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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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New
9 June 1983		46,671/63,698	73.27
Sir Herbert Raymond Gower	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,421	48.04
Michael Edwin Sharp	Labour Party	12,028	25.77
William Alan Evans	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	11,154	23.90
Andrew John Dixon	Plaid Cymru	1,068	2.29
Majority		10,393	22.27

11 June 1987		51,786/66,130	78.31
Sir Herbert Raymond Gower	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,229	46.79
John William Patrick Smith	Labour Party	17,978	34.72
David Keith Davies	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	8,633	16.67
Penri Gwyn Williams	Plaid Cymru	946	1.83
Majority		6,251	12.07

22 February 1989 Death of Sir Raymond Gower.

4 May 1989		47,746/67,549	70.68
John William Patrick Smith	Labour Party	23,342	48.89
Roderick Richards	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,314	36.26
Frank Leavers	Liberal Democrats	2,017	4.22
Andrew John Dixon	Plaid Cymru	1,672	3.50
David Keith Davies	Social Democratic Party	1,098	2.30
Marilyn Anne Wakefield	Green Party	971	2.03
Christopher Tiarks	Independent	847	1.77
David Edward Sutch	Monster Raving Loony Party	266	0.56
Eric Roberts	Welsh	148	0.31
Lindi St Claire	Corrective	39	0.08
David Michael Black	Independent	32	0.07
Majority		6,028	12.63

9 April 1992		54,626/66,672	81.93
Walter Edward Sweeney	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,220	44.34
John William Patrick Smith	Labour Party	24,201	44.30
David Keith Davies	Liberal Democrats	5,045	9.24
David Brian Langham Haswell	Plaid Cymru	1,160	2.12
Majority		19	0.03

New
1 May 1997		53,914/67,213	80.21
John William Patrick Smith	Labour Party	29,054	53.89
Walter Edward Sweeney	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,522	34.35
Suzanne Campbell	Liberal Democrats	4,945	9.17
Melanie J Corp	Plaid Cymru	1,393	2.58
Majority		10,532	19.53

7 June 2001		45,184/67,071	67.37
John William Patrick Smith	Labour Party	20,524	45.42
Lady Susan Lilian Inkin	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,824	35.02
Dewi Hywel Smith	Liberal Democrats	5,521	12.22
Christopher Paul Franks	Plaid Cymru	2,867	6.35
Timothy Niall Warry	UK Independence Party	448	0.99
Majority		4,700	10.40

5 May 2005		47,324/68,657	68.93
John William Patrick Smith	Labour Party	19,481	41.17
Alun Hugh Cairns	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,673	37.34
Mark J Hooper	Liberal Democrats	6,140	12.97
Barry I Shaw	Plaid Cymru	2,423	5.12
Richard Anthony Suchorzewski	UK Independence Party	840	1.77
Karl-James Langford	Official Liberal Party	605	1.28
Paul Mules	Socialist Labour	162	0.34
Majority		1,808	3.82

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		48,667/71,135	68.41
Alun Hugh Cairns	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,341	41.80
Alana Elizabeth Davies	Labour Party	16,034	32.95
Eluned Siân Parrott	Liberal Democrats	7,403	15.21
Ian James Johnson	Plaid Cymru	2,667	5.48
Kevin Phillip Mahoney	UK Independence Party	1,529	3.14
Rhodri Hugh Thomas	Green Party	457	0.94
John Harrold	Christian	236	0.48
Majority		4,307	8.85

7 May 2015		51,293/72,187	71.06
Alun Hugh Cairns	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,607	46.02
Christopher Philip James Elmore	Labour Party	16,727	32.61
Kevin Phillip Mahoney	UK Independence Party	5,489	10.70
Ian James Johnson	Plaid Cymru	2,869	5.59
David Paul Morgan	Liberal Democrats	1,309	2.55
Alan Herbert Armstrong	Green Party	1,054	2.05
Steve Reed	CISTA	238	0.46
Majority		6,880	13.41

8 June 2017		53,718/73,959	72.63
Rt Hon Alun Hugh Cairns	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,501	47.47
Camilla Beaven	Labour Party	23,311	43.40
Ian James Johnson	Plaid Cymru	2,295	4.27
Jennifer Geroni	Liberal Democrats	1,020	1.90
Melanie Hunter-Clarke	UK Independence Party	868	1.62
Stephen Davis-Barker	Green Party	419	0.78
Sharon Lovell	Women's Equality	177	0.33
David Anthony Elston	Pirate	127	0.24
Majority		2,190	4.08

12 December 2019		54,807/76,508	71.64
Rt Hon Alun Hugh Cairns	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,305	49.82
Belinda Loveluck-Edwards	Labour Party	23,743	43.32
Anthony David Slaughter	Green Party	3,251	5.93
Laurence Williams	Gwlad Gwlad	508	0.93
Majority		3,562	6.50

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		45,826/74,374	61.62
Kanishka Narayan	Labour Party	17,740	38.71
Rt Hon Alun Hugh Cairns	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,524	29.51
Toby Rhodes-Matthews	Reform UK	6,973	15.22
Ian James Johnson	Plaid Cymru	3,245	7.08
Lynden Mack	Green Party	1,881	4.10
Steven Rajam	Liberal Democrats	1,612	3.52
Stuart Field	Abolish Welsh Assembly	669	1.46
Steven Sluman	Independent	182	0.40
Majority		4,216	9.20