An election to Carmarthen District Council was held in May 1979. [1] It was preceded by the 1976 election and followed by the 1983 election. On the same day, there was a UK General Election and elections to the other district local authorities in Wales.
There were contests in only seven of the 21 divisions with eighteen Independent councillors returned unopposed. Plaid Cymru gained three seats to gain representation on the authority for the first time. [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Samuel Scurlock Bowen* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William David Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Howell Merriman* | 1,841 | |||
Labour | John Russell Davies | 1,590 | |||
Labour | T.H. Gwynne Davies* | 1,379 | |||
Independent | H. Dewi Evans* | 1,287 | |||
Liberal | John Brian Lewis | 1,150 | |||
Labour | Joe Palmer | 1,106 | |||
Labour | Richard John Williams | 973 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Llewellyn Davies* | 981 | |||
Independent | John Elvet Thomas | 871 | |||
Independent | Ronald Byles Evans* | 673 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Percy Jones had previously represented the Llangunnor ward.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Nam* | 2,048 | |||
Independent | David Percy Jones* | 1,088 | |||
Independent | Emrys Rees* | 1,023 | |||
Independent | Thomas James Hurley* | 903 | |||
Independent | A. Jones | 743 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal hold | 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* | Unopposed | |||
Independent | Cyril William Roberts | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Huw Voyle Williams* | 2,210 | |||
Labour | Thomas Henry Richards* | 1,592 | |||
Labour | E. Griffiths* | 1,529 | |||
Ratepayers | J. Jones | 1,399 | |||
Labour | A. Jones | 994 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sidney Daniel John* | Unopposed | |||
Independent | David Charles Phillips | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Wilfred Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Plaid Cymru | D. Howell Jones | Unopposed | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David John Lewis* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Evan Eirwyn Jones* | 307 | 57.6 | ||
Independent | D. Daniels | 226 | 42.4 | ||
Majority | 15.2 | ||||
Turnout | 85.3 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Griffith Trevor Rees* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Evan James Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Plaid Cymru | Hywel Lloyd Williams | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William D. Evans* | 1,186 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Michael Thomas Evans | 1,012 | |||
Labour | David V. Jones | 942 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Emrys Oriel Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Independent | Oliver Williams* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | G. Davies* | Unopposed | |||
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* | 804 | 71.6 | ||
Independent | D. Davies | 319 | 28.4 | ||
Majority | 43.2 | ||||
Turnout | 82.7 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
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