List of Parliamentary constituencies in Powys

Powys is divided into two constituencies of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament (Westminster), which are also used for elections to the [[Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament|Senedd].[n 1] The current boundaries have been effective since the 2007 National Assembly for Wales election and the 2010 UK 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 Senedd elections, constituencies are grouped into additional member electoral regions, and changes to constituency boundaries mean, also, changes to regional boundaries.

Westminster boundaries

From 2010
ConstituencyBoundaries
1. Brecon and Radnorshire CC (Westminster)
Parliamentary constituencies in Powys 2010
2. Montgomeryshire CC (Westminster)

  Conservative †   Liberal Democrat ¤

Constituency Electorate Majority Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Map reference above
Brecon and Radnorshire 55,490 7,131   Fay Jones †   Jane Dodds ¤ 1
Montgomeryshire 48,997 12,138   Craig Williams †   Kishan Devani ¤ 2

1997 to 2010
ConstituencyBoundaries
1. Brecon and Radnorshire CC (Westminster)
Parliamentary constituencies in Powys pre-2010
2. Montgomeryshire CC (Westminster)
3. Clwyd South CC (Westminster) (part)

The Clwyd South constituency was also partly a Clwyd constituency.

Proposed boundary changes

The Boundary Commission for Wales submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.

Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.

On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Chloe Smith, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries. They propose to bring forward primary legislation to remove the statutory obligation to implement the 2018 Boundary Review recommendations, as well as set the framework for future boundary reviews in time for the next review which is due to begin in early 2021 and report no later than October 2023. It is proposed that the number of constituencies now remains at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.[2]

Assembly boundaries

From 2007
ConstituencyAssembly regionConstituency boundaries
1. Brecon and Radnorshire CC (Assembly)Mid and West Wales
Assembly constituencies in Powys 2007
2. Montgomeryshire CC (Assembly)

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

1999 to 2007
ConstituencyAssembly regionConstituency boundaries
1. Brecon and Radnorshire CC (Assembly)Mid and West Wales
Assembly constituencies in Powys pre-2007
2. Montgomeryshire CC (Assembly)
3. Clwyd South CC (Assembly) (part) North Wales

Results

Westminster elections
2005 2010 2015 2017

Assembly elections
2007 2011 2016

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1832 to 1885

  Conservative   Liberal   Peelite   Whig

Constituency 1832 33 1835 1837 40 1841 1847 50 1852 54 55 1857 58 1859 61 62 63 1865 66 1868 69 70 1874 75 77 1880 84
Montgomery Boroughs Pugh Edwards Cholmondeley Pugh Willes-Johnson C. Hanbury-Tracy F. Hanbury-Tracy
Montgomeryshire C. Williams-Wynn H. Williams-Wynn C. Williams-Wynn jnr Rendel
Radnor Boroughs Price T. Lewis G. Lewis → Green-Price Cavendish Williams Coltman-Rogers
Radnorshire T. Lewis Wilkins J. Walsh A. Walsh Green-Price
Brecon Watkins C. M. Morgan Watkins C. R. Morgan Watkins → Gwyn1 Villiers Gwynne-Holford Flower
Breconshire Wood Bailey G. Morgan Fuller-Maitland

1 original victor Pratt (Liberal) declared void on petition

1885 to 1918

  Conservative   Liberal

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

  Coalition Liberal (1918–22) / National Liberal (1922–23)   Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal   National Government   National Liberal (1931–68)

Constituency 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 31 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

  Conservative   Liberal   Liberal Democrats

Constituency 1983 85 1987 88 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 19 2019
Montgomeryshire Carlile → Öpik G. Davies C. Williams
Brecon and Radnorshire Hooson Livsey → Evans Livsey R. Williams C. Davies Dodds Jones

See also

Notes and references
References
  1. The Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) Order 2006, OPSI website
  2. "Update: Strengthening Democracy:Written statement - HCWS183". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
Notes
  1. county constituencies (CCs) for the purposes of type of returning officer and level of expenses; an esoteric and largely academic distinction is therefore sometimes made between borough and county constituencies
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