Powys County Council election, 1999
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]
Results Overview
No Overall Control
| Powys County Council election result 1999 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
| Labour | 6 | |||||||||
| Conservative | 0 | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrat | 10 | |||||||||
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | |||||||||
| Independent | 57 | |||||||||
| Green | ||||||||||
Ward Results (Brecknockshire)
Aber-craf (one seat)
| Aber-craf 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Cyril Gwyn Gwillim* | unopposed | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Bronllys (one seat)
Boundary Change.
| Bronllys 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | |||||
Builth (one seat)
| Builth 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Edward Ernest William Sweet | 456 | |||
| Independent | Jeremy David Pugh | 444 | |||
| Majority | 12 | ||||
| Turnout | 52.0 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Bwlch (one seat)
| Bwlch 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Gareth Jones | 282 | |||
| Independent | Betty Lucille Greet* | 157 | |||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Crickhowell (one seat)
Boundary Change.
| Crickhowell 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Thomas John Probert* | 676 | |||
| Independent | David John Addis | 566 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 51.0 | ||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Cwmtwrch (one seat)
| Cwmtwrch 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Bryan Wyn Davies* | unopposed | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Felin-fach (one seat)
| Felin-fach 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | H Jean Whittall* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Gwernyfed (one seat)
No valid nominations were received.
Hay (one seat)
James Gibson-Watt represented a different ward on the previous council.
| Hay 1995 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
Llanafanfawr (one seat)
| Llanafanfawr, 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
Llangattock (one seat)
| Llangattock 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Rowland Edgar Price Williams* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llangors (one seat)
| Llangors 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Roger Hugh Williams*
|
unopposed | |||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Llangynidr (one seat)
| Llangynidr 1995 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Muriel Rosemarie Harris | 268 | |||
| Independent | Mary Taylor* | 225 | |||
| Majority | 59.0 | ||||
| Turnout | 66.0 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llanwrtyd Wells (one seat)
| Llanwrtyd Wells 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Timothy John Van Rees* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Maescar / Llywel (one seat)
| Maescar / Llywel 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Evan Thomas Morgan* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
St Davids Within (one seat)
| St Davids Within 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Marilyn Roberts* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
St John (one seat)
The number of seats were reduced from two to one.
| St John 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | |||||
St Mary (one seat)
The number of seats were reduced from two to one.
| St Mary 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Susan Dawn Francis* | 625 | |||
| Independent | Anthony Joseph Bell | 401 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 48.0 | ||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Talgarth (two seats)
The number of seats were reduced from two to one.
| Talgarth 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Ivy Brenda Lewis* | 379 | |||
| Independent | Henry Lloyd Evans* | 187 | |||
| Independent | Ronald Day | 139 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Talybont-on-Usk (one seat)
| Talybont-on-Usk 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Dorothy Margaret Jane James* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Tawe Uchaf (one seat)
| Tawe Uchaf 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Jean Maisie Jones* | unopposed | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Ynyscedwyn (one seat)
| Ynyscedwyn 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Vivian James Gibbs* | unopposed | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Yscir (one seat)
| Yscir 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Dorothy Gillian Thomas* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Ystradgynlais (two seats)
The number of seats were reduced from two to one.
| Ystradgynlais 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Betty Rachel Watkins* | unopposed | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Ward Results (Montgomeryshire)
Banwy (one seat)
| Banwy 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Beryl Vaughan | 300 | |||
| Independent | David Keith Roberts* | 214 | |||
| Majority | 86 | ||||
| Turnout | 74.0 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Berriew (one seat)
| Berriew 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Sidney George Pritchard* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Blaen Hafren (one seat)
The ward was previously known as Trefeglwys / Llangurig.
| Blaen Hafren 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Gwilym Thomas Evans* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Caaersws (one seat)
| Caresws 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Elizabeth Rachel Davies | 601 | |||
| Independent | David Michael Jones* | 430 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 58.0 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Churchstoke (one seat)
| Churchstoke 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Gwynfryn Courtnenay Hamer* | 475 | |||
| Conservative | Ruby Annie Eileen Taylor | 159 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 52.0 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Dolforwyn (one seat)
| Dolforwyn 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Graham Edwards* | unopposed | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Forden (one seat)
| Forden 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Frederick John Owens* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Glantwymyn (one seat)
| Glantwymyn 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Gwilym Pughe Vaughan* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Guilsfield (one seat)
Boundary Change. The wards of Guilsfield Within and Guilsfield Without were merged.
| Guilsfield 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | David Richard Jones* | 650 | |||
| Independent | Leslie Walter William Gretton | 294 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 56.0 | ||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Kerry (one seat)
| Kerry 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
Llanbrynmair (one seat)
| Llanbrynmair 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Hedd Bleddyn Williams* | 333 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Gwynant Huw Davies | 166 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 71.0 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llandinam (one seat)
| Llandinam 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Gwyneth Alice Sylvester* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llandrinio (one seat)
| Llandrinio 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Richard Graham Brown* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llandysilio (one seat)
| Llandysilio 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | John Harold Evans* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llanfair Caereinion (one seat)
| Llanfair Caereinion 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Viola Elizabeth Evans | unopposed | |||
| Independent gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Llanfihangel (one seat)
| Llanfihangel 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | William Barry Thomas* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llanfyllin (one seat)
| Llanfyllin 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | John Ellis Bowen* | 401 | |||
| Independent | David Barry Goodman | 220 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 59.0 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llanidloes (one seat)
The number of seats was reduced from two to one.
| Llanidloes 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Gareth Morgan* | unopposed | |||
| Liberal Democrat win (new seat) | |||||
Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant / Llansilin(one seat)
Labour won the seat in 1995 but subsequently lost it at a by-election
| Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant / Llansilin 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | John Henry Hughes* | 412 | |||
| Independent | David Wyn Davies | 377 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 59.0 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llansantffraid (one seat)
| Llansantffraid 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Tegwyn Jones | 448 | |||
| Independent | Elizabeth Jean Thomas* | 267 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 52.0 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llanwddyn (one seat)
| Llanwddyn 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Gwilym Thomas Tibbott* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Machynlleth (one seat)
| Machynlleth 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | John Michael Williams* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Meifod (one seat)
| Meifod 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
Montgomery (one seat)
| Montgomery 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Brian Penton Richards* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Newtown Central(one seat)
The number of seats was reduced from two to one.
| Newtown Central 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Joseph Walter Griffiths* | 453 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Reginald Taylor* | 321 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 43.0 | ||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Newtown East (one seat)
| Newtown East 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Louis Hedley Williams* | unopposed | |||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Newtown Llanllwchaiaran North (one seat)
| Newtown Llanllwchaiaran North 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | David Nicholas Munford* | 560 | |||
| Independent | Brian Breeze | 277 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 48.0 | ||||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Newtown Llanllwchaiaran West
| Newtown Llanllwchaiaran West 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Robert Thomas Davey | 282 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Derek Stanley Upton | 218 | |||
| Conservative | Eleanor Wright | 143 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Newtown South (one seat)
| Newtown South 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Robert Henry Mills | 231 | |||
| Labour | Rina Judith Clarke | 173 | |||
| Independent | Philip Bowell Watkins | 89 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Rhiwcynon (one seat)
| Rhiwcynon 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Joy Gethin Shearer* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Trewern (one seat)
The Conservative candidate had won the seat at a by-election.
| Trewern 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Ian Douglass Ferguson | 277 | |||
| Conservative | Montague Lancelot Gaius Robinson* | 186 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Welshpool Castle (one seat)
| Welshpool Castle 1995 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Joseph Stephen Richard Watson* | 303 | |||
| Independent | Norma Christine Lovely | 128 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 38.0 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Welshpool Gungrog (one seat)
| Welshpool Gungrog 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gorge Edward Hugh Taylor* | unopposed | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Welshpool Llanerchyddol (one seat)
| Welshpool Llanerchyddol 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Ann Holloway* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Ward Results (Radnorshire)
Beguildy (one seat)
| Beguildy 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Alfred Edward Allen* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Disserth and Trecoed (one seat)
The sitting councilor had been elected as a Labour candidate in 1995.
| Disserth and Trecoed 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Peter Desmond Speake* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Glasbury (one seat)
| Glasbury 1995 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Margaret Elizabeth Morris | 665 | |||
| Independent | Rod Bailey | 210 | |||
| Independent | Derek Victor Hills | 113 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Knighton (two seats)
The number of seats was reduced form two to one.
| Knighton 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | |||||
Llanbadarn Fawr (one seat)
| Llanbadarn Fawr 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Fred Barker* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llandrindod East/West (one seat)
| Llandrindod East/West 1995 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Kenneth John Richards | 270 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | William Philip Charles | 234 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llandrindod North (one seat)
| Llandrindod North 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Robert William Bevan* | 544 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Sian Rosmari Maredudd | 96 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llandrindod South (one seat)
| Llandrindod South 1995 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Edward Brian Oakley | 620 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Dennis William Cleaton | 275 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llanelwedd (one seat)
| Llanelwedd 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Geoffrey Miles Worts* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llangunllo (one seat)
| Llangunllo 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Emlyn Kinsey Pugh* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llanyre (one seat)
| Llanyre 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | John David Arthur Thompson* | 325 | |||
| Independent | Leslie Gwyn Davies | 226 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Nantmel (one seat)
| Nantmel 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | David Owen Evans | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Old Radnor (one seat)
| Old Radnor 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Evan Michael Jones* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Presteigne (one seat)
The winning candidate was elected as an Independent in 1995.
| Presteigne 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Garry Richard Banks* | unopposed | |||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Rhayader (one seat)
| Rhayader 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Martin Anthony Pugh | 468 | |||
| Independent | John Andreas Bufton | 435 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Richard Hugh Tyler | 130 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
By-Elections 1999-2004
Gwernyfed by-election 1999
A by-election was held in Gwernyfed on 24 June 1999 after no valid nominations were received for the regular election.[3]
| Gwernyfed 1999 by-election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
Disserth and Tircoed by-election 1999
A by-election was held in Disserth and Tircoed on 18 November 1999 following the resignation of P.D. Speake.[3]
| Disserth and Tircoed 1999 by-election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Leslie Gwyn Davies | 286 | |||
| Independent | David Edward Miles Worts | 88 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 40.0 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Welshpool Gungrog by-election 2000
A by-election was held in the Welshpool Gungrog ward on 24 February 2000 following the death of Councillor G.E.H. Taylor.[3]
| Welshpool Gungrog 2000 by-election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn North by-election 2001
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]
Rhayader by-election 2001
A by-election was held in the Rhayader ward on 13 September 2001 following the resignation of Councillor Martin Pugh.[3]
| Rhayader by-election 2001 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
Llangors by-election 2002
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]
Crickhowell by-election 2002
A by-election was held in the Crickhowell ward on 11 July 2002 following the death of Councillor Tom Probert.[3]
Brecon St Mary by-election 2003
A by-election was held in the Brecon St Mary ward on 30 October 2003 following the death of Councillor Susan Francis.[3]
Dolforwyn by-election 2004
A by-election was held in the Dolforwyn ward on 15 January 2004 following the resignation of Councillor David Edwards.[3]
| Dolforwyn by-election 2004 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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