2012_Pembrokeshire_County_Council_election
The fifth election to Pembrokeshire County Council was held on 3 May 2012.[1] It was preceded by the 2008 election and followed by the 2017 election. On the same day there were elections to 20 of the other 21 local authorities in Wales (all except Anglesey), community council elections in Wales and other elections elsewhere in the United Kingdom
All 60 council seats were up for election. The previous council was controlled by Independents as had been the case since the authority was formed in 1995. The Independents retained control in 2012.
Councillors elected in this election were to serve an extended five-year term, after the Welsh Government announced the next elections would be moved from 2016 to 2017 to avoid clashing with the next Welsh Assembly election in 2016 (which in turn had been delayed a year to avoid clashing with the next general election).
Although Independent councillors won a majority, there were divisions amongst them and an Independent Plus group has emerged with a small majority. The majority became precarious following the resignation of former Plaid Cymru councillor Stephen Joseph from the group in August 2014.[2]
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| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 42 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 70.0 | 63.7 | 20,968 | +8.6 | |
| Conservative | 3 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 5.0 | 16.1 | 5,316 | -1.1 | |
| Labour | 9 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 15.0 | 11.5 | 3,780 | -2.8 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 2,621 | +1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 238 | -6.1 | |
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Amroth
Tony Brinsden had been elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2004 and 2008 but subsequently joined the Independents.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Anthony Brinsden* | 313 | 65.2 | -1.0 | |
| Conservative | Dilys Jenkinson | 167 | 34.8 | +1.0 | |
| Majority | 146 | 30.4 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Burton
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Roger David Wildman* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Camrose
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | James Llewellyn Adams* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Carew
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David James Neale* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Cilgerran
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Thomas Davies* | 751 | 93.6 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Kett Seymour | 51 | 6.4 | ||
| Majority | 700 | 87.2 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Clydau
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Roderick Gwilym Bowen* | Unopposed | |||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
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Crymych
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Keith Lewis | 707 | 59.2 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Cristoffer Wyn Tomos | 488 | 40.8 | ||
| Majority | 219 | 18.4 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Dinas Cross
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Bob Kilmister* | unopposed | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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East Williamston
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Jacob John Williams | 602 | 65.1 | ||
| Independent | Ernest James Codd* | 282 | 30.5 | ||
| Conservative | Nigel Birt-Llewellin | 41 | 4.4 | ||
| Majority | 320 | 34.6 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Fishguard North East
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Myles Christopher Geary Pepper* | 609 | 77.6 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Parry Davies | 176 | 22.4 | ||
| Majority | 433 | 55.2 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Fishguard North West
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Pat Davies | 293 | 53.0 | ||
| Conservative | Henry Walter Jones | 101 | 18.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Dai Williams | 82 | 14.8 | ||
| Independent | Jackie Maddocks | 49 | 8.9 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Rhys Hughes | 28 | 5 | ||
| Majority | 192 | 34.7 | |||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Goodwick
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gwilym Patrick Price | 238 | 35.3 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Gwendoline Moira Lewis* | 169 | 25.1 | ||
| Conservative | James Jonathon Thickitt | 148 | 22 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard John Grosvenor | 119 | 17.6 | ||
| Majority | 69 | 10.2 | |||
| Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
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Haverfordwest Castle
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Thomas Baden Tudor* | 557 | 67.9 | ||
| Conservative | Sarah Marie Llewellyn | 263 | 32.1 | ||
| Majority | 294 | 35.8 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Haverfordwest Garth
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Lyndon Leslie Frayling* | 237 | 35.6 | ||
| Labour | Wally Watson | 172 | 25.9 | ||
| Independent | Peter John Iles | 144 | 21.7 | ||
| Conservative | John David Vaughan | 112 | 16.8 | ||
| Majority | 65 | 9.7 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Haverfordwest Portfield
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Peter Alan Stock* | 685 | 74.7 | ||
| Conservative | Christine Whelton | 232 | 25.3 | ||
| Majority | 453 | 49.4 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Haverfordwest Prendergast
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David Mark Edwards* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Haverfordwest Priory
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David Michael Bryan* | 684 | 86.9 | ||
| Independent | Byron Henry Frayling | 103 | 13.1 | ||
| Majority | 581 | 73.8 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Hundleton
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Seymour Allen-Mierhouse* | 337 | 44.7 | ||
| Independent | Margot Magdalena Hanna Mechthild Bateman | 297 | 39.4 | ||
| Labour | David William Edwards | 120 | 15.9 | ||
| Majority | 40 | 5.3 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Johnston
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Kenneth Rowlands* | 542 | 76 | ||
| Independent | Angela Beatrice Newman | 171 | 24 | ||
| Majority | 371 | 52 | |||
| Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Kilgetty / Begelly
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David John Pugh* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Lampeter Velfrey
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David Simpson* | 362 | 66.2 | ||
| Conservative | Jo Hammond | 185 | 33.8 | ||
| Majority | 177 | 32.4 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Lamphey
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Tessa Hodgson | 292 | 43.2 | ||
| Independent | Clive John Collins* | 163 | 24.1 | ||
| Conservative | Jon Harvey | 136 | 20.1 | ||
| Labour | Beth Power | 85 | 12.6 | ||
| Majority | 129 | 19.1 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Letterston
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Thomas James Richards* | 381 | 52.9 | ||
| Conservative | Tasha Danielle Sexton | 339 | 47.1 | ||
| Majority | 42 | 5.8 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Llangwm
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Michael James John* | 537 | 58.8 | ||
| Independent | Damiana Morgans | 377 | 41.2 | ||
| Majority | 160 | 17.6 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Llanrhian
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David William Mansel Rees* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Maenclochog
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Huw Meredydd George* | 672 | 60.4 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | John Rhys Davies | 440 | 39.6 | ||
| Majority | 232 | 20.8 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Manorbier
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Philip Kidney | 319 | 31.7 | ||
| Independent | Lewis Malcolm Calver* | 267 | 26.6 | ||
| Independent | Ray Hughes | 145 | 14.4 | ||
| Labour | Anthony Leonard Wales | 132 | 13.1 | ||
| Conservative | Eleanor Parker | 70 | 7 | ||
| Independent | Norman Richard Parry | 65 | 6.5 | ||
| Independent | Pearl Tew | 7 | 0.7 | ||
| Majority | 52 | 5.1 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Martletwy
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Robert Mark Lewis* | 533 | 68.8 | ||
| Conservative | Jules Thomas | 242 | 31.2 | ||
| Majority | 291 | 37.6 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Merlin’s Bridge
The winning candidate had stood for Labour in 2004 but as an Independent in 2008.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Mary Umelda Havard* | 225 | 38.9 | ||
| Labour | Stephen Brown | 193 | 33.3 | ||
| Independent | Paul Edmond Davies | 161 | 27.8 | ||
| Majority | 32 | 5.6 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Milford Central
Stephen Joseph defeated long-serving Independent, Anne Hughes, a member since 1999. However he later left for the Independent Plus group, and left that group in August 2014.[2]
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Stephen Glanville Joseph | 421 | 60.8 | ||
| Independent | Anne Hughes* | 224 | 32.3 | ||
| Independent | Tony Miles | 48 | 6.9 | ||
| Majority | 197 | 28.5 | |||
| Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Milford East
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Guy Woodham | 353 | 61.9 | ||
| Conservative | Dan Mills | 217 | 38.1 | ||
| Majority | 136 | 23.8 | |||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Milford Hakin
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Robert Michael Stoddart* | 478 | 77.9 | ||
| Conservative | Rhys Williams | 136 | 22.1 | ||
| Majority | 342 | 55.8 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Milford Hubberston
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Vivien Stoddart* | 292 | 51.7 | ||
| Labour | Alun Emanuel Byrne | 273 | 48.3 | ||
| Majority | 19 | 3.4 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Milford North
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Stanley Thomas Hudson* | 439 | 51.5 | ||
| Labour | John William Cole | 414 | 48.5 | ||
| Majority | 25 | 3.0 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Milford West
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | David Rhys Sinnett* | unopposed | |||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
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Narberth
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Wynne Edward Evans* | 403 | 50.3 | ||
| Independent | Sue Rees | 215 | 26.8 | ||
| Conservative | Di Clements | 183 | 22.8 | ||
| Majority | 188 | 23.5 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Narberth Rural
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Elwyn Albert Morse | 472 | 84.4 | ||
| Conservative | Rayner Peett | 87 | 15.6 | ||
| Majority | 385 | 68.8 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Newport
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Norman Paul Harries | 228 | 41.4 | ||
| Independent | Tina Shevlin | 160 | 29 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Vicky Moller | 77 | 14 | ||
| Independent | James Llewellyn Davies | 49 | 8.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Nikki Kilmister | 37 | 6.7 | ||
| Majority | 68 | 12.4 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Neyland East
Having been a Labour councillor since 1995, Simon Hancock did not explicitly stand as a Labour candidate and immediately after the election joined the Independent group.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Simon Leslie Hancock* | unopposed | |||
| Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Neyland West
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paul Nigel Miller | 345 | 50.7 | ||
| Independent | Dorothy Cox | 188 | 27.6 | ||
| Independent | Maureen Molyneaux* | 148 | 21.7 | ||
| Majority | 157 | 23.1 | |||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Pembroke Monkton
Peral Llewellyn had originally been elected as a Labour candidate in 2004.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Peral Llewellyn* | 347 | 69.4 | ||
| Independent | William Skyrme Rees | 153 | 30.6 | ||
| Majority | 194 | 38.8 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Pembroke St Mary North
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | William John Arwyn Williams* | 304 | 69.1 | ||
| Conservative | Ceri-Ann Bowles | 136 | 30.9 | ||
| Majority | 168 | 38.2 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Pembroke St Mary South
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Daphne Margaret Jane Bush | 172 | 36.4 | ||
| Independent | Melanie Anne Phillips | 164 | 34.7 | ||
| Conservative | Aaron Leigh Carey | 136 | 28.8 | ||
| Majority | 8 | 1.7 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Pembroke St Michael
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Jonathan Anthony Robert Nutting | 489 | |||
| Conservative | Aden Arthur Brinn* | 432 | |||
| Majority | 57 | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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Pembroke Dock Central
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alison Lee | 190 | |||
| Independent | Martin Cavaney | 111 | |||
| Independent | Kate Becton | 66 | |||
| Conservative | Chris Harries | 62 | |||
| Majority | 79 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Pembroke Dock Llanion
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Susan Perkins* | 395 | |||
| Independent | Peter Frederick Stanley Kraus | 338 | |||
| Majority | 57 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Pembroke Dock Market
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Brian John Hall* | 361 | |||
| Labour | Andrew James McNaughton | 235 | |||
| Majority | 196 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Pembroke Dock Pennar
Penally
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Jonathan Spencer Preston | 276 | |||
| Conservative | Jon Everrett | 255 | |||
| Independent | Graham Fry | 45 | |||
| Majority | 21 | ||||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
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Rudbaxton
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Steve Yelland | 212 | |||
| Conservative | Richard Nicholas Hancock* | 154 | |||
| Majority | 58 | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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St David's
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David Gareth Beechey Lloyd | 415 | |||
| Independent | John George | 205 | |||
| Conservative | Debra Murphy | 126 | |||
| Labour | Alan Charles York | 117 | |||
| Majority | 210 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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St Dogmaels
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David Griffith Michael James | 746 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Adam Herriott | 63 | |||
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| Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
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St Ishmael's
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Reg Owens | 270 | |||
| Conservative | Adam Gent | 184 | |||
| Independent | Moira Hawkins | 160 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Saundersfoot
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Philip Raymond Baker* | 562 | |||
| Conservative | Rosemary Rebecca Hayes | 333 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Scleddau
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Owen Watkin James* | 255 | |||
| Independent | Raymond Llewhelin | 200 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Bethan Hughes | 90 | |||
| Majority | 55 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Solva
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Lyn Margaret Jenkins | 189 | |||
| Independent | David Phillips | 179 | |||
| Labour | Mollie Roach | 152 | |||
| Independent | Stephen John Bale | 49 | |||
| Majority | 10 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Tenby North
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Michael Williams* | 518 | |||
| Conservative | Fiona Birt-Llewellyn | 152 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
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Tenby South
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Michael Evans | 511 | |||
| Independent | Jennifer Mary Bradley | 199 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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The Havens
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Peter John Morgan* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Wiston
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David Kenneth Howlett | unopposed | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Burton by-election 2013
A by-election was held in the Burton Ward on 11 April 2013 following the retirement of David Wildman.[4] The successful candidate stood as an 'Independent Plus' candidate, supporting the ruling group on the authority.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Robert George Summons | 291 | |||
| Conservative | Robin Wilson | 166 | |||
| Labour | Robin Howells | 162 | |||
| Independent | Jon Harvey | 46 | |||
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| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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- "Pembrokeshire councillor resigns from ruling party". Western Mail. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
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