Preseli Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Preseli Pembrokeshire (Senedd constituency).
For the local authority which existed 1974–1996, see Preseli Pembrokeshire.

Preseli Pembrokeshire
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Preseli Pembrokeshire in Wales
Preserved countyDyfed
Electorate58,343 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlementsHaverfordwest, Milford Haven, Fishguard, St Davids.
1997–2024
SeatsOne
Created fromCeredigion and Pembroke North, Pembroke
Replaced byCeredigion Preseli, Mid and South Pembrokeshire
SeneddPreseli Pembrokeshire, Mid and West Wales

Preseli Pembrokeshire (Welsh: Preseli Sir Benfro) was a seat and constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.[n 1]

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.[2] 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.[3]

  1. ^ "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ^ Library, House of Commons (23 June 2017). "GE2017: Marginal seats and turnout".
  3. ^ 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies - The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales (PDF). Boundary Commission for Wales. 28 June 2023.


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