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About us

Pembrokeshire is a unique and beautiful county. Besides the 125,000 people who live and work here, we also welcome around 2.4 million staying visitors per year.

Pembrokeshire County Council provides a diverse and wide reaching range of services to meet the needs of its residents and visitors.

These include education, social services, housing, transport, leisure, library facilities and planning to name just a few.

Our refuse and recycling service, has been named the best for recycling in Wales in for the last three years.

The Council is the biggest employer in the county, with around 6,100 employees and every employee has a key role to play in helping us achieve our vision: Working together, improving lives.

 

Facts and figures

We:

Collect waste and recycling from over 62,000 households

Maintain approximately 2,500 kilometres of road, 650 bridges and 15,000 street lights

Provide 96 car parks with in excess of 7,500 spaces

Are responsible for 61 schools, providing education for more than 17,200 pupils

Own and manage more than 5,600 homes

Process around 1,200 planning applications a year

Provide a wide range of public protection services, including environmental health, trading standards and licensing

Help maintain Pembrokeshire's award winning beaches, including Blue Flag and Green Coast Awards  beaches.

Manage the county's leisure facilities, and its libraries, museums and archives

How the council works

Pembrokeshire residents are represented by 60 members called County Councillors.

These 60 members represent 59 wards (areas) across Pembrokeshire.

County Councillors are elected for a five-year term. The last election was held on May 5th, 2022.

The current political make-up of the Council is:

Not affiliated to any group: 18

Independent Group: 17

Welsh Conservative Group: 11

Labour Group: 10

Plaid Cymru Group: 2

Welsh Liberal Democrat Group: 2

Councillors determine the policies of the council, while officers (council staff) are employed to give advice, implement these decisions and deliver council services.

The Leader of the Council is Cllr David Simpson (not affiliated to any group).

The Leader of the Council appoints a Cabinet with Cabinet Members having specific responsibilities relating to areas of the Council’s work.

The Leader and the Cabinet form the Executive.

The Cabinet

Cllr Jon Harvey Leader

Cllr Paul Miller Deputy Leader, Cabinet Member for Place, the Region and Climate Change

Cllr Michelle Bateman Cabinet Member for Housing 

Cllr Joshua Beynon Cabinet Member for Corporate Finance and Efficiencies 

Cllr Jacob Williams Cabinet Member for Planning and Regulatory Services 

Cllr Tessa Hodgson Cabinet Member for Social Care and Safeguarding

Cllr Neil Prior Cabinet Member for Communities, Corporate Improvement and the Well-being of Future Generations

Cllr Rhys Sinnett Cabinet Member for Residents’ Services 

Cllr Guy Woodham Cabinet Member for Education and Welsh Language

To balance the Executive’s powers, Overview and Scrutiny Committees are responsible for holding the Executive to account.

This includes, if necessary, examining and questioning decisions made by the Cabinet.

Pembrokeshire’s Overview and Scrutiny Committees also monitor performance, contribute to policy development and review and investigate matters, which affect the County and its residents.

There are five Overview and Scrutiny Committees:

Schools and Learning

Corporate

Social Care

Policy

Services.