Brecon and Radnorshire (UK Parliament constituency)





Coordinates: 52°05′38″N 3°22′55″W / 52.094°N 3.382°W / 52.094; -3.382
















































Brecon and Radnorshire

County constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map
Boundary of Brecon and Radnorshire in Wales.

Preserved county Powys
Population 69,197 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate 53,882 (December 2010)[2]
Major settlements
Brecon, Crickhowell, Ystradgynlais, Knighton, Llandrindod Wells
Current constituency
Created 1918
Member of parliament
Christopher Davies (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from
Breconshire
Radnorshire
Overlaps
Welsh Assembly Mid and West Wales
European Parliament constituency Wales

Brecon and Radnorshire (Welsh: Brycheiniog a Sir Faesyfed) is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Created in 1918, it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election; until 1997 its name was simply Brecon and Radnor.


The Brecon and Radnorshire Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.




Contents






  • 1 Boundaries


  • 2 History


  • 3 Members of Parliament


  • 4 Elections


    • 4.1 Elections in the 2010s


    • 4.2 Elections in the 2000s


    • 4.3 Elections in the 1990s


    • 4.4 Elections in the 1980s


    • 4.5 Elections in the 1970s


    • 4.6 Elections in the 1960s


    • 4.7 Elections in the 1950s


    • 4.8 Elections in the 1940s


    • 4.9 Elections in the 1930s


    • 4.10 Elections in the 1920s


    • 4.11 Elections in the 1910s




  • 5 See also


  • 6 Notes and references


  • 7 External links





Boundaries


The boundaries of the constituency correspond broadly with the ancient counties of Brecknockshire and Radnorshire. Radnorshire is included in full, and the only significantly populated area from Brecknockshire not in this constituency is Brynmawr, which is in Blaenau Gwent. This is the largest constituency in England and Wales by area.[3] No town in the constituency exceeds a population of 10,000, the largest being Ystradgynlais at roughly 9,000. Other towns in the constituency are Brecon, Knighton, Crickhowell and Llandrindod Wells. The remainder of the constituency is largely made up of small villages and land used for farming sheep: sheep outnumber humans in Powys as a whole by around ten to one.[4]


Under constituency changes announced in September 2016 ahead of the next general election it is proposed to merge this seat with the southern half of Montgomeryshire including Newtown to form a new seat called Brecon, Radnor and Montgomery.[5]



History


The constituency was created in the boundary changes of 1918 by merging Breconshire and Radnorshire, both previously constituencies in their own right. While once a Labour stronghold, the constituency was captured from the Conservative government by the SDP-Liberal Alliance at a dramatic by-election in 1985. It was regained by the Conservatives in 1992, but has been in Liberal Democrat hands since 1997. It was the Conservative Party's fifteenth target seat at the 2005 election, but their share of the vote fell, leaving it as the Conservatives' 95th target seat in 2010, requiring a swing of 5.09%. In the event, the swing to the Conservatives was 0.3%, and the Liberal Democrats retained the seat, with Roger Williams remaining the MP. In 2015 the seat was reclaimed for the Conservatives by Chris Davies whose majority of 5102 was the largest in the constituency since Tom Hooson won the seat, also for the Conservatives, in 1983. Roger Williams stood for the Liberal Democrats once again but shed over 6500 votes from his 2010 result, a loss of 17.8%.



Members of Parliament







































































































Year Member[6][7]
Whip

1918 Sidney Robinson
Coalition Liberal


1922

William Jenkins

National Liberal


1923

Liberal

1924 Walter Hall
Conservative

1929 Peter Freeman
Labour

1931 Walter Hall
Conservative

1935 Ivor Guest
National

1939 William Jackson
Labour

1945 Tudor Watkins
Labour

1970 Caerwyn Roderick
Labour

1979 Tom Hooson
Conservative

1985 Richard Livsey
Liberal

1992 Jonathan Evans
Conservative

1997 Richard Livsey
Liberal Democrats

2001 Roger Williams
Liberal Democrats

2015 Christopher Davies
Conservative


Elections



Elections in the 2010s















































































General Election 2017: Brecon and Radnorshire[8]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Christopher Davies

20,081

48.6

+7.5


Liberal Democrat
James Gibson-Watt
12,043
29.1
+0.8


Labour
Dan Lodge
7,335
17.7
+3.0


Plaid Cymru
Kate Heneghan
1,299
3.1
-1.3


UKIP
Peter Gilbert
576
1.4
-6.9
Majority
8,038
19.5
+6.7

Turnout
41,334
76.9
+3.1

Registered electors
56,010




Conservative hold

Swing
+3.4























































































General Election 2015: Brecon and Radnorshire[9][10]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Christopher Davies

16,453

41.1

+4.5


Liberal Democrat

Roger Williams
11,351
28.3
−17.8


Labour
Matthew Dorrance
5,904
14.7
+4.2


UKIP
Darran Thomas [11]
3,338
8.3
+6.1


Plaid Cymru
Freddy Greaves
1,767
4.4
+1.9


Green
Chris Carmichael
1,261
3.1
+2.3
Majority
5,102
12.7

N/A

Turnout
40,074
73.8
+1.3

Registered electors
54,441




Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat

Swing
+11.1








































































































General Election 2010: Brecon and Radnorshire[12][13]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Democrat

Roger Williams

17,929

46.2

+1.3


Conservative

Suzy Davies
14,182
36.5
+1.9


Labour
Chris Lloyd
4,096
10.4
−4.5


Plaid Cymru

Janet Davies
989
2.5
−1.1


UKIP
Clive Easton
876
2.3
+0.4


Green
Dorienne Robinson
341
0.9

N/A


Christian
Jeffery Green
222
0.6

N/A


Monster Raving Loony
Chris "Lord Offa of the Dyke" Rogers
210
0.5

N/A
Majority
3,747
9.6
-0.6

Turnout
38,845
72.5
+3.0

Registered electors
53,589




Liberal Democrat hold

Swing
−0.3



Elections in the 2000s















































































General Election 2005: Brecon and Radnorshire[14]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Democrat

Roger Williams

17,182

44.8

+8.0


Conservative
Andrew Davies
13,277
34.6
−0.2


Labour
Leighton Veale
5,755
15.0
−6.4


Plaid Cymru
Mabon ap Gwynfor
1,404
3.7
+0.2


UKIP
Elizabeth Phillips
723
1.9
+0.7
Majority
3,905
10.2
+8.2

Turnout
38,341
69.5
-1.0

Registered electors
55,171




Liberal Democrat hold

Swing
+4.1































































































General Election 2001: Brecon and Radnorshire[15]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Democrat

Roger Williams

13,824

36.8

−4.0


Conservative
Felix Aubel
13,073
34.8
+5.9


Labour

Huw Irranca-Davies
8,024
21.4
−5.3


Plaid Cymru
Brynach Parri
1,301
3.5
+2.0


Independent
Ian Mitchell
762
2.0

N/A


UKIP
Elizabeth Phillips
452
1.2

N/A


Independent
Robert Nicholson
80
0.2

N/A
Majority
751
2.0
-9.9

Turnout
37,516
70.5
−11.8

Registered electors
53,247




Liberal Democrat hold

Swing
−5.0



Elections in the 1990s















































































General Election 1997: Brecon and Radnorshire[16]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Democrat

Richard Livsey

17,516

40.8

+5.0


Conservative

Jonathan Evans
12,419
29.0
−7.1


Labour
Christopher Mann
11,424
26.6
+0.3


Referendum
Elizabeth Phillips
900
2.1

N/A


Plaid Cymru
Steven Cornelius
622
1.5
+0.6
Majority
5,097
11.9

N/A

Turnout
42,881
82.2
-3.7

Registered electors
52,142




Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative

Swing
+6.1


The Labour candidate, Chris Mann, won the selection over future AMs Carwyn Jones and Jeffrey Cuthbert, and future AM and MP Peter Law.[17]















































































General Election 1992: Brecon and Radnor[18][19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Jonathan Evans

15,977

36.1

+1.4


Liberal Democrat

Richard Livsey
15,847
35.8
+1.0


Labour
Christopher Mann
11,634
26.3
−2.9


Plaid Cymru
Sian Meredudd
418
0.9
−0.3


Green
Hugh Richards
393
0.9

N/A
Majority
130
0.3

N/A

Turnout
44,269
85.9
+1.5

Registered electors
51,509




Conservative gain from Liberal

Swing
+0.2



Elections in the 1980s







































































General Election 1987: Brecon and Radnor[20]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Richard Livsey

14,509

34.81

+10.45


Conservative

Jonathan Evans
14,453
34.68
-13.52


Labour
Frederick Willey
12,180
29.22
+4.22


Plaid Cymru
John Davies
535
1.28
-0.41
Majority
56
0.13

N/A

Turnout
41,677
84.3
+4.2

Registered electors
49,394




Liberal hold

Swing
































































































Brecon and Radnor by-election, 1985
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Richard Livsey

13,753

35.8

+11.4


Labour
Frederick Willey
13,194
34.4
+9.4


Conservative

Chris Butler
10,631
27.7
−20.5


Plaid Cymru

Janet Davies
435
1.1
−0.6


Monster Raving Loony

Screaming Lord Sutch
202
0.5

N/A


One Nation Conservative

Roger Everest
154
0.4

N/A


Independent
Andre C.L. Genillard
43
0.1

N/A
Majority
559
1.4

N/A

Turnout
38,412
79.4
−0.7

Registered electors
48,371




Liberal gain from Conservative

Swing
+16.0















































































General Election 1983: Brecon and Radnor[21]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Tom Hooson

18,255

48.20

+0.97


Labour

David Morris
9,471
25.00
-15.92


Liberal

Richard Livsey
9,226
24.36
+14.66


Plaid Cymru
Sian Meredudd
640
1.69
-0.46


Independent

Richard Booth
278
0.73

N/A
Majority
8,784
23.20
+16.89

Turnout
37,870
80.1
-4.1

Registered electors
47,277




Conservative hold

Swing
+8.45



Elections in the 1970s







































































General Election 1979: Brecon and Radnor
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Tom Hooson

22,660

47.23

+11.92


Labour

Caerwyn Roderick
19,633
40.92
-1.20


Liberal
N Lewis
4,654
9.70
-7.67


Plaid Cymru
J Power
1,031
2.15
-3.05
Majority
3,027
6.31

N/A

Turnout
47,978
84.21
+2.78

Registered electors
56,975




Conservative gain from Labour

Swing
+6.56







































































General Election October 1974: Brecon and Radnor
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Caerwyn Roderick

18,622

42.12

+1.65


Conservative
LH Davies
15,610
35.31
-0.09


Liberal
NK Thomas
7,682
17.37
-2.09


Plaid Cymru
DN Gittins
2,300
5.20
+0.53
Majority
3,012
6.81
+1.74

Turnout
44,214
81.43
-1.98

Registered electors
54,300




Labour hold

Swing
+0.87







































































General Election February 1974: Brecon and Radnor
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Caerwyn Roderick

18,180

40.47

-2.95


Conservative
LH Davies
15,903
35.40
+3.20


Liberal
N Thomas
8,741
19.46
+0.53


Plaid Cymru
DN Gittins
2,099
4.67
-0.77
Majority
2,277
5.07
-6.16

Turnout
44,923
83.41
+1.53

Registered electors
53,857




Labour hold

Swing
-3.08







































































General Election 1970: Brecon and Radnor
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Caerwyn Roderick

18,736

43.42

-14.07


Conservative
Gareth JJ Neale
13,892
32.20
-4.26


Liberal

Geraint Howells
8,169
18.93

N/A


Plaid Cymru
W George Jenkins
2,349
5.44
-0.61
Majority
4,844
11.23
-9.80

Turnout
43,146
81.88
+1.35

Registered electors
52,694




Labour hold

Swing
-4.91



Elections in the 1960s































































General Election 1966: Brecon and Radnor
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Tudor Watkins

22,902

57.49

-0.2


Conservative
Frank T Stevens
14,523
36.46
-0.6


Plaid Cymru

Trefor Richard Morgan
2,410
6.05
+0.9
Majority
8,379
21.03
+0.4

Turnout
39,835
80.53
-2.3

Registered electors
49,464




Labour hold

Swing
+0.2































































General Election 1964: Brecon and Radnor
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Tudor Watkins

23,967

57.69

+0.4


Conservative
Frank T Stevens
15,415
37.10
-5.6


Plaid Cymru

Trefor Richard Morgan
2,165
5.21

N/A
Majority
8,552
20.58
+6.0

Turnout
41,547
82.83
-3.6

Registered electors
50,159




Labour hold

Swing
+3.0



Elections in the 1950s























































General Election 1959: Brecon and Radnor
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Tudor Watkins

25,411

57.30

+4.2


Conservative
John H Davies
18,939
42.70
+6.3
Majority
6,472
14.59
-2.1

Turnout
44,350
86.36
-0.4

Registered electors
51,357




Labour hold

Swing
-1.1































































General Election 1955: Brecon and Radnor
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Tudor Watkins

23,953

53.10

+0.9


Conservative
Henry Graham Partridge
16,412
36.38
-11.4


Liberal

Russell Thomas
4,745
10.52

N/A
Majority
7,541
16.72
+12.3

Turnout
45,110
86.80
-2.5

Registered electors
51,969




Labour hold

Swing
+6.2























































General Election 1951: Brecon and Radnor
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Tudor Watkins

24,572

52.21

+3.3


Conservative

David Gibson-Watt
22,489
47.79
+5.1
Majority
2,083
4.43
-1.7

Turnout
47,061
89.25
+0.5

Registered electors
52,728




Labour hold

Swing
-0.9































































General Election 1950: Brecon and Radnor
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Tudor Watkins

22,519

48.84

+2.0


Conservative

James Gibson-Watt
19,690
42.70
+10.3


Liberal
Rolle Malcolm Ritson Paton
3,903
8.46
-11.3
Majority
2,829
6.14
-7.3

Turnout
46,112
88.76
+8.8

Registered electors
51,951




Labour hold

Swing
-4.2



Elections in the 1940s































































General Election 1945: Brecon and Radnor
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Tudor Watkins

19,725

46.8

-0.6


Conservative

Oscar Guest
14,089
33.4

N/A


Liberal
David Lewis
8,335
19.8

N/A
Majority
5,636
13.4

N/A

Turnout
42,149
80.0
-4.3

Registered electors
52,689




Labour hold

Swing

N/A


General Election 1939/40:


Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;



  • Labour: William Jackson


Elections in the 1930s























































Brecon and Radnorshire by-election, 1939
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

William Jackson

20,679

53.4

+6.0


Conservative
Richard Hanning Philipps
18,043
46.6

N/A
Majority
2,636
6.8

N/A

Turnout
38,722
79.9
-4.4

Registered electors
48,486




Labour gain from National

Swing
























































General Election 1935: Brecon and Radnor
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


National

Ivor Guest

22,079

52.6

N/A


Labour

Leslie Haden-Guest
19,910
47.4
+7.2
Majority
2,169
5.2

N/A

Turnout
41,989
84.3
-2.8

Registered electors
49,827




National hold

Swing
























































General Election 1931: Brecon and Radnor
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Walter Hall

25,620

59.8

N/A


Labour

Peter Freeman
17,223
40.2
+6.5
Majority
8,397
19.6

N/A

Turnout
42,843
87.1
-0.6

Registered electors
49,199




Conservative gain from Labour

Swing




Elections in the 1920s































































General Election 1929: Brecon and Radnor
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Peter Freeman

14,551

33.7

+3.2


Unionist

Walter Hall
14,324
33.3
-5.1


Liberal

Wynne Cemlyn-Jones
14,182
33.0
+1.9
Majority
187
0.4

N/A

Turnout
43,057
87.7
+4.1

Registered electors
49,031




Labour gain from Unionist

Swing
+4.2































































General Election 1924: Brecon and Radnor
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

Walter Hall

12,834

38.4

N/A


Liberal

William Jenkins
10,374
31.1

N/A


Labour

Edward John
10,167
30.5

N/A
Majority
2,460
7.3

N/A

Turnout
33,375
83.6

N/A

Registered electors
39,943




Unionist gain from Liberal

Swing

N/A






























General Election 1923: Brecon and Radnor
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

William Jenkins

Unopposed

Registered electors
39,750




Liberal hold



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General Election 1922: Brecon and Radnor
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


National Liberal

William Jenkins

20,405

67.4

N/A


Labour

Edward John
9,850
32.6

N/A
Majority
10,555
34.8

N/A

Turnout
30,255
77.9

N/A

Registered electors
38,815




National Liberal hold

Swing

N/A



Elections in the 1910s






























General Election 1918: Brecon and Radnor
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±

C

Liberal

Sidney Robinson

Unopposed

Registered electors
37,771




Liberal win (new seat)


See also



  • Brecon and Radnorshire (Assembly constituency)

  • List of Parliamentary constituencies in Powys

  • List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wales



Notes and references





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  17. ^ National Assembly for Wales, page 20


  18. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


  19. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.


  20. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


  21. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.




External links




  • nomis Constituency Profile for Brecon and Radnorshire — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.


  • Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)


  • Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)


  • 2017 Election House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report


  • A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers)










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