Editing Pembrokeshire (section)

==Governance, politics and public services==
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Under the [[Local Government Act 1888]], an elected [[Pembrokeshire County Council, 1889-1974|county council]] was set up to take over the functions of the Pembrokeshire [[Quarter Sessions]]. It was based at the [[Shire Hall, Haverfordwest]].<ref>{{NHAW|num=12110|desc= The Shire Hall|access-date=5 October 2021}}</ref> This and the administrative county of Pembrokeshire were abolished under the [[Local Government Act 1972]], with Pembrokeshire forming two districts of the new county of [[Dyfed]]: [[South Pembrokeshire]] and [[Preseli Pembrokeshire|Preseli]] – the split being made at the request of local authorities in the area. Under the same Act, [[civil parish]]es<ref name="OS1909"/> were replaced by [[Community (Wales)|communities]] across the whole of Wales.<ref name="Wood1976"/><ref name="LGA1972"/> In 1996, under the [[Local Government (Wales) Act 1994]], the county of Dyfed was broken up into its constituent parts, and Pembrokeshire has been a [[unitary authority]] since then.<ref name="Hansard23Jun2009"/> A new [[County Hall, Haverfordwest|County Hall]] was built in 1999 in Haverfordwest and serves as the county council's headquarters. In 2017 [[Pembrokeshire County Council]] had 60 members and no political party in overall control; there were 34 [[Independent (politician)|independent]] councillors.<ref name="PCCCouncillors"/>

In 2009, the question of county names and [[Royal Mail]] postal addresses was raised in the Westminster parliament; it was argued that Royal Mail's continued use of the county address Dyfed was causing concern and confusion in the Pembrokeshire business community.<ref name="Hansard23Jun2009"/> The Royal Mail subsequently ceased requiring county names to be used in postal addresses.

In 2018, Pembrokeshire County Council increased [[council tax]] by 12.5 per cent, the largest increase since 2004, but the county's council tax remains the lowest in Wales.<ref name="BBCNews26Sep2018"/> In 2023 the council published its corporate strategy document for 2023-28.<ref name="PCCcorpstrat"/>

The Pembrokeshire (Communities) Order 2011 established the most recent arrangement of [[Community (Wales)|communities]] (the successors to civil parishes) in the county which have their own councils; see the foot of this page for a list of communities.<ref name="NAPCO2011"/>

From 2010 to 2024, Pembrokeshire returned two [[Welsh Conservatives|Conservative]] MPs to the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] at Westminster: [[Stephen Crabb]] for [[Preseli Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Preseli Pembrokeshire]] and [[Simon Hart]] for [[Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South Pembrokeshire]] which is represented jointly with West Carmarthenshire.<ref name="BBCNews7May2010"/> The corresponding [[Member of the Senedd|Members of the Senedd]] (MSs) returned to the [[Senedd]] (Welsh Parliament) in Cardiff are [[Paul Davies (Welsh politician)|Paul Davies]] and [[Samuel Kurtz]] respectively, both Conservatives.<ref name="WO6May2016"/>
[[File:2024 Wales Pembrokeshire Constituencies map.svg|thumb|150x150px|The two UK parliament constituencies covering Pembrokeshire (in pink) from 2024. 1 = [[Mid and South Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid and South Pembrokeshire]], 2 = [[Ceredigion Preseli (UK Parliament constituency)|Ceredigion Preseli]].]]
From 2024, Pembrokeshire was represented by the new UK Parliament constituencies [[Ceredigion Preseli (UK Parliament constituency)|Ceredigion Preseli]] and [[Mid and South Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid and South Pembrokeshire]]<ref name="ParlReview2023"/> which, in the [[2024 General Election]], returned [[Ben Lake]] ([[Plaid Cymru]])<ref name="parliament"/> and [[Henry Tufnell (Welsh politician)|Henry Tufnell]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])<ref name="WO5Jul2024"/> respectively.

Pembrokeshire is served by the [[Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service]]<ref name="MAWWFire"/> and [[Dyfed-Powys Police]].<ref name="DPPolice"/>