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| Caerfyrddin (Carmarthen) | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
  Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
&sq=&lang=en&file=File:Caerfyrddin2024Constituency.svg) Boundary of Caerfyrddin in Wales | |
| Preserved county | Dyfed |
| Electorate | 72,683 (March 2020)[1] |
| Major settlements | Carmarthen, Ammanford, Llandeilo |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Ann Davies (Plaid Cymru) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Carmarthen East & Dinefwr and Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire |
| 1918–1997 | |
| Seats | One |
| Type of constituency | County constituency |
| Created from | West Carmarthenshire, East Carmarthenshire and Carmarthen Boroughs |
| Replaced by | Carmarthen East & Dinefwr and Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire |
Caerfyrddin (Welsh: [kairˈvərðɪn]), also known as Carmarthen, is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.
In the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the name is given as Caerfyrddin (Carmarthen).[2] Of the twenty-five Welsh constituencies with names in both English and Welsh, Caerfyrddin is the only one where the Welsh name comes first followed by the English name in brackets (in each of the other cases, the opposite is true). Caerfyrddin is the form used by the UK Parliament.[3]
A similar constituency existed between 1918 and 1997 under the name Carmarthen. Prior to that, Carmarthen Boroughs (made up of Carmarthen town and Llanelli) existed from 1832 to 1918. Alongside that was the Carmarthenshire constituency, which returned two members between 1832 and 1885. It was then split into the two county constituencies of East Carmarthenshire and West Carmarthenshire which were themselves abolished for the 1918 general election.
Between 1997 and 2024 the county was divided between Carmarthen East and Dinefwr constituency and Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire.
- ^ Mrs Justice Jefford; Thomas, Huw Vaughan; Hartley, Sam A (June 2023). "Appendix 1: Recommended Constituencies" (PDF). The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales. Cardiff: Boundary Commission for Wales. p. 250. ISBN 978-1-5286-3901-9. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ^ "Caerfyrddin". UK Parliament. Retrieved 7 December 2024.