List of Parliamentary constituencies in Powys

Powys is divided into just two constituencies. They are both county constituencies (CCs) of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster), and are used also for elections to the National Assembly for Wales. The current boundaries have been effective since the Welsh Assembly election, 2007 and the 2010 United Kingdom general election.^[1]

Powys is one of the eight preserved counties of Wales, and has the name and boundaries of one of the 22 principal areas.

For Welsh Assembly elections, constituencies are grouped into additional member electoral regions, and changes to constituency boundaries mean, also, changes to regional boundaries.

Westminster boundaries

From 2010

Constituency	Boundaries
1. Brecon and Radnorshire CC (Westminster)
2. Montgomeryshire CC (Westminster)

1997 to 2010

Constituency	Boundaries
1. Brecon and Radnorshire CC (Westminster)
2. Montgomeryshire CC (Westminster)
3. Clwyd South CC (Westminster) (part)

The Clwyd South constituency was also partly a Clwyd constituency.

Changes proposed in 2016

As part of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the Boundary Commission for Wales proposed changes to almost all the existing Welsh Westminster constituencies, giving some of them Welsh language names.^[2]

• De Clwyd a Gogledd Sir Faldwyn
• Brecon, Radnor and Montgomery

Assembly boundaries

From 2007

Constituency	Assembly region	Constituency boundaries
1. Brecon and Radnorshire CC (Assembly)	Mid and West Wales
2. Montgomeryshire CC (Assembly)

The Mid and West Wales region also includes five Dyfed constituencies and one Gwynedd constituency.

1999 to 2007

Constituency	Assembly region	Constituency boundaries
1. Brecon and Radnorshire CC (Assembly)	Mid and West Wales
2. Montgomeryshire CC (Assembly)
3. Clwyd South CC (Assembly) (part)	North Wales

Results

Westminster elections

2005	2010	2015

Assembly elections

2007	2011	2016

Historical representation by party

1885 to 1918

Constituency	1885	1886	1892	94	1895	1900	1906	Jan 1910	Dec 1910
Montgomery District	P. Pryce-Jones	Hanbury-Tracy	P. Pryce-Jones		E. Pryce-Jones		Rees		E. Pryce-Jones
Montgomeryshire	Rendel			Humphreys-Owen			Davies
Radnorshire	Walsh		Edwards		Milbank	Edwards		Dillwyn-Venables-Llewellyn	Edwards
Breconshire	Fuller-Maitland				Morley		Robinson

1918 to 1983

Constituency	1918	1922	1923	1924	1929	1931	1935	39	42	1945	1950	1951	1955	1959	62	1964	1966	1970	Feb 1974	Oct 1974	1979
Montgomeryshire	D. Davies				C. Davies	-->		-->	-->						Hooson						Williams
Brecon and Radnor	Robinson	Jenkins	-->	Hall	Freeman	Hall	Guest	Jackson		Watkins								Roderick			Hooson

1983 to present

Constituency	1983	85	1987	88	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015
Montgomeryshire	Carlile			-->		Öpik			G. Davies
Brecon and Radnorshire	Hooson	Livsey			Evans	Livsey	Williams			C. Davies

Notes and references

1. The Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) Order 2006, OPSI website
2. Initial Proposals Report Boundary Commission for Wales