An election to Carmarthen District Council was held on 7 May 1987. [1] It was preceded by the 1983 election and followed by the 1991 election. On the same day there were elections to the other local authorities and community councils in Wales. [2]
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:
A limited number of boundary changes had taken place since the previous election. Some wards were also renamed.
The ward used to be known as Abergwili and Llanllawddog. The winning candidate had represented the SDP-Liberal Alliance at the 1983 election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Pamela Ann Palmer | 336 | |||
Independent | Simon John Howells | 294 | |||
Independent | Trevor Hugh Davies | 157 | |||
Independent | Ronald Hugh Richards | 152 | |||
Labour | T. Greenfield | 82 | |||
Majority | 42 | ||||
Turnout | 73.0 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
The ward used to be known as Carmarthen Town Ward One. Two of the sitting Labour candidates were de-selected by the party, but stood successfully as independents.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Howell Merriman* | 1,273 | |||
Labour | John Russell Davies* | 1,111 | |||
Independent | John Elfed Williams* | 1,080 | |||
Independent | T.H. Gwyn Davies* | 997 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Peter Hughes Griffiths | 924 | |||
Labour | Kenneth Wigley Lloyd | 885 | |||
Labour | Richard John Williams | 646 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
The ward used to be known as Carmarthen Town Ward Two.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | June Williams | 704 | |||
Independent | John Elfed Thomas* | 653 | |||
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal) | Richard John Goodridge | 533 | |||
Labour | Richard John Edwards | 431 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Geraint Thomas | 427 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
The ward used to be known as Carmarthen Town Ward Three. David Crane had been elected at a by-election following the resignation of previous Liberal councillor David Nam.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDP–Liberal Alliance | David Llewhelin Crane* | 1,268 | |||
Independent | Helen Margaret Thomas* | 1,047 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Malcolm Morgan Jones | 990 | |||
Labour | Sarah Mary Lorraine Maynard | 748 | |||
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
The ward used to be known as Newcastle Emlyn.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Lloyd Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | |||||
The ward used to be known as Cilymaenllwyd.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Daniel Clodwyn Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | |||||
The ward used to be known as Cynwyl Elfed and Llanpumsaint.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Dorrien Thomas | 304 | |||
Independent | Thomas Owen Morgan | 215 | |||
Independent | William Malcolm Howells | 177 | |||
Independent | Lyn Luke ap Trin Davies | 142 | |||
Independent | James Kinneil Fraser | 66 | |||
Independent | John Henry Dyer | 30 | |||
Majority | 89 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
The previous three-member Llanarthney and Llanddarog ward was split into a two-member ward (Gorslas) and a single-member ward (Llanddarog).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratepayers | Dewi Wyn Edwards* | 1,240 | |||
Labour | Ryan Jones | 1,102 | |||
Independent | Jane Ann Jones | 649 | |||
Ratepayers hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The previous two-member Laugharne Township ward was split into a two single-member wards (Laugharne Township and Llanddowror). The sitting member had been elected at a by-election following the death of Elwyn John.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sidney William David Evans* | 356 | |||
Independent | David Cecil Davies | 331 | |||
Majority | 25 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
The ward used to be known as Henllanfallteg.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Gibbin* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | |||||
The previous three-member Llanarthney and Llanddarog ward was split into a two-member ward (Gorslas) and a single-member ward (Llanddarog).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratepayers | Huw Voyle Williams* | Unopposed | |||
Ratepayers hold | Swing | ||||
The previous two-member Laugharne Township ward was split into a two single-member wards (Laugharne Township and Llanddowror).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Cyril William Roberts* | 479 | |||
Independent | Dafydd Meredith Price | 294 | |||
Majority | 185 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
The previous two-member Llandyfaelog ward was split into a two single-member wards (Llandyfaelog and St Ishmaels).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sidney Daniel John* | Unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
The seat had been won by Plaid Cymru at a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Thomas John Griffiths* | Unopposed | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Keith Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Independent | Thomas Wilfred Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold | |||||
Boundary change: the previous ward was divided to create an additional Newchurch ward.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robin Owen Griffiths | 839 | |||
Independent | Hywel Lloyd Williams* | 650 | |||
Independent | John David James Morgan* | 499 | |||
Independent | Jean Stuart Arnold | 333 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John David Greville Williams | 727 | |||
Labour | Cydwel David Thomas Evans | 674 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Handel Michael Ayres Williams | 646 | |||
SDP–Liberal Alliance | Emlyn Jones | 471 | |||
SDP–Liberal Alliance | Robert Michael Beynon | 435 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The ward used to be known as Llanfihangel Rhos-y-Corn.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Evan Eirwyn Jones* | 365 | |||
SDP–Liberal Alliance | Roger Nook | 133 | |||
Independent | Leonard William Davies | 79 | |||
Independent | Roger Joynson | 49 | |||
Majority | 232 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
The ward used to be known as Llangain.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Griffith Trevor Rees* | 446 | |||
Independent | William Thomas | 356 | |||
SDP–Liberal Alliance | John Dickson Bain | 282 | |||
Majority | 90 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
The previous two-member Llanllwni ward was split into a two single-member wards (Llanybydder and Pencarreg).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Emrys Oriel Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
This additional ward was created following the division of the Llangynnwr ward, which retained two seats.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mary Anne Griffiths | 324 | |||
Independent | Evan James Thomas | 240 | |||
Independent | Lyn Lewis Thomas | 164 | |||
Majority | 84 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
The previous two-member Llanllwni ward was split into a two single-member wards (Llanybydder and Pencarreg).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Oliver Williams* | Unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Victor Lawrence James* | Unopposed | |||
Independent | Benjamin Delwyn Royden Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold | |||||
The previous two-member Llandyfaelog ward was split into a two single-member wards (Llandyfaelog and St Ishmaels).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Charles Phillips* | 593 | |||
Labour | Christopher George Henry | 124 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
The ward used to be known as Abernant.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William David Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rosemary Jean Jenkins | 469 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Ithel Parri-Roberts | 358 | |||
Majority | 111 | ||||
Independent gain from SDP–Liberal Alliance | Swing | ||||
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