Ceredigion Preseli (UK Parliament constituency)

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Ceredigion Preseli
constituency
for the House of Commons
Ceredigion Preseli (UK Parliament constituency)
Ceredigion Preseli (UK Parliament constituency)
Interactive map of the constituency.
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Location of the constituency within Wales
Electorate 74,063 (March 2020) [1]
Major settlements Aberaeron, Aberystwyth, Cardigan, Fishguard, Lampeter.
Current constituency
Member of Parliament Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru)
SeatsOne
Created from Ceredigion, Preseli Pembrokeshire.

Ceredigion Preseli is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, first contested at the 2024 general election following the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies. It is currently represented by Ben Lake of Plaid Cymru, who represented the predecessor constituency of Ceredigion from 2017 to 2024.

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Boundaries

Under the 2023 review, the constituency was defined as being composed of the following, as they existed on 1 December 2020: [2] [3]

Following local government boundary reviews which came into effect in May 2022, [4] [5] the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election: [6]

It comprises the whole of the abolished Ceredigion constituency, which was coterminous with the county of the same name, together with northern parts of Pembrokeshire, including Fishguard, previously part of the abolished Preseli Pembrokeshire constituency. [7] [8]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Ben Lake Plaid Cymru

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Ceredigion Preseli [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Ben Lake 21,738 46.9 +15.8
Liberal Democrats Mark Williams 6,94915.0+0.4
Labour Co-op Jackie Jones 5,38611.6−9.2
Reform UK Karl Robert Pollard5,37411.6+7.6
Conservative Aled Thomas4,76310.3−18.0
Green Tomos Barlow1,8644.0+2.7
Workers Party Taghrid Al-Mawed2280.5N/A
Majority 14,78931.9+29.1
Turnout 46,30261.2−8.6
Registered electors 75,690
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [a] [10]
PartyVote %
Plaid Cymru 16,04531.1
Conservative 14,60228.3
Labour 10,73320.8
Liberal Democrats 7,56114.6
Brexit Party 2,0634.0
Green Party 6631.3
Majority1,4432.8
Turnout51,66769.8
Electorate74,063

Notes

  1. ↑ Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place

References

  1. ↑ Mrs Justice Jefford; Thomas, Huw Vaughan; Hartley, Sam A (June 2023). "Appendix 1: Recommended Constituencies" (PDF). The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales. Cardiff: Boundary Commission for Wales. p. 250. ISBN   978-1-5286-3901-9 . Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "2023 Parliamentary Review - Revised Proposals | Boundary Commission for Wales". Boundary Commission for Wales . Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  3. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 4 (Wales).
  4. ↑ "The County of Ceredigion (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021".
  5. ↑ "The County of Pembrokeshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021".
  6. ↑ "Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
  7. ↑ "2023 Parliamentary Review - Revised Proposals | Boundary Commission for Wales". Boundary Commission for Wales . Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  8. ↑ "New Seat Details - Ceredigion Preseli". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
  9. ↑ "UK Parliamentary Election: Ceredigion Preseli Constituency - Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Ceredigion County Council. 2024-06-07.
  10. ↑ "Ceredigion Preseli notional election - December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.
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