| Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe | |
|---|---|
| constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
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 Location of the constituency within Wales | |
| Electorate | 72,113 (March 2020)[1] |
| Major settlements | Brecon,Builth Wells,Llandrindod Wells,Pontardawe,Ystradgynlais. |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | David Chadwick (Liberal Democrats) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Brecon and Radnorshire,Neath. |
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe (Welsh:Aberhonddu, Maesyfed a Chwm Tawe) is aconstituency of theHouse of Commons in theUK Parliament, first contested at the2024 general election, following the2023 review of Westminster constituencies. The current MP isDavid Chadwick of theLiberal Democrats.
The constituency name refers to the historic counties ofBreconshire andRadnorshire as well as theSwansea Valley, known asCwm Tawe inWelsh.[2]
The seat covers the large rural areas of the historic counties ofBrecknockshire andRadnorshire (currently administered as part of the unitary authority ofPowys) which had previously formed the abolishedBrecon and Radnorshire constituency, as well as the town ofPontardawe inNeath Port Talbot County Borough which had previously been part of the abolishedNeath constituency.[3][4]
Under the 2023 review, the constituency was defined as being composed of the following, as they existed on 1 December 2020:[5]
Following local government boundary reviews which came into effect in May 2022,[7][8] the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:[9]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | David Chadwick | Liberal Democrats | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Chadwick | 13,736 | 29.5 | +0.3 | |
| Conservative | Fay Jones | 12,264 | 26.3 | −20.3 | |
| Labour | Matthew Dorrance | 9,904 | 21.3 | +3.8 | |
| Reform UK | Adam Hill | 6,567 | 14.1 | +12.3 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Emily Durrant-Munro | 2,280 | 4.9 | +1.7 | |
| Green | Amerjit Rosie Kaur-Dhaliwal | 1,188 | 2.6 | +2.2 | |
| Abolish | Jonathan Harrington | 372 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Lady Lily the Pink | 237 | 0.5 | −0.2 | |
| Majority | 1,472 | 3.2 | |||
| Turnout | 46,548 | 63.7 | −8.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 73,114 | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | +10.3 | |||
| 2019 notional result[a][11] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 24,368 | 46.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 15,277 | 29.2 | |
| Labour | 9,164 | 17.5 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 1,692 | 3.2 | |
| Brexit Party | 964 | 1,8 | |
| Other (2) | 590 | 1.1 | |
| Green Party | 221 | 0.4 | |
| Majority | 9,091 | 17.4 | |
| Turnout | 52,276 | 72.5 | |
| Electorate | 72,113 | ||