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Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd: Candidates fight for Senedd election votes

Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd: Candidates fight for Senedd election votes

This Welsh Parliament election is different. More Senedd members and a change in the voting system, and newer, bigger constituencies. One of the biggest is Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd, stretching from Swansea in the south west to Knighton in north east Powys. It's roughly 1,370 square miles, making it about the same size as Cornwall. And a two-hour, 84 mile-long drive from one end to the other. So how do you campaign in an area this size, with the aim of representing all of its people once elected? I've hit the road to meet some of the candidates in what is the third largest of Wales' 16 constituencies. In Talgarth at Gwernyfed Rugby Club I meet Reform UK's lead candidate, James Evans. "I'm the vice-chairman here and I team manage a couple of the teams here, so it keeps me busy," he says. How does he plan on getting out to meet his constituents if he's elected on 7 May? "It is a huge patch. No good having an electric car, it would probably run out by the time you got from north to south," he says. "But, you know, it is important you get out and meet people, get to community events as much as you can." He concedes that doing that will be difficult across such a big geographical area. If t

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