The second election to Powys County Council following local government reorganisation was held in May 1999. [1] It was preceded by the 1995 election and followed by the 2004 election. The election resulted once again in a majority of Independent councillors. [2]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 6 | ||||||||
Conservative | 0 | ||||||||
Liberal Democrats | 10 | ||||||||
Plaid Cymru | 0 | ||||||||
Independent | 57 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cyril Gwyn Gwillim* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Boundary Change.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Stephen Davies | 274 | |||
Independent | Adrian John Willford | 105 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sir John Royden Maddox | 100 | |||
Conservative | Hilda Mary Williams | 100 | |||
Majority | 169 | ||||
Turnout | 58.0 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Edward Ernest William Sweet | 456 | |||
Independent | Jeremy David Pugh | 444 | |||
Majority | 12 | ||||
Turnout | 52.0 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Gareth Jones | 282 | |||
Independent | Betty Lucille Greet* | 157 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |
Boundary Change.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas John Probert* | 676 | |||
Independent | David John Addis | 566 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 51.0 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bryan Wyn Davies* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | H Jean Whittall* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
No valid nominations were received.
James Gibson-Watt represented a different ward on the previous council.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Charles James Gibson-Watt* | 330 | |||
Independent | Richard George W. Booth | 135 | |||
Conservative | Mary Lesley Fellowes | 114 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 46.0 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Rowland Price | 336 | |||
Independent | David Eiros Davies* | 305 | |||
Independent | Clive Gwennap Easton | 72 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 66.0 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rowland Edgar Price Williams* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Roger Hugh Williams* | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Muriel Rosemarie Harris | 268 | |||
Independent | Mary Taylor* | 225 | |||
Majority | 59.0 | ||||
Turnout | 66.0 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Timothy John Van Rees* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Evan Thomas Morgan* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Marilyn Roberts* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
The number of seats were reduced from two to one.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher John Mann* | 651 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Mark Morgan* | 394 | |||
Conservative | David John Chatfield | 234 | |||
Independent | Ian Howell Milton | 74 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 51.0 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
The number of seats were reduced from two to one.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Susan Dawn Francis* | 625 | |||
Independent | Anthony Joseph Bell | 401 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 48.0 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
The number of seats were reduced from two to one.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ivy Brenda Lewis* | 379 | |||
Independent | Henry Lloyd Evans* | 187 | |||
Independent | Ronald Day | 139 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dorothy Margaret Jane James* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jean Maisie Jones* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Vivian James Gibbs* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dorothy Gillian Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
The number of seats were reduced from two to one.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Betty Rachel Watkins* | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Beryl Vaughan | 300 | |||
Independent | David Keith Roberts* | 214 | |||
Majority | 86 | ||||
Turnout | 74.0 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sidney George Pritchard* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
The ward was previously known as Trefeglwys / Llangurig.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gwilym Thomas Evans* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Elizabeth Rachel Davies | 601 | |||
Independent | David Michael Jones* | 430 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 58.0 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gwynfryn Courtnenay Hamer* | 475 | |||
Conservative | Ruby Annie Eileen Taylor | 159 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 52.0 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Graham Edwards* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Frederick John Owens* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gwilym Pughe Vaughan* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Boundary Change. The wards of Guilsfield Within and Guilsfield Without were merged.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Richard Jones* | 650 | |||
Independent | Leslie Walter William Gretton | 294 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 56.0 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Kathryn Mary Roberts-Jones | 396 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Derek Napier | 320 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 56.0 | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Hedd Bleddyn Williams* | 333 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Gwynant Huw Davies | 166 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 71.0 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gwyneth Alice Sylvester* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Richard Graham Brown* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Harold Evans* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Viola Elizabeth Evans | unopposed | |||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Barry Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Ellis Bowen* | 401 | |||
Independent | David Barry Goodman | 220 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 59.0 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
The number of seats was reduced from two to one.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Gareth Morgan* | unopposed | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Labour won the seat in 1995 but subsequently lost it at a by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Henry Hughes* | 412 | |||
Independent | David Wyn Davies | 377 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 59.0 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Tegwyn Jones | 448 | |||
Independent | Elizabeth Jean Thomas* | 267 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 52.0 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gwilym Thomas Tibbott* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Michael Williams* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Eldrydd Mary Jones | 334 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Huw Llewelyn Gwalchmai* | 151 | |||
Labour | Philip Edgar Hookway | 43 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Brian Penton Richards* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
The number of seats was reduced from two to one.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Joseph Walter Griffiths* | 453 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Reginald Taylor* | 321 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 43.0 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Louis Hedley Williams* | unopposed | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Dan Munford* | 560 | |||
Independent | Brian Breeze | 277 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 48.0 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Thomas Davey | 282 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Derek Stanley Upton | 218 | |||
Conservative | Eleanor Wright | 143 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Henry Mills | 231 | |||
Labour | Rina Judith Clarke | 173 | |||
Independent | Philip Bowell Watkins | 89 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Joy Gethin Shearer* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
The Conservative candidate had won the seat at a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ian Douglass Ferguson | 277 | |||
Conservative | Montague Lancelot Gaius Robinson* | 186 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Joseph Stephen Richard Watson* | 303 | |||
Independent | Norma Christine Lovely | 128 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 38.0 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gorge Edward Hugh Taylor* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ann Holloway* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Alfred Edward Allen* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
The sitting councilor had been elected as a Labour candidate in 1995.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Peter Desmond Speake* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Margaret Elizabeth Morris | 665 | |||
Independent | Rod Bailey | 210 | |||
Independent | Derek Victor Hills | 113 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
The number of seats was reduced from two to one.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Albert Harris | 628 | |||
Conservative | Trevor Alexander Johnson* | 439 | |||
Independent | Janice Geraldine Harris | 167 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Fred Barker* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Kenneth John Richards | 270 | |||
Liberal Democrats | William Philip Charles | 234 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert William Bevan* | 544 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Sian Rosmari Maredudd | 96 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Edward Brian Oakley | 620 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Dennis William Cleaton | 275 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Geoffrey Miles Worts* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Emlyn Kinsey Pugh* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John David Arthur Thompson* | 325 | |||
Independent | Leslie Gwyn Davies | 226 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Owen Evans | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Evan Michael Jones* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
The winning candidate was elected as an Independent in 1995.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Garry Richard Banks* | unopposed | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Martin Anthony Pugh | 468 | |||
Independent | John Andreas Bufton | 435 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Hugh Tyler | 130 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
A by-election was held in Gwernyfed on 24 June 1999 after no valid nominations were received for the regular election. [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Geraint George Hopkins | 192 | |||
Independent | Rufus Trevor Richard Price | 141 | |||
Independent | Aileen Mary Dixon | 103 | |||
Independent | Richard George William Pitt Booth | 26 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 41.0 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
A by-election was held in Disserth and Tircoed on 18 November 1999 following the resignation of P.D. Speake. [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Leslie Gwyn Davies | 286 | |||
Independent | David Edward Miles Worts | 88 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 40.0 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
A by-election was held in the Welshpool Gungrog ward on 24 February 2000 following the death of Councillor G.E.H. Taylor. [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Mervyn Gwynfor Kinsey | 200 | |||
Independent | Olga Rowena Suddell | 127 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 17.0 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
A by-election was held in the Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn North ward on 12 July 2001 following the resignation of Councillor Dan Munford . [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Richard Noyce | 209 | 48.8 | ||
Independent | Olive Elizabeth Sheriff | 151 | 35.2 | ||
Independent | Philip B Watkins | 68 | 15.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 428 | 26% | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
A by-election was held in the Rhayader ward on 13 September 2001 following the resignation of Councillor Martin Pugh. [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Richard Hugh Tyler | 254 | |||
Independent | Elizabeth Fletcher Phillips | 174 | |||
Independent | Margaret Hughes | 143 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |
A by-election was announced for the Llangors ward and scheduled to be held on 17 January 2002 following the resignation of Councillor Roger Williams following his election as MP for Brecon and Radnorshire, Melanie Tunnicliffe was returned unopposed after being the sole nominee. [3]
A by-election was held in the Crickhowell ward on 11 July 2002 following the death of Councillor Tom Probert. [3]
A by-election was held in the Brecon St Mary ward on 30 October 2003 following the death of Councillor Susan Francis. [3]
A by-election was held in the Dolforwyn ward on 15 January 2004 following the resignation of Councillor David Edwards. [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Wynne Thomas Jones | 480 | |||
Independent | Richard John White | 69 | |||
Independent | Paul Michael Leonard Harris | 39 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 45.0 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |