1999 Ceredigion County Council election

The second election to the Ceredigion County Council was held on 6 May 1999.^[1] It was preceded by the 1995 election and followed by the 2004 election.

Overview

Once again, the Independents were the largest group with a number of councillors elected unopposed

Thirty members of the original Council elected in 1995 were again returned.

Fourteen candidates were returned unopposed. Thirteen were sitting Independent or Liberal Democrat councilors; the only exception being Cen Llwyd, who was returned for Plaid Cymru in Llandysiliogogo ward, replacing a retiring Independent.

Boundaries

There were no boundary changes.

Candidates

Most of the retiring members sought re-election.

Results

Aberaeron (one seat)

Aberaeron 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Richard Emlyn Thomas*	557
Liberal Democrats	Deanne M. Hartwell-Jones	243
Independent hold		Swing

Aberporth (one seat)

Aberporth 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William James Granville Varney*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Aberystwyth East (two seats)

Aberystwyth East 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Hywel Griffiths Evans*	691
Plaid Cymru	Simon Thomas	552
Liberal Democrats	Michael John Woods	244
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Aberystwyth North (two seats)

Aberystwyth North 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Edgar Carl Williams*	493
Plaid Cymru	Llinos M. Roberts-Young	418
Independent	Mona Rachel Morris	416
Plaid Cymru	Jacqueline Mary Taylor	344
Independent	I. Pidgeon	149
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Aberystwyth South (two seats)

Aberystwyth South 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Llewellyn Goronwy Edwards*	696
Independent	Gareth Ellis*	606
Socialist	Griffith Eric Hughes	397
Plaid Cymru	Paul Cornelius Davies	223
Labour	Dylan Paul Lewis	190
Liberal Democrats	Graham Thomas Parry	136
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Aberystwyth West (two seats)

Aberystwyth West 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Eric John Griffiths*	754
Independent	Hywel Thomas Jones*	408
Plaid Cymru	Alun John Wiliams	357
Liberal Democrats	Carol Ann Kolczak	320
Labour	Mark Richard Franchi	150
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Beulah (one seat)

Beulah 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	John Elfed Davies*	676
Independent	Colin Sinclair	138
Independent hold		Swing

Borth (one seat)

Borth 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	William Thomas Kinsey Raw-Rees*	632
Liberal Democrats	David Peter Shankland	173
Independent hold		Swing

Capel Dewi (one seat)

Capel Dewi 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas John Jones*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Cardigan (three seats)

John Adams-Lewis was elected as an Independent in 1995.

Cardigan 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Thomas John Adams-Lewis*	1,021
Plaid Cymru	Trevor Thomas Griffiths	810
Independent	Sarah Mary Morris	805
Independent	John Bertram Evans	645
Plaid Cymru	Glen Kelsall Johnson	473
Liberal Democrats	Julian S. Beynon-Lewis	303
Plaid Cymru gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Ceulanamaesmawr (one seat)

Ceulanamaesmawr 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Ellen Elizabeth ap Gwynn	583
Independent	Dafydd Ffredric Raw-Rees	297
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Ciliau Aeron (one seat)

Ciliau Aeron 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stanley Meredith Thomas*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Faenor (one seat)

Faenor 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peredur Wynne Eklund*	Unopposed
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lampeter (two seats)

Lampeter 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Robert George Harris*	681
Independent	John Ivor Williams	428
Independent	Carol Ramaya	382
Liberal Democrats	David Doiran Evans*	314
Plaid Cymru	Robert Phillips	304
Labour hold		Swing
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Llanarth (one seat)

Llanarth 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Eurfyl Evans*	Unopposed
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Llanbadarn Fawr (two seats)

Plaid Cymru had won a seat following the death of a previous Independent councillor.

Llanbadarn Fawr 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Benjamin Lewis Davies	478
Plaid Cymru	Gwydion Heini Gruffudd	393
Liberal Democrats	Ian Rees	368
Liberal Democrats	John Lodwick Davies	244
Independent hold		Swing
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llandyfriog (one seat)

Llandyfriog 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lyndon Lloyd Jones*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandysiliogogo (one seat)

Llandysiliogogo 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Cen Llwyd	Unopposed
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Llandysul Town (one seat)

Llandysul Town 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Evan John Keith Evans*	417
Plaid Cymru	David Graham Evans	369
Independent hold		Swing

Llanfarian (one seat)

Llanfarian 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Alun Lloyd Jones*	564
Liberal Democrats	Robert A. Coleman	115
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Ystrad (one seat)

Plaid Cymru had won the seat at a by-election

Llanfihangel Ystrad 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Evan Wynne Davies	663
Liberal Democrats	Matthew Lewes Gee	433
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llangeitho (one seat)

Llangeitho 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	David John Evans	609
Liberal Democrats	John Meurig Hughes	154
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Llangybi (one seat)

Llangybi 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	John Timothy Odwyn Davies	426
Independent	George Gwynne Gibbons	194
Liberal Democrats	Jan Sutton	104
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Llanrhystud (one seat)

Llanrhystud 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Richard Edwards*	Unopposed
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Llansantffraed (one seat)

Llansantffraed 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Daniel Meurig James*	578
Independent	Lodwick Lloyd	382
Liberal Democrats	Thomas Leslie Lewis	240
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llanwenog (one seat)

Llanwenog 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Samuel Haydn Richards	584
Independent	David Alun James*	404
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Lledrod (one seat)

Lledrod 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	David Lloyd Evans*	670
Plaid Cymru	Gwilym ab Ioan	351
Liberal Democrats	Robert Edward Allen	81
Independent hold		Swing

Melindwr (one seat)

Melindwr 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Fred Williams*	Unopposed
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

New Quay (one seat)

New Quay 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Sarah Gillian Hopley	194
Plaid Cymru	John Cadwallader Price	193
Independent	Julian Raymond Evans*	166
Independent hold		Swing

Penbryn (one seat)

Penbryn 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Geraint Jenkins*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Penparc (one seat)

Penparc 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Haydn Lewis*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Tirymynach (one seat)

Tirymynach 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	William Penri James*	618
Liberal Democrats	Alexander James Dauncey	248
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Trefeurig (one seat)

Trefeurig 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Arthur Thomas*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Tregaron (one seat)

Tregaron 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	William Gethin Bennett*	499
Plaid Cymru	Margaret Mary Williams	207
Independent hold		Swing

Troedyraur (one seat)

Troedyraur 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John David Thomas*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Ystwyth (one seat)

Ystwyth 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John David Rowland Jones*	Unopposed
	Liberal Democrats hold

By-elections 1999-2004

Aberystwyth East 2000

A by-election was held in the Aberystwyth East ward following the resignation of Plaid Cymru councillor Simon Thomas, who was elected MP for Ceredigion and Pembroke North at a by-election earlier that year.

Aberystwyth East by-election, 20 June 1996^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Alun John Williams	367	51.3
	Liberal Democrats		279	39.0
	Conservative	Adrian Robson	69	9.7
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Borth 2001

A by-election was held in the Borth ward on 29 March 2001 following the death of Tom Raw-Rees. The seat was held by an Independent candidate.

Borth by-election 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Raymond Quant	524	69.7	−8.8
	Plaid Cymru	Arthur Dafis	147	19.5	+19.5
	Liberal Democrats		81	10.8	−10.7
Majority			377	50.2	−6.8
Turnout			752	48%	−1.9
Registered electors
	Independent hold		Swing	-14.15

Aberporth 2001

Aberporth by-election, 11 October 2001^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Elfyn Owen Rees	336	51.9
	Plaid Cymru		311	48.1
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Llanbadarn Fawr 2001

A by-election was held in the Llanbadarn Fawr ward following the resignation of Plaid Cymru councillor Gwydion Gruffudd.

Llanbadarn Fawr by-election, 11 October 2001^[2]
Party		Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	338	57.0
	Liberal Democrats	255	43.0
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Plaid Cymru hold	Swing

Cardigan 2002

A by-election was held in the Cardigan ward following the resignation of Plaid Cymru councillor Trevor Griffiths.

Cardigan by-election, 11 July 2002^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Alan Wilson	859	60.8
	Plaid Cymru		341	24.2
	Labour		128	9.1
	Liberal Democrats		84	5.9
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Independent gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

References

^ "Council Elections". Western Mail. 8 May 1999.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Cumulative Index by Authority". Edkins Family Index. Edkins Family. Retrieved 7 June 2020.

[WM_results-1] "Council Elections". Western Mail. 8 May 1999.

[Edkins-2] "Cumulative Index by Authority". Edkins Family Index. Edkins Family. Retrieved 7 June 2020.

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