Ceredigion Preseli (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Ceredigion and Pembroke North (UK Parliament constituency).

Ceredigion Preseli is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, first contested at the 2024 general election following the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies. It is currently represented by Ben Lake of Plaid Cymru, who represented the predecessor constituency of Ceredigion from 2017 to 2024.

Ceredigion Preseli
constituency for the House of Commons
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Location of the constituency within Wales
Electorate	74,063 (March 2020)[1]
Major settlements	Aberaeron, Aberystwyth, Cardigan, Fishguard, Lampeter.
Current constituency
Member of Parliament	Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru)
Seats	One
Created from	Ceredigion, Preseli Pembrokeshire.

Boundaries

Under the 2023 review, the constituency was defined as being composed of the following, as they existed on 1 December 2020:^[2][3]

• The County of Ceredigion.

• The County of Pembrokeshire wards of: Cilgerran; Clydau; Crymych; Dinas Cross; Fishguard North East; Fishguard North West; Goodwick; Llanrhian; Maenclochog; Newport; St. Dogmael’s; and Scleddau.

Following local government boundary reviews which came into effect in May 2022,^[4][5] the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:^[6]

• The County of Ceredigion.

• The County of Pembrokeshire wards of: Boncath and Clydau; Bro Gwaun; Cilgerran and Eglwyswrw; Crymych and Mynachlog-ddu; Fishguard: North East; Fishguard: North West; Goodwick; Llanrhian; Maenclochog; Newport and Dinas; St. Dogmaels; and Wiston (part).

It comprises the whole of the abolished Ceredigion constituency, which was coterminous with the county of the same name, together with northern parts of Pembrokeshire, including Fishguard, previously part of the abolished Preseli Pembrokeshire constituency.^[7][8]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Ben Lake	Plaid Cymru

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Ceredigion Preseli^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Ben Lake	21,738	46.9	+15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Williams	6,949	15.0	+0.4
	Labour Co-op	Jackie Jones	5,386	11.6	−9.2
	Reform UK	Karl Robert Pollard	5,374	11.6	+7.6
	Conservative	Aled Thomas	4,763	10.3	−18.0
	Green	Tomos Barlow	1,864	4.0	+2.7
	Workers Party	Taghrid Al-Mawed	228	0.5	N/A
Majority			14,789	31.9	+29.1
Turnout			46,302	61.2	−8.6
Registered electors			75,690
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [a] [10]
Party		Vote	%
	Plaid Cymru	16,045	31.1
	Conservative	14,602	28.3
	Labour	10,733	20.8
	Liberal Democrats	7,561	14.6
	Brexit Party	2,063	4.0
	Green Party	663	1.3
Majority		1,443	2.8
Turnout		51,667	69.8
Electorate		74,063

Notes

1. Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place