An election to Carmarthen District Council was held on 2 May 1991. [1] It was preceded by the 1987 election and followed, after local government reorganization, by the first election to Carmarthenshire County Council in 1995. 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:
Carmarthenshire County Council is the local council for the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales, providing a range of services under the control of elected county councillors that include education, planning, transport, social services and public safety. The council is one of twenty-two unitary authorities that came into existence on 1 April 1996 under the provisions of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994. It took over local government functions previously provided by Carmarthen District, Dinefwr Borough, Llanelli Borough councils and the Carmarthenshire area of what was Dyfed County Council.
There were some limited changes as a result of the election, including the capture of three seats by the Labour Party in Carmarthen Town.
The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom which has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The party's platform emphasises greater state intervention, social justice and strengthening workers' rights.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Pamela Ann Palmer* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | David Howell Merriman* | 1,215 | |||
Labour | John Russell Davies* | 1,079 | |||
Labour | Sarah Mary Lorraine Maynard | 1,056 | |||
Independent | John Elfed Williams* | 1,019 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Peter Hughes Griffiths | 984 | |||
Labour | Nia Rhiannon Griffith | 731 | |||
Labour | Richard John Williams | 638 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Dr Margaret Elizabeth Evans | 1,113 | |||
Independent | June Williams* | 719 | |||
Independent | John Elfed Thomas* | 532 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Geraint Thomas | 313 | |||
Labour | Judy Marged Morgan Stenger | 201 | |||
Labour | Thomas Julian Messsere | 182 | |||
Liberal Democrat gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
An Independent candidate had won a seat at a by-election following the resignation of Plaid Cymru councilor Malcolm Jones.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | William Gwynoro Jones | 905 | |||
Labour | Sioned Mair Richards | 839 | |||
Labour | Maxine Baine Ashley | 673 | |||
Independent | Stephen Paul Dunn | 558 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Lloyd Davies* | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Daniel Clodwyn Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Dorrien Thomas | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratepayers | Dewi Wyn Edwards* | 1,187 | |||
Labour | Ryan Jones | 1,092 | |||
Labour | William Peter Thomas Griffiths | 849 | |||
Ratepayers hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sidney William David Evans* | 415 | |||
Independent | David Cecil Davies | 290 | |||
Independent | John Jenkins | 50 | |||
Majority | 125 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Gibbin* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratepayers | Huw Voyle Williams* | unopposed | |||
Ratepayers hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Cyril William Roberts* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sidney Daniel John* | 374 | |||
Independent | Lydia Mair Stephens | 301 | |||
Majority | 73 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Thomas John Griffiths* | unopposed | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Keith Davies* | unopposed | |||
Independent | Thomas Wilfred Davies* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robin Owen Griffiths* | 998 | |||
Independent | Hywel Lloyd Williams* | 517 | |||
Labour | June Angela Jenkins | 429 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John David Greville Williams* | 742 | |||
Independent | Robert Michael Beynon | 688 | |||
Labour | Cydwel David Thomas Evans* | 660 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Evan Eirwyn Jones* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Una Burnett Davies | 490 | |||
Independent | Thomas John Jones | 376 | |||
Independent | Margaret Edith Jenkins | 149 | |||
Independent | Terence Davies Hesford | 134 | |||
Majority | 114 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Emrys Oriel Jones* | 774 | |||
Labour | Patricia Anne Stevens-Bevan | 114 | |||
Majority | 660 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Henry Irfon Jones* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ambrose Goring Lloyd | 370 | |||
Independent | James Eirwyn Williams | 327 | |||
Majority | 43 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Arwyn Ungoed Owen | ||||
Independent | David Price Phillips | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Charles Phillips* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William David Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Ithel Parri-Roberts | 581 | |||
Independent | Rosemary Jean Jenkins* | 248 | |||
Majority | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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