Preseli Pembrokeshire (Senedd constituency)

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Preseli Pembrokeshire
Preseli Sir Benfro
Senedd county constituency
for the Senedd
Preseli Pembrokeshire (Assembly constituency).svg
Mid and West Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region).svg
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

Preseli Pembrokeshire (Senedd constituency)
Map of current 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

ElectionMemberPartyPortrait
1999 Richard Edwards Labour Richard Edwards, former Labour AM.jpg
2003 Tamsin Dunwoody-Kneafsey Labour Tamsindunwoodykneafsey.jpg
2007 Paul Davies Conservative Paul Davies AM 2011.jpg

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Preseli Pembrokeshire [1]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Conservative Paul Davies [lower-alpha 1] 12,29539.0-0.210,63133.8+2.7
Labour Jackie Jones 10,89534.6+9.310,42133.1+9.4
Plaid Cymru Cris Tomos6,13519.5+5.65,68418.1+1.1
Reform UK William Dennison1,2393.9New4261.35New
Liberal Democrats Tina Roberts9523.0-2.97632.4-1.7
Green 1,3294.2-0.1
Abolish 1,0723.4-1.6
UKIP 5341.7-10.4
Christian 1720.6New
Freedom Alliance (UK)1530.5New
Gwlad 1220.4New
Communist 740.20.0
Propel 710.2New
TUSC 320.1New
Majority1,4004.4-9.5
Turnout 31,516
Conservative hold Swing
Notes
  1. Incumbent member for this constituency

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Preseli Pembrokeshire
PartyCandidateConstituency [2] Regional [3]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Conservative Paul Davies 11,12339.2-3.28,60731.1-4.7
Labour Dan Lodge7,19325.3-9.16,54723.7-6.9
Plaid Cymru John Osmond 3,95713.9-1.64,70117.0+1.5
UKIP Howard Lillyman3,28611.6New3,35112.1+7.9
Liberal Democrats Bob Kilmister1,6775.9-1.81,1314.1-1.3
Green Frances Bryant1,1614.1New1,1824.3+0.4
Abolish 1,3855.0New
People First (Wales)1370.5New
Monster Raving Loony 1320.5New
Welsh Christian 1350.5-0.1
Association of Welsh Independents2791.0New
Communist 580.2-0.1
Majority3,93013.9+5.9
Turnout 28,93750.3+3.3
Conservative hold Swing
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Preseli Pembrokeshire
PartyCandidateConstituency [4] Regional [5]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Conservative Paul Davies 11,54142.4+3.89,77335.8+1.3
Labour Terry Mills9,36634.4+7.08,35330.6+6.7
Plaid Cymru Rhys Sinnett4,22615.5−9.24,23815.5-6.8
Liberal Democrats Bob Kilmister2,0857.7−1.51,4625.4-1.2
Green 1,0743.90.0
UKIP 1,1424.2+0.6
Socialist Labour 6542.4+1.3
BNP 3501.3-1.1
Welsh Christian 1680.6+0.1
Communist 760.30.0
Majority2,1758.0−3.2
Turnout 27,21847.0−3.9
Conservative hold Swing −1.6

Regional ballots rejected: 203 [6]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Preseli Pembrokeshire
PartyCandidateConstituency [7] Regional [8]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Conservative Paul Davies 11,08638.6+9.19,91634.5+10.0
Labour Tamsin Dunwoody 7,88127.4−7.96,86323.9-10.4
Plaid Cymru John Osmond 7,10124.7+1.86,39622.3+3.2
Liberal Democrats Hywel Davies2,6529.2−3.11,8956.6-4.2
Green 1,1133.9-1.0
UKIP 1,0243.60.0
BNP 6862.4New
Socialist Labour 3101.1New
Welsh Christian 1430.5New
Gwynoro Jones - Independent1360.5New
Communist 830.3New
Caroline Evans - Independent600.2New
CPA 430.1New
Veritas 420.1New
Majority3,20511.2N/A
Turnout 28,72050.9+9.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +8.5
Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Preseli Pembrokeshire
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [9]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Tamsin Dunwoody 8,06735.3+0.97,78134.1+2.8
Conservative Paul Windsor Davies 6,74129.5+6.95,58724.5+1.2
Plaid Cymru Sion T. Jobbins5,22722.9−2.04,35619.1-9.5
Liberal Democrats Michael I. Warden2,79912.3+0.82,46210.8+0.4
Green 1,1164.9Unknown
UKIP 8133.6New
Mid and West Wales Pensioners4161.8New
Cymru Annibynnol1670.7New
Vote 2 Stop the War940.4New
Prolife Alliance 420.2New
Majority1,3265.8-3.7
Turnout 22,83441.4−12.2
Labour hold Swing −3.0

2003 Electorate: 55,195
Regional ballots rejected: 313

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Preseli Pembrokeshire [10]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Richard Edwards 9,99734.4N/A9,05731.3N/A
Plaid Cymru Conrad L. Bryant7,23924.9N/A8,27828.6N/A
Conservative Felix F.E. Aubel6,58522.6N/A6,76323.3N/A
Liberal Democrats David G.B. Lloyd3,33811.5N/A3,01410.4N/A
Independent Alwyn C. Luke1,9446.7N/A
Other list parties1,8546.4N/A
Majority2,7589.5N/A
Turnout 29,10353.6N/A
Labour win (new seat)

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