1993 Dyfed County Council election

The sixth and final election to Dyfed County Council was held in May 1993.^[1] It was preceded by the 1989 election. In 1995 Welsh local government reorganization led to the abolition of the authority.

Overview

The Independents remained the largest party with Labour the nearest challenger.

Ward Results (Cardiganshire)

Aberporth

The sitting member had won the seat at a by-election.

Aberporth 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Haydn Lewis*	1,234	67.8
	Plaid Cymru	Islwyn Iago	585	32.2	-7.8
Majority				35.6
Turnout				43.4	-1.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Aberteifi

Aberteifi 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T.J. Adams-Lewis	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Aberystwyth North

Aberystwyth North 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Hywel Griffiths Evans*	1,019	65.4	+11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Louis Griffin	538	34.6	+15.8
Majority				34.8	-3.8
Turnout				40.1	-7.5
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Aberystwyth South

Aberystwyth South 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Eric John Griffiths	802	40.1	-4.9
	Independent	Hywel Thomas Jones	485	24.3
	Independent	Owen Henry Jones	325	16.3
	Labour	B.E. Cole	255	12.8	-42.2
	Independent	A. Bowden	132	6.6
Majority
Turnout				44.9	-12.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Beulah

Beulah 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Emrys Jones*	872	73.9	+3.7
	Independent	K. Symmons	308	26.1	-3.7
Majority				37.8	+7.3
Turnout				47.8	+3.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Borth

Borth 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Wiliam Penri James	1,373	67.8	+67.8
	Independent	Richard Wynn Cowell*	653	32.2	-27.1
Majority				35.6
Turnout				47.5	-12.1
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Lampeter

Lampeter 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert George Harris*	1,378	79.4	-3.9
	Plaid Cymru	S. Taylor	358	20.6	+3.9
Majority				58.8	-10.7
Turnout				47.3	-5.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanbadarn Fawr

Llanbadarn Fawr 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peredur Wynne Eklund	1,458	56.5	+56.5
	Plaid Cymru	Griffith Gwynfor Jones*	1,123	43.5	-25.7
Majority				13.0
Turnout				43.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Llandysiliogogo

Llandysiliogogo 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	John Rheinallt Evans*	Unopposed
	Plaid Cymru hold

Llandyfriog

Llandyfriog 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D.G.E. Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Llanfihangel Ystrad

Llanfihangel Ystrad 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	W.A. Jones*	Unopposed
	Liberal Democrats hold

Llansantffraid

The seat had changed hands at a by-election.

Llansantffraid 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R.W. Lewis*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Lledrod

Lledrod 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Gethin Bennett*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Ystwyth

Ystwyth 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John David Rowland Jones*	1,270	59.8	-5.8
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Lloyd Jones	853	40.2	+5.8
Majority				19.6	-11.6
Turnout				59.0	+7.3
	SLD hold		Swing

Ward Results (Carmarthenshire)

Abergwili

Abergwili 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J.L. James*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Ammanford

Ammanford 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Myrddin Evans*	1,489	70.9	+37.8
	Independent Labour	D. Thomas	442	21.0
	Independent	W. Thomas	170	8.1
Majority				49.9
Turnout				49.8	-19.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Bigyn

Bigyn 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Philip Morris*	920	59.2
	Independent	R.I. John	635	40.8
Majority				18.3
Turnout				31.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Burry Port

Burry Port 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith John Evans	845	62.8	+62.8
	Labour	A. Rollason	283	21.0	-46.4
	Plaid Cymru	D.I. Howells	217	16.1	-16.5
Majority				41.8
Turnout				38.3	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Carmarthen Town North

Carmarthen Town North 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Bryan Maynard*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Carmarthen Town South

Carmarthen Town South 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robin Owen Griffiths	897	40.6
	Liberal Democrats	Juliana Hughes	533	24.2	-19.0
	Plaid Cymru	Dewi Elwyn Williams	482	18.3	+3.5
	Independent	W.G. Tucker	295	13.4	-25.1
Majority				16.4
Turnout				48.2	+3.9
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Carmarthen Town West

Carmarthen Town West 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Wigley Lloyd*	1,065	77.7	+34.5
	Plaid Cymru	Sian Thomas	306	22.3	+2.0
Majority				55.4
Turnout				41.8	-5.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elli

Elli 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert James Buckland	353	30.7	+30.7
	Labour	Stephen Charles James*	350	30.5	+30.5
	Independent	D. Owen	256	22.3	+22.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan E, Burree	189	16.5	+16.5
Majority			3	0.2
Turnout				43.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Felinfoel

Felinfoel 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Cledwyn Francis*	879	71.1
	Plaid Cymru	J. Barr	358	28.9
Majority				42.2
Turnout				32.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Glanamman

Jack Davies, who had stood as an Independent Labour candidate at the previous two elections returned to the Labour fold.

Glanamman 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W.J. Davies*	824	55.0	+21.0
	Plaid Cymru	John Edwin Lewis	674	45.0	+27.0
Majority				10.0
Turnout				44.8
	Labour gain from Independent Labour		Swing

Glanymor

Glanymor 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Frederick Meyler*	735	61.4
	Plaid Cymru	C. Perrott	462	38.6
Majority				22.8
Turnout				32.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Gorslas

Gorslas 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayer	William J. Wyn Evans*	1,875	76.3
	Labour	V. Thomas	583	23.7
Majority				52.6
Turnout				56.8
	Ratepayer hold		Swing

Hengoed

Hengoed 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Samuel Peregrine*	736	67.4
	Plaid Cymru	D. Williams	356	32.6
Majority				34.8
Turnout				37.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Kidwelly

Kidwelly 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hywel Glyndwr Rees*	1,081	87.2
	Liberal Democrats	T. Owens	159	12.8
Majority				74.4
Turnout				49.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Llandovery

Llandovery 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Theophilus*	1,770	89.4
	Labour	P. Perry	210	10.6
Majority				78.8
Turnout				57.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandybie

Llandybie 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gerald J. Earl*	978	46.3	-36.2
	Labour	Gareth M. Knowles	757	35.8	+35.8
	Plaid Cymru	Sarah Ann Nesta Price	378	17.9
Majority				10.5
Turnout				55.3	+2.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanedi

Llanedi 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Pugh	783	53.8
	Plaid Cymru	H. Williams	672	46.2
Majority				7.6
Turnout				37.2	-11.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanegwad

Llanegwad 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D.T. Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel ar Arth

Llanfihangel ar Arth 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Fioled Meirion Jones	1,743	67.6
	Labour	D.R. Williams	834	32.4
Majority				35.2
Turnout				55.3
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Llangadog

Llangadog 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T.M. Thomas	1,636	68.7
	Liberal Democrats	W.R. Price	499	20.9	-13.2
	Independent	B. Carr	247	10.4
Majority				47.8
Turnout				58.9	+1.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangeler

Llangeler 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Wilfred Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangennech

Llangennech 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	William Gwyn Hopkins	1,114	55.8
	Labour	Thomas Gordon Lewis*	884	44.2
Majority				11.6
Turnout				35.8
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Llangyndeyrn

Boundary Change.

Llangyndeyrn 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Ian Evans*	1,192	57.8	-8.9
	Plaid Cymru	Handel Michael Ayres Williams	870	42.2	+8.9
Majority				15.6
Turnout				47.5	+3.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Llan-non

Llannon 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Malcolm Davies*	1,067	63.7
	Plaid Cymru	Neil W. Baker	609	36.3
Majority				27.4
Turnout				41.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Llansteffan

Llansteffan 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Arthur J. Harries*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Lliedi

Lliedi 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Denver Rees	711	54.2	+19.6
	Labour	Grenville Darby*	600	45.8	-19.6
Majority				8.4
Turnout				30.4	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Llwynhendy

Llwynhendy 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eunydd Ashley Brynmor Thomas*	1,058	71.1
	Liberal Democrats	N. Burree	429	28.9
Majority				42.2
Turnout				25.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Pembrey

Pembrey 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Meryl Gravell	945	48.2
	Labour	Kenneth Vaughan Owens*	566	28.9	-32.2
	Plaid Cymru	E. McKibbin	448	22.9	-16.0
Majority				19.3
Turnout				39.0	+6.8
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Pontyberem

Pontyberem 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Howard Jones*	1,242	65.2
	Liberal Democrats	Dynfor Vaughan Owens	662	34.8
Majority				30.4
Turnout				49.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Quarter Bach

Quarter Bach 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Maddock	751	53.5
	Plaid Cymru	K.J.G. Maddocks	652	46.5
Majority				7.0
Turnout				59.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Saron

Saron 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Williams*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

St Clears

St Clears 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dr William Edmund V.J. Davies*	1,454	60.8
	Plaid Cymru	David T. Petersen	937	39.2
Majority				21.6
Turnout				52.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Tyisha

Tyisha 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Dyfrig Thomas	749	50.6
	Labour	Grismond J. Williams*	731	49.4
Majority			18	1.2
Turnout				43.7
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Whitland

Whitland 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Daniel James Roy Llewellyn*	Unopposed
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Ward Results (Pembrokeshire)

Camrose

Camrose 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dewi Llewellyn James*	539	57.0	+5.1
	Green	Kay Dearing	407	43.0
Majority			132	14.0
Turnout				28.2	-7.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Crymych

Crymych 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T.R. George*	1,331	67.2
	Labour	Michael Frederick McNamara	340	17.2
	Conservative	Norman Hird	311	15.7
Majority				50.0
Turnout				46.4
	Independent hold		Swing

East Williamston

East Williamston 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Patricia Edwina Griffiths*	1,082	60.7
	Independent	Norman Richard Parry	702	39.3	+2.8
Majority				21.4
Turnout				36.8	-2.9
	Independent hold		Swing

Fishguard

Fishguard 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Lloyd Evans*	1,372	51.3
	Labour	Alexander Frederick Allison	937	35.0	+35.0
	Independent	Alwyn Cadwallader Luke	365	13.6
Majority				16.3
Turnout				51.9
	Independent hold		Swing

Hakin

Hakin 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eric Ronald Harries	804	50.9	+1.2
	Independent	George Noel William Max	776	49.1
Majority				1.8	-26.0
Turnout				41.4	-11.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangwm

Llangwm 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Henry Hitchings*	1,039	69.5	+9.4
	Labour	G.R. Stone	456	30.5
Majority				39.0
Turnout				36.7	-10.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Milford Central and East

Milford Central and East 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Hutton Sinclair	796	60.3	+12.7
	Conservative	Stanley Thomas Hudson	523	39.7
Majority				20.6
Turnout				34.8	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Milford North and West

An attempt by the Liberal Democrats to win an additional seat as the sitting member for Milford Central and East changed wards was unsuccessful.

Milford North and West 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David John Adams	359	39.3	+2.0
	Independent	Edward George Setterfield*	447	38.2	-24.5
	Liberal Democrats	G. Sizer*	263	22.5
Majority				1.1
Turnout				36.7	-0.9
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Narberth

Narberth 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Walter Edwards	1,107	51.6
	Labour	Joan Asby*	1,039	48.4	-2.0
Majority				3.2
Turnout				46.8
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Neyland

Neyland 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W.G.H. James*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Pembroke St Mary

Pembroke St Mary 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F.H. Levesley*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Pembroke St Michael

Pembroke St Michael 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Martin Allen	652	51.0	+3.5
	Labour	David William Edwards	627	49.0
Majority				2.0
Turnout				32.9	-4.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Pembroke Dock Llanion

Pembroke Dock Llanion 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqueline Rita Lawrence	886	60.7
	Independent	Dillwyn Morgan Davies	574	39.3
Majority				21,4
Turnout				38.1	-0.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Pembroke Dock Pennar

Pembroke Dock Pennar 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen James May	813	46.7	-19.1
	Independent	Brian John Hall	749	43.0
	Independent	D. Cook	96	5.5
	Independent	Donald Thomas Esmond	84	4.8
Majority				3.7
Turnout				50.3	+9.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Portfield

Portfield 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T.G. Parry*	710	54.5	+2.3
	Labour	Tony D. Devito	593	45.4
Majority				9.1
Turnout				38.9	-1.9
	Independent hold		Swing

Priory

Priory 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Haydn Eric Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Rudbaxton

Rudbaxton 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David John Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

St David's

St David's 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Gordon Cawood*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

St Dogmaels

St Dogmaels 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John William James Roberts	689	51.1
	Green	A. Gifford	659	48.9
Majority			30	2.2
Turnout				35.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Saundersfoot

Saundersfoot 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rosemary Rebecca Hayes	1,212	80.2
	Independent	D. Carter	300	19.8
Majority				60.4
Turnout				32.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Tenby

Tenby 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Tracy Folland*	unopposed
	Independent gain from SDP		Swing

The Havens

The Havens 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T.R.L. Martin*	1,091	83.7	+44.2
	Plaid Cymru	Susan Dearson	213	16.3
Majority				67.4
Turnout				32.3	-12.7
	Independent win (new seat)

References