Ceredigion (Senedd constituency)

Not to be confused with Ceredigion (UK Parliament constituency).

Ceredigion is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of eight constituencies in the Mid and West Wales electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Ceredigion
Senedd county constituency for the Senedd
Ceredigion shown within the Mid and West Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd county constituency
Created	1999
Party	Plaid Cymru
MS	Elin Jones
Preserved county	Dyfed

It has been represented since its creation in 1999 by Plaid Cymru's Elin Jones, who has also been the Llywydd (Presiding Officer) of the Senedd since 2016.

Boundaries

 

Map of current boundaries

The area of the constituency is similar to that of the county of Ceredigion.

1999 to 2007

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Ceredigion Westminster constituency. It is a Dyfed constituency, one of five constituencies covering, and entirely within, the preserved county of Dyfed.

The other four Dyfed constituencies are Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, Llanelli and Preseli Pembrokeshire. They are all within the Mid and West Wales electoral region.

The region consisted of the eight constituencies of Brecon and Radnorshire, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, Llanelli, Meirionnydd Nant Conwy, Montgomeryshire and Preseli Pembrokeshire.

From 2007

Boundaries changed for the 2007 Assembly election. Ceredigion remained one of five Dyfed constituencies and one of eight constituencies in the Mid and West Wales region. However, boundaries within Dyfed changed, to realign them with local government ward boundaries and to reduce disparities in the sizes of constituency electorates, and the boundaries of the region changed, to align them with the boundaries of preserved counties.

The other four Dyfed constituencies are, again, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Llanelli and Preseli Pembrokeshire. They are all within the Mid and West Wales electoral region.

The region consists of the constituencies of Brecon and Radnorshire, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, Dwyfor Meirionnydd, Llanelli, Montgomeryshire and Preseli Pembrokeshire.

For Westminster purposes, the same new constituency boundaries became effective for the 2010 United Kingdom general election.

Voting

In general elections for the Senedd, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Member of the Senedd for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

Members of the Senedd

Election		Member	Party	Portrait
	1999	Elin Jones	Plaid Cymru

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Ceredigion^[1]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Elin Jones^[a]	16,946	55.1	+14.4	14,201	45.9	+8.7
	Conservative	Amanda Jenner	4,801	15.6	+8.5	5,137	16.6	+6.7
	Labour	Dylan Lewis-Rowlands	3,345	10.9	+4.4	4,888	15.8	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Cadan ap Tomos	3,227	10.5	-22.1	2,650	8.6	-11.8
	Green	Harry Hayfield	1,356	4.4	+0.3	1,795	5.8	-0.4
	Reform UK	Gethin James	775	2.5	New	392	1.3	New
	Freedom Alliance (UK)	Stephanie Evans	305	1.0	New	208	0.7	New
	Abolish					684	2.2	-1.8
	UKIP					390	1.3	-9.0
	Christian					176
	Gwlad					131	0.4	New
	Propel					120	0.4	New
	Communist					95	0.3	+0.1
	TUSC					41	0.1	New
Majority			12,145	39.5	+31.4
Turnout			30,755	55.74^[2]	-0.4
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Ceredigion

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional^[3]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Elin Jones^[a]	12,014	40.7	-0.6	10,692	37.2	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Evans	9,606	32.6	-2.6	5,858	20.4	-6.4
	UKIP	Gethin James	2,665	9.0	New	2,973	10.3	+6.6
	Conservative	Felix Aubel	2,075	7.1	-2.4	2,834	9.9	-2.9
	Labour	Iwan Wyn Jones	1,902	6.5	-2.2	2,916	10.2	-0.3
	Green	Brian Williams	1,223	4.1	-1.1	1,793	6.2	-0.1
	Abolish					1,146	4.0	New
	Monster Raving Loony					169	0.6	New
	Welsh Christian					108	0.4	-0.3
	Association of Welsh Independents					91	0.3	New
	People First (Wales)					89	0.3	New
	Communist					58	0.2	-0.2
Majority			2,408	8.1	+2.0
Turnout			29,485	56.1	+4.2
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Ceredigion

Party		Candidate	Constituency ^[4]			Regional^[5]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Elin Jones^[a]	12,020	41.3	-7.9	10,596	36.5	-5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Evans	10,243	35.2	- 0.9	7,789	26.8	+0.9
	Conservative	Luke Evetts	2,755	9.5	+1.6	3,718	12.8	+0.3
	Labour	Richard Boudier	2,544	8.7	+3.6	3,049	10.5	+2.7
	Green	Chris Simpson	1,514	5.2	New	1,821	6.3	+1.7
	UKIP					1,066	3.7	+1.5
	Socialist Labour					376	1.3	+0.6
	BNP					309	1.1	-0.7
	Welsh Christian					206	0.7	-0.3
	Communist					121	0.4	+0.1
Majority			1,777	6.1	-7.0
Turnout			29,076	51.9	-3.8
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Regional ballots rejected: 187^[6]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Ceredigion

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional^[7]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Elin Jones^[a]	14,818	49.2	+4.1	12,488	41.6	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Davies	10,863	36.1	+8.5	7,769	25.9	+5.2
	Conservative	Trefor Jones	2,369	7.9	-3.2	3,753	12.5	-1.2
	Labour	Linda Grace	1,530	5.1	-7.5	2,348	7.8	-6.7
	Independent	(Dafydd) Emyr Morgan	528	1.8	New
	Green					1,394	4.6	-0.8
	UKIP					663	2.2	-1.2
	BNP					550	1.8	New
	Welsh Christian					286	1.0	New
	Socialist Labour					210	0.7	New
	Gwynoro Jones - Independent					202	0.7	New
	Caroline Evans - Independent					128	0.4	New
	Communist					93	0.3	New
	Veritas					79	0.3	New
	CPA					58	0.2	New
Majority			3,955	13.1	-4.4
Turnout			30,108	55.7	+5.7
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing	-2.3
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Ceredigion

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional^[8]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Elin Jones^[a]	11,883	45.1	-2.7	10,358	39.4	-14.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Davies	7,265	27.6	+16.4	5,437	20.7	+5.1
	Labour	Rhianon Passmore	3,308	12.6	-3.1	3,802	14.5	-1.1
	Conservative	Owen J Williams	2,923	11.1	+1.9	3,589	13.7	+1.5
	UKIP	Ian Sheldon	940	3.6	New	888	3.4	New
	Green					1,417	5.4	+1.0
	Mid and West Wales Pensioners					404	1.5	New
	Cymru Annibynnol					208	0.8	New
	Vote 2 Stop the War					101	0.4	New
	Prolife Alliance					70	0.3	New
Majority			4,618	17.5	-14.6
Turnout			26,470	50.0	-7.8
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing	-9.4
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency

2003 Electorate: 52,940
Regional ballots rejected: 189

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Ceredigion

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional ^[9]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Elin Jones	15,258	47.8	N/A	17,131	53.6	N/A
	Labour	Maria Battle	5,009	15.7	N/A	4,978	15.6	N/A
	Independent	David Lloyd Evans	4,114	12.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Doiran D. Evans	3,571	11.2	N/A	3,836	12.0	N/A
	Conservative	Henri Lloyd Davies	2,944	9.2	N/A	3,881	12.2	N/A
	Green	Dave Bradney	1,002	3.1	N/A	1,406	4.4	N/A
	Socialist Labour					358	1.1	N/A
	Other list parties					344	1.1
Majority			10,249	32.1	N/A
Turnout			31,898	57.8	N/A
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

References

1. (PDF). Ceredigion County Council. 9 April 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
2. Hayward, Will (7 May 2021). "The voter turnout figures for every constituency in Wales". WalesOnline. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
3. "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
4. "Wales elections > Ceredigion". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
5. "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales Election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
6. "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
7. "2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
8. . The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
9. "Vote 99 Wales (Time Stub 01:07:47)". YouTube. BBC News. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

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