Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Carmarthen East and Dinefwr County constituency |
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| Carmarthen East and Dinefwr shown within Wales | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | Adam Price |
| Party: | Plaid Cymru |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Preserved county: | Dyfed |
| EP constituency: | Wales |
Carmathen East and Dinefwr is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
The Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.
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[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party |
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| 1997 | Alan Williams | Labour |
| 2001 | Adam Price | Plaid Cymru |
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Plaid Cymru | Adam Price | 17,561 | 45.9 | +3.5 | |
| Labour | Ross Hendry | 10,843 | 28.3 | -7.3 | |
| Conservative | Suzy Davies | 5,235 | 13.7 | +0.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Julianna Hughes | 3,719 | 9.7 | +2.3 | |
| UK Independence | Mike Squires | 661 | 1.7 | 0.0 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Sid Whitworth | 272 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
| Majority | 6,718 | 17.5 | |||
| Turnout | 38,291 | 71.6 | +1.2 | ||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | +5.4 | |||
| General Election 2001: Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Plaid Cymru | Adam Price | 16,130 | 42.4 | +7.7 | |
| Labour | Alan Williams | 13,540 | 35.6 | -7.3 | |
| Conservative | David Thomas | 4,912 | 12.9 | +0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Doiran Evans | 2,815 | 7.4 | -0.2 | |
| UK Independence | Michael Squires | 656 | 1.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,590 | 6.8 | |||
| Turnout | 38,053 | 70.4 | -8.1 | ||
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Alan Williams | 17,907 | 42.9 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Rhodri Glyn Thomas | 14,457 | 34.6 | ||
| Conservative | Edmund Hayward | 5,022 | 12.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Juliana Hughes | 3,150 | 7.5 | ||
| Referendum Party | Humphreys-Evans | 1,196 | 2.9 | ||
| Majority | 3,450 | ||||
| Turnout | 78.6 | ||||
[edit] See also
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