1977 Dyfed County Council election

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

Cardiganshire

A number if members elected in 1973 stood down. The most strking result was in Aberystwyth where Gwendoline Calan Evans, a Libeeal member if the old county council since 1946 and a former alderman, was defeated by the Labour candidate in a three-cornered contest which also included historian John Davies contesting for Plaid Cymru.

Carmarthenshire

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)

Aberaeron No.1

Aberaeon No.1 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Evan Evans Williams*	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

Aberaeron No. 2

Aberaeon No.2 1977

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

Aberaeron No. 3 1977

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

Aberystwyth No. 1 1977

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

Aberystwyth No. 2 1977

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

Aberystwyth No. 3 1977

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

Aberystwyth Rural No. 1 1977

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

Aberystwyth Rural No. 2 1977

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

Aberystwyth Rural No. 3 1977

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

Cardigan 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rowland Ll. Peregrine*	1,098	77.1
	Plaid Cymru	Islwyn Iago	327	22.9
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Lampeter

Lampeter 1977

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

Teifiside No.1 1977

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

Teifiside No.2 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hywel Heulyn Roberts*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Teifiside No.3

Teifiside No.3 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	R.E. Morris*	1,522	78.7
	Plaid Cymru	T. George	411	21.3
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Tregaron

Tregaron 1977

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)

Ammanford No. 1

Ammanford No. 1 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Howard Cooke*	Unopposed
	Labour hold

Ammanford No.2

Ammanford No. 2 1977

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

Berwick 1977

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

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Burry Port East 1977

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

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Burry Port West 1977

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

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Carmarthen No. 1 1977

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

Carmarthen No. 2 1977

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

Carmarthen No. 3 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Roy Nicholl*	1,157
	Plaid Cymru	Emrys Jones	654
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Carmarthen Rural No.1

Carmarthen Rural No. 1 1977

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

Carmarthen Rural No. 2 1977

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

Carmarthen Rural No. 3 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E.T. Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Carmarthen Rural No. 4

Carmarthen Rural No. 4 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Arthur J. Harries*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Carmarthen Rural No. 5

Carmarthen Rural No. 5 1977

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

Carmarthen Rural No. 6 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J.L. James*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Carmarthen Rural No. 7

Carmarthen Rural No. 7 1977

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

Cwmamman 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W.J. Davies	977	60.3
	Plaid Cymru	John Edwin Lewis	848	39.7
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Felinfoel

Felinfoel 1977

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

Hengoed 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Irwyn Phillips*	1,034
	Labour	D. Thomas	383
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandeilo No.1

Llandeilo No. 1 1977

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

Llandeilo No. 2 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D.T. Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Llandeilo No.3

Llandeilo No. 3 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	V.E.D. Price*	1,472
	Independent Socialist	D. Moses	574
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Llandeilo No.4

Llandeilo No. 4 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Gareth Thomas*	1,885
	Plaid Cymru	J.G. James	714
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Llandeilo No.5

Llandeilo No. 5 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gerald J. Earl*	1,567
	Labour	W. Davies	1,043
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandeilo No.6

Llandeilo No. 6 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gwyn Jones	1,172
	Plaid Cymru	D. Jones	1,112
Majority			60
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanedi

Llanedi 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I.L. Foulkes	Unopposed
	Labour hold

Llanelli No.1

Llanelli No. 1 1977

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

Llanelli No. 2 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brinley Owen*	Unopposed
	Labour hold

Llanelli No. 3

Llanelli No. 3 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Grismond J. Williams*	643
	Plaid Cymru	D. Thomas	312
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli No.4

Llanelli No. 4 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs M. Joseph	455
	Plaid Cymru	P. Davies	429
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli No.5

Llanelli No. 5 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Chaeles Prothero	354
	Independent Labour	W.J. Davies*	196
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli No. 6

Llanelli No. 6 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harold J. Thomas	Unopposed
	Labour hold

Llanelli No.7

Llanelli No. 7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George M. McConkey*	Unopposed
	Labour hold

Llangennech

Llangennech

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Hywel Teifi Edwards	717
	Labour	M.J. Thomas*	632
Majority
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Llan-non

Llannon 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David William James*	Unopposed
	Labour hold

Newcastle Emlyn No.1

Newcastle Emlyn No. 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D.T. Enoch*	Unopposed
	Labour hold

Newcastle Emlyn No.2

Newcastle Emlyn No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Evans*	2,113
	Labour	Peter Appleton Wilde	898
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembrey

Pembrey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Evans*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Pontyberem

Pontyberem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Howard Jones*	Unopposed
	Labour hold

Trimsaran

Trimsaran

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel T. Hughes*	Unopposed
	Labour hold

Westfa

Westfa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	William Gwyn Hopkins	693
	Labour	G. Williams	644
Majority
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Ward Results (Pembrokeshire)

Cemaes No. 1

Cemaes No. 1 1977

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

Cemaes No. 2 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T.R. George*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Fishguard and Goodwick No. 1

Fishguard and Goodwick No. 1 1977

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

Fishguard and Goodwick No. 2 1973

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

Haverfordwest No.1 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T.G. Parry*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Haverfordwest No. 2

Haverfordwest No. 2 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D.S. Grey*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Haverfordwest Rural No. 1

Haverfordwest Rural No. 1 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Gray*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Haverfordwest Rural No. 2

Haverfordwest Rural No. 2 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	O.C. John*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Haverfordwest Rural No. 3

Haverfordwest Rural No. 3 1977

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

Haverfordwest Rural No. 4 1977

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

Haverfordwest Rural No. 5 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H.W. Phillips*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Milford Haven No. 1

Milford Haven No. 1 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Yolland*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Milford Haven No. 2

Milford Haven No. 2 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Basil Ralph Woodruff*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Milford Haven No. 3

Milford Haven No. 3 1977

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

Narberth No. 1 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Elwyn John*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Narberth No. 2

Narberth No. 2 1977

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

Narberth No. 3 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David John Thomas*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Neyland and Llanstadwell

Neyland and Llanstadwell 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. John*	Unopposed
	Labour hold

Pembroke No. 1

Pembroke No. 1 1977

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

Pembroke No. 2 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Dureau	843
	Independent	W. Corcoran	290
Majority
Turnout				22.8	−10.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembroke No. 3

Pembroke No. 3 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C.E. Nicholls*	Unopposed
	Labour hold

Pembroke Rural No. 1

Pembroke Rural No. 1 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rev G.R. Ball*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Pembroke Rural No. 2

Pembroke Rural No. 2 1977

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

Tenby 1977

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

1. "Dyfed County Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 8 May 2016.