Preseli Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)
{{Short description|UK Parliamentary constituency, 1997–2024}}
{{Distinguish|Preseli Pembrokeshire (Senedd constituency)}}
{{For|the local authority which existed 1974–1996|Preseli Pembrokeshire}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main
|name = Preseli Pembrokeshire
|parliament = uk
|map1 = PreseliPembrokeshire2007
|map2 =
|map_entity = Wales
|map_year =
|year = 1997
|abolished = 2024
|type = County
|elects_howmany = One
|previous = Ceredigion and Pembroke North, Pembroke
|next = Ceredigion Preseli, Mid and South Pembrokeshire
|electorate = 58,343 (December 2010){{cite web|
url=http://www.statswales.wales.gov.uk/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=14666|title=Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view|date=1 December 2010|work=2011 Electorate Figures|publisher=StatsWales|access-date=13 March 2011}}
|mp =
|party =
|region = Wales
|county = Dyfed
|european = Wales
|towns = Haverfordwest, Milford Haven, Fishguard, St Davids.
|national = Preseli Pembrokeshire, Mid and West Wales
}}
Preseli Pembrokeshire ({{langx|cy|Preseli Sir Benfro}}) was a seat and constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.{{refn|group=n|As in all seats since the mid-20th century abolition of University Seats, it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.}}
The Preseli Pembrokeshire Senedd constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.
Its last MP, who held the seat since 2005, was the Conservative Stephen Crabb, who was Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Work and Pensions Secretary) from March to July 2016. The seat was held by Labour's candidate from its creation in 1997 until 2005. The Labour and Conservative parties have won at least 27.7% of the vote apiece since its 1997 creation, with the next-placed parties having reached a maximum of 14.5% of the vote to date in a generally broad field.
The seat attracted five candidates in 2010, eight in 2015 (an election in which five of the deposits were refunded and three lost) and seven in 2017. At the 2017 election, Crabb's majority was the 27th closest out of the 650 Commons seats, 0.8% or 314 votes.{{cite web|url=https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/insights/ge2017-marginal-seats-and-turnout/|title=GE2017: Marginal seats and turnout|first=House of Commons|last=Library|date=23 June 2017}} In 2019, there were four candidates; Crabb retained the seat with an increased majority.
The constituency was abolished as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the 2024 United Kingdom general election. Its wards were split between Ceredigion Preseli and Mid and South Pembrokeshire.{{Cite book |url=https://bcomm-wales.gov.uk/sites/bcomm/files/review/E02859434_Boundary%20Commission%20Wales%202023_English_Web%20Accessible_V03.pdf |title=2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies - The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales |date=28 June 2023 |publisher=Boundary Commission for Wales}}
Constituency profile
The seat was predominantly rural with both Welsh and English speaking areas. Milford Haven has a significant port and oil industry, and tourism is also a key sector due to the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.UK Polling Report http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/preselipembrokeshire/ The seat was less affluent than the UK average.Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Preseli+Pembrokeshire
Boundaries
{{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Preseli Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame=yes|text=Map of boundaries 2010-2024}}
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, including the Preseli Hills in the north of the county. It was the most westerly constituency in Wales. Much of the coastal area was 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
Elections
=Elections in the 1990s=
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1997: Preseli Pembrokeshire{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/465.stm|title=BBC NEWS>VOTE 2001>Results and Constituencies>Preseli Pembrokeshire|date=1 May 1997|work=Vote 2001|publisher=BBC News|access-date=7 April 2020}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Welsh Labour
|candidate = Jackie Lawrence
|votes = 20,477
|percentage = 48.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = Robert Buckland
|votes = 11,741
|percentage = 27.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Jeffrey Clarke
|votes = 5,527
|percentage = 13.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Alun Jones
|votes = 2,683
|percentage = 6.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Referendum Party
|candidate = David Berry
|votes = 1,574
|percentage = 3.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Molly Scott Cato
|votes = 401
|percentage = 0.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 8,736
|percentage = 20.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 42,403
|percentage = 78.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 54,150
}}
{{Election box new seat win
|winner = Welsh Labour
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 2000s=
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2001: Preseli Pembrokeshire{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/465.stm|title=BBC NEWS > Preseli Pembrokeshire|publisher=BBC News |work=Vote 2001 |date=7 June 2001|access-date=7 April 2020}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Welsh Labour
|candidate = Jackie Lawrence
|votes = 15,206
|percentage = 41.3
|change = −7.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = Stephen Crabb
|votes = 12,260
|percentage = 33.3
|change = +5.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Rhys Sinnett
|votes = 4,658
|percentage = 12.7
|change = +6.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Alexander Dauncey
|votes = 3,882
|percentage = 10.6
|change = −2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Patricia Bowen
|votes = 452
|percentage = 1.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Hugh Jones
|votes = 319
|percentage = 0.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 2,946
|percentage = 8.0
|change = -12.6
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 36,777
|percentage = 67.8
|change = −10.5
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 54,283
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Welsh Labour
|swing = -6.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2005: Preseli Pembrokeshire{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/vote2005/html/465.stm|title=Preseli Pembrokeshire parliamentary constituency - Election 2005|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = Stephen Crabb
|votes = 14,106
|percentage = 36.6
|change = +3.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Welsh Labour
|candidate = Sue Hayman
|votes = 13,499
|percentage = 35.0
|change = −6.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Dewi Smith
|votes = 4,963
|percentage = 12.9
|change = +2.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Matt Mathias
|votes = 4,752
|percentage = 12.3
|change = −0.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = James Carver
|votes = 498
|percentage = 1.3
|change = +0.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Molly Scott Cato
|votes = 494
|percentage = 1.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Patricia Bowen
|votes = 275
|percentage = 0.7
|change = −0.5
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 607
|percentage = 1.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 38,587
|percentage = 69.5
|change = +1.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 55,502
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Welsh Conservatives
|loser = Welsh Labour
|swing = +4.8
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 2010s=
{{Election box begin|title= General election 2010: Preseli Pembrokeshire{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013}}[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/w25.stm Preseli Pembrokeshire] BBC Election - Preseli Pembrokeshire}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = Stephen Crabb
|votes = 16,994
|percentage = 42.8
|change = +6.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Welsh Labour
|candidate = Mari Rees
|votes = 12,339
|percentage = 31.2
|change = −3.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Nick Tregoning
|votes = 5,759
|percentage = 14.5
|change = +1.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Henry Jones-Davies
|votes = 3,654
|percentage = 9.2
|change = −3.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Richard Lawson
|votes = 906
|percentage = 2.3
|change = +1.0
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 4,605
|percentage = 11.6
|change = +10.0
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 39,602
|percentage = 69.0
|change = -1.0
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 57,400
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Welsh Conservatives
|swing = +5.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title= General election 2015: Preseli Pembrokeshire{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}{{cite web|title=Pembrokeshire results|url=http://www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/content.asp?nav=101,1580,1067&parent_directory_id=646|website=Election Results|publisher=Pembrokeshire County Council|access-date=21 September 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111218143127/http://www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/content.asp?nav=101,1580,1067&parent_directory_id=646 |archive-date=18 December 2011}}{{cite news|title=Preseli Pembrokeshire Parliamentary constituency|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/W07000065#election2015-logo|website=Election 2015 Results|publisher=BBC|access-date=7 April 2020}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = Stephen Crabb
|votes = 16,383
|percentage = 40.4
|change = −2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Labour
|candidate = Paul Miller
|votes = 11,414
|percentage = 28.1
|change = −3.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Howard Lillyman
|votes = 4,257
|percentage = 10.5
|change = +8.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Chris Overton
|votes = 3,729
|percentage = 9.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = John Osmond
|votes = 2,518
|percentage = 6.2
|change = −3.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Frances Bryant
|votes = 1,452
|percentage = 3.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Nick Tregoning
|votes = 780
|percentage = 1.9
|change = −12.6
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = The New Society of Worth
|candidate = Rodney Maile
|votes = 23
|percentage = 0.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 4,969
|percentage = 12.3
|change = +0.7
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 40,556
|percentage = 70.7
|change = +1.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 57,291
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Welsh Conservatives
|swing = +0.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title= General election 2017: Preseli Pembrokeshire{{cite news|title=Preseli Pembrokeshire Parliamentary constituency|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/W07000065#election2017-logo|website=Election 2017 Results|publisher=BBC|access-date=7 April 2020}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = Stephen Crabb
|votes = 18,302
|percentage = 43.4
|change = +3.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Labour
|candidate = Philippa Thompson
|votes = 17,988
|percentage = 42.6
|change = +14.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Owain Llŷr Williams
|votes = 2,711
|percentage = 6.4
|change = +0.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Chris Overton
|votes = 1,209
|percentage = 2.9
|change = -6.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Bob Kilmister
|votes = 1,106
|percentage = 2.6
|change = +0.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Susan Bale
|votes = 850
|percentage = 2.0
|change = -8.5
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = The New Society of Worth
|candidate = Rodney Maile
|votes = 31
|percentage = 0.1
|change = ±0.0
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 314
|percentage = 0.8
|change = -11.5
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 42,197
|percentage = 72.1
|change = +1.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 58,555
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Welsh Conservatives
|swing = -5.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2019: Preseli Pembrokeshire{{cite web |title=Elections and Voting |url=https://www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/elections-and-voting |website=Pembrokeshire County Council |access-date=18 November 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/W07000065|title=Preseli Pembrokeshire parliamentary constituency - Election 2019|work=BBC News|access-date=2019-12-18|language=en-GB}}{{cite web |title=Election-Results/General-Election-2019|url=https://www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/objview.asp?object_id=7518&language=|website=Pembrokeshire County Council|access-date=7 April 2020}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = Stephen Crabb
|votes = 21,381
|percentage = 50.4
|change = +7.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Labour
|candidate = Philippa Thompson
|votes = 16,319
|percentage = 38.5
|change = -4.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Cris Tomos
|votes = 2,776
|percentage = 6.5
|change = +0.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Thomas Hughes
|votes = 1,943
|percentage = 4.6
|change = +2.0
}}
{{Election box rejected
|votes = 153
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 5,062
|percentage = 11.9
|change = +11.1
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 42,419
|percentage = 71.2
|change = -0.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 59,586
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Welsh Conservatives
|swing = +5.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
Of the 153 rejected ballots:
See also
Notes
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20180216152334/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/edates.htm Politics Resources] (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- [http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/flatfile.html Electoral Calculus] (Election results from 1955 onwards)
- [http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf 2017 Election] House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report
- [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/ A Vision Of Britain Through Time] (Constituency elector numbers)
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13492.html Preseli Pembrokeshire UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/66102.html Preseli Pembrokeshire UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
{{Historic constituencies in Wales|selected = Until 2019}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Historic parliamentary constituencies in South Wales
Category:Districts of Pembrokeshire
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Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2024