Montgomeryshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Montgomeryshire (Senedd constituency).

Montgomeryshire (Welsh: Sir Drefaldwyn) was a constituency^{[n 1]} in Wales represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

Montgomeryshire
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Montgomeryshire in Wales
Preserved county	Powys
Electorate	48,910 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Newtown, Welshpool
1542–2024
Seats	One
Replaced by	Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr
Senedd	Montgomeryshire, Mid and West Wales

Created in 1542, it elected one Member of Parliament (MP), formerly known as the knight of the shire, by the first-past-the-post system of election. It was abolished following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies prior to the 2024 general election and replaced by Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr.

The Montgomeryshire Senedd constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999 (as an Assembly constituency).

Boundaries and political history

Map of boundaries 1983-2024

The seat was based on the ancient county of Montgomeryshire, in the principal area of Powys. One of Britain's most rural and isolated constituencies, Montgomeryshire elected Liberal or Liberal-affiliated candidates from 1880, until a Conservative victory in the 1979 general election. In the 1983 general election it was the only seat in England and Wales where a sitting Conservative MP was unseated, while nationally the party's seat majority increased. However, in 2010, the Conservatives won and held the seat in 2015 and 2017, with an increased majority. The seat was officially known as Montgomery before 1997. At the time of its abolition, Montgomeryshire was the only seat in Wales never to have elected a Labour MP.^[2]

Until 1918 this seat, in common with many others, contained an enclaved seat, which comprised the boroughs of Montgomery, Llanfyllin, Llanidloes, Newtown and Welshpool. This seat survived the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 which abolished many similar seats. The seat was finally abolished in 1918 and absorbed into the wider Montgomeryshire seat.

Under proposed constituency boundary changes announced in September 2016, ahead of the next general election, the seat was to be partitioned, the northern half including Welshpool to be merged with Clwyd South to form a new seat of South Clwyd and North Montgomeryshire; most of the southern including Newtown was to be merged with the Brecon and Radnor seat to form a seat renamed as Brecon, Radnor and Montgomery,^[3] and the wards of Llanidloes and Blaen Hafren merged into the Ceredigion constituency which would form part of a new seat called Ceredigion and North Pembrokeshire.^[4] However, the general elections of 2017 and 2019 were fought on existing boundaries.

Abolition

The constituency was abolished 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 2024 United Kingdom general election. The entire constituency became part of the new Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr.^[5]

Members of Parliament

1542–1604

Parliament	Member
1542	James Leche[6]
1545	Humphrey Lloyd[6]
1547	Humphrey Lloyd[6]
1553 (Mar)	Edward Herbert[6]
1553 (Oct)	Edward Herbert[6]
1554 (Apr)	Edward Herbert[6]
1554 (Nov)	Edward Herbert[6]
1555	Not known
1558	Edward Herbert[6]
1559 (Jan)	Edward Herbert I[7]
1562–1563	Edward Herbert I[7]
1571	Edward Herbert I[7]
1572	John Price[7]
1584 (Oct)	Richard Herbert[7]
1586 (Oct)	Oliver Lloyd[7]
1588 (Oct)	Edward Herbert I[7]
1593	Reginald Williams[7]
1597 (Sep)	William Herbert[7]
1601 (Oct)	Edward Herbert[7]

1604–present

Election		Member[8]	Party
	1604–1611	William Herbert
	1614	William Herbert
	1621–1622	William Herbert
	1624	William Herbert
	1624–1629	William Herbert
	1640	Richard Herbert
	1640–1642	John Pryce
	1642	Seat vacant from 12 September 1642, when Pryce was disabled from sitting
	1647	Edward Vaughan
	1648	Seat vacant after Vaughan was excluded in Pride's Purge
	1653	Not separately represented in the Barebones Parliament
	1654–1655 (two members)	Charles Lloyd
		John Pryce
	1656–1658 (two members)	Charles Lloyd
		Hugh Pryce
	1659	Edward Vaughan
	1660	John Purcell
	1661	Edward Vaughan
	1661 by-election	Hon. Andrew Newport	Conservative
	1679	Edward Vaughan	Conservative
	1719	Hon. Price Devereux	Conservative
	1740	Robert Williams
	1741	Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn	Conservative
	1742	Robert Williams
	1747	Edward Kynaston
	1772	Watkin Williams
	1774	William Mostyn Owen
	1795	Francis Lloyd
	1799	Charles Williams-Wynn	Tory[9]
	1834		Conservative[9]
	1850 by-election	Herbert Williams-Wynn	Conservative
	1862 by-election	Charles Williams-Wynn	Conservative
	1880	Stuart Rendel	Liberal
	1894 by-election	Arthur Humphreys-Owen	Liberal
	1906	David Davies	Liberal
	1929	Clement Davies	Liberal
	1931		National Liberal
	1939		Independent
	1942		Liberal
	1962 by-election	Emlyn Hooson	Liberal
	1979	Delwyn Williams	Conservative
	1983	Alex Carlile	Liberal
	1988		Liberal Democrat
	1997	Lembit Öpik	Liberal Democrat
	2010	Glyn Davies	Conservative
	2019	Craig Williams	Conservative
	2024	Constituency abolished

Elections

Graph to show the election results of the Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr UK constituency and its predecessor seat. (1868-2024)

Elections in the 19th century

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Montgomery^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Charles Williams-Wynn	Unopposed
Registered electors			c. 1,110
	Tory hold

1830 Montgomeryshire by-election^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Charles Williams-Wynn	Unopposed
Registered electors			c. 1,110
	Tory hold

• Caused by Williams-Wynn's appointment as a Commissioner for the Affairs of India

General election 1831: Montgomery^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Charles Williams-Wynn	703	70.0	N/A
	Whig	Joseph Hayes Lyon	302	30.0	N/A
Majority			401	40.0	N/A
Turnout			1,005	c. 90.5	N/A
Registered electors			c. 1,110
	Tory hold

General election 1832: Montgomery^[11][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Charles Williams-Wynn	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,525
	Tory hold

General election 1835: Montgomery^[11][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Williams-Wynn	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,737
	Conservative hold

General election 1837: Montgomery^[11][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Williams-Wynn	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,819
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Montgomery^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Williams-Wynn	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,936
	Conservative hold

General election 1847: Montgomery^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Williams-Wynn	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,214
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

1850 Montgomeryshire by-election^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Watkin Williams-Wynn	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

• Caused by Williams-Wynn's death.

General election 1852: Montgomery^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Watkin Williams-Wynn	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,986
	Conservative hold

General election 1857: Montgomery^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Watkin Williams-Wynn	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,872
	Conservative hold

General election 1859: Montgomery^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Watkin Williams-Wynn	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,723
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

1862 Montgomeryshire by-election^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Williams-Wynn	1,269	57.0	N/A
	Liberal	Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy[12]	959	43.0	N/A
Majority			310	14.0	N/A
Turnout			2,228	83.3	N/A
Registered electors			2,675
	Conservative hold		Swing

• Caused by Williams-Wynn's death.

General election 1865: Montgomery^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Williams-Wynn	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,339
	Conservative hold

General election 1868: Montgomery^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Williams-Wynn	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,810
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Montgomery^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Williams-Wynn	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,014
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Montgomery^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stuart Rendel	2,232	52.2	N/A
	Conservative	Charles Williams-Wynn	2,041	47.8	N/A
Majority			191	4.4	N/A
Turnout			4,273	80.8	N/A
Registered electors			5,291
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

General election 1885: Montgomery^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stuart Rendel	4,044	54.4	+2.2
	Conservative	Charles Williams-Wynn	3,389	45.6	−2.2
Majority			655	8.8	+4.4
Turnout			7,433	83.8	+3.0
Registered electors			8,870
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.2

General election 1886: Montgomery^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stuart Rendel	3,799	54.1	−0.3
	Conservative	Devereux Herbert Mytton[14]	3,220	45.9	+0.3
Majority			579	8.2	−0.6
Turnout			7,019	79.1	−4.7
Registered electors			8,870
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.3

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Montgomery^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stuart Rendel	3,662	56.3	+2.2
	Conservative	Devereux Herbert Mytton[14]	2,847	43.7	−2.2
Majority			815	12.6	+4.4
Turnout			6,509	73.3	−5.8
Registered electors			8,880
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.2

1894 Montgomeryshire by-election^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Humphreys-Owen	3,440	51.7	−4.6
	Conservative	Watkin Williams-Wynn	3,215	48.3	+4.6
Majority			225	3.4	−9.2
Turnout			6,655	82.2	+8.9
Registered electors			8,092
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.6

• Caused by Rendel's elevation to the peerage.

General election 1895: Montgomery^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Humphreys-Owen	3,442	50.2	−6.1
	Conservative	Watkin Williams-Wynn	3,415	49.8	+6.1
Majority			27	0.4	−12.2
Turnout			6,857	85.8	+12.5
Registered electors			7,989
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.1

Elections in the 20th century

Elections in the 1900s

Humphreys-Owen

General election 1900: Montgomery^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Humphreys-Owen	3,482	52.0	+1.8
	Conservative	Watkin Williams-Wynn	3,218	48.0	−1.8
Majority			264	4.0	+3.6
Turnout			6,700	84.6	−1.2
Registered electors			7,915
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.8

David Davies

General election 1906: Montgomery^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Davies	Unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Montgomery^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Davies	4,369	61.8	N/A
	Conservative	Arthur Williams-Wynn	2,697	38.2	N/A
Majority			1,672	23.6	N/A
Turnout			7,066	89.1	N/A
Registered electors			7,928
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General election December 1910: Montgomery^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Davies	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,928
	Liberal hold

General election 1918: Montgomery^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Davies	Unopposed
Registered electors			24,949
	Liberal hold

• Davies was endorsed by the Coalition Government, but refused to accept the coupon.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Montgomery^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Davies	Unopposed
Registered electors			23,802
	Liberal hold

General election 1923: Montgomery^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Davies	Unopposed
Registered electors			24,126
	Liberal hold

General election 1924: Montgomery^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Davies	14,942	77.3	N/A
	Labour	Arthur Davies	4,384	22.7	N/A
Majority			10,558	54.6	N/A
Turnout			19,326	79.4	N/A
Registered electors			24,338
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1929: Montgomery^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Clement Davies	12,779	46.5	−30.8
	Unionist	John Murray Naylor	10,651	38.7	N/A
	Labour	John Evans	4,069	14.8	−7.9
Majority			2,128	7.8	−46.8
Turnout			27,499	88.3	+8.9
Registered electors			31,142
	Liberal hold		Swing	-11.4

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Montgomery^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Clement Davies	Unopposed
Registered electors			30,120
	National Liberal hold

General election 1935: Montgomery^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Clement Davies	Unopposed
Registered electors			30,943
	National Liberal hold

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Montgomery^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Clement Davies	14,018	56.3	N/A
	Conservative	Philip Owen	10,895	43.7	N/A
Majority			3,123	13.6	N/A
Turnout			24,913	77.4	N/A
Registered electors			32,180
	Liberal gain from National Liberal		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Montgomery^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Clement Davies	14,401	50.0	−6.3
	Conservative	Harry West	7,621	26.5	−17.2
	Labour	John David Williams	6,760	23.5	N/A
Majority			6,780	23.5	+9.9
Turnout			28,782	88.9	+11.5
Registered electors			32,372
	Liberal hold		Swing

General election 1951: Montgomery^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Clement Davies	17,075	68.5	+18.5
	Labour	David Caradog Jones	7,854	31.5	+8.0
Majority			9,221	37.0	+13.5
Turnout			24,929	76.9	−12.0
Registered electors			32,423
	Liberal hold		Swing

General election 1955: Montgomery^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Clement Davies	16,021	68.0	−0.5
	Labour	David Caradog Jones	7,521	32.0	+0.5
Majority			8,500	36.0	−1.0
Turnout			23,542	73.6	−3.3
Registered electors			31,983
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.5

General election 1959: Montgomery^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Clement Davies	10,970	42.0	−26.0
	Conservative	Frank Leslie Morgan	8,176	31.3	N/A
	Labour	David Caradog Jones	6,950	26.6	−5.4
Majority			2,794	10.7	−25.3
Turnout			26,096	83.8	+10.2
Registered electors			31,152
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

1962 Montgomeryshire by-election^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Emlyn Hooson	13,181	51.3	+9.3
	Conservative	Robert H. Dawson	5,632	21.9	−9.4
	Labour	Tudor Davies	5,299	20.6	−6.0
	Plaid Cymru	Islwyn Ffowc Elis	1,594	6.2	N/A
Majority			7,549	29.4	+18.7
Turnout			25,706	85.1	+1.3
Registered electors			30,202
	Liberal hold		Swing

General election 1964: Montgomery^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Emlyn Hooson	10,738	42.3	+0.3
	Conservative	Jerry Wiggin	6,768	26.7	−4.6
	Labour	Gwyn M. Evans	5,696	22.5	−4.1
	Plaid Cymru	Islwyn Ffowc Elis	2,167	8.5	N/A
Majority			3,970	15.6	+4.9
Turnout			25,369	84.1	+0.3
Registered electors			30,155
	Liberal hold		Swing

General election 1966: Montgomery^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Emlyn Hooson	10,278	41.5	−0.8
	Conservative	Jerry Wiggin	6,784	27.4	+0.7
	Labour	Gwyn M. Evans	5,891	23.8	+1.3
	Plaid Cymru	Trefor Edwards	1,841	7.4	−1.1
Majority			3,494	14.1	−1.5
Turnout			24,794	82.8	−1.3
Registered electors			29,951
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Montgomery^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Emlyn Hooson	10,202	38.4	−3.1
	Conservative	Delwyn Williams	7,891	29.7	+2.3
	Labour	David W. Thomas	5,335	20.1	−3.7
	Plaid Cymru	Edward Millward	3,145	11.8	+4.4
Majority			2,311	8.7	−5.4
Turnout			26,573	82.3	−0.5
Registered electors			32,304
	Liberal hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Montgomery^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Emlyn Hooson	12,495	45.4	+7.0
	Conservative	W R C Williams-Wynne	7,844	28.5	−1.2
	Labour	P W Harries	4,888	17.8	−2.3
	Plaid Cymru	A P Jones	2,274	8.3	−3.5
Majority			4,651	16.9	+8.2
Turnout			27,501	82.6	+0.3
Registered electors			33,303
	Liberal hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Montgomery^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Emlyn Hooson	11,280	43.1	−2.3
	Conservative	W R C Williams-Wynne	7,421	28.4	−0.1
	Labour	P W Harries	5,031	19.2	+1.4
	Plaid Cymru	A P Jones	2,440	9.3	+1.0
Majority			3,859	14.7	−2.2
Turnout			26,172	77.9	−4.7
Registered electors			33,583
	Liberal hold		Swing

General election 1979: Montgomery^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Delwyn Williams	11,751	40.3	+11.9
	Liberal	Emlyn Hooson	10,158	34.9	−8.2
	Labour	J Price	4,751	16.3	−2.9
	Plaid Cymru	Carl Clowes	2,474	8.5	−0.8
Majority			1,593	5.4	N/A
Turnout			29,134	81.4	+1.5
Registered electors			35,786
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Montgomery^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alex Carlile	12,863	43.3	+8.4
	Conservative	Delwyn Williams	12,195	41.1	+0.8
	Labour	Joe Wilson	2,550	8.6	−7.7
	Plaid Cymru	Carl Clowes	1,585	5.3	−3.2
	Independent	David Rowlands	487	1.6	N/A
Majority			668	2.2	N/A
Turnout			29,680	79.2	−2.2
Registered electors			37,474
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

In 1983 this was Labour's worst performance in Wales and the only seat where Labour won less than 12.5% and lost their £150 deposit. The threshold for retaining deposits was lowered to 5% in 1985.

General election 1987: Montgomery^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alex Carlile	14,729	46.6	+3.3
	Conservative	David Evans	12,171	38.5	−2.6
	Labour	Edward Llewellyn-Jones	3,304	10.5	+1.9
	Plaid Cymru	Carl Clowes	1,412	4.5	−0.8
Majority			2,558	8.1	+5.9
Turnout			31,616	79.4	+0.2
Registered electors			39,808
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Montgomery^[22][23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Carlile	16,031	48.5	+1.9
	Conservative	Jeannie France-Hayhurst	10,822	32.7	−5.8
	Labour	Stephen Wood	4,115	12.4	+1.9
	Plaid Cymru	Hugh Parsons	1,581	4.8	+0.3
	Green	Patrick Adams	508	1.5	N/A
Majority			5,209	15.8	+7.7
Turnout			33,057	79.9	+0.5
Registered electors			41,386
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

General election 1997: Montgomeryshire^[24][25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lembit Öpik	14,647	45.9	−2.6
	Conservative	Glyn Davies	8,344	26.1	−6.6
	Labour	Angharad Davies	6,109	19.1	+6.7
	Plaid Cymru	Helen Mary Jones	1,608	5.0	+0.2
	Referendum	John Bufton	879	2.8	N/A
	Green	Susan Walker	338	1.1	−0.4
Majority			6,303	19.8	+4.0
Turnout			31,925	74.7	−5.2
Registered electors			60,873
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+2.0

Elections in the 21st century

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Montgomeryshire^[26][27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lembit Öpik	14,319	49.4	+3.5
	Conservative	David Jones	8,085	27.9	+1.8
	Labour	Paul Davies	3,443	11.9	−7.2
	Plaid Cymru	David Senior	1,969	6.8	+1.8
	UKIP	David Rowlands	786	2.7	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Ruth Davies	210	0.7	N/A
	Independent	Reginald Taylor	171	0.6	N/A
Majority			6,234	21.5	+1.7
Turnout			28,983	65.5	−9.2
Registered electors			62,200
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+0.9

General election 2005: Montgomeryshire^[28][29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lembit Öpik	15,419	51.2	+1.8
	Conservative	Simon Baynes	8,246	27.4	−0.5
	Labour	David Tinline	3,454	11.5	−0.4
	Plaid Cymru	Ellen ap Gwynn	2,078	6.9	+0.1
	UKIP	Clive Easton	900	3.0	+0.3
Majority			7,173	23.8	+2.3
Turnout			30,097	64.4	−1.1
Registered electors			46,766
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+1.2

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2010: Montgomeryshire^[30][31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Glyn Davies	13,976	41.3	+13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Lembit Öpik	12,792	37.8	−13.4
	Plaid Cymru	Heledd Fychan	2,802	8.3	+1.3
	Labour	Nick Colbourne	2,407	7.1	−5.2
	UKIP	David W. L. Rowlands	1,128	3.3	+0.4
	National Front	Milton Ellis	384	1.1	N/A
	Independent	Bruce Lawson	324	1.0	N/A
Majority			1,184	3.5	N/A
Turnout			33,813	69.4	+3.1
Registered electors			48,730
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+13.2

Note: The David Rowlands who stood here is different from the David Rowlands who stood in Newport East at this election for UKIP.

General election 2015: Montgomeryshire^[32][33][34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Glyn Davies	15,204	45.0	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Dodds[35]	9,879	29.3	−8.5
	UKIP	Des Parkinson[36]	3,769	11.2	+7.9
	Labour	Martyn Singleton[37]	1,900	5.6	−1.5
	Plaid Cymru	Ann Griffith[38]	1,745	5.2	−3.1
	Green	Richard Chaloner	1,260	3.7	N/A
Majority			5,325	15.7	+12.2
Turnout			33,757	69.3	−0.1
Registered electors			48,690
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.2

General election 2017: Montgomeryshire^[39][40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Glyn Davies	18,075	51.8	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Dodds	8,790	25.2	−4.1
	Labour	Iwan Wyn Jones	5,542	15.9	+10.3
	Plaid Cymru	Aled Morgan Hughes	1,960	5.6	+0.4
	Green	Richard Chaloner	524	1.5	−2.2
Majority			9,285	26.6	+10.9
Turnout			34,891	70.1	+0.8
Registered electors			50,755
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.5

General election 2019: Montgomeryshire^[41][42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Craig Williams	20,020	58.5	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kishan Devani	7,882	23.0	−2.2
	Labour	Kait Duerden	5,585	16.3	+0.4
	Gwlad Gwlad	Gwyn Evans	727	2.1	N/A
Rejected ballots			213
Majority			12,138	35.5	+8.9
Turnout			34,214	69.8	−0.3
Registered electors			48,997
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.4

Of the 213 rejected ballots:

• 156 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.^[42]
• 24 voted for more than one candidate.^[42]
• 33 had want of official mark.^[42]

See also

• Montgomeryshire (Senedd constituency)
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Powys
• 1962 Montgomeryshire by-election
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Wales

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer).