The first election to Dinefwr Borough Council following the re-organization of local government in Wales was held in May 1973. [1] It was followed by the 1976 election. On the same day there was a UK General Election and elections to the other local authorities and community councils in Wales.
Dinefwr was a local government district of Dyfed, Wales from 1974 to 1996. It was named after Dinefwr Castle which was the court of the House of Dinefwr and one of the three principal royal courts of Wales with Aberffraw and Shrewsbury.
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in 2011 of 3,063,456 and has a total area of 20,779 km2 (8,023 sq mi). Wales has over 1,680 miles (2,700 km) of coastline and is largely mountainous, with its higher peaks in the north and central areas, including Snowdon, its highest summit. The country lies within the north temperate zone and has a changeable, maritime climate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Clifford | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | B.J.B. Williams | 382 | 54.5 | ||
Labour | Glyn M. Harries | 243 | 34.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru | M. James | 76 | 10.8 | ||
Majority | 19.8 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | S. Batsford | 233 | 47.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Dr D.H. Davies | 223 | 45.0 | ||
Independent | W. Neal | 40 | 8.1 | ||
Majority | 10 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | A.H. Phillips | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | B.G. Williams | 426 | 87.5 | ||
Plaid Cymru | H. Evans | 61 | 12.5 | ||
Majority | 74.9 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | D. Thomas | 355 | 76.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru | S. Jenkins | 112 | 24.0 | ||
Majority | |||||
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Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent Socialist | E.R. Thomas | 479 | 57.8 | ||
Labour | A. Jones | 350 | 42.2 | ||
Majority | 129 | 15.6 | |||
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Independent Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | R. Griffiths | 269 | 50.4 | ||
Independent | I. Davies | 265 | 49.6 | ||
Majority | 4 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | D. Rees | 1,150 | |||
Labour | Gwynfryn Davies | 1,039 | |||
Liberal | S. Griffiths | 929 | |||
Labour | J. Davies | 886 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | W. Thomas | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | Cyril Lewis Lloyd | unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | L. Morgan | 483 | 67.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | D. Thomas | 229 | 32.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | P. Jenkins | unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W.R. Price | 298 | 54.5 | ||
Plaid Cymru | D. Richards | 249 | 45.5 | ||
Majority | 49 | 9.0 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D. Hughes | 434 | |||
Independent | D.R. Williams | 391 | |||
Independent | T. Beynon | 296 | |||
Plaid Cymru | P. Roderick | 254 | |||
Independent | D. Jones | 222 | |||
Independent | A. Jones | 182 | |||
Liberal | D. Davies | 108 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | F.R. Jones | unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D.H. Evans | 542 | |||
Independent | H. Jones | 529 | |||
Independent | William Perry | 516 | |||
Independent | S. Jones | 322 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | I. Morgan | 1,273 | |||
Labour | Herbert Brynmor Lewis Samways | 1,261 | |||
Labour | W. Jones | 801 | |||
Independent | R. Evans | 666 | |||
Plaid Cymru | S. Owen | 491 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R.P. Morgan | 605 | 73.9 | ||
Plaid Cymru | H. Williams | 214 | 26.1 | ||
Majority | 47.7 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Pugh | 530 | 56.0 | ||
Independent | A. Bryer | 348 | 36.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | D. Williams | 68 | 7.2 | ||
Majority | 19.2 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | J. Barr | unopposed | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Gwilym Evans | 311 | 65.9 | ||
Independent | J. Davies | 161 | 34.1 | ||
Majority | 31.8 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | E.B. Davies | 703 | |||
Independent | T. Pearce | 655 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Lynne Davies | 526 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Davies | 695 | |||
Labour | W. Jones | 621 | |||
Plaid Cymru | W. Jones | 482 | |||
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Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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