Editing Nick Ainger (section)

==Parliamentary career==
Ainger was first elected for the seat of Pembrokeshire at the [[1992 United Kingdom general election|1992 general election]] with a slender majority of 755. He re-elected in 1997 for the re-drawn seat of Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire with a majority of 9,621.

From 1997 to 2001, Ainger served as the [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]] to the [[Wales Office]], previously the [[Welsh Office]], under [[Secretary of State for Wales|Welsh Secretaries]] [[Ron Davies (Welsh politician)|Ron Davies]], [[Alun Michael]] and [[Paul Murphy (British politician)|Paul Murphy]]. He was promoted to a [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|Commons]] [[Whip (politics)|Whip]] and [[Lord Commissioner of the Treasury]] in 2001. In 2005, he was appointed [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales]], a position he held until [[Tony Blair]] departed office in 2007. 

Ainger spent the remainder of his tenure in Parliament as a backbencher, serving on the [[Treasury Select Committee]] from November 2007 to May 2010. He campaigned on fuel poverty and better regulation of the banking industry.

At the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]], Ainger was defeated by the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] candidate [[Simon Hart]].