Brecon & Radnorshire
Liberal Democrat hold

One of the Liberal Democrats' most vulnerable seats in all of Britain must be Brecon and Radnor in mid-Wales. Not only is their redoubtable campaigner Richard Livsey retiring - he won this three way marginal in the 1985 by-election, and in the General Elections in 1987 and 1997; but it should be remembered that the Conservatives won here in 1992, and also polled the most votes within the seat in the 1999 Euro-elections, with the Lib Dems in third place. It will be a tough task for Roger Williams to hold on in one of the ten seats with the highest proportion of those employed in agriculture, a huge chunk of mid Wales (this has the largest area of any seat in the principality at just over 300,000 hectares).

With the retirement of Richard Livsey - once cruelly-dubbed by a former Tory opponent as having "the personality of a cow-pat", the Liberal Democrats are fielding here Roger Williams, a pudgy-faced farmer and local councillor and seasoned campaigner on farming a rural concerns, who was born in 1948 and educated at Christ's College , Brecon and Selwyn College, Cambridge - exactly the same educational pedigree as the Lib Dem MP Simon Hughes. The Conservatives are seeking to retake this seat with the exotic Dr. Felix Aubel, a "single-with-partner Congregational Minister," former teacher and university lecturer, born 1960, and educated in a Pontypridd comprehensive and at Lampeter and Cardiff Universities.

Welsh Liberal Democrats

Welsh Labour Party

Area Percent GB Percent Index GB=100   Thriving Wealthy Achievers, Suburban Areas 9.62% 14.99% 64.17 Affluent Greys, Rural Communities 27.27% 2.13% 1,282.72 Prosperous Pensioners, Retirement Areas 2.75% 2.49% 110.76 Expanding Affluent Executives, Family Areas 1.23% 4.43% 27.72 Well-Off Workers, Family Areas 0.03% 7.27% 0.38 Rising Affluent Urbanites, Town & City Areas 0.64% 2.56% 25.03 Prosperous Professionals, Metropolitan Areas 0.00% 2.04% 0.00 Better-Off Executives, Inner City Areas 2.60% 3.94% 66.00 Settling Comfortable Middle Agers, Mature Home Owning Areas 19.13% 13.04% 146.74 Skilled Workers, Home Owning Areas 5.86% 12.70% 46.10 Aspiring New Home Owners, Mature Communities 14.89% 8.14% 182.88 White Collar Workers, Better-Off Multi Ethnic Areas 7.35% 4.02% 182.67 Striving Older People, Less Prosperous Areas 2.39% 3.19% 74.99 Council Estate Residents, Better-Off Homes 6.23% 11.31% 55.10 Council Estate Residents, High Unemployment 0.00% 3.06% 0.00 Council Estate Residents, Greatest Hardship 0.00% 2.52% 0.00 People in Multi-Ethnic, Low-Income Areas 0.00% 2.10% 0.00 Unclassified Unclassified 0.00% 0.06% 4.70

Area Percent GB Percent Index GB=100   £0-5K 10.30% 9.41% 109.39 £5-10K 18.86% 16.63% 113.37 £10-15K 18.55% 16.58% 111.86 £15-20K 14.59% 13.58% 107.44 £20-25K 10.59% 10.39% 101.93 £25-30K 7.48% 7.77% 96.26 £30-35K 5.26% 5.79% 90.84 £35-40K 3.72% 4.33% 85.84 £40-45K 2.65% 3.27% 81.30 £45-50K 1.92% 2.48% 77.21 £50-55K 1.40% 1.90% 73.54 £55-60K 1.04% 1.47% 70.23 £60-65K 0.77% 1.15% 67.27 £65-70K 0.59% 0.91% 64.59 £70-75K 0.45% 0.72% 62.17 £75-80K 0.34% 0.57% 59.98 £80-85K 0.27% 0.46% 57.99 £85-90K 0.21% 0.37% 56.18 £90-95K 0.17% 0.31% 54.52 £95-100K 0.13% 0.25% 53.00 £100K + 0.62% 1.34% 45.94