Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2010 onwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Dwyfor Meirionnydd | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Preserved county | Gwynedd |
Electorate | 45,006 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Pwllheli, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Porthmadog |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of Parliament | Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Caernarfon and Meirionnydd Nant Conwy |
Overlaps | |
Senedd | Dwyfor Meirionnydd, Mid and West Wales |
Like its predecessors, it is a Plaid Cymru stronghold, with their candidate in 2019 achieving a majority of 15.9%.
The constituency is to retain its name and gain wards, as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the next United Kingdom general election.[2]