An election to Preseli District Council was held in May 1983. [1] It was preceded by the 1979 election and followed by the 1987 election. On the same day there were elections to the other local authorities and community councils in Wales.
Preseli Pembrokeshire was one of six local government districts of Dyfed in West Wales from 1974 to 1996. Until 1987 the name of the district was Preseli. The district took its name from the Preseli Hills.
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 | % | ± | |
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Independent | Frank L. Sandall* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | J.R. Lewis* | 362 | |||
Independent | W.R. Jenkins | 324 | |||
Majority | 38 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | C. Cook | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | James Desmond Edward Codd* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | W.S. Rees* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | S. Davies | 391 | |||
Independent | B. Llewelyn | 181 | |||
Majority | 210 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | Henry Davies* | unopposed | |||
Independent | Dilys Davies Evans* | unopposed | |||
Independent | J.P.A. Maddocks* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | William Henry Hitchings | 353 | |||
Independent Bring Back Pembrokeshire | James Lester Brock | 282 | |||
Independent | Cyril George Maurice Hughes | 268 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | William Lloyd Evans* | 565 | |||
Independent | Mrs M. Jackman | 182 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent Bring Back Pembrokeshire | Peter Alan Stock* | 1,208 | |||
Independent | Thomas Peter Lewis | 694 | |||
Independent | Mrs C.M. Cole* | 535 | |||
Independent | A.R.R. Smith | 474 | |||
Independent | David Edwin Pritchard | 436 | |||
Independent Ratepayer | R.C. Morris | 430 | |||
Independent | A.G. Bateman | 273 | |||
Social Democratic | A.D. Devito | 225 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | T.E.G. Thomas* | 684 | |||
Independent | W.E.L. Jenkins* | 598 | |||
Independent | W.W. Ladd* | 559 | |||
Independent | D.J. James | 480 | |||
Independent | K.J. Davies | 373 | |||
Independent | V. Arnold | 205 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | B. Griffiths* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | George Charles Grey* | 317 | |||
Labour | J.A.D. Mackeen | 273 | |||
Independent | R.J.C. Tibbs | 122 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | J.M. Davies* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | Alwyn Cadwallader Luke* | 477 | |||
Independent | M.G. Hawkins | 73 | |||
Majority | 404 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | Mrs N. Drew* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | William Leslie Raymond* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | S.H. Hire* | unopposed | |||
Independent | Stanley Thomas Hudson* | unopposed | |||
Independent | J. Mayne* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | Eric Ronald Harries* | 1,756 | |||
Independent | William John Kenneth Williams* | 996 | |||
Labour | K.M. Adams | 888 | |||
Independent | B.J. Davies | 795 | |||
Independent | Mrs J. Edwards | 725 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | Barrie Thomas Woolmer* | 801 | |||
Independent | F.D.G. Jones* | 786 | |||
Independent | Irwin Edwards* | 685 | |||
Labour | P.T. Kelly | 589 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | E.G. Vaughan | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | C. Davies | 407 | |||
Independent | A.G. Rees | 325 | |||
Independent | S.H.H. Davies | 199 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | D.N. Doyne* | 510 | |||
Labour | P.J. Murphy | 496 | |||
Independent | Mrs I.L. Charles* | 384 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | W.J. Wilcox | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | Halket Jones* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | Mrs Y.C. Evans | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | A.J. Webb* | 644 | |||
Independent | H.W. Downes | 128 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | J.W.H. Jarman | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | K.W.J. Rogers | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | John Gordon Cawood* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | T.I. Rowlands* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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