2017 Pembrokeshire County Council election

An 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] Twelve seats (out of the sixty available) had candidates elected unopposed.

Election results 2017, showing party colours of each county councillor

Ward results[]

Nominations closed on 4 April 2017.^[2]

Amroth[]

Amroth 2017
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

Burton[]

Rob Summons was elected as an Independent at a by-election in 2013.

Burton 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert George Summons*	Unopposed
	Conservative gain from Independent

Camrose[]

Camrose 2017
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

Carew[]

Carew 2017
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

Cilgerran[]

Cilgerran 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Thomas Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Clydau[]

Clydau 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Roderick Gwilym Bowen*	Unopposed
	Plaid Cymru hold

Crymych[]

Crymych 2017
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

Dinas Cross[]

Dinas Cross 2017
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

East Williamston[]

East Williamston 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jacob John Williams*	730	75.1
	Independent	Mackie Harts	242	24.9
Majority			488
	Independent hold		Swing

Fishguard North East[]

Fishguard North East 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Myles Christopher Geary Pepper*	449	61.1
	Labour	Alexander Frederick Allison	286	38.9
Majority			163
	Independent hold		Swing

Fishguard North West[]

Pat Davies was elected as a Labour candidate in 2012

Fishguard North West 2017
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

Goodwick[]

Goodwick 2017
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

Haverfordwest: Castle[]

Haverfordwest: Castle 2017
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

Haverfordwest Garth[]

Haverfordwest Garth 2017
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

Haverfordwest Portfield[]

Haverfordwest Portfield 2017
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

Haverfordwest Prendergast[]

Haverfordwest Prendergast 2017
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

Haverfordwest Priory[]

The sitting member was elected as an Independent in 2012.

Haverfordwest Priory 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Michael Bryan*	Unopposed
	Conservative gain from Independent

Hundleton[]

Hundleton 2017
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

Johnston[]

Johnston 2017
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

Kilgetty / Begelly[]

Kilgetty 2017
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

Lampeter Velfrey[]

Lampeter Velfrey 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Simpson*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Lamphey[]

Lamphey 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Tessa Hodgson*	457	64.1
	Independent	Rob Kenningford	256	35.9
Majority			201
	Independent hold		Swing

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.

Letterston 2017
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

Llangwm[]

Llangwm 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael James John*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Llanrhian[]

Llanrhian 2017
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

Maenclochog[]

Maenclochog 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Huw Meredydd George*	657	54.6
	Plaid Cymru	Hefin Wyn	547	45.4
Majority			110
	Independent hold		Swing

Manorbier[]

Manorbier 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Philip Kidney*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Martletwy[]

Martletwy 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Di Clements	591	69.2
	Independent	Robert Mark Lewis*	263	30.8
Majority			328
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Merlin’s Bridge[]

Merlin's Bridge 2017
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

Milford Central[]

Stephen Joseph was elected as a Plaid Cymru candidate in 2012 but subsequently left the party.

Milford Central 2017
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

Milford East[]

Milford East 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Guy Woodham*	Unopposed
	Labour hold

Milford Hakin[]

Milford Hakin 2017
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

Milford Hubberston[]

Milford Hubberston 2017
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

Milford North[]

Milford North 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stanley Thomas Hudson*	487	60.4
	Independent	Colin Alan Sharp	319	39.6
Majority			168
	Conservative hold		Swing

Milford West[]

Milford West 2017
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

Narberth[]

Narberth 2017
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

Narberth Rural[]

Narberth Rural 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Elwyn Albert Morse*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Newport[]

Newport 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Norman Paul Harries*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Neyland East[]

Neyland East 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Simon Leslie Hancock*	763	89.4
	Plaid Cymru	Aelwen Mair Lee	79	10.6
Majority			684
	Independent hold		Swing

Neyland West[]

Neyland West 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Nigel Miller*	512	70.2
	Independent	Brian Leslie Rothero	217	29.8
Majority			295
	Labour hold		Swing

Pembroke Monkton[]

Pembroke Monkton 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Pearl Llewellyn*	208
	Independent	Chris Doyle	138
Majority			70
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembroke St Mary North[]

Pembroke St Mary North 2017
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

Pembroke St Mary South[]

Pembroke St Mary South 2017
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

Pembroke St Michael[]

Pembroke St Michael 2017
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

Pembroke Dock Central[]

Pembroke Dock Central 2017
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
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembroke Dock Llanion[]

Pembroke Dock Llanion 2017
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

Pembroke Dock Market[]

Pembroke Dock Market 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Brian John Hall*	300	58.1
	Independent	Hayley Suzanne Wood	216	41.9
Majority			84	16.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembroke Dock Pennar[]

Pembroke Dock Pennar 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Wilcox*	727	75.3
	Independent	Allan Trevor Brookes	239	24.7
Majority			488	50.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Penally[]

Penally 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Jonathan Spencer Preston*	362	56.6
	Conservative	Christine Elizabeth Toy	289	44.4
Majority			73
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Rudbaxton[]

Steve Yelland was elected as an Independent in 2012, defeating the sitting Conservative candidate

Rudbaxton 2017
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

St David's[]

St David's 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David Gareth Beechey Lloyd*	419	50.8
	Labour	Alan Charles York	406	49.2
Majority			13
	Independent hold		Swing

St Dogmaels[]

St Dogmaels 2017
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

St Ishmael's[]

St Ishmael's 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Reg Owens*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Saundersfoot[]

Saundersfoot 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Philip Raymond Baker*	588	64.6
	Independent	Rosemary Rebecca Hayes	322	35.4
Majority			266
	Independent hold		Swing

Scleddau[]

Owen Watkin James was elected as a Conservative in 2008 and 2012.

Scleddau 2017
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

Solva[]

Solva 2017
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

Tenby North[]

Tenby North 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Michael Williams*	unopposed
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Tenby South[]

Tenby South 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

The Havens[]

The Havens 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Peter John Morgan*	346	59.2
	Conservative	Gordon William Smith	238	40.8
Majority			108
	Independent hold		Swing

Wiston[]

Wiston 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Kenneth Howlett*	563	72.7
	Independent	Isabelle May Solomon	211	27.3
Majority			352
	Conservative hold		Swing

References[]

^ "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.

[1] "Wales local council elections 2017: All you need to know". BBC News. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.

[2] "Statement of Persons Nominated". Pembrokeshire County Council. Retrieved 7 April 2017.

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