2004 Pembrokeshire County Council election

Elections to Pembrokeshire County Council were held on 10 June 2004.^[1] It was preceded by the 1999 election and followed by the 2008 election. The results were drawn from the Pembrokeshire County Council website but the relevant page has now (2013) been deleted. On the same day there were elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales (all except Anglesey), and to community council elections in Wales. There were also elections elsewhere in the United Kingdom

Overview

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 2004 and Labour achieved its worst result of the three elections fought thus far.

Pembrokeshire County Council election result 2004

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	12
	Conservative	0
	Liberal Democrats	3
	Plaid Cymru	5
	Independent	40
	Green	0

Results by ward

Amroth

Amroth 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Anthony Brinsden	344	67.7	+42.8
	Independent	Peter Treharne Waddilove	93	18.3	+18.3
	Labour	Norman Richard Spence	71	14.0	−22.1
Majority			251	49.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Burton

Wildman had been elected as a Conservative in 1999, defeating the sitting Independent councillor, but he subsequently joined the Independents himself.

Burton 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Roger David Wildman*	620	84.1	+42.9
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Harold Miles	117	15.9	+15.9
Majority			503	68.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Camrose

Camrose 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Llewellyn Adams	572	46.8	+46.8
	Independent	Roger James Mathias	362	29.6	+29.6
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Smith	181	14.8	+14.8
	Independent	Jean Mary Jones	106	8.7	+8.7
Majority			210	17.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Carew

Carew 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David James Neale	200
	Independent	Derek Hooper Lloyd	181
	Labour	Michael Thorne	152
	Independent	Norman Richard Parry*	118
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Cilgerran

Cilgerran

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Thomas Davies*	698
	Plaid Cymru	Matthew Lee Mathias	111
Majority			587
	Independent hold		Swing

Clydau

Clydau

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Roderick Gwilym Bowen	Unopposed
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Crymych

Crymych

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Lynn Davies*	802
	Plaid Cymru	Ann Rees-Sambrook	300
Majority			502
	Independent hold		Swing

Dinas Cross

Dinas Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Morgan Griffiths	486
	Plaid Cymru	Ann Griffith-McColl	277
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

East Williamston

East Williamston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ernest James Codd*	653
	Independent	Graham Charles Thomas	228
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Fishguard North East

Fishguard North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Henry Walter Jones	307
	Plaid Cymru	Myles Christopher Geary Pepper	301
	Independent	Brian Francis Howells*	209
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Fishguard North West

Fishguard North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sian Elizabeth James	169
	Independent	Richard Parry Davies	157
	Plaid Cymru	Paul Christopher Conti	129
	Labour	Walter Brynmor Colnet*	128
Majority
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Goodwick

Goodwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Gwendoline Moira Lewis	244
	Labour	Alun Charles York	215
	Liberal Democrats	Richard John Grosvenor	144
	Independent	Owen Watkin James	126
Majority
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Haverfordwest Castle

Haverfordwest Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Baden Tudor*	420
	Independent	Debra-Marrie Bryson	207
	Independent	Mark Anthony Rosser	80
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Haverfordwest Garth

Haverfordwest Garth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Joyce Watson*	289
	Independent	Dewi Llewellyn James	123
	Plaid Cymru	Terri Francis Kristian Marshall	77
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Haverfordwest Portfield

Haverfordwest Portfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Alan Stock*	818
	Plaid Cymru	Morgan Edward Hart	105
Majority			713
	Independent hold		Swing

Haverfordwest Prendergast

Haverfordwest Prendergast

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Mark Edwards*	575
	Liberal Democrats	Esther Joy Richards	141
Majority			434
	Independent hold		Swing

Haverfordwest Priory

Haverfordwest Priory

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Michael Bryan	434
	Independent	Joyce Wonnacott	149
	Labour	Colin John Watson	148
	Independent	Joseph Absalom Roy Folland*	106
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Virginia Lye	79
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Hundleton

Hundleton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Seymour Allen-Mierhouse*	469
	Independent	Margot Magdalena Hanna Mechthild Bateman	292
Majority			177
	Independent hold		Swing

Johnston

Johnston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Rowlands	454
	Conservative	Francis John Elliott	204
	Independent	Stephen James Cole	121
Majority			251
	Labour hold		Swing

Kilgetty

Kilgetty

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Scott Murphy*	395
	Liberal Democrats	Michael James Weaver	294
	Plaid Cymru	Howard Geoffrey Horton-Jones	125
Majority			101
	Independent hold		Swing

Lampeter Velfrey

Lampeter Velfrey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Simpson	370
	Independent	Frederick Gerard George Luckman	196
Majority			174
	Independent hold		Swing

Lamphey

Lamphey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Clive John Collins*	405
	Independent	Rhonwen Jane Morgan	334
Majority			171
	Independent hold		Swing

Letterston

Letterston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas James Richards*	598
	Plaid Cymru	Christopher Leon Gillham	346
Majority			252
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangwm

Llangwm

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Henry Hitchings*	483
	Independent	John Michael Cutting	304
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Mary Yates	129
Majority			179
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanrhian

Llanrhian

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David William Mansel Rees	334
	Independent	William Joseph Alun Thomas	158
	Plaid Cymru	Clive Idris Morgan	90
	Independent	Jillian Evelyn Morgan	82
	Independent	Sion Hywel Rees	48
	Labour	John Cecil Butler	41
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Maenclochog

Maenclochog

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David John Thomas*	789
	Plaid Cymru	John Rhys Davies	456
Majority			333
	Independent hold		Swing

Manorbier

Manorbier

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lewis Malcolm Calver	398
	Independent	Patricia Edwina Griffiths*	314
	Labour	Anthony Leonard Wales
Majority			84
	Independent hold		Swing

Martletwy

Martletwy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert Mark Lewis*	326
	Liberal Democrats	John Richard Gossage	138
	Independent	Sarah Elizabeth Credland	26
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Merlin’s Bridge

Merlin's Bridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Umelda Havard	306
	Independent	Cyril George Maurice Hughes*	272
	Independent	Arthur John Chapman	122
	Plaid Cymru	Darren Peter Jones	43
Majority			34
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Milford Central

Milford Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Anne Hughes	454
	Labour	Alan Buckfield	177
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Milford East

Milford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Martin Thomas James Davies	247
	Labour	Barrie Thomas Woolmer*	233
Majority			14
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Milford Hakin

Milford Hakin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert Michael Stoddart	452
	Independent	George Noel William Max*	208
	Labour	Philip Thomas Walker	113
	Independent	Brett David Dickinson	38
Majority			244
	Independent hold		Swing

Milford Hubberston

Milford Hubberston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alun Emanuel Byrne*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Milford North

Milford North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John William Cole*	425
	Independent	Edward George Setterfield	335
Majority			90
	Labour hold		Swing

Milford West

Milford West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	David Rhys Sinnett	392
	Labour	Colin Philip Robbins	202
Majority			190
	Independent hold		Swing

Narberth

Narberth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Wynne Edward Evans	391
	Independent	William Henry Langen	276
	Labour	Thomas David Watkins*	235
Majority			115
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Narberth Rural

Narberth Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Richard Colin Davies*	329
	Liberal Democrats	Lilian Claire Narbett	224
Majority			105
	Independent hold		Swing

Newport

Newport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rowland Roderick Evans	300
	Independent	Arthur Glyn Rees*	161
	Plaid Cymru	Edward Byron James	142
Majority			139
	Independent hold		Swing

Neyland East

Neyland East

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

Neyland West

Neyland West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Arthur Edwards	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Pembroke Monkton

Pembroke Monkton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pearl Llewellyn*	347
	Independent	Keith John McNiffe	135
Majority			212
	Labour hold		Swing

Pembroke St Mary North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William John Arwyn Williams	238
	Independent	Kenneth Bryan Phillips*	194
	Labour	Jane Margueritta Major*	179
Majority			44
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembroke St Mary South

Pembroke St Mary South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rosalie Vera Lilwal	165
	Independent	Wynford Ian Henry Jenkins	127
	Independent	Deborah Louise Griffith-Jones	125
	Labour	David William Edwards	80
	Independent	Keith Neville Nicholas	67
Majority			38
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembroke St Michael

Pembroke St Michael

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Martin Allen*	472
	Independent	Aden Arthur Brinn	336
Majority			136
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Pembroke Dock Central

Pembroke Dock Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Becton	195
	Independent	Alan Stockwell	138
	Liberal Democrats	Donald T. Esmond	115
	Independent	Susan Beasley	62
Majority			57
	Labour hold		Swing

Pembroke Dock Llanion

Pembroke Dock Llanion

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Perkins	441
	Independent	Pamela George	299
Majority			142
	Labour hold		Swing

Pembroke Dock Market

Pembroke Dock Market

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Brian John Hall	316
	Labour	Maggie Thomas	229
	Independent	Veronica Roach	136
Majority			87
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembroke Dock Pennar

Pembroke Dock Pennar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Wilcox	721
	Independent	Maureen Colgan	278
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Penally

Penally

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Carol Cavill	601
	Independent	Graham Fry	63
Majority			538
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Rudbaxton

Rudbaxton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Howells	426
	Independent	Richard Hancock	323
Majority			103
	Independent hold		Swing

St David's

St David’s 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David George	394
	Liberal Democrats	David Gareth Beechey Lloyd	284
	Labour	Stephen Whitehead	192
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

St Dogmaels

St Dogmaels

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Watkins	519
	Plaid Cymru	Vicky Moller	358
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

St Ishmael's

St Ishmael's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Joseph Roberts	326
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Henry Sinclair	240
Majority			86
	Independent hold		Swing

Saundersfoot

Saundersfoot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rosemary Rebecca Hayes*	517
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Raymond Baker	341
	Independent	Arthur Williams	116
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Scleddau

Scleddau

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alwyn Cadwallader Luke*	291
	Liberal Democrats	David Williams	210
	Plaid Cymru	Bowen George	129
Majority			81
	Independent hold		Swing

Solva

Solva

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Leslie Raymond*	442
	Labour	Mollie Roach	179
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Tenby North

Tenby North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Michael Williams*	463
	Independent	John Hughes	250
	Independent	Sue Lane	187
Majority			213
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Tenby South

Tenby South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Evans	777
	Labour	Christine Brown	182
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

The Havens

The Havens

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William C. Philpin	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Wiston

Wiston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Donald Malcolm Evans	424
	Independent	John Lewis	200
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Le Breton	155
Majority			224
	Independent hold		Swing

By-elections

2007 Pembroke St Michael by-election

Due to the death of the sitting councillor John Allen in July 2007,^[2] a by-election was called for the Pembroke St Michael seat. It took place on 20 November 2007,^[3] and saw Conservative candidate Aden Brinn narrowly elected as councillor ahead of Liberal Democrat candidate Gareth Jones, with a nine vote majority.^[4]

2007 Pembroke St Michael By-election^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Aden Arthur Brinn	251	30.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Jones	242	29.5
	Independent	David Owen	184	22.5
	Labour	David Edwards	142	17.3
Majority			9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing