1995_Pembrokeshire_County_Council_election
The first elections to Pembrokeshire County Council were held on 4 May 1995.[1] It was followed by the 1999 election. On the same day there were elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales and community councils in Wales.
All council seats were up for election. These were the first elections held following local government reorganisation and the abolition of Dyfed County Council. The ward boundaries for the new authority were based on the previous Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council and South Pembrokeshire District Council with the majority of wards continuing to elect one councillor. In some cases where two or three members were previously elected the number of representatives was reduced.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 42 | ||||||||
| Labour | 13 | ||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | ||||||||
| Plaid Cymru | 2 | ||||||||
| Conservative | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| Green | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||
Most sitting members of Dyfed County council sought election to the new authority. A number were also members of the previous district councils but others contested a ward against a sitting district councillor.[2]
Amroth
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous South Pembrokeshire District Council. The retiring Independent district councillor (and also the county councillor), A.W. Edwards, sought election for the neighbouring Lampeter Velfrey ward and the seat was taken unopposed by the Liberal Democrat candidate.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ronald Young Cameron | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | |||||
Begelly
The elected candidate was the retiring district councillor.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Scott Murphy* | 398 | |||
| Independent | Neil Jackson | 258 | |||
| Independent | Thomas John Price | 111 | |||
| Majority | 101 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Brawdy
The elected candidate was the retiring district councillor.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | William Leslie Raymond* | Unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | |||||
Burton
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council. The elected candidate was the retiring district councillor.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Lewis James Lloyd* | 432 | 74.9 | ||
| Labour | Trevor Thomas | 145 | 25.1 | ||
| Majority | 287 | 49.8 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Camrose
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council. The elected candidate was the retiring district councillor.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | James Desmond Edward Codd* | Unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | |||||
Carew
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous South Pembrokeshire District Council. The elected candidate was the retiring district councillor.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Norman Richard Parry* | 330 | 66.9 | ||
| Independent | Brian McMahon | 163 | 33.1 | ||
| Majority | 167 | 33.8 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Cilgerran
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Rev Dafydd Henry Edwards | ||||
| Labour | Michael Frederick McNamara | ||||
| Conservative | Norman Hird | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Clydau
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli District Council. The retiring district councillor did not seek re-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Rev Aled Wyn ap Gwynedd | unopposed | |||
Crymych
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli District Council. The elected candidate was the retiring district councillor.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Lynn Davies* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Dinas Cross
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli District Council. The elected candidate was the retiring district councillor. The defeated candidate had been Dyfed County Councillor for St Dogmaels since 1993.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Alun John Bringley Griffiths* | 508 | 76.3 | ||
| Independent | John William James Roberts+ | 158 | 23.7 | ||
| Majority | 350 | 52.6 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
East Williamston
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous South Pembrokeshire District Council. The elected candidate was the retiring district councillor.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David Gordon Williams* | 425 | 71.5 | ||
| Independent | Jennifer Mary Bradley | 169 | 28.5 | ||
| Majority | 256 | 43.0 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Fishguard (two seats)
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli District Council. The elected candidates were the retiring district councillors.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alexander Frederick Allison* | unopposed | |||
| Independent | Delwyn Davies* | unopposed | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Goodwick
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council. The elected candidate was the Dyfed County Councillor for Fishguard. The retiring district councillor was defeated.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | William Lloyd Evans+ | 508 | 66.9 | ||
| Independent | William Brynmor Colnet* | 251 | 33.1 | ||
| Majority | 257 | 33.8 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Haverfordwest Castle
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council. The sitting Independent member, Beryl Thomas-Cleaver, was heavily defeated.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Thomas Baden Tudor | 304 | 39.1 | ||
| Independent | Mike Davies | 257 | 33.1 | ||
| Independent | Beryl Mary Thomas-Cleaver* | 112 | 14.4 | ||
| Independent | Mary Sinnett | 104 | 13.4 | ||
| Majority | 47 | 6.0 | |||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Haverfordwest Garth (two seats)
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council, although the number of seats were reduced from three to two. One of the elected candidates was a retiring district councillor. Another retiring councillor lost his seat to a Labour Party challenger. While the number of seats were reduced, Haverfordwest Garth can also be classified as an Independent hold and a Labour gain from Independent.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Peter Alan Stock* | 1,352 | 88.3 | ||
| Labour | Elizabeth Joyce Watson | 688 | 44.9 | ||
| Independent | Donald Richard Twigg* | 666 | 43.5 | ||
| Independent | Barbara Ann Morgan | 357 | 23.3 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Haverfordwest Prendergast
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council. The elected councilor was the sitting county councillor for Haverfordwest Priory, (which included the Castle and Prendergast wards). He defeated the sitting district councillor for Prendergast.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Haydn Eric Davies+ | 544 | |||
| Independent | Jim G. Nicholas* | 201 | |||
| Majority | 343 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Haverfordwest Priory
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Joseph Absalom Roy Folland | 279 | |||
| Labour | Jeffrey Bernard Thomas | 261 | |||
| Independent | Meriel P. Lewis | 196 | |||
| Majority | 18 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Hundleton / Stackpole
The boundaries were identical to those of the combined Hundleton and Stackpole wards on the previous South Pembrokeshire District Council. The elected candidate was the retiring district councillor for Hundleton. The retiring member for Stackpole was defeated. Although a new seat, Hundleton / Stackpole can also be classified as an Independent hold.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Seymore Allen-Mierhouse* | 394 | |||
| Labour | Valerie Lucarda Jones | 217 | |||
| Independent | Anthony Stenson* | 70 | |||
| Majority | 177 | ||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Johnston
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council. The elected candidate was the retiring district councillor.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | George Charles Grey | unopposed | |||
| Majority | 251 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Lampeter Velfrey
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous South Pembrokeshire District Council. The elected candidate was the retiring district councillor for the Amroth Ward.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Alan Walter Edwards+* | 388 | |||
| Labour | Donna Elizabeth Lewis | 256 | |||
| Majority | 132 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Lamphey
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous South Pembrokeshire District Council. The elected candidate was the retiring district councillor.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David William Edwards | 296 | |||
| Independent | Richard Frederick Shepherd | 194 | |||
| Independent | Dilys Tice | 115 | |||
| Majority | 102 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Letterston
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Thomas James Richards | 378 | |||
| Independent | Dewi Llewellyn James+ | 214 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Ian Warden | 209 | |||
| Majority | 164 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llangwm
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council. The elected candidate was the retiring district councillor and also the Dyfed County Councillor for Llangwm since 1985.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | William Henry Hitchings+* | 460 | |||
| Independent | James Lester Brock | 407 | |||
| Majority | 53 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Maenclochog
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council. The elected candidate was the Dyfed County Councillor for Rudbaxton for many years.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David John Thomas+ | 643 | |||
| Green | Eleanor Clegg | 71 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Manorbier
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous South Pembrokeshire District Council. The elected candidate was the Dyfed County Councillor for Manorbier.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Patricia Edwina Griffiths+ | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Martletwy
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous South Pembrokeshire District Council. The elected candidate was the retiring district councillor.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Thomas Elwyn James* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Merlin’s Bridge
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council. The elected candidate was the retiring district councillor.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Cyril George Maurice Hughes* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Milford Central and East (two seats)
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Malcolm William Pratt | 715 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Hutton Sinclair+ | 669 | |||
| Independent | Anne Hughes | 583 | |||
| Independent | Stanley Thomas Hudson* | 535 | |||
| Independent | William John Kenneth Williams | 216 | |||
Milford Hakin (two seats)
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Terry Mills | 770 | |||
| Independent | Eric Ronald Harries+* | 745 | |||
| Independent | George Noel William Max* | 712 | |||
| Independent | Arthur George Edwards* | 425 | |||
| Independent | Alun Emanuel Byrne | 371 | |||
| Independent | Edward Terence Bowen | 323 | |||
| Independent | Barrie Thomas Woolmer | 242 | |||
Milford North and West (two seats)
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David John Adams+ | 826 | |||
| Independent | Edward George Setterfield* | 682 | |||
| Independent | John William Cole | 492 | |||
| Independent | Irwin Edwards | 335 | |||
Narberth
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous South Pembrokeshire District Council. The elected candidate was the retiring district councillor.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Thomas David Watkins* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Narberth Rural
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous South Pembrokeshire District Council. The elected candidate was the retiring district councillor.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | William Richard Colin Davies* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Newport
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Essex Robert John Havard | 399 | |||
| Independent | Elwyn George John* | 104 | |||
| Majority | 295 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Neyland East
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council. The elected candidate was the retiring district councillor.
Neyland West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kenneth Arthur Edwards | 503 | |||
| Independent | Patricia Ann Gilbert* | 304 | |||
| Majority | 199 | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Pembroke Monkton
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous South Pembrokeshire District Council.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kenvyn Corris Jones | 330 | |||
| Independent | Dillwyn Morgan Davies* | 256 | |||
| Majority | 74 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Pembroke St Mary (two seats)
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous South Pembrokeshire District Council.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Clifford Henry Darlington | 572 | |||
| Independent | Kenneth Bryan Phillips | 436 | |||
| Independent | Pedr Staveley McMullan* | 383 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Ann I. Hovey | 253 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Pembroke St Michael
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous South Pembrokeshire District Council.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | John Martin Allen+ | 407 | |||
| Labour | Clive John Collins | 341 | |||
| Majority | 66 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Pembroke Dock Central
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous South Pembrokeshire District Council. The elected candidate was the retiring district councillor.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Thomas Vivian Hay* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Pembroke Dock Llanion
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous South Pembrokeshire District Council.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jacqueline Rita Lawrence+ | unopposed | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Pembroke Dock Market
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous South Pembrokeshire District Council.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | William Skyrme Rees* | 362 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Donald Thomas Esmond | 214 | |||
| Majority | 148 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Pembroke Dock Pennar
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous South Pembrokeshire District Council.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Stephen James May+ | 681 | |||
| Independent | Brian John Hall* | 592 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Penally
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous South Pembrokeshire District Council. The elected candidate was the retiring district councillor.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Eileen Hodgson* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Rudbaxton
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council. The elected candidate was the retiring district councillor.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David Edwin Pritchard* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
St David's
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council. The retiring district councillor was defeated.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Dilwyn Phillips | 590 | |||
| Independent | James John Richards* | 360 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
St Dogmaels
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Rev Emyr Huw Jones | 365 | |||
| Labour | Robin Wilfred Day | 198 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
St Ishmael's
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council. The elected candidate was a retiring district councillor for Milford Hakin.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Basil Ralph Woodruff* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Saundersfoot
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous South Pembrokeshire District Council.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Rosemary Rebecca Hayes+* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Scleddau
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council. The elected candidate was the retiring district councillor.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Alwyn Cadwallader Luke* | 315 | |||
| Labour | Vaughan Barrah | 190 | |||
| Majority | 125 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Solva
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council. The elected candidate was the retiring district councillor.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Gordon Cawood* | 742 | |||
| Independent | Kenneth Adrian Cross | 79 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Tenby (two seats)
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous South Pembrokeshire District Council.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Michael Tracy Folland+* | 1,137 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Michael Williams* | 844 | |||
| Labour | William James Rossiter | 640 | |||
| Independent | Denzil Roger George Griffiths* | 503 | |||
| Independent | Andrew Philip Rees | 246 | |||
| Independent | James Phillips* | 230 | |||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | |||||
The Havens
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Eric George Sanders Mock | 300 | |||
| Independent | Christopher J. Farr | 191 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Wiston
The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Peter Edmund Masterson | 587 | |||
| Independent | Christopher Arthur Olding | 108 | |||
| Majority | 479 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||