Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997 onwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (Welsh: Gorllewin Caerfyrddin a De 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.
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
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) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Pembroke, Carmarthen |
Overlaps | |
Senedd | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, Mid and West Wales |
The Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Senedd constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999 (as an Assembly constituency).
The constituency is set to be abolished, as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the next United Kingdom general election. Its wards is to be split between Caerfyrddin (Carmarthen) and Mid and South Pembrokeshire.[3]