Milford Central

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Milford Central
Electoral ward
Electoral wards in and surrounding the town of Milford Haven, Pembrokshire.png
Ward locations within the town of Milford Haven
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Milford Central
Location within Pembrokeshire
Population2,003 (2011 census)
Principal area
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town MILFORD HAVEN
Postcode district SA73
Dialling code +44-1646
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Councillors1 (County)
3 (Town Council)
List of places
UK
Wales
Pembrokeshire
51°42′50″N5°01′55″W / 51.714°N 5.032°W / 51.714; -5.032

Milford Central is an electoral ward in Pembrokeshire, Wales. [1] It covers the central area of the town of Milford Haven including Pill and Milford Haven Docks. It elects a county councillor to Pembrokeshire County Council and three town councillors to Milford Haven Town Council. [2]

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According to the 2011 UK Census the population of the ward was 2,003 (with 1,658 of voting age). [3]

County elections

At the May 2017 county election the sitting former Plaid Cymru councillor Stephen Joseph successfully defended his seat but by only 3 votes. [4] [5]

2017 Pembrokeshire County Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Stephen Joseph137
Independent Lynne Turner134
Labour Charles Davies118
Conservative Tony Miles113
Independent Meurig Caffrey40

At the 2012 county election the long-standing independent councillor Anne Hughes lost her seat on Pembrokeshire County Council to the Plaid Cymru candidate. [6] Hughes had been elected the chairman of the County Council in May 2009. [7]

2012 Pembrokeshire County Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Stephen Glanville Joseph421
Independent Anne Hughes224
Independent Tony Miles48

See also

References

  1. "The County of Pembrokeshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. "Central Ward". Milford Haven Town Council. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Milford: Central 2011 Census Ward (1237327758)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  4. "All the results from the Pembrokeshire County Council elections as they happen". Western Telegraph. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  5. Sinclair, Thomas (13 September 2013). "Joseph's Dreamcoat in Tatters". The Pembrokeshire Herald. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  6. "LIVE BLOG: Pembrokeshire County Council election count as it happens". South Wales Argus. 4 May 2012. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  7. "County council elects second woman chairman". Narberth & Whitland Observer. 15 May 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2017.