2017_Pembrokeshire_County_Council_election
The 2017 election to Pembrokeshire County Council was held on 4 May 2017 as part of wider local elections across Wales. The election was preceded by the 2012 election.[1] It was followed by the 2022 election. Twelve seats (out of the sixty available) had candidates elected unopposed.
Nominations closed on 4 April 2017.[2]
Amroth
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Tony Barron | 225 | 50.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Kathleen Megarry | 223 | 49.8 | ||
| Majority | 2 | 0.4 | |||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Burton
Rob Summons was elected as an Independent at a by-election in 2013.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert George Summons* | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative gain from Independent | |||||
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Camrose
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | James Llewellyn Adams* | 448 | 36.8 | ||
| Independent | Nicky Watts | 358 | 29.4 | ||
| Conservative | Jonathan David Twigg | 275 | 22.6 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Kay Dearing | 135 | 11.1 | ||
| Majority | 90 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Carew
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Paul David Rapi | 310 | 52.3 | ||
| Independent | David James Neale* | 224 | 37.8 | ||
| Independent | Norman Richard Parry | 59 | 9.9 | ||
| Majority | 86 | ||||
| Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Cilgerran
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Thomas Davies* | Unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | |||||
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Clydau
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Roderick Gwilym Bowen* | Unopposed | |||
| Plaid Cymru hold | |||||
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Crymych
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Cristoffer Wyn Tomos | 616 | 54.4 | ||
| Independent | John Keith Lewis* | 516 | 45.6 | ||
| Majority | 100 | ||||
| Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Dinas Cross
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Bob Kilmister* | 550 | 78.1 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Myles Anthony Bamford-Lewis | 154 | 21.9 | ||
| Majority | 396 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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East Williamston
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Jacob John Williams* | 730 | 75.1 | ||
| Independent | Mackie Harts | 242 | 24.9 | ||
| Majority | 488 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Fishguard North East
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Myles Christopher Geary Pepper* | 449 | 61.1 | ||
| Labour | Alexander Frederick Allison | 286 | 38.9 | ||
| Majority | 163 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Fishguard North West
Pat Davies was elected as a Labour candidate in 2012
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Pat Davies* | 371 | 67.3 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Dennis Morris | 122 | 22.1 | ||
| Conservative | James Jonathon Thickitt | 58 | 10.5 | ||
| Majority | 249 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Goodwick
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Kevin William Doolin | 262 | 42.4 | ||
| Labour | Gwilym Patrick Price* | 234 | 37.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard John Grosvenor | 122 | 19.7 | ||
| Majority | 28 | ||||
| Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Haverfordwest: Castle
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Thomas Baden Tudor* | 483 | 58.3 | ||
| Independent | Sally Williams | 190 | 22.9 | ||
| Conservative | Kevin Lewis Davies | 155 | 18.7 | ||
| Majority | 293 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Haverfordwest Garth
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Lyndon Leslie Frayling* | 229 | 48.3 | ||
| Independent | Sue Murray | 145 | 30.6 | ||
| Conservative | Chris Evans-Thomas | 100 | 21.1 | ||
| Majority | 84 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Haverfordwest Portfield
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Tim Evans | 436 | 54.0 | ||
| Labour | Anthony William Griffiths | 199 | 24.7 | ||
| Conservative | Martin Paul David Lewis | 172 | 21.3 | ||
| Majority | 237 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Haverfordwest Prendergast
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alison Mary Tudor | 356 | 48.4 | ||
| Conservative | Thomas Peter Lewis | 164 | 22.3 | ||
| Independent | Chris Lee Harries | 109 | 14.8 | ||
| Independent | Gitti Coats | 107 | 14.5 | ||
| Majority | 192 | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Haverfordwest Priory
The sitting member was elected as an Independent in 2012.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David Michael Bryan* | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative gain from Independent | |||||
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Hundleton
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Margot Magdalena Hanna Mechthild Bateman | 334 | 49.0 | ||
| Conservative | Terence Keith Bradney | 174 | 25.6 | ||
| Independent | Nicky Hancock | 104 | 15.3 | ||
| Independent | Barry Edward Grange | 69 | 10.1 | ||
| Majority | 160 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Johnston
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Kenneth Rowlands* | 335 | 42.5 | ||
| Independent | Phillip Walter Hart | 313 | 39.7 | ||
| Labour | Rhys Daniel Evans | 141 | 17.9 | ||
| Majority | 22 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Kilgetty / Begelly
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David John Pugh* | 319 | 46.4 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Gretta Elaine Marshall | 212 | 30.8 | ||
| Independent | Peter John Adams | 157 | 22.8 | ||
| Majority | 107 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Lampeter Velfrey
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David Simpson* | Unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | |||||
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Lamphey
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Tessa Hodgson* | 457 | 64.1 | ||
| Independent | Rob Kenningford | 256 | 35.9 | ||
| Majority | 201 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Letterston
Tom Richards, who had held the seat as an Independent since 1995, chose to contest as a Conservative having only narrowly defeated a Conservative in 2012.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Michelle Elizabeth Bateman | 575 | 55.6 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Owain Llyr Williams | 236 | 22.8 | ||
| Conservative | Thomas James Richards* | 224 | 21.6 | ||
| Majority | 339 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Llangwm
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Michael James John* | Unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | |||||
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Llanrhian
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Neil David Prior | 332 | 47.8 | ||
| Conservative | William John Evans | 159 | 22.9 | ||
| Independent | Alan Nigel Price | 155 | 22.3 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Chris John | 48 | 6.9 | ||
| Majority | 173 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Maenclochog
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Huw Meredydd George* | 657 | 54.6 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Hefin Wyn | 547 | 45.4 | ||
| Majority | 110 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Manorbier
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Philip Kidney* | Unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | |||||
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Martletwy
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Di Clements | 591 | 69.2 | ||
| Independent | Robert Mark Lewis* | 263 | 30.8 | ||
| Majority | 328 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Merlin’s Bridge
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Vincent John Cole | 337 | 52.3 | ||
| Independent | Paul Edmond Davies | 156 | 24.2 | ||
| Independent | Mary Umelda Havard* | 151 | 23.4 | ||
| Majority | 181 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Milford Central
Stephen Joseph was elected as a Plaid Cymru candidate in 2012 but subsequently left the party.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Stephen Glanville Joseph* | 137 | 25.3 | ||
| Independent | Lynne Elizabeth Turner | 134 | 24.7 | ||
| Labour | Charles Davies | 118 | 21.8 | ||
| Conservative | Tony Miles | 113 | 20.8 | ||
| Independent | Meurig Caffery | 40 | 7.4 | ||
| Majority | 3 | ||||
| Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
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Milford East
Milford Hakin
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Robert Michael Stoddart* | 336 | 45.5 | ||
| Labour | Jon Thrower | 225 | 30.5 | ||
| Independent | David Henry Worrall | 78 | 10.6 | ||
| Independent | William Dean Elliott | 68 | 9.2 | ||
| Independent | Rhys Williams | 31 | 4.2 | ||
| Majority | 111 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Milford Hubberston
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Vivien Stoddart* | 357 | 54.8 | ||
| Labour | Alun Emanuel Byrne | 163 | 25.0 | ||
| Independent | Rose Davinia Gray | 132 | 20.2 | ||
| Majority | 194 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Milford North
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Stanley Thomas Hudson* | 487 | 60.4 | ||
| Independent | Colin Alan Sharp | 319 | 39.6 | ||
| Majority | 168 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Milford West
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | David Rhys Sinnett* | 305 | 62.2 | ||
| Labour | Yvonne Grace Southwell | 118 | 24.1 | ||
| Independent | Carol Stevens | 67 | 13.7 | ||
| Majority | 187 | ||||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
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Narberth
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Vic Dennis | 329 | 42.5 | ||
| Independent | Sue Rees | 301 | 38.8 | ||
| Conservative | Edward Rayner Peet | 145 | 18.7 | ||
| Majority | 28 | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Narberth Rural
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Elwyn Albert Morse* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Newport
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Norman Paul Harries* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Neyland East
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Simon Leslie Hancock* | 763 | 89.4 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Aelwen Mair Lee | 79 | 10.6 | ||
| Majority | 684 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Neyland West
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paul Nigel Miller* | 512 | 70.2 | ||
| Independent | Brian Leslie Rothero | 217 | 29.8 | ||
| Majority | 295 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Pembroke Monkton
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Pearl Llewellyn* | 208 | |||
| Independent | Chris Doyle | 138 | |||
| Majority | 70 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Pembroke St Mary North
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Dai Boswell | 217 | 39.5 | ||
| Independent | Jon Harvey | 211 | 38.4 | ||
| Labour | David William Edwards | 122 | 22.2 | ||
| Majority | 6 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Pembroke St Mary South
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Aaron Leigh Carey | 181 | 38.1 | ||
| Independent | Melanie Anne Phillips | 109 | 22.9 | ||
| Independent | Daphne Margaret Jane Bush* | 94 | 19.8 | ||
| Independent | Jacob David Taylor | 91 | 19.2 | ||
| Majority | 72 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Pembroke St Michael
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Aden Arthur Brinn | 557 | 56.7 | ||
| Independent | Jonathan Anthony Robert Nutting* | 425 | 43.3 | ||
| Majority | 132 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Pembroke Dock Central
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Paul Heywood Dowson | 102 | 26.0 | ||
| Independent | Terry Wayne Judkins | 98 | 25.0 | ||
| Labour | Maureen Bowen | 81 | 20.6 | ||
| Independent | Phil Gwyther | 78 | 19.8 | ||
| Independent | George Frederick Manning | 21 | 5.3 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Richard Day | 13 | 3.3 | ||
| Majority | 4 | 1.0 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Pembroke Dock Llanion
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joshua Beynon | 290 | 35.8 | ||
| Independent | Peter Frederick Stanley Kraus | 281 | 34.7 | ||
| Independent | William Skyrme Rees | 239 | 29.5 | ||
| Majority | 9 | 1.1 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Pembroke Dock Market
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Brian John Hall* | 300 | 58.1 | ||
| Independent | Hayley Suzanne Wood | 216 | 41.9 | ||
| Majority | 84 | 16.2 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Pembroke Dock Pennar
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Anthony Wilcox* | 727 | 75.3 | ||
| Independent | Allan Trevor Brookes | 239 | 24.7 | ||
| Majority | 488 | 50.6 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Penally
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Jonathan Spencer Preston* | 362 | 56.6 | ||
| Conservative | Christine Elizabeth Toy | 289 | 44.4 | ||
| Majority | 73 | ||||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
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Rudbaxton
Steve Yelland was elected as an Independent in 2012, defeating the sitting Conservative candidate
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Steve Yelland* | 273 | 64.2 | ||
| Independent | Ryan Luke Dansie | 80 | 18.8 | ||
| Independent | Raymond Burgess | 72 | 16.9 | ||
| Majority | 201 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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St David's
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David Gareth Beechey Lloyd* | 419 | 50.8 | ||
| Labour | Alan Charles York | 406 | 49.2 | ||
| Majority | 13 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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St Dogmaels
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David Griffith Michael James* | 694 | 69.8 | ||
| Labour | Howard Stephen Balmer | 183 | 18.4 | ||
| Independent | Elfyn Owen Rees | 117 | 11.8 | ||
| Majority | 511 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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St Ishmael's
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Reg Owens* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Saundersfoot
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Philip Raymond Baker* | 588 | 64.6 | ||
| Independent | Rosemary Rebecca Hayes | 322 | 35.4 | ||
| Majority | 266 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Scleddau
Owen Watkin James was elected as a Conservative in 2008 and 2012.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Samuel Deri Kurtz | 287 | 48.2 | ||
| Independent | Owen Watkin James* | 205 | 34.5 | ||
| Labour | Paul Frederick Stonhold | 103 | 17.3 | ||
| Majority | 82 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Solva
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mark Metson Carter | 338 | 48.3 | ||
| Labour | Joshua David Phillips | 287 | 41.0 | ||
| Green | Janie Anne Harwood | 75 | 10.7 | ||
| Majority | 51 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Tenby North
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Michael Williams* | unopposed | |||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
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Tenby South
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Michael Evans* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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The Havens
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Peter John Morgan* | 346 | 59.2 | ||
| Conservative | Gordon William Smith | 238 | 40.8 | ||
| Majority | 108 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Wiston
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David Kenneth Howlett* | 563 | 72.7 | ||
| Independent | Isabelle May Solomon | 211 | 27.3 | ||
| Majority | 352 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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- "Wales local council elections 2017: All you need to know". BBC News. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- "Statement of Persons Nominated". Pembrokeshire County Council. Retrieved 7 April 2017.