Pembrokeshire County Council 2022 – Election Special

YOUR VOTE MATTERS, USE IT

ON THURSDAY, May 5, Pembrokeshire goes to the polls.
It’s our chance to choose who represents us in County Hall for the next five years.
And those are important choices.
County and Community Councils contribute to and deliver the everyday services we all rely on.
However, it’s councillors who set the priorities for those services.
The Council has a budget set every year in response to the funding it gets for the Welsh Government.
The Welsh Government gives Councils leeway on what they spend and where they spend it.
It’s a battle to set a balanced budget that ensures the services you, your children, and the elderly and vulnerable need.
At the Community Council level, councillors allocate money to projects to enhance their home communities: sports fields, village hubs, and local amenities.
Think about your priorities: better schools, bin collections, times tips open, safer roads, a home.
Those things affect us all, and they must all be paid for every year.
And every year, it’s councillors who set those budgets.
They’re not Westminster or Cardiff Bay politicians seeking votes in the thousands or tens of thousands.
The margins are small.
That’s why your participation and your vote count.
A handful of votes here or there makes a massive difference.
In 2017, the last time Pembrokeshire went to the polls for Council elections, ten wards were won by fifty votes or less.
Of those, half were won by fewer than fifteen votes.
If you think your vote won’t count or won’t change things, you’re wrong.
If you don’t vote, it could be argued you don’t care.
But The Herald knows Pembrokeshire cares.
Every time we report on the Council, we see it from the responses those stories get.
Do not feel powerless to change things: you can.
If you’re one of those who constantly complain the Council is out of touch or ignores your views and the views of people like you, vote for a candidate you think will change things.
You don’t have to vote for a candidate who agrees with you on everything.
You don’t have to vote for a party.
But what you must do is vote for the candidate you think will do the best for you and the best for your communities.
Take a side.
Always take a side.
Sometimes, you will be wrong.
But if you refuse to take sides, you will always be wrong.
So take a side.
Put your X in a box and try to make a difference for everyone in your community.
It’s a small step and also a leap of faith.
Trust yourself.
Cast a vote.
Make a difference.

Amroth and Saundersfoot North

Party	Candidate
Conservative	Tony Barron
Liberal Democrats	Alec Cormack
Green	Leigh McShane

Boncath and Clydau

Party	Candidate
Plaid Cymru	Hedd Harries
Independent	Iwan Stuart Ward

Bro Gwaun

Party	Candidate
Liberal Democrats	Bob Kilmister
Independent	Delme Harries

Burton

Party	Candidate
Conservative	Danny Young
Independent	Robin Howells

Camrose

Party	Candidate
Independent	James Llewellyn Adams
Labour	Julian Rutter

Carew

Party	Candidate
Independent	Peter Vincent Everall
Independent	James Harrison-Allen
Independent	Vanessa Thomas

Cilgerran and Eglwyswrw

Party	Candidate
Independent	John Thomas Davies

Crymych and Mynachlog-Ddu

Party	Candidate
Plaid Cymru	Cristoffer Wyn Tomos
Independent	Shon Midway Rees

East Williamston

Party	Candidate
Independent	Jacob John Williams

Fishguard North East

Party	Candidate
Conservative	Brian Murphy
Labour	Jordan Paul Ryan

Fishguard North West

Party	Candidate
Independent	Pat Davies

Goodwick

Party	Candidate
Independent	Peter Martin John
Labour	Nicola Gwynn
Conservative	Lynn Porter

Haverfordwest: Castle

Party	Candidate
Labour	Thomas Baden Tudor
Conservative	Sue McKeeman

Haverfordwest Garth

Party	Candidate
Independent	Anji Tinley
Conservative	Jonathan Twigg

Haverfordwest Portfield

Party	Candidate
Independent	Tim Evans

Haverfordwest Prendergast

Party	Candidate
Labour	Philippa Ann Thomson
Conservative	Andrew Edwards

Haverfordwest Priory

Party	Candidate
Conservative	David Michael Bryan

Hundleton

Party	Candidate
Independent	Steve Alderman
Independent	Julie Sharon Cooper

Johnston

Party	Candidate
Independent	John William Gray
Conservative	Aled Thomas
Labour	Daniel Metcalf

Kilgetty / Begelly

Party	Candidate
Independent	David John Pugh
Plaid Cymru	Peter John Adams
Independent	Chris Ebrey
Liberal Democrats	Alistair Ronald Cameron
Propel	Gretta Marshall
Independent	Paul Wyatt

Lampeter Velfrey

Lamphey

Party	Candidate
Independent	Tessa Hodgson
Conservative	Josh Carey

Letterston

Party	Candidate
Independent	Michelle Elizabeth Bateman

Llangwm

Party	Candidate
Independent	Michael James John
Labour	Dave Golding

Llanrhian

Party	Candidate
Independent	Neil David Prior
Independent	Rob Smith

Maenclochog

Party	Candidate
Independent	Simon Mark Wright
Plaid Cymru	Hefin Wyn
Labour	Ben Levy

Manorbier and Penally

Party	Candidate
Independent	Philip Kidney
Plaid Cymru	Steve Thomas

Martletwy

Party	Candidate
Conservative	Di Clements

Merlin’s Bridge

Party	Candidate
Independent	Vincent John Cole

Milford Central

Party	Candidate
Independent	Terry Davies
Independent	Martin Jones
Independent	Tom Sinclair
Conservative	Anthony Powell

Milford East

Party	Candidate
Labour	Guy Woodham

Milford Hakin

Party	Candidate
Independent	Robert Michael Stoddart
Conservative	Lee Bridges
Independent	Duncan Ritchie Edwards

Milford North

Party	Candidate
Conservative	Bill Abbott
Independent	Alan Dennison

Milford West

Party	Candidate
Plaid Cymru	David Rhys Sinnett
Independent	Stephen Glanville Joseph

Narberth

Party	Candidate
Labour	Marc Tierney
Independent	Victoria McAndrew

Narberth Rural

Party	Candidate
Independent	Elwyn Albert Morse

Newport Dinas

Party	Candidate
Plaid Cymru	Maya Rebecca Donnelly
Independent	Huw Thomas Murphy
Independent	Jano Williams

Neyland East

Party	Candidate
Labour	Simon Leslie Hancock

Neyland West

Party	Candidate
Labour	Paul Nigel Miller

Pembroke Monkton and St Mary South (two seats)

Party	Candidate
Conservative	Aaron Leigh Carey
Independent	Reginald Thomas Ebrey
Independent	Daphne Margaret Jane Bush
Labour	David William Edwards
Conservative	Jonathan Grimes
Liberal Democrats	Lee Herring
Labour	Marcel Louis Laval
Independent	Jonathan Anthony Robert Nutting

Pembroke St Mary North

Party	Candidate
Conservative	Deborah Carne Willocks
Independent	Jon Harvey

Pembroke St Michael

Party	Candidate
Conservative	Aden Arthur Brinn
Independent	Melanie Anne Phillips

Pembroke Dock, Bufferland

Party	Candidate
Independent	Billy Gannon
Independent	Gordon Goff
Independent	Michelle Wiggins

Pembroke Dock, Bush

Party	Candidate
Labour	Maureen Bowen
Independent	Paul Haywood Dowson
Independent	Sarah Jane Harvey

Pembroke Dock Central

Party	Candidate
Labour	Joshua Beynon
Conservative	Rhian Cowen
Independent	George Frederick Manning

Pembroke Dock Market

Party	Candidate
Independent	Brian John Hall

Pembroke Dock Pennar

Party	Candidate
Labour	Anthony Wilcox

Rudbaxton and Spittal

Party	Candidate
Conservative	Steve Yelland

St David’s

Party	Candidate
Independent	David Gareth Beechey Lloyd
Labour	Rachel Hurdley
Green	Keith Missen
Independent	Bethan Price

St Dogmaels

Party	Candidate
Independent	David Griffith Michael James

St Florence and St Mary Out Liberty

Party	Candidate
Plaid Cymru	Jonathan Spencer Preston
Conservative	Rhys Jordan

St Ishmael’s

Party	Candidate
Independent	Reg Owens
Independent	Martin James Cheshire
Independent	Claire Victoria George
Green	Janie Harwood

Saundersfoot South

Party	Candidate
Independent	Mike Wainwright
Independent	Chris Williams
Conservative	James Bishop

Solva

Party	Candidate
Conservative	Mark Metson Carter
Labour	Joshua David Phillips

Tenby North

Party	Candidate
Plaid Cymru	Michael Williams

Tenby South

Party	Candidate
Plaid Cymru	Paul David Rapi
Independent	Sam Skyrme-Blackhall

The Havens

Party	Candidate
Independent	Peter John Morgan
Conservative	Nick Neumann

Wiston

Party	Candidate
Conservative	David Kenneth Howlett