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[[Category:Historic parliamentary constituencies in South Wales]] |
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Pembrokeshire was a parliamentary constituency based on the county of Pembrokeshire in Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
History
The Laws in Wales Act 1535 (26 Hen. VIII, c. 26) provided for a single county seat in the House of Commons for each of twelve historic Welsh counties (including Pembrokeshire) and two for Monmouthshire. Using the modern year, starting on 1 January, these parliamentary constituencies were authorised in 1536. In practice, the first known Knights of the Shire from Wales (as Members of Parliament from county constituencies were known before the nineteenth century) may not have been elected until 1545.
The Act contains the following provision, which had the effect of enfranchising the shire of Pembroke.
And that for this present Parliament, and all other Parliaments to be holden and kept for this Realm, one Knight shall be chosen and elected to the same Parliaments for every of the Shires of Brecknock, Radnor, Mountgomery and Denbigh, and for every other Shire within the said Country of Dominion of Wales;
The constituency was abolished for the 1997 general election, when its territory was divided between the new constituencies of Preseli Pembrokeshire and Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire. Up to 1950 it was generally considered a Liberal stronghold, and a Labour safe seat thereafter. However, the Conservatives won the seat in 1970 when the sitting Labour MP Desmond Donnelly split from the party and formed The Democratic party. Donnelly lost the seat but polled well. In subsequent elections the Conservative vote held up, tending to show that Donnelly had held the seat with large majorities for Labour based on his own popularity as much as being the Labour candidate.
Boundaries
Members of Parliament
MPs 1614-1832
Year | Member | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1614 | Sir John Wogan | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1620 | Sir John Wogan | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1625 | Sir John Wogan | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1626 | Sir John Wogan | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1628 | Sir John Wogan | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1640 | Sir John Wogan | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1656 | James Philipps | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1660 | Arthur Owen | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1678 | John Owen | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1679 | Sir Hugh Owen, Bt | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1681 | William Wogan | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1685 | William Barlow | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1689 | Sir Hugh Owen, Bt | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1695 | Sir Arthur Owen, Bt | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1705 | Wirriot Owen | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1710 | John Barlow | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1715 | Sir Arthur Owen, Bt | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1727 | John Campbell | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1747 | Sir William Owen, Bt | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1761 | Sir John Philipps, Bt | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1765 | Sir Richard Philipps, Bt | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1770 | Sir Hugh Owen, Bt | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1786 | The Lord Milford | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1812 | John Owen |
MPs 1832-1997
Election results
References
- The House of Commons 1509-1558, by S.T. Bindoff (Secker & Warburg 1982)
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
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