Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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Not to be confused with Pembroke (UK Parliament constituency).
| Pembrokeshire County constituency |
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| Created: | ???? |
| Abolished: | 1997 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
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.
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[edit] History
The constituency was abolished for 1997 general election, when its territory was divided between the new constituencies of Preseli Pembrokeshire and Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire.
[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] MPs 1660-1832
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1660 | Arthur Owen | ||
| 1678 | John Owen | ||
| 1679 | Sir Hugh Owen | ||
| 1681 | William Wogan | ||
| 1685 | William Barlow | ||
| 1689 | Sir Hugh Owen | ||
| 1695 | Sir Arthur Owen | ||
| 1705 | Wirriot Owen | ||
| 1710 | John Barlow | ||
| 1715 | Sir Arthur Owen | ||
| 1727 | John Campbell | ||
| 1747 | Sir William Owen | ||
| 1761 | Sir John Philipps | ||
| 1765 | Sir Richard Philipps, later Baron Milford | ||
| 1770 | Sir Hugh Owen | ||
| 1786 | Richard Philipps, Baron Milford | ||
| 1812 | Sir John Owen | ||
[edit] MPs 1832-1997
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1832 | Sir John Owen | ||
| 1841 | John Campbell, Viscount Emlyn, later Earl Cawdor | ||
| 1861 | George Lort Philipps | ||
| 1866 | James Bevan Bowen | ||
| 1868 | Sir John Henry Scourfield | ||
| 1876 | James Bevan Bowen | ||
| 1880 | William Davies | ||
| 1892 | William Rees Morgan Davies | ||
| 1898 | John Wynford Philipps,later Viscount St Davids | ||
| 1908 | Walter Francis Roch | ||
| 1918 | Sir Evan Davies Jones | Coalition Liberal | |
| 1922 | Gwilym Lloyd-George | National Liberal | |
| 1923 | Liberal | ||
| 1924 | Charles William Mackay Price | Conservative | |
| 1929 | Gwilym Lloyd-George | Liberal | |
| 1929 | Liberal and Conservative | ||
| 1950 | Desmond Louis Donnelly | Labour | |
| 1970 | Nicholas Edwards | Conservative | |
| 1987 | Nicholas Jerome Bennett | Conservative | |
| 1992 | Nicholas Richard Ainger | Labour | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Preseli Pembrokeshire and Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire |
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[edit] Election results
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[edit] References
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
