Preserved county Dyfed Created 1997 European Parliament constituency Wales Number of members 1 | Electorate 58,343 (December 2010) Welsh Assembly Mid and West Wales Member of parliament Stephen Crabb Replaced by Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire | |
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Created from Ceredigion and Pembroke North, Pembroke Major settlements Haverfordwest, Milford Haven, Fishguard | ||
Preseli Pembrokeshire (Welsh: Preseli Sir Benfro) 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.
The present MP, since 2005, is the Conservative Stephen Crabb, who was Secretary Of State for Work and Pensions from March to July 2016. The seat was a Labour-Conservative marginal from its creation in 1997 until the 2010 general election.
Boundaries
The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the seats of Ceredigion and Pembroke North and Pembroke. It 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.
On its creation in 1997, its boundaries were co-terminous with the then District of Preseli Pembrokeshire. Since the 2006 boundary review of Welsh parliamentary constituencies, which took effect at the 2010 general election, it consists of the Pembrokeshire County electoral divisions of: Burton; Camrose; Cilgerran; Clydau; Crymych; Dinas Cross; Fishguard North East; Fishguard North West; Goodwick; Haverfordwest Castle; Haverfordwest Garth; Haverfordwest Portfield; Haverfordwest Prendergast; Haverfordwest Priory; Johnston; Letterston; Llangwm; Llanrhian; Maenclochog; Merlin’s Bridge; Milford Central; Milford East; Milford Hakin; Milford Hubberston; Milford North; Milford West; Newport; Neyland East; Neyland West; Rudbaxton; St David's; St Dogmaels; St Ishmael's; Scleddau; Solva; The Havens; and Wiston.