Conservative Stephen Crabb was photobombed by a local activist wearing a ‘Tories out’ T-shirt - during an interview, with the party now having no seats in Wales.
Conservatives were wiped out in Wales at the 2024 general election, with one prominent Pembrokeshire Tory saying the party now needs to “tend to its bloody nose” before rolling up its sleeves to resume its fight.
One of the many interviews Mr Crabb gave after failing to gain the Mid and South Pembrokeshire seat was photobombed by local activist Jim Scott, wearing a ‘Tories out’ shirt.
Out of the 32 seats since boundary changes, Labour now have 27, including Mid and South Pembrokeshire.
Plaid Cymru now have four seats: Ceredigion Preseli, Caerfyrddin, Dwyfor Meirionydd, and Ynys Mon, a solid sea of green in the western part of the country.
The remaining seat was taken by the Liberal Democrats, securing Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe.
Mid and South Pembrokeshire saw Conservative Stephen Crabb lose to Labour’s Henry Tufnell by 14,627 votes to 16,505.
After his defeat, having represented parts of the county for 19 years , previously as MP for Preseli Pembrokeshire, Mr Crabb said: “Congratulations to Henry Tufnell and his team on their victory in Mid & South Pembrokeshire last night. I wish him the very best as he takes on the enormous privilege of representing this county at Westminster.
“A huge thanks to my campaign team who have been at my side throughout this tough campaign. I am incredibly grateful to have had such a fabulous group of Pembrokeshire people working with me over the last six weeks.
“It’s been a huge honour to represent my home constituency as Member of Parliament over the last 19 years. Every day has been an enormous privilege.
“Thank you to everyone in Pembrokeshire who has given me encouragement and support along the way.”
Conservatives were wiped out in Wales at the 2024 general election, with one prominent Pembrokeshire Tory saying the party now needs to “tend to its bloody nose” before rolling up its sleeves to resume its fight.
One of the many interviews Mr Crabb gave after failing to gain the Mid and South Pembrokeshire seat was photobombed by local activist Jim Scott, wearing a ‘Tories out’ shirt.
Out of the 32 seats since boundary changes, Labour now have 27, including Mid and South Pembrokeshire.
Plaid Cymru now have four seats: Ceredigion Preseli, Caerfyrddin, Dwyfor Meirionydd, and Ynys Mon, a solid sea of green in the western part of the country.
The remaining seat was taken by the Liberal Democrats, securing Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe.
Mid and South Pembrokeshire saw Conservative Stephen Crabb lose to Labour’s Henry Tufnell by 14,627 votes to 16,505.
After his defeat, having represented parts of the county for 19 years , previously as MP for Preseli Pembrokeshire, Mr Crabb said: “Congratulations to Henry Tufnell and his team on their victory in Mid & South Pembrokeshire last night. I wish him the very best as he takes on the enormous privilege of representing this county at Westminster.
“A huge thanks to my campaign team who have been at my side throughout this tough campaign. I am incredibly grateful to have had such a fabulous group of Pembrokeshire people working with me over the last six weeks.
“It’s been a huge honour to represent my home constituency as Member of Parliament over the last 19 years. Every day has been an enormous privilege.
“Thank you to everyone in Pembrokeshire who has given me encouragement and support along the way.”
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00:00success and their victory in Midland South Pembrokeshire.
00:03Tonight, congratulations to you and best wishes for every single day that you do this job.
00:09I hope you feel a sense of privilege and honour that comes with representing
00:13Central Fibers County at Pembrokeshire and I'm sure you will put your heart and soul into the job.
00:18So thank you Henry. Mr Attorney Officer, I'd like to thank you and your team of staff and
00:23volunteers for all the effort they've put in today across all the 81 polling stations and
00:27those who put in the extra night shift doing the count here tonight. It's a huge thing making this
00:33democratic enterprise happen across a rural county like Pembrokeshire, so thank you for
00:38all of your efforts. Just to conclude my short remarks, I'd like to say a massive thank you to
00:45my team who I think have done a brilliant job. We knew at the start of this campaign we had a
00:51massive uphill task and I'm so proud of the way that you've gone out there every single day
00:57with smiles on your faces, meeting people across mid and south Pembrokeshire, working with me and
01:02helping to get our message out. In particular, I'd like to thank my agent Georgina Bryan.
01:07It's a lot of years we've been doing this now and Mike, he was here at the very start 19 years ago.
01:14Adele, you've worked with me for 15 years and been a brilliant team leader during this campaign and
01:19finally I'd like to thank my family who've stood by me through a lot
01:23and they've just been an amazing support. Thank you.