The second elections to the Carmarthenshire County Council were held in May 1999. [1] It was preceded by the 1995 election and followed by the 2004 election. They resulted in a coalition between Independent councillors and Plaid Cymru for the next five years.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 28 | 37.8 | |||||||
Independent | 26 | 35.1 | |||||||
Plaid Cymru | 13 | 17.5 | |||||||
Independent Labour | 4 | 5.4 | |||||||
Ratepayers | 2 | 2.7 | |||||||
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1.3 | |||||||
Conservative | 0 | 0.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Pamela Ann Palmer* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Boundary Change. Two sitting members contested the seat.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Hugh Evans* | 780 | |||
Independent | Llynfa Meinir Melba Thomas* | 493 | |||
Majority | 287 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Dorian Evans* | 484 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Brian Keith Vaughan | 331 | |||
Majority | 153 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
No boundary changes but the number of seats reduced from three to two.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sandra Melita Cooke* | 1,172 | |||
Labour | David Charles Prothero* | 1,077 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Eileen Evans | 856 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Buckley Jones | 724 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The Liberal Democrats won both seats in 1995 but Labour captured one of these in a by-election following the death of a sitting member.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patricia Ethel Mary Jones* | 1,217 | |||
Labour | Peter Jewell | 1,060 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Pamela Georgina Every | 589 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Dillwyn Bowen* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kenneth Bryan Maynard* | 1,014 | |||
Independent | David Howell Merriman* | 979 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Llyr Hughes Griffiths | 965 | |||
Labour | Richard Evans | 658 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
One of the seats was won by the Liberal Democrats in 1995 but lost to an Independent at a by-election following the death of the sitting member. The sitting Labour councillor, who had served on Carmarthen District Council since 1979, was de-selected by the party but was re-elected as an Independent Labour candidate. [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | June Williams* | 774 | |||
Independent Labour | John Russell Davies* | 551 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Geraint Thomas | 547 | |||
Labour | Philip William Grice | 397 | |||
Labour | Mandy Diane Peters | 321 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent Labour gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Gwynoro Jones* | 875 | |||
Labour | Arthur Davies | 747 | |||
Labour | Douglas Edmund Ynyr Richards Rose | 666 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | John David George Crossley | 434 | |||
Independent | Trevor Glyn Bryant | 342 | |||
Independent | Alan Wyndham Jones* | 292 | |||
Majority | 92 | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Boundary change.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Theophilus* | unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Boundary Change. Two sitting members contested the seat.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Dorrien Thomas* | 834 | |||
Independent | Henry Irfon Jones* | 793 | |||
Majority | 41 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Boundary Change.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | James Eirwyn Williams* | unopposed | |||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Vernon John Warlow* | 568 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Alford Clement Thomas | 562 | |||
Majority | 6 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Pamela Jean Edmunds | 652 | |||
Labour | Eryl Morgan | 556 | |||
Majority | 96 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Henry John Evans* | 450 | |||
Independent | Frederick Janes | 185 | |||
Majority | 265 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Madge* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Colin Evans | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Tudor James* | 978 | |||
Labour | Gerald Frederick Meyler* | 807 | |||
Green | Simon Kristen Phillips | 367 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Edward Burree | 316 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Charles Burree | 306 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas James Jones | 636 | |||
Labour | John David Greville Williams | 327 | |||
Majority | 309 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Henry Clive Scourfield | 889 | |||
Labour | Ryan Jones* | 852 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Nimrod Morris | 819 | |||
Labour | David Wynford Nicholas | 742 | |||
Independent gain from Ratepayers | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | William Ieuan Bryant James | 625 | |||
Labour | Tegwen Devichand | 326 | |||
Socialist Labour | Darran Charles Hickery | 135 | |||
Green | Janet Mary Cliff | 92 | |||
Majority | 299 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kenneth Owen Edwards* | 756 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Meilyr Bowen Hughes | 712 | |||
Labour | Brian John Richards | 684 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Barry Williams Roberts | 676 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Labour | Gwilym Glanmor Jones* | 627 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Jean Margaret Fox | 486 | |||
Labour | Hywel Glyndwr Rees | 413 | |||
Majority | 141 | ||||
Independent Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Cyril William Roberts* | 759 | |||
Labour | David Peter Tucker | 403 | |||
Majority | 356 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Gibbin* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratepayer | William John Wyn Evans* | unopposed | |||
Ratepayer hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ieuan Goronwy Jones | 1,142 | |||
Labour | Julie Hopley | 248 | |||
Conservative | Shirley Arnold | 97 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Denley Owen* | 786 | |||
Labour | Vivienne Fay Price | 230 | |||
Conservative | Lorraine Kaye Allott | 180 | |||
Majority | 556 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mary Helena Thomas* | 1,411 | |||
Independent | Gerald James Earl* | 1,262 | |||
Labour | William Joseph Spencer | 664 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dillwyn Anthony Williams* | 1,019 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alleyne Caroline Farrington Evans | 197 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Winston Kenneth Griffiths | 390 | |||
Labour | Omri Philip Davies | 327 | |||
Conservative | Neville Kingsley Lewis Thomas | 105 | |||
Majority | 63 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Fioled Meirion Jones* | unopposed | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
No Boundary Change. Ward named changed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Meirion Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Wilfred Davies* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | William Gwyn Hopkins* | 953 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Gwyneth Thomas | 857 | |||
Labour | Thomas Gordon Lewis* | 644 | |||
Labour | Sefton Ronald Coslett | 561 | |||
Socialist Labour | John Willock | 184 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Clifford Merlin Jones* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
An unusual situation arose in this ward where the sitting Labour member (and previously a member of Dyfed County Council since 1981) announced shortly before the close of nominations that he would not stand and pledged his support to the Plaid Cymru candidate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | William Tyssul Evans | 1,086 | |||
Independent Labour | Dynfor Vaughan Owens | 291 | |||
Majority | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
The previous Cross Hands (one seat) and Tumble (two seats) wards were merged to form a new two-seat ward. Three sitting councillors sought election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Neil William Baker | 1,090 | |||
Independent Labour | Philip Brinley Davies* | 1,040 | |||
Labour | Terrence Maxwell Evans* | 822 | |||
Labour | David Bryan Richards* | 753 | |||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | |||||
Independent Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Arthur Jones Harries* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ieuan Wyn Davies | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William George Thomas* | 1,042 | |||
Labour | William Edward Skinner* | 985 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Denver Rees | 781 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Hugh Morgan Lewis | 780 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
No boundary change. One of the sitting Labour councillors was de-selected but successfully retained the seat as an Independent Labour candidate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eunydd Ashley Brynmor Thomas* | 796 | |||
Independent Labour | Donald John Davies* | 778 | |||
Labour | Benjamin C.M. Reynolds | 674 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent Labour gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John James Jones Davies* | 759 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Margaret Bowen | 269 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
One of the sitting Labour members was de-selected and stood unsuccessfully as an Independent.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Clive Howells | 756 | |||
Labour | Vincent John Rees* | 753 | |||
Independent | Trevor Uriel Jones Thomas* | 717 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Siân Elisabeth Thomas | 659 | |||
Labour | Elizabeth Ann Phillips | 414 | |||
Majority | 245 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kenneth Alvan Rees* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Labour | Thomas Ieuan Edwards* | 879 | |||
Labour | John Wynford Treharne | 303 | |||
Majority | 576 | ||||
Independent Labour hold | Swing | ||||
No boundary changes. Ward name changed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elwyn Williams* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Philip Morris Hughes | 632 | |||
Independent | Lillian Margaret Owen | 414 | |||
Independent | Keith Hopkins | 247 | |||
Labour | Tammara Michelle Wilband | 61 | |||
Majority | 218 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | David Huw John* | unopposed | |||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |
No boundary changes but an additional seat created
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | John Garfield Edwards | 920 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Nigel Henry Evans | 793 | |||
Labour | Alan Peter Cooper | 754 | |||
Labour | Terrence H. Marshall* | 582 | |||
Majority | 123 | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stuart Hopkins | 744 | |||
Independent | Noel Roberts | 337 | |||
Majority | 407 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William David Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Meryl Gravell* | 548 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Cooper | 332 | |||
Labour | David Taylor | 181 | |||
Independent | Denis Henry Carter | 36 | |||
Majority | 216 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Thomas Enoch | 526 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Kenneth Rees Morgan | 370 | |||
Majority | 156 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Samuel Neil* | 1,040 | |||
Labour | Harry Palmer* | 958 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Dyfrig Thomas+ | 739 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Morris Morgan* | 933 | |||
Independent | William Conwil Harries | 364 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
A by-election was held in the Pontyberem ward following the death of Independent Labour councillor Ieuan Edwards.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Joy Williams | 655 | 60.4 | ||
Labour | 399 | 36.8 | |||
Conservative | 31 | 2.98 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 348 | ||||
Plaid Cymru | 293 | ||||
Independent | 118 | ||||
Conservative | 70 | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
A by-election was held in the Llandybie ward following the death of Independent councillor Gerald Earl, who had represented the ward on the Dyfed and Carmarthenshire councils since 1973.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Wyn Jones | 504 | |||
Plaid Cymru | 316 | ||||
Independent | 266 | ||||
Independent | 151 | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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