Pembrokeshire UK wards - Maenclochog locator

Maenclochog is the name of an

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. It covers the

Maenclochog Maenclochog () is a village, parish and community in Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales. It is also the name of an electoral ward comprising a wider area of four surrounding communities. Maenclochog Community includes the small settlement of Ll ...

community and the two neighbouring

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Llandissilio West Llandissilio is a village and parish in the community of Llandissilio West in east Pembrokeshire, Wales on the A478 road between Efailwen to the north and Clunderwen to the south. A largely ribbon development along the main road, the village ...

and

Clynderwen Clynderwen ( cy, Clunderwen; ) is a rural linear village and community, historically in Carmarthenshire in Wales, but administered as part of Pembrokeshire. It lies on the A478 Tenby to Cardigan road south of the village of Llandissilio and nor ...

. The Maenclochog ward elects a councillor to

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. According to the

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the population of the Maenclochog ward was 3,104 (with 2,443 of these over 18 years of age).

History

Maenclochog was a four community ward from 6 May 1999 with Clynderwen being transferred from

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to Pembrokeshire on 1 April 2003. Following the recommendations of a boundary review by the

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, effective from the 2022 local elections, the Maenclochog ward was reconfigured, becoming a three community ward comprising Clunderwen, Llandissilio West and Maenclochog. The community of Mynachlogddu became part of a new 'Crymych and Mynachlog-ddu' ward, while

New Moat New Moat ( cy, Y Mot) is a village, parish and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It extends from the southern edges of Mynydd Preseli to the Pembrokeshire-Carmarthenshire border. Demographics New Moat community includes the villages of New Moat, ...

was transferred to the Wiston ward.

Maenclochog Community Council

Maenclochog is also the name of a community ward (covering part of the Maenclochog community) which elects five of the seven members of Maenclochog Community Council.

County elections

2022

At the Pembrokeshire County Council election in May 2022, the ward elected

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councillor, Simon Wright, with 505 votes.

2017

At the May 2017 election Maenclochog was the last result to come in, with Independent councillor Huw George retaining his seat on the county council. Cllr George had held the seat since 2008.

2012

* = sitting councillor prior to the election

References

{{reflist Pembrokeshire electoral wards