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Pembrokeshire County Council 2022 – Election Special

28 April 2022
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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

PartyCandidate
ConservativeTony Barron
Liberal DemocratsAlec Cormack
GreenLeigh McShane

Boncath and Clydau

PartyCandidate
Plaid CymruHedd Harries
IndependentIwan Stuart Ward

Bro Gwaun

PartyCandidate
Liberal DemocratsBob Kilmister
IndependentDelme Harries

Burton

PartyCandidate
Conservative
Danny Young
IndependentRobin Howells

Camrose

PartyCandidate
Independent
James Llewellyn Adams
LabourJulian Rutter

Carew

PartyCandidate
IndependentPeter Vincent Everall
IndependentJames Harrison-Allen
IndependentVanessa Thomas

Cilgerran and Eglwyswrw

PartyCandidate
IndependentJohn Thomas Davies

Crymych and Mynachlog-Ddu

PartyCandidate
Plaid Cymru
Cristoffer Wyn Tomos
IndependentShon Midway Rees

East Williamston

PartyCandidate
IndependentJacob John Williams

Fishguard North East

PartyCandidate
ConservativeBrian Murphy
LabourJordan Paul Ryan

Fishguard North West

PartyCandidate
IndependentPat Davies

Goodwick

PartyCandidate
IndependentPeter Martin John
LabourNicola Gwynn
ConservativeLynn Porter

Haverfordwest: Castle

PartyCandidate
LabourThomas Baden Tudor
ConservativeSue McKeeman

Haverfordwest Garth

PartyCandidate
IndependentAnji Tinley
ConservativeJonathan Twigg

Haverfordwest Portfield

PartyCandidate
IndependentTim Evans

Haverfordwest Prendergast

PartyCandidate
LabourPhilippa Ann Thomson
ConservativeAndrew Edwards

Haverfordwest Priory

PartyCandidate
ConservativeDavid Michael Bryan

Hundleton

PartyCandidate
IndependentSteve Alderman
IndependentJulie Sharon Cooper

Johnston

PartyCandidate
IndependentJohn William Gray
ConservativeAled Thomas
LabourDaniel Metcalf

Kilgetty / Begelly

PartyCandidate
IndependentDavid John Pugh
Plaid CymruPeter John Adams
IndependentChris Ebrey
Liberal DemocratsAlistair Ronald Cameron
PropelGretta Marshall
IndependentPaul Wyatt

Lampeter Velfrey

PartyCandidate
IndependentDavid Simpson
ConservativeLizzie Lesnianski

Lamphey

PartyCandidate
IndependentTessa Hodgson
ConservativeJosh Carey

Letterston

PartyCandidate
IndependentMichelle Elizabeth Bateman

Llangwm

PartyCandidate
IndependentMichael James John
LabourDave Golding

Llanrhian

PartyCandidate
IndependentNeil David Prior
IndependentRob Smith

Maenclochog

PartyCandidate
IndependentSimon Mark Wright
Plaid CymruHefin Wyn
LabourBen Levy

Manorbier and Penally

PartyCandidate
IndependentPhilip Kidney
Plaid CymruSteve Thomas

Martletwy

PartyCandidate
ConservativeDi Clements

Merlin’s Bridge

PartyCandidate
IndependentVincent John Cole

Milford Central

PartyCandidate
IndependentTerry Davies
IndependentMartin Jones
IndependentTom Sinclair
ConservativeAnthony Powell

Milford East

PartyCandidate
LabourGuy Woodham

Milford Hakin

PartyCandidate
IndependentRobert Michael Stoddart
ConservativeLee Bridges
IndependentDuncan Ritchie Edwards

Milford North

PartyCandidate
ConservativeBill Abbott
IndependentAlan Dennison

Milford West

PartyCandidate
Plaid CymruDavid Rhys Sinnett
IndependentStephen Glanville Joseph

Narberth

PartyCandidate
LabourMarc Tierney
IndependentVictoria McAndrew

Narberth Rural

PartyCandidate
IndependentElwyn Albert Morse

Newport Dinas

PartyCandidate
Plaid CymruMaya Rebecca Donnelly
IndependentHuw Thomas Murphy
IndependentJano Williams

Neyland East

PartyCandidate
LabourSimon Leslie Hancock

Neyland West

PartyCandidate
LabourPaul Nigel Miller

Pembroke Monkton and St Mary South (two seats)

PartyCandidate
ConservativeAaron Leigh Carey
IndependentReginald Thomas Ebrey
IndependentDaphne Margaret Jane Bush
LabourDavid William Edwards
ConservativeJonathan Grimes
Liberal DemocratsLee Herring
LabourMarcel Louis Laval
IndependentJonathan Anthony Robert Nutting

Pembroke St Mary North

PartyCandidate
ConservativeDeborah Carne Willocks
IndependentJon Harvey

Pembroke St Michael

PartyCandidate
ConservativeAden Arthur Brinn
IndependentMelanie Anne Phillips

Pembroke Dock, Bufferland

PartyCandidate
IndependentBilly Gannon
IndependentGordon Goff
IndependentMichelle Wiggins

Pembroke Dock, Bush

PartyCandidate
LabourMaureen Bowen
IndependentPaul Haywood Dowson
IndependentSarah Jane Harvey

Pembroke Dock Central

PartyCandidate
LabourJoshua Beynon
ConservativeRhian Cowen
IndependentGeorge Frederick Manning

Pembroke Dock Market

PartyCandidate
IndependentBrian John Hall

Pembroke Dock Pennar

PartyCandidate
LabourAnthony Wilcox

Rudbaxton and Spittal

PartyCandidate
ConservativeSteve Yelland

St David’s

PartyCandidate
IndependentDavid Gareth Beechey Lloyd
LabourRachel Hurdley
GreenKeith Missen
IndependentBethan Price

St Dogmaels

PartyCandidate
IndependentDavid Griffith Michael James

St Florence and St Mary Out Liberty

PartyCandidate
Plaid CymruJonathan Spencer Preston
ConservativeRhys Jordan

St Ishmael’s

PartyCandidate
IndependentReg Owens
IndependentMartin James Cheshire
IndependentClaire Victoria George
GreenJanie Harwood

Saundersfoot South

PartyCandidate
IndependentMike Wainwright
IndependentChris Williams
ConservativeJames Bishop

Solva

PartyCandidate
ConservativeMark Metson Carter
LabourJoshua David Phillips

Tenby North

PartyCandidate
Plaid CymruMichael Williams

Tenby South

PartyCandidate
Plaid CymruPaul David Rapi
IndependentSam Skyrme-Blackhall

The Havens

PartyCandidate
IndependentPeter John Morgan
ConservativeNick Neumann

Wiston

PartyCandidate
ConservativeDavid Kenneth Howlett

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