1977 Dyfed County Council election
Appearance
The second election to Dyfed County Council was held in May 1977.[1] It was preceded by the 1973 election and followed by the 1981 election. There were a number of unopposed returns, particularly in rural parts of the county.
Overview
[edit]Carmarthenshire
[edit]The main feature of the results in Carmarthenshire was a Plaid Cymru challenge to Labour in the more urban part of the county although they lost the one seat they held on the previous council.
Ward Results (Cardiganshire)
[edit]Aberaeron No.1
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Evan Evans Williams* | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Aberaeron No. 2
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Edwardes Rogers-Lewis* | 1,125 | 62.5 | ||
Plaid Cymru | William Lynford Thomas | 676 | 37.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Aberaeron No.3
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Owen Williams* | 1,718 | 87.5 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Gerallt Jones | 246 | 12.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Aberystwyth No.1
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Griffith Eric Hughes | 1,492 | 80.4 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Elizabeth A. Edwards | 363 | 19.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Aberystwyth No.2
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter James Goodman | 368 | 37.1 | ||
Liberal | Gwendoline Calan Evans* | 340 | 34.2 | ||
Plaid Cymru | John Davies | 285 | 28.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Aberystwyth No. 3
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ceredig Jones* | 765 | 52.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Mary Fitter | 686 | 47.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Aberystwyth Rural No. 1
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Gatty P. Lewis* | 1,067 | 53.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru | John Thomas Jones | 919 | 46.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Aberystwyth Rural No.2
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Richard Wynn Cowell | 1,017 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Edward Vernon Jones | 881 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent gain from Liberal | Swing |
Aberystwyth Rural No.3
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Griffith Gwynfor Jones | 957 | 46.7 | ||
Liberal | Glyndwr Lloyd Edwards | 638 | 31.2 | ||
Labour | Frederick Fanstone | 453 | 22.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Cardigan
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rowland Ll. Peregrine* | 1,098 | 77.1 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Islwyn Iago | 327 | 22.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Lampeter
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R.G. Daniel | 1,166 | 69.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | J. Jones | 504 | 30.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Teifiside No.1
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D.G.E. Davies* | 1,794 | 81.2 | ||
Independent | G. Guttridge | 416 | 18.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Teifiside No.2
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Hywel Heulyn Roberts* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Teifiside No.3
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | R.E. Morris* | 1,522 | 78.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru | T. George | 411 | 21.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Tregaron
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Marie James | 1,267 | 56.9 | ||
Independent | William Gethin Bennett | 958 | 43.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Liberal | Swing |
Ward Results (Carmarthenshire)
[edit]Ammanford No. 1
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Howard Cooke* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Ammanford No.2
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Myrddin Evans* | 1,193 | 66.1 | −9.9 | |
Plaid Cymru | D.H. Davies | 613 | 33.9 | +9.9 | |
Majority | 580 | 32.2 | −19.8 | ||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Berwick
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Raglan Thomas* | 1,062 | |||
Liberal | Kenneth Denver Rees | 351 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Brian Marke | 204 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Burry Port East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Elwyn Marks | 502 | 46.2 | −2.7 | |
Independent | Hugh Williams | 320 | 29.5 | 29.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Edryd Morgan | 160 | 14.7 | −2.6 | |
Independent Labour | S.J.E. Samuel | 104 | 9.6 | +9.6 | |
Majority | 182 | 16.7 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Burry Port West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Eirwen Jones-Parry* | 476 | 41.0 | −15.1 | |
Labour | Bryan Joseph Rayner | 432 | 37.2 | +6.8 | |
Plaid Cymru | Michael E. Clement | 254 | 21.8 | +8.3 | |
Majority | 44 | 3.8 | −21.9 | ||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Carmarthen No. 1
[edit]Anthony Earle was elected at a by-election in 1975 following the death of T. Idwal Jones
-->Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Earle* | 1,511 | 74.2 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Elizabeth Tabitha Beynon | 526 | 25.8 | ||
Majority | 985 | 48.4 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Carmarthen No. 2
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ellis James Powell* | 689 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Peter Hughes Griffiths | 376 | |||
Liberal | Janet Webb | 187 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Carmarthen No. 3
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Roy Nicholl* | 1,157 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Emrys Jones | 654 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Carmarthen Rural No.1
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratepayers | William J. Wyn Evans | 1,142 | |||
Labour | Percy Morgan Lewis | 1,058 | |||
Independent | Jane Ann Jones | 645 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Ratepayers hold | Swing |
Carmarthen Rural No.2
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Handel Michael Ayres Williams | 788 | |||
Labour | David Gwynfor Charles* | 677 | |||
Independent Labour | Eira Cordelia Jones | 173 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Carmarthen Rural No. 3
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E.T. Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Carmarthen Rural No. 4
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Arthur J. Harries* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Carmarthen Rural No. 5
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dr William Edmund V.J. Davies* | 1,683 | |||
Independent | David Myrddin Jenkins | 1,018 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Carmarthen Rural No. 6
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J.L. James* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Carmarthen Rural No. 7
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Clodwyn Percival Phillips | 1,301 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Daniel James Roy Llewellyn | 1,175 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing |
Cwmamman
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W.J. Davies | 977 | 60.3 | ||
Plaid Cymru | John Edwin Lewis | 848 | 39.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Felinfoel
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Cledwyn Francis* | 1,106 | 65.9 | ||
Plaid Cymru | D. Rhys | 420 | 25.0 | ||
Communist | R.E. Hitchon | 153 | 9.1 | ||
Majority | 40.9 | ||||
Turnout | 37.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hengoed
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Irwyn Phillips* | 1,034 | |||
Labour | D. Thomas | 383 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandeilo No.1
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W.D.R. Davies* | 1,125 | |||
Independent | T. Davies | 884 | |||
Independent | H. Jones | 537 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandeilo No.2
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D.T. Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Llandeilo No.3
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | V.E.D. Price* | 1,472 | |||
Independent Socialist | D. Moses | 574 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Llandeilo No.4
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roger Gareth Thomas* | 1,885 | |||
Plaid Cymru | J.G. James | 714 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Llandeilo No.5
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gerald J. Earl* | 1,567 | |||
Labour | W. Davies | 1,043 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandeilo No.6
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gwyn Jones | 1,172 | |||
Plaid Cymru | D. Jones | 1,112 | |||
Majority | 60 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanedi
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | I.L. Foulkes | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Llanelli No.1
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Harry J. Richards* | 969 | |||
Labour | J. Smith | 437 | |||
Plaid Cymru | G. Morris | 364 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanelli No.2
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brinley Owen* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Llanelli No. 3
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Grismond J. Williams* | 643 | |||
Plaid Cymru | D. Thomas | 312 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Llanelli No.4
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mrs M. Joseph | 455 | |||
Plaid Cymru | P. Davies | 429 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Llanelli No.5
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Chaeles Prothero | 354 | |||
Independent Labour | W.J. Davies* | 196 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Llanelli No. 6
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold J. Thomas | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Llanelli No.7
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George M. McConkey* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Llangennech
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Hywel Teifi Edwards | 717 | |||
Labour | M.J. Thomas* | 632 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Llan-non
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David William James* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Newcastle Emlyn No.1
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D.T. Enoch* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Newcastle Emlyn No.2
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Evans* | 2,113 | |||
Labour | Peter Appleton Wilde | 898 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Pembrey
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Evans* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Pontyberem
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Howard Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Trimsaran
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Samuel T. Hughes* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Westfa
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | William Gwyn Hopkins | 693 | |||
Labour | G. Williams | 644 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Ward Results (Pembrokeshire)
[edit]Cemaes No. 1
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Jenkins* | 1,549 | 59.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru | C.M. Phillips | 1,075 | 41.0 | ||
Majority | 18.0 | ||||
Turnout | 68.4 | −2.3 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Cemaes No. 2
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T.R. George* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Fishguard and Goodwick No. 1
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | J.P.A. Maddocks | 757 | 51.6 | ||
Independent | Carey George* | 710 | 48.4 | ||
Majority | 3.2 | ||||
Turnout | 55.1 | +1.5 | |||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |
Fishguard and Goodwick No. 2
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Evans | 604 | 43.9 | ||
Labour | A. O'Brien | 406 | 29.5 | ||
Independent | G. Hughes | 367 | 26.7 | ||
Majority | 14.4 | ||||
Turnout | 56.9 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Haverfordwest No.1
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T.G. Parry* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Haverfordwest No. 2
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D.S. Grey* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Haverfordwest Rural No. 1
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A. Gray* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Haverfordwest Rural No. 2
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | O.C. John* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Haverfordwest Rural No. 3
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. James* | 1,249 | 66.9 | ||
Plaid Cymru | I. Williams | 619 | 33.1 | +33.1 | |
Majority | 33.8 | ||||
Turnout | 52.4 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Haverfordwest Rural No. 4
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. McBrearty | 784 | 93.4 | ||
Independent | B. Morris | 55 | 6.6 | ||
Majority | 86.9 | ||||
Turnout | 27.0 | −29.9 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Haverfordwest Rural No. 5
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | H.W. Phillips* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Milford Haven No. 1
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R. Yolland* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Milford Haven No. 2
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Basil Ralph Woodruff* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Milford Haven No. 3
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mrs R. Keane* | 467 | 52.4 | ||
Independent | T.W.H. Byard | 424 | 47.6 | ||
Majority | 4.8 | ||||
Turnout | 31.5 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Narberth No. 1
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Elwyn John* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Narberth No. 2
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W. Harry* | 953 | 51.6 | +11.0 | |
Independent | R. Martin | 894 | 48.4 | ||
Majority | 3.2 | ||||
Turnout | 65.4 | −2.7 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Narberth No. 3
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David John Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Neyland and Llanstadwell
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. John* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Pembroke No. 1
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M. Mathias* | 1,091 | 71.9 | +44.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | R. Kane | 427 | 28.1 | +28.1 | |
Majority | 43.8 | ||||
Turnout | 43.7 | +1.1 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Pembroke No. 2
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A. Dureau | 843 | |||
Independent | W. Corcoran | 290 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 22.8 | −10.4 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Pembroke No. 3
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C.E. Nicholls* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Pembroke Rural No. 1
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rev G.R. Ball* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Pembroke Rural No. 2
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W.G. Lawrence* | 594 | 41.7 | −11.3 | |
Independent | Norman Richard Parry | 411 | 28.8 | ||
Independent | M. Collis | 250 | 17.5 | ||
Independent | E. Hodgson | 161 | 12.0 | ||
Majority | 12.9 | ||||
Turnout | 54.9 | +2.7 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Tenby
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | H. Mace | 845 | 55.2 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Wynne Islwyn Samuel | 686 | 44.8 | +44.8 | |
Majority | 10.4 | ||||
Turnout | 41.9 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Dyfed County Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 8 May 2016.