Carmarthen - UK Parliament Constituency

Here are the most recent election results for the Carmarthen constituency.

Note: Smaller parties may be omitted. The candidate with the largest vote who does not belong to one of the main parties is listed as 'Minor'. Votes listed for 'Other' are calculated by taking the votes from the main parties and 'Minor' away from the total votes cast.

Name	Carmarthen
Region	Wales
Current Status	Abolished

Electoral History

Election		Party
	Election 1992	Labour
	Election 1987	Labour
	Election 1983	Labour
	Election 1979	Labour
	Election 1974 (October)	Plaid Cymru
	Election 1974 (February)	Labour
	Election 1970	Labour
	Election 1966	Labour
	Election 1964	Labour
	Election 1959	Labour
	Election 1955	Liberal

Election 1992

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	20,879	36.65%	+1.28%
	Plaid Cymru	17,957	31.52%	+8.49%
	Conservative	12,782	22.44%	-4.95%
	Liberal Democrat	5,353	9.40%	N/A
Majority		2,922	5.13%
Turnout		56,971	82.66%	-0.14%
Electorate		68,920
Swing from CON to PC			6.72%
Swing from LAB to PC			3.60%
Swing from CON to LAB			3.11%
	Labour hold

Election 1987

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	19,128	35.37%	+3.80%
	Conservative	14,811	27.39%	-1.97%
	Plaid Cymru	12,457	23.03%	-4.01%
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	7,203	13.32%	+2.31%
	Green	481	0.89%	N/A
Majority		4,317	7.98%
Turnout		54,080	82.80%	+0.67%
Electorate		65,315
Swing from PC to LAB			3.90%
Swing from CON to LAB			2.88%
Swing from PC to CON			1.02%
	Labour hold

Election 1983

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	16,459	31.57%	-4.26%
	Conservative	15,305	29.36%	+5.80%
	Plaid Cymru	14,099	27.05%	-4.99%
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	5,737	11.01%	N/A
	Ecology	374	0.72%	N/A
	Minor	154	0.30%	N/A
Majority		1,154	2.21%
Turnout		52,128	82.13%	-2.27%
Electorate		63,468
Swing from PC to CON			5.40%
Swing from LAB to CON			5.03%
Swing from PC to LAB			0.36%
	Labour hold

Election 1979

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	18,667	35.84%	-2.23%
	Plaid Cymru	16,689	32.04%	-13.07%
	Conservative	12,272	23.56%	+17.83%
	Liberal	4,186	8.04%	-2.39%
	Others	275	0.53%	N/A
Majority		1,978	3.80%
Turnout		52,089	84.40%	-1.22%
Electorate		61,714
Swing from PC to CON			15.45%
Swing from LAB to CON			10.03%
Swing from PC to LAB			5.42%
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru

Election 1974 (October)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Plaid Cymru	23,325	45.11%	+10.83%
	Labour	19,685	38.07%	+3.78%
	Liberal	5,393	10.43%	-8.94%
	Conservative	2,962	5.73%	-6.33%
	Others	342	0.66%	N/A
Majority		3,640	7.04%
Turnout		51,707	85.62%	+2.13%
Electorate		60,390
Swing from LIB to PC			9.89%
Swing from LIB to LAB			6.36%
Swing from LAB to PC			3.52%
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour

Election 1974 (February)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	17,165	34.29%	-3.75%
	Plaid Cymru	17,162	34.28%	+4.18%
	Liberal	9,698	19.37%	-2.38%
	Conservative	6,037	12.06%	+1.95%
Majority		3	0.01%
Turnout		50,062	83.49%	-0.17%
Electorate		59,963
Swing from LAB to PC			3.97%
Swing from LIB to PC			3.28%
Swing from LAB to LIB			0.68%
	Labour hold

Election 1970

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	18,719	38.04%	-8.13%
	Plaid Cymru	14,812	30.10%	+13.96%
	Liberal	10,707	21.76%	-4.33%
	Conservative	4,975	10.11%	-1.50%
Majority		3,907	7.94%
Turnout		49,213	83.66%	+0.71%
Electorate		58,824
Swing from LAB to PC			11.05%
Swing from LIB to PC			9.14%
Swing from LAB to LIB			1.90%
	Labour hold

Election 1966

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	21,221	46.17%	+0.71%
	Liberal	11,988	26.08%	-6.19%
	Plaid Cymru	7,416	16.13%	+4.47%
	Conservative	5,338	11.61%	+1.01%
Majority		9,233	20.09%
Turnout		45,963	82.96%	-1.52%
Electorate		55,407
Swing from LIB to PC			5.33%
Swing from LIB to LAB			3.45%
Swing from LAB to PC			1.88%
	Labour hold

Election 1964

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	21,424	45.46%	-2.43%
	Liberal	15,210	32.28%	-2.04%
	Plaid Cymru	5,495	11.66%	+6.45%
	Conservative	4,996	10.60%	-1.98%
Majority		6,214	13.19%
Turnout		47,125	84.47%	-0.95%
Electorate		55,786
Swing from LAB to PC			4.44%
Swing from LIB to PC			4.25%
Swing from LAB to LIB			0.20%
	Labour hold

Election 1959

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	23,399	47.89%	+5.16%
	Liberal	16,766	34.32%	-15.17%
	Conservative	6,147	12.58%	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	2,545	5.21%	-2.57%
Majority		6,633	13.58%
Turnout		48,857	85.42%	+0.32%
Electorate		57,195
Swing from LIB to CON			13.88%
Swing from LIB to LAB			10.17%
Swing from LAB to CON			3.71%
	Labour gain from Liberal

Election 1955

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Liberal	24,410	49.49%	N/A
	Labour	21,077	42.73%	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	3,835	7.78%	N/A
Majority		3,333	6.76%
Turnout		49,322	85.10%	N/A
Electorate		57,956

	Liberal win

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