The third election to the Carmarthenshire County Council were held in May 2004. It was preceded by the 1999 election and followed by the 2008 election. As in previous elections, the Independent councillors had the largest number of seats.
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.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 24 | 36.2 | 17,347 | ||||||
Conservative | 1 | 2.1 | 1,276 | ||||||
Liberal Democrat | 0 | 1.9 | 1,179 | ||||||
Plaid Cymru | 17 | 31.3 | 19,263 | ||||||
Independent | 32 | 36.2 | 22,304 | ||||||
Independent Labour | |||||||||
Ratepayers | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Pamela Ann Palmer* | 677 | 61.4 | +61.4 | |
Plaid Cymru | Henry Jones-Davies | 246 | 22.3 | +22.3 | |
Labour | Frances Elizabeth Owens | 179 | 16.2 | +16.2 | |
Majority | 431 | 39.1 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Hugh Evans* | 636 | |||
Plaid Cymru | David Thomas | 337 | |||
Majority | 299 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Dorian Evans* | 329 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Charlotte Price | 299 | |||
Majority | 30 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sandra Melita Cooke* | 728 | |||
Labour | David Charles Prothero* | 631 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Michael Burns | 495 | |||
Independent | Brian Davies | 410 | |||
Independent | Lawrence Jenkins | 351 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patricia Ethel Mary Jones* | 850 | |||
Independent | Stephen Randall James | 754 | |||
Labour | Hugh Shepardson | 710 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Joanna Davies | 301 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Alexander Anderson | 226 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gwynne Harris Woolridge | 544 | |||
Labour | Muriel Jones | 329 | |||
Majority | 215 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Peter Hughes Griffiths | 767 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Jeffrey Thomas | 584 | |||
Labour | Michael Stewart Elias | 562 | |||
Labour | Richard Evans | 491 | |||
Independent | Jeremy John | 360 | |||
Independent | Kevin Davies | 214 | |||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | June Williams* | 443 | |||
Labour | Philip William Grice | 551 | |||
Plaid Cymru | David Jonathan Edwards | 309 | |||
Independent | Rob James | 301 | |||
Independent | Jennifer Fox | 289 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Jonathan Mendus Edwards | 245 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Arthur Davies* | 700 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Alan Douglas Thomas Speake | 647 | |||
Labour | Nia Rhiannon Griffith | 362 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Andrew John Dixon | 321 | |||
Independent | David Howell Merriman* | 292 | |||
Independent | Phillip Griffiths | 219 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
The sitting Plaid Cymru councillor, John Crossley, chose to contest Llangeler and the party did not field a candidate, leading to the loss of the seat to the Independents.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Haydn Jones | 368 | |||
Independent | Thomas Hesford | 350 | |||
Independent | Peter Lewis | 155 | |||
Labour | Michael Barron | 155 | |||
Majority | 18 | ||||
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Theophilus* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Dorrien Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | James Eirwyn Williams* | 560 | |||
Conservative | Henry Lloyd Davies | 155 | |||
Majority | 405 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Tegwen Devichand was elected at a by-election following the death of the previous councillor, Vernon Warlow.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tegwen Devichand* | 546 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Alford Clement Thomas | 306 | |||
Majority | 240 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Paul Jenkins | 369 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Pamela Jean Edmunds* | 349 | |||
Labour | Warren Cooke | 288 | |||
Majority | 20 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David William Hugh Richards | 312 | |||
Labour | Henry John Evans* | 281 | |||
Majority | 31 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Madge* | 567 | |||
Independent | Netta Thomas | 110 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Emyr Williams | 100 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Colin Evans* | 529 | |||
Plaid Cymru | David Jenkins | 353 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gerald Frederick Meyler* | 623 | |||
Labour | David Allan Tucker* | 556 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Keith Skivington | 472 | |||
Independent | Anthony Davies | 346 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas James Jones* | 685 | |||
Labour | Ellana Thomas | 153 | |||
Majority | 532 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Henry Clive Scourfield* | 909 | |||
Labour | Terry Davies | 853 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Thomas Rees | 670 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Andrew Hyde | 320 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | William Ieuan Bryant James | 598 | |||
Labour | Alun John Richards | 323 | |||
Majority | 275 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eryl Morgan | ||||
Labour | Keith Thomas Davies | 432 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Michael Evans | 398 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Meilyr Bowen Hughes* | 359 | |||
Independent | Gordon Anderson | 271 | |||
Conservative | Fay Bowen | 157 | |||
Conservative | Dorothy McDonald | 127 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Although the sitting councillor, a former Labour member of Llanelli Borough Council, was elected as an Independent Labour candidate in 1995, he subsequently joined the Independent group.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gwilym Glanmor Jones* | 664 | |||
Independent | Michael Higgins | 440 | |||
Labour | Michael Rayner | 144 | |||
Majority | 224 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Jane Tremlett | 489 | |||
Labour | Jack Done | 401 | |||
Independent | William Edmund Vincent John Davies | 279 | |||
Independent | Bob Costley | 177 | |||
Majority | 88 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Daniel James Roy Llewellyn | 492 | |||
Independent | Gareth Lee | 411 | |||
Majority | 81 | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
The elected candidate, who had sat as a Ratepayer for Gorslas since 1995, and on Dyfed County Council since 1977, had now joined the Independent group.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William John Wyn Evans* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ieuan Goronwy Jones* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ivor John Jackson | 659 | |||
Plaid Cymru | John Dyer | 478 | |||
Labour | Branwen Llewelyn Jones | 88 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Anthony Wyn Jones was elected at a by-election following the death of the previous Independent councillor, Gerald Earl.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mary Helena Thomas* | 881 | |||
Labour | Anthony Wyn Jones* | 747 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Nesta Urquhart | 584 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Meirion Bowen | 516 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dillwyn Anthony Williams* | 864 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Alleyne Caroline Farrington Evans | 238 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Dafydd Rhys Davies | 389 | |||
Independent | Winston Kenneth Griffiths* | 302 | |||
Conservative | Tony Jukes | 83 | |||
Majority | 87 | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Fioled Meirion Jones* | 870 | |||
Conservative | Douglas Mearns Spragg | 214 | |||
Majority | 656 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
No Boundary Change. Ward named changed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Morgan | 421 | |||
Independent | Havard Jones | 300 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Rhobert ap Steffan | 260 | |||
Labour | Robert Holmes | 44 | |||
Majority | 121 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
The elected candidate was the sitting councillor for Cenarth since 1999.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | John David George Crossley* | 901 | |||
Independent | Caroline Roberts | 438 | |||
Majority | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Gwyneth Thomas* | 712 | |||
Plaid Cymru | William Gwyn Hopkins* | 672 | |||
Labour | Raymond Cooke | 601 | |||
Independent | Cerith David Thomas | 481 | |||
Socialist Labour | John Willock | 180 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Clifford Merlin Jones* | 686 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Dewi Elwyn Williams | 362 | |||
Majority | 324 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | William Tyssul Evans | 872 | |||
Labour | John Roberts | 184 | |||
Majority | |||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Neil William Baker* | 1,140 | |||
Independent | Alun Owens | 630 | |||
Labour | Terrence Maxwell Evans | 586 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Philip Williams | 530 | |||
Labour | Megan Squires | 412 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Osi Rhys Osmond had been elected at a by-election following the death of the previous Independent councillor, Arthur Harries.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Daff Davies | 614 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Osi Rhys Osmond | 516 | |||
Majority | 98 | ||||
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ieuan Wyn Davies* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William George Thomas* | 737 | |||
Labour | William Edward Skinner* | 731 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Kenneth Denver Rees | 592 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Hugh Morgan Lewis | 550 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Dillwyn Bowen was the Labour councillor for Bynea from 1995 until de-selected by the Labour Party prior to the 2004 election. He then chose to contest Llwynhendy alongside sitting Independent councillor Don Davies, who had himself been de-selected by Labour prior to the 1999 election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Dillwyn Bowen* | 501 | |||
Independent | Donald John Davies* | 500 | |||
Labour | Diana Darby | 430 | |||
Labour | Benjamin C.M. Reynolds | 386 | |||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John James Jones Davies* | 655 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Andre Jacob | 181 | |||
Conservative | Martin Davies | 132 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Vincent John Rees* | 526 | |||
Labour | John Clive Howells* | 488 | |||
Independent | Trevor Uriel Jones Thomas | 463 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Sian Caiach | 423 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Martin Davies | 314 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Siân Elisabeth Thomas* | 552 | |||
Labour | Mark Lewis | 414 | |||
Majority | 138 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Vivian Lynne Llewellyn | 461 | |||
Plaid Cymru | John Binney | 355 | |||
Majority | 106 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Joy Williams captured the seat for Plaid Cymru at a by-election following the death of the previous Independent Labour councillor, Ieuan Edwards.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Joy Williams* | 918 | |||
Labour | Ishtiaq Shiekh | 135 | |||
Majority | |||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elwyn Williams* | 655 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Marion Binney | 467 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Philip Hughes* | 955 | |||
Independent | Lyn Luke ap Trin Davies | 265 | |||
Majority | 690 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Lydia Mair Stephens | 803 | |||
Plaid Cymru | David Huw John* | 414 | |||
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | John Garfield Edwards* | 786 | |||
Labour | Alan Peter Cooper | 754 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Nigel Henry Evans* | 682 | |||
Labour | Betty Phillips | 621 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Anthony Morgan | 492 | |||
Independent | Frederick James | 210 | |||
Labour | Carol Edwards | 181 | |||
Majority | 282 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William David Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Meryl Gravell* | 604 | |||
Labour | Geraint Hopkins | 113 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Dilwyn Jones | 96 | |||
Majority | 491 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Thomas Enoch* | 513 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Emyr Brown | 275 | |||
Majority | 238 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Keri Peter Thomas | 622 | |||
Labour | Martin Philip Morris* | 621 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Dyfrig Thomas | 362 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Martin Davies | 354 | |||
Conservative | Betty Chambers | 166 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Morris Morgan* | 447 | |||
Independent | William Conwil Harries | 271 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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