Haverfordwest Priory (electoral ward)

Haverfordwest Priory is the name of an electoral ward in Pembrokeshire, Wales.[1] It covers the southern edge of the town of Haverfordwest, mostly west of the river but including Haverfordwest railway station at its eastern extreme, the Haverfordwest Priory from which it takes its name and the residential areas bounded by Freeman's Way and surrounding the Pembrokeshire College campus. The ward elects a councillor to Pembrokeshire County Council.

Haverfordwest Priory
Electoral ward

Ward locations within the town of Haverfordwest
Population2,496 (2011 census)
Principal area
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHAVERFORDWEST
Postcode districtSA61
Dialling code+44-1437
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Councillors1 (County)
4 (Town Council)

Priory ward also elects four community councillors to Haverfordwest Town Council.[2]

According to the 2011 UK Census the population of the ward was 2,496 (with 1,971 of voting age).[3]

County elections

At the May 2017 Pembrokeshire County Council election the county council seat was retained unopposed by Cllr David Bryan[4] who now sits as a Conservative Party representative.[5]

At the 2012 Council elections Bryan was elected as a member of the council's Independent Group (and had been an Independent Group member for 8 years) but left the group shortly after the election to sit as an unaffiliated councillor.[6]

2012 Pembrokeshire County Council election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent David Michael Bryan 684 86.6
Independent Byron Henry Frayling 103 13.0

See also

References
  1. "The County of Pembrokeshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  2. "Councillors". Haverfordwest Town Council. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  3. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Haverfordwest: Priory 2011 Census Ward (1237327748)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  4. "All the results from the Pembrokeshire County Council elections as they happen". Pembrokeshire's Best. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  5. "County Councillor David Bryan". Pembrokeshire County Council. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  6. "Row erupts over election leaflets". The Milford Mercury. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  7. "LIVE BLOG: Pembrokeshire County Council election count as it happens". South Wales Argus. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2018.

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