The second election to the Ceredigion County Council was held on 6 May 1999. [1] It was preceded by the 1995 election and followed by the 2004 election.
Ceredigion County Council is the governing body for the county of Ceredigion, since 1996 one of the unitary authorities of Wales.
Once again, the Independents were the largest group with a number of councillors elected unopposed
Thirty members of the original Council elected in 1995 were again returned.
Fourteen candidates were returned unopposed. Thirteen were sitting Independent or Liberal Democrat councilors; the only exception being Cen Llwyd, who was returned for Plaid Cymru in Llandysiliogogo ward, replacing a retiring Independent.
There were no boundary changes.
Most of the retiring members sought re-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Richard Emlyn Thomas* | 557 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Deanne M. Hartwell-Jones | 243 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William James Granville Varney* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Hywel Griffiths Evans* | 691 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Simon Thomas | 552 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Michael John Woods | 244 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Edgar Carl Williams* | 493 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Llinos M. Roberts-Young | 418 | |||
Independent | Mona Rachel Morris | 416 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Jacqueline Mary Taylor | 344 | |||
Independent | I. Pidgeon | 149 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Llewellyn Goronwy Edwards* | 696 | |||
Independent | Gareth Ellis* | 606 | |||
Socialist | Griffith Eric Hughes | 397 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Paul Cornelius Davies | 223 | |||
Labour | Dylan Paul Lewis | 190 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Graham Thomas Parry | 136 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Eric John Griffiths* | 754 | |||
Independent | Hywel Thomas Jones* | 408 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Alun John Wiliams | 357 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Carol Ann Kolczak | 320 | |||
Labour | Mark Richard Franchi | 150 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Elfed Davies* | 676 | |||
Independent | Colin Sinclair | 138 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Thomas Kinsey Raw-Rees* | 632 | |||
Liberal Democrat | David Peter Shankland | 173 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas John Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
John Adams-Lewis was elected as an Independent in 1995.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Thomas John Adams-Lewis* | 1,021 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Trevor Thomas Griffiths | 810 | |||
Independent | Sarah Mary Morris | 805 | |||
Independent | John Bertram Evans | 645 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Glen Kelsall Johnson | 473 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Julian S. Beynon-Lewis | 303 | |||
Plaid Cymru gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Ellen Elizabeth ap Gwynn | 583 | |||
Independent | Dafydd Ffredric Raw-Rees | 297 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Stanley Meredith Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Peredur Wynne Eklund* | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert George Harris* | 681 | |||
Independent | John Ivor Williams | 428 | |||
Independent | Carol Ramaya | 382 | |||
Liberal Democrat | David Doiran Evans* | 314 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Robert Phillips | 304 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Thomas Eurfyl Evans* | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Plaid Cymru had won a seat following the death of a previous Independent councillor.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Benjamin Lewis Davies | 478 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Gwydion Heini Gruffudd | 393 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Ian Rees | 368 | |||
Liberal Democrat | John Lodwick Davies | 244 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Lyndon Lloyd Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Cen Llwyd | Unopposed | |||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Evan John Keith Evans* | Unopposed | |||
Plaid Cymru | David Graham Evans | 369 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Alun Lloyd Jones* | 564 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Robert A. Coleman | 115 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Plaid Cymeu had won the seat at a by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Evan Wynne Davies | 663 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Matthew Lewes Gee | 433 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David John Evans | 609 | |||
Liberal Democrat | John Meurig Hughes | 154 | |||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | John Timothy Odwyn Davies | 426 | |||
Independent | George Gwynne Gibbons | 194 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jan Sutton | 104 | |||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | William Richard Edwards* | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Daniel Meurig James* | 578 | |||
Independent | Lodwick Lloyd | 382 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Thomas Leslie Lewis | 240 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Samuel Haydn Richards | 584 | |||
Independent | David Alun James* | 404 | |||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Lloyd Evans* | 670 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Gwilym ab Ioan | 351 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Robert Edward Allen | 81 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Fred Williams* | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sarah Gillian Hopley | 194 | |||
Plaid Cymru | John Cadwallader Price | 193 | |||
Independent | Julian Raymond Evans* | 166 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Geraint Jenkins* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Haydn Lewis* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | William Penri James* | 618 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Alexander James Dauncey | 248 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Arthur Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Gethin Bennett* | 499 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Margaret Mary Williams | 207 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John David Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | John David Rowland Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Democrat hold |
A by-election was held in the Borth ward on 29 March 2001 following the death of Tom Raw-Rees. The seat was held by an Independent candidate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Raymond Quant | 524 | 69.7 | -8.8 | |
Plaid Cymru | Arthur Dafis | 147 | 19.5 | +19.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | n/a | 81 | 10.8 | -10.7 | |
Majority | 377 | 50.2% | -6.8 | ||
Turnout | 752 | 48% | -1.9 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | -14.15 |
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