Carmarthen District Council election, 1991

An election to Carmarthen District Council was held on 2 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.

Overview

There were some limited changes as a result of the election, including the capture of three seats by the Labour Party in Carmarthen Town.

Results

Abergwili (one seat)

Abergwili 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Pamela Ann Palmer*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Carmarthen Town North (four seats)

Carmarthen Town North 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Howell Merriman*	1,215
	Labour	John Russell Davies*	1,079
	Labour	Sarah Mary Lorraine Maynard	1,056
	Independent	John Elfed Williams*	1,019
	Plaid Cymru	Peter Hughes Griffiths	984
	Labour	Nia Rhiannon Griffith	731
	Labour	Richard John Williams	638
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Carmarthen Town South (two seats)

Carmarthen Town South 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Dr Margaret Elizabeth Evans	1,113
	Independent	June Williams*	719
	Independent	John Elfed Thomas*	532
	Plaid Cymru	Geraint Thomas	313
	Labour	Judy Marged Morgan Stenger	201
	Labour	Thomas Julian Messsere	182
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Carmarthen Town West (three seats)

An Independent candidate had won a seat at a by-election following the resignation of Plaid Cymru councilor Malcolm Jones.

Carmarthen Town West 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Gwynoro Jones	905
	Labour	Sioned Mair Richards	839
	Labour	Maxine Baine Ashley	673
	Independent	Stephen Paul Dunn	558
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Cenarth (one seat)

Cenarth 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Lloyd Davies*
	Independent hold		Swing

Clynderwen (one seat)

Clynderwen 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Daniel Clodwyn Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Cynwyl Elfed (one seat)

Cynwyl Elfed 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Dorrien Thomas	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Gorslas (two seats)

Gorslas 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayers	Dewi Wyn Edwards*	1,187
	Labour	Ryan Jones	1,092
	Labour	William Peter Thomas Griffiths	849
	Ratepayers hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Laugharne Township (one seat)

Laugharne Township 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sidney William David Evans*	415
	Independent	David Cecil Davies	290
	Independent	John Jenkins	50
Majority			125
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanboidy (one seat)

Llanboidy 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Gibbin*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanddarog (one seat)

Llanddarog 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayers	Huw Voyle Williams*	unopposed
	Ratepayers hold		Swing

Llanddowror (one seat)

Llanddowror 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Cyril William Roberts*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandyfaelog (one seats)

Llandyfaelog 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sidney Daniel John*	374
	Independent	Lydia Mair Stephens	301
Majority			73
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth (one seat)

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Thomas John Griffiths*	unopposed
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llangeler (two seats)

Llangeler 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Keith Davies*	unopposed
	Independent	Thomas Wilfred Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangynnwr (two seats)

Llangynnwr 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robin Owen Griffiths*	998
	Independent	Hywel Lloyd Williams*	517
	Labour	June Angela Jenkins	429
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangyndeyrn (two seats)

Llangyndeyrn 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John David Greville Williams*	742
	Independent	Robert Michael Beynon	688
	Labour	Cydwel David Thomas Evans*	660
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Llanllwni (one seat)

1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Evan Eirwyn Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llansteffan(one seat)

Llansteffan 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Una Burnett Davies	490
	Independent	Thomas John Jones	376
	Independent	Margaret Edith Jenkins	149
	Independent	Terence Davies Hesford	134
Majority			114
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanybydder (one seat)

Llanybydder 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Emrys Oriel Jones*	774
	Labour	Patricia Anne Stevens-Bevan	114
Majority			660
	Independent hold		Swing

Newchurch (one seat)

Newchurch 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Henry Irfon Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Pencarreg (one seats)

Pencarreg 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ambrose Goring Lloyd	370
	Independent	James Eirwyn Williams	327
Majority			43
	Independent hold		Swing

St Clears (two seats)

St Clears 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Arwyn Ungoed Owen
	Independent	David Price Phillips
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

St Ishmael (one seat)

St Ishmaels 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Charles Phillips*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Trelech (one seat)

Trelech 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William David Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Whitland (one seat)

Whitland 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Ithel Parri-Roberts	581
	Independent	Rosemary Jean Jenkins*	248
Majority
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

References

↑ "Surprise as Jack bows out". Carmarthen Journal. 8 May 1991.

Council elections in the preserved county of Dyfed

Carmarthenshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1995 1999 2004 2008 2012

Ceredigion County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2004 2008 2012

Pembrokeshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1995 1999 2004 2008 2012

Dyfed County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished

Carmarthen District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

Dinefwr Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

Llanelli Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

South Pembrokeshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

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