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Post by minionofmidas on Jul 4, 2023 4:57:03 GMT
A more accurate historical name for the area would have been Powys Madoc - with Montgomeryshire being Powys Wenwynwyn - which means the new seat could have been named simply Powys. But I can see that would cause some confusion so I will shut up. Glyndwr was the heir of Powys Fadog anyways so it kind of comes down to the same thing. |
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Post by Penddu on Jul 4, 2023 23:48:18 GMT
A more accurate historical name for the area would have been Powys Madoc - with Montgomeryshire being Powys Wenwynwyn - which means the new seat could have been named simply Powys. But I can see that would cause some confusion so I will shut up. Glyndwr was the heir of Powys Fadog anyways so it kind of comes down to the same thing. Fair comment (and yes Fadog not Madoc). |
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Post by cibwr on Jul 7, 2023 14:29:49 GMT
Interestingly a local government boundary commission in the 1960s proposed a redraw of the Welsh County map, and one of the counties was a merger between Montgomeryshire, Denbighshire and Flintshire. Other proposals included the southern part of Breconshire going in with Glamorgan; Breconshire, Radnorshire and Mommouthshire combined; Anglesey, Caernarfonshire and Meirionnydd combined; Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire combined, Merthyr losing its county borough status but Cardiff, Swansea and Newport retaining theirs. Some minor border adjustments were also made between each county - a little bit of gentle rationalisation. So we would have 7 new counties/county boroughs in all.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Aug 22, 2023 22:26:15 GMT
Wales is reduced from 40 to 32 constituencies. Only one is unchanged, which is the Ynys Môn constituency that the Act requires be preserved. None of the eisting constituencies is the base for more than one constituency, so eight constituencies end up not being the base for any new seat: Arfon: 59.1% to Dwyfor Meirionnydd, 40.9% to Bangor Aberconwy Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire: 59.3% to Mid and South Pembrokeshire, 40.7% to Caerfyrddin Clwyd South: 46.6% to Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr, 39.2% to Wrexham, 9.1% to Clwyd East, 5.1% to Dwyfor Meirionnydd Cynon Valley: 58.1% to Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare, 41.9% to Pontypridd Newport West: 54.2% to Newport West and Islwyn, 45.8% to Newport East Ogmore: 31.8% to Bridgend, 26.4% to Aberafan Maesteg, 24.2% to Rhondda and Ogmore, 16.4% to Pontypridd, 1.2% to Cardiff West Swansea East: 61.6% to Swansea West, 37.4% to Neath and Swansea East, 1.0% to Gower Vale of Clwyd: 64.1% to Clwyd North, 35.9% to Clwyd East The Index of Change for altered constituencies is: | Constituency | Index of change | | Cardiff North BC | 4.3 | | Vale of Glamorgan CC | 8.3 | | Cardiff West BC | 8.9 | | Torfaen CC | 12.6 | | Llanelli CC | 15.0 | | Alyn and Deeside CC | 20.1 | | Caerphilly CC | 30.8 | | Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe CC | 31.5 | | Ceredigion Preseli CC | 31.9 | | Monmouthshire CC | 32.0 | | Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney CC | 39.6 | | Gower CC | 41.4 | | Bridgend CC | 46.2 | | Rhondda and Ogmore CC | 46.3 | | Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr CC | 51.2 | | Dwyfor Meirionnydd CC | 51.2 | | Bangor Aberconwy CC | 57.1 | | Cardiff South and Penarth BC | 57.4 | | Caerfyrddin CC | 57.6 | | Cardiff East BC | 63.9 | | Aberafan Maesteg CC | 69.2 | | Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare CC | 72.9 | | Newport East BC | 75.0 | | Pontypridd CC | 80.2 | | Clwyd East CC | 85.9 | | Mid and South Pembrokeshire CC | 89.1 | | Clwyd North CC | 92.2 | | Newport West and Islwyn CC | 93.7 | | Neath and Swansea East CC | 95.7 | | Swansea West CC | 97.3 |
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