	UK Independence	Elizabeth Phillips	452	1.2	N/A
	Independent (politician)	Robert Nicholson	80	0.2	N/A
Majority			751	2.0
Turnout			37,516	70.5	-11.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Powys
• Brecon and Radnorshire (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

Constituencies in Wales
Labour	Aberavon | Alyn and Deeside | Bridgend | Caerphilly | Cardiff North | Cardiff South and Penarth | Cardiff West | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Clwyd South | Conwy | Cynon Valley | Delyn | Gower | Islwyn | Llanelli | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Neath | Newport East | Newport West | Ogmore | Pontypridd | Rhondda | Swansea East | Swansea West | Torfaen | Vale of Clwyd | Vale of Glamorgan | Wrexham | Ynys Môn
Liberal Democrat	Brecon and Radnorshire | Cardiff Central | Ceredigion | Montgomeryshire
Conservative	Clwyd West | Monmouth | Preseli Pembrokeshire
Plaid Cymru	Caernarfon | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
Independent	Blaenau Gwent
Wales European constituency: Labour (2) | Conservative (1) | Plaid Cymru (1)