# 2004 Pembrokeshire County Council election

Elections to Pembrokeshire County Council were held on 10 June 2004. It was preceded by the 1999 election and followed by the 2008 election. The results were drawn from the Pembrokeshire County Council website but the relevant page has now (2013) been deleted. On the same day there were elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales (all except Anglesey), and to community council elections in Wales. There were also elections elsewhere in the United Kingdom

## Overview

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 2004 and Labour achieved its worst result of the three elections fought thus far.
Pembrokeshire County Council election result 2004 :
| Party | Seats |
| Labour | 12 |
| Conservative | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 |
| Plaid Cymru | 5 |
| Independent | 40 |
| Green | 0 |

## Results by ward
### Amroth

Amroth 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Anthony Brinsden | 344 | 67.7 | +42.8 |
| | Independent | Peter Treharne Waddilove | 93 | 18.3 | +18.3 |
| | Labour | Norman Richard Spence | 71 | 14.0 | −22.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 251 | 49.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Burton

Wildman had been elected as a Conservative in 1999, defeating the sitting Independent councillor, but he subsequently joined the Independents himself.
Burton 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Roger David Wildman* | 620 | 84.1 | +42.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Harold Miles | 117 | 15.9 | +15.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 503 | 68.2 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Camrose

Camrose 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | James Llewellyn Adams | 572 | 46.8 | +46.8 |
| | Independent | Roger James Mathias | 362 | 29.6 | +29.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Karen Smith | 181 | 14.8 | +14.8 |
| | Independent | Jean Mary Jones | 106 | 8.7 | +8.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 210 | 17.2 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Carew

Carew 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | David James Neale | 200 |
| | Independent | Derek Hooper Lloyd | 181 |
| | Labour | Michael Thorne | 152 |
| | Independent | Norman Richard Parry* | 118 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Cilgerran

Cilgerran :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | John Thomas Davies* | 698 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Matthew Lee Mathias | 111 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 587 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Clydau

Clydau :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Plaid Cymru | Roderick Gwilym Bowen | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Crymych

Crymych :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | John Lynn Davies* | 802 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Ann Rees-Sambrook | 300 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 502 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Dinas Cross

Dinas Cross :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | John Morgan Griffiths | 486 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Ann Griffith-McColl | 277 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### East Williamston

East Williamston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Ernest James Codd* | 653 |
| | Independent | Graham Charles Thomas | 228 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Fishguard North East

Fishguard North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Henry Walter Jones | 307 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Myles Christopher Geary Pepper | 301 |
| | Independent | Brian Francis Howells* | 209 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Fishguard North West

Fishguard North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Sian Elizabeth James | 169 |
| | Independent | Richard Parry Davies | 157 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Paul Christopher Conti | 129 |
| | Labour | Walter Brynmor Colnet* | 128 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |

### Goodwick

Goodwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | Gwendoline Moira Lewis | 244 |
| | Labour | Alun Charles York | 215 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard John Grosvenor | 144 |
| | Independent | Owen Watkin James | 126 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |

### Haverfordwest Castle

Haverfordwest Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Thomas Baden Tudor* | 420 |
| | Independent | Debra-Marrie Bryson | 207 |
| | Independent | Mark Anthony Rosser | 80 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Haverfordwest Garth

Haverfordwest Garth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Joyce Watson* | 289 |
| | Independent | Dewi Llewellyn James | 123 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Terri Francis Kristian Marshall | 77 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Haverfordwest Portfield

Haverfordwest Portfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Peter Alan Stock* | 818 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Morgan Edward Hart | 105 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 713 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Haverfordwest Prendergast

Haverfordwest Prendergast :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | David Mark Edwards* | 575 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Esther Joy Richards | 141 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 434 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Haverfordwest Priory

Haverfordwest Priory :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | David Michael Bryan | 434 |
| | Independent | Joyce Wonnacott | 149 |
| | Labour | Colin John Watson | 148 |
| | Independent | Joseph Absalom Roy Folland* | 106 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Virginia Lye | 79 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Hundleton

Hundleton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | John Seymour Allen-Mierhouse* | 469 |
| | Independent | Margot Magdalena Hanna Mechthild Bateman | 292 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 177 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Johnston

Johnston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Kenneth Rowlands | 454 |
| | Conservative | Francis John Elliott | 204 |
| | Independent | Stephen James Cole | 121 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 251 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Kilgetty

Kilgetty :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | John Scott Murphy* | 395 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael James Weaver | 294 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Howard Geoffrey Horton-Jones | 125 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 101 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Lampeter Velfrey

Lampeter Velfrey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | David Simpson | 370 |
| | Independent | Frederick Gerard George Luckman | 196 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 174 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Lamphey

Lamphey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Clive John Collins* | 405 |
| | Independent | Rhonwen Jane Morgan | 334 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 171 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Letterston

Letterston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Thomas James Richards* | 598 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Christopher Leon Gillham | 346 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 252 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llangwm

Llangwm :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | William Henry Hitchings* | 483 |
| | Independent | John Michael Cutting | 304 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rachel Mary Yates | 129 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 179 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llanrhian

Llanrhian :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | David William Mansel Rees | 334 |
| | Independent | William Joseph Alun Thomas | 158 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Clive Idris Morgan | 90 |
| | Independent | Jillian Evelyn Morgan | 82 |
| | Independent | Sion Hywel Rees | 48 |
| | Labour | John Cecil Butler | 41 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Maenclochog

Maenclochog :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | David John Thomas* | 789 |
| | Plaid Cymru | John Rhys Davies | 456 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 333 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Manorbier

Manorbier :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Lewis Malcolm Calver | 398 |
| | Independent | Patricia Edwina Griffiths* | 314 |
| | Labour | Anthony Leonard Wales | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 84 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Martletwy

Martletwy :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Robert Mark Lewis* | 326 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Richard Gossage | 138 |
| | Independent | Sarah Elizabeth Credland | 26 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Merlin’s Bridge

Merlin's Bridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Mary Umelda Havard | 306 |
| | Independent | Cyril George Maurice Hughes* | 272 |
| | Independent | Arthur John Chapman | 122 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Darren Peter Jones | 43 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 34 |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing |

### Milford Central

Milford Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Anne Hughes | 454 |
| | Labour | Alan Buckfield | 177 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Milford East

Milford East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Martin Thomas James Davies | 247 |
| | Labour | Barrie Thomas Woolmer* | 233 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |

### Milford Hakin

Milford Hakin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Robert Michael Stoddart | 452 |
| | Independent | George Noel William Max* | 208 |
| | Labour | Philip Thomas Walker | 113 |
| | Independent | Brett David Dickinson | 38 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 244 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Milford Hubberston

Milford Hubberston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alun Emanuel Byrne* | unopposed | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Milford North

Milford North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | John William Cole* | 425 |
| | Independent | Edward George Setterfield | 335 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 90 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Milford West

Milford West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | David Rhys Sinnett | 392 |
| | Labour | Colin Philip Robbins | 202 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 190 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Narberth

Narberth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Wynne Edward Evans | 391 |
| | Independent | William Henry Langen | 276 |
| | Labour | Thomas David Watkins* | 235 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 115 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |

### Narberth Rural

Narberth Rural :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | William Richard Colin Davies* | 329 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lilian Claire Narbett | 224 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 105 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Newport

Newport :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Rowland Roderick Evans | 300 |
| | Independent | Arthur Glyn Rees* | 161 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Edward Byron James | 142 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 139 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Neyland East

Neyland East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Simon Leslie Hancock | unopposed | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Neyland West

Neyland West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kenneth Arthur Edwards | unopposed | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Pembroke Monkton

Pembroke Monkton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Pearl Llewellyn* | 347 |
| | Independent | Keith John McNiffe | 135 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 212 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Pembroke St Mary North

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | William John Arwyn Williams | 238 |
| | Independent | Kenneth Bryan Phillips* | 194 |
| | Labour | Jane Margueritta Major* | 179 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 44 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Pembroke St Mary South

Pembroke St Mary South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Rosalie Vera Lilwal | 165 |
| | Independent | Wynford Ian Henry Jenkins | 127 |
| | Independent | Deborah Louise Griffith-Jones | 125 |
| | Labour | David William Edwards | 80 |
| | Independent | Keith Neville Nicholas | 67 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 38 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Pembroke St Michael

Pembroke St Michael :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Martin Allen* | 472 |
| | Independent | Aden Arthur Brinn | 336 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 136 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Pembroke Dock Central

Pembroke Dock Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Linda Becton | 195 |
| | Independent | Alan Stockwell | 138 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Donald T. Esmond | 115 |
| | Independent | Susan Beasley | 62 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 57 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Pembroke Dock Llanion

Pembroke Dock Llanion :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Susan Perkins | 441 |
| | Independent | Pamela George | 299 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 142 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Pembroke Dock Market

Pembroke Dock Market :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Brian John Hall | 316 |
| | Labour | Maggie Thomas | 229 |
| | Independent | Veronica Roach | 136 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 87 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Pembroke Dock Pennar

Pembroke Dock Pennar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Anthony Wilcox | 721 |
| | Independent | Maureen Colgan | 278 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Penally

Penally :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | Carol Cavill | 601 |
| | Independent | Graham Fry | 63 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 538 |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Rudbaxton

Rudbaxton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | David Howells | 426 |
| | Independent | Richard Hancock | 323 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 103 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### St David's

St David’s 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | David George | 394 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Gareth Beechey Lloyd | 284 |
| | Labour | Stephen Whitehead | 192 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### St Dogmaels

St Dogmaels :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Stephen Watkins | 519 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Vicky Moller | 358 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### St Ishmael's

St Ishmael's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | William Joseph Roberts | 326 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Henry Sinclair | 240 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 86 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Saundersfoot

Saundersfoot :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Rosemary Rebecca Hayes* | 517 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Raymond Baker | 341 |
| | Independent | Arthur Williams | 116 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Scleddau

Scleddau :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Alwyn Cadwallader Luke* | 291 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Williams | 210 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Bowen George | 129 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 81 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Solva

Solva :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | William Leslie Raymond* | 442 |
| | Labour | Mollie Roach | 179 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Tenby North

Tenby North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | Michael Williams* | 463 |
| | Independent | John Hughes | 250 |
| | Independent | Sue Lane | 187 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 213 |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Tenby South

Tenby South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Michael Evans | 777 |
| | Labour | Christine Brown | 182 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### The Havens

The Havens :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | William C. Philpin | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Wiston

Wiston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Donald Malcolm Evans | 424 |
| | Independent | John Lewis | 200 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Le Breton | 155 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 224 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

## By-elections
### 2007 Pembroke St Michael by-election

Due to the death of the sitting councillor John Allen in July 2007, a by-election was called for the Pembroke St Michael seat. It took place on 20 November 2007, and saw Conservative candidate Aden Brinn narrowly elected as councillor ahead of Liberal Democrat candidate Gareth Jones, with a nine vote majority.
2007 Pembroke St Michael By-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Aden Arthur Brinn | 251 | 30.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gareth Jones | 242 | 29.5 |
| | Independent | David Owen | 184 | 22.5 |
| | Labour | David Edwards | 142 | 17.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9 | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |