An election to Carmarthen District Council were held in May 1976. [1] It was preceded by the 1973 election and followed by the 1979 election. On the same day there were elections to the other local authorities and community councils in Wales.
Carmarthen District Council was one of six local government districts of the county of Dyfed, west Wales, from 1974 to 1996. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 from the following parts of the administrative county of Carmarthenshire:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Samuel Scurlock Bowen* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William David Thomas* | 640 | 70.0 | ||
Independent | D. Phillips | 195 | 21.3 | ||
Independent | W. Griffiths | 79 | 8.6 | ||
Majority | 48.7 | ||||
Turnout | 82.4 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | H. Dewi Evans | 899 | |||
Independent | David Howell Merriman | 888 | |||
Labour | T.H. Gwyn Davies | 847 | |||
Labour | C. Dean* | 811 | |||
Labour | Kenneth Bryan Maynard | 769 | |||
Labour | W. Rogers* | 736 | |||
Plaid Cymru | John Gareth Matthews | 704 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Llewellyn Davies* | 684 | |||
Independent | R. Evans* | 538 | |||
Independent | J. Jones | 408 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Nam | 904 | |||
Independent | T.J. Hurley* | 768 | |||
Independent | Emrys Rees* | 702 | |||
Plaid Cymru | G. James | 641 | |||
Independent | D. Waters* | 543 | |||
Liberal | A. Jones | 513 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Daniel Clodwyn Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Jones* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Gibbin* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Frank Elwyn John* | 946 | |||
Independent | J. Rees* | 712 | |||
Independent | G. Machin | 264 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Huw Voyle Williams* | 1,605 | |||
Labour | Thomas Henry Richards* | 1,300 | |||
Labour | E. Griffiths | 1,196 | |||
Labour | Percy W. Lewis* | 1,061 | |||
Independent | J. Jones | 1,044 | |||
Independent | W. Rees | 708 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D. Stephens* | 817 | |||
Independent | Sidney Daniel John | 804 | |||
Plaid Cymru | W. Rees | 704 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Wilfred Davies* | 880 | |||
Independent | Margaret Brynmor Williams* | 833 | |||
Plaid Cymru | D. Jones | 678 | |||
Independent | J. Griffiths | 344 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David John Lewis* | 666 | |||
Independent | D.R. Jonathon | 465 | |||
Majority | 17.8 | ||||
Turnout | 80.7 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Evan Eirwyn Jones* | 269 | 55.9 | ||
Independent | D. Daniels | 212 | 44.1 | ||
Majority | 11.9 | ||||
Turnout | 76.5 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Griffith Trevor Rees* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Percy Jones* | 1,066 | |||
Independent | Evan James Thomas* | 900 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Hywel Lloyd Williams | 547 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Williams* | 918 | |||
Labour | William D. Evans* | 906 | |||
Independent | D.V. Owens | 424 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Emrys Oriel Jones* | 1,216 | |||
Independent | Oliver Williams | 856 | |||
Independent | E. Evans | 540 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | G. Davies | 568 | 51.5 | ||
Independent | G.E. Howell* | 535 | 48.5 | ||
Majority | 33 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 84.9 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Victor Lawrence James | unopposed | |||
Independent | Benjamin Delwyn Royden Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | I. James* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
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