Haverfordwest Priory (electoral ward) explained

Official Name:Haverfordwest Priory
Country:Wales
Type:Electoral ward
Static Image Name:Electoral wards in and surrounding the town of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire.png
Static Image Caption:Ward locations within the town of Haverfordwest
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Population:2,496
Population Ref:(2011 census)
Post Town:HAVERFORDWEST
Postcode Area:SA
Postcode District:SA61
Dial Code:+44-1437
Constituency Westminster:Preseli Pembrokeshire
Unitary Wales:Pembrokeshire
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Preseli Pembrokeshire
Councillors:1 (County)
4 (Town Council)
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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.

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).

County elections

At the May 2017 Pembrokeshire County Council election the county council seat was retained unopposed by Cllr David Bryan[3] who now sits as a Conservative Party representative.[4]

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.[5]

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The County of Pembrokeshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 . Legislation.gov.uk . 18 February 2018 .
  2. Web site: Councillors . Haverfordwest Town Council . 18 February 2018 .
  3. News: All the results from the Pembrokeshire County Council elections as they happen . Pembrokeshire's Best . 5 May 2017 . 18 February 2018 . 19 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180219090236/http://www.pembrokeshiresbestmagazine.com/2017/05/05/pembrokeshire-county-council-election-results-live/ . dead .
  4. Web site: County Councillor David Bryan . Pembrokeshire County Council . 18 February 2018.
  5. News: Row erupts over election leaflets . The Milford Mercury . 10 August 2012 . 18 February 2018.