Dwyfor Meirionnydd
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Dwyfor Meirionnydd in Wales for the 2010 general election
Preserved countyGwynedd
Electorate45,006 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlementsPwllheli, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Porthmadog
Current constituency
Created2010
Member of ParliamentLiz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru)
SeatsOne
Created fromCaernarfon and Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
Overlaps
SeneddDwyfor Meirionnydd, Mid and West Wales

Dwyfor Meirionnydd is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster). The seat was created by the Welsh Boundary Commission for the 2010 general election, and replaced the old north Wales seat of Meirionnydd Nant Conwy. Dwyfor Meirionnydd is bordered to the north by Arfon and Aberconwy. The same boundaries were used for the Dwyfor Meirionnydd Welsh Assembly constituency in the 2007 Welsh Assembly election.

Like its predecessors, it is a Plaid Cymru stronghold, with their candidate in 2019 achieving a majority of 15.9%.

The constituency is to retain its name and gain wards, as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the next United Kingdom general election.[2]

Boundaries

Map
Map of current boundaries

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 electoral wards used to create the seat are as follows. They are entirely within the preserved county of Gwynedd.

Members of Parliament

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

Election results since 1900

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2010: Dwyfor Meirionnydd[3][4]
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)
General election 2015: Dwyfor Meirionnydd[5][6][7][8]
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
General election 2017: Dwyfor Meirionnydd[10][11]
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
General election 2019: Dwyfor Meirionnydd[12][13]
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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ^ 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies - The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales (PDF). Boundary Commission for Wales. 28 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  4. ^ Dwyfor Meirionnydd BBC Election - Dwyfor Meirionnydd
  5. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Gwynedd Council results". Parliamentary Election results - 7 May 2015. Gwynedd Council. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Gwynedd Council. 9 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  8. ^ "Dwyfor Meirionnydd Parliamentary constituency". Election 2015 Results. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  9. ^ Randall, Liam (22 April 2015). "Chris Gillibrand, UKIP candidate for Dwyfor Meirionnydd". northwales.
  10. ^ "General Election 2017: The Dwyfor Meirionnydd candidates". Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  11. ^ "Dwyfor Meirionnydd Parliamentary constituency". Election 2017 Results. BBC. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  12. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Cyngor Gwynedd Council. 14 November 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  13. ^ "Dwyfor Meirionnydd parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 17 December 2019.

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