List of Parliamentary constituencies in Powys

Powys is divided into just two constituencies. They are both county constituencies (CCs) of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster), and are used also for elections to the National Assembly for Wales. The current boundaries have been effective since the Welsh Assembly election, 2007 and the 2010 United Kingdom general election.[1]

Powys is one of the eight preserved counties of Wales, and has the name and boundaries of one of the 22 principal areas.

For Welsh Assembly elections, constituencies are grouped into additional member electoral regions, and changes to constituency boundaries mean, also, changes to regional boundaries.

Westminster boundaries

From 2010

Constituency Boundaries
1. Brecon and Radnorshire CC (Westminster)
2. Montgomeryshire CC (Westminster)

1997 to 2010

Constituency Boundaries
1. Brecon and Radnorshire CC (Westminster)
2. Montgomeryshire CC (Westminster)
3. Clwyd South CC (Westminster) (part)

The Clwyd South constituency was also partly a Clwyd constituency.

Changes proposed in 2016

As part of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the Boundary Commission for Wales proposed changes to almost all the existing Welsh Westminster constituencies, giving some of them Welsh language names.[2]

Assembly boundaries

From 2007

Constituency Assembly region Constituency boundaries
1. Brecon and Radnorshire CC (Assembly) Mid and West Wales
2. Montgomeryshire CC (Assembly)

The Mid and West Wales region also includes five Dyfed constituencies and one Gwynedd constituency.

1999 to 2007

Constituency Assembly region Constituency boundaries
1. Brecon and Radnorshire CC (Assembly) Mid and West Wales
2. Montgomeryshire CC (Assembly)
3. Clwyd South CC (Assembly) (part) North Wales

Results

Westminster elections

2005 2010 2015

Assembly elections

2007 2011 2016

Historical representation by party

1885 to 1918

Constituency 1885 1886 1892 94 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910
Montgomery District P. Pryce-Jones Hanbury-Tracy P. Pryce-Jones E. Pryce-Jones Rees E. Pryce-Jones
Montgomeryshire Rendel Humphreys-Owen Davies
Radnorshire Walsh Edwards Milbank Edwards Dillwyn-Venables-Llewellyn Edwards
Breconshire Fuller-Maitland Morley Robinson

1918 to 1983

Constituency 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 39 42 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 62 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979
Montgomeryshire D. Davies C. Davies --> --> --> Hooson Williams
Brecon and Radnor Robinson Jenkins --> Hall Freeman Hall Guest Jackson Watkins Roderick Hooson

1983 to present

Constituency 1983 85 1987 88 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015
Montgomeryshire Carlile --> Öpik G. Davies
Brecon and Radnorshire Hooson Livsey Evans Livsey Williams C. Davies

Notes and references

  1. ↑ The Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) Order 2006, OPSI website
  2. ↑ Initial Proposals Report Boundary Commission for Wales
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