Liam Yip

ALDC by-election report, 19th March

By | Fri 20th March 2026 - 3:49 pm

There was one principal council by-election this week, on Tuesday. After a previous absense on the ballot here, we were able to stand a canddiate.

In Wales, vote splintering meant that Reform UK were able to gain this seat from an independent, albeit with an unconvincing share of the vote. Thank you to Sam Warden and the local team for flying the Liberal Democrat flag.

Pembrokeshire County Council, Milford Hakin
Reform UK: 179 (27.1%, new)
Conservative: 144 (21.8%, +0.5%)
Independent (Bridges): 106 (16%, -14%)
Green Party: 85 (12.9%, new)
Liberal Democrats (Sam Warden): 57 (8.6%, new)
Independent (Edwards): 52 (7.9%, new)
Labour: 27 (4.1%, new)
Independent (Abbott): 11 (1.7%, new)

Reform GAIN from Independent

Turnout: 32.7%

Thank you to all of our candidates, agents, and campaign teams. A full summary of these results, and all other principal council by-elections, can be found on the ALDC by-elections page here.

* Liam Yip is the Campaigns and Communications Intern at ALDC

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One Comment

  • Tim Rogers 20th Mar '26 - 6:28pm

    I’m sure if we had won the seat you would not have called it unconvincing. Wales (and here in Cornwall) we have seven party’s plus independents ,so this is probably the future.

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