1987 South Pembrokeshire District Council election: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added

Inline

Latest revision as of 03:27, 17 August 2024

An election to South Pembrokeshire District Council was held in May 1987.^[1] An Independent majority was maintained.^[2] It was preceded by the 1983 election and followed by the 1991 election. On the same day there were elections to the other district local authorities and community councils in Wales.

Boundary Changes

There was a slight reduction in the number of seats as boundaries were realigned.

Results by Ward

Amroth (one seat)

Amroth 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Alan Walter Edwards*	374
Independent	A.H. Miles	112
Independent hold		Swing

Begelly (one seat)

Begelly 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A. Llewellyn	387	54.1
	Independent	N. Jackson	229	32.0
	Independent	Thomas John Price	100	14.0
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Carew (one seat)

Carew 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Norman Richard Parry	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Hundleton (one seat)

Hundleton 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Seymour Allen-Mierhouse*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Lampeter Velfrey (one seat)

Lampeter Velfrey 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	D.B. Davies*	431
Independent	D.E. Lewis	196
Independent hold		Swing

Lamphey (one seat)

Lamphey 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	I.M. White*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Manorbier (one seat)

Manorbier 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W.R. Douglas*	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Independent hold

Martletwy (one seat)

Martletwy 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Elwyn James*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Narberth Rural (one seat)

Narberth Rural 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Richard Colin Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Narberth Urban (one seat)

Narberth Urban 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	A.W. Walker	533
	Independent	J.E. Feetham*	417
Majority			116
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembroke Monkton (one seat)

Pembroke Monkton 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs S. Levesley*	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Pembroke St Mary (two seats)

Pembroke St Mary 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	I.C.J. Jenkins*	unopposed
Independent	E.L.J. Morgan*	unopposed
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Pembroke St Michael (two seats)

Pembroke St Michael 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	D.H. Lloyd*	470
Independent	C.J. Collins	380
Labour	G.A. Hay-Watkins	325
Independent	E. Reed	301
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Pembroke Dock Central (one seat)

Pembroke Dock Central 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Vivian Hay*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembroke Dock Llanion (two seats)

Pembroke Dock Llanion 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Charles Howard Thomas*	495
Independent	Dillwyn Morgan Davies*	486
Independent	Walford John Davies*	337
Alliance	A.D. Goodman	237
Independent hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Pembroke Dock Market (one seat)

Pembroke Dock Market 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	William Skyrme Rees*	458
Independent	S.C. Peters	68
Independent win (new seat)

Pembroke Dock Pennar (two seats)

Pembroke Dock Pennar 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Brian John Hall	899
Alliance	J.S. Fenwick	436
Labour	W.B. Glaister	397
Independent	M.W. Cavaney	304
Independent gain from Labour		Swing
Alliance gain from Labour		Swing

Penally (one seat)

Penally 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Eileen Hodgson*	unopposed
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Saundersfoot (two seats)

Saundersfoot 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Rosemary Rebecca Hayes*	656
Independent	W.T. Cleevely	485
Independent	L.W.J. Duncan*	378
Independent	H.M. Wright	190
Independent	J.V. Rozbon	140
Labour	C.A. Clarkson	136
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Stackpole (one seat)

Stackpole 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Andrew Stenson	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Tenby (four seats)

Tenby 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Michael Tracy Folland*	1,168
Independent	Denzil Roger George Griffiths*	1,050
Independent	W. Hardy*	1,020
Plaid Cymru	Michael Williams*	912
Independent	C.J. Evans*	718
Independent	W.S. Rossiter	596
Independent	T.S. Phillips	556
Independent	G.S. Phillips	99
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

References

^ "How Wales went to the polls". Western Mail. 8 May 1987.
^ "South Pembrokeshire District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 2 December 2016.

[1] "How Wales went to the polls". Western Mail. 8 May 1987.

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

[1]

[2]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
-An election to '''[[South Pembrokeshire|South Pembrokeshire District Council]]''' was held in May 1987.<ref>{{cite news|title= How Wales went to the polls|newspaper=Western Mail|date=8 May 1987}}</ref>  It was preceded by the [[South Pembrokeshire  District Council election, 1983|1983]] election and followed by the [[South Pembrokeshire District Council election, 1991|1991]] election. On the same day there were elections to the other local authorities and community councils in [[Wales]].
+'''An election to [[South Pembrokeshire|South Pembrokeshire District Council]]''' was held in May 1987.<ref>{{cite news|title= How Wales went to the polls|newspaper=Western Mail|date=8 May 1987}}</ref>  An Independent majority was maintained.<ref name="S Pembs PlymEC">{{cite web|title=South Pembrokeshire District Council Election Results 1973-1991|url=http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/South-Pembrokeshire-1973-1991.pdf|publisher=The Elections Cente, Plymouth University|accessdate=2 December 2016}}</ref> It was preceded by the [[1983 South Pembrokeshire District Council election|1983]] election and followed by the [[1991 South Pembrokeshire District Council election|1991]] election. On the same day there were elections to the other district local authorities and community councils in [[Wales]].
 {{TOC right}}
@@ Line 5: / Line 6: @@
 There was a slight reduction in the number of seats as boundaries were realigned.
-==Results==
+==Results by Ward==
 ===Amroth (one seat)===
 {{Election box begin | title=  Amroth 1987}}
@@ Line 29: / Line 30: @@
 ===Begelly (one seat)===
-{{Election box begin | title= Begelly 1983}}
+{{Election box begin | title= Begelly 1987}}
+{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
+  |party      = Independent (politician)
+  |candidate  =A. Llewellyn
+  |votes      = 387
+  |percentage = 54.1
+  |change     =
+}}
 {{Election box candidate with party link|
   |party      = Independent (politician)
-  |candidate  = '''E.B. Cole*'''
+  |candidate  = N. Jackson
-  |votes      = 497
+  |votes      = 229
-  |percentage =
+  |percentage = 32.0
   |change     =
 }}
@@ Line 40: / Line 48: @@
   |party      = Independent (politician)
   |candidate  = Thomas John Price
-  |votes      = 128
+  |votes      = 100
-  |percentage =
+  |percentage = 14.0
   |change     =
 }}
@@ Line 57: / Line 65: @@
 ===Carew (one seat)===
 {{Election box begin | title=  Carew 1987}}
-{{Election box candidate with party link|
+{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
   |party      = Independent (politician)
-  |candidate  = '''N.R. Parry'''
+  |candidate  = Norman Richard Parry
   |votes      = unopposed
   |percentage =
@@ Line 107: / Line 115: @@
 {{Election box end}}
-===Lamphey(one seat)===
+===Lamphey (one seat)===
 {{Election box begin | title= Lamphey 1987}}
 {{Election box candidate with party link|
@@ Line 122: / Line 130: @@
 {{Election box end}}
-===Manorbier(one seat)===
+===Manorbier (one seat)===
 {{Election box begin | title=  Manorbier 1987}}
-{{Election box candidate with party link|
+{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
   |party      = Independent (politician)
-  |candidate  = '''W.R. Douglas*'''
+  |candidate  = W.R. Douglas*
-  |votes      = unopposed
+  |votes      = Unopposed
-  |percentage =
+  |percentage = ''N/A''
-  |change     =
+  |change     = ''N/A''
 }}
-{{Election box hold with party link|
+{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
   |winner     = Independent (politician)
   |swing      =
@@ Line 167: / Line 175: @@
 {{Election box end}}
-===Narberth Urban(one seat)===
+===Narberth Urban (one seat)===
 {{Election box begin | title= Narberth Urban 1987}}
 {{Election box candidate with party link|
@@ Line 195: / Line 203: @@
 ===Pembroke Monkton (one seat)===
-{{Election box begin | title= Pembroke Monkton 1983}}
+{{Election box begin | title= Pembroke Monkton 1987}}
 {{Election box candidate with party link|
   |party      = Labour Party (UK)
@@ Line 237: / Line 245: @@
 ===Pembroke St Michael (two seats)===
 {{Election box begin | title= Pembroke St Michael 1987}}
-{{Election box candidate with party link|
+{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
   |party      = Independent (politician)
-  |candidate  =
+  |candidate  = D.H. Lloyd*
-  |votes      = unopposed
+  |votes      = 470
+  |percentage =
+  |change     =
+}}
+{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
+  |party      = Independent (politician)
+  |candidate  = C.J. Collins
+  |votes      = 380
+  |percentage =
+  |change     =
+}}
+{{Election box candidate with party link|
+  |party      = Labour Party (UK)
+  |candidate  = G.A. Hay-Watkins
+  |votes      = 325
   |percentage =
   |change     =
@@ Line 246: / Line 268: @@
 {{Election box candidate with party link|
   |party      = Independent (politician)
-  |candidate  =
+  |candidate  = E. Reed
-  |votes      = unopposed
+  |votes      = 301
   |percentage =
   |change     =
 }}
-{{Election box hold with party link|
+{{Election box new seat win|
   |winner     = Independent (politician)
     |swing      =
 }}
-{{Election box hold with party link|
+{{Election box new seat win|
   |winner     = Independent (politician)
     |swing      =
@@ Line 281: / Line 303: @@
   |party      = Labour Party (UK)
   |candidate  = '''Charles Howard Thomas*'''
-  |votes      = 495
+  |votes      = '''495'''
   |percentage =
   |change     =
@@ Line 288: / Line 310: @@
   |party      = Independent (politician)
   |candidate  = '''Dillwyn Morgan Davies*'''
-  |votes      = 486
+  |votes      = '''486'''
   |percentage =
   |change     =
@@ Line 339: / Line 361: @@
 ===Pembroke Dock Pennar (two seats)===
-{{Election box begin | title= Pembroke Dock Pennar 1983}}
+{{Election box begin | title= Pembroke Dock Pennar 1987}}
 {{Election box candidate with party link|
   |party      = Independent (politician)
-  |candidate  = '''B.J. Hall'''
+  |candidate  = '''Brian John Hall'''
   |votes      = 899
   |percentage =
@@ Line 380: / Line 402: @@
 {{Election box end}}
-===Penally(one seat)===
+===Penally (one seat)===
 {{Election box begin | title= Penally 1987}}
 {{Election box candidate with party link|
@@ Line 473: / Line 495: @@
 {{Election box candidate with party link|
   |party      = Independent (politician)
-  |candidate  = '''M.T. Folland*'''
+  |candidate  = '''Michael Tracy Folland*'''
-  |votes      = 1,168
+  |votes      = '''1,168'''
   |percentage =
   |change     =
@@ Line 481: / Line 503: @@
   |party      = Independent (politician)
   |candidate  = '''Denzil Roger George Griffiths*'''
-  |votes      = 1,050
+  |votes      = '''1,050'''
   |percentage =
   |change     =
@@ Line 488: / Line 510: @@
   |party      = Independent (politician)
   |candidate  = '''W. Hardy*'''
-  |votes      = 1,020
+  |votes      = '''1,020'''
   |percentage =
   |change     =
@@ Line 494: / Line 516: @@
 {{Election box candidate with party link|
   |party      = Plaid Cymru
-  |candidate  = '''Michael Williams'''
+  |candidate  = '''Michael Williams*'''
-  |votes      = 912
+  |votes      = '''912'''
   |percentage =
   |change     =
@@ Line 549: / Line 571: @@
 {{reflist}}
-[[Category:Council elections in Wales]]
+{{Dyfed elections}}
-[[Category:Welsh local elections, 1987]]
+{{United Kingdom local elections, 1987}}
+[[Category:South Pembrokeshire District Council elections]]
+[[Category:1987 Welsh local elections|South Pembrokeshire District Council election]]

v t e Council elections in the preserved county of Dyfed
Carmarthenshire County Council	1995 1999 2004 2008 2012 2017 2022
Ceredigion County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1995 1999 2004 2008 2012 2017 2022
Pembrokeshire County Council	1995 1999 2004 2008 2012 2017 2022
Dyfed County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished
Carmarthen District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished
Ceredigion District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished
Dinefwr Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished
Llanelli Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished
Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished
South Pembrokeshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

v t e (1986 ←) 1987 United Kingdom local elections (→ 1988)
Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bradford Bolton Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton
District councils (England)	Adur Allerdale Alnwick Amber Valley Arun Ashfield Ashford Aylesbury Vale Babergh Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Bassetlaw Bath Berwick-upon-Tweed Blaby Blackburn Blackpool Blyth Valley Bolsover Boothferry Boston Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Braintree Breckland Brentwood Bridgnorth Brighton Bristol Broadland Bromsgrove Broxbourne Broxtowe Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Canterbury Caradon Carlisle Carrick Castle Morpeth Castle Point Charnwood Chelmsford Cheltenham Cherwell Chester Chesterfield Chester-le-Street Chichester Chiltern Chorley Christchurch Cleethorpes Colchester Congleton Copeland Corby Cotswold Craven Crawley Crewe and Nantwich Dacorum Darlington Dartford Daventry Derby Derwentside Dover Durham Easington East Cambridgeshire East Devon East Hampshire East Hertfordshire East Lindsey East Northamptonshire East Staffordshire East Yorkshire East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley Eastbourne Eastleigh Eden Ellesmere Port and Neston Elmbridge Epping Forest Epsom and Ewell Erewash Exeter Fareham Fenland Forest Heath Forest of Dean Fylde Gedling Gillingham Glanford Gloucester Gosport Gravesham Great Grimsby Great Yarmouth Guildford Halton Hambleton Harborough Harlow Harrogate Hart Hartlepool Hastings Havant Hereford Hertsmere High Peak Hinckley and Bosworth Holderness Horsham Hove Hull Huntingdonshire Hyndburn Ipswich Kennet Kerrier Kettering King's Lynn and West Norfolk Kingswood Lancaster Langbaurgh Leicester Leominster Lewes Lichfield Lincoln Luton Macclesfield Maidstone Maldon Malvern Hills Mansfield Medina Melton Mendip Mid Bedfordshire Mid Devon Mid Suffolk Mid Sussex Middlesbrough Milton Keynes Mole Valley New Forest Newark Newbury Newcastle-under-Lyme North Bedfordshire North Cornwall North Devon North Dorset North East Derbyshire North Hertfordshire North Kesteven North Norfolk North Shropshire North Warwickshire North West Leicestershire North Wiltshire Northampton Northavon Norwich Nottingham Nuneaton and Bedworth Oadby and Wigston Oswestry Oxford Pendle Penwith Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Purbeck Reading Redditch Reigate and Banstead Restormel Ribble Valley Richmondshire Rochester-upon-Medway Rochford Rossendale Rother Rugby Runnymede Rushcliffe Rushmoor Rutland Ryedale Salisbury Scarborough Scunthorpe Sedgefield Sedgemoor Selby Sevenoaks Shepway Shrewsbury and Atcham Slough South Bedfordshire South Bucks South Cambridgeshire South Derbyshire South Hams South Herefordshire South Holland South Kesteven South Lakeland South Norfolk South Northamptonshire South Oxfordshire South Ribble South Shropshire South Somerset South Staffordshire South Wight Southampton Southend-on-Sea Spelthorne St Albans St Edmundsbury Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Stevenage Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-on-Avon Stroud Suffolk Coastal Surrey Heath Swale Tamworth Tandridge Taunton Deane Teesdale Teignbridge Tendring Test Valley Tewkesbury Thamesdown Thanet The Wrekin Three Rivers Thurrock Tonbridge and Malling Torbay Torridge Tunbridge Wells Tynedale Uttlesford Vale of White Horse Vale Royal Wansbeck Wansdyke Warrington Warwick Watford Waveney Waverley Wealden Wear Valley Wellingborough Welwyn Hatfield West Derbyshire West Devon West Dorset West Lancashire West Lindsey West Oxfordshire West Somerset West Wiltshire Weymouth and Portland Wimborne Winchester Windsor and Maidenhead Woking Wokingham Woodspring Worcester Worthing Wychavon Wycombe Wyre Wyre Forest York
District councils (Wales)	Aberconwy Alyn and Deeside Anglesey - Ynys Môn Arfon Blaenau Gwent Brecknock Cardiff Carmarthen Ceredigion Colwyn Cynon Valley Delyn Dinefwr Dwyfor Glyndŵr Islwyn Llanelli Lliw Valley Meirionnydd Merthyr Tydfil Monmouth Montgomeryshire Neath Newport Ogwr Port Talbot Preseli Pembrokeshire Radnor Rhondda Rhuddlan Rhymney Valley South Pembrokeshire Swansea Taff-Ely Torfaen Vale of Glamorgan Wrexham Maelor
See also: UK General election