Milford Central

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Milford Central
Electoral ward
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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

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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.