Skip to content

Wales · Former constituency (1918–2019) · W07000063

Montgomeryshire

Every general election in Montgomeryshire since 1918 (until 2019). Latest: Craig Williams, Conservative, majority 12,138.

2019 general election

CandidatePartyVotesShareShare bar
Craig Williams ElectedConservative20,02058.5%
Kishan DevaniLiberal Democrats7,88223.0%
Kait DuerdenLabour5,58516.3%
Gwyn EvansGwlad Gwlad7272.1%
Valid votes34,214
Majority12,13835.5%

Con hold Turnout 69.8% of 48,997 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%19181923192919351950F19742001201020172019Conservative, 1929: 38.7%Conservative, 1945: 43.7%Conservative, 1950: 27.1%Conservative, February 1974: 28.5%Conservative, 1997: 26.1%Conservative, 2001: 27.9%Conservative, 2005: 27.4%Conservative, 2010: 41.3%Conservative, 2015: 45.0%Conservative, 2017: 51.8%Conservative, 2019: 58.5%Liberal, 1924: 77.3%Liberal, 1929: 46.5%Liberal, 1945: 56.3%Liberal, 1950: 51.3%Liberal, 1951: 69.2%Liberal, February 1974: 45.4%Liberal Democrats, 1997: 45.9%Liberal Democrats, 2001: 49.4%Liberal Democrats, 2005: 51.2%Liberal Democrats, 2010: 37.8%Liberal Democrats, 2015: 29.3%Liberal Democrats, 2017: 25.2%Liberal Democrats, 2019: 23.0%Labour, 1924: 22.7%Labour, 1929: 14.8%Labour, 1950: 21.6%Labour, 1951: 30.8%Labour, February 1974: 17.8%Labour, 1997: 19.1%Labour, 2001: 11.9%Labour, 2005: 11.5%Labour, 2010: 7.1%Labour, 2015: 5.6%Labour, 2017: 15.9%Labour, 2019: 16.3%UK Independence Party, 2010: 3.3%UK Independence Party, 2015: 11.2%
Vote share in Montgomeryshire at each general election Con Lib LD Lab UKIP

Boundary changes in 2024

Where the voters of the old Montgomeryshire (2010–2019 boundaries) live now:

Shares of population, from the House of Commons Library’s boundary analysis in the UK Parliament election results data.

Every result

Download CSV
ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
2019Con Craig WilliamsLD12,13835.569.8%Con hold
2017Con Glyn DaviesLD9,28526.668.7%Con hold
2015Con Glyn DaviesLD5,32515.869.3%Con hold
2010Con Glyn DaviesLD1,1843.569.4%Con gain from LD
2005LDCon7,17323.864.5%
2001LDCon6,23421.565.5%LD hold
1997LDCon6,30319.774.7%
February 1974LibCon4,65116.982.6%
1951LibLab9,49138.576.1%Lib hold
1950LibCon6,78024.186.8%
1945LibCon3,12312.577.4%
1935Nat Lib—unopposed——Nat Lib hold
1931Nat Lib—unopposed——Nat Lib gain from Lib
1929LibCon2,1287.788.3%Lib hold
1924LibLab10,55854.679.4%Lib hold
1923Lib—unopposed——Lib hold
1922Lib—unopposed——Lib hold
1918Lib—unopposed——

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 Montgomeryshire?

Craig Williams (Conservative) won Montgomeryshire at the 2019 general election with a majority of 12,138.

Which parties have won Montgomeryshire?

At the 18 general elections held under this name since 1918: Liberal 9, Conservative 4, Liberal Democrats 3, National Liberal 2.

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