Pembrokeshire UK wards - Goodwick locator

Goodwick is the name of an electoral ward in Pembrokeshire,

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, covering the town of the same name (part of the

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Fishguard and Goodwick Fishguard and Goodwick is the name of a community that wraps around Fishguard Bay, on the northern coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales. It comprises the two towns of Fishguard and Goodwick, with their neighbourhoods of Dyffryn, Harbour Village, Peny ...

). The ward elects a councillor to

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. Six councillors are elected to the Fishguard and Goodwick

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. According to the 2011 UK Census the population of the ward was 1,988 (with 1,574 of voting age).

History

In May 2017 sitting county councillor Gwilym Price lost to an

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candidate Kevin Doolin. At the May 2012 election,

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county councillor Moira Lewis lost her seat to the

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candidate, describing the contest as "vicious".

References

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