The General Election has altered the face of Pembrokeshire politics, with Preseli Pembrokeshire returning the first Conservative member in its history, Stephen Crabb.

It took a recount to get him there. Mr Crabb gained more than 14,000 votes with a 4.8%. swing from Labour to the Tories, and overturned a majority of almost 3,000.

He became the second Conservative MP elected in Wales last night, after they were left with none following the 2001 election.

Despite this Tory success, Tony Blair took Labour to an historic third victory - but with a reduced majority, and the lowest share of the vote for any government since 1924.

One of the biggest upsets of the night came with the news that Plaid Cymru's Simon Thomas lost the Ceredigion seat by just 200 votes to Mark Williams of the Liberal Democrats, who also triumphed in Cardiff Central.

Plaid also lost Ynys Mon - its main target seat - to Labour. Albert Owen increased his majority by 800 to 1,200.

There was a huge disappointment for Labour in its safest seat Blaenau Gwent, where Peter Law is heading to Westminster as an independent, overturning a 9,000 Labour majority. Mr Law stood against the official Labour party candidate in a protest against all-women shortlists.

The seat has enjoyed Labour's highest majority of over 30,000 in the past and has had Labour big-hitters Michael Foot and Aneurin Bevan.

The Conservatives took many seats from Labour, but on the whole their vote share was flat, while the Lib Dems made big inroads into Labour majorities and won a number of target seats nationally.

The Western Telegraph made history at his election too, bringing out a second paper in the same week - Friday's 5am Election Special.