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Mid and West Wales
Welsh Assembly regionResults
| Party | Elected | Seats | Votes | % | Net percentage change in seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party LAB Welsh Labour | ElectedJoyce WatsonEluned Morgan | Seats2 | Votes41,975 | 19.4% | Net percentage change in seats−3.1 |
| Party PC Plaid Cymru | ElectedSimon Thomas | Seats1 | Votes56,754 | 26.3% | Net percentage change in seats−0.5 |
| Party UKIP UKIP Wales | ElectedNeil Hamilton | Seats1 | Votes25,042 | 11.6% | Net percentage change in seats+7.2 |
| Party CON Welsh Conservative | Elected- | Seats0 | Votes44,461 | 20.6% | Net percentage change in seats−4.6 |
| Party LD Welsh Liberal Democrat | Elected- | Seats0 | Votes23,554 | 10.9% | Net percentage change in seats−1.9 |
| Party AWA Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party | Elected- | Seats0 | Votes10,707 | 5.0% | Net percentage change in seats+5.0 |
| Party GRN Wales Green Party | Elected- | Seats0 | Votes8,222 | 3.8% | Net percentage change in seats−0.3 |
| Party PF People First | Elected- | Seats0 | Votes1,496 | 0.7% | Net percentage change in seats+0.7 |
| Party WCP Welsh Christian Party | Elected- | Seats0 | Votes1,103 | 0.5% | Net percentage change in seats−0.3 |
| Party MRLP Monster Raving Loony Party | Elected- | Seats0 | Votes1,071 | 0.5% | Net percentage change in seats+0.5 |
| Party AWLI Association of Welsh Local Independents | Elected- | Seats0 | Votes1,032 | 0.5% | Net percentage change in seats+0.5 |
| Party CPB Welsh Communist Party | Elected- | Seats0 | Votes423 | 0.2% | Net percentage change in seats−0.1 |
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Turnout
Turnout
50.6%Constituencies within Mid and West Wales
Region Profile
The Mid and West Wales region is made up of eight constituencies.
This region elects twelve members, eight directly elected constituency members and four additional members. Geographically it is the largest of Wales' five electoral regions - being larger in area than the other four regions put together. It contains Snowdonia in the north, the west coast of Wales down to the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and the Brecon Beacons National Park. Llanelli, in the south, is the region's largest town with a population of nearly 50,000 people.
The constituencies which make up Mid and West Wales are: Llanelli, Brecon & Radnorshire, Preseli Pembrokeshire, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Ceredigion, Montgomeryshire and Dwyfor Meirionnydd. At the 2011 election, Labour had 2 Mid and West Wales regional AMs and Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats had one each.
