Pembrokeshire County Council election, 2012
The fifth election to Pembrokeshire County Council was held on 3 May 2012.[1] It was preceded by the 2008 election. the next election is scheduled for 2017. 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 are 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]
Overview
Pembrokeshire County Council election result 2012[3] | ||||||||||
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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 Democrat | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 238 | -6.1 |
Results
Amroth
Tony Brinsden had been elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2004 and 2008 but subsequently joined the Independents.
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 | ||||
Burton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Roger David Wildman* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Camrose
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Llewellyn Adams* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Carew
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David James Neale* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Cilgerran
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Thomas Davies* | 751 | 93.6 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Kett Seymour | 51 | 6.4 | ||
Majority | 700 | 87.2 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Clydau
-->Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Roderick Gwilym Bowen* | unopposed | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Crymych
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Keith Lewis | 707 | 59.2 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Cristoffer Wyn Tomos | 488 | 40.8 | ||
Majority | 219 | 18.4 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Dinas Cross
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Bob Kilmister* | unopposed | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
East Williamston
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 | ||||
Fishguard North East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Myles Pepper* | 609 | 77.6 | ||
Conservative | Richard Parry Davies | 176 | 22.4 | ||
Majority | 433 | 55.2 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Fishguard North West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Pat Davies | 293 | 53 | ||
Conservative | Henry Walter Jones | 101 | 18.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gwilym Price | 238 | 35.3 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Gwendoline Moira Lewis* | 169 | 25.1 | ||
Conservative | James Jonathon Thickitt | 148 | 22 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Richard John Grosvenor | 119 | 17.6 | ||
Majority | 69 | 10.2 | |||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
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Haverfordwest Castle
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Baden Tudor* | 557 | 67.9 | ||
Conservative | Sarah Marie Llewellyn | 263 | 32.1 | ||
Majority | 294 | 35.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Haverfordwest Garth
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 | ||||
Haverfordwest Portfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Peter Alan Stock* | 685 | 74.7 | ||
Conservative | Christine Whelton | 232 | 25.3 | ||
Majority | 453 | 49.4 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Haverfordwest Prendergast
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Mark Edwards* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Haverfordwest Priory
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Michael Bryan* | 684 | 86.9 | ||
Independent | Byron Henry Frayling | 103 | 13.1 | ||
Majority | 581 | 73.8 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Hundleton
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 | ||||
Johnston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Kenneth Rowlands* | 542 | 76 | ||
Independent | Angela Beatrice Newman | 171 | 24 | ||
Majority | 371 | 52 | |||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Kilgetty / Begelly
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David John Pugh* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Lampeter Velfrey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Simpson* | 362 | 66.2 | ||
Conservative | Jo Hammond | 185 | 33.8 | ||
Majority | 177 | 32.4 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Lamphey
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 | ||||
Letterston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas James Richards* | 381 | 52.9 | ||
Conservative | Tasha Danielle Sexton | 339 | 47.1 | ||
Majority | 42 | 5.8 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llangwm
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Michael James John* | 537 | 58.8 | ||
Independent | Damiana Morgans | 377 | 41.2 | ||
Majority | 160 | 17.6 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llanrhian
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David William Mansel Rees* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Maenclochog
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 | ||||
Manorbier
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 | ||||
Martletwy
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Mark Lewis* | 533 | 68.8 | ||
Conservative | Jules Thomas | 242 | 31.2 | ||
Majority | 291 | 37.6 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Merlin’s Bridge
The winning candidate had stood for Labour in 2004 but as an Independent in 2008.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mary Umelda Havard* | 225 | 38.9 | ||
Labour | Stephen Brown | 193 | 33.3 | ||
Independent | Paul Davies | 161 | 27.8 | ||
Majority | 32 | 5.6 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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]
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 | ||||
Milford East
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Michael Stoddart* | 478 | 77.9 | ||
Conservative | Rhys Williams | 136 | 22.1 | ||
Majority | 342 | 55.8 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Milford Hubberston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Vivien Stoddart* | 292 | 51.7 | ||
Labour | Alun Emanuel Byrne | 273 | 48.3 | ||
Majority | 19 | 3.4 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Milford North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stanley Thomas Hudson* | 439 | 51.5 | ||
Labour | John William Cole | 414 | 48.5 | ||
Majority | 25 | 3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Milford West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | David Rhys Sinnett* | unopposed | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Narberth
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 | ||||
Narberth Rural
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Elwyn Morse | 472 | 84.4 | ||
Conservative | Rayner Peett | 87 | 15.6 | ||
Majority | 385 | 68.8 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Newport
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 Democrat | Nikki Kilmister | 37 | 6.7 | ||
Majority | 68 | 12.4 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Simon Leslie Hancock | unopposed | |||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Neyland West
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 | ||||
Pembroke Monkton
Peral Llewellyn had originally been elected as a Labour candidate in 2004.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Pearl Llewellyn* | 347 | 69.4 | ||
Independent | William Skyrme Rees | 153 | 30.6 | ||
Majority | 194 | 38.8 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Pembroke St Mary North
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 | ||||
Pembroke St Mary South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Daphne Margaret Jane Bush | 172 | 36.4 | ||
Independent | Melanie Phillips | 164 | 34.7 | ||
Conservative | Aaron Leigh Carey | 136 | 28.8 | ||
Majority | 8 | 1.7 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Pembroke St Michael
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Jonathan Anthony Robert Nutting | 489 | |||
Conservative | Aden Arthur Brinn* | 432 | |||
Majority | 57 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Pembroke Dock Central
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alison Lee | 190 | |||
Independent | Martin Cavaney | 111 | |||
Independent | Kate Becton | 66 | |||
Conservative | Chris Harries | 62 | |||
Majority | 79 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Pembroke Dock Llanion
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Susan Perkins* | 395 | |||
Independent | Peter Frederick Stanley Kraus | 338 | |||
Majority | 57 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Pembroke Dock Market
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Brian John Hall* | 361 | |||
Labour | Andrew James McNaughton | 235 | 165 | ||
Majority | 196 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Pembroke Dock Pennar
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Wilcox* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Penally
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Jonathan Spencer Preston | 276 | |||
Conservative | Jon Everrett | 255 | |||
Independent | Graham Fry | 45 | |||
Majority | 21 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Rudbaxton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Steve Yelland | 212 | |||
Conservative | Richard Nicholas Hancock* | 154 | |||
Majority | 58 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
St David's
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 | ||||
St Dogmaels
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Griffith Michael James | 746 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Adam Herriott | 63 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
St Ishmael's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Reg Owens | 270 | |||
Conservative | Adam Gent | 184 | |||
Independent | Moira Hawkins | 160 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Saundersfoot
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Philip Raymond Baker* | 562 | |||
Conservative | Rosemary R. Hayes | 333 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Scleddau
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Owen Watkin James* | 255 | |||
Independent | Raymond Llewhelin | 200 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Bethan Hughes | 90 | |||
Majority | 55 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Solva
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 | ||||
Tenby North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Michael Williams* | 518 | |||
Conservative | Fiona Birt-Llewellyn | 152 | |||
Majority | |||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Tenby South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Michael Evans | 511 | |||
Independent | Jennifer Mary Bradley | 199 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
The Havens
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Peter John Morgan* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Wiston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Kenneth Howlett | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
By-Elections 2012-2017
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.
-->Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rob Summons | 291 | |||
Conservative | Robin Wilson | 166 | |||
Labour | Robin Howells | 162 | |||
Independent | Jon Harvey | 46 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
References
- ↑ "County Council Elections 2012". Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- 1 2 "Pembrokeshire councillor resigns from ruling party". Western Mail. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ↑ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2012: Pembrokeshire". Retrieved 2016-11-20.
- ↑ "Burton by-election". Pembrokeshire County Council. Retrieved 2 August 2014.