Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (UK Parliament constituency)

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Meirionnydd Nant Conwy was a former UK parliamentary constituency in north-west Wales, covering a largely rural and Welsh-speaking area including parts of Gwynedd and Conwy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency
abolitionEffectiveForGeneralElection 2010 United Kingdom general election
boundaryReviewCauseOfAbolition Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies
containsPartOf Snowdonia
surface form: Snowdonia National Park
country United Kingdom
electoralSystem first-past-the-post
electorateCharacteristic high proportion of Welsh speakers
elects one Member of Parliament
endTime 2010
geographicalCharacteristic mountainous terrain
sparsely populated
historicCountyCoverage Caernarfonshire
surface form: Caernarfonshire (part)

Merionethshire
surface form: Merionethshire (part)
languageCharacteristic largely Welsh-speaking area
locatedIn Wales
north-west Wales
locatedInAdministrativeArea Conwy
Gwynedd
mainSettlementsInclude Bala
Betws-y-Coed
Blaenau Ffestiniog
Dolgellau
Llanrwst
Tywyn
namedAfter Meirionnydd
Nant Conwy
notableMP Dafydd Elis-Thomas
Elfyn Llwyd
parliament British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
politicalTradition Plaid Cymru stronghold
regionType largely rural area
replaced Aberconwy constituency
surface form: Conwy (UK Parliament constituency) (part)

Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency)
surface form: Merioneth (UK Parliament constituency)
representedInChamber House of Commons of the United Kingdom
startTime 1983
status abolished
successorConstituencyContainsMostOfArea Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency)
successorConstituencyContainsNorthernArea Aberconwy constituency
surface form: Aberconwy (UK Parliament constituency)
wasReplacedBy Aberconwy constituency
surface form: Aberconwy (UK Parliament constituency)

Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency)

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Meirionnydd historicParliamentaryConstituency Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (UK Parliament constituency)
Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency) replacedBy Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (UK Parliament constituency)
Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency) createdFrom Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (UK Parliament constituency)