Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 52°50′56″N 3°58′59″W / 52.849°N 3.983°W

Dwyfor Meirionnydd
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Dwyfor Meirionnydd in Wales for the 2010 general election.
Preserved county	Gwynedd
Electorate	45,006 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Pwllheli, Blaenau Ffestiniog
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of parliament	Liz Saville-Roberts (Plaid Cymru)
Number of members	One
Created from	Caernarfon and Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
Overlaps
Welsh Assembly	Mid and West Wales
European Parliament constituency	Wales

Dwyfor Meirionnydd is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster). The seat was created by the Welsh Boundary Commission for the 2010 general election, and replaced the old north Wales seat of Meirionnydd Nant Conwy. Dwyfor Meirionnydd is bordered to the north by Arfon and Aberconwy. The same boundaries were used for the Dwyfor Meirionnydd Welsh Assembly constituency in the 2007 Welsh Assembly election.

This is the safest of Plaid Cymru's three seats, with their candidate in 2015 achieving a majority of 18.2%.

Boundaries

The electoral wards used to create the new Dwyfor Meirionnydd seat are as follows. They are entirely within the preserved county of Gwynedd.

• Aberdaron, Aberdyfi, Abererch, Abermaw, Abersoch, Bala, Botwnnog, Bowydd and Rhiw, Brithdir and Llanfachreth/Ganllwyd/Llanelltyd, Bryn-crug/Llanfihangel, Clynnog, Corris/Mawddwy, Criccieth, Diffwys and Maenofferen, Dolbenmaen, Dolgellau North, Dolgellau South, Dyffryn Ardudwy, Efail-newydd/Buan, Harlech, Llanaelhaearn, Llanbedr, Llanbedrog, Llandderfel, Llanengan, Llangelynin, Llanuwchllyn, Llanystumdwy, Morfa Nefyn, Nefyn, Penrhyndeudraeth, Porthmadog East, Porthmadog West, Porthmadog-Tremadog, Pwllheli North, Pwllheli South, Teigl, Trawsfynydd, Tudweiliog and Tywyn.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	2010	Elfyn Llwyd	Plaid Cymru	Plaid Cymru's Westminster parliamentary group leader until 2015
	2015	Liz Saville-Roberts	Plaid Cymru

Elections

General Election 2015: Dwyfor Meirionnydd ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Plaid Cymru	Liz Saville-Roberts	11,811	40.9	−3.5
	Conservative	Neil Fairlamb	6,550	22.7	+0.4
	Labour	Mary Gwen Griffiths Clarke	3,904	13.5	−0.4
	UKIP	Christopher Gillibrand[5]	3,126	10.8	+8.1
	Independent	Louise Hughes	1,388	4.8	+0.3
	Liberal Democrat	Steven William Churchman	1,153	4.0	−8.3
	Green	Marc Fothergill	981	3.4	n/a
Majority			5,261	18.2	−3.8
Turnout			28,913	65.1	+1.4
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing	-1.95

General Election 2010: Dwyfor Meirionnydd^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Plaid Cymru	Elfyn Llwyd	12,814	44.3	-6.4
	Conservative	Simon Baynes	6,447	22.3	+8.1
	Labour	Alwyn Humphreys	4,021	13.9	-7.8
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Churchman	3,538	12.2	+1.3
	Independent	Louise Hughes	1,310	4.5	+4.5
	UKIP	Frank Wykes	776	2.7	+0.3
Majority			6,367	22.0
Turnout			28,906	63.7	+2.3
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing	-7.3

See also

• Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Assembly constituency)
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Gwynedd

References

1. "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
2. "Gwynedd Council results". Parliamentary Election results - 7 May 2015. Gwynedd Council. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
3. total electorate 44,394 email from Gwynedd Council 3Jun15
4. "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Gwynedd Council. 9 April 2015.
5. http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/chris-gillibrand-ukip-candidate-dwyfor-9096954
6. Dwyfor Meirionnydd Gwynedd Council - Dwyfor Meirionnydd candidates
7. Dwyfor Meirionnydd BBC Election - Dwyfor Meirionnydd