1987 South Pembrokeshire District Council election

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An election to South Pembrokeshire District Council was held in May 1987.^[1] An Independent majority was maintained.^[2] It was preceded by the 1983 election and followed by the 1991 election. On the same day there were elections to the other district local authorities and community councils in Wales.

Boundary Changes

There was a slight reduction in the number of seats as boundaries were realigned.

Results by Ward

Amroth (one seat)

Amroth 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Alan Walter Edwards*	374
Independent	A.H. Miles	112
Independent hold		Swing

Begelly (one seat)

Begelly 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A. Llewellyn	387	54.1
	Independent	N. Jackson	229	32.0
	Independent	Thomas John Price	100	14.0
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Carew (one seat)

Carew 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Norman Richard Parry	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Hundleton (one seat)

Hundleton 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Seymour Allen-Mierhouse*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Lampeter Velfrey (one seat)

Lampeter Velfrey 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	D.B. Davies*	431
Independent	D.E. Lewis	196
Independent hold		Swing

Lamphey (one seat)

Lamphey 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	I.M. White*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Manorbier (one seat)

Manorbier 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W.R. Douglas*	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Independent hold

Martletwy (one seat)

Martletwy 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Elwyn James*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Narberth Rural (one seat)

Narberth Rural 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Richard Colin Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Narberth Urban (one seat)

Narberth Urban 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	A.W. Walker	533
	Independent	J.E. Feetham*	417
Majority			116
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembroke Monkton (one seat)

Pembroke Monkton 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs S. Levesley*	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Pembroke St Mary (two seats)

Pembroke St Mary 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	I.C.J. Jenkins*	unopposed
Independent	E.L.J. Morgan*	unopposed
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Pembroke St Michael (two seats)

Pembroke St Michael 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	D.H. Lloyd*	470
Independent	C.J. Collins	380
Labour	G.A. Hay-Watkins	325
Independent	E. Reed	301
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Pembroke Dock Central (one seat)

Pembroke Dock Central 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Vivian Hay*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembroke Dock Llanion (two seats)

Pembroke Dock Llanion 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Charles Howard Thomas*	495
Independent	Dillwyn Morgan Davies*	486
Independent	Walford John Davies*	337
Alliance	A.D. Goodman	237
Independent hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Pembroke Dock Market (one seat)

Pembroke Dock Market 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	William Skyrme Rees*	458
Independent	S.C. Peters	68
Independent win (new seat)

Pembroke Dock Pennar (two seats)

Pembroke Dock Pennar 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Brian John Hall	899
Alliance	J.S. Fenwick	436
Labour	W.B. Glaister	397
Independent	M.W. Cavaney	304
Independent gain from Labour		Swing
Alliance gain from Labour		Swing

Penally (one seat)

Penally 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Eileen Hodgson*	unopposed
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Saundersfoot (two seats)

Saundersfoot 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Rosemary Rebecca Hayes*	656
Independent	W.T. Cleevely	485
Independent	L.W.J. Duncan*	378
Independent	H.M. Wright	190
Independent	J.V. Rozbon	140
Labour	C.A. Clarkson	136
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Stackpole (one seat)

Stackpole 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Andrew Stenson	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Tenby (four seats)

Tenby 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Michael Tracy Folland*	1,168
Independent	Denzil Roger George Griffiths*	1,050
Independent	W. Hardy*	1,020
Plaid Cymru	Michael Williams*	912
Independent	C.J. Evans*	718
Independent	W.S. Rossiter	596
Independent	T.S. Phillips	556
Independent	G.S. Phillips	99
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

References

↑ "How Wales went to the polls". Western Mail. 8 May 1987.
↑ "South Pembrokeshire District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 2 December 2016.

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[1] "How Wales went to the polls". Western Mail. 8 May 1987.

[S_Pembs_PlymEC-2] "South Pembrokeshire District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 2 December 2016.

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