The sixth and final election to Dyfed County Council was held in May 1993.[1] It was preceded by the 1989 election. In 1995 Welsh local government reorganization led to the abolition of the authority.
Overview edit
The Independents remained the largest party with Labour the nearest challenger.
Ward Results (Cardiganshire) edit
Aberporth edit
The sitting member had won the seat at a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Haydn Lewis* | 1,234 | 67.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Islwyn Iago | 585 | 32.2 | -7.8 | |
Majority | 35.6 | ||||
Turnout | 43.4 | -1.7 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Aberteifi edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T.J. Adams-Lewis | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Aberystwyth North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Hywel Griffiths Evans* | 1,019 | 65.4 | +11.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Louis Griffin | 538 | 34.6 | +15.8 | |
Majority | 34.8 | -3.8 | |||
Turnout | 40.1 | -7.5 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Aberystwyth South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Eric John Griffiths | 802 | 40.1 | -4.9 | |
Independent | Hywel Thomas Jones | 485 | 24.3 | ||
Independent | Owen Henry Jones | 325 | 16.3 | ||
Labour | B.E. Cole | 255 | 12.8 | -42.2 | |
Independent | A. Bowden | 132 | 6.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 44.9 | -12.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Beulah edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Emrys Jones* | 872 | 73.9 | +3.7 | |
Independent | K. Symmons | 308 | 26.1 | -3.7 | |
Majority | 37.8 | +7.3 | |||
Turnout | 47.8 | +3.1 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Borth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Wiliam Penri James | 1,373 | 67.8 | +67.8 | |
Independent | Richard Wynn Cowell* | 653 | 32.2 | -27.1 | |
Majority | 35.6 | ||||
Turnout | 47.5 | -12.1 | |||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |
Lampeter edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert George Harris* | 1,378 | 79.4 | -3.9 | |
Plaid Cymru | S. Taylor | 358 | 20.6 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 58.8 | -10.7 | |||
Turnout | 47.3 | -5.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Llanbadarn Fawr edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Peredur Wynne Eklund | 1,458 | 56.5 | +56.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Griffith Gwynfor Jones* | 1,123 | 43.5 | -25.7 | |
Majority | 13.0 | ||||
Turnout | 43.1 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing |
Llandysiliogogo edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | John Rheinallt Evans* | Unopposed | |||
Plaid Cymru hold |
Llandyfriog edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D.G.E. Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Llanfihangel Ystrad edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | W.A. Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Llansantffraid edit
The seat had changed hands at a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R.W. Lewis* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Lledrod edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Gethin Bennett* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Ystwyth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John David Rowland Jones* | 1,270 | 59.8 | -5.8 | |
Plaid Cymru | Alun Lloyd Jones | 853 | 40.2 | +5.8 | |
Majority | 19.6 | -11.6 | |||
Turnout | 59.0 | +7.3 | |||
SLD hold | Swing |
Ward Results (Carmarthenshire) edit
Abergwili edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J.L. James* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Ammanford edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Myrddin Evans* | 1,489 | 70.9 | +37.8 | |
Independent Labour | D. Thomas | 442 | 21.0 | ||
Independent | W. Thomas | 170 | 8.1 | ||
Majority | 49.9 | ||||
Turnout | 49.8 | -19.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Bigyn edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martin Philip Morris* | 920 | 59.2 | ||
Independent | R.I. John | 635 | 40.8 | ||
Majority | 18.3 | ||||
Turnout | 31.9 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Burry Port edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Keith John Evans | 845 | 62.8 | +62.8 | |
Labour | A. Rollason | 283 | 21.0 | -46.4 | |
Plaid Cymru | D.I. Howells | 217 | 16.1 | -16.5 | |
Majority | 41.8 | ||||
Turnout | 38.3 | +0.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Carmarthen Town North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kenneth Bryan Maynard* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Carmarthen Town South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robin Owen Griffiths | 897 | 40.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Juliana Hughes | 533 | 24.2 | -19.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | Dewi Elwyn Williams | 482 | 18.3 | +3.5 | |
Independent | W.G. Tucker | 295 | 13.4 | -25.1 | |
Majority | 16.4 | ||||
Turnout | 48.2 | +3.9 | |||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Carmarthen Town West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kenneth Wigley Lloyd* | 1,065 | 77.7 | +34.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Sian Thomas | 306 | 22.3 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 55.4 | ||||
Turnout | 41.8 | -5.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elli edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert James Buckland | 353 | 30.7 | +30.7 | |
Labour | Stephen Charles James* | 350 | 30.5 | +30.5 | |
Independent | D. Owen | 256 | 22.3 | +22.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan E, Burree | 189 | 16.5 | +16.5 | |
Majority | 3 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 43.4 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Felinfoel edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Cledwyn Francis* | 879 | 71.1 | ||
Plaid Cymru | J. Barr | 358 | 28.9 | ||
Majority | 42.2 | ||||
Turnout | 32.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Glanamman edit
Jack Davies, who had stood as an Independent Labour candidate at the previous two elections returned to the Labour fold.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W.J. Davies* | 824 | 55.0 | +21.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | John Edwin Lewis | 674 | 45.0 | +27.0 | |
Majority | 10.0 | ||||
Turnout | 44.8 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent Labour | Swing |
Glanymor edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gerald Frederick Meyler* | 735 | 61.4 | ||
Plaid Cymru | C. Perrott | 462 | 38.6 | ||
Majority | 22.8 | ||||
Turnout | 32.6 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Gorslas edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratepayer | William J. Wyn Evans* | 1,875 | 76.3 | ||
Labour | V. Thomas | 583 | 23.7 | ||
Majority | 52.6 | ||||
Turnout | 56.8 | ||||
Ratepayer hold | Swing |
Hengoed edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hugh Samuel Peregrine* | 736 | 67.4 | ||
Plaid Cymru | D. Williams | 356 | 32.6 | ||
Majority | 34.8 | ||||
Turnout | 37.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Kidwelly edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hywel Glyndwr Rees* | 1,081 | 87.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | T. Owens | 159 | 12.8 | ||
Majority | 74.4 | ||||
Turnout | 49.1 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Llandovery edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Theophilus* | 1,770 | 89.4 | ||
Labour | P. Perry | 210 | 10.6 | ||
Majority | 78.8 | ||||
Turnout | 57.4 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandybie edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gerald J. Earl* | 978 | 46.3 | -36.2 | |
Labour | Gareth M. Knowles | 757 | 35.8 | +35.8 | |
Plaid Cymru | Sarah Ann Nesta Price | 378 | 17.9 | ||
Majority | 10.5 | ||||
Turnout | 55.3 | +2.5 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanedi edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Pugh | 783 | 53.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | H. Williams | 672 | 46.2 | ||
Majority | 7.6 | ||||
Turnout | 37.2 | -11.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Llanegwad edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D.T. Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanfihangel ar Arth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Fioled Meirion Jones | 1,743 | 67.6 | ||
Labour | D.R. Williams | 834 | 32.4 | ||
Majority | 35.2 | ||||
Turnout | 55.3 | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |
Llangadog edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T.M. Thomas | 1,636 | 68.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | W.R. Price | 499 | 20.9 | -13.2 | |
Independent | B. Carr | 247 | 10.4 | ||
Majority | 47.8 | ||||
Turnout | 58.9 | +1.8 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llangeler edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Wilfred Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llangennech edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | William Gwyn Hopkins | 1,114 | 55.8 | ||
Labour | Thomas Gordon Lewis* | 884 | 44.2 | ||
Majority | 11.6 | ||||
Turnout | 35.8 | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Llangyndeyrn edit
Boundary Change.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Ian Evans* | 1,192 | 57.8 | -8.9 | |
Plaid Cymru | Handel Michael Ayres Williams | 870 | 42.2 | +8.9 | |
Majority | 15.6 | ||||
Turnout | 47.5 | +3.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Llan-non edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Malcolm Davies* | 1,067 | 63.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Neil W. Baker | 609 | 36.3 | ||
Majority | 27.4 | ||||
Turnout | 41.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Llansteffan edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Arthur J. Harries* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Lliedi edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Denver Rees | 711 | 54.2 | +19.6 | |
Labour | Grenville Darby* | 600 | 45.8 | -19.6 | |
Majority | 8.4 | ||||
Turnout | 30.4 | +0.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Llwynhendy edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eunydd Ashley Brynmor Thomas* | 1,058 | 71.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | N. Burree | 429 | 28.9 | ||
Majority | 42.2 | ||||
Turnout | 25.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pembrey edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Meryl Gravell | 945 | 48.2 | ||
Labour | Kenneth Vaughan Owens* | 566 | 28.9 | -32.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | E. McKibbin | 448 | 22.9 | -16.0 | |
Majority | 19.3 | ||||
Turnout | 39.0 | +6.8 | |||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Pontyberem edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Howard Jones* | 1,242 | 65.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Dynfor Vaughan Owens | 662 | 34.8 | ||
Majority | 30.4 | ||||
Turnout | 49.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Quarter Bach edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Maddock | 751 | 53.5 | ||
Plaid Cymru | K.J.G. Maddocks | 652 | 46.5 | ||
Majority | 7.0 | ||||
Turnout | 59.5 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Saron edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ken Williams* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
St Clears edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dr William Edmund V.J. Davies* | 1,454 | 60.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | David T. Petersen | 937 | 39.2 | ||
Majority | 21.6 | ||||
Turnout | 52.7 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Tyisha edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Dyfrig Thomas | 749 | 50.6 | ||
Labour | Grismond J. Williams* | 731 | 49.4 | ||
Majority | 18 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 43.7 | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Whitland edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Daniel James Roy Llewellyn* | Unopposed | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Ward Results (Pembrokeshire) edit
Camrose edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dewi Llewellyn James* | 539 | 57.0 | +5.1 | |
Green | Kay Dearing | 407 | 43.0 | ||
Majority | 132 | 14.0 | |||
Turnout | 28.2 | -7.0 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Crymych edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T.R. George* | 1,331 | 67.2 | ||
Labour | Michael Frederick McNamara | 340 | 17.2 | ||
Conservative | Norman Hird | 311 | 15.7 | ||
Majority | 50.0 | ||||
Turnout | 46.4 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
East Williamston edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Patricia Edwina Griffiths* | 1,082 | 60.7 | ||
Independent | Norman Richard Parry | 702 | 39.3 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 21.4 | ||||
Turnout | 36.8 | -2.9 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Fishguard edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Lloyd Evans* | 1,372 | 51.3 | ||
Labour | Alexander Frederick Allison | 937 | 35.0 | +35.0 | |
Independent | Alwyn Cadwallader Luke | 365 | 13.6 | ||
Majority | 16.3 | ||||
Turnout | 51.9 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Hakin edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Eric Ronald Harries | 804 | 50.9 | +1.2 | |
Independent | George Noel William Max | 776 | 49.1 | ||
Majority | 1.8 | -26.0 | |||
Turnout | 41.4 | -11.2 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llangwm edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Henry Hitchings* | 1,039 | 69.5 | +9.4 | |
Labour | G.R. Stone | 456 | 30.5 | ||
Majority | 39.0 | ||||
Turnout | 36.7 | -10.1 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Milford Central and East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Hutton Sinclair | 796 | 60.3 | +12.7 | |
Conservative | Stanley Thomas Hudson | 523 | 39.7 | ||
Majority | 20.6 | ||||
Turnout | 34.8 | +3.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Milford North and West edit
An attempt by the Liberal Democrats to win an additional seat as the sitting member for Milford Central and East changed wards was unsuccessful.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David John Adams | 359 | 39.3 | +2.0 | |
Independent | Edward George Setterfield* | 447 | 38.2 | -24.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | G. Sizer* | 263 | 22.5 | ||
Majority | 1.1 | ||||
Turnout | 36.7 | -0.9 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Narberth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Alan Walter Edwards | 1,107 | 51.6 | ||
Labour | Joan Asby* | 1,039 | 48.4 | -2.0 | |
Majority | 3.2 | ||||
Turnout | 46.8 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Neyland edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W.G.H. James* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pembroke St Mary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | F.H. Levesley* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pembroke St Michael edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Martin Allen | 652 | 51.0 | +3.5 | |
Labour | David William Edwards | 627 | 49.0 | ||
Majority | 2.0 | ||||
Turnout | 32.9 | -4.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |
Pembroke Dock Llanion edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jacqueline Rita Lawrence | 886 | 60.7 | ||
Independent | Dillwyn Morgan Davies | 574 | 39.3 | ||
Majority | 21,4 | ||||
Turnout | 38.1 | -0.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pembroke Dock Pennar edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen James May | 813 | 46.7 | -19.1 | |
Independent | Brian John Hall | 749 | 43.0 | ||
Independent | D. Cook | 96 | 5.5 | ||
Independent | Donald Thomas Esmond | 84 | 4.8 | ||
Majority | 3.7 | ||||
Turnout | 50.3 | +9.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Portfield edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T.G. Parry* | 710 | 54.5 | +2.3 | |
Labour | Tony D. Devito | 593 | 45.4 | ||
Majority | 9.1 | ||||
Turnout | 38.9 | -1.9 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Priory edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Haydn Eric Davies* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Rudbaxton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David John Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
St David's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Gordon Cawood* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
St Dogmaels edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John William James Roberts | 689 | 51.1 | ||
Green | A. Gifford | 659 | 48.9 | ||
Majority | 30 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 35.1 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Saundersfoot edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rosemary Rebecca Hayes | 1,212 | 80.2 | ||
Independent | D. Carter | 300 | 19.8 | ||
Majority | 60.4 | ||||
Turnout | 32.8 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Tenby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Michael Tracy Folland* | unopposed | |||
Independent gain from SDP | Swing |
The Havens edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T.R.L. Martin* | 1,091 | 83.7 | +44.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | Susan Dearson | 213 | 16.3 | ||
Majority | 67.4 | ||||
Turnout | 32.3 | -12.7 | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
References edit
- ^ "Dyfed County Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 8 May 2016.