Skip to content

Wales · Former constituency (1955–1992)

Carmarthen

Every general election in Carmarthen since 1955 (until 1992). Latest: Labour, majority 2,922.

1992 general election

PartyVotesShareShare bar
Labour Won20,87936.7%
Plaid Cymru17,95731.5%
Conservative12,78222.4%
Liberal Democrats5,3539.4%
Valid votes56,971
Majority2,9225.1%

Lab hold Turnout 82.7% of 68,887 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%19551959196419661970F1974O19741979198319871992Labour, 1955: 42.7%Labour, 1959: 47.9%Labour, 1964: 45.5%Labour, 1966: 46.2%Labour, 1970: 38.0%Labour, February 1974: 34.3%Labour, October 1974: 38.1%Labour, 1979: 35.8%Labour, 1983: 31.6%Labour, 1987: 35.4%Labour, 1992: 36.7%Plaid Cymru, 1955: 7.8%Plaid Cymru, 1959: 5.2%Plaid Cymru, 1964: 11.7%Plaid Cymru, 1966: 16.1%Plaid Cymru, 1970: 30.1%Plaid Cymru, February 1974: 34.3%Plaid Cymru, October 1974: 45.1%Plaid Cymru, 1979: 32.0%Plaid Cymru, 1983: 27.1%Plaid Cymru, 1987: 23.0%Plaid Cymru, 1992: 31.5%Liberal, 1955: 49.5%Liberal, 1959: 34.3%Liberal, 1964: 32.3%Liberal, 1966: 26.1%Liberal, 1970: 21.8%Liberal, February 1974: 19.4%Liberal, October 1974: 10.4%Liberal, 1979: 8.0%Conservative, 1959: 12.6%Conservative, 1964: 10.6%Conservative, 1966: 11.6%Conservative, 1970: 10.1%Conservative, February 1974: 12.1%Conservative, October 1974: 5.7%Conservative, 1979: 23.6%Conservative, 1983: 29.4%Conservative, 1987: 27.4%Conservative, 1992: 22.4%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1983: 11.0%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1987: 13.3%
Vote share in Carmarthen at each general election Lab PC Lib Con Alliance

Every result

Download CSV
ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
1992LabPC2,9225.182.7%Lab hold
1987LabCon4,3178.082.9%Lab hold
1983LabCon1,1542.281.2%
1979LabPC1,9783.884.4%Lab gain from PC
October 1974PCLab3,6407.085.6%PC gain from Lab
February 1974LabPC30.083.5%
1970LabPC3,9077.983.7%Lab hold
1966LabLib9,23320.183.0%Lab hold
1964LabLib6,21413.284.5%Lab hold
1959LabLib6,63313.685.4%Lab gain from Lib
1955LibLab3,3336.885.1%

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

Questions and answers

Who last won Carmarthen?

Labour won Carmarthen at the 1992 general election with a majority of 2,922.

Which parties have won Carmarthen?

At the 11 general elections held under this name since 1955: Labour 9, Plaid Cymru 1, Liberal 1.

Official results House of Commons Library and UK Parliament election results data. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data

Report an error on this page