Pembrokeshire County Council election, 1889

The first election to Pembrokeshire County Council was held in January 1889.^[1] It was followed by the 1892 election. The county was divided into numerous single member wards with two or more councillors elected to represent Tenby and Pembroke Dock.

Overview of the result

1889 was one of those landmark years in the history of Welsh Liberalism, a coming of age symbolized by the triumph across Wales of Liberal candidates in the inaugural county council elections. The Liberal triumph in Pembrokeshire was not as complete as in other Welsh counties but was nevertheless significant. In the north of the county a number of landed gentry were defeated including James Bevan Bowen of Llwyngwair, former MP for the county of Pembrokeshire.

Unopposed returns

There were only nine unopposed returns, most of whom were Liberals.

Contested elections

There were a large number of contested elections and the majorities were small in most instances.

Ward Results

Ambleston

Ambleston 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Morris	unopposed
	Liberal win (new seat)

Amroth

Amroth 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sackville H. Owen	191
	Liberal	R. Phillips	87
Majority			104
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Begelly

Begelly 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Seymour Allen	161
	Conservative	R. H. Buckby	78
Majority			83
Turnout
	Liberal win (new seat)

Burton

Burton 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Owen H. P. Scourfield, Bart.	287
	Liberal	James James	97
Majority			190
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Camrose

Camrose 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W.J. Owen	152
	Conservative	R.P.L. Penn	111
Majority			41
Turnout
	Liberal win (new seat)

Carew

Carew 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	H. G. Allen, Q.C.	unopposed
	Liberal win (new seat)

Clydey

Clydey 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lemuel Jones	174
	Conservative	J. Vaughan Colby	72
Majority			102
Turnout
	Liberal win (new seat)

Castlemartin

Castlemartin 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Earl Cawdor	unopposed
	Conservative win (new seat)

Eglwyswrw

Eglwyswrw 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	T. Williams	unopposed
	Liberal win (new seat)

Fishguard

Fishguard 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Worthington	218
	Liberal	William James	77
Majority			142
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Haverfordwest St Mary's

Haverfordwest St Mary's 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	S. Thomas	275
	Conservative	E. White	133
Majority			142
Turnout
	Liberal win (new seat)

Haverfordwest, Prendergast and Uzmaston

Haverfordwest, Prendergast and Uzmaston 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas James	123
	Liberal	Rev J. Jenkins	121
	Independent	Henry Davies	6
Majority			2
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Haverfordwest, St Thomas and Furzy Park

Haverfordwest, St Thomas and Furzy Park 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. T. P. Williams	204
	Liberal	William Williams	86
Majority			118
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Haverfordwest St Martin's

St Martin's 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Thomas	101
	Conservative	E. Vaughan	95
Majority			6
Turnout
	Liberal win (new seat)

Kilgerran

Kilgerran 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Evans	158
	Conservative	E. Gower	149
Majority			9
Turnout
	Liberal win (new seat)

Lampeter Velfrey

Lampeter Velfrey 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rev L. James	unopposed
	Conservative win (new seat)

Llanfyrnach

Llanfyrnach 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	E.H. James	unopposed
	Liberal win (new seat)

Llanwnda

Llanwnda 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. Williams	187
	Conservative	E. Perkins	57
	Conservative	C. Mathias	25
Majority			130
Turnout
	Liberal win (new seat)

Llawhaden

Llawhaden 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Jones	175
	Liberal	Richard John	133
Majority			42
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llangwm

Llangwm 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	R. Carrow	171
	Conservative	W.J. Avery	33
Majority			138
Turnout
	Liberal win (new seat)

Llanstadwell

Llanstadwell 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J.H. Coram	232
	Liberal	D. A. L. M'AIpin	133
Majority			99
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Maenclochog

Maenclochog 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rev W. Griffiths	175
	Independent	J.P.Bushell	85
	Liberal	David Davies	49
Majority			90
Turnout
	Liberal win (new seat)

Manorbier

Manorbier 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C.W.R. Stokes	159
	Liberal	W. Gibbs	111
Majority			48
Turnout
	Liberal win (new seat)

Mathry

Mathry 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	T.E. Thomas	208
	Conservative	J. Reynolds	48
Majority			160
Turnout
	Liberal win (new seat)

Milford

Milford 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dr Griffith	237
	Liberal	J.Ll. Davies	132
Majority			105
Turnout
	Liberal win (new seat)

Monkton

Monkton 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Col. M.J. Saurin	175
	Liberal	W. Carey Rees	89
Majority			86
Turnout
	Liberal win (new seat)

Nevern

Nevern 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Griffiths	192
	Conservative	James Bevan Bowen	167
Majority			25
Turnout
	Liberal win (new seat)

Newport

Newport 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dr D. Havard	unopposed
	Liberal win (new seat)

Narberth North

Narberth North 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	R. Ward	unopposed
	Liberal win (new seat)

Pembroke (two seats)

Pembroke 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. George	347
	Liberal	Dr W.J. Morrison	293
	Liberal	H. Mathias	261
	Conservative	Rev D.P. Davies	143
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Pembroke Dock (five seats)

None of the candidates were said to have openly run on political lines and no meetings took place during the campaign.^[1]

Pembroke Dock 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D.H. Brown	926
	Liberal	W.E. Seccombe	865
	Liberal	J. Williams	824
	Liberal	Isaac Smedley	706
	Conservative	Dr J.F. Stamper	595
	Liberal	J. Davie	529
	Liberal	S. Jenkins	426
	Conservative	Rev J.S. Allen	323
	Liberal	A.E. Owen	263
Turnout
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

St David's

St David's 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D.P. Williams	204
	Conservative	W.D. Propert	135
Majority			69
Turnout
	Liberal win (new seat)

St Dogmaels

St Dogmaels 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Rees	159
	Conservative	E.C. Phillips	154
Majority			5
Turnout
	Liberal win (new seat)

St Ishmaels

St Ishmaels 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lord Kensington	unopposed
	Liberal win (new seat)

St Issels

St Issels 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C.R. Vickerman	236
	Conservative	Major J. Birtwhistle	27
Majority			209
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Slebech and Martletwy

Slebech and Martletwy 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Charles Philipps	unopposed
	Conservative win (new seat)

Staynton

Staynton 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I.T. Fisher	156
	Liberal	J. George	85
Majority			71
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Tenby (two seats)

Tenby 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W.H. Richards	250
	Liberal	Mathias Thomas	236
	Conservative	N.A. Roch	157
		J.A. Jenkins	126
	Conservative	B.G. Gifford	52
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Walwyn's Castle

Walwyn's Castle 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W.H. Walters	150
	Conservative	Capt. Goldwyer	80
Majority			70
Turnout
	Liberal win (new seat)

Whitchurch

Whitchurch 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Thomas	205
	Conservative	G.D. Harries	120
Majority			85
Turnout
	Liberal win (new seat)

Wiston

Wiston 1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Captain Higgon	unopposed
	Conservative win (new seat)

Template

1889
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal
	Conservative
Majority
Turnout
	[[\|N/A]] win (new seat)

References

1 2 "County Council Elections". Pembrokeshire Herald. 18 January 1889. Retrieved 13 February 2014.

Council elections in the preserved county of Dyfed

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