The second elections to the City and County of Swansea Council were held in May 1999. [1] It was preceded by the 1995 election and followed by the 2004 election.
The City and County of Swansea Council is the governing body for one of the Principal Areas of Wales covering Swansea, Gower and the surrounding area. The council consists of 72 councillors representing 36 electoral wards.
All council seats were up for election. These were the second elections held following local government reorganisation and the abolition of West Glamorgan County Council.
There were some changes in ward boundaries for this election.
The contests were fought by most of the main parties but Labour was the only one to contest the majority of seats.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | |||||||||
Conservative | |||||||||
Liberal Democrat | |||||||||
Plaid Cymru | |||||||||
Independent | |||||||||
Green | 0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Keith Edmund Marsh | Unopposed | |||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrat | |||||
The Independent candidate had captured the seat from Labour at a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Brian Hague* | 1,246 | |||
Labour | Mair Eluned Gibbs* | 1,240 | |||
Labour | Wyndham Parry Davies | 632 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Nora Maria O'Sullivan | 311 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Possible boundary change. The number of seats increased from three to four. David Phillips had previously represented the Uplands ward.
Uplands is name of an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Alan Lloyd* | 1,622 | |||
Labour | Barbara Joyce Hynes* | 1,579 | |||
Labour | David Phillips* | 1,477 | |||
Labour | Dereck John Roberts* | 1,440 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Yvonne Marie Davies | 1,111 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Yvonne Marjorie Holley | 937 | |||
Green | Benjamin David Grigg | 632 | |||
Conservative | Paul Raymond Morris | 503 | |||
Conservative | Sonya Winifred R. Morris | 477 | |||
United Socialists | David Richard Warren | 273 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Possible boundary change. The number of seats increased from one to two.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sylvia Mary Lewis | 963 | |||
Labour | Roger Llewellyn Smith | 845 | |||
Labour | Bryan Edwin Ayres* | 844 | |||
Plaid Cymru | James Vernon Davies | 764 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Diana Owen | 697 | |||
Independent | Denise Preece | 509 | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Dai Lloyd had won a seat from Labour at a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | David Rhys Lloyd* | 2,366 | |||
Labour | Lilian Maud Hopkin* | 1,902 | |||
Plaid Cymru | William Keith Morgan | 1,581 | |||
Labour | Victor Cyril Alexander* | 1,528 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Adrian Hugh Rees | 1,478 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Nicholas Walsh | 1,381 | |||
Labour | Ann Pennock | 1,343 | |||
Labour | Clive Keith Morgan | 1,231 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Tudor Richard Donne | 639 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Possible boundary change. The number of seats increased from two to three.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Peter Malcolm Black* | 2,172 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Christopher Ashleigh Holley* | 1,909 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Lewis Graham Thomas | 1,722 | |||
Labour | Carolyn Harris | 867 | |||
Labour | Brian Trevor George Ludlam | 722 | |||
Labour | Robert Mark Ludlam | 657 | |||
Liberal Democrat win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrat win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrat win (new seat) | |||||
Possible boundary change. The number of seats increased from one to two. Labour had held the single seat ward in 1995.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | John Newbury | 1,083 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Nicholas John Tregoning | 627 | |||
Independent | Elizabeth Ann Davies | 491 | |||
Labour | Hardev Aswani | 395 | |||
Labour | Diana Samuel | 370 | |||
Conservative | David Nicholas Thomas | 219 | |||
Liberal Democrat win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrat win (new seat) | |||||
Elected as an Independent in 1995, John Bushell successfully defended the seat as a Conservative.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Gunther Bushell* | 655 | |||
Labour | John Sydney Mills | 514 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 'Morlais Thomas' | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Glyn Seabourne* | 558 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Darren Jeffery Thomas | 401 | |||
Conservative | Eleanor Mary Davies | 89 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Richard David Lewis* | 770 | |||
Labour | Anthont John Beddow | 366 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Hildegarde Ann Roberts | 296 | |||
Conservative | Gordon Howells | 185 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Possible boundary change.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ronald Morgan Thomas* | 722 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Alan Morgan Griffiths | 395 | |||
Independent | Peter Davies | 335 | |||
Conservative | Keith Roberts | 121 | |||
Green | David Charles Howells | 68 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Thomas | 494 | |||
Conservative | Lyndon Jones | 271 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Robert Dickens | 72 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Mary Helen Jones | 396 | |||
Labour | Perry Stephen Buck* | ||||
Independent | George Smith Gunn | 292 | |||
Independent | Stuart James Rice | 230 | |||
Conservative | Philip David Helliwell | 167 | |||
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Gerald Glyn Clement* | 790 | |||
Labour | Jeffrey William Walton | 203 | |||
Conservative | Sarah Jane Cadogan | 131 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Possible boundary change. The number of seats reduced from two to one. Labour had held both seats in 1995.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Gethin Evans* | 650 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Katherine Mary Stock | 590 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Michael John Barry | 220 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derek Herbert Cox* | 913 | |||
Labour | Holland William Ayres* | 900 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Robert Speht | 516 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Possible boundary change. The number of seats reduced from two to one. Independents had held both seats in 1995. Phil Downing had been elected for the now-abolished
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Gareth Sullivan* | 644 | |||
Independent | Audrey R.A. Clement* | 538 | |||
Labour | Philip Downing* | 283 | |||
Conservative | William H.E. Alabaster | 65 | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Possible boundary change. The number of seats increased from three to four.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lawrence David Bailey* | 1,682 | |||
Labour | June Evans* | 1,646 | |||
Labour | Paul Lloyd* | 1,410 | |||
Labour | Dennis Henry James | 1,260 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Richard David George | 903 | |||
Community First | Kevin Adrian John | 747 | |||
Community First | Margaret Lydia Harris | 686 | |||
Community First | Peter Gilbert Harris | 558 | |||
Community First | Frederick S. Lewis | 552 | |||
Conservative | Robert William Megson | 471 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Daniel Raymond James* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
People's Representative | Ioan Merritt Richard | 646 | |||
Labour | Brian Charles Kennedy | 164 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Michael Haller | 61 | |||
Others hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Charles Evans | 386 | |||
Conservative | Michael George Shellard | 358 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Neil Sinclair Lewis | 273 | |||
Labour | David Ian Collins | 209 | |||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Possible boundary change. The number of seats increased from four to five.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael John Hedges* | 2,939 | |||
Labour | William John F. Davies* | 2,869 | |||
Labour | Robert Francis-Davies* | 2,798 | |||
Labour | Robert John Lloyd* | 2,687 | |||
Labour | Valerie Lloyd | 2,576 | |||
Liberal Democrat | John Philip Bleay | 1,527 | |||
Conservative | William Hughes | 1,201 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ceinwen Thomas* | 1,984 | |||
Labour | Byron George Owen* | 1,826 | |||
Labour | Charles Glyndwr White | 1,616 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Laurence Douthwaite John | 1,082 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Elwyn Vernon Jones | 759 | |||
Conservative | Martyn Ford | 490 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Susan Mary Waller* | 745 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Charles Saunders Colburn | 475 | |||
Labour | Jane Melanie Thomas | 259 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joan Thyrza Peters* | 709 | |||
Labour | Aubrey Jones | 482 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Alexander James | 211 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Mari Elin Waddington | 206 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Howard John Morgan* | 975 | |||
Labour | Owen James Guy | 671 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Possible boundary change. The number of seats reduced from four to three. Doreen Jones represented Mynyddbach from 1995 until 1999
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Doreen Jones* | 1,461 | |||
Labour | June Elizabeth Burtonshaw* | 1,422 | |||
Labour | Grenville Phillips* | 1,414 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Gaynor Meehan | 611 | |||
Conservative | Jason Peter Morgan | 348 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Margaret Smith* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Thomas Vernon Davies* | 950 | |||
Labour | David Islwyn Elfed Jones* | 772 | |||
Independent | Carloine Ann Arthur | 703 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Stephen Josef Neesmann | 431 | |||
Conservative | John Timothy | 181 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Boundary Change. The number of seats increased from one to two. John Miles represented the Talybont ward which was abolished.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gareth Williams* | 1,355 | |||
Labour | John Treharne Miles* | 1,278 | |||
Independent | David Thomas Howells | 791 | |||
Independent | Owen Leroy Evans | 677 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Janine Linda Evans | 252 | |||
Conservative | Dorothy Roberta Gardiner | 121 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Possible boundary change. The number of seats increased from four to five. June Stanton was elected as an Independent in 1995 but subsequently joined the Liberal Democrats.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Rosina June Stanton* | 3,037 | |||
Labour | Mehar Chand Verma* | 1,853 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Arthur Michael Day | 1,725 | |||
Conservative | Thomas Huw Rees | 1,526 | |||
Conservative | John Philip Glew | 1,465 | |||
Labour | Gordon Carruthers* | 1,426 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Tracey Anne Dunford | 1,274 | |||
Labour | Anthea Priscilla Symonds | 1,247 | |||
Labour | Patrick Richard Ellis | 1,142 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Lilian Mary Pritchard | 1,132 | |||
Independent | Anthony Trevor Lloyd | 1,129 | |||
Conservative | Philip Malcolm Bray | 1,111 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Dyfed E.F. Alsop | 1,105 | |||
Conservative | Mark Roy Burgess | 1,101 | |||
Labour | Leonard Bayzile Howell | 1,060 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Ian Richard Titherington | 1,043 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Sara Eirwen Reid | 1,036 | |||
Liberal Democrat win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrat win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cyril Frederick Johnstone* | 1,154 | |||
Labour | Alan Rees Richards* | 1,124 | |||
Independent | David Alan Robinson | 747 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Paul Courtney Jones | 268 | |||
Conservative | Jonathan Geoffrey Bidmead | 195 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Possible boundary change. The number of seats increased from two to three.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tyssul Lewis* | 968 | |||
Labour | David Hopkins* | 913 | |||
Labour | William Frederick Stuckey | 724 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Beryl Edwards | 693 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Gregory Lee Evans | 377 | |||
Independent | Anthony Roper | 351 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Gordon C. Manning | 338 | |||
Independent | Margaret Louvane Abraham | 297 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jennifer Caryl Hood | 1,352 | |||
Labour | Derek James | 1,349 | |||
Labour | Maureen Clough Stuckey* | 1,336 | |||
Labour | Moira Ann Singh | 1,302 | |||
Conservative | Dick Phillips | 1,226 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Harri Lloyd Roberts | 1,126 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Clive Ian Gary Smith | 1,062 | |||
Conservative | Jean Margaret Taverner | 1,010 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Peter Richard Brooks | 1,002 | |||
Independent | Susan Rosemary Sturgess | 882 | |||
Neighbourhood Independent | Peter May | 877 | |||
Conservative | Robert James Buckland | 875 | |||
Conservative | Brian Hill-Mackintosh | 846 | |||
Green | Simon Mark Clegg | 816 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Possible boundary change. the number of seats was reduced from two to one
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Alcwyn Evans* | 516 | |||
Plaid Cymru | John Griffiths | 390 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Desmond Wilfred W. Thomas | 1,094 | |||
Labour | Mark Clive Child | 1,004 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Rene Harood Kinzett* | 649 | |||
Conservative | Lynne Davies | 609 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Reginald C. Edwards | 565 | |||
Conservative | Vera Margaret Duncan | 512 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Dafydd Rhys Robert | 367 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
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