| Preseli Pembrokeshire Preseli Sir Benfro | |
|---|---|
| Senedd county constituency for the Senedd | |
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 Preseli Pembrokeshire shown within the Mid and West Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales | |
| Current Senedd county constituency | |
| Created | 1999 |
| Party | Conservative |
| MS | Paul Davies |
| Preserved county | Dyfed |
Preseli Pembrokeshire (Welsh: Preseli Sir Benfro) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of eight constituencies in the Mid and West Wales electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
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Boundaries
1999 to 2007
The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Preseli Pembrokeshire Westminster constituency. It is a Dyfed constituency, one of five constituencies covering, and entirely within, the preserved county of Dyfed.
The other four Dyfed constituencies are Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Ceredigion and Llanelli. They are all within the Mid and West Wales electoral region.
The region consisted of the eight constituencies of Brecon and Radnorshire, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, Llanelli, Meirionnydd Nant Conwy, Montgomeryshire and Preseli Pembrokeshire.
From 2007
Boundaries changed at the 2007 Assembly election. Preseli Pembrokeshire remained one of five Dyfed constituencies and one of eight constituencies in the Mid and West Wales region. However, boundaries within Dyfed have changed to realign them with local government ward boundaries and to reduce disparities in the sizes of constituency electorates, and the boundaries of the region changed, to align them with the boundaries of preserved counties.
The other four Dyfed constituencies remain Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Ceredigion and Llanelli. They are all within the Mid and West Wales electoral region.
The region consists of the constituencies of Brecon and Radnorshire, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, Dwyfor Meirionnydd, Llanelli, Montgomeryshire and Preseli Pembrokeshire.
For Westminster purposes, the same new constituency boundaries became effective for the National General Election in 2010.
Voting
In general elections for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.
Assembly Members and Members of the Senedd
| Election | Member | Party | Portrait | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Richard Edwards | Labour | 
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| 2003 | Tamsin Dunwoody-Kneafsey | Labour | 
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| 2007 | Paul Davies | Conservative | 
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Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Conservative | Paul Davies[a] | 12,295 | 39.0 | -0.2 | 10,631 | 33.8 | +2.7 | |
| Labour | Jackie Jones | 10,895 | 34.6 | +9.3 | 10,421 | 33.1 | +9.4 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Cris Tomos | 6,135 | 19.5 | +5.6 | 5,684 | 18.1 | +1.1 | |
| Reform UK | William Dennison | 1,239 | 3.9 | New | 426 | 1.35 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tina Roberts | 952 | 3.0 | -2.9 | 763 | 2.4 | -1.7 | |
| Green | 1,329 | 4.2 | -0.1 | |||||
| Abolish | 1,072 | 3.4 | -1.6 | |||||
| UKIP | 534 | 1.7 | -10.4 | |||||
| Christian | 172 | 0.6 | New | |||||
| Freedom Alliance (UK) | 153 | 0.5 | New | |||||
| Gwlad | 122 | 0.4 | New | |||||
| Communist | 74 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |||||
| Propel | 71 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| TUSC | 32 | 0.1 | New | |||||
| Majority | 1,400 | 4.4 | -9.5 | |||||
| Turnout | 31,516 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | |||||||
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency[2] | Regional[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Conservative | Paul Davies | 11,123 | 39.2 | -3.2 | 8,607 | 31.1 | -4.7 | |
| Labour | Dan Lodge | 7,193 | 25.3 | -9.1 | 6,547 | 23.7 | -6.9 | |
| Plaid Cymru | John Osmond | 3,957 | 13.9 | -1.6 | 4,701 | 17.0 | +1.5 | |
| UKIP | Howard Lillyman | 3,286 | 11.6 | New | 3,351 | 12.1 | +7.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Bob Kilmister | 1,677 | 5.9 | -1.8 | 1,131 | 4.1 | -1.3 | |
| Green | Frances Bryant | 1,161 | 4.1 | New | 1,182 | 4.3 | +0.4 | |
| Abolish | 1,385 | 5.0 | New | |||||
| People First (Wales) | 137 | 0.5 | New | |||||
| Monster Raving Loony | 132 | 0.5 | New | |||||
| Welsh Christian | 135 | 0.5 | -0.1 | |||||
| Association of Welsh Independents | 279 | 1.0 | New | |||||
| Communist | 58 | 0.2 | -0.1 | |||||
| Majority | 3,930 | 13.9 | +5.9 | |||||
| Turnout | 28,937 | 50.3 | +3.3 | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | Constituency [4] | Regional[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Conservative | Paul Davies | 11,541 | 42.4 | +3.8 | 9,773 | 35.8 | +1.3 | |
| Labour | Terry Mills | 9,366 | 34.4 | +7.0 | 8,353 | 30.6 | +6.7 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Rhys Sinnett | 4,226 | 15.5 | −9.2 | 4,238 | 15.5 | -6.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Bob Kilmister | 2,085 | 7.7 | −1.5 | 1,462 | 5.4 | -1.2 | |
| Green | 1,074 | 3.9 | 0.0 | |||||
| UKIP | 1,142 | 4.2 | +0.6 | |||||
| Socialist Labour | 654 | 2.4 | +1.3 | |||||
| BNP | 350 | 1.3 | -1.1 | |||||
| Welsh Christian | 168 | 0.6 | +0.1 | |||||
| Communist | 76 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |||||
| Majority | 2,175 | 8.0 | −3.2 | |||||
| Turnout | 27,218 | 47.0 | −3.9 | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −1.6 | ||||||
Regional ballots rejected: 203[6]
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency [7] | Regional[8] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Conservative | Paul Davies | 11,086 | 38.6 | +9.1 | 9,916 | 34.5 | +10.0 | |
| Labour | Tamsin Dunwoody | 7,881 | 27.4 | −7.9 | 6,863 | 23.9 | -10.4 | |
| Plaid Cymru | John Osmond | 7,101 | 24.7 | +1.8 | 6,396 | 22.3 | +3.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Hywel Davies | 2,652 | 9.2 | −3.1 | 1,895 | 6.6 | -4.2 | |
| Green | 1,113 | 3.9 | -1.0 | |||||
| UKIP | 1,024 | 3.6 | 0.0 | |||||
| BNP | 686 | 2.4 | New | |||||
| Socialist Labour | 310 | 1.1 | New | |||||
| Welsh Christian | 143 | 0.5 | New | |||||
| Gwynoro Jones - Independent | 136 | 0.5 | New | |||||
| Communist | 83 | 0.3 | New | |||||
| Caroline Evans - Independent | 60 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| CPA | 43 | 0.1 | New | |||||
| Veritas | 42 | 0.1 | New | |||||
| Majority | 3,205 | 11.2 | N/A | |||||
| Turnout | 28,720 | 50.9 | +9.5 | |||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +8.5 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[9] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Tamsin Dunwoody | 8,067 | 35.3 | +0.9 | 7,781 | 34.1 | +2.8 | |
| Conservative | Paul Windsor Davies | 6,741 | 29.5 | +6.9 | 5,587 | 24.5 | +1.2 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Sion T. Jobbins | 5,227 | 22.9 | −2.0 | 4,356 | 19.1 | -9.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael I. Warden | 2,799 | 12.3 | +0.8 | 2,462 | 10.8 | +0.4 | |
| Green | 1,116 | 4.9 | Unknown | |||||
| UKIP | 813 | 3.6 | New | |||||
| Mid and West Wales Pensioners | 416 | 1.8 | New | |||||
| Cymru Annibynnol | 167 | 0.7 | New | |||||
| Vote 2 Stop the War | 94 | 0.4 | New | |||||
| Prolife Alliance | 42 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| Majority | 1,326 | 5.8 | -3.7 | |||||
| Turnout | 22,834 | 41.4 | −12.2 | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | −3.0 | ||||||
2003 Electorate: 55,195
Regional ballots rejected: 313
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Richard Edwards | 9,997 | 34.4 | N/A | 9,057 | 31.3 | N/A | |
| Plaid Cymru | Conrad L. Bryant | 7,239 | 24.9 | N/A | 8,278 | 28.6 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Felix F.E. Aubel | 6,585 | 22.6 | N/A | 6,763 | 23.3 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | David G.B. Lloyd | 3,338 | 11.5 | N/A | 3,014 | 10.4 | N/A | |
| Independent | Alwyn C. Luke | 1,944 | 6.7 | N/A | ||||
| Other list parties | 1,854 | 6.4 | N/A | |||||
| Majority | 2,758 | 9.5 | N/A | |||||
| Turnout | 29,103 | 53.6 | N/A | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | ||||||||
References
- ^ [1] Preseli Pembrokeshire Statement of Persons Nominated
- ^ "Wales elections > Preseli Pembrokeshire". BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Wales elections > Preseli Pembrokeshire". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales Election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ Election results – 2007 Archived 9 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, National Assembly for Wales
- ^ "2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003 (PDF). The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ "Wales elections > Preseli Pembrokeshire". BBC News. 6 May 1999. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
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