The first election to the Powys County Council following local government reorganisation was held in May 1995. [1] It was followed by the 1999 election.
Independents won an overwhelming majority on the Council.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 10 | ||||||||
Conservative | 3 | ||||||||
Liberal Democrats | 8 | ||||||||
Plaid Cymru | 1 | ||||||||
Independent | 62 | ||||||||
Green |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cyril Gwyn Gwillim* | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | L. Jarman-Harris* | 505 | |||
Green | R. Bramhall | 397 | |||
Majority | |||||
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Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Betty Lucille Greet | unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas John Probert* | 644 | |||
Conservative | M. Taylor | 517 | |||
Independent | H.E. Francis* | 414 | |||
Labour | G.R. Strange | 354 | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bryan Wyn Davies* | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | H Jean Whittall | unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | O.V. James* | 375 | |||
Independent | K.M. Griffiths* | 275 | |||
Majority | 100 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J.M. Like* | 384 | |||
Independent | R.G.W. Booth | 342 | |||
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Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Eiros Davies* | 411 | |||
Independent | E.T.R. Jones* | 367 | |||
Majority | |||||
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Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D.M.J. James | unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Timothy John Van Rees* | 576 | |||
Independent | I.D. Jones* | 277 | |||
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Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rowland Edgar Price Williams* | unopposed | |||
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Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Roger Hugh Williams* | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E. Meredith* | unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Evan Thomas Morgan* | 522 | |||
Independent | H.G. Jones* | 394 | |||
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Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Marilyn Roberts* | 675 | |||
Independent | S. Cholewka | 131 | |||
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Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher John Mann* | 811 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Mark Morgan* | 625 | |||
Independent | E.I. Bassin* | 613 | |||
Liberal Democrats | D.J. Leboff | 176 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | P.M. Norbury* | 748 | |||
Independent | Susan Dawn Francis* | 547 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Joseph Bell | 379 | |||
Labour | O.C. Williams | 358 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | I.B. Lewis* | 739 | |||
Independent | H.L. Evans* | 593 | |||
Independent | F.E. Hussin | 173 | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J.M. Jones* | 495 | |||
Independent Labour | H. Pattrick* | 359 | |||
Liberal Democrats | D.C. Evans | 218 | |||
Majority | |||||
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Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | V.J. Gibbs | 659 | |||
Independent | J.L. Clee | 456 | |||
Majority | |||||
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Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dorothy Gillian Thomas* | 273 | |||
Independent | A.M. Leonard* | 215 | |||
Majority | 58 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E.B.L. James* | unopposed | |||
Labour | B.R. Watkins* | unopposed | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D.K. Roberts | 214 | |||
Independent | R.G. Bebb* | 210 | |||
Majority | 4 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | S.G. Pritchard* | unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E.E. Davies* | unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | G.C. Hamer | 337 | |||
Independent | W.S. Morgan | 211 | |||
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Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D.G. Edwards* | unopposed | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | F.J. Owens* | unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gwilym Pughe Vaughan* | 715 | |||
Independent | D.L. James* | 210 | |||
Majority | 505 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | F.G. Palin* | 240 | |||
Independent | H. Woodcock | 156 | |||
Majority | |||||
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Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D.R. Jones* | unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | M.I. Brench* | unopposed | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Hedd Bleddyn Williams* | unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | L.R.E. Davies | ||||
Independent | G.A Sylvester | ||||
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Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Richard Graham Brown* | unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J.H. Evans* | unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | E.B. Bennett* | 307 | |||
Independent | R.B. Jones | 253 | |||
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Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Barry Thomas | 287 | |||
Independent | T. Jones* | 207 | |||
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Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J.E. Bowen* | 389 | |||
Independent | T.O. Lewis* | 132 | |||
Independent | D.B. Goodman | 87 | |||
Independent | H.G. Rees | 47 | |||
Majority | |||||
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Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Gareth Morgan* | 883 | |||
Independent | V.W. Hollis* | 720 | |||
Labour | M. Evitts | 346 | |||
Green | S.M. Walker | 201 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C.A. O'Connor | 356 | |||
Independent | R.W. Edwards | 282 | |||
Independent | J.H. Hughes | 156 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | N. Roberts* | unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | G.T. Tibbott* | unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J.M. Williams* | unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | H.L. Gwalchmai | 245 | |||
Independent | O.M. Dodd | 135 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D.M. Jones* | unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | B.P. Richards* | 247 | |||
Independent | G.W. Roberts | 189 | |||
Majority | |||||
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Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Reg Taylor* | 367 | |||
Independent | J.W. Griffiths | 297 | |||
Independent | N.P. Jackson* | 281 | |||
Independent | V.A. Moore | 236 | |||
Liberal Democrats | J.D. Napier* | 198 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | L.H. Williams* | 219 | |||
Labour | R.J. Lloyd | 124 | |||
Plaid Cymru | S.A. Frisby | 59 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | K. Jones* | 625 | |||
Plaid Cymru | G. Murray | 40 | |||
Majority | |||||
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Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | K. Moris | 194 | |||
Plaid Cymru | G.E. Jones | 183 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J.A. Dean Mackeen* | 213 | |||
Liberal Democrats | I.B. Barclay* | 205 | |||
Plaid Cymru | R.G. Edwards | 53 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Joy P. Shearer* | unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | G.T. Evans* | unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | P.E. Astley* | 330 | |||
Conservative | M.L.G. Robinson | 129 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J.S.R. Watson | unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G.E.H. Taylor* | 430 | |||
Independent | J.A. Corfield | 301 | |||
Majority | |||||
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Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ann Holloway* | 402 | |||
Liberal Democrats | M.S. Squibb* | 314 | |||
Labour | A.G.D. Swift | 88 | |||
Independent | J.D. Moris | 75 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | C.J. Gibson-Watt | 284 | |||
Independent | R.C. Bagley* | 218 | |||
Independent | R. Bailey* | 108 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P.D. Speake | 202 | |||
Independent | D.L. Hughes-Jones* | 184 | |||
Green | R.G. Prince | 60 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Margaret Elizabeth Morris | unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | G.M. Worts | ||||
Green | H.W. Richards | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M.W. Shaw* | 962 | |||
Conservative | T.A. Johnson* | 556 | |||
Independent | E. Petley* | 451 | |||
Labour | K.J. Kell* | 334 | |||
Independent | P.J. Waters | 227 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Fred Barker* | 401 | |||
Independent | M.G. Lewis | 193 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A.V. Allen* | 584 | |||
Independent | W.V.S. Corbett* | 149 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M.C. Lennox-Boyd* | 215 | |||
Independent | K.J. Richards | 204 | |||
Green | K.W. Curry* | 122 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Sian Maredudd | 22 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R.W. Bevan* | 470 | |||
Independent | A.M. Nicholas* | 191 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E.B. Oakley | 331 | |||
Liberal Democrats | D.V. Law | 293 | |||
Independent | C.B. Davies* | 202 | |||
Green | A.M. Walker | 48 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Emlyn Kinsey Pugh* | 280 | |||
Independent | W.G. Lewis | 256 | |||
Independent | P.G. Harrison* | 157 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J.D.A. Thompson* | unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M. Jones* | 376 | |||
Independent | M.B. Gwatkin | 277 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Garry Richard Banks* | 660 | |||
Independent | E.M. Davies* | 437 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Andreas Bufton | 503 | |||
Independent | M.A. Pugh* | 401 | |||
Independent | J.L. Davies* | 143 | |||
Green | J.E. Davis | 44 | |||
Independent | D.H. Stephens | 10 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | L.V. Lewis | 248 | |||
Independent | W.A. Lewis | 245 | |||
Independent | D.O. Evans | 157 | |||
Independent | E.F. Phillips | 114 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
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