The second election to Dyfed County Council was held in May 1977.[1] It was preceded by the 1973 election and followed by the 1981 election. There were a number of unopposed returns, particularly in rural parts of the county.
Overview edit
Carmarthenshire edit
The main feature of the results in Carmarthenshire was a Plaid Cymru challenge to Labour in the more urban part of the county although they lost the one seat they held on the previous council.
Ward Results (Cardiganshire) edit
Aberaeron No.1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Evan Evans Williams* | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Aberaeron No. 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Edwardes Rogers-Lewis* | 1,125 | 62.5 | ||
Plaid Cymru | William Lynford Thomas | 676 | 37.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Aberaeron No.3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Owen Williams* | 1,718 | 87.5 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Gerallt Jones | 246 | 12.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Aberystwyth No.1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Griffith Eric Hughes | 1,492 | 80.4 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Elizabeth A. Edwards | 363 | 19.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Aberystwyth No.2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter James Goodman | 368 | 37.1 | ||
Liberal | Gwendoline Calan Evans* | 340 | 34.2 | ||
Plaid Cymru | John Davies | 285 | 28.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Aberystwyth No. 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ceredig Jones* | 765 | 52.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Mary Fitter | 686 | 47.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Aberystwyth Rural No. 1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Gatty P. Lewis* | 1,067 | 53.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru | John Thomas Jones | 919 | 46.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Aberystwyth Rural No.2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Richard Wynn Cowell | 1,017 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Edward Vernon Jones | 881 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent gain from Liberal | Swing |
Aberystwyth Rural No.3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Griffith Gwynfor Jones | 957 | 46.7 | ||
Liberal | Glyndwr Lloyd Edwards | 638 | 31.2 | ||
Labour | Frederick Fanstone | 453 | 22.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Cardigan edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rowland Ll. Peregrine* | 1,098 | 77.1 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Islwyn Iago | 327 | 22.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Lampeter edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R.G. Daniel | 1,166 | 69.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | J. Jones | 504 | 30.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Teifiside No.1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D.G.E. Davies* | 1,794 | 81.2 | ||
Independent | G. Guttridge | 416 | 18.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Teifiside No.2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Hywel Heulyn Roberts* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Teifiside No.3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | R.E. Morris* | 1,522 | 78.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru | T. George | 411 | 21.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Tregaron edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Marie James | 1,267 | 56.9 | ||
Independent | William Gethin Bennett | 958 | 43.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Liberal | Swing |
Ward Results (Carmarthenshire) edit
Ammanford No. 1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Howard Cooke* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Ammanford No.2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Myrddin Evans* | 1,193 | 66.1 | -9.9 | |
Plaid Cymru | D.H. Davies | 613 | 33.9 | +9.9 | |
Majority | 580 | 32.2 | -19.8 | ||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Berwick edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Raglan Thomas* | 1,062 | |||
Liberal | Kenneth Denver Rees | 351 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Brian Marke | 204 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Burry Port East edit
-->Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Elwyn Marks | 502 | 46.2 | -2.7 | |
Independent | Hugh Williams | 320 | 29.5 | 29.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Edryd Morgan | 160 | 14.7 | -2.6 | |
Independent Labour | S.J.E. Samuel | 104 | 9.6 | +9.6 | |
Majority | 182 | 16.7 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Burry Port West edit
-->Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Eirwen Jones-Parry* | 476 | 41.0 | -15.1 | |
Labour | Bryan Joseph Rayner | 432 | 37.2 | +6.8 | |
Plaid Cymru | Michael E. Clement | 254 | 21.8 | +8.3 | |
Majority | 44 | 3.8 | -21.9 | ||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Carmarthen No. 1 edit
Anthony Earle was elected at a by-election in 1975 following the death of T. Idwal Jones
-->Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Earle* | 1,511 | 74.2 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Elizabeth Tabitha Beynon | 526 | 25.8 | ||
Majority | 985 | 48.4 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Carmarthen No. 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ellis James Powell* | 689 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Peter Hughes Griffiths | 376 | |||
Liberal | Janet Webb | 187 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Carmarthen No. 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Roy Nicholl* | 1,157 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Emrys Jones | 654 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Carmarthen Rural No.1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratepayers | William J. Wyn Evans | 1,142 | |||
Labour | Percy Morgan Lewis | 1,058 | |||
Independent | Jane Ann Jones | 645 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Ratepayers hold | Swing |
Carmarthen Rural No.2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Handel Michael Ayres Williams | 788 | |||
Labour | David Gwynfor Charles* | 677 | |||
Independent Labour | Eira Cordelia Jones | 173 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Carmarthen Rural No. 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E.T. Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Carmarthen Rural No. 4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Arthur J. Harries* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Carmarthen Rural No. 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dr William Edmund V.J. Davies* | 1,683 | |||
Independent | David Myrddin Jenkins | 1,018 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Carmarthen Rural No. 6 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J.L. James* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Carmarthen Rural No. 7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Clodwyn Percival Phillips | 1,301 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Daniel James Roy Llewellyn | 1,175 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing |
Cwmamman edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W.J. Davies | 977 | 60.3 | ||
Plaid Cymru | John Edwin Lewis | 848 | 39.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Felinfoel edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Cledwyn Francis* | 1,106 | 65.9 | ||
Plaid Cymru | D. Rhys | 420 | 25.0 | ||
Communist | R.E. Hitchon | 153 | 9.1 | ||
Majority | 40.9 | ||||
Turnout | 37.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hengoed edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Irwyn Phillips* | 1,034 | |||
Labour | D. Thomas | 383 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandeilo No.1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W.D.R. Davies* | 1,125 | |||
Independent | T. Davies | 884 | |||
Independent | H. Jones | 537 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandeilo No.2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D.T. Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Llandeilo No.3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | V.E.D. Price* | 1,472 | |||
Independent Socialist | D. Moses | 574 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Llandeilo No.4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roger Gareth Thomas* | 1,885 | |||
Plaid Cymru | J.G. James | 714 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Llandeilo No.5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gerald J. Earl* | 1,567 | |||
Labour | W. Davies | 1,043 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandeilo No.6 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gwyn Jones | 1,172 | |||
Plaid Cymru | D. Jones | 1,112 | |||
Majority | 60 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanedi edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | I.L. Foulkes | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Llanelli No.1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Harry J. Richards* | 969 | |||
Labour | J. Smith | 437 | |||
Plaid Cymru | G. Morris | 364 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanelli No.2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brinley Owen* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Llanelli No. 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Grismond J. Williams* | 643 | |||
Plaid Cymru | D. Thomas | 312 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Llanelli No.4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mrs M. Joseph | 455 | |||
Plaid Cymru | P. Davies | 429 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Llanelli No.5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Chaeles Prothero | 354 | |||
Independent Labour | W.J. Davies* | 196 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Llanelli No. 6 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold J. Thomas | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Llanelli No.7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George M. McConkey* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Llangennech edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Hywel Teifi Edwards | 717 | |||
Labour | M.J. Thomas* | 632 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Llan-non edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David William James* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Newcastle Emlyn No.1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D.T. Enoch* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Newcastle Emlyn No.2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Evans* | 2,113 | |||
Labour | Peter Appleton Wilde | 898 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Pembrey edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Evans* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Pontyberem edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Howard Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Trimsaran edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Samuel T. Hughes* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Westfa edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | William Gwyn Hopkins | 693 | |||
Labour | G. Williams | 644 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Ward Results (Pembrokeshire) edit
Cemaes No. 1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Jenkins* | 1,549 | 59.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru | C.M. Phillips | 1,075 | 41.0 | ||
Majority | 18.0 | ||||
Turnout | 68.4 | -2.3 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Cemaes No. 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T.R. George* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Fishguard and Goodwick No. 1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | J.P.A. Maddocks | 757 | 51.6 | ||
Independent | Carey George* | 710 | 48.4 | ||
Majority | 3.2 | ||||
Turnout | 55.1 | +1.5 | |||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |
Fishguard and Goodwick No. 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Evans | 604 | 43.9 | ||
Labour | A. O'Brien | 406 | 29.5 | ||
Independent | G. Hughes | 367 | 26.7 | ||
Majority | 14.4 | ||||
Turnout | 56.9 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Haverfordwest No.1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T.G. Parry* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Haverfordwest No. 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D.S. Grey* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Haverfordwest Rural No. 1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A. Gray* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Haverfordwest Rural No. 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | O.C. John* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Haverfordwest Rural No. 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. James* | 1,249 | 66.9 | ||
Plaid Cymru | I. Williams | 619 | 33.1 | +33.1 | |
Majority | 33.8 | ||||
Turnout | 52.4 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Haverfordwest Rural No. 4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. McBrearty | 784 | 93.4 | ||
Independent | B. Morris | 55 | 6.6 | ||
Majority | 86.9 | ||||
Turnout | 27.0 | -29.9 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Haverfordwest Rural No. 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | H.W. Phillips* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Milford Haven No. 1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R. Yolland* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Milford Haven No. 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Basil Ralph Woodruff* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Milford Haven No. 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mrs R. Keane* | 467 | 52.4 | ||
Independent | T.W.H. Byard | 424 | 47.6 | ||
Majority | 4.8 | ||||
Turnout | 31.5 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Narberth No. 1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Elwyn John* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Narberth No. 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W. Harry* | 953 | 51.6 | +11.0 | |
Independent | R. Martin | 894 | 48.4 | ||
Majority | 3.2 | ||||
Turnout | 65.4 | -2.7 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Narberth No. 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David John Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Neyland and Llanstadwell edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. John* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Pembroke No. 1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M. Mathias* | 1,091 | 71.9 | +44.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | R. Kane | 427 | 28.1 | +28.1 | |
Majority | 43.8 | ||||
Turnout | 43.7 | +1.1 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Pembroke No. 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A. Dureau | 843 | |||
Independent | W. Corcoran | 290 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 22.8 | -10.4 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Pembroke No. 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C.E. Nicholls* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Pembroke Rural No. 1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rev G.R. Ball* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Pembroke Rural No. 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W.G. Lawrence* | 594 | 41.7 | -11.3 | |
Independent | Norman Richard Parry | 411 | 28.8 | ||
Independent | M. Collis | 250 | 17.5 | ||
Independent | E. Hodgson | 161 | 12.0 | ||
Majority | 12.9 | ||||
Turnout | 54.9 | +2.7 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Tenby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | H. Mace | 845 | 55.2 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Wynne Islwyn Samuel | 686 | 44.8 | +44.8 | |
Majority | 10.4 | ||||
Turnout | 41.9 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
References edit
- ^ "Dyfed County Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 8 May 2016.