The second election to the Ceredigion County Council was held on 6 May 1999. [1] It was preceded by the 1995 election and followed by the 2004 election.
Once again, the Independents were the largest group with a number of councillors elected unopposed
Thirty members of the original Council elected in 1995 were again returned.
Fourteen candidates were returned unopposed. Thirteen were sitting Independent or Liberal Democrat councilors; the only exception being Cen Llwyd, who was returned for Plaid Cymru in Llandysiliogogo ward, replacing a retiring Independent.
There were no boundary changes.
Most of the retiring members sought re-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Richard Emlyn Thomas* | 557 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Deanne M. Hartwell-Jones | 243 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William James Granville Varney* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Hywel Griffiths Evans* | 691 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Simon Thomas | 552 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Michael John Woods | 244 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Edgar Carl Williams* | 493 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Llinos M. Roberts-Young | 418 | |||
Independent | Mona Rachel Morris | 416 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Jacqueline Mary Taylor | 344 | |||
Independent | I. Pidgeon | 149 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Llewellyn Goronwy Edwards* | 696 | |||
Independent | Gareth Ellis* | 606 | |||
Socialist | Griffith Eric Hughes | 397 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Paul Cornelius Davies | 223 | |||
Labour | Dylan Paul Lewis | 190 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Graham Thomas Parry | 136 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Eric John Griffiths* | 754 | |||
Independent | Hywel Thomas Jones* | 408 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Alun John Wiliams | 357 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Carol Ann Kolczak | 320 | |||
Labour | Mark Richard Franchi | 150 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Elfed Davies* | 676 | |||
Independent | Colin Sinclair | 138 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Thomas Kinsey Raw-Rees* | 632 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Peter Shankland | 173 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas John Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
John Adams-Lewis was elected as an Independent in 1995.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Thomas John Adams-Lewis* | 1,021 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Trevor Thomas Griffiths | 810 | |||
Independent | Sarah Mary Morris | 805 | |||
Independent | John Bertram Evans | 645 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Glen Kelsall Johnson | 473 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Julian S. Beynon-Lewis | 303 | |||
Plaid Cymru gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Ellen Elizabeth ap Gwynn | 583 | |||
Independent | Dafydd Ffredric Raw-Rees | 297 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Stanley Meredith Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Peredur Wynne Eklund* | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert George Harris* | 681 | |||
Independent | John Ivor Williams | 428 | |||
Independent | Carol Ramaya | 382 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Doiran Evans* | 314 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Robert Phillips | 304 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Eurfyl Evans* | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Plaid Cymru had won a seat following the death of a previous Independent councillor.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Benjamin Lewis Davies | 478 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Gwydion Heini Gruffudd | 393 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ian Rees | 368 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Lodwick Davies | 244 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Lyndon Lloyd Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Cen Llwyd | Unopposed | |||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Evan John Keith Evans* | 417 | |||
Plaid Cymru | David Graham Evans | 369 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Alun Lloyd Jones* | 564 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Robert A. Coleman | 115 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Plaid Cymru had won the seat at a by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Evan Wynne Davies | 663 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Lewes Gee | 433 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David John Evans | 609 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Meurig Hughes | 154 | |||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | John Timothy Odwyn Davies | 426 | |||
Independent | George Gwynne Gibbons | 194 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jan Sutton | 104 | |||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | William Richard Edwards* | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Daniel Meurig James* | 578 | |||
Independent | Lodwick Lloyd | 382 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Leslie Lewis | 240 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Samuel Haydn Richards | 584 | |||
Independent | David Alun James* | 404 | |||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Lloyd Evans* | 670 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Gwilym ab Ioan | 351 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Edward Allen | 81 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Fred Williams* | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sarah Gillian Hopley | 194 | |||
Plaid Cymru | John Cadwallader Price | 193 | |||
Independent | Julian Raymond Evans* | 166 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Geraint Jenkins* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Haydn Lewis* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | William Penri James* | 618 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alexander James Dauncey | 248 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Arthur Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Gethin Bennett* | 499 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Margaret Mary Williams | 207 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John David Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John David Rowland Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Democrats hold |
A by-election was held in the Aberystwyth East ward following the resignation of Plaid Cymru councillor Simon Thomas, who was elected MP for Ceredigion and Pembroke North at a by-election earlier that year.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Alun John Williams | 367 | 51.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 279 | 39.0 | |||
Conservative | Adrian Robson | 69 | 9.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
A by-election was held in the Borth ward on 29 March 2001 following the death of Tom Raw-Rees. The seat was held by an Independent candidate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Raymond Quant | 524 | 69.7 | −8.8 | |
Plaid Cymru | Arthur Dafis | 147 | 19.5 | +19.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 81 | 10.8 | −10.7 | ||
Majority | 377 | 50.2 | −6.8 | ||
Turnout | 752 | 48% | −1.9 | ||
Registered electors | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | -14.15 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Elfyn Owen Rees | 336 | 51.9 | ||
Plaid Cymru | 311 | 48.1 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |
A by-election was held in the Llanbadarn Fawr ward following the resignation of Plaid Cymru councillor Gwydion Gruffudd.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | 338 | 57.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 255 | 43.0 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
A by-election was held in the Cardigan ward following the resignation of Plaid Cymru councillor Trevor Griffiths.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Alan Wilson | 859 | 60.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | 341 | 24.2 | |||
Labour | 128 | 9.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 84 | 5.9 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing |
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