Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency)

History

Dwyfor Meirionnydd was created by the Welsh Boundary Commission for the 2010 general election, and replaced the old north Wales seat of Meirionnydd Nant Conwy.

At the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales, the constituency retained its name and gained wards in boundary changes first used for the 2024 United Kingdom general election.

Boundaries

The constituency was created by merging most of Meirionnydd Nant Conwy with the southern part of Caernarfon; the northern area became part of a new Arfon constituency.2010–2024: The County of Gwynedd wards of: Aberdaron, Aberdyfi, Abererch, Abermaw, Abersoch, Bala, Botwnnog, Bowydd and Rhiw, Brithdir and Llanfachreth/Ganllwyd/Llanelltyd, Bryn-crug/Llanfihangel, Clynnog, Corris/Mawddwy, Criccieth, Diffwys and Maenofferen, Dolbenmaen, Dolgellau North, Dolgellau South, Dyffryn Ardudwy, Efail-newydd/Buan, Harlech, Llanaelhaearn, Llanbedr, Llanbedrog, Llandderfel, Llanengan, Llangelynin, Llanuwchllyn, Llanystumdwy, Morfa Nefyn, Nefyn, Penrhyndeudraeth, Porthmadog East, Porthmadog West, Porthmadog-Tremadog, Pwllheli North, Pwllheli South, Teigl, Trawsfynydd, Tudweiliog and Tywyn.

2024–present: Under the 2023 review, drawn up in accordance with the ward structure in existence on 1 December 2020, the constituency was defined as comprising the wards above, plus the Gwynedd wards of Bethel, Bontnewydd, CadnantCwm-y-Glo, Deiniolen, Groeslon, Llanberis, Llanllyfni, Llanrug, Llanwnda, Menai (Caernarfon), Peblig (Caernarfon), Penisarwaun, Pentir, Penygroes, Seiont, Talysarn, Waunfawr, and Y Felinheli; and the County of Denbighshire wards of Corwen and Llandrillo. :The areas in Gwynedd were transferred in from the abolished Arfon constituency, and the areas in Denbighshire from the abolished Clwyd South constituency. Following local government boundary reviews which came into effect in May 2022, the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:

• The County of Gwynedd wards of: Aberdyfi; Abererch; Abermaw; Abersoch gyda Llanengan; Arthog a Llangelynnin; Bethel a’r Felinheli; Bowydd a’r Rhiw; Brithdir and Llanfachreth/Ganllwyd/Llanelltyd; Bro Dysynni; Cadnant; Canol Tref Caernarfon; Clynnog; Corris a Mawddwy; Criccieth; Cwm-y-glo; De Dolgellau; De Pwllheli; Deiniolen; Diffwys a Maenofferen; Dolbenmaen; Dwyrain Porthmadog; Dyffryn Ardudwy; Efailnewydd a Buan; Glaslyn; Gogledd Dolgellau; Gogledd Pwllheli; Gorllewin Porthmadog; Gorllewin Tywyn; Harlech a Llanbedr; Hendre; Llanbedrog gyda Mynytho; Llanberis; Llandderfel; Llanllyfni; Llanrug; Llanuwchllyn; Llanwnda; Llanystumdwy; Menai; Morfa Nefyn a Thudweiliog; Morfa Tywyn; Nefyn; Peblig; Pen draw Llŷn; Penisa’r-waun; Penrhyndeudraeth; Pen-y-groes; Teigl; Trawsfynydd; Tryfan; Waunfawr; Y Bala; Y Bontnewydd; Y Groeslon; Yr Eifl.
• The County of Denbighshire ward of Edeirnion.

The seat is bordered to the north by Bangor Aberconwy, to the south by Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr, and to the east by Clwyd East.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Election Graph

Elections held in the 2010s

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|reg. electors = 44,362

Elections held in the 2020s

|reg. electors = 73,042

Notes

References

References

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