An election to Dinefwr Borough Council was held in 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.
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.
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 | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | David Arnallt James* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Vivien Rees* | 542 | |||
Independent | Ronald Frederick Mannall | 54 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | Thomas Theophilus* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Elwyn Williams* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | Cyril Lewis Lloyd* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Hal Glenville Jones* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Madge* | 713 | |||
Labour | William Richard Murphy* | 593 | |||
Plaid Cymru | David John Lloyd Davies | 375 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Ronald Harris* | 648 | |||
Plaid Cymru | John Edwin Lewis | 606 | |||
Labour | Howard James Power | 437 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Llynfa Meinir Melba Thomas | 331 | |||
Labour | Ronald Amman Davies* | 303 | |||
Majority | 28 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Boundary Change
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ieuan Goronwy Jones | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | Gareth Michael Davies | 253 | |||
Independent | John Lynch | 233 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Denley Owen* | unopposed | |||
no nomination | |||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mary Helena Thomas* | 1,311 | |||
Labour | Brenda Vivien Evans* | 1,018 | |||
Labour | Herbert Brynmor Lewis Samways* | 990 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Sarah Ann Nesta Price | 966 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dillwyn Anthony Williams | 810 | |||
Green | Brig Oubridge | 134 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Meirion Thomas | 560 | |||
Independent | Glyndwr Thomas Davies* | 396 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Arthur Jones* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Gwilym Evans* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Davies* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
The ward was previously known as Llanddeusant and Myddfai
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Francis Roland Jones* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Benjamin James Brinley Williams* | 437 | |||
Value for Money | David Howard Cooke | 176 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Lynne Davies* | unopposed | |||
Labour | Evan Bertie Davies* | unopposed | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Boundary Change
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kenneth Alvan Rees* | 349 | |||
Independent | David John Brian Thomas | 177 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Arthur Stanley Jones* | 386 | |||
Labour | John Ronald Griffin | 190 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Terrence Hopkin Marshall* | unopposed | |||
Labour | Iorwerth Myrddin Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jeffrey Panes* | 298 | |||
Accountability Party | James Richards | 249 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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