1979 South Pembrokeshire District Council election

An election to South Pembrokeshire District Council was held in May 1979. An Independent majority was maintained.^[1] It was preceded by the 1976 election and followed by the 1983 election. On the same day there was a United Kingdom general election and were elections to the other district local authorities and community councils in Wales.

Results

Amroth (one seat)

Amroth 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Walter Edwards*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Angle (one seat)

Angle 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Seymour Allen-Mierhouse*	178
	Independent	R. Pointon	83
Majority			95
Turnout				87.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Begelly (one seat)

Begelly 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E.B. Cole	284	47.3
	Independent	W. Dovey	100	16.7
	Independent	W. Cray	97	16.2
	Independent	T. Evans	63	10.5
	Independent	E. Lawrence	30	5.0
	Independent	L. Duncan	26	4.3
Majority				30.6
Turnout				56.7	−13.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Carew (one seat)

Carew 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S.W. Hallett*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Cosheston (one seat)

Cosheston 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W. Phillips*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Hundleton (one seat)

Hundleton 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A.G.R. Shepperd*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Lampeter Velfrey (one seat)

Lampeter Velfrey 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. Griffiths*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Maenclochog (one seat)

Maenclochog 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	N. Drew*	500	73.6	+26.3
	Independent	L. May	179	26.4
Majority				47.2
Turnout				83.0	+4.6
	Independent hold		Swing

Manorbier (one seat)

Manorbier 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. Coates	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Martletwy and Slebech (one seat)

Martletwy and Slebech 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Elwyn James*	405	76.6
	Independent	B. Johnson	124	23.4
Majority				53.2
Turnout				85.7	−26.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Narberth North / South (one seat)

Narberth North / South 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Richard Colin Davies*	607	69.8
	Independent	Joan Asby	263	30.2
Majority				39.5
Turnout				86.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Narberth Urban (one seat)

Narberth Urban 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J.E. Feetham*	424	60.1	−3.8
	Independent	E. Owen	281	39.9
Majority				20.2	−7.4
Turnout				83.4	+6.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembroke Central (two seats)

Pembroke Central 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Walford John Davies	651
	Independent	T.V. Hay*	557
	Independent	J. Williams*	315
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembroke East (three seats)

Pembroke East 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. Mathias*	1,615
	Independent	I.C.J. Jenkins	1,170
	Independent	E. Wrench*	1,120
	Independent	E.L.J. Morgan*	1,064
	Independent	P. Peachey	979
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembroke Llanion (two seats)

Pembroke Llanion 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D.M. Davies	925
	Labour	Charles Howard Thomas*	699
	Independent	C. Sandell	523
	Independent	J. Gough	491
	Independent	S. Peters	230
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Pembroke Market (two seats)

Pembroke Market 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	F. Bearne*	unopposed
	Independent	W. Rees	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembroke Pennar (two seats)

Pembroke Pennar 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Forster*	unopposed
	Independent	K. Phillips*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Penally (one seat)

Penally 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W. Lawrence	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

St Issels (two seats)

St Issels 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	G.C. Rowe	1,127
	Independent	B. Howells	751
	Independent	Lawrence William James Duncan*	707
	Independent	E. Lawrence	679
	Independent	B. Williams*	456
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Tenby North (two seats)

Tenby North 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mrs I. Davies*	unopposed
	Independent	Denzil Roger George Griffiths*	unopposed
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Tenby South (two seats)

Tenby South 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	K. Batchelor	693
	Independent	Michael Williams	598
	Independent	T.G. Phillips*	527
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

References

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