Elections to Carmarthen District Council were held in May 1983. [1] It was preceded by the 1979 election and followed by the 1987 election. On the same day there were elections to the other local authorities and community councils in Wales.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Samuel Scurlock Bowen* | 482 | |||
Alliance (SDP) | Pamela Ann Palmer | 393 | |||
Majority | 89 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William David Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Howell Merriman* | 1,276 | |||
Labour | John Russell Davies* | 985 | |||
Labour | John Elfed Williams | 797 | |||
Labour | T.H. Gwynne Davies* | 789 | |||
Independent | Dewi Evans* | 746 | |||
Labour | Kenneth Bryan Maynard | 729 | |||
Independent | Gwynne Morris Williams | 671 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Elvet Thomas* | 654 | |||
Independent | Thomas Llewellyn Davies* | 514 | |||
Independent | June Williams | 457 | |||
Labour | Peter Short | 353 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance (Liberal) | David Nam* | 1,322 | |||
Independent | David Percy Jones* | 983 | |||
Independent | Helen Margaret Thomas | 899 | |||
Independent | P. Hurley | 428 | |||
Labour | Richard John Williams | 422 | |||
Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Daniel Clodwyn Thomas* | 645 | |||
Plaid Cymru | D.J. Gwynne | 105 | |||
Majority | 540 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Jones* | 446 | |||
Independent | Lyn Luke ap Trin Davies | 399 | |||
Majority | 47 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Gibbin* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Frank Elwyn John* | Unopposed | |||
Independent | Cyril William Roberts* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratepayers | Huw Voyle Williams* | 2,048 | |||
Ratepayers | Dewi Wyn Edwards* | 1,784 | |||
Labour | Thomas Henry Richards* | 1,472 | |||
Ratepayers | Peter Edward Rees | 1,043 | |||
Ratepayers hold | Swing | ||||
Ratepayers hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sidney Daniel John* | 1,050 | |||
Independent | David Charles Phillips* | 1,005 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Malcolm W.E. Rees | 337 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Wilfred Davies* | 1,168 | |||
Independent | Thomas Keith Davies | 557 | |||
Independent | W. Ainsleigh Verdun Harris | 549 | |||
Independent | William Michael Davies | 548 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David John Lewis* | 539 | |||
Independent | David George Lewis | 428 | |||
Majority | 111 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Evan Eirwyn Jones* | 375 | |||
Independent | K.D. Rees | 79 | |||
Majority | 296 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Griffith Trevor Rees* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Hywel Lloyd Williams* | ||||
Independent | John David James Morgan | ||||
Independent | Evan James Thomas* | ||||
Alliance (Liberal) | John B. Lewis | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William D. Evans* | 1,029 | |||
Labour | Ivor Haydn Edmunds | 727 | |||
Plaid Cymru | E.J. Lewis | 550 | |||
Independent | Robert Michael Beynon | 386 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Emrys Oriel Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Independent | Oliver Williams* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | G. Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Victor Lawrence James* | 1,301 | |||
Independent | Benjamin Delwyn Royden Thomas* | 1,107 | |||
Independent | E.T. Pope | 161 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance (SDP) | A.P. Vedeniapin | 559 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Ithel Parri-Roberts | 321 | |||
Majority | 238 | ||||
Alliance gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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