The fifth election to Dyfed County Council was held in May 1989. [1] It was preceded by the 1985 election and followed by the 1993 election. There were extensive boundary changes at this election.
The Independents remained the largest party with Labour the nearest challenger.
Minor boundary changes. This ward was largely based on the previous Teifiside No.3 Ward. Dewi Lewis, who previously represented Cardigan, chose to contest Aberporth on this occasion after the siting Liberal member retired.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Alban Dewi Lewis* | 872 | 49.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Islwyn Iago | 702 | 40.0 | ||
Green | Marilyn A. Wakefield | 179 | 10.2 | ||
Majority | 9.7 | ||||
Turnout | 45.1 | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal | Swing |
The previous Cardigan ward was renamed Aberteifi. The siting member, Dewi Lewis, chose to contest Aberporth instead.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sandra Williams | 1,119 | 58.7 | ||
Independent | Hywel Gwynfi Jenkins | 787 | 41.3 | ||
Majority | 17.4 | ||||
Turnout | 56.5 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Boundary Change
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Hywel Griffiths Evans* | 977 | 53.5 | ||
SLD | Ceredig Jones* | 344 | 18.8 | ||
Labour | N. Pritchard | 265 | 14.5 | ||
Green | C.G.B. Simpson | 240 | 13.1 | ||
Majority | 34.7 | ||||
Turnout | 47.6 | ||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |
Boundary Change
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Griffith Eric Hughes* | 1,393 | 55.0 | ||
SLD | Eric John Griffiths | 1,140 | 45.0 | ||
Majority | 10.0 | ||||
Turnout | 56.9 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
The ward was previously known as Teifiside No.2
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Emrys Jones | 911 | 70.2 | ||
Independent | K. Symmons | 386 | 29.8 | ||
Majority | 40.4 | ||||
Turnout | 44.7 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
The ward was previously known as Aberystwyth Rural No. 2
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Richard Wynn Cowell* | 840 | 59.3 | +13.6 | |
Labour | Peter James Goodman | 576 | 40.7 | +14.2 | |
Majority | 18.6 | +0.8 | |||
Turnout | 35.4 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert George Harris* | 1,578 | 83.3 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Ashley Drake | 317 | 16.7 | ||
Majority | 66.6 | ||||
Turnout | 52.3 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The ward was previously known as Aberystwyth Rural No. 3
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Griffith Gwynfor Jones* | 1,538 | 69.2 | +25.4 | |
Labour | C. Rodgers | 683 | 30.8 | +15.0 | |
Majority | 38.4 | ||||
Turnout | 42.8 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
The ward was previously known as Aberaeron No. 3
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | John Rheinallt Evans* | unopposed | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
The ward was previously known as Teifiside No.1
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D.G.E. Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
The ward was previously known as Aberaeon No.2
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SLD | W.A. Jones* | Unopposed | |||
SLD hold |
The ward was previously known as Aberaeon No.1. Jack Rees, the sitting Independent member, contested the seat for Plaid Cymru but was defeated by the previous member, Evan Williams, reversing the result four years previously.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SLD | Evan Evans Williams | 1,220 | 51.8 | +7.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | John Austen Rees* | 1,134 | 48.2 | +48.2 | |
Majority | 3.6 | ||||
Turnout | 57.1 | ||||
SLD gain from Independent | Swing |
The ward was previously known as Tregaron.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Gethin Bennett | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
The ward was previously known as Aberystwyth Rural No. 1
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SLD | John David Rowland Jones | 1,187 | 65.6 | +0.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Alun Lloyd Jones | 622 | 34.4 | +34.3 | |
Majority | 31.2 | ||||
Turnout | 51.7 | ||||
SLD hold | Swing |
The ward was previously known as Carmarthen Rural No. 6.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J.L. James* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Boundary Change.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Myrddin Evans* | 1,032 | 33.1 | ||
Plaid Cymru | M. James | 865 | 27.8 | ||
Independent Labour | David Howard Cooke* | 775 | 24.9 | ||
Independent | D. Thomas | 444 | 14.2 | ||
Majority | 5.3 | ||||
Turnout | 57.3 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Boundary Change.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martin Philip Morris* | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Boundary Change.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bryan Joseph Rayner* | 893 | 67.4 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Raymond L. Hall | 432 | 32.6 | ||
Majority | 34.8 | ||||
Turnout | 37.8 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
The ward was previously known as Carmarthen No. 1
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kenneth Bryan Maynard* | 1,269 | 77.1 | +24.8 | |
Plaid Cymru | Helen Llewelyn | 377 | 22.9 | +22.9 | |
Majority | 54.2 | +49.6 | |||
Turnout | 40.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Boundary Change.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SLD | Richard John Goodridge | 898 | 43.2 | ||
Independent | W.G. Tucker | 799 | 38.5 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Geraint Thomas | 381 | 18.3 | ||
Majority | 4.7 | ||||
Turnout | 44.3 | ||||
SLD win (new seat) |
The ward was previously known as Carmarthen No. 3
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kenneth Wigley Lloyd | 606 | 43.2 | −3.7 | |
Independent | Helen Margaret Thomas | 539 | 37.5 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Mary Kathleen Davies | 291 | 20.3 | +20.3 | |
Majority | 4.7 | ||||
Turnout | 46.8 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Boundary Change.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Charles James | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Cledwyn Francis* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
The ward was previously known as Cwmamman.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Labour | W.J. Davies* | 857 | 45.2 | +3.2 | |
Labour | S. Williams | 593 | 34.0 | +3.4 | |
Plaid Cymru | John Edwin Lewis | 314 | 18.0 | −9.4 | |
Green | M. Burgess | 48 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 11.2 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent Labour hold | Swing |
Boundary Change.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gerald Frederick Meyler* | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
The ward was previously known as Carmarthen Rural No. 1
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratepayer | William J. Wyn Evans* | unopposed | |||
Ratepayer hold | Swing |
Hugh Peregrine, who previously represented Pembrey, was returned unopposed for the Hengoed ward after the sitting Independent member stood down.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hugh Samuel Peregrine* | Unopposed | |||
Labour gain from Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hywel Glyndwr Rees* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
The ward was previously known as Llandeilo No. 1
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W.D.R. Davies* | 1,171 | 75.6 | ||
Green | R. Bowden | 377 | 24.4 | +24.4 | |
Majority | 51.2 | ||||
Turnout | 43.5 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
The ward was previously known as Llandeilo No. 5
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gerald J. Earl* | 1,650 | 82.5 | +31.7 | |
Independent | P.A. Langford | 347 | 17.5 | ||
Majority | 65.0 | ||||
Turnout | 52.7 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D. Davies | 1,140 | 60.6 | ||
Labour | L. Jenkins | 740 | 39.4 | ||
Majority | 21.2 | ||||
Turnout | 48.4 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
The ward was previously known as Llandeilo No. 2
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D.T. Davies* | 1,688 | 88.4 | ||
Green | G.E. Oubridge | 222 | 11.6 | ||
Majority | 76.8 | ||||
Turnout | 48.0 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
The ward was previously known as Newcastle Emlyn No. 2.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Evans* | 1,884 | 68.8 | −1.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | M.E. Thomason | 854 | 31.2 | +31.2 | |
Majority | 37.6 | ||||
Turnout | 60.5 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
The ward was previously known as Llandeilo No. 6
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gwyn Jones | 781 | 34.3 | +8.6 | |
SLD | W.R. Price* | 777 | 34.1 | +6.1 | |
Independent | D. Thomas | 545 | 23.9 | ||
Green | Tim Shaw | 177 | 7.8 | +7.8 | |
Majority | 4 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 57.1 | ||||
Independent gain from SLD | Swing |
The ward was previously known as Newcastle Emlyn No. 1
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Wilfred Davies | 1,509 | 62.8 | ||
Independent | D.J. Jones | 455 | 19.0 | ||
Independent | William Michael Davies* | 437 | 18.2 | −36.6 | |
Majority | 43.8 | ||||
Turnout | 60.3 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Gordon Lewis | Unopposed | |||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru |
Boundary Change.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Ian Evans* | 1,283 | 66.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Handel Michael Ayres Williams | 641 | 33.3 | ||
Majority | 33.4 | ||||
Turnout | 43.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Malcolm Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
The ward was previously known as Carmarthen Rural No. 4.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Arthur J. Harries* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Boundary Change.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Grenville Darby | 856 | 65.4 | ||
SLD | Jonathan E. Burree | 452 | 34.6 | ||
Majority | 30.8 | ||||
Turnout | 29.8 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Boundary Change.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eunydd Ashley Brynmor Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kenneth Vaughan Owens | 979 | 61.1 | ||
Plaid Cymru | H.M. Tierney | 622 | 38.9 | ||
Majority | 22.2 | ||||
Turnout | 32.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Howard Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
The ward was previously known as Llandeilo No. 3
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Maddock | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
The ward was previously known as Llandeilo No. 4
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ken Williams* | 1,177 | 61.3 | ||
Plaid Cymru | John Gareth James | 742 | 38.7 | ||
Majority | 22.6 | ||||
Turnout | 46.3 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The ward was previously known as Carmarthen Rural No. 5
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dr William Edmund V.J. Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Boundary Change.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Grismond J. Williams* | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
The ward was previously known as Carmarthen Rural No. 7. Plaid Cymru won the seat unopposed after the sitting independent member stood down.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Daniel James Roy Llewellyn | Unopposed | |||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent |
Boundary change
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dewi Llewellyn James | 588 | 51.9 | ||
Independent | Alwyn Cadwallader Luke | 546 | 48.1 | ||
Majority | 3.8 | ||||
Turnout | 35.2 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
The ward was previously known as Cemaes No. 2.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T.R. George* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Minor boundary change. The ward was previously known as Pembroke Rural No. 2.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W.R. Douglas | 1,171 | 63.5 | ||
Independent | Norman Richard Parry* | 673 | 36.5 | −18.0 | |
Majority | 27.0 | ||||
Turnout | 39.7 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Boundary change.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Lloyd Evans* | Unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
The ward was previously known as Milford Haven No. 2
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Eric Ronald Harries | 1,003 | 49.7 | ||
Independent | Arthur George Edwards | 442 | 21.9 | ||
Labour | Alun Emanuel Byrne | 421 | 20.9 | −26.8 | |
Plaid Cymru | A. Venables | 151 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
Majority | 27.8 | ||||
Turnout | 52.6 | +7.6 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Boundary change.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Henry Hitchings* | 1,149 | 60.1 | ||
Independent | H.W. Phillips* | 624 | 32.6 | ||
Independent | G.R. Stone | 139 | 7.3 | ||
Majority | 27.5 | ||||
Turnout | 46.8 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
The ward was previously known as Milford Haven No. 1.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SLD | G. Sizer* | 577 | 47.6 | +12.2 | |
Labour | P. Greenfield-Long | 397 | 32.7 | ||
Independent | Irwin Edwards | 239 | 19.7 | ||
Majority | 14.9 | ||||
Turnout | 34.8 | −15.8 | |||
SLD hold | Swing |
The ward was previously known as Milford Haven No. 3.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Edward George Setterfield | 742 | 62.7 | ||
Labour | David John Adams* | 441 | 37.3 | −11.3 | |
Majority | 25.4 | ||||
Turnout | 37.6 | −3.9 | |||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
The ward was previously known as Narberth No. 2.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joan Asby* | 1,109 | 50.4 | −6.3 | |
Conservative | Alan Walter Edwards | 1,090 | 49.6 | ||
Majority | 0.8 | ||||
Turnout | 51.5 | +6.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
The ward was previously known as Neyland and Llanstadwell.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W.G.H. James* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
The ward was previously known as Pembroke No. 1.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | F.H. Levesley* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
The ward was previously known as Pembroke Rural No. 1.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rev G.R. Ball* | 738 | 52.5 | ||
SLD | A. Hovey | 667 | 47.5 | ||
Majority | 5.0 | ||||
Turnout | 36.9 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
The ward was previously known as Pembroke No. 2
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | I.E. Morgan* | 719 | 51.5 | −17.9 | |
Independent | D. Jones | 456 | 32.7 | ||
Independent | Dilys Tice | 221 | 15.8 | ||
Majority | 18.8 | −20.0 | |||
Turnout | 38.2 | +3.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
The ward was previously known as Pembroke No. 3
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nicholas Richard Ainger* | 899 | 65.8 | ||
SLD | J.S. Fenwick | 467 | 34.2 | ||
Majority | 31.6 | ||||
Turnout | 41.0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The ward was previously known as Haverfordwest No.1.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T.G. Parry* | 732 | 52.2 | ||
Independent | Donald Richard Twigg | 671 | 47.8 | ||
Majority | 4.4 | ||||
Turnout | 40.8 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
The ward was previously known as Haverfordwest No. 2
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Haydn Eric Davies | 1,424 | 68.8 | ||
Independent | D.S. Grey* | 645 | 31.2 | ||
Majority | 37.6 | ||||
Turnout | 45.5 | +14.4 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
The ward was previously known as Cemaes No. 3.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David John Thomas* | 1,285 | 80.4 | ||
Independent | John William James Roberts | 314 | 19.6 | ||
Majority | 60.8 | ||||
Turnout | 39.5 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
The ward was previously known as Haverfordwest Rural No. 1
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Gordon Cawood | 1,615 | 93.1 | ||
Independent | W.W. Bartlett | 119 | 6.9 | ||
Majority | 86.2 | ||||
Turnout | 45.3 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
The ward was previously known as Cemaes No. 1.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Halket Jones | 1,387 | |||
Labour | P. Harwood | 238 | |||
Independent | W. Jones | 146 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
The ward was previously known as Narberth No. 1.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | G.C. Rowe | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Michael Tracy Folland | 788 | 39.5 | ||
Independent | W. Hardy | 510 | 25.6 | ||
Independent | William James Rossiter | 343 | 17.2 | ||
Plaid Cymru | D. Griffiths | 212 | 10.6 | ||
Independent | C.J. Evans | 89 | 4.5 | −27.2 | |
Independent | A. Gozzer | 54 | 2.7 | ||
Majority | 13.9 | ||||
Turnout | 46.2 | +2.4 | |||
Independent gain from SDP | Swing |
Boundary change.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T.R.L. Martin* | 679 | 39.5 | ||
Independent | George Charles Grey | 521 | 30.3 | ||
Independent | Basil Ralph Woodruff* | 275 | 16.0 | ||
Independent | K.W.J. Rogers | 246 | 14.3 | ||
Majority | 13.8 | ||||
Turnout | 45.0 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
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The Pembroke Deanery is a Roman Catholic deanery in the Diocese of Menevia, Swansea, Wales that covers several churches in Pembrokeshire and the surrounding area. In the early 2010s, the Aberystwyth Deanery was dissolved and its churches in Ceredigion were distributed to the surrounding deaneries. The churches in the north, such as those in Aberystwyth, became part of the Llandrindod Wells Deanery, Lampeter went to the Carmarthen Deanery and the western churches, such as those in Cardigan, became part of the Pembroke Deanery.
The office of High Sheriff of Dyfed was established in 1974 as part of the creation of the county of Dyfed in Wales following the Local Government Act 1972, and effectively replaced the shrievalties of the amalgamated counties of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. Since 1996 Dyfed has a purely ceremonial meaning, having been broken up for administrative purposes.
Cenarth is an electoral ward, representing the communities of Newcastle Emlyn and Cenarth, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is strangely named Cenarth, rather than Newcastle Emlyn as Newcastle Emlyn has the larger population. A similar ward for local elections prior to 1987 was named Newcastle Emlyn.
The Pembrokeshire League is a football league in Pembrokeshire, West Wales, running from levels five to nine of the Welsh football league system.
The 2022 Ceredigion County Council election took place as of 5 May 2022 to elect 38 members to Ceredigion Council. On the same day, elections were held to the other 21 local authorities and to community councils in Wales as part of the 2022 Welsh local elections. The previous all-council election took place in May 2017 and future elections will take place every five years.
Mid and South Pembrokeshire is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election. It was created following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.