An election to Carmarthen District Council was held in May 1976. [1] It was preceded by the 1973 election and followed by the 1979 election. On the same day there were elections to the other District local authorities and community councils in Wales.
The overwhelming majority of seats were held by Independent candidates. Several Labour candidates were returned but all five Plaid Cymru candidates were defeated. The vice chairman of the authority, Glyn Howell, was defeated by another Independent at Newcastle Emlyn. [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Samuel Scurlock Bowen* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William David Thomas* | 640 | 70.0 | ||
Independent | Dewi Carwyn Phillips | 195 | 21.3 | ||
Independent | William Harcour Griffiths | 79 | 8.6 | ||
Majority | 48.7 | ||||
Turnout | 82.4 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | H. Dewi Evans | 899 | |||
Independent | David Howell Merriman | 888 | |||
Labour | T.H. Gwynne Davies | 847 | |||
Labour | Cliff Dean* | 811 | |||
Labour | Kenneth Bryan Maynard | 769 | |||
Labour | William Job Rogers* | 736 | |||
Plaid Cymru | John Gareth Matthews | 704 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Llewellyn Davies* | 684 | |||
Independent | Ronald Byles Evans* | 538 | |||
Independent | John Michael Jones | 408 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Nam | 904 | |||
Independent | Thomas James Hurley* | 768 | |||
Independent | Emrys Rees* | 702 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Gwilym James | 641 | |||
Independent | David Aneurin Waters* | 543 | |||
Liberal | Arthur Jones | 513 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Daniel Clodwyn Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Gibbin* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Frank Elwyn John* | 946 | |||
Independent | John Rees* | 712 | |||
Independent | G. Machin | 264 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Huw Voyle Williams* | 1,605 | |||
Labour | Thomas Henry Richards* | 1,300 | |||
Labour | Evan Rhys Griffiths | 1,196 | |||
Labour | Percy W. Lewis* | 1,061 | |||
Independent | Jane Ann Jones | 1,044 | |||
Independent | William Rees | 708 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Derrick William H. Stephens* | 817 | |||
Independent | Sidney Daniel John | 804 | |||
Plaid Cymru | William R. Rees | 704 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Wilfred Davies* | 880 | |||
Independent | Margaret Brynmor Williams* | 833 | |||
Plaid Cymru | David Howell Jones | 678 | |||
Independent | J. Griffiths | 344 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David John Lewis* | 666 | |||
Independent | D.R. Jonathon | 465 | |||
Majority | 17.8 | ||||
Turnout | 80.7 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Evan Eirwyn Jones* | 269 | 55.9 | ||
Independent | David R.M. Daniels | 212 | 44.1 | ||
Majority | 11.9 | ||||
Turnout | 76.5 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Griffith Trevor Rees* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Percy Jones* | 1,066 | |||
Independent | Evan James Thomas* | 900 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Hywel Lloyd Williams | 547 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold Albert Williams* | 918 | |||
Labour | William D. Evans* | 906 | |||
Independent | Dynfor Vaughan Owens | 424 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Emrys Oriel Jones* | 1,216 | |||
Independent | Oliver Williams | 856 | |||
Independent | Evan Llewellyn Evans | 540 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Glanville Davies | 568 | 51.5 | ||
Independent | Glyn E. Howell* | 535 | 48.5 | ||
Majority | 33 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 84.9 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Victor Lawrence James | Unopposed | |||
Independent | Benjamin Delwyn Royden Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Idris Powell James* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
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