1987 Carmarthen District Council election

An election to Carmarthen District Council was held on 7 May 1987.^[1] It was preceded by the 1983 election and followed by the 1991 election. On the same day there were elections to the other district local authorities and community councils in Wales.^[2]

Boundary changes

A limited number of boundary changes had taken place since the previous election. Some wards were also renamed.

Results

Abergwili (one seat)

The ward used to be known as Abergwili and Llanllawddog. The winning candidate had represented the SDP-Liberal Alliance at the 1983 election.

Abergwili and Llanllawddog 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Pamela Ann Palmer	336
	Independent	Simon John Howells	294
	Independent	Trevor Hugh Davies	157
	Independent	Ronald Hugh Richards	152
	Labour	T. Greenfield	82
Majority			42
Turnout				73.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Carmarthen Town North (four seats)

The ward used to be known as Carmarthen Town Ward One. Two of the sitting Labour candidates were de-selected by the party, but stood successfully as independents.

Carmarthen Town North 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	David Howell Merriman*	1,273
Labour	John Russell Davies*	1,111
Independent	John Elfed Williams*	1,080
Independent	T.H. Gwynne Davies*	997
Plaid Cymru	Peter Hughes Griffiths	924
Labour	Kenneth Wigley Lloyd	885
Labour	Richard John Williams	646
Independent hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Independent gain from Labour		Swing
Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Carmarthen Town South (two seats)

The ward used to be known as Carmarthen Town Ward Two.

Carmarthen Town South 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	June Williams	704
Independent	John Elfed Thomas*	653
Alliance (Liberal)	Richard John Goodridge	533
Labour	Richard John Edwards	431
Plaid Cymru	Geraint Thomas	427
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Carmarthen Town West (three seats)

The ward used to be known as Carmarthen Town Ward Three. David Crane had been elected at a by-election following the resignation of previous Liberal councillor David Nam.

Carmarthen Town West 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Alliance	David Llewhelin Crane*	1,268
Independent	Helen Margaret Thomas*	1,047
Plaid Cymru	Malcolm Morgan Jones	990
Labour	Sarah Mary Lorraine Maynard	748
Alliance hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Cenarth (one seat)

The ward used to be known as Newcastle Emlyn.

Cenarth 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Lloyd Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Clynderwen (one seat)

The ward used to be known as Cilymaenllwyd.

Clynderwen 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Daniel Clodwyn Thomas*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Cynwyl Elfed (one seat)

The ward used to be known as Cynwyl Elfed and Llanpumsaint.

Cynwyl Elfed 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	William Dorrien Thomas	304
	Independent	Thomas Owen Morgan	215
	Independent	William Malcolm Howells	177
	Independent	Lyn Luke ap Trin Davies	142
	Independent	James Kinneil Fraser	66
	Independent	John Henry Dyer	30
Majority			89
	Independent hold		Swing

Gorslas (two seats)

The previous three-member Llanarthney and Llanddarog ward was split into a two-member ward (Gorslas) and a single-member ward (Llanddarog).

Gorslas 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Ratepayers	Dewi Wyn Edwards*	1,240
Labour	Ryan Jones	1,102
Independent	Jane Ann Jones	649
Ratepayers hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Laugharne Township (one seat)

The previous two-member Laugharne Township ward was split into a two single-member wards (Laugharne Township and Llanddowror). The sitting member had been elected at a by-election following the death of Elwyn John.

Laugharne Township 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Sidney William David Evans*	356
	Independent	David Cecil Davies	331
Majority			25
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanboidy (one seat)

The ward used to be known as Henllanfallteg.

Llanboidy 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Gibbin*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Llanddarog (one seat)

The previous three-member Llanarthney and Llanddarog ward was split into a two-member ward (Gorslas) and a single-member ward (Llanddarog).

Llanddarog 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayers	Huw Voyle Williams*	Unopposed
	Ratepayers hold		Swing

Llanddowror (one seat)

The previous two-member Laugharne Township ward was split into a two single-member wards (Laugharne Township and Llanddowror).

Llanddowror 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Cyril William Roberts*	479
	Independent	Dafydd Meredith Price	294
Majority			185
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandyfaelog (one seat)

The previous two-member Llandyfaelog ward was split into a two single-member wards (Llandyfaelog and St Ishmaels).

Llandyfaelog 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sidney Daniel John*	Unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth (one seat)

The seat had been won by Plaid Cymru at a by-election.

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Thomas John Griffiths*	Unopposed
	Plaid Cymru hold

Llangeler (two seats)

Llangeler 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Thomas Keith Davies*	Unopposed
Independent	Thomas Wilfred Davies*	Unopposed
Independent hold
Independent hold

Llangynnwr (two seats)

Boundary change: the previous ward was divided to create an additional Newchurch ward.

Llangynnwr 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Robin Owen Griffiths	839
Independent	Hywel Lloyd Williams*	650
Independent	John David James Morgan*	499
Independent	Jean Stuart Arnold	333
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Llangyndeyrn (two seats)

Llangyndeyrn 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	John David Greville Williams	727
Labour	Cydwel David Thomas Evans	674
Plaid Cymru	Handel Michael Ayres Williams	646
Alliance	Emlyn Jones	471
Alliance	Robert Michael Beynon	435
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Llanllwni (one seat)

The ward used to be known as Llanfihangel Rhos-y-Corn.

Llanllwni 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Evan Eirwyn Jones*	365
	Alliance	Roger Nook	133
	Independent	Leonard William Davies	79
	Independent	Roger Joynson	49
Majority			232
	Independent hold		Swing

Llansteffan (one seat)

The ward used to be known as Llangain.

Llansteffan 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Griffith Trevor Rees*	446
	Independent	William Thomas	356
	Alliance	John Dickson Bain	282
Majority			90
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanybydder (one seat)

The previous two-member Llanllwni ward was split into a two single-member wards (Llanybydder and Pencarreg).

Llanybydder 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Emrys Oriel Jones*	Unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Newchurch (one seat)

This additional ward was created following the division of the Llangynnwr ward, which retained two seats.

Newchurch 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Mary Anne Griffiths	324
	Independent	Evan James Thomas	240
	Independent	Lyn Lewis Thomas	164
Majority			84
	Independent win (new seat)

Pencarreg (one seats)

The previous two-member Llanllwni ward was split into a two single-member wards (Llanybydder and Pencarreg).

Pencarreg 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Oliver Williams*	Unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

St Clears (two seats)

St Clears 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Victor Lawrence James*	Unopposed
Independent	Benjamin Delwyn Royden Thomas*	Unopposed
Independent hold
Independent hold

St Ishmael (one seat)

The previous two-member Llandyfaelog ward was split into a two single-member wards (Llandyfaelog and St Ishmaels).

St Ishmaels 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	David Charles Phillips*	593
	Labour	Christopher George Henry	124
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Trelech (one seat)

The ward used to be known as Abernant.

Trelech 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William David Thomas*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Whitland (one seat)

Whitland 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Rosemary Jean Jenkins	469
	Plaid Cymru	Ithel Parri-Roberts	358
Majority			111
	Independent gain from Alliance		Swing

References

^ "Electors bury the bunker issue". Carmarthen Journal. 15 May 1987.
^ "How Wales Went to the Polls". Western Mail. 8 May 1987.

[CJ_15-5-87-1] "Electors bury the bunker issue". Carmarthen Journal. 15 May 1987.

[2] "How Wales Went to the Polls". Western Mail. 8 May 1987.

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