Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 51°44′42″N 4°42′04″W / 51.745°N 4.701°W

Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire in Wales.
Preserved county	Dyfed
Population	77,338 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate	58,994 (December 2010)[2]
Major settlements	Carmarthen (part), Pembroke Dock, Tenby
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of parliament	Simon Hart (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Pembroke, Carmarthen
Overlaps
Welsh Assembly	Mid and West Wales
European Parliament constituency	Wales

Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (Gorllewin Caerfyrddin a De Sir Benfro in Welsh) 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 Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.

Boundaries

The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the former marginal seats of Pembroke and Carmarthen. Main population areas in the seat include the towns of Carmarthen, Pembroke Dock, Pembroke and Tenby. Saundersfoot and Dylan Thomas' homestead of Laugharne are also within the constituency

The constituency includes the whole of 22 Carmarthenshire communities (Abernant; Bronwydd; Carmarthen; Cilymaenllwyd; Cynwyl Elfed; Eglwyscummin; Henllanfallteg; Laugharne Township; Llanboidy; Llanddowror; Llangain; Llangynin; Llangynog; Llanpumsaint; Llansteffan; Llanwinio; Meidrim; Newchurch and Merthyr; Pendine; St Clears; Trelech; Whitland), the whole of 24 Pembrokeshire communities (Amroth; Angle; Carew; Cosheston; East Williamston; Hundleton; Jeffreyston; Kilgetty/Begelly; Lampeter Velfrey; Lamphey; Llanddewi Velfrey; Llawhaden; Manorbier; Martletwy; Narberth; Pembroke; Pembroke Dock; Penally; St Florence; St Mary Out Liberty; Saundersfoot; Stackpole and Castlemartin; Templeton; and Tenby), also the eastern part of the Pembrokeshire community of Uzmaston, Boulston and Slebech.

Profile

Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire is a marginal seat between the Labour Party and the Conservatives.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[3][4]	Party
	1997	Nick Ainger	Labour
	2010	Simon Hart	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire ^{[5] [6] [7][8][9][10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Simon Hart	17,626	43.7	+2.6
	Labour	Delyth Evans	11,572	28.7	−4.0
	UKIP	John Clark Atkinson[11]	4,698	11.6	+8.8
	Plaid Cymru	Elwyn Williams	4,201	10.4	0.0
	Green	Gary Tapley [12][13]	1,290	3.2	n/a
	Liberal Democrat	Selwyn John Runnett[14]	963	2.4	−9.7
Majority			6,054	15.0	+6.5
Turnout			40,350	69.8	−0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.3

General Election 2010: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire^[15][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Simon Hart	16,649	41.1	+9.8
	Labour	Nick Ainger	13,226	32.7	−4.0
	Liberal Democrat	John Gossage	4,890	12.1	−2.1
	Plaid Cymru	John Dixon	4,232	10.4	−4.3
	UKIP	Raymond Clarke	1,146	2.8	+1.4
	Independent	Henry Langen	364	0.9	+0.9
Majority			3,423	8.5
Turnout			40,507	70.4	+3.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+6.9

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Nicholas Ainger	13,953	36.9	−4.7
	Conservative	David Thomas Morris	12,043	31.8	+2.5
	Plaid Cymru	John Dixon	5,582	14.7	−4.0
	Liberal Democrat	John Allen	5,399	14.3	+5.5
	UKIP	Josie MacDonald	545	1.4	−0.1
	Legalise Cannabis	Alexander Daszak	237	0.6	N/A
	Independent	Nick Turner	104	0.3	N/A
Majority			1,910	5.0
Turnout			37,863	67.3	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.6

General Election 2001: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Nicholas Ainger	15,349	41.6	−7.6
	Conservative	Robert Wilson	10,811	29.3	+2.7
	Plaid Cymru	Llyr Hughes Griffiths	6,893	18.7	+6.0
	Liberal Democrat	William Blair Richard Jeremy	3,248	8.8	+0.6
	UKIP	Ian Robert Phillips	537	1.5	N/A
	Direct Customer Service Party	Nicholas Robin Turner	78	0.2	N/A
Majority			4,538	12.3
Turnout			36,916	65.3	−11.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Nicholas Ainger	20,956	49.1	+10.6
	Conservative	Owen J. Williams	11,335	26.6	−8.9
	Plaid Cymru	Roy Llewellyn	5,402	12.7	−2.4
	Liberal Democrat	Keith J. Evans	3,516	8.2	−2.6
	Referendum	Mrs. Joy A. Poirrier	1,432	3.4	N/A
Majority			9,621	22.6
Turnout			42,641	76.5
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (Assembly constituency)
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Dyfed

Notes and references

1. "Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
2. "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
3. "Carmarthen West and Pembrokeshire South 1997-". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
4. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
5. "Pembrokeshire results". Election Results. Pembrokeshire County Council. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
6. total electorate 57,777 email from Pembrokeshire County Council 14Jul15
7. http://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/11560880.Greens_announce_Pembs_Parliamentary_candidates/
8. http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/carmarthen-west-pembrokeshire-south-2015.html
9. http://www.ukipwales.org.uk/our-candidates/4587404460
10. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/W07000066
11. http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/carmarthenwestandpembrokeshiresouth/
12. http://pembrokeshire-herald.com/10410/pembrokeshire-green-party-announce-candidates/
13. https://www.facebook.com/garytapleygreen2015?sk=timeline&app_data
14. http://www.libdems.org.uk/general_election_candidates#South West
15. Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire BBC Election - Carmarthen West and Pembrokeshire South
16. Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire County Council - candidates Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire

External links

• nomis Constituency Profile for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.