Camrose, Pembrokeshire (electoral ward)

Welsh electoral ward

Camrose is an electoral ward in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Since May 2022 the ward has been coterminous the community of Camrose. The community of Camrose consists of part of Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

According to the UK 2011 Census the population of the Camrose ward was 2,565 (with 2,148 of these of voting age).^[1]

Camrose councillor Jamie Adams was leader of Pembrokeshire County Council from May 2012^[2] until the May 2017 elections.

A ward of Pembrokeshire County Council since 1995 Camrose was previously a ward of the former Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council.

Until the 2022 local elections the ward also covered the community of Nolton and Roch. Following the recommendations of a boundary review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales, the ward was reconfigured, with Nolton and Roch being transferred and merged with the neighbouring ward of The Havens.^[3]

County elections

At the first election for the new Pembrokeshire County Council in 1995, an Independent, previously a member of Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council was elected.^[4]

Camrose 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Desmond Edward Codd*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

At the second election, in 1999 the Conservative Party fielded candidates in Pembrokeshire for the first time but they were heavily defeated in Camrose.^[5]

Camrose 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Desmond Edward Codd*	803	72.9	+72.9
	Conservative	David Loosemore	298	27.1	+27.1
Majority			505	45.8
	Independent hold		Swing

At the third election, in 2004 Desmond Codd stood down and Jamie Adams was elected in a four cornered contest.^[6]

Camrose 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Llewellyn Adams	572	46.8	+46.8
	Independent	Roger James Mathias	362	29.6	+29.6
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Smith	181	14.8	+14.8
	Independent	Jean Mary Jones	106	8.7	+8.7
Majority			210	17.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Adams was returned unopposed in 2008.^[7]

Camrose 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Llewellyn Adams*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

In 2012, Adams was again returned unopposed.^[8]

Camrose 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Llewellyn Adams*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

At the May 2017 elections Adams was elected again after another four cornered contest.^[9]

Camrose 2017
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Jamie Adams*	448
Independent	Nicky Watts	358
Conservative	Jonathan Twigg	275
Plaid Cymru	Kay Dearing	135
Independent hold		Swing

* = sitting councillor prior to the election

References

↑ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Camrose 2011 Census Ward (1237328240)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
↑ ""Grave concerns" over troubled Pembrokeshire Council's child safeguarding issues". Wales Online. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
↑ "Review of Community Boundaries in the County of Pembrokeshire. Final Recommendations Report" (PDF). Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales. 2021. pp. 33–34. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
↑ "Election Results". Western Mail. 6 May 1995.
↑ "Results". Western Mail. 8 May 1999.
↑ "County Council election results". Western Telegraph. 16 June 2004.
↑ "County Councillors Results, 1st May 2008". Pembrokeshire County Council. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
↑ "County Council Elections 2012". Pembrokeshire County Council. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
↑ "All the results from the Pembrokeshire County Council elections as they happen". Western Telegraph. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2018.

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