1991 Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council election

An election to Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council was held in May 1991.^[1] The Independent councilors retained the vast majority of seats.^[2] It was preceded by the 1987 election and followed, after local government re-organization, by the 1995 Pembrokeshire County Council election. On the same day there were elections to the other district local authorities and community councils in Wales.

Boundary changes

There were no boundary changes at this election.

Ward results

Brawdy (one seat)

Brawdy 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Leslie Raymond*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Burton (one seat)

No election was held as the sitting member, Jack Lewis, was unopposed; however, he died before polling day.

Camrose (one seat)

Camrose 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Desmond Edward Codd*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Castle (one seat)

Castle 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Beryl Mary Thomas-Cleaver	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Cilgerran (one seat)

Cilgerran 1991
	Candidate	Votes	%
Independent	Mrs M.C.A. Sullivan*	515	73.3
Labour	M.F. McNamara	188	26.7
Independent hold		Swing

Clydau (one seat)

Clydau 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W.S. Rees*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Crymych (one seat)

Crymych 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Lynn Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Dinas Cross (one seat)

Dinas Cross 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	*Alun John Bringley Griffiths'**	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Fishguard (two seats)

Fishguard 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Alexander Frederick Allison	unopposed
Independent	Delwyn Davies*	unopposed
Labour gain from Independent		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Garth (three seats)

Garth 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Thomas Peter Lewis*	unopposed
Independent	Peter Alan Stock*	unopposed
Independent	Donald Richard Twigg	unopposed
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Goodwick (one seat)

Goodwick 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Lloyd Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Hakin (three seats)

Hakin 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Eric Ronald Harries*	1,414
Independent	Arthur George Edwards	794
Independent	Basil Ralph Woodruff*	774
Labour	Alun Emanuel Byrne*	767
Independent	J. Lee	694
Independent	G.N.W. Max	688
Independent	E. Russell	682
Independent
Independent hold		Swing
Independent gain from Labour		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Haverfordwest Prendergast (one seat)

Haverfordwest Prendergast 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	J.G. Nicholas	358
Independent	M. Davies	346
Independent hold		Swing

Haverfordwest Priory (one seat)

Haverfordwest Priory 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	B.S. Hearne*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Johnston (one seat)

Johnston 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	George Charles Grey*	490
Independent	B. Green	203
Independent hold		Swing

Letterston (one seat)

Letterston 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Frank L. Sandall*	591
Liberal Democrats	Michael Ian Warden	212
Independent hold		Swing

Llangwm (one seat)

Llangwm 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	William Henry Hitchings*	652
Independent	G.R. Stone	110
Independent hold		Swing

Maenclochog (one seat)

Maenclochog 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mrs N.B. Drew*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Merlin's Bridge (one seat)

Affie Webb lost his seat after the drawing of lots.

Merlin's Bridge 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Cyril George Maurice Hughes	399
Independent	A.J. Webb*	399
Independent hold		Swing

Milford Haven, Central and East (three seats)

Milford Haven, Central and East 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Thomas Hutton Sinclair*	942
Conservative	Stanley Thomas Hudson*	638
Labour	W.J. Morgan	522
Independent	W.J. Owston	514
Independent	W.J.K. Williams	499
Independent	K. Watkins	471
Independent	Irwin Edwards	273
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Milford Haven, North and West (two seats)

An Independent had gained a seat from the Liberal Democrats at a by-election.

Milford Haven, North and West 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Mike Stoddart	838
Independent	Edward George Setterfield*	655
Independent	Mrs T.E. Howlin	514
Independent	David John Adams	508
Independent	M. Williams	263
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Newport (one seat)

Newport 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Elwyn George John	299
	Independent	A.G. Rees	255
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Neyland East (one seat)

Neyland East 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P.J. Murphy	unopposed
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Neyland West (one seat)

Neyland West 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Patricia Ann Gilbert	304
Independent	J.L.Garrett*	287
Independent hold		Swing

Rudbaxton (one seat)

Rudbaxton 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Edwin Pritchard*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

St David's (one seat)

St David's 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	J.J. Richards	555
Independent	D. Phillips	471
Independent hold		Swing

St Dogmaels (one seat)

No election was held as no nominations were submitted.

St Ishmaels (one seat)

St Ishmaels 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mrs Y.C. Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Scleddau (one seat)

Scleddau 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Alwyn Cadwallader Luke*	388
Liberal Democrats	R.J. Grosvenor	125
Independent hold		Swing

Solva (one seat)

Solva 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	John Gordon Cawood*	775
Independent	W.W. Bartlett	84
Independent hold		Swing

The Havens (one seat)

The Havens 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	K.W.J. Rogers*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Wiston (one seat)

Wiston 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Peter Edmund Masterson	319
Independent	P.E. Lewis	284
Independent	A. Vaughan	170
Independent hold		Swing

By-elections 1991-1995

Burton by-election 1991

A by-election was held in the Burton ward following the death of the sitting member shortly before the 1991 election.^[2]

Burton by-election 1991
	Candidate	Votes	%
Independent	Lewis James Lloyd	347	75.8
Independent	N. Hardacre	71	15.5
Independent	J. Stone	40	8.7
Independent hold		Swing

St Dogmaels by-election 1991

A by-election was held in the St Dogmaels ward after no nominations were received for the regular election.^[2]

St Dogmaels by-election 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rev Emyr Huw Jones	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

References

^ "Veteran councillor loses seat after deadlock poll". Western Telegraph. 8 May 1991.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 2 December 2016.

[1] "Veteran councillor loses seat after deadlock poll". Western Telegraph. 8 May 1991.

[Preseli_Pembs_PlymEC-2] "Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 2 December 2016.

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