1999 Carmarthenshire County Council election

The second elections to the Carmarthenshire County Council were held in May 1999.^[1] It was preceded by the 1995 election and followed by the 2004 election. They resulted in a coalition between Independent councillors and Plaid Cymru for the next five years.

Overview

Carmarthenshire County Council election result 1999
	Seats	Seats %
Labour	28	37.8
Independent	26	35.1
Plaid Cymru	13	17.5
Independent Labour	4	5.4
Ratepayers	2	2.7
Liberal Democrats	1	1.3
Conservative	0	0.0

Results by ward

Abergwili (one seat)

Abergwili 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Pamela Ann Palmer*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Ammanford (one seat)

Boundary Change. Two sitting members contested the seat.

Ammanford 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Michael Hugh Evans*	780
	Independent	Llynfa Meinir Melba Thomas*	493
Majority			287
	Labour win (new seat)

Betws (one seat)

Betws 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John Dorian Evans*	484
	Plaid Cymru	Brian Keith Vaughan	331
Majority			153
	Labour hold		Swing

Bigyn (two seats)

No boundary changes but the number of seats reduced from three to two.

Bigyn 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Sandra Melita Cooke*	1,172
Labour	David Charles Prothero*	1,077
Liberal Democrats	Margaret Eileen Evans	856
Liberal Democrats	Peter Buckley Jones	724
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Burry Port (two seats)

The Liberal Democrats won both seats in 1995 but Labour captured one of these in a by-election following the death of a sitting member.

Burry Port 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Patricia Ethel Mary Jones*	1,217
Labour	Peter Jewell	1,060
Liberal Democrats	Pamela Georgina Every	589
Labour hold		Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Bynea (one seat)

Bynea 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Dillwyn Bowen*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Carmarthen Town North (two seats)

Carmarthen Town North 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Kenneth Bryan Maynard*	1,014
Independent	David Howell Merriman*	979
Plaid Cymru	Llyr Hughes Griffiths	965
Labour	Richard Evans	658
Labour hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Carmarthen Town South (two seats)

One of the seats was won by the Liberal Democrats in 1995 but lost to an Independent at a by-election following the death of the sitting member. The sitting Labour councillor, who had served on Carmarthen District Council since 1979, was de-selected by the party but was re-elected as an Independent Labour candidate.^[2]

Carmarthen Town South 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	June Williams*	774
Independent Labour	John Russell Davies*	551
Plaid Cymru	Geraint Thomas	547
Labour	Philip William Grice	397
Labour	Mandy Diane Peters	321
Independent hold		Swing
Independent Labour gain from Labour		Swing

Carmarthen Town West (two seats)

Carmarthen Town West 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	William Gwynoro Jones*	875
Labour	Arthur Davies	747
Labour	Douglas Edmund Ynyr Richards Rose	666
Independent hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Cenarth (one seat)

Cenarth 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	John David George Crossley	434
	Independent	Trevor Glyn Bryant	342
	Independent	Alan Wyndham Jones*	292
Majority			92
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Cilycwm (one seat)

Boundary change.

Cilycwm 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Theophilus*	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Cynwyl Elfed (one seat)

Boundary Change. Two sitting members contested the seat.

Cynwyl Elfed 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	William Dorrien Thomas*	834
	Independent	Henry Irfon Jones*	793
Majority			41
	Independent win (new seat)

Cynwyl Gaeo (one seat)

Boundary Change.

Cynwyl Gaeo 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	James Eirwyn Williams*	unopposed
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Dafen (one seat)

Dafen 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Vernon John Warlow*	568
	Plaid Cymru	Alford Clement Thomas	562
Majority			6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elli (one seat)

Elli 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Jean Edmunds	652
	Labour	Eryl Morgan	556
Majority			96
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Felinfoel (one seat)

Felinfoel 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Henry John Evans*	450
	Independent	Frederick Janes	185
Majority			265
	Labour hold		Swing

Garnant (one seat)

Garnant 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Madge*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Glanaman (one seat)

Glanaman 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Colin Evans	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Glanymor (two seats)

Glanymor 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	David Tudor James*	978
Labour	Gerald Frederick Meyler*	807
Green	Simon Kristen Phillips	367
Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Edward Burree	316
Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Charles Burree	306
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Glyn (one seat)

Glyn 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Thomas James Jones	636
	Labour	John David Greville Williams	327
Majority			309
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Gorslas (two seats)

Gorslas 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Henry Clive Scourfield	889
Labour	Ryan Jones*	852
Plaid Cymru	Nimrod Morris	819
Labour	David Wynford Nicholas	742
Independent gain from Ratepayers
Labour hold		Swing

Hendy (one seat)

Hendy 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	William Ieuan Bryant James	625
	Labour	Tegwen Devichand	326
	Socialist Labour	Darran Charles Hickery	135
	Green	Janet Mary Cliff	92
Majority			299
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Hengoed (two seats)

Hengoed 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Kenneth Owen Edwards*	756
Plaid Cymru	Meilyr Bowen Hughes	712
Labour	Brian John Richards	684
Plaid Cymru	Barry Williams Roberts	676
Labour hold		Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Kidwelly (one seat)

Kidwelly
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Labour	Gwilym Glanmor Jones*	627
	Plaid Cymru	Jean Margaret Fox	486
	Labour	Hywel Glyndwr Rees	413
Majority			141
	Independent Labour hold		Swing

Laugharne Township (one seat)

Laugharne Township
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Cyril William Roberts*	759
	Labour	David Peter Tucker	403
Majority			356
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanboidy (one seat)

Llanboidy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Gibbin*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanddarog (one seat)

Llanddarog
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayer	William John Wyn Evans*	unopposed
	Ratepayer hold		Swing

Llandeilo (one seat)

Llandeilo
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Ieuan Goronwy Jones	1,142
	Labour	Julie Hopley	248
	Conservative	Shirley Arnold	97
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandovery Town (one seat)

Llandovery Town
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Denley Owen*	786
	Labour	Vivienne Fay Price	230
	Conservative	Lorraine Kaye Allott	180
Majority			556
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llandybie (two seats)

Llandybie
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Mary Helena Thomas*	1,411
Independent	Gerald James Earl*	1,262
Labour	William Joseph Spencer	664
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Llanegwad and Llanfynydd (one seat)

Llanegwad and Llanfynydd
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Dillwyn Anthony Williams*	1,019
	Liberal Democrats	Alleyne Caroline Farrington Evans	197
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Aberbythych (one seat)

Llanfihangel Aberbythych
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Winston Kenneth Griffiths	390
	Labour	Omri Philip Davies	327
	Conservative	Neville Kingsley Lewis Thomas	105
Majority			63
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth (one seat)

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Fioled Meirion Jones*	unopposed
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llangadog (one seat)

No Boundary Change. Ward named changed.

Llangadog
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Meirion Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangeler (one seat)

Llangeler
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Wilfred Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangennech (two seats)

Llangenench
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	William Gwyn Hopkins*	953
Plaid Cymru	Gwyneth Thomas	857
Labour	Thomas Gordon Lewis*	644
Labour	Sefton Ronald Coslett	561
Socialist Labour	John Willock	184
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Llangunnor (one seat)

Llangunnor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Clifford Merlin Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangyndeyrn (one seat)

An unusual situation arose in this ward where the sitting Labour member (and previously a member of Dyfed County Council since 1981) announced shortly before the close of nominations that he would not stand and pledged his support to the Plaid Cymru candidate.

Llangyndeyrn
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	William Tyssul Evans	1,086
	Independent Labour	Dynfor Vaughan Owens	291
Majority
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Llannon (two seats)

The previous Cross Hands (one seat) and Tumble (two seats) wards were merged to form a new two-seat ward. Three sitting councillors sought election.

Llannon
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Neil William Baker	1,090
Independent Labour	Philip Brinley Davies*	1,040
Labour	Terrence Maxwell Evans*	822
Labour	David Bryan Richards*	753
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
Independent Labour win (new seat)

Llansteffan (one seat)

Llansteffan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Arthur Jones Harries*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanybydder (one seat)

Llanybydder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ieuan Wyn Davies	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Lliedi (two seats)

Lliedi
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	William George Thomas*	1,042
Labour	William Edward Skinner*	985
Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Denver Rees	781
Liberal Democrats	Hugh Morgan Lewis	780
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Llwynhendy (two seats)

No boundary change. One of the sitting Labour councillors was de-selected but successfully retained the seat as an Independent Labour candidate.

Llwynhendy
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Eunydd Ashley Brynmor Thomas*	796
Independent Labour	Donald John Davies*	778
Labour	Benjamin C.M. Reynolds	674
Labour hold		Swing
Independent Labour gain from Labour		Swing

Manordeilo and Salem (one seat)

Manordeilo and Salem
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	John James Jones Davies*	759
	Plaid Cymru	Margaret Bowen	269
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembrey (two seats)

One of the sitting Labour members was de-selected and stood unsuccessfully as an Independent.

Pembrey
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	John Clive Howells	756
Labour	Vincent John Rees*	753
Independent	Trevor Uriel Jones Thomas*	717
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Penygroes (one seat)

Penygroes
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Siân Elisabeth Thomas	659
	Labour	Elizabeth Ann Phillips	414
Majority			245

Pontamman (one seat)

Pontamman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Alvan Rees*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Pontyberem (one seat)

Pontyberem
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Labour	Thomas Ieuan Edwards*	879
	Labour	John Wynford Treharne	303
Majority			576
	Independent Labour hold		Swing

Quarter Bach (one seat)

No boundary changes. Ward name changed.

Quarter Bach
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elwyn Williams*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

St Clears (one seat)

St Clears 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Philip Morris Hughes	632
	Independent	Lillian Margaret Owen	414
	Independent	Keith Hopkins	247
	Labour	Tammara Michelle Wilband	61
Majority			218
	Independent hold		Swing

St Ishmaels (one seat)

St Ishmaels
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	David Huw John*	unopposed
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Saron (two seats)

No boundary changes but an additional seat created

Saron
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	John Garfield Edwards	920
	Plaid Cymru	Nigel Henry Evans	793
	Labour	Alan Peter Cooper	754
	Labour	Terrence H. Marshall*	582
Majority			123
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Swiss Valley (one seat)

Swiss Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Stuart Hopkins	744
	Independent	Noel Roberts	337
Majority			407
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Trelech (one seat)

Trelech
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William David Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Trimsaran (one seat)

Trimsaran
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Meryl Gravell*	548
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Cooper	332
	Labour	David Taylor	181
	Independent	Denis Henry Carter	36
Majority			216
	Independent hold		Swing

Tycroes (one seat)

Tycroes
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	David Thomas Enoch	526
	Plaid Cymru	Kenneth Rees Morgan	370
Majority			156
	Labour hold		Swing

Tyisha (two seats)

Tyisha
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	David Samuel Neil*	1,040
Labour	Harry Palmer*	958
Plaid Cymru	Dyfrig Thomas+	739
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Whitland (one seat)

Whitland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	James Morris Morgan*	933
	Independent	William Conwil Harries	364
Majority
	Independent win (new seat)

By-elections 1999-2004

Pontyberem 2000

A by-election was held in the Pontyberem ward following the death of Independent Labour councillor Ieuan Edwards.

Pontyberem by-election, 25 May 2000^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Joy Williams	655	60.4
	Labour		399	36.8
	Conservative		31	2.98
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent Labour		Swing

Hengoed 2001

Hengoed by-election, 26 July 2001^[3]
Party		Votes
	Labour	348
	Plaid Cymru	293
	Independent	118
	Conservative	70
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold	Swing

Llandybie 2001

A by-election was held in the Llandybie ward following the death of Independent councillor Gerald Earl, who had represented the ward on the Dyfed and Carmarthenshire councils since 1973.

Burry Port by-election, 11 October 2001^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Anthony Wyn Jones	504
	Plaid Cymru		316
	Independent		266
	Independent		151
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

References

^ "Results". Western Mail. 8 May 1999.
^ This result is incorrect in the Western Mail.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Cumulative Index by Authority". Edkins Family Index. Edkins Family. Retrieved 7 June 2020.

[WM_8-5-99_res-1] "Results". Western Mail. 8 May 1999.

[2] This result is incorrect in the Western Mail.

[Edkins-3] "Cumulative Index by Authority". Edkins Family Index. Edkins Family. Retrieved 7 June 2020.

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