Preseli Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Preseli Pembrokeshire (National Assembly for Wales constituency).

Preseli Pembrokeshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Preseli Pembrokeshire in Wales.
Preserved county	Dyfed
Electorate	58,343 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Haverfordwest, Milford Haven, Fishguard
Current constituency
Created	1997 (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.

Boundaries

The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the seats of Ceredigion and Pembroke North & 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.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Jackie Lawrence	Labour
	2005	Stephen Crabb	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Preseli Pembrokeshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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
Turnout			39,602	69.0	-1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.0

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Preseli Pembrokeshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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	+1.3
	Socialist Labour	Patricia Bowen	275	0.7	-0.5
Majority			607	1.6
Turnout			38,587	69.5	+1.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+4.8

General Election 2001: Preseli Pembrokeshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jackie 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	Alec 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
Turnout			36,777	67.8	-10.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Preseli Pembrokeshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jackie Lawrence	20,477	48.3
	Conservative	Robert Buckland	11,741	27.7
	Liberal Democrat	Jeffrey Clarke	5,527	13.0
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Lloyd Jones	2,683	6.3
	Referendum Party	D. Berry	1,574	3.7
	Green	Molly Scott Cato	401	0.9
Majority			8,736
Turnout				78.4

See also

• Preseli Pembrokeshire (Assembly constituency)
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Dyfed