Preseli Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Preseli Pembrokeshire (Welsh: Preseli Sir Benfro) is a seat and constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.[n 1]
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 | |
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | Mid and West Wales |
The Preseli Pembrokeshire Senedd constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.
Its MP, who has held the seat since 2005, is 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.[2] In 2019, there were four candidates; Crabb retained the seat with an increased majority.
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, including the Preseli Hills in the north of the county. 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 | Candidate | Party | Notes | |
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1997 | Jackie Lawrence | Labour | ||
2005 | Stephen Crabb | Conservative | Secretary of State for Wales (2014-2016) Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (2016) Chair of the Welsh Affairs Select Committee (2020-present) |
Elections
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jackie Lawrence | 20,477 | 48.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Robert Buckland | 11,741 | 27.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | 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) |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jackie Lawrence | 15,206 | 41.3 | −7.0 | |
Conservative | Stephen Crabb | 12,260 | 33.3 | +5.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | Rhys Sinnett | 4,658 | 12.7 | +6.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alexander Dauncey | 3,882 | 10.6 | −2.4 | |
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 |
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 Democrats | 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 | |||
Elections in the 2010s
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 Democrats | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stephen Crabb | 16,383 | 40.4 | −2.4 | |
Labour | Paul Miller | 11,414 | 28.1 | −3.1 | |
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 Democrats | 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 | 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 Democrats | 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 | ±0.0 | |
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 | 21,381 | 50.4 | +7.0 | |
Labour | Philippa Thompson | 16,319 | 38.5 | -4.1 | |
Plaid Cymru | Cris Tomos | 2,776 | 6.5 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Hughes | 1,943 | 4.6 | +2.0 | |
Rejected ballots | 153 | ||||
Majority | 5,062 | 11.9 | +11.1 | ||
Turnout | 42,419 | 71.2 | -0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 59,586 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.6 |
Of the 153 rejected ballots:
See also
Notes and references
- References
- "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- Library, House of Commons (23 June 2017). "GE2017: Marginal seats and turnout".
- "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "BBC NEWS>VOTE 2001>Results and Constituencies>Preseli Pembrokeshire". Vote 2001. BBC News. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "BBC NEWS > Preseli Pembrokeshire". Vote 2001. BBC News. 7 June 2001. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "Preseli Pembrokeshire parliamentary constituency - Election 2005" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- "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 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.
- "Preseli Pembrokeshire Parliamentary constituency". Election 2015 Results. BBC. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- "Preseli Pembrokeshire Parliamentary constituency". Election 2017 Results. BBC. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- "Elections and Voting". Pembrokeshire County Council. Pembrokeshire County Council. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- "Preseli Pembrokeshire parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- "Election-Results/General-Election-2019". Pembrokeshire County Council. Pembrokeshire County Council. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- Notes
- 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.
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)