# 1999 Pembrokeshire County Council election

The 1999 elections to Pembrokeshire County Council were held on 6 May 1999. It was preceded by the 1995 election and followed by the 2004 election. On the same day there were the first elections to the Welsh Assembly and elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales and community councils in Wales.
All council seats were up for election.

## Overview

Boundary changes were introduced at this election. In the main, however, these resulted in the splitting of multi-member wards in urban areas into single-member wards. The Independents retained control of the authority although there was an increased number of party candidates. Most notably, the Conservative Party fielded a large slate of candidates for the first time. Three of these candidates were successful.
Pembrokeshire County Council election result 1999 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss |
| Labour | | | | |
| Conservative | 3 | 3 | 0 | +3 |
| Liberal Democrats | | | | |
| Plaid Cymru | | | | |
| Independent | | | | |

## Unopposed Returns

There were comparatively few unopposed returns, partly as a result of the increasingly politicised nature of the election.

## Gains and Losses

A number of seats changed hands, including several cases where one Independent defeated another.

## Results by Ward
### Amroth

The Liberal Democrat candidate had been returned unopposed in 1995.
Amroth 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mary Kathleen Megarry | 164 | 40.0 | +40.0 |
| | Labour | Norman Ronald Spence | 152 | 36.1 | +36.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ronald E.J. Roberts | 105 | 24.9 | +24.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12 | 3.9 | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Burton

Burton 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Roger David Wildman | 276 | 41.2 | +41.2 |
| | Independent | Lewis James Lloyd* | 257 | 38.4 | −36.5 |
| | Labour | Brian William Molyneaux | 137 | 20.4 | −4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19 | 2.8 | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Camrose

Desmond Codd had been returned unopposed in 1995.
Camrose 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | James Desmond Edward Codd* | 803 | 72.9 | +72.9 |
| | Conservative | David Loosemore | 298 | 27.1 | +27.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 505 | 45.8 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Carew

Carew 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Norman Richard Parry* | 280 | 52.5 | −14.4 |
| | Conservative | Richard Frederick Shepherd | 144 | 27.0 | +27.0 |
| | Independent | Frances Little | 109 | 20.5 | +20.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 136 | 25.5 | −8.3 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Cilgerran

Cilgerran 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | John Thomas Davies | 478 |
| | Independent | Rev Dafydd Henry Edwards* | 227 |
| | Labour | Michael Frederick McNamara | 161 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 251 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Clydau

Clydau 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Rev Emyr Huw Jones* | 407 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Rev Aled Wyn ap Gwynedd* | 313 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 94 |
| | Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing |

### Crymych

Crymych 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | John Lynn Davies* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Dinas Cross

Dinas Cross 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Alun John Bringley Griffiths* | 463 |
| | Labour | Steven Grant Stockham | 183 |
| | Conservative | Sally Anne Williams | 169 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 280 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### East Williamston

East Williamston 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | D.G. Williams* | unopposed?? | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Fishguard North East

Fishguard North East 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Brian Francis Howells | 598 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Delwyn Davies* | 217 | | |
| Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |

### Fishguard North West

Fishguard North West 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Brynmor Colnet | unopposed?? | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Goodwick

The retiring member, a long-serving county and district councillor, elected as an Independent in 1995, had subsequently joined the Labour Party.
Goodwick 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | William Lloyd Evans* | 566 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Christopher Malcolm James | 198 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 368 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Haverfordwest Castle

Haverfordwest Castle 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Thomas Baden Tudor | 556 |
| | Conservative | Jasper George Curthoys Slater | 234 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Haverfordwest Garth

Haverfordwest Garth 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Joyce Watson* | 356 |
| | Independent | Donald Richard Twigg | 234 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 122 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Haverfordwest Portfield

Haverfordwest Portfield 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Peter Alan Stock* | 890 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Christopher Leon Gilham | 190 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 700 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Haverfordwest Prendergast

Haverfordwest Prendergast 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Herbert William George John | 511 |
| | Conservative | Dewi Llewellyn James | 137 |
| | Labour | Barbara Anne Sharon Shone | 137 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 344 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Haverfordwest Priory

Haverfordwest Priory 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Joseph Absalom Roy Folland* | 474 |
| | Labour | Ronald George Butler | 267 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 207 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Hundleton

Hundleton 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | John Seymour Allen-Mierhouse* | 568 |
| | Labour | Valerie Lucarda Jones | 191 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 377 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Johnston

Johnston 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | George Charles Grey* | 372 |
| | Labour | Richard Daniel Blackdaw-Jones | 318 |
| | Conservative | Francis John Elliott | 214 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 54 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Kilgetty / Begelly

Kilgetty / Begelly 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | John Scott Murphy* | 641 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Howard Geoffrey Horton-Jones | 167 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Lampeter Velfrey

Lampeter Velfrey 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Glyn Davies | 315 |
| | Labour | Donna Elizabeth Lewis | 298 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Lamphey

The Independent candidate had been a Labour councillor on the previous South Pembrokeshire District Council but was defeated at the inaugural election in 1995.
Lamphey 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Clive John Collins | 403 |
| | Labour | David William Edwards* | 255 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 148 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |

### Letterston

Letterston 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Thomas James Richards* | 553 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Ian Warden | 371 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llangwm

Llangwm :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | William Henry Hitchings* | 463 |
| | Conservative | Enid Margaret Maud Rees | 251 |
| | Labour | Beryl Acton | 194 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 212 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llanrhian

Llanrhian 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | ??? | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Maenclochog

Maenclochog 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | David John Thomas* | 839 |
| | Independent | Patricia Ann Bowen | 188 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Manorbier

Manorbier 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Patricia Edwina Griffiths* | 481 |
| | Independent | Lewis Malcolm Calver | 289 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 192 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Martletwy

Martletwy 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Thomas Elwyn James* | 341 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David O.J.S. Lort-Phillips | 209 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 132 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Merlin’s Bridge

Merlin's Bridge 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Cyril George Maurice Hughes* | 462 |
| Labour | Colin John Watson | 271 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Milford Central

Milford Central 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Henry Sinclair* | 282 | | |
| Independent | Anne Hughes | 268 | | |
| Labour | Simon Patrick McGrath | 230 | | |
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |

### Milford East

Milford East 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Barrie Thomas Woolmer | 361 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | David Rhys Sinnett | 251 | | |
| Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Milford Hakin

Milford Hakin 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | George Noel William Max* | 435 | | |
| Labour | Molly Patricia Pritchard | 407 | | |
| Independent | Irwin Edwards | 124 | | |
| Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |

### Milford Hubberston

Milford Hubberston 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Alun Emanuel Byrne | 389 | | |
| Independent | Eric Ronald Harries* | 230 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Patrick Joseph Ryan | 142 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Beryl John | 74 | | |
| Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Milford North

Milford North 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John William Cole | 417 | | |
| Conservative | Stanley Thomas Hudson | 347 | | |
| Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Milford West

Milford West 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Terry Mills | 498 | | |
| Independent | Edward George Setterfield* | 237 | | |
| Conservative | Maurice William Victor Hart | 130 | | |
| Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Narberth

Narberth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Thomas David Watkins* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Narberth Rural

Narberth Rural 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | William Richard Colin Davies* | 375 |
| Plaid Cymru | Malcolm Connah | 118 |
| Independent | Lynne Webb | 90 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Newport

Newport 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Essex Robert John Havard* | 464 |
| | Independent | John William James Roberts | 148 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | 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 | 503 |
| | Independent | P.A. Gilbert* | 304 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 199 |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing |

### Pembroke Monkton

Pembroke Monkton 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Pearl Llewellyn | 332 |
| | Labour | Kenvyn Corris Jones* | 205 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 127 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |

### Pembroke St Mary North

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Clifford Henry Darlington | 572 | | |
| Independent | Kenneth Bryan Phillips | 436 | | |
| Independent | Pedr S. McMullan* | 383 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | A.I. Hovey | 253 | | |
| Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Pembroke St Mary South

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Clifford Henry Darlington | 572 | | |
| Independent | Kenneth Bryan Phillips | 436 | | |
| Independent | Pedr S. McMullan* | 383 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | A.I. Hovey | 253 | | |
| Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Pembroke St Michael

Pembroke St Michael 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Martin Allen* | 466 |
| | Conservative | Aden Arthur Brinn | 380 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 86 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Pembroke Dock Central

Pembroke Dock Central 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Thomas Vivian Hay* | 367 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Donald Thomas Esmond | 179 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Pembroke Dock Llanion

Pembroke Dock Llanion :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jacqueline R. Lawrence+ | unopposed | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Pembroke Dock Market

Pembroke Dock Market 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Brian John Hall* | 409 |
| | Labour | Veronica Mary Jane Roach | 256 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Pembroke Dock Pennar

Pembroke Dock Pennar 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Anthony William Wilcox | 547 |
| | Labour | Stephen James May* | 491 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 56 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |

### Penally

Penally :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Eileen Hodgson* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Rudbaxton

Rudbaxton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | D.E. Pritchard | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### St David's

St David's 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | David John Henry George | 354 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Gareth Beechey Lloyd | 219 |
| | Independent | William James Wilcox | 191 |
| | Labour | Stephen George Whitehead | 150 |
| | Independent | Dilwyn Phillips* | 109 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### St Dogmaels

St Dogmaels :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Rev Emyr Huw Jones | 365 |
| | Labour | R.W. Day | 198 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### St Ishmael's

St Ishmael's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Basil Ralph Woodruff* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Saundersfoot

Saundersfoot 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Rosemary Rebecca Hayes* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Scleddau

Scleddau :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Alwyn Cadwallader Luke* | 315 |
| | Labour | Vaughan Barrah | 190 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 125 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Solva

Solva :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | John Gordon Cawood* | 742 |
| | Independent | K.A. Cross | 79 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Tenby North (two seats)

Tenby North 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | Michael Williams* | 395 | | |
| Independent | John Iwan Parry Hughes | 368 | | |
| Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |

### Tenby South

Tenby South :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | M.T. Folland* | 1,137 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Michael Williams* | 844 | | |
| Labour | W.J. Rossiter | 640 | | |
| Independent | D.R.G. Griffiths* | 503 | | |
| Independent | A.P. Rees | 246 | | |
| Independent | J. Phillips* | 230 | | |
| Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |

### The Havens

The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli / South Pembrokeshire District Council.
The Havens :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | E.G.S. Mock | 300 |
| Independent | C.J. Farr | 191 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Wiston

The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Preseli / South Pembrokeshire District Council.
Wiston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Peter Edmund Masterson | 587 |
| | Independent | C.A. Olding | 108 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 479 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |