The third election to the Carmarthenshire County Council were held in May 2004. It was preceded by the 1999 election and followed by the 2008 election. As in previous elections, the Independent councillors had the largest number of seats.
Overview
Carmarthenshire County Council election result 2004 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Labour |
24 |
|
|
|
|
36.2 |
17,347 |
|
|
Conservative |
1 |
|
|
|
|
2.1 |
1,276 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
0 |
|
|
|
|
1.9 |
1,179 |
|
|
Plaid Cymru |
17 |
|
|
|
|
31.3 |
19,263 |
|
|
Independent |
32 |
|
|
|
|
36.2 |
22,304 |
|
|
Independent Labour |
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Ratepayers |
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Green |
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Results
Abergwili 2004 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Pamela Ann Palmer* |
677 |
61.4 |
+61.4 |
|
Plaid Cymru |
Henry Jones-Davies |
246 |
22.3 |
+22.3 |
|
Labour |
Frances Elizabeth Owens |
179 |
16.2 |
+16.2 |
Majority |
431 |
39.1 |
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
Betws (one seat)
Bigyn two seats)
Bigyn |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Sandra Melita Cooke* |
728 |
|
|
|
Labour |
David Charles Prothero* |
631 |
|
|
|
Plaid Cymru |
Michael Burns |
495 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Brian Davies |
410 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Lawrence Jenkins |
351 |
|
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Bynea (one seat)
Bynea |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Gwynne Harris Woolridge |
544 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Muriel Jones |
329 |
|
|
Majority |
215 |
|
|
|
Independent gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
Carmarthen Town North (two seats)
Carmarthen Town South (two seats)
Carmarthen Town West (two seats)
The sitting Plaid Cymru councillor, John Crossley, chose to contest Llangeler and the party did not field a candidate, leading to the loss of the seat to the Independents.
Cenarth |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
William Haydn Jones |
368 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Thomas Hesford |
350 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Peter Lewis |
155 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Michael Barron |
155 |
|
|
Majority |
18 |
|
|
|
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru |
Swing |
|
|
Cilycwm |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Thomas Theophilus* |
unopposed |
|
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
Cynwyl Elfed |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
William Dorrien Thomas* |
unopposed |
|
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
Dafen (one seat)
Tegwen Devichand was elected at a by-election following the death of the previous councillor, Vernon Warlow.
Elli (one seat)
Felinfoel |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
David Hugh Richards |
312 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Henry John Evans* |
281 |
|
|
Majority |
31 |
|
|
|
Independent gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
Glanaman (one seat)
Glyn (one seat)
Glyn |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Thomas James Jones* |
685 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Ellana Thomas |
153 |
|
|
Majority |
532 |
|
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
Hendy (one seat)
Although the sitting councillor, a former Labour member of Llanelli Borough Council, was elected as an Independent Labour candidate in 1995, he subsequently joined the Independent group.
Kidwelly |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Gwilym Glanmor Jones* |
664 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Michael Higgins |
440 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Michael Rayner |
144 |
|
|
Majority |
224 |
|
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
Laugharne Township (one seat)
Laugharne Township |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Jane Tremlett |
489 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Jack Done |
401 |
|
|
|
Independent |
William Edmund Vincent John Davies |
279 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Bob Costley |
177 |
|
|
Majority |
88 |
|
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
Llanboidy |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Plaid Cymru |
Daniel James Roy Llewellyn |
492 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Gareth Lee |
411 |
|
|
Majority |
81 |
|
|
|
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent |
Swing |
|
|
The elected candidate, who had sat as a Ratepayer for Gorslas since 1995, and on Dyfed County Council since 1977, had now joined the Independent group.
Llanddarog |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
William John Wyn Evans* |
unopposed |
|
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
Llandeilo (one seat)
Llandeilo |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Ieuan Goronwy Jones* |
unopposed |
|
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
Llandovery Town 2004 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Ivor John Jackson |
659 |
|
|
|
Plaid Cymru |
John Dyer |
478 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Branwen Llewelyn Jones |
88 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
|
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru |
Swing |
|
|
Anthony Wyn Jones was elected at a by-election following the death of the previous Independent councillor, Gerald Earl.
Llanegwad (one seat)
Llanegwad and Llanfynydd |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Dillwyn Anthony Williams* |
864 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Alleyne Caroline Farrington Evans |
238 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
Llanfihangel Aberbythych (one seat)
Llanfihangel Aberbythych |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Plaid Cymru |
Dafydd Rhys Davies |
389 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Winston Kenneth Griffiths* |
302 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Tony Jukes |
83 |
|
|
Majority |
87 |
|
|
|
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent |
Swing |
|
|
Llanfihangel-ar-Arth (one seat)
Llangadog (one seat)
No Boundary Change. Ward named changed.
Llangadog |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
David Morgan |
421 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Havard Jones |
300 |
|
|
|
Plaid Cymru |
Rhobert ap Steffan |
260 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Robert Holmes |
44 |
|
|
Majority |
121 |
|
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
Llangeler (one seat)
The elected candidate was the sitting councillor for Cenarth since 1999.
Llangeler |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Plaid Cymru |
John David George Crossley* |
901 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Caroline Roberts |
438 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
|
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent |
Swing |
|
|
Llangunnor (one seat)
Llangunnor |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Clifford Merlin Jones* |
686 |
|
|
|
Plaid Cymru |
Dewi Elwyn Williams |
362 |
|
|
Majority |
324 |
|
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
Llangyndeyrn (one seat)
Osi Rhys Osmond had been elected at a by-election following the death of the previous Independent councillor, Arthur Harries.
Llanybydder (one seat)
Llanybydder |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Ieuan Wyn Davies* |
unopposed |
|
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
Lliedi (two seats)
Lliedi |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
William George Thomas* |
737 |
|
|
|
Labour |
William Edward Skinner* |
731 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Kenneth Denver Rees |
592 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Hugh Morgan Lewis |
550 |
|
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Dillwyn Bowen was the Labour councillor for Bynea from 1995 until de-selected by the Labour Party prior to the 2004 election. He then chose to contest Llwynhendy alongside sitting Independent councillor Don Davies, who had himself been de-selected by Labour prior to the 1999 election.
Llwynhendy |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Thomas Dillwyn Bowen* |
501 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Donald John Davies* |
500 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Diana Darby |
430 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Benjamin C.M. Reynolds |
386 |
|
|
|
Independent gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
Manordeilo and Salem (one seat)
Manordeilo and Salem |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
John James Jones Davies* |
655 |
|
|
|
Plaid Cymru |
Andre Jacob |
181 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Martin Davies |
132 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
Penygroes (one seat)
Penygroes |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Plaid Cymru |
Siân Elisabeth Thomas* |
552 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Mark Lewis |
414 |
|
|
Majority |
138 |
|
|
Pontamman (one seat)
Joy Williams captured the seat for Plaid Cymru at a by-election following the death of the previous Independent Labour councillor, Ieuan Edwards.
Quarter Bach (one seat)
St Clears (one seat)
St Clears |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Philip Hughes* |
955 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Lyn Luke ap Trin Davies |
265 |
|
|
Majority |
690 |
|
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
St Ishmaels (one seat)
St Ishmaels |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Lydia Mair Stephens |
803 |
|
|
|
Plaid Cymru |
David Huw John* |
414 |
|
|
|
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru |
Swing |
|
|
Saron (two seats)
Swiss Valley (one seat)
Swiss Valley |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Anthony Morgan |
492 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Frederick James |
210 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Carol Edwards |
181 |
|
|
Majority |
282 |
|
|
|
Independent gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
Trelech (one seat)
Trelech |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
William David Thomas* |
unopposed |
|
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Meryl Gravell* |
604 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Geraint Hopkins |
113 |
|
|
|
Plaid Cymru |
Dilwyn Jones |
96 |
|
|
Majority |
491 |
|
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
Tyisha (two seats)
Whitland |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
James Morris Morgan* |
447 |
|
|
|
Independent |
William Conwil Harries |
271 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
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References
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