1979 Ceredigion District Council election

The third round election to Ceredigion District Council was held in May 1979. It was preceded by the 1976 election and followed by the 1983 election. On the same day there was a UK General Election and elections to the other district and community councils in Wales.

Results

Aberaeron (one seat)

Aberaeron 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. Herbert*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Aberbanc (one seat)

Aberbanc 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	B. Jones	558	52.7
	Plaid Cymru	L. Jones	501	47.3
Majority				5.4
Turnout				89.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Aberporth (one seat)

Aberporth 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J.L. Davies*	928	77.5
	Plaid Cymru	Tomos Melfydd George	269	22.5
Majority				55.1
Turnout				67.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Aberystwyth Ward One (four seats)

Aberystwyth Ward One 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Griffith Eric Hughes*	1,739
	Labour	W.J. Eden	1,222
	Labour	John Marek	1,077
	Liberal	G. Parry	1,074
	Plaid Cymru	G. Edwards	1,038
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent Labour		Swing
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing

Aberystwyth Ward Two (two seats)

Aberystwyth Ward Two 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Miss K.A. Jones*	1,057
	Liberal	Ceredig Jones	860
	Plaid Cymru	R. Davies*	828
Turnout				79.5
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Aberystwyth Ward Three (two seats)

Aberystwyth Ward Three 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Hywel Griffiths Evans*	unopposed
	Liberal	M. Jones*	unopposed
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

Aeron (one seat)

Aeron 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D. Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Borth (one seat)

Borth 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Thomas Kinsey Raw-Rees*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Bow Street (one seat)

Bow Street 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Hywel Wyn Jones	472	54.1
	Independent	Dafydd F. Raw-Rees	400	45.9
Majority				8.2
Turnout				84.9
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Cardigan (three seats)

Cardigan 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. Jenkins*	unopposed
	Independent	O.M. Owen*	unopposed
	Independent	I.J.C. Radley*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Cwmrheidol and Devils' Bridge (one seat)

Cwmrheidol and Devils' Bridge 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E.H. Evans	344	64.3
	Liberal	E. Griffiths	127	23.7
	Plaid Cymru	M. Davies	64	12.0
Majority				40.6
Turnout				89.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

Faenor Upper (one seat)

Faenor Upper 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M.B. Roberts*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Felinfach (one seat)

Felinfach 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W.A. Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Lampeter (two seats)

Lampeter 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J.R. Evans	928
	Independent	J.E. Roberts	732
	Liberal	Mrs C.P. Barton	664
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanarth (one seat)

Llanarth 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Thomas	711	78.7
	Independent	S. Thomas*	193	21.3
Majority				57.4
Turnout				80.6
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanbadarn Fawr (one seat)

Llanbadarn Fawr 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J.E. Raw-Rees*	755	58.6
	Labour	M. Leather	533	41.4
Majority			222	17.2
Turnout				69.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandygwydd (one seat)

Llandygwydd 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Elfed Davies	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandysul North (one seat)

Llandysul North 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas John Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandysul South (one seat)

Llandysul South 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A.Ll. Evans	688	66.2
	Conservative	D. Gutteridge	352	33.8
Majority				32.4
Turnout				83.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfair and Llanwnen (one seat)

Llanfair and Llanwnen 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Johnny Williams*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfarian (one seat)

Llanfarian 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Morgan*	259	37.6
	Plaid Cymru	E. Jones	235	34.1
	Liberal	J. Thomas	195	28.3
Majority			24	3.5
Turnout				75.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanfihangel and Llanilar (one seat)

The sitting member was elected as an Independent in 1976.

Llanfihangel and Llanilar 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ll.D. Jones*	unopposed
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing

Llangeitho and Caron Isclawdd (one seat)

Llangeitho and Caron Isclawdd 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W.G. Bennett*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangoedmor (one seat)

Llangoedmor 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	I.J. Griffiths*	407	54.3
	Independent	A. Griffiths	343	45.7
Majority				8.5
Turnout				86.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangrannog and Penbryn (one seat)

Llangrannog and Penbryn 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E.T. Jenner	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanilar and Llanrhystud (one seat)

Llanilar and Llanrhystud 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Richard Edwards*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanllwchaiarn and Llandysiliogogo (one seat)

Llanllwchaiarn and Llandysiliogogo 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J.E. Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llansantffraid and Cilcennin (one seat)

Llansantffraid and Cilcennin 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	L. Lloyd*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanwenog (one seat)

Llanwenog 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D.A. James*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Lledrod, Strata Florida and Ysbyty Ystwyth (one seat)

Lledrod, Strata Florida and Ysbyty Ystwyth 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Lloyd Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Nantcwnlle, Llanddewi Brefi and Llangeitho (one seat)

Nantcwnlle, Llanddewi Brefi and Llangeitho 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hannah Marion Jones	495	51.2
	Liberal	E. Williams*	471	48.8
Majority				2.4
Turnout				89.4
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing

New Quay (one seat)

New Quay 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	I.C. Pursey*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Taliesin and Talybont (one seat)

Taliesin and Talybont 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Rowland Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Trefeurig and Goginan (one seat)

Trefeurig and Goginan 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Troedyraur (one seat)

Troedyraur 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S. Idris Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing