Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (Assembly constituency).

Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire in Wales.
Preserved county	Dyfed
Electorate	58,994 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Carmarthen (part), Pembroke Dock, Tenby
Current constituency
Created	1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament	Simon Hart (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Pembroke, Carmarthen
Overlaps
Welsh Assembly	Mid and West Wales
European Parliament constituency	Wales

Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (Gorllewin Caerfyrddin a De Sir Benfro in Welsh) 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 Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.

Boundaries

The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the former marginal seats of Pembroke & Carmarthen. Main population areas in the seat include Tenby, Saundersfoot and Dylan Thomas' homestead of Laugharne.

Profile

Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire is a marginal seat between the Labour Party and the Conservatives.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Nick Ainger	Labour
	2010	Simon Hart	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Hart	16,649	41.1	+9.8
	Labour	Nick Ainger	13,226	32.7	-4.0
	Liberal Democrat	John Gossage	4,890	12.1	-2.1
	Plaid Cymru	John Dixon	4,232	10.4	-5.1
	UKIP	Raymond Clarke	1,146	2.8	+1.4
	Independent	Henry Langen	364	0.9	+0.9
Majority			3,423	8.5
Turnout			40,507	70.4	+3.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+6.9

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicholas Ainger	13,953	36.9	-4.7
	Conservative	David Morris	12,043	31.8	+2.5
	Plaid Cymru	John Dixon	5,582	14.7	-4.0
	Liberal Democrat	John Allen	5,399	14.3	+5.5
	UKIP	Josie MacDonald	545	1.4	-0.1
	Legalise Cannabis	Alexander Daszak	237	0.6	N/A
	Independent	Nick Turner	104	0.3	N/A
Majority			1,910	5.0
Turnout			37,863	67.3	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.6

General Election 2001: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicholas Ainger	15,349	41.6	-7.6
	Conservative	Robert Wilson	10,811	29.3	+2.7
	Plaid Cymru	Llyr Griffiths	6,893	18.7	+6.0
	Liberal Democrat	William Jeremy	3,248	8.8	+0.6
	UKIP	Ian Phillips	537	1.5	N/A
	Direct Customer Service Party	Nick Turner	78	0.2	N/A
Majority			4,538	12.3
Turnout			36,916	65.3	-11.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicholas Ainger	20,956	49.1	+10.6
	Conservative	O Williams	11,335	26.6	-8.9
	Plaid Cymru	D Llewellyn	5,402	12.7	-2.4
	Liberal Democrat	K Evans	3,516	8.2	-2.6
	Referendum Party	J A Poirrier	1,432	3.4
Majority			9,621	22.5
Turnout				76.5
	Labour hold		Swing

See also

• Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (Assembly constituency)
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Dyfed