The second election to the Powys County Council following local government reorganisation was held in May 1999. [1] It was preceded by the 1995 election and followed by the 2004 election. The election resulted once again in a majority of Independent councillors. [2]
Powys County Council is the local authority for Powys, one of the administrative areas of Wales. County Hall is located in Llandrindod Wells.
No Overall Control
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 6 | ||||||||
Conservative | 0 | ||||||||
Liberal Democrat | 10 | ||||||||
Plaid Cymru | 0 | ||||||||
Independent | 57 | ||||||||
Green |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cyril Gwyn Gwillim* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Boundary Change.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Stephen Davies | 274 | |||
Independent | Adrian John Willford | 105 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Sir John Royden Maddox | 100 | |||
Conservative | Hilda Mary Williams | 100 | |||
Majority | 169 | ||||
Turnout | 58.0 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Edward Ernest William Sweet | 456 | |||
Independent | Jeremy David Pugh | 444 | |||
Majority | 12 | ||||
Turnout | 52.0 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Gareth Jones | 282 | |||
Independent | Betty Lucille Greet* | 157 | |||
Liberal Democrat gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Boundary Change.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas John Probert* | 676 | |||
Independent | David John Addis | 566 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 51.0 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bryan Wyn Davies* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | H Jean Whittall* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
No valid nominations were received.
James Gibson-Watt represented a different ward on the previous council.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Charles James Gibson-Watt* | 330 | |||
Independent | Richard George W. Booth | 135 | |||
Conservative | Mary Lesley Fellowes | 114 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 46.0 | ||||
Liberal Democrat gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Rowland Price | 336 | |||
Independent | David Eiros Davies* | 305 | |||
Independent | Clive Gwennap Easton | 72 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 66.0 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rowland Edgar Price Williams* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Roger Hugh Williams* | unopposed | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Muriel Rosemarie Harris | 268 | |||
Independent | Mary Taylor* | 225 | |||
Majority | 59.0 | ||||
Turnout | 66.0 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Timothy John Van Rees* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Evan Thomas Morgan* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Marilyn Roberts* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
The number of seats were reduced from two to one.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher John Mann* | 651 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Anthony Mark Morgan* | 394 | |||
Conservative | David John Chatfield | 234 | |||
Independent | Ian Howell Milton | 74 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 51.0 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
The number of seats were reduced from two to one.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Susan Dawn Francis* | 625 | |||
Independent | Anthony Joseph Bell | 401 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 48.0 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
The number of seats were reduced from two to one.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ivy Brenda Lewis* | 379 | |||
Independent | Henry Lloyd Evans* | 187 | |||
Independent | Ronald Day | 139 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dorothy Margaret Jane James* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jean Maisie Jones* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Vivian James Gibbs* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dorothy Gillian Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
The number of seats were reduced from two to one.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Betty Rachel Watkins* | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Beryl Vaughan | 300 | |||
Independent | David Keith Roberts* | 214 | |||
Majority | 86 | ||||
Turnout | 74.0 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sidney George Pritchard* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
The ward was previously known as Trefeglwys / Llangurig.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gwilym Thomas Evans* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Elizabeth Rachel Davies | 601 | |||
Independent | David Michael Jones* | 430 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 58.0 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gwynfryn Courtnenay Hamer* | 475 | |||
Conservative | Ruby Annie Eileen Taylor | 159 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 52.0 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Graham Edwards* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Frederick John Owens* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gwilym Pughe Vaughan* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Boundary Change. The wards of Guilsfield Within and Guilsfield Without were merged.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Richard Jones* | 650 | |||
Independent | Leslie Walter William Gretton | 294 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 56.0 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Kathryn Mary Roberts-Jones | 396 | |||
Liberal Democrat | John Derek Napier | 320 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 56.0 | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Hedd Bleddyn Williams* | 333 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Gwynant Huw Davies | 166 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 71.0 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gwyneth Alice Sylvester* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Richard Graham Brown* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Harold Evans* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Viola Elizabeth Evans | unopposed | |||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Barry Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Ellis Bowen* | 401 | |||
Independent | David Barry Goodman | 220 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 59.0 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
The number of seats was reduced from two to one.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Gareth Morgan* | unopposed | |||
Liberal Democrat win (new seat) |
Labour won the seat in 1995 but subsequently lost it at a by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Henry Hughes* | 412 | |||
Independent | David Wyn Davies | 377 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 59.0 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Tegwyn Jones | 448 | |||
Independent | Elizabeth Jean Thomas* | 267 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 52.0 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gwilym Thomas Tibbott* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Michael Williams* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Eldrydd Mary Jones | 334 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Huw Llewelyn Gwalchmai* | 151 | |||
Labour | Philip Edgar Hookway | 43 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Brian Penton Richards* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
The number of seats was reduced from two to one.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Joseph Walter Griffiths* | 453 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Reginald Taylor* | 321 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 43.0 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Louis Hedley Williams* | unopposed | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | David Nicholas Munford* | 560 | |||
Independent | Brian Breeze | 277 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 48.0 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Thomas Davey | 282 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Derek Stanley Upton | 218 | |||
Conservative | Eleanor Wright | 143 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Henry Mills | 231 | |||
Labour | Rina Judith Clarke | 173 | |||
Independent | Philip Bowell Watkins | 89 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Joy Gethin Shearer* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
The Conservative candidate had won the seat at a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ian Douglass Ferguson | 277 | |||
Conservative | Montague Lancelot Gaius Robinson* | 186 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Joseph Stephen Richard Watson* | 303 | |||
Independent | Norma Christine Lovely | 128 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 38.0 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gorge Edward Hugh Taylor* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ann Holloway* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Alfred Edward Allen* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
The sitting councilor had been elected as a Labour candidate in 1995.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Peter Desmond Speake* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Margaret Elizabeth Morris | 665 | |||
Independent | Rod Bailey | 210 | |||
Independent | Derek Victor Hills | 113 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
The number of seats was reduced form two to one.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Kenneth Albert Harris | 628 | |||
Conservative | Trevor Alexander Johnson* | 439 | |||
Independent | Janice Geraldine Harris | 167 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrat win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Fred Barker* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Kenneth John Richards | 270 | |||
Liberal Democrat | William Philip Charles | 234 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert William Bevan* | 544 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Sian Rosmari Maredudd | 96 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Edward Brian Oakley | 620 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Dennis William Cleaton | 275 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Geoffrey Miles Worts* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Emlyn Kinsey Pugh* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John David Arthur Thompson* | 325 | |||
Independent | Leslie Gwyn Davies | 226 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Owen Evans | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Evan Michael Jones* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
The winning candidate was elected as an Independent in 1995.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Garry Richard Banks* | unopposed | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Martin Anthony Pugh | 468 | |||
Independent | John Andreas Bufton | 435 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Richard Hugh Tyler | 130 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
A by-election was held in Gwernyfed on 24 June 1999 after no valid nominations were received for the regular election. [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Geraint George Hopkins | 192 | |||
Independent | Rufus Trevor Richard Price | 141 | |||
Independent | Aileen Mary Dixon | 103 | |||
Independent | Richard George William Pitt Booth | 26 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 41.0 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
A by-election was held in Disserth and Tircoed on 18 November 1999 following the resignation of P.D. Speake. [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Leslie Gwyn Davies | 286 | |||
Independent | David Edward Miles Worts | 88 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 40.0 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
A by-election was held in the Welshpool Gungrog ward on 24 February 2000 following the death of Councillor G.E.H. Taylor. [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | David Mervyn Gwynfor Kinsey | 200 | |||
Independent | Olga Rowena Suddell | 127 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 17.0 | ||||
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
A by-election was held in the Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn North ward on 12 July 2001 following the resignation of Councillor C.J. Arnold. [3]
A by-election was held in the Rhayader ward on 13 September 2001 following the resignation of Councillor Martin Pugh. [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Richard Hugh Tyler | 254 | |||
Independent | Elizabeth Fletcher Phillips | 174 | |||
Independent | Margaret Hughes | 143 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrat gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
A by-election was held in the Llangors ward on 17 January 2002 following the resignation of Councillor Roger Williams following his election as MP for Brecon and Radnorshire. [3]
A by-election was held in the Crickhowell ward on 11 July 2002 following the death of Councillor Tom Probert. [3]
A by-election was held in the Brecon St Mary ward on 30 October 2003 following the death of Councillor Susan Francis. [3]
A by-election was held in the Dolforwyn ward on 15 January 2004 following the resignation of Councillor David Edwards. [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Wynne Thomas Jones | 480 | |||
Independent | Richard John White | 69 | |||
Independent | Paul Michael Leonard Harris | 39 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 45.0 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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