Brecon and Radnorshire elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the Mid and West Wales electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole. It is currently represented by Kirsty Williams MS, of the Liberal Democrats, who has been the MS since 1999. Brecon and Radnorshire has been a real stronghold for the Lib Dems for more than two decades. In the 2016 Senedd elections the party enjoyed its biggest winning majority, with Ms Williams acquiring 15,898 of the votes, in what was the biggest turnout in the constituency’s history. She enjoyed an +8.6 in votes from 2011.
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