2017 Pembrokeshire County Council election 2017 Pembrokeshire County Council election An election to Pembrokeshire County Council will be held on 4 May 2017 as part of wider local elections across Wales. The election was preceded by the 2012 election. Nominations closed on 4 April 2017. Rob Summons was elected as an Independent at a by-election in 2013. Pat Davies was elected as a Labour candidate in 2012 The sitting member was elected as an Independent in 2012. Tom Richards, who had held the seat as an Independent since 1995, chose to contest as a Conservative having only narrowly defeated a Conservative in 2012. Stephen Joseph
Pembrokeshire seven-year-old pupils were educated through the medium of Welsh. This figure is expected to rise to 25 per cent by 2019/20. The Preseli Branch of the University of the Third Age (U3A) provides musical appreciation as a subject. Health services in the county are provided by Hywel Dda Local Health Board which also provides for Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire. The county's principal hospital is Withybush General Hospital in Haverfordwest, and there are local hospitals in Tenby and Pembroke Dock. In November 2018, Hywel Dda informed Pembrokeshire's Community Health Council that the county had 38 full-time and 34 part-time GPs. Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire