Elections to Pembrokeshire County Council were held on 1 May 2008. [1] It was preceded by the 2004 election and followed by the 2012 election. On the same day there were elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales, and to community council elections in Wales. There were also elections elsewhere in the United Kingdom
Pembrokeshire County Council is the governing body for Pembrokeshire, one of the Principal Areas of Wales.
All 60 council seats were up for election. The previous council was controlled by Independents as had been the case since the authority was formed in 1995. The Independents retained control in 2008 and Labour achieved its worst result of the four elections fought thus far.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 5 | ||||||||
Conservative | 5 | ||||||||
Liberal Democrat | 3 | ||||||||
Plaid Cymru | 5 | ||||||||
Independent | 42 | ||||||||
Green | 0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | John Anthony Brinsden* | 354 | 66.2 | -1.5 | |
Conservative | Dilys Jenkinson | 181 | 33.8 | +33.8 | |
Majority | 173 | 32.4 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Roger David Wildman* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Jamie Adams* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David James Neale* | 301 | 54.5 | ||
Conservative | Nigel Birt-Llewellin | 136 | 24.6 | ||
Independent | Norman Richard Parry | 115 | 20.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Thomas Davies* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Rod Bowen* | Unopposed | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Lynn Davies* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Bob Kilmister | 457 | 51.7 | ||
Independent | John Morgan Griffiths* | 325 | 36.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Iwan Brioc | 102 | 11.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Liberal Democrat gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ernest James Codd* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Myles Christopher Geary Pepper | 391 | 51.0 | ||
Conservative | James Thickitt | 189 | 24.6 | ||
Independent | Henry Walter Jones* | 187 | 24.4 | ||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sian Elizabeth James* | 362 | 62.2 | ||
Independent | Richard Parry Davies | 220 | 37.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Gwendoline Moira Lewis | 285 | 41.7 | ||
Independent | Mike Lloyd | 232 | 34.0 | ||
Labour | Gwilym Price | 119 | 17.4 | ||
Conservative | Stephen Probert | 47 | 6.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Baden Tudor* | 438 | 56.4 | ||
Conservative | Sarah Llewellyn | 338 | 43.6 | ||
Majority | 100 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Lyndon Frayling | 282 | 57.7 | ||
Conservative | Chris Harries | 131 | 26.8 | ||
Independent | Roy Thomas | 76 | 15.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Peter Alan Stock* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Mark Edwards* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Michael Bryan* | 650 | 75.8 | ||
Independent | Steve Yelland | 207 | 24.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Seymour Allen-Mierhouse* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Ken Rowlands had been elected as a Labour candidate in 2004.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Kenneth Rowlands* | 480 | 72.8 | ||
Conservative | Rachael Murray-King | 179 | 27.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David John Pugh | 483 | 58.5 | ||
Independent | John Scott Murphy* | 342 | 41.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Simpson* | 427 | 70.0 | ||
Conservative | Jo Hammond | 183 | 30.0 | ||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Clive John Collins* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas James Richards* | 344 | 39.2 | ||
Independent | Leonard Thomas | 292 | 33.3 | ||
Conservative | Priscilla Williams | 242 | 27.6 | ||
Majority | 52 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Michael James John | 305 | 31.9 | ||
Independent | Pat Morris | 289 | 30.3 | ||
Independent | William Thomas | 279 | 29.2 | ||
Conservative | David Westrup | 82 | 8.6 | ||
Majority | 16 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David William Mansel Rees* | 515 | 80.0 | ||
Conservative | Janet Waymont | 129 | 20.0 | ||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Huw Meredydd George* | 674 | 55.2 | ||
Plaid Cymru | John Rhys Davies | 282 | 23.1 | ||
Conservative | Richard Griffiths | 265 | 21.7 | ||
Majority | 333 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Lewis Malcolm Calver* | 353 | 36.0 | ||
Labour | Anthony Leonard Wales | 284 | 29.0 | ||
Independent | Ray Hughes | 192 | 19.6 | ||
Independent | Ray Hine | 99 | 10.1 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Paul Diment | 52 | 5.3 | ||
Majority | 69 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Mark Lewis* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
The winning candidate had stood for Labour in 2004.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mary Umelda Havard* | 289 | 41.6 | ||
Independent | Cyril George Maurice Hughes | 203 | 29.3 | ||
Independent | Stephen Brown | 202 | 29.1 | ||
Majority | 86 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Anne Hughes* | 309 | 47.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Thomas Henry Sinclair | 177 | 27.2 | ||
Labour | Andrea Mills | 164 | 25.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Danny Fellows | 215 | 41.3 | ||
Labour | Colin Robbins | 125 | 24.0 | ||
Independent | John Roberts | 107 | 20.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Tony Miles | 74 | 14.2 | ||
Majority | 90 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Michael Stoddart* | 432 | 56.5 | ||
Independent | Eric Ronald Harries | 253 | 33.1 | ||
Conservative | Fiona Birt-Llewellin | 80 | 10.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Vivien Stoddart | 276 | 47.4 | ||
Labour | Alun Emanuel Byrne* | 178 | 30.6 | ||
Conservative | John Lee | 128 | 22.0 | ||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stanley Thomas Hudson | 472 | 55.9 | ||
Labour | John William Cole* | 329 | 38.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat | James Gent | 44 | 5.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | David Rhys Sinnett* | 353 | 59.0 | ||
Labour | Carolyne Stevens | 160 | 26.8 | ||
Conservative | Jenelle Murray-King | 85 | 14.2 | ||
Majority | 190 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Wynne Edward Evans* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Elwyn Morse | 353 | 52.2 | ||
Independent | Jayne Jones | 238 | 35.2 | ||
Conservative | Derek Williams | 85 | 12.6 | ||
Majority | 105 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robin Evans | 455 | 79.4 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Vicky Moller | 118 | 20.6 | ||
Majority | 337 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Simon Leslie Hancock | 705 | 82.6 | ||
Conservative | Dorothy Morgan | 149 | 17.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Maureen Molyneaux | 232 | 35.6 | ||
Labour | Philip Walker | 184 | 28.3 | ||
Conservative | Michael Bryan | 149 | 22.9 | ||
Independent | Helen John | 86 | 13.2 | ||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Peral Llewellyn was elected as a Labour candidate in 2004.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Pearl Llewellyn* | 341 | 68.2 | ||
Labour | David Edwards | 97 | 19.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Keira Denise | 32 | 6.4 | ||
Independent | Keith John McNiffe | 30 | 6.0 | ||
Majority | 212 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William John Arwyn Williams* | 230 | 37.2 | ||
Labour | Tom Barrass | 196 | 31.7 | ||
Independent | Nikki Anderson | 140 | 22.6 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Stephanie Ashley | 53 | 8.6 | ||
Majority | 34 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rosalie Vera Lilwal* | 239 | 46.8 | ||
Conservative | Darren Richards | 118 | 23.1 | ||
Labour | Jane Margueritta Major | 100 | 19.6 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Alison Jones | 54 | 10.6 | ||
Majority | 121 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Aden Arthur Brinn | 527 | 51.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Gareth Jones | 384 | 37.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Eirug Roberts | 104 | 10.2 | ||
Majority | 143 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Linda Becton* | 274 | 62.8 | ||
Conservative | Maureen Colgon | 162 | 37.2 | ||
Majority | 112 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Susan Perkins* | 416 | 48.2 | ||
Conservative | Darren Esmond | 236 | 27.3 | ||
Independent | Steven Lade | 211 | 24.2 | ||
Majority | 180 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Brian John Hall* | 274 | 44.8 | ||
Labour | Christine Gwyther | 235 | 38.4 | ||
Independent | Steve Bale | 103 | 16.8 | ||
Majority | 39 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Wilcox* | 669 | 61.7 | ||
Independent | Martin Cavaney | 327 | 30.1 | ||
Independent | Sue Bale | 89 | 8.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Carol Cavill* | 410 | 66.1 | ||
Conservative | Di Clements | 210 | 33.9 | ||
Majority | 200 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Hancock | 417 | 51.4 | ||
Independent | David Islwyn Howells* | 395 | 48.6 | ||
Majority | 22 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David George* | 399 | 45.8 | ||
Independent | David Gareth Beechey Lloyd | 229 | 26.3 | ||
Conservative | Debra Murphy | 147 | 16.9 | ||
Labour | Alan York | 96 | 11.0 | ||
Majority | 170 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Liz Campion | 677 | 61.7 | ||
Independent | David Griffith Michael James | 421 | |||
Majority | 256 | ||||
Liberal Democrat gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Martin Davies | 336 | 57.6 | ||
Independent | William Joseph Roberts* | 247 | 42.4 | ||
Majority | 89 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Rosemary Hayes was one of the longest serving members of the Council, having represented Saundersfoot on the authority since 1995 and previously been the district councillor on the former South Pembrokeshire District Council for many years. Phil Baker had stood as a Liberal Democrat in 2004.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Philip Raymond Baker | 549 | 57.6 | ||
Independent | Rosemary Rebecca Hayes* | 404 | 42.4 | ||
Majority | 145 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Alwyn Luke was one of the longest serving members of the Council, having represented Scleddau on the authority since 1995 and previously been the district councillor on the former Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council for many years. David Williams had stood as a Liberal Democrat in 2008.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Owen Watkin James | 219 | 35.2 | ||
Independent | Alwyn Cadwallader Luke* | 167 | 26.8 | ||
Independent | Jeff Evans | 125 | 20.1 | ||
Independent | David Williams | 87 | 14.0 | ||
Independent | Chris Haden | 24 | 3.9 | ||
Majority | 52 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Leslie Raymond* | 465 | 76.1 | ||
Labour | Mollie Roach | 146 | 23.9 | ||
Majority | 319 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Michael Williams* | 606 | 75.3 | ||
Independent | Sue Lane | 104 | 12.9 | ||
Conservative | Jill King | 95 | 11.8 | ||
Majority | 502 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Michael Evans | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Peter Morgan | 262 | 34.6 | ||
Independent | Gordon Main | 234 | 30.9 | ||
Conservative | Frank Elliott | 130 | 17.2 | ||
Independent | Herbie Scurlock | 98 | 12.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat | David Gardner | 34 | 4.5 | ||
Majority | 28 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Howlett | 411 | 52.8 | ||
Independent | Bobbie Sheldrake | 368 | 47.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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