Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)


Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament 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, the whole of 24 Pembrokeshire communities, 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. The Conservatives are very strong around the more rural parts of the seat along with Pembroke, whereas Carmarthen and Pembroke Dock are more inclined to the Labour Party. Plaid Cymru is traditionally stronger in West Carmarthenshire as well as the Tenby area where several local councillors represent the party.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 2010s

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