Llanelli (UK Parliament constituency)

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Llanelli County constituency
Llanelli shown within Wales
Created:	1918
MP:	Nia Griffith
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
Preserved county:	Dyfed
EP constituency:	Wales

Llanelli is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1918 to 1966 the official spelling of the constituency name was Llanelly. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The Llanelli Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Assembly Members 4 Election results 4.1 United Kingdom Parliament 4.2 Welsh Assembly 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Boundaries

1918 The constituency was established in 1918, as a division of Carmarthenshire, located in the south east of the county. This area had, until 1918, been the southern part of the constituency of East Carmarthenshire.

It consisted of the then local authority areas of the Municipal Borough of Llanelly; the Urban Districts of Ammanford, Burry Port and Cwmamman; the Rural Districts of Lanelly and part of Llandilofawr.

The division bordered Carmarthen to the west and north, Brecon and Radnor to the north east, Neath to the east, Gower to the south east and the sea to the south.

1950 and 1955 In the next redistribution of constituencies in Wales, which took effect in 1950, the northern boundary of the constituency was slightly altered. Llanelly no longer bordered Brecon and Radnor and Gower was extended north and took over the part of the 1918 Neath constituency that had previously adjoined Carmarthenshire. The constituency area continued to include the same local authorities as in 1918 (apart from a spelling change to Llandilo for the part RDC included). There was a further minor change in the 1955 redistribution.

At some point (probably in 1966 when the official name of the local authority changed) the official spelling of the constituency name was altered to Llanelli (which is the spelling Craig uses in his compilation of results from 1950-1973, despite the entry in his book on parliamentary boundaries for the 1950 redistribution following the statute in using Llanelly).

1974 The constituency appears to have been unchanged by the redistribution. The local authorities remained the same (apart from spelling changes to Llanelli and Llandeilo). The substantial local government changes which took effect in 1973-74 did not affect this redistribution as it used the old boundaries to construct parliamentary constituencies.

1983 The redistribution altered the constituency by 8.4%. 96.2% of the new constituency had been in the old one. 3.8% of the electors came from the former Carmarthen constituency.

The area now formed part of the new county of Dyfed. The district level local government units contained in the constituency were the Borough of Llanelli and Wards 2-6 and 9 of the Borough of Dinefwr.

1997 In this redistribution the constituency was reduced so that it covered the same area as the Borough of Llanelli.

Next Redistribution From the next United Kingdom general election, due before mid 2010, the constituency will comprise the Carmarthenshire County electoral divisions of Bigyn, Burry Port, Bynea, Dafen, Elli, Felinfoel, Glanymor, Glyn, Hendy, Hengoed, Kidwelly, Llangennech, Llannon, Lliedi, Llwynhendy, Pembrey, Pontyberem, Swiss Valley, Trimsaran, Tycroes and Tyisha.

The Boundary Commission for Wales, in its provisional report, confirmed that it recommended no change to the constituency. The boundaries proposed in that report were the ones subsequently given legal effect.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1918	Josiah Towyn Jones	Coalition Liberal
	1922	John Henry Williams	Labour
	1936	Jim Griffiths	Labour
	1970	Denzil Davies	Labour
	2005	Nia Griffith	Labour

[edit] Assembly Members

Year		Member	Party
	1999	Helen Mary Jones	Plaid
	2003	Catherine Thomas	Labour

[edit] Election results

[edit] United Kingdom Parliament

General Election 2005: Llanelli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nia Griffith	16,592	46.9	-1.7
	Plaid Cymru	Neil Baker	9,358	26.5	-4.4
	Conservative	Adrian Phillips	4,844	13.7	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Rees	4,550	12.9	+4.4
Majority			7,234	20.5
Turnout			35,344	63.5	+1.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.4

General Election 2001: Llanelli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denzil Davies	17,586	48.6	-9.3
	Plaid Cymru	Dyfan Jones	11,183	30.9	+11.9
	Conservative	Simon Hayes	3,442	9.5	-2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Rees	3,065	8.5	-0.7
	Green	Jan Cliff	515	1.4	N/A
	Socialist Labour	John Willock	407	1.1	-0.7
Majority			6,403	17.7
Turnout			36,198	62.3	-8.4
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Welsh Assembly

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Llanelli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine Thomas	9,916	42.8	+3.05
	Plaid Cymru	Helen Mary Jones	9,895	42.8%	+0.53
	Conservative	Gareth Jones	1,712	7.39	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Rees	1,644	1,644	-3.19
Majority			21	0.09
Turnout			35,344	63.5	+1.2
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing	1.26

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Llanelli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Helen Mary Jones	11,973	42.1	N/A
	Labour	Ann Garrard	11,285	39.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Dumper	2,920	10.3	N/A
	Conservative	Barrie Harding	1,864	6.6	N/A
	Independent (politician)	Anthony Popham	345	1.3	N/A
Majority			688	2.4	N/A
Turnout			28,387	48.9	N/A
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing	N/A

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Dyfed

[edit] References

• Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1972)
• British Parliamentary Constituencies: A Statistical Compendium, by Ivor Crewe and Anthony Fox (Faber and Faber 1984)

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)