Preseli Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Preseli Pembrokeshire | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Preseli Pembrokeshire in Wales. | |
Preserved county | Dyfed |
Electorate | 58,343 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Haverfordwest, Milford Haven, Fishguard, St Davids. |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of parliament | Stephen Crabb (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Ceredigion and Pembroke North, Pembroke |
Overlaps | |
Welsh Assembly | Mid and West Wales |
European Parliament constituency | Wales |
Preseli Pembrokeshire (Welsh: Preseli Sir Benfro) is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
The Preseli Pembrokeshire Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.
The present MP, since 2005, is the Conservative Stephen Crabb, who was Secretary Of State for Work and Pensions from March to July 2016. The seat is a Labour-Conservative marginal, held by Labour from its creation in 1997 until 2005 and by the Conservatives since; at the most recent election in 2017, Crabb's majority was less than 1%.
Boundaries
The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the seats of Ceredigion and Pembroke North and Pembroke. It comprises the north and west coasts of Pembrokeshire and areas inland. It is the most westerly constituency in Wales. Much of the coastal area is in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.
On its creation in 1997, its boundaries were co-terminous with the then District of Preseli Pembrokeshire. Since the 2006 boundary review of Welsh parliamentary constituencies, which took effect at the 2010 general election, it consists of the Pembrokeshire County electoral divisions of: Burton; Camrose; Cilgerran; Clydau; Crymych; Dinas Cross; Fishguard North East; Fishguard North West; Goodwick; Haverfordwest Castle; Haverfordwest Garth; Haverfordwest Portfield; Haverfordwest Prendergast; Haverfordwest Priory; Johnston; Letterston; Llangwm; Llanrhian; Maenclochog; Merlin’s Bridge; Milford Central; Milford East; Milford Hakin; Milford Hubberston; Milford North; Milford West; Newport; Neyland East; Neyland West; Rudbaxton; St David's; St Dogmaels; St Ishmael's; Scleddau; Solva; The Havens; and Wiston.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
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1997 | Jackie Lawrence | Labour | |
2005 | Stephen Crabb | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Stephen Crabb | 18,302 | 43.4 | +3.0 | |
Labour | Philippa Thompson | 17,988 | 42.6 | +14.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Owain Llŷr Williams | 2,711 | 6.4 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Chris Overton | 1,209 | 2.9 | -6.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Bob Kilmister | 1,106 | 2.6 | +0.7 | |
UKIP | Susan Bale | 850 | 2.0 | -8.5 | |
The New Society of Worth | Rodney Maile | 31 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 314 | 0.8 | -11.5 | ||
Turnout | 42,197 | 72.1 | +1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 58,555 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Stephen Crabb | 16,383 | 40.4 | −2.4 | |
Labour | Paul Miller | 11,414 | 28.1 | −3.0 | |
UKIP | Howard Lillyman | 4,257 | 10.5 | +8.2 | |
Independent | Chris Overton | 3,729 | 9.2 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | John Osmond | 2,518 | 6.2 | −3.0 | |
Green | Frances Bryant | 1,452 | 3.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Nick Tregoning | 780 | 1.9 | −12.6 | |
The New Society of Worth | Rodney Maile | 23 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,969 | 12.3 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 40,556 | 70.7 | +1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 57,291 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Stephen Crabb | 16,994 | 42.8 | +6.4 | |
Labour | Mari Rees | 12,339 | 31.2 | −3.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Nick Tregoning | 5,759 | 14.5 | +1.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Henry Jones-Davies | 3,654 | 9.2 | −3.3 | |
UKIP | Richard Lawson | 906 | 2.3 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 4,605 | 11.6 | +10.0 | ||
Turnout | 39,602 | 69.0 | -1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 57,400 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.0 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Stephen Crabb | 14,106 | 36.6 | +3.3 | |
Labour | Sue Hayman | 13,499 | 35.0 | −6.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Dewi Smith | 4,963 | 12.9 | +2.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | Matt Mathias | 4,752 | 12.3 | −0.4 | |
UKIP | James Carver | 498 | 1.3 | +0.4 | |
Green | Molly Scott Cato | 494 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | Patricia Bowen | 275 | 0.7 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 607 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,587 | 69.5 | +1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 55,502 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +4.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Jacqueline Lawrence | 15,206 | 41.3 | −6.9 | |
Conservative | Stephen Crabb | 12,260 | 33.3 | +5.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | Rhys Sinnett | 4,658 | 12.7 | +6.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Alexander Dauncey | 3,882 | 10.6 | −2.5 | |
Socialist Labour | Patricia Bowen | 452 | 1.2 | N/A | |
UKIP | Hugh Jones | 319 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,946 | 8.0 | -12.6 | ||
Turnout | 36,777 | 67.8 | −10.5 | ||
Registered electors | 54,283 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.3 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Jacqueline Lawrence | 20,477 | 48.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Robert Buckland | 11,741 | 27.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Jeffrey Clarke | 5,527 | 13.0 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Alun Jones | 2,683 | 6.3 | N/A | |
Referendum | David Berry | 1,574 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Green | Molly Scott Cato | 401 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,736 | 20.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,403 | 78.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 54,150 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)
- ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ "Pembrokeshire results". Election Results. Pembrokeshire County Council. Archived from the original on 18 December 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ Preseli Pembrokeshire BBC Election - Preseli Pembrokeshire
- ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
External links
- Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
- 2017 Election House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report
- A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers)