1993 Dyfed County Council election
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.