Brecon and Radnorshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Brecon and Radnorshire County constituency

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 constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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The boundaries of the constituency correspond broadly with the traditional counties of Brecknockshire and Radnorshire.

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The constituency has been in Liberal Democrat hands since 1997. It was the Conservative Party's fifteenth target seat at the 2005 election.

	Member	Party
1918	Sidney Robinson	Coalition Liberal
1922	William Albert Jenkins	National Liberal
1924	Capt Walter D'Arcy Hall MC	Conservative
1929	Peter Freeman	Labour
1931	Capt Walter D'Arcy Hall MC	Conservative
1935	Ivor Grosvenor Guest	National
1939	William Frederick Jackson	Labour
1945	Tudor Elwyn Watkins	Labour
1970	Caerwyn Eifion Roderick	Labour
1979	Tom Ellis Hooson	Conservative
1985	Richard Arthur Lloyd Livsey	Liberal / Social and Liberal Democrat
1992	Jonathan Evans	Conservative
1997	Richard Arthur Lloyd Livsey	Liberal Democrat
2001	Roger Williams	Liberal Democrat

General Election 2005: Brecon and Radnorshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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
	UK Independence	Liz Phillips	723	1.9	+0.7
Majority			3,905	10.2
Turnout			38,341	69.5	-1.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+4.1

General Election 2001: Brecon and Radnorshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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
	UK Independence	Elizabeth Phillips	452	1.2	N/A
	Independent (politician)	Robert Nicholson	80	0.2	N/A
Majority			751	2.0
Turnout			37,516	70.5	-11.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Year		Member	Party
	1999	Kirsty Williams	Liberal Democrat

National Assembly Election 2003: Brecon and Radnorshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsty Williams	13,325	49.6	+5.0
	Conservative	Nick Bourne	8,017	29.9	+4.4
	Labour	D Rees	3,130	11.7	-6.0
	Plaid Cymru	B Parry	1,329	5.0	-3.1
	UK Independence	Liz Phillips	1,042	3.9	+3.9
Majority			5,308	19.7	-0.3

National Assembly Election 1999: Brecon and Radnorshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsty Williams	13,022	44.6	{{{change}}}
	Conservative	N Bourne	7,170	24.5	{{{change}}}
	Labour	I James	5,165	17.7	{{{change}}}
	Plaid Cymru	D Patterson	2,356	8.1	{{{change}}}
	Independent	M Shaw	1,502	5.1	{{{change}}}
Majority			5,852	20.0	{{{change}}}

Constituencies in Wales
Labour	Aberavon \| Alyn and Deeside \| Bridgend \| Caerphilly \| Cardiff North \| Cardiff South and Penarth \| Cardiff West \| Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire \| Clwyd South \| Conwy \| Cynon Valley \| Delyn \| Gower \| Islwyn \| Llanelli \| Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney \| Neath \| Newport East \| Newport West \| Ogmore \| Pontypridd \| Rhondda \| Swansea East \| Swansea West \| Torfaen \| Vale of Clwyd \| Vale of Glamorgan \| Wrexham \| Ynys Môn
Liberal Democrat	Brecon and Radnorshire \| Cardiff Central \| Ceredigion \| Montgomeryshire
Conservative	Clwyd West \| Monmouth \| Preseli Pembrokeshire
Plaid Cymru	Caernarfon \| Carmarthen East and Dinefwr \| Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
Independent	Blaenau Gwent
Wales European constituency: Labour (2) \| Conservative (1) \| Plaid Cymru (1)

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