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
2000 Ceredigion by-election Assembly by the UK Treasury, and the chief reporter for "Wales on Sunday" newspaper Martin Shipton stood as a single-issue candidate demanding 'Match Funding now'. The Labour administration in the Welsh Assembly insisted that such a demand misrepresented the resourcing of Objective 1 programmes. Polling day in the by-election was 3 February. Plaid Cymru retained the seat comfortably, with the Liberal Democrats taking second in a seat they had previously held from 1974 until 1992 – and would win again in 2005. 2000 Ceredigion by-election The Plaid Cymru Member of Parliament for Ceredigion, Cynog Dafis, was unexpectedly elected to the