1999 Pembrokeshire County Council election

1999 Elections to Pembrokeshire County Council were held on 6 May 1999.^[1] It was preceded by the 1995 election and followed by the 2004 election. On the same day there were the first elections to the Welsh Assembly and elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales and community councils in Wales.

All council seats were up for election.

Overview

Boundary changes were introduced at this election. In the main, however, these resulted in the splitting of multi-member wards in urban areas into single-member wards. The Independents retained control of the authority although there was an increased number of party candidates. Most notably, the Conservative Party fielded a large slate of candidates for the first time. Three of these candidates were successful.

Pembrokeshire County Council election result 1999
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss
Labour
Conservative	3	3	0	+3
Liberal Democrats
Plaid Cymru
Independent
Green	0

Unopposed Returns

There were comparatively few unopposed returns, partly as a result of the increasingly politicised nature of the election.

Gains and Losses

As number of seats changed hands, including several cases where one Independent defeated another.

Results

Amroth

The Liberal Democrat candidate had been returned unopposed in 1995.

Amroth 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Kathleen Megarry	164	40.0	+40.0
	Labour	Norman Ronald Spence	152	36.1	+36.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald E.J. Roberts	105	24.9	+24.9
Majority			12	3.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Burton

Burton 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger David Wildman	276	41.2	+41.2
	Independent	Lewis James Lloyd*	257	38.4	−36.5
	Labour	Brian William Molyneaux	137	20.4	−4.5
Majority			19	2.8
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Camrose

Desmond Codd had been returned unopposed in 1995.

Camrose 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Desmond Edward Codd*	803	72.9	+72.9
	Conservative	David Loosemore	298	27.1	+27.1
Majority			505	45.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Carew

Carew 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Norman Richard Parry*	280	52.5	−14.4
	Conservative	Richard Frederick Shepherd	144	27.0	+27.0
	Independent	Frances Little	109	20.5	+20.5
Majority			136	25.5	−8.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Cilgerran

Cilgerran 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	John Thomas Davies	478
	Independent	Rev Dafydd Henry Edwards*	227
	Labour	Michael Frederick McNamara	161
Majority			251
	Independent hold		Swing

Clydau

Clydau 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Rev Emyr Huw Jones*	407
	Plaid Cymru	Rev Aled Wyn ap Gwynedd*	313
Majority			94
	Independent gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Crymych

Crymych 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Lynn Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Dinas Cross

Dinas Cross 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Alun John Bringley Griffiths*	463
	Labour	Steven Grant Stockham	183
	Conservative	Sally Anne Williams	169
Majority			280
	Independent hold		Swing

East Williamston

East Williamston 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D.G. Williams*	unopposed??
	Independent hold		Swing

Fishguard North East

Fishguard North East 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Brian Francis Howells	598
Plaid Cymru	Delwyn Davies*	217
Independent win (new seat)

Fishguard North West

Fishguard North West 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Brynmor Colnet	unopposed??
	Labour win (new seat)

Goodwick

The retiring member, a long-serving county and district councillor, elected as an Independent in 1995, had subsequently joined the Labour Party.

Goodwick 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	William Lloyd Evans*	566
	Plaid Cymru	Christopher Malcolm James	198
Majority			368
	Labour hold		Swing

Haverfordwest Castle

Haverfordwest Castle 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Thomas Baden Tudor	556
	Conservative	Jasper George Curthoys Slater	234
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Haverfordwest Garth

Haverfordwest Garth 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Elizabeth Joyce Watson*	356
	Independent	Donald Richard Twigg	234
Majority			122
	Labour hold		Swing

Haverfordwest Portfield

Haverfordwest Portfield 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Peter Alan Stock*	890
	Plaid Cymru	Christopher Leon Gilham	190
Majority			700
	Independent hold		Swing

Haverfordwest Prendergast

Haverfordwest Prendergast 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Herbert William George John	511
	Conservative	Dewi Llewellyn James	137
	Labour	Barbara Anne Sharon Shone	137
Majority			344
	Independent hold		Swing

Haverfordwest Priory

Haverfordwest Priory 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Joseph Absalom Roy Folland*	474
	Labour	Ronald George Butler	267
Majority			207
	Independent hold		Swing

Hundleton

Hundleton 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	John Seymour Allen-Mierhouse*	568
	Labour	Valerie Lucarda Jones	191
Majority			377
	Independent hold		Swing

Johnston

Johnston 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	George Charles Grey*	372
	Labour	Richard Daniel Blackdaw-Jones	318
	Conservative	Francis John Elliott	214
Majority			54
	Independent hold		Swing

Kilgetty / Begelly

Kilgetty / Begelly 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	John Scott Murphy*	641
	Plaid Cymru	Howard Geoffrey Horton-Jones	167
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Lampeter Velfrey

Lampeter Velfrey 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Glyn Davies	315
	Labour	Donna Elizabeth Lewis	298
Majority			17
	Independent hold		Swing

Lamphey

The Independent candidate had been a Labour councillor on the previous South Pembrokeshire District Council but was defeated at the inaugural election in 1995.

Lamphey 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Clive John Collins	403
	Labour	David William Edwards*	255
Majority			148
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Letterston

Letterston 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Thomas James Richards*	553
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Ian Warden	371
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangwm

Llangwm
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	William Henry Hitchings*	463
	Conservative	Enid Margaret Maud Rees	251
	Labour	Beryl Acton	194
Majority			212
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanrhian

Llanrhian 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	???	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Maenclochog

Maenclochog 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	David John Thomas*	839
	Independent	Patricia Ann Bowen	188
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Manorbier

Manorbier 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Patricia Edwina Griffiths*	481
	Independent	Lewis Malcolm Calver	289
Majority			192
	Independent hold		Swing

Martletwy

Martletwy 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Thomas Elwyn James*	341
	Liberal Democrats	David O.J.S. Lort-Phillips	209
Majority			132
	Independent hold		Swing

Merlin’s Bridge

Merlin's Bridge 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Cyril George Maurice Hughes*	462
Labour	Colin John Watson	271
Independent hold		Swing

Milford Central

Milford Central 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Thomas Henry Sinclair*	282
Independent	Anne Hughes	268
Labour	Simon Patrick McGrath	230
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Milford East

Milford East 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Barrie Thomas Woolmer	361
Plaid Cymru	David Rhys Sinnett	251
Labour win (new seat)

Milford Hakin

Milford Hakin 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	George Noel William Max*	435
Labour	Molly Patricia Pritchard	407
Independent	Irwin Edwards	124
Independent win (new seat)

Milford Hubberston

Milford Hubberston 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Alun Emanuel Byrne	389
Independent	Eric Ronald Harries*	230
Plaid Cymru	Patrick Joseph Ryan	142
Liberal Democrats	Beryl John	74
Labour win (new seat)

Milford North

Milford North 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	John William Cole	417
Conservative	Stanley Thomas Hudson	347
Labour win (new seat)

Milford West

Milford West 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Terry Mills	498
Independent	Edward George Setterfield*	237
Conservative	Maurice William Victor Hart	130
Labour win (new seat)

Narberth

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Narberth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas David Watkins*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Narberth Rural

Narberth Rural 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	William Richard Colin Davies*	375
Plaid Cymru	Malcolm Connah	118
Independent	Lynne Webb	90
Independent hold		Swing

Newport

Newport 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Essex Robert John Havard*	464
	Independent	John William James Roberts	148
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Neyland East

Neyland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Leslie Hancock*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Neyland West

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Neyland West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Kenneth Arthur Edwards	503
	Independent	P.A. Gilbert*	304
Majority			199
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Pembroke Monkton

Pembroke Monkton 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Pearl Llewellyn	332
	Labour	Kenvyn Corris Jones*	205
Majority			127
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Pembroke St Mary North


	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Clifford Henry Darlington	572
Independent	Kenneth Bryan Phillips	436
Independent	Pedr S. McMullan*	383
Liberal Democrats	A.I. Hovey	253
Labour win (new seat)

Pembroke St Mary South


	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Clifford Henry Darlington	572
Independent	Kenneth Bryan Phillips	436
Independent	Pedr S. McMullan*	383
Liberal Democrats	A.I. Hovey	253
Labour win (new seat)

Pembroke St Michael

Pembroke St Michael 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	John Martin Allen*	466
	Conservative	Aden Arthur Brinn	380
Majority			86
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Pembroke Dock Central

Pembroke Dock Central 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Thomas Vivian Hay*	367
	Liberal Democrats	Donald Thomas Esmond	179
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembroke Dock Llanion

Pembroke Dock Llanion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqueline R. Lawrence+	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Pembroke Dock Market

Pembroke Dock Market 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Brian John Hall*	409
	Labour	Veronica Mary Jane Roach	256
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembroke Dock Pennar

Pembroke Dock Pennar 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Anthony William Wilcox	547
	Labour	Stephen James May*	491
Majority			56
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Penally

Penally
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eileen Hodgson*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Rudbaxton

Rudbaxton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D.E. Pritchard	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

St David's

St David's 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	David John Henry George	354
	Liberal Democrats	David Gareth Beechey Lloyd	219
	Independent	William James Wilcox	191
	Labour	Stephen George Whitehead	150
	Independent	Dilwyn Phillips*	109
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

St Dogmaels

St Dogmaels
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Rev Emyr Huw Jones	365
	Labour	R.W. Day	198
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

St Ishmael's

St Ishmael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Basil Ralph Woodruff*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Saundersfoot

Saundersfoot 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rosemary Rebecca Hayes*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Scleddau

Scleddau
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Alwyn Cadwallader Luke*	315
	Labour	Vaughan Barrah	190
Majority			125
	Independent hold		Swing

Solva

Solva
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	John Gordon Cawood*	742
	Independent	K.A. Cross	79
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Tenby North (two seats)

Tenby North 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Michael Williams*	395
Independent	John Iwan Parry Hughes	368
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Tenby South

Tenby South
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	M.T. Folland*	1,137
Plaid Cymru	Michael Williams*	844
Labour	W.J. Rossiter	640
Independent	D.R.G. Griffiths*	503
Independent	A.P. Rees	246
Independent	J. Phillips*	230
Independent win (new seat)

The Havens

The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli / South Pembrokeshire District Council.

The Havens
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	E.G.S. Mock	300
Independent	C.J. Farr	191
Independent hold		Swing

Wiston

The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli / South Pembrokeshire District Council.

Wiston
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Peter Edmund Masterson	587
	Independent	C.A. Olding	108
Majority			479
	Independent hold		Swing

References

^ "Council Elections". Western Mail. 8 May 1999.

[1] "Council Elections". Western Mail. 8 May 1999.

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