Council by-election · Pembrokeshire County: Pembroke Dock: Central ward · Tuesday, 8 December 2026
This is where politics meets your life.
Before anyone asks for your vote: what the official record says about the area around this area, from planning to local statistics, and who represents you now.
Life in Pembrokeshire County: Pembroke Dock: Central ward: the official facts
Official open data about the area. It describes the place, not you, and it favours no candidate.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits
85 people in Central ward, 6.4% of residents aged 16–64, against 3.4% across Wales (September 2026).
Claimant count, Office for National Statistics via Nomis (Open Government Licence). It counts people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while required to seek work; it is not the same as the unemployment rate.
House prices in Pembrokeshire
Average price £211,074, down 2.5% on a year earlier (August 2026).
Flats and maisonettes: £110,592
Detached houses: £307,316
Source: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index for the local authority (Open Government Licence). A local-authority average; prices within it vary widely.
Recorded crime nearby, August 2026
109 street-level crimes recorded within about a mile of the area's centre.
violent crime: 51
criminal damage arson: 19
anti social behaviour: 10
other theft: 8
burglary: 5
public order: 5
Source: data.police.uk (Open Government Licence). Centroid of the ONS 2024 boundary. Statistics near this point describe the area, not any household. Recorded crime reflects reporting and policing as well as offending; see the ONS guidance in further reading.
Your area · Pembrokeshire County: Pembroke Dock: Central ward, 8 December 2026 · What’s It To Me?
Who represents you now
At the last full election here, the ward elected: Joshua Beynon (Labour Party).