Ceredigion (UK Parliament constituency) known as Ceredigion and Pembroke North. The constituency name was shortened to Ceredigion for the 1997 as it reverted to its former borders, having lost the part of North Pembrokeshire in boundary changes. Mark Williams, first elected in 2005, was the first non-Welsh speaking Member of Parliament elected to represent the constituency since Bowen Rowlands (MP from 1886 until 1892, who declared at a meeting in Aberystwyth when adopted as candidate that he could not speak Welsh). At the 2010 general election, he received a massive increase in his vote, polling over 50% of the votes cast and raising his
Cuisine of Ceredigion from Welsh country houses include pancake recipes that use cream, which would be considered a special luxury. Waffles are a more recent addition to Ceredigion cuisine, with local production commencing in the 1980s. Tregroes Waffles is run by Kees Huysmans and Ans Brouwer who arrived in Ceredigion in 1981 from Holland. They started with a simple waffle iron offering their first waffles at a Guy Fawkes party at Henllan in 1984 and have since moved to larger premises in Llandysul. Trifle and rice pudding remain very popular in west Wales, with Freeman commenting that trifle is the "more or less