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 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
| Labour | ||||||||||
| Conservative | 3 | 3 | 0 | +3 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrat | ||||||||||
| Plaid Cymru | ||||||||||
| Independent | ||||||||||
| Green | 0 | |||||||||
Unopposed Returns
There were compartaively 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 Democrat | Ronald E.J. Roberts | 105 | 24.9 | +24.9 | |
| Majority | 12 | 3.9 | |||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | 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 | 343 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Haverfordwest Priory
| Haverfordwest Priory 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Joseph Absalom Roy Folland* | 474 | |||
| Labour | Ronald George Butler | 267 | |||
| Majority | 197 | ||||
| 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 Democrat | 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 Democrat | David O.J.S. Lort-Phillips | 209 | |||
| Majority | 132 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Merlin’s Bridge
| Merlin's Bridge 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Cyril George Maurice Hughes* | 462 | |||
| Labour | Colin John Watson | 271 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Milford Cental
| Milford Central 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Thomas Henry Sinclair* | 282 | |||
| Independent | Anne Hughes | 268 | |||
| Labour | Simon Patrick McGrath | 230 | |||
| Liberal Democrat win (new seat) | |||||
Milford East
| Milford East 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Barrie Thomas Woolmer | 361 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | David Rhys Sinnett | 251 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Milford Hakin
| Milford Hakin 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Alun Emanuel Byrne | 389 | |||
| Independent | Eric Ronald Harries* | 230 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Patrick Joseph Ryan | 142 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Beryl John | 74 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Milford North
| Milford North 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | John William Cole | 417 | |||
| Conservative | Stanley Thomas Hudson | 347 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Milford West
| Milford West 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Terry Mills | 498 | |||
| Independent | Edward George Setterfield* | 237 | |||
| Conservative | Maurice William Victor Hart | 130 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Narberth
-->| Narberth | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Thomas David Watkins* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Narberth Rural
| Narberth Rural 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | 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
| Neyland West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Kenneth Arthur Edwards | 503 | |||
| Independent | P.A. Gilbert* | 304 | |||
| Majority | 199 | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Clifford Henry Darlington | 572 | |||
| Independent | Kenneth Bryan Phillips | 436 | |||
| Independent | Pedr S. McMullan* | 383 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | A.I. Hovey | 253 | |||
| [[|N/A]] win (new seat) | |||||
Pembroke St Mary South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Clifford Henry Darlington | 572 | |||
| Independent | Kenneth Bryan Phillips | 436 | |||
| Independent | Pedr S. McMullan* | 383 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | A.I. Hovey | 253 | |||
| [[|N/A]] win (new seat) | |||||
Pembroke St Michael
| Pembroke St Michael 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | John Martin Allen* | 466 | |||
| Conservative | Aden Arthur Brinn | 380 | |||
| Majority | 86 | ||||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Pembroke Dock Central
| Pembroke Dock Central 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Thomas Vivian Hay* | 367 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat | 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Rosemary R. 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Plaid Cymru | Michael Williams* | 395 | |||
| Independent | John Iwan Parry Hughes | 368 | |||
| Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | |||||
Tenby South
| Tenby South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | 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 | |||
| [[|N/A]] 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | 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.
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