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Another Labour councillor quits the party whip [UPDATED]

Published

9 years ago

September 26, 2016

pat-davies THE HERALD has been informed that Fishguard Labour councillor Pat Davies has left the Labour Group on Pembrokeshire County Council and has met with IPPG council leader Jamie Adams today (Sept 26).

The news comes hot on the heels of Cllr Davies’s departure from her role as Chair of the local authority committee charged with oversight and scrutiny of the local authorities education and children services. She was replaced as chair of the newly constituted Schools and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Committee by Cllr Guy Woodham.

The Herald is aware that there were significant tensions between Cllr Davies and Cllr Miller over the former’s support for the council’s proposed reorganisation of post 16 education in the north of the Pembrokeshire, and particularly the former’s unflinching and stridently expressed wish to move Haverfordwest’s post-16 education to Pembrokeshire College.

Pat Davies’s resignation from the Labour Group reduces the number of Labour councillors to five, with more members and former members of the group now sitting either on the IPPG benches or as unaffiliated than there are members of Paul Miller’s team.

Pat Davies becomes the fourth member of the party to jump ship this council term.

Labour Group leader Paul Miller told The Herald: “It’s no secret that Cllr Davies is a wholehearted supporter of 11-16 education and vehemently opposed to the creation of an 11-19 school in Haverfordwest.

“The Labour Group has collectively taken a different view to Cllr Davies, supporting the retention of an 11-19 option in the belief that this represents the best outcome for students’ rights across Pembrokeshire.

“Unfortunately, as a result and after reflection over the summer, Cllr Davies has decided to leave the Labour Group.

“While I personally sympathise with Cllr Davies’s position, the Labour Group’s position is determined by a majority and there are some equally strongly held views in the Group in favour of an 11-19 school in Haverfordwest.

“I wish Cllr Davies all the best and I’m certain that on the many issues we do agree upon, we will continue to work closely together in the future.”

Crime

Drink-driver narrowly avoided collision in town centre

Published

26 minutes ago

February 4, 2026

Sarah-Jane Absalom

Motorist almost three times over legal limit

A DRINK-driver narrowly avoided crashing into another vehicle while almost three times over the legal alcohol limit, a court has heard.

Nathan Lloyd, 33, was seen driving a Nissan X-Trail in Haverfordwest in the early hours of December 20 without headlights.

Police followed the vehicle, which narrowly missed a car and struck a kerb before being stopped.

Lloyd, of Adams Drive, Narberth, recorded a breath reading of 97 micrograms of alcohol, nearly three times the legal limit.

He was disqualified from driving for two years and given a 12-month community order requiring 80 hours of unpaid work and 20 rehabilitation days. He was ordered to pay £114 surcharge and £85 costs.