Coordinates: 52°05′38″N 3°22′55″W / 52.094°N 3.382°W
| Brecon and Radnorshire County constituency |
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| Brecon and Radnorshire shown within Wales | |
| Created: | 1918 |
| MP: | Roger Williams |
| Party: | Liberal Democrat |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Preserved county: | Powys |
| EP constituency: | Wales |
Brecon and Radnorshire 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. It is the single largest constituency (by area) in England and Wales.[1]
The Brecon and Radnorshire Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.
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Boundaries
The boundaries of the constituency correspond broadly with the ancient counties of Brecknockshire and Radnorshire.
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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 and at the next election will be the Conservative's 95th target seat, requiring a swing of 5.09%.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Election results
| Confirmed candidates for the |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Chris Lloyd | ||||
| Conservative | Suzy Davies | ||||
| Liberal Democrat | Roger Williams | ||||
| General Election 2005: Brecon and Radnorshire | |||||
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| 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 | Liz Phillips | 723 | 1.9 | +0.7 | |
| Majority | 3,905 | 10.2 | |||
| Turnout | 38,341 | 69.5 | -1.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +4.1 | |||
| General Election 2001: Brecon and Radnorshire | |||||
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| 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 (politician) | 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 | |||
| Turnout | 37,516 | 70.5 | -11.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| By-Election 1985: Brecon and Radnor | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Richard Livsey | 13,753 | 35.8 | +11.4 | |
| Labour | Richard 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 | David Sutch | 202 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| One Nation Conservative | Roger Everest | 154 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Independent | Andre Genillard | 43 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 559 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 38,412 | 79.4 | -0.7 | ||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
See also
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Powys
- Brecon and Radnorshire (National Assembly for Wales constituency)
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