Dwyfor Meirionnydd is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster), held by Liz Saville Roberts of Plaid Cymru. The seat is bordered to the north by Bangor Aberconwy, to the south by Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr, and to the east by Clwyd East. Until 2024, the seat shared the same boundaries with the Dwyfor Meirionnydd Welsh Assembly constituency, the latter of which still uses the borders established for the 2007 Welsh Assembly election.
| Dwyfor Meirionnydd | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
 Location within Wales | |
| Preserved county | Gwynedd |
| Electorate | 72,533 (March 2020)[1] |
| Major settlements | Caernarfon, Pwllheli, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Porthmadog, Dolgellau, Bala |
| 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 2024 achieving a majority of 39.3%.
History
editDwyfor Meirionnydd was created by the Welsh Boundary Commission for the 2010 general election, and replaced the old north Wales seat of Meirionnydd Nant Conwy.
At the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales, the constituency retained its name and gained wards in boundary changes first used for the 2024 United Kingdom general election.[2]
Boundaries
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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 seat is composed of the following electoral wards:
2010–2024: The Gwynedd wards of 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.
2024–present: As above, plus the Gwynedd wards of Bethel & Felinheli, Caernarfon Town Central, Clynnog, Cwm-y-Glo, Deiniolen, Hendre, Llanberis, Llanllyfni, Llanrug, Llanwanda, Menai, Peblig, Penygroes, Tryfan, Bontnewydd, and Groeslon, and the Denbighshire ward of Edeirnion.
- The areas of Gwynedd were transferred in from the Arfon constituency, and Edeirnion from the Clwyd South constituency.
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
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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 | |||
Elections in the 2020s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Liz Saville Roberts | 21,788 | 53.9 | +8.2 | |
| Labour | Joanna Stallard | 5,912 | 14.6 | −8.2 | |
| Reform UK | Lucy Murphy | 4,857 | 12.0 | +6.9 | |
| Conservative | Tomos Day | 4,712 | 11.7 | −14.5 | |
| Green | Karl Drinkwater | 1,448 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Phoebe Jenkins | 1,381 | 3.4 | +3.2 | |
| Heritage | Joan Ginsberg | 297 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
| Majority | 15,876 | 39.3 | +23.4 | ||
| Turnout | 40,395 | 55.3 | −14.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 73,042 | ||||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | +8.2 | |||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Mrs Justice Jefford; Thomas, Huw Vaughan; Hartley, Sam A (June 2023). "Appendix 1: Recommended Constituencies" (PDF). The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales. Cardiff: Boundary Commission for Wales. p. 250. ISBN 978-1-5286-3901-9. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "UK Parliamentary Election: Dwyfor Meinionnydd Constituency Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Cyngor Gwynedd. 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Dwyfor Meirionnydd - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
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)
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
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