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The building was subsequently used as an area office by Dyfed County Council. Following the re-establishment of Pembrokeshire County Council in 1996 and the opening of a new County Hall in 1999 the County Offices became surplus to requirements and so were demolished and a leisure centre built on the site, opening in 2009. [25]
(The number of seats in this part of the county remained unchanged) In Milford Haven, a number of limited changes were made to ward boundaries, but the five wards continued to elect one councillor each. The existing Pembroke Dock Pennar ward was divided to create two new wards, named Pembroke Dock: Pennar and Pembroke Dock: Bufferland.
An earlier Pembrokeshire County Council had existed from 1889 until 1974, when local government reorganisation abolished the administrative county of Pembrokeshire, splitting the area into two districts called Preseli (renamed Preseli Pembrokeshire in 1987) and South Pembrokeshire, both of which were within a new county of Dyfed.
Pembroke Borough Council was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, with the area becoming part of the new district of South Pembrokeshire within the county of Dyfed on 1 April 1974. A community was established to cover the area of the former borough, with its council taking the name Pembroke Town Council.
St Davids City Council is the community council body, and has twelve councillors. The Council employs a City Clerk and a Financial Officer. [8] The council is responsible for a wide range of public services and facilities, including providing links to Pembrokeshire County Council and Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority. [9] [10]
Fishguard and Goodwick Urban District was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, with the area becoming part of the district of Preseli Pembrokeshire on 1 April 1974. A community covering the former urban district was established at the same time, with its council taking the name Fishguard and Goodwick Town Council. [3] [4]
The ward elects a county councillor to Pembrokeshire County Council and four town councillors to Pembroke Town Council. [3] According to the 2011 UK Census the population of the ward was 2,060. [4] In July 2018 the sitting county councillor, David 'Dai' Boswell, was convicted and sentenced to 18 years in prison for rape and indecent assault.
Merlin's Bridge (Welsh: Bont Myrddin or Pont Fadlen) is a village and a community south of, and contiguous with, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, on the A4076 to Milford Haven. Merlin's Bridge has its own elected community council which meets monthly, [ 2 ] and is an electoral ward to Pembrokeshire County Council , electing one county councillor.