Preseli Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox alt
Name = Preseli Pembrokeshire


Type = County
Entity = Wales
DivisionType = Preserved county
Division = Dyfed
Year = 1997
MP = Stephen Crabb
Party = Conservative
EP = Wales

Preseli Pembrokeshire 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

This constituency 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

Elections

Election box begin
title=General Election 2005: Preseli PembrokeshireElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Crabb
votes = 14,106
percentage = 36.6
change = +3.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sue Hayman
votes = 13,499
percentage = 35.0
change = -6.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Dewi Smith
votes = 4,963
percentage = 12.9
change = +2.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Matt Mathias
votes = 4,752
percentage = 12.3
change = -0.4Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = James Carver
votes = 498
percentage = 1.3
change = +0.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Molly Scott-Cato
votes = 494
percentage = 1.3
change = +1.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Patricia Bowen
votes = 275
percentage = 0.7
change = -0.5Election box majority
votes = 607
percentage = 1.6
change =Election box turnout
votes = 38,587
percentage = 69.5
change = +1.7Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = +4.8 Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: Preseli PembrokeshireElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jackie Lawrence
votes = 15,206
percentage = 41.3
change = -6.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Crabb
votes = 12,260
percentage = 33.3
change = +5.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Rhys Sinnett
votes = 4,658
percentage = 12.7
change = +6.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alec Dauncey
votes = 3,882
percentage = 10.6
change = -2.5Election 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 = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Hugh Jones
votes = 319
percentage = 0.9
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 2,946
percentage = 8.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 36,777
percentage = 67.8
change = -10.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1997: Preseli PembrokeshireElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jackie Lawrence
votes = 20,477
percentage = 48.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Buckland
votes = 11,741
percentage = 27.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jeffrey Clarke
votes = 5,527
percentage = 13.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Alun Lloyd Jones
votes = 2,683
percentage = 6.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = D. Berry
votes = 1,574
percentage = 3.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Ms M. Scott Cato
votes = 401
percentage = 0.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 8,736
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 78.4
change =

See also

* List of Parliamentary constituencies in Dyfed