2008 Pembrokeshire County Council election

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

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.

Pembrokeshire County Council election result 2004

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	5
	Conservative	5
	Liberal Democrats	3
	Plaid Cymru	5
	Independent	42
	Green	0

Amroth 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Anthony Brinsden*	354	66.2	−1.5
	Conservative	Dilys Jenkinson	181	33.8	+33.8
Majority			173	32.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Burton 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Roger David Wildman*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Camrose 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Llewellyn Adams*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Carew 2008

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

Cilgerran 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Thomas Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

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Clydau 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Roderick Gwilym Bowen*	unopposed
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Crymych 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Lynn Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Dinas Cross 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Kilmister	457	51.7
	Independent	John Morgan Griffiths*	325	36.8
	Plaid Cymru	Iwan Brioc	102	11.5
Majority
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

East Williamston 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ernest James Codd*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Fishguard North East 2008

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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Fishguard North West 2008

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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Goodwick 2008

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

Haverfordwest Castle 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Baden Tudor*	438	56.4
	Conservative	Sarah Llewellyn	338	43.6
Majority			100
	Labour hold		Swing

Haverfordwest Garth 2008

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

Haverfordwest Portfield 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Alan Stock*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Haverfordwest Prendergast 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Mark Edwards*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Haverfordwest Priory 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Michael Bryan*	650	75.8
	Independent	Steve Yelland	207	24.2
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Hundleton 2008

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

Ken Rowlands had been elected as a Labour candidate in 2004.

Johnston 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kenneth Rowlands*	480	72.8
	Conservative	Rachael Murray-King	179	27.2
Majority
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Kilgetty 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David John Pugh	483	58.5
	Independent	John Scott Murphy*	342	41.5
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Lampeter Velfrey 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Simpson*	427	70.0
	Conservative	Jo Hammond	183	30.0
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Lamphey 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Clive John Collins*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Letterston 2008

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

Llangwm 2008

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

Llanrhian 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David William Mansel Rees*	515	80.0
	Conservative	Janet Waymont	129	20.0
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Maenclochog 2008

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

Manorbier 2008

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

Martletwy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert Mark Lewis*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

The winning candidate had stood for Labour in 2004.

Merlin's Bridge

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

Milford Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Anne Hughes*	309	47.5
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Henry Sinclair	177	27.2
	Labour	Andrea Mills	164	25.2
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

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Milford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Danny Fellows	215	41.3
	Labour	Colin Robbins	125	24.0
	Independent	John Roberts	107	20.5
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Miles	74	14.2
Majority			90
	Independent hold		Swing

Milford Hakin

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

Milford Hubberston

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

Milford North 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stanley Thomas Hudson	472	55.9
	Labour	John William Cole*	329	38.9
	Liberal Democrats	James Gent	44	5.2
Majority
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Milford West 2008

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

Narberth 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Wynne Edward Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Narberth Rural 2008

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

Newport 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robin Evans	455	79.4
	Plaid Cymru	Vicky Moller	118	20.6
Majority			337
	Independent hold		Swing

Neyland East 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Leslie Hancock	705	82.6
	Conservative	Dorothy Morgan	149	17.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Neyland West 2008

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.

Pembroke Monkton 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Pearl Llewellyn*	341	68.2
	Labour	David Edwards	97	19.4
	Liberal Democrats	Keira Denise	32	6.4
	Independent	Keith John McNiffe	30	6.0
Majority			212
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Pembroke St Mary North 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William John Arwyn Williams*	230	37.2
	Labour	Tom Barrass	196	31.7
	Independent	Nikki Anderson	140	22.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stephanie Ashley	53	8.6
Majority			34
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembroke St Mary South 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rosalie Vera Lilwal*	239	46.8
	Conservative	Darren Richards	118	23.1
	Labour	Jane Margueritta Major	100	19.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Jones	54	10.6
Majority			121
	Independent hold		Swing

The Conservative candidate had won the seat at a by-election in 2007 following the death of the previous member, John Allen.

Pembroke St Michael 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Aden Arthur Brinn*	527	51.9
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Jones	384	37.8
	Plaid Cymru	Eirug Roberts	104	10.2
Majority			143
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pembroke Dock Central 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Becton*	274	62.8
	Conservative	Maureen Colgon	162	37.2
Majority			112
	Labour hold		Swing

Pembroke Dock Llanion 2008

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

Pembroke Dock Market 2008

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

Pembroke Dock Pennar 2008

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

Penally 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Carol Cavill*	410	66.1
	Conservative	Di Clements	210	33.9
Majority			200
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Rudbaxton 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Hancock	417	51.4
	Independent	David Islwyn Howells*	395	48.6
Majority			22
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

St David's 2008

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

St Dogmaels 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Campion	677	61.7
	Independent	David Griffith Michael James	421	38.3
Majority			256
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

St Ishmael's 2008

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.

Saundersfoot 2008

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.

Scleddau 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

Solva 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Leslie Raymond*	465	76.1
	Labour	Mollie Roach	146	23.9
Majority			319
	Independent hold		Swing

Tenby North 2008

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

Tenby South 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Evans	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

The Havens 2008

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 Democrats	David Gardner	34	4.5
Majority			28
	Independent hold		Swing

Wiston 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Howlett	411	52.8
	Independent	Bobbie Sheldrake	368	47.2
Majority
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing