Mid and West Wales () was an electoral region of the Senedd, consisting of eight constituencies. The region elected twelve members, eight directly elected constituency members and four additional members. The electoral region was first used in the 1999 Welsh Assembly election, when the National Assembly for Wales was created.

Each constituency elected one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post electoral system, and the region as a whole elected four additional or top-up Members of the Senedd, to create a degree of proportional representation. The additional member seats were allocated from closed lists by the D'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

County and Westminster boundaries

As created in 1999, the region covered the whole of the preserved county of Dyfed, most of the preserved county of Powys and parts of the preserved counties of Clwyd and Gwynedd. Other parts of Powys, Clwyd and Gwynedd were within the North Wales electoral region.

However, boundaries changed for the 2007 Welsh Assembly election and the region later covered all of the preserved county of Dyfed, all of the preserved county of Powys and part of the preserved county of Gwynedd. The rest of Gwynedd was in the North Wales region.

The constituencies had the names and boundaries of constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). For Westminster election purposes, however, there are no electoral regions, and constituency boundary changes became effective for the 2010 United Kingdom general election.

Electoral region profile The region was geographically the largest of the five electoral regions in Wales, being larger in area than the other four regions combined. It consisted almost entirely of sparsely populated rural areas, with the exception of the tinplate- and steel-producing town of Llanelli in the south.J. Paxton (1999), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Places, 3rd ed. London: Penguin. The Welsh language was widely spoken across its area.

Constituencies Constituency 2021 result Preserved countyBrecon and RadnorshireJames Evans ConservativeEntirely within PowysCarmarthen East and DinefwrAdam Price Plaid Cymru Entirely within DyfedCarmarthen West and South PembrokeshireSamuel Kurtz ConservativeCeredigionElin Jones Plaid CymruDwyfor MeirionnyddMabon ap Gwynfor Plaid CymruEntirely within GwyneddLlanelliLee Waters LabourEntirely within DyfedMontgomeryshireRussell George ConservativeEntirely within PowysPreseli PembrokeshirePaul Davies ConservativeEntirely within Dyfed

Former constituencies 1999 to 2007

Constituency Preserved counties 1. Brecon and Radnorshire Entirely within Powys 2. Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Entirely within Dyfed 3. Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire 4. Ceredigion 5. Llanelli 6. Meirionnydd Nant Conwy Partly Clwyd, partly Gwynedd 7. Montgomeryshire Entirely within Powys 8. Preseli Pembrokeshire Entirely within Dyfed

Assembly members and Members of the Senedd Constituency MSs Term ElectionBrecon andRadnorshireCarmarthen Eastand DinefwrCarmarthen West andSouth PembrokeshireCeredigionMeirionnyddNant ConwyLlanelliMontgomeryshirePreseliPembrokeshire1st1999Kirsty Williams(LD)Rhodri Glyn Thomas(PC)Christine Gwyther(Lab)Elin Jones(PC)Dafydd Elis-Thomas(PC)Helen Mary Jones(PC)Mick Bates(LD)Richard Edwards(Lab)2nd2003Catherine Thomas(Lab)Tamsin Dunwoody(Lab) Term ElectionBrecon andRadnorshireCarmarthen Eastand DinefwrCarmarthen West andSouth PembrokeshireCeredigionDwyfor MeirionnyddLlanelliMontgomeryshirePreseliPembrokeshire 3rd2007Kirsty Williams(LD)Rhodri Glyn Thomas(PC)Angela Burns(Con)Elin Jones(PC)Dafydd Elis-Thomas(PC)(later Independent)Helen Mary Jones(PC)Mick Bates(LD)Paul Davies(Con)4th2011Keith Davies(Lab)Russell George(Con)5th2016Adam Price(PC)Lee Waters(Lab)20166th2021James Evans(Con)Samuel Kurtz(Con)Mabon ap Gwynfor(PC)

Regional list MSs N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

Term ElectionAMAMAMAM1st1999Nick Bourne(Con)Glyn Davies(Con)Alun Michael(Lab)Cynog Dafis(PC)2000Alun Michael resigned in May 2000 and was replaced by Delyth Evans.Delyth Evans(Lab)2nd2003Lisa Francis(Con)Helen Mary Jones(PC) 3rd2007Alun Davies(Lab)Joyce Watson(Lab)Nerys Evans(PC)4th2011William Powell(LD)Rebecca Evans(Lab)Simon Thomas(PC)5th2016Neil Hamilton(UKIP)Eluned Morgan(Lab)2018Helen Mary Jones(PC)6th2021Jane Dodds(LD)Cefin Campbell(PC)

2021 Senedd election

2021 Senedd election additional members Party Constituencyseats Listvotes (vote %) D'Hondtentitlement AdditionalMemberselected TotalMemberselected DeviationfromD'Hondtentitlement 3 65,460 (27.5%) 4 1 4 0 4 63,827 (26.8%) 4 0 4 0 1 61,733 (25.9%) 3 2 3 0 0 16,181 (6.8%) 1 1 1 0 0 10,545 (4.4%) 0 0 0 0 0 8,073 (3.4%) 0 0 0 0 0 3,731 (1.6%) 0 0 0 0 0 2,582 (0.5%) 0 0 0 0 0 1,428 (0.5%) 0 0 0 0 0 1,366 (0.6%) 0 0 0 0 Gwlad 0 1,303 (0.5%) 0 0 0 0 Freedom Alliance 0 1,181 (0.5%) 0 0 0 0 0 589 (0.2%) 0 0 0 0 0 257 (0.1%) 0 0 0 0

Regional MSs elected 2021 Party Name Eluned Morgan Joyce Watson Cefin Campbell Jane Dodds

D'Hondt count Seat #PartyVotesMemberCount 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5 –Plaid Cymru 65460Constituency seat 1 –Conservative 63827 Constituency seat 1 –Labour 61733 Constituency seat 1 –Plaid Cymru 32730 Constituency seat 2 –Conservative 31914 Constituency seat 2 1Labour 30866 Eluned Morgan –Plaid Cymru 21820 Constituency seat 3 –Conservative 21276 Constituency seat 3 2Labour 20578 Joyce Watson 3Plaid Cymru 16365Cefin Campbell 4Liberal Democrats 16181 Jane Dodds –Conservative 15957Constituency seat 4 5Labour 15433 Helen Taylor 6Plaid Cymru 13092Helen Mary Jones 7Conservative 12765 Tomos Davies 8Labour 12347 Ben Gwalchmai

2016 Welsh Assembly election additional members Party Constituencyseats Listvotes (vote %) D'Hondtentitlement AdditionalMemberselected TotalMemberselected DeviationfromD'Hondtentitlement 3 56,754 (26.3%) 4 1 4 0 3 44,461 (20.6%) 3 0 3 0 1 41,975 (19.4%) 3 2 3 0 0 25,042 (11.6%) 1 1 1 0 1 23,554 (10.9%) 1 0 1 0 0 10,707 (5.0%) 0 0 0 0 0 8,222 (3.8%) 0 0 0 0 People First 0 1,496 (0.7%) 0 0 0 0 0 1,103 (0.5%) 0 0 0 0 0 1,071 (0.5%) 0 0 0 0 0 1,032 (0.5%) 0 0 0 0 0 423 (0.2%) 0 0 0 0

Regional AMs elected 2016 Party Name Neil Hamilton Joyce Watson Simon Thomas Eluned Morgan

2011 Welsh Assembly election additional members Party Constituencyseats Listvotes (vote %) D'Hondtentitlement AdditionalMemberselected TotalMemberselected DeviationfromD'Hondtentitlement 3 56,384 (26.7%) 4 1 4 0 3 52,905 (25.1%) 3 0 3 0 1 47,348 (22.5%) 3 2 3 0 1 26,847 (12.7%) 2 1 2 0 0 9,711 (4.6%) 0 0 0 0 0 8,660 (4.1%) 0 0 0 0 0 3,951 (1.9%) 0 0 0 0 0 2,821 (1.3%) 0 0 0 0 0 1,630 (0.8%) 0 0 0 0 0 595 (0.3%) 0 0 0 0

Regional AMs elected 2011 Party Name Rebecca Evans Joyce Watson William Powell Simon Thomas

2007 Welsh Assembly election additional members Party Constituencyseats Listvotes (vote %) D'Hondtentitlement AdditionalMemberselected TotalMemberselected DeviationfromD'Hondtentitlement 4 67,258 (31.0%) 5 1 5 0 2 49,606 (22.9%) 3 1 3 0 0 39,979 (18.4%) 2 2 2 0 2 28,790 (13.3%) 2 0 2 0 0 8,768 (4.0%) 0 0 0 0 0 8,191 (3.8%) 0 0 0 0 0 6,389 (2.9%) 0 0 0 0 0 2,196 (1.0%) 0 0 0 0 (Gwynoro Jones) 0 1,598 (0.7%) 0 0 0 0 0 1,493 (0.7%) 0 0 0 0 (Caroline Evans) 0 1,108 (0.5%) 0 0 0 0 0 666 (0.3%) 0 0 0 0 0 502 (0.2%) 0 0 0 0 0 413 (0.2%) 0 0 0 0 BBC Election results

Regional AMs elected 2007 Party Name Nick Bourne Alun Davies Nerys Evans Joyce Watson

2003 Welsh Assembly election additional members Party Constituencyseats Listvotes (vote %) D'Hondtentitlement AdditionalMemberselected TotalMemberselected DeviationfromD'Hondtentitlement 3 51,874 (28.16%) 4 1 4 0 3 46,451 (25.22%) 3 0 3 0 0 35,566 (19.31%) 3 3 3 0 2 30,177 (16.38%) 2 0 2 0 0 7,794 (4.23%) 0 0 0 0 0 5,945 (3.23%) 0 0 0 0 Mid & West Wales Pensioners 0 3,968 (2.15%) 0 0 0 0 Cymru Annibynnol 0 1,324 (0.72%) 0 0 0 0 Vote No 2 Stop the War 0 716 (0.39%) 0 0 0 0 0 383 (0.21%) 0 0 0 0

Regional AMs elected 2003 Party Name Nick Bourne Glyn Davies Helen Mary Jones Lisa Francis

1999 Welsh Assembly election additional members Party Constituencyseats Listvotes (vote %) D'Hondtentitlement AdditionalMemberselected TotalMemberselected DeviationfromD'Hondtentitlement 4 84,554 (38.55%) 5 1 5 0 2 53,842 (24.55%) 3 1 3 0 0 36,622 (16.70%) 2 2 2 0 2 31,683 (14.44%) 2 0 2 0 0 7,718 (3.52%) 0 0 0 0 0 3,019 (1.38%) 0 0 0 0 0 1,214 (0.55%) 0 0 0 0 0 705 (0.32%) 0 0 0 0

Regional AMs elected 1999 Party Name Nick Bourne Alun Michael Cynog Dafis Glyn Davies

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