1999_Carmarthenshire_County_Council_election
1999 Carmarthenshire County Council election
Welsh local election
The second elections to the Carmarthenshire County Council were held in May 1999.[1] It was preceded by the 1995 election and followed by the 2004 election. They resulted in a coalition between Independent councillors and Plaid Cymru for the next five years.
More information Party, Seats ...
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 28 | 37.8 | |||||||
| Independent | 26 | 35.1 | |||||||
| Plaid Cymru | 13 | 17.5 | |||||||
| Independent Labour | 4 | 5.4 | |||||||
| Ratepayers | 2 | 2.7 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1.3 | |||||||
| Conservative | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||
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Abergwili (one seat)
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Pamela Ann Palmer* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Ammanford (one seat)
Boundary Change. Two sitting members contested the seat.
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Hugh Evans* | 780 | |||
| Independent | Llynfa Meinir Melba Thomas* | 493 | |||
| Majority | 287 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
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Betws (one seat)
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Dorian Evans* | 484 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Brian Keith Vaughan | 331 | |||
| Majority | 153 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Bigyn (two seats)
No boundary changes but the number of seats reduced from three to two.
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sandra Melita Cooke* | 1,172 | |||
| Labour | David Charles Prothero* | 1,077 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Eileen Evans | 856 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Buckley Jones | 724 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Burry Port (two seats)
The Liberal Democrats won both seats in 1995 but Labour captured one of these in a by-election following the death of a sitting member.
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Patricia Ethel Mary Jones* | 1,217 | |||
| Labour | Peter Jewell | 1,060 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Pamela Georgina Every | 589 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
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Bynea (one seat)
Carmarthen Town North (two seats)
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kenneth Bryan Maynard* | 1,014 | |||
| Independent | David Howell Merriman* | 979 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Llyr Hughes Griffiths | 965 | |||
| Labour | Richard Evans | 658 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Carmarthen Town South (two seats)
One of the seats was won by the Liberal Democrats in 1995 but lost to an Independent at a by-election following the death of the sitting member. The sitting Labour councillor, who had served on Carmarthen District Council since 1979, was de-selected by the party but was re-elected as an Independent Labour candidate.[2]
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | June Williams* | 774 | |||
| Independent Labour | John Russell Davies* | 551 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Geraint Thomas | 547 | |||
| Labour | Philip William Grice | 397 | |||
| Labour | Mandy Diane Peters | 321 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent Labour gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Carmarthen Town West (two seats)
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | William Gwynoro Jones* | 875 | |||
| Labour | Arthur Davies | 747 | |||
| Labour | Douglas Edmund Ynyr Richards Rose | 666 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Cenarth (one seat)
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | John David George Crossley | 434 | |||
| Independent | Trevor Glyn Bryant | 342 | |||
| Independent | Alan Wyndham Jones* | 292 | |||
| Majority | 92 | ||||
| Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Cilycwm (one seat)
Boundary change.
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Thomas Theophilus* | unopposed | |||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
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Cynwyl Elfed (one seat)
Boundary Change. Two sitting members contested the seat.
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | William Dorrien Thomas* | 834 | |||
| Independent | Henry Irfon Jones* | 793 | |||
| Majority | 41 | ||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
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Cynwyl Gaeo (one seat)
Boundary Change.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | James Eirwyn Williams* | unopposed | |||
| Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | |||||
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Dafen (one seat)
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Vernon John Warlow* | 568 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Alford Clement Thomas | 562 | |||
| Majority | 6 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Elli (one seat)
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Pamela Jean Edmunds | 652 | |||
| Labour | Eryl Morgan | 556 | |||
| Majority | 96 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Felinfoel (one seat)
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Henry John Evans* | 450 | |||
| Independent | Frederick Janes | 185 | |||
| Majority | 265 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Garnant (one seat)
Glanaman (one seat)
Glanymor (two seats)
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Tudor James* | 978 | |||
| Labour | Gerald Frederick Meyler* | 807 | |||
| Green | Simon Kristen Phillips | 367 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Edward Burree | 316 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Charles Burree | 306 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Glyn (one seat)
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Thomas James Jones | 636 | |||
| Labour | John David Greville Williams | 327 | |||
| Majority | 309 | ||||
| Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Gorslas (two seats)
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Henry Clive Scourfield | 889 | |||
| Labour | Ryan Jones* | 852 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Nimrod Morris | 819 | |||
| Labour | David Wynford Nicholas | 742 | |||
| Independent gain from Ratepayers | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Hendy (one seat)
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | William Ieuan Bryant James | 625 | |||
| Labour | Tegwen Devichand | 326 | |||
| Socialist Labour | Darran Charles Hickery | 135 | |||
| Green | Janet Mary Cliff | 92 | |||
| Majority | 299 | ||||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
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Hengoed (two seats)
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kenneth Owen Edwards* | 756 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Meilyr Bowen Hughes | 712 | |||
| Labour | Brian John Richards | 684 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Barry Williams Roberts | 676 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Kidwelly (one seat)
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Labour | Gwilym Glanmor Jones* | 627 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Jean Margaret Fox | 486 | |||
| Labour | Hywel Glyndwr Rees | 413 | |||
| Majority | 141 | ||||
| Independent Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Laugharne Township (one seat)
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Cyril William Roberts* | 759 | |||
| Labour | David Peter Tucker | 403 | |||
| Majority | 356 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Llanboidy (one seat)
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Gibbin* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Llanddarog (one seat)
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratepayer | William John Wyn Evans* | unopposed | |||
| Ratepayer hold | Swing | ||||
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Llandeilo (one seat)
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ieuan Goronwy Jones | 1,142 | |||
| Labour | Julie Hopley | 248 | |||
| Conservative | Shirley Arnold | 97 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Llandovery Town (one seat)
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Denley Owen* | 786 | |||
| Labour | Vivienne Fay Price | 230 | |||
| Conservative | Lorraine Kaye Allott | 180 | |||
| Majority | 556 | ||||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
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Llandybie (two seats)
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Mary Helena Thomas* | 1,411 | |||
| Independent | Gerald James Earl* | 1,262 | |||
| Labour | William Joseph Spencer | 664 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Llanegwad and Llanfynydd (one seat)
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Dillwyn Anthony Williams* | 1,019 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Alleyne Caroline Farrington Evans | 197 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Llanfihangel Aberbythych (one seat)
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Winston Kenneth Griffiths | 390 | |||
| Labour | Omri Philip Davies | 327 | |||
| Conservative | Neville Kingsley Lewis Thomas | 105 | |||
| Majority | 63 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Llanfihangel-ar-Arth (one seat)
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Fioled Meirion Jones* | unopposed | |||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
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Llangadog (one seat)
No Boundary Change. Ward named changed.
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Thomas Meirion Thomas* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Llangeler (one seat)
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Thomas Wilfred Davies* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Llangennech (two seats)
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | William Gwyn Hopkins* | 953 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Gwyneth Thomas | 857 | |||
| Labour | Thomas Gordon Lewis* | 644 | |||
| Labour | Sefton Ronald Coslett | 561 | |||
| Socialist Labour | John Willock | 184 | |||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Llangunnor (one seat)
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Clifford Merlin Jones* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Llangyndeyrn (one seat)
An unusual situation arose in this ward where the sitting Labour member (and previously a member of Dyfed County Council since 1981) announced shortly before the close of nominations that he would not stand and pledged his support to the Plaid Cymru candidate.
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | William Tyssul Evans | 1,086 | |||
| Independent Labour | Dynfor Vaughan Owens | 291 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Llannon (two seats)
The previous Cross Hands (one seat) and Tumble (two seats) wards were merged to form a new two-seat ward. Three sitting councillors sought election.
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Neil William Baker | 1,090 | |||
| Independent Labour | Philip Brinley Davies* | 1,040 | |||
| Labour | Terrence Maxwell Evans* | 822 | |||
| Labour | David Bryan Richards* | 753 | |||
| Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | |||||
| Independent Labour win (new seat) | |||||
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Llansteffan (one seat)
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Arthur Jones Harries* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Llanybydder (one seat)
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ieuan Wyn Davies | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Lliedi (two seats)
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | William George Thomas* | 1,042 | |||
| Labour | William Edward Skinner* | 985 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Denver Rees | 781 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Hugh Morgan Lewis | 780 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Llwynhendy (two seats)
No boundary change. One of the sitting Labour councillors was de-selected but successfully retained the seat as an Independent Labour candidate.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Eunydd Ashley Brynmor Thomas* | 796 | |||
| Independent Labour | Donald John Davies* | 778 | |||
| Labour | Benjamin C.M. Reynolds | 674 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent Labour gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Manordeilo and Salem (one seat)
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John James Jones Davies* | 759 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Margaret Bowen | 269 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Pembrey (two seats)
One of the sitting Labour members was de-selected and stood unsuccessfully as an Independent.
Penygroes (one seat)
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Siân Elisabeth Thomas | 659 | |||
| Labour | Elizabeth Ann Phillips | 414 | |||
| Majority | 245 | ||||
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Pontamman (one seat)
Pontyberem (one seat)
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Labour | Thomas Ieuan Edwards* | 879 | |||
| Labour | John Wynford Treharne | 303 | |||
| Majority | 576 | ||||
| Independent Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Quarter Bach (one seat)
No boundary changes. Ward name changed.
St Clears (one seat)
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Philip Morris Hughes | 632 | |||
| Independent | Lillian Margaret Owen | 414 | |||
| Independent | Keith Hopkins | 247 | |||
| Labour | Tammara Michelle Wilband | 61 | |||
| Majority | 218 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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St Ishmaels (one seat)
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | David Huw John* | unopposed | |||
| Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | |||||
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Saron (two seats)
No boundary changes but an additional seat created
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | John Garfield Edwards | 920 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Nigel Henry Evans | 793 | |||
| Labour | Alan Peter Cooper | 754 | |||
| Labour | Terrence H. Marshall* | 582 | |||
| Majority | 123 | ||||
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | |||||
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Swiss Valley (one seat)
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Stuart Hopkins | 744 | |||
| Independent | Noel Roberts | 337 | |||
| Majority | 407 | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Trelech (one seat)
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | William David Thomas* | unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Trimsaran (one seat)
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Meryl Gravell* | 548 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Cooper | 332 | |||
| Labour | David Taylor | 181 | |||
| Independent | Denis Henry Carter | 36 | |||
| Majority | 216 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Tycroes (one seat)
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Thomas Enoch | 526 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Kenneth Rees Morgan | 370 | |||
| Majority | 156 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Tyisha (two seats)
Whitland (one seat)
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | James Morris Morgan* | 933 | |||
| Independent | William Conwil Harries | 364 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
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Pontyberem 2000
A by-election was held in the Pontyberem ward following the death of Independent Labour councillor Ieuan Edwards.
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Joy Williams | 655 | 60.4 | ||
| Labour | 399 | 36.8 | |||
| Conservative | 31 | 2.98 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Plaid Cymru gain from Independent Labour | Swing | ||||
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Hengoed 2001
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 348 | ||||
| Plaid Cymru | 293 | ||||
| Independent | 118 | ||||
| Conservative | 70 | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Llandybie 2001
A by-election was held in the Llandybie ward following the death of Independent councillor Gerald Earl, who had represented the ward on the Dyfed and Carmarthenshire councils since 1973.
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Anthony Wyn Jones | 504 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | 316 | ||||
| Independent | 266 | ||||
| Independent | 151 | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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- "Results". Western Mail. 8 May 1999.
- This result is incorrect in the Western Mail.
- "Cumulative Index by Authority". Edkins Family Index. Edkins Family. Retrieved 7 June 2020.