Ceredigion (UK Parliament constituency) towns which comprised the Boroughs varied slightly over this long period, but primarily consisted of Cardigan, Aberystwyth, Lampeter and Adpar, the latter now a suburb of Newcastle Emlyn across the Teifi, in Carmarthenshire. The county constituency (for the purposes of type of returning officer and electoral expenses) was enlarged in 1983 with the addition of part of Pembrokeshire, being renamed Ceredigion and Pembroke North. In 1997 it reverted to its former boundaries, being renamed Ceredigion. The Ceredigion Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999. Since 2017 the seat has been held in Parliament by Ben Lake
Silian, Ceredigion the county, one councillor at the planning meeting was moved to declare "we are in danger of turning all of Ceredigion into a giant wind farm." Silian is also the name of the parish, which takes its name from Saint Sulien, to whom the village church is consecrated. Bethel Chapel was built in Silian in 1654, and renovated in 1952. Julian Cayo-Evans, the Welsh nationalist and leader of the Free Wales Army, was born in Silian in 1937. Silian Halt was on the Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway, opening in 1911 and closing to passengers in 1951. A