An election to Carmarthen District Council were held in May 1983. [1] It was preceded by the 1979 election and followed by the 1987 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* | 482 | |||
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic) | Pamela Ann Palmer | 393 | |||
Majority | 89 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William David Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Howell Merriman* | 1,276 | |||
Labour | John Russell Davies* | 985 | |||
Labour | John Elfed Williams | 797 | |||
Labour | T.H. Gwyn Davies* | 789 | |||
Independent | Dewi Evans* | 746 | |||
Labour | Kenneth Bryan Maynard | 729 | |||
Independent | Gwynne Morris Williams | 671 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Elvet Thomas* | 654 | |||
Independent | Thomas Llewellyn Davies* | 514 | |||
Independent | June Williams | 457 | |||
Labour | Peter Short | 353 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal) | David Nam* | 1,322 | |||
Independent | David Percy Jones* | 983 | |||
Independent | Helen Margaret Thomas | 899 | |||
Independent | P. Hurley | 428 | |||
Labour | Richard John Williams | 422 | |||
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Daniel Clodwyn Thomas* | 645 | |||
Plaid Cymru | D.J. Gwynne | 105 | |||
Majority | 540 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Jones* | 446 | |||
Independent | Lyn Luke ap Trin Davies | 399 | |||
Majority | 47 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Gibbin* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Frank Elwyn John* | Unopposed | |||
Independent | Cyril William Roberts* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratepayers | Huw Voyle Williams* | 2,048 | |||
Ratepayers | Dewi Wyn Edwards* | 1,784 | |||
Labour | Thomas Henry Richards* | 1,472 | |||
Ratepayers | Peter Edward Rees | 1,043 | |||
Ratepayers hold | Swing | ||||
Ratepayers hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sidney Daniel John* | 1,050 | |||
Independent | David Charles Phillips* | 1,005 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Malcolm W.E. Rees | 337 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Wilfred Davies* | 1,168 | |||
Independent | Thomas Keith Davies | 557 | |||
Independent | W. Ainsleigh Verdun Harris | 549 | |||
Independent | William Michael Davies | 548 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David John Lewis* | 539 | |||
Independent | David George Lewis | 428 | |||
Majority | 111 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Evan Eirwyn Jones* | 375 | |||
Independent | K.D. Rees | 79 | |||
Majority | 296 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Griffith Trevor Rees* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Hywel Lloyd Williams* | ||||
Independent | John David James Morgan | ||||
Independent | Evan James Thomas* | ||||
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal) | John B. Lewis | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William D. Evans* | 1,029 | |||
Labour | Ivor Haydn Edmunds | 727 | |||
Plaid Cymru | E.J. Lewis | 550 | |||
Independent | Robert Michael Beynon | 386 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Emrys Oriel Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Independent | Oliver Williams* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | G. Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Victor Lawrence James* | 1,301 | |||
Independent | Benjamin Delwyn Royden Thomas* | 1,107 | |||
Independent | E.T. Pope | 161 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic) | A.P. Vedeniapin | 559 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Ithel Parri-Roberts | 321 | |||
Majority | 238 | ||||
SDP–Liberal Alliance gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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