'Llanelli' is a
constituency of the
House of Commons of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1918 to 1966 the official spelling of the constituency name was 'Llanelly'. It elects one
Member of Parliament (MP) by the
first past the post system of election.
The
Llanelli Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.
Boundaries
'1918'
The constituency was established in 1918, as a division of
Carmarthenshire, located in the south east of the county. This area had, until 1918, been the southern part of the constituency of
East Carmarthenshire.
It consisted of the then local authority areas of the
Municipal Borough of Llanelly; the
Urban Districts of
Ammanford,
Burry Port and
Cwmamman; the
Rural Districts of Lanelly and part of
Llandilofawr.
The division bordered
Carmarthen to the west and north,
Brecon and Radnor to the north east,
Neath to the east,
Gower to the south east and the sea to the south.
'1950 and 1955'
In the next redistribution of constituencies in Wales, which took effect in 1950, the northern boundary of the constituency was slightly altered. 'Llanelly' no longer bordered
Brecon and Radnor and Gower was extended north and took over the part of the 1918 Neath constituency that had previously adjoined Carmarthenshire. The constituency area continued to include the same local authorities as in 1918 (apart from a spelling change to
Llandilo for the part RDC included). There was a further minor change in the 1955 redistribution.
At some point (probably in 1966 when the official name of the local authority changed) the official spelling of the constituency name was altered to 'Llanelli' (which is the spelling Craig uses in his compilation of results from 1950-1973, despite the entry in his book on parliamentary boundaries for the 1950 redistribution following the statute in using 'Llanelly').
'1974'
The constituency appears to have been unchanged by the redistribution. The local authorities remained the same (apart from spelling changes to
Llanelli and
Llandeilo). The substantial local government changes which took effect in 1973-74 did not affect this redistribution as it used the old boundaries to construct parliamentary constituencies.
'1983'
The redistribution altered the constituency by 8.4%. 96.2% of the new constituency had been in the old one. 3.8% of the electors came from the former Carmarthen constituency.
The area now formed part of the new county of
Dyfed. The district level local government units contained in the constituency were the Borough of Llanelli and Wards 2-6 and 9 of the Borough of
Dinefwr.
'1997'
In this redistribution the constituency was reduced so that it covered the same area as the Borough of Llanelli.
'Next Redistribution'
From the next United Kingdom general election, due before mid 2010, the constituency will comprise the Carmarthenshire County electoral divisions of Bigyn, Burry Port, Bynea, Dafen, Elli, Felinfoel, Glanymor, Glyn, Hendy, Hengoed, Kidwelly, Llangennech, Llannon, Lliedi, Llwynhendy, Pembrey, Pontyberem, Swiss Valley, Trimsaran, Tycroes and Tyisha.
The
Boundary Commission for Wales, in its provisional report, confirmed that it recommended no change to the constituency. The boundaries proposed in that report were the ones subsequently given legal effect.
Members of Parliament
Election results
United Kingdom Parliament
See also
★
List of Parliamentary constituencies in Dyfed
References
★ ''Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1972)
★ ''British Parliamentary Constituencies: A Statistical Compendium'', by
Ivor Crewe and Anthony Fox (Faber and Faber 1984)
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