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  UK Parliament - Llanelli
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Parents > United Kingdom > Wales > Wales > Llanelli
OfficeParliament
HonorificMember of Parliament - Abbr: MP
Type General Election
Filing Deadline 00, 0000 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open May 07, 2015 - 01:00am Central
Polls Close May 07, 2015 - 04:00pm Central
Term Start May 08, 2015 - 12:00pm
Term End June 08, 2017 - 11:00pm
ContributorIndyGeorgia
Last ModifiedIndyGeorgia April 19, 2017 10:23pm
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Description BBC Constituency Profile:

Llanelli sits on the Carmarthenshire coast in west Wales. The town itself is famous for its rich rugby history and is home to the Scarlets rugby team.

Llanelli has fewer businesses per 10,000 residents than most constituencies with 199 - the 83rd lowest of any seat in the UK. At 67% the employment rate is also lower than the British average.

The seat has been Labour's since 1922. The current MP is Nia Griffith who's been the MP for Llanelli since 2005. At the last election Ms Griffith won the seat with 42.5% of the vote. Plaid Cymru had 29.9%, the Conservatives got 14.4%, the Liberal Democrats received 10.4% and UKIP had 2.8%.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyLabour Won05/06/2010
NameNia Griffith Votes15,916 (42.49%)
Term05/17/2010 - 05/17/2015 Margin4,701 (+12.55%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyLabour Won06/08/2017
NameNia Griffith Votes21,568 (53.46%)
Term06/08/2017 - 12/12/2019 Margin12,024 (+29.81%)
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Name (I) MP Nia Griffith Vaughan Williams Ken Rees Selaine Saxby Cen Phillips Guy Smith Siân Caiach
PartyLabour Plaid Cymru UK Independence Conservative Liberal Democrats Green People First
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Certified Votes 15,948 (41.34%) 8,853 (22.95%) 6,269 (16.25%) 5,534 (14.35%) 751 (1.95%) 689 (1.79%) 407 (1.06%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -7,095 (-18.39%) -9,679 (-25.09%) -10,414 (-27.00%) -15,197 (-39.40%) -15,259 (-39.56%) -15,541 (-40.29%)
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Name Scott Jones  
PartyTrade Unionist and Socialist  
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Certified Votes 123 (0.32%)  
Margin-15,825 (-41.03%)  
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