Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (UK Parliament constituency)
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2010 by Jonathan Edwards, who currently sits as an independent following his suspension from Plaid Cymru. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. It was created in 1997, mostly from the former seat of Carmarthen.
The Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.Boundaries
The constituency is within the Carmarthenshire authority area, with Llanybydder, Llandovery and Llanfihangel-ar-Arth in the north, Llanfihangel-uwch-Gwili, Llanegwad, and Llandeilo in the central area, and Ammanford and Glanamman in the south.
Boundary changes for the 2010 general election introduced minor alterations, with the areas around Hermon and Llanpumsaint removed to the Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire constituency. These changes came into effect in 2007 for the National Assembly for Wales.
The constituency includes the whole of 41 Carmarthenshire communities.Members of Parliament
Elections
Of the 65 rejected ballots:
- 44 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.
- 14 voted for more than one candidate.
- 7 had writing or a mark by which the voter could be identified.
Of the 145 rejected ballots:
- 123 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.
- 20 voted for more than one candidate.
- 2 had writing or a mark by which the voter could be identified.
Edwards was elected as a Plaid Cymru MP, but had the whip withdrawn by the party after he was arrested on suspicion of assault in May 2020.
