Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire County constituency

Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire shown within Wales
Created:	1997
MP:	Nicholas Ainger
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
Preserved county:	Dyfed
EP 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.

1 Boundaries
2 Profile
3 Members of Parliament
4 Election results
5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

This seat was created in time for the 1997 election, a merger of the Conservative/Labour marginal of South Pembrokeshire and the Labour/Plaid Cymru seat of Carmarthen West. Main population areas in the seat include Tenby, Saundersfoot and Dylan Thomas' homestead of Laugharne.

[edit] Profile

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

[edit] Members of Parliament

1997 – present: Nick Ainger, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicholas Ainger	13,953	36.9	-4.7
	Conservative	David Morris	12,043	31.8	+2.5
	Plaid Cymru	John Dixon	5,582	14.7	-4.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Allen	5,399	14.3	+5.5
	UK Independence	Josie MacDonald	545	1.4	-0.1
	Legalise Cannabis	Alex Daszak	237	0.6	+0.6
	Independent (politician)	Nick Turner	104	0.3	+0.3
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 Griffiths	6,893	18.7	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats	William Jeremy	3,248	8.8	+0.6
	UK Independence	Ian Phillips	537	1.5	N/A
	Direct Customer Service Party	Nick Turner	78	0.2	N/A
Majority			4,538	12.3
Turnout			36,916	65.3	-11.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicholas Ainger	20,956	49.1	+10.6
	Conservative	O Williams	11,335	26.6	-8.9
	Plaid Cymru	D Llewellyn	5,402	12.7	-2.4
	Liberal Democrats	K Evans	3,516	8.2	-2.6
	Referendum Party	J A Poirrier	1,432	3.4
Majority			9,621	22.5
Turnout				76.5
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Dyfed

Constituencies in Wales
Labour	Aberavon \| Alyn and Deeside \| Bridgend \| Caerphilly \| Cardiff North \| Cardiff South and Penarth \| Cardiff West \| Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire \| Clwyd South \| Conwy \| Cynon Valley \| Delyn \| Gower \| Islwyn \| Llanelli \| Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney \| Neath \| Newport East \| Newport West \| Ogmore \| Pontypridd \| Rhondda \| Swansea East \| Swansea West \| Torfaen \| Vale of Clwyd \| Vale of Glamorgan \| Wrexham \| Ynys Môn
Liberal Democrat	Brecon and Radnorshire \| Cardiff Central \| Ceredigion \| Montgomeryshire
Conservative	Clwyd West \| Monmouth \| Preseli Pembrokeshire
Plaid Cymru	Caernarfon \| Carmarthen East and Dinefwr \| Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
Independent	Blaenau Gwent
Wales European constituency: Labour (2) \| Conservative (1) \| Plaid Cymru (1)