1999 Carmarthenshire County Council 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.

Carmarthenshire County Council election result 1999

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

Abergwili 1999

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

Boundary Change. Two sitting members contested the seat.

Ammanford 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Hugh Evans*	780
	Independent	Llynfa Meinir Melba Thomas*	493
Majority			287
	Labour win (new seat)

Betws 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Dorian Evans*	484
	Plaid Cymru	Brian Keith Vaughan	331
Majority			153
	Labour hold		Swing

No boundary changes but the number of seats reduced from three to two.

Bigyn 1999

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

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.

Burry Port 1999

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

Bynea 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Dillwyn Bowen*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Carmarthen Town North 1999

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

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]

Carmarthen Town South 1999

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

Carmarthen Town West 1999

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

Cenarth 1999

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

Boundary change.

Cilycwm 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Theophilus*	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Boundary Change. Two sitting members contested the seat.

Cynwyl Elfed 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Dorrien Thomas*	834
	Independent	Henry Irfon Jones*	793
Majority			41
	Independent win (new seat)

Boundary Change.

Cynwyl Gaeo 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	James Eirwyn Williams*	unopposed
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Dafen 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vernon John Warlow*	568
	Plaid Cymru	Alford Clement Thomas	562
Majority			6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elli 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Jean Edmunds	652
	Labour	Eryl Morgan	556
Majority			96
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Felinfoel 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry John Evans*	450
	Independent	Frederick Janes	185
Majority			265
	Labour hold		Swing

Garnant 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Madge*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Glanaman 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Colin Evans	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Glanymor 1999

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

Glyn 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas James Jones	636
	Labour	John David Greville Williams	327
Majority			309
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Gorslas 1999

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

Hendy 1999

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

Hengoed 1999

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

Kidwelly

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

Laugharne Township

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Cyril William Roberts*	759
	Labour	David Peter Tucker	403
Majority			356
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanboidy

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

Llanddarog

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayer	William John Wyn Evans*	unopposed
	Ratepayer hold		Swing

Llandeilo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ieuan Goronwy Jones	1,142
	Labour	Julie Hopley	248
	Conservative	Shirley Arnold	97
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandovery Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Denley Owen*	786
	Labour	Vivienne Fay Price	230
	Conservative	Lorraine Kaye Allott	180
Majority			556
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llandybie

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

Llanegwad and Llanfynydd

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dillwyn Anthony Williams*	1,019
	Liberal Democrats	Alleyne Caroline Farrington Evans	197
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Aberbythych

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Winston Kenneth Griffiths	390
	Labour	Omri Philip Davies	327
	Conservative	Neville Kingsley Lewis Thomas	105
Majority			63
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Fioled Meirion Jones*	unopposed
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

No Boundary Change. Ward named changed.

Llangadog

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Meirion Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangeler

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

Llangenench

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

Llangunnor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Clifford Merlin Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

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.

Llangyndeyrn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	William Tyssul Evans	1,086
	Independent Labour	Dynfor Vaughan Owens	291
Majority
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

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.

Llannon

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)

Llansteffan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Arthur Jones Harries*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanybydder

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ieuan Wyn Davies	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Lliedi

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

No boundary change. One of the sitting Labour councillors was de-selected but successfully retained the seat as an Independent Labour candidate.

Llwynhendy

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

Manordeilo and Salem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John James Jones Davies*	759
	Plaid Cymru	Margaret Bowen	269
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

One of the sitting Labour members was de-selected and stood unsuccessfully as an Independent.

Pembrey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Clive Howells	756
	Labour	Vincent John Rees*	753
	Independent	Trevor Uriel Jones Thomas*	717
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Penygroes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Siân Elisabeth Thomas	659
	Labour	Elizabeth Ann Phillips	414
Majority			245

Pontamman

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Alvan Rees*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Pontyberem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	Thomas Ieuan Edwards*	879
	Labour	John Wynford Treharne	303
Majority			576
	Independent Labour hold		Swing

No boundary changes. Ward name changed.

Quarter Bach

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elwyn Williams*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

St Clears 1999

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

St Ishmaels

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	David Huw John*	unopposed
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

No boundary changes but an additional seat created

Saron

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)

Swiss Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Hopkins	744
	Independent	Noel Roberts	337
Majority			407
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Trelech

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

Trimsaran

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

Tycroes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Thomas Enoch	526
	Plaid Cymru	Kenneth Rees Morgan	370
Majority			156
	Labour hold		Swing

Tyisha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Samuel Neil*	1,040
	Labour	Harry Palmer*	958
	Plaid Cymru	Dyfrig Thomas+	739
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Morris Morgan*	933
	Independent	William Conwil Harries	364
Majority
	Independent win (new seat)

A by-election was held in the Pontyberem ward following the death of Independent Labour councillor Ieuan Edwards.

Pontyberem by-election, 25 May 2000^[3]

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

Hengoed by-election, 26 July 2001^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		348
	Plaid Cymru		293
	Independent		118
	Conservative		70
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

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.

Burry Port by-election, 11 October 2001^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Wyn Jones	504
	Plaid Cymru		316
	Independent		266
	Independent		151
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing