Dyfed County Council election, 1977

The 1977 Dyfed County Council election was held in May 1977. There were a number of unopposed returns, particularly in rural parts of the county.

Overview

Carmarthenshire

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.

Results

Cardiganshire

Aberaeon No.1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	+E.E. Williams	unopposed

Aberaeon no.2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	independent (politician)	+John E. Rogers-Lewis	1,125
	Plaid Cymru	William Lynford Thomas	676
Majority

Aberaeron No. 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	+John Owen Williams	1,718
	Plaid Cymru	Gerallt Jones	246

Aberystwyth Rural No. 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	+John Gatty P. Lewis	1,067
	Plaid Cymru	John Thomas Jones	919

Aberystwyth Rural No. 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Wynn Cowell	1,017
	Plaid Cymru	Edward Vernon Jones	881

Aberystwyth Rural No. 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Griffith Gwynfor Jones	957
	Liberal	Glyndwr Lloyd Edwards	638
	Labour	Frederick Fanstone	453

Aberystwyth No. 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Griffith Eric Hughes	1,492
	Plaid Cymru	Elizabeth A. Edwards	363

Aberystwyth No. 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter James Goodman	368
	Liberal	+Gwendoline Calan Evans	340
	Plaid Cymru	John Davies	285

Aberystwyth No. 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	+Ceredig Jones	765
	Plaid Cymru	Mary Fitter	686

Cardigan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	+Rowland Ll. Peregrine	1,098
	Plaid Cymru	Islwyn Iago	327

Carmarthenshire

Ammanford No. 1

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Ammanford No. 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Howard Cooke*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Ammanford No.2

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Ammanford No. 2
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
	Labour hold		Swing

Berwick

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Berwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Raglan Thomas*	1,062
	Liberal	Kenneth Denver Rees	351
	Plaid Cymru	Brian Marke	204
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Burry Port East

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Burry Port East
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
	Labour hold		Swing

Burry Port West

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Burry Port West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (politician)	Mrs Eirwen Jones-Parry*	476	41.0	-15.1
	Labour	Bryan J. Rayner	432	37.2	+6.8
	Plaid Cymru	Michael E. Clement	254	21.8	+8.3
Majority			44	3.8	-21.9
	Independent hold		Swing

Carmarthen No. 1

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Carmarthen No. 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Earle*	1,511	74.2
	Plaid Cymru	Elizabeth Tabitha Beynon	526	25.8
Majority			985	48.4
	Labour hold		Swing

• Anthony Earle was elected at a by-election in 1975 following the death of T. Idwal Jones

Carmarthen No. 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	+Ellis James Powell	689
	Plaid Cymru	Peter Hughes Griffiths	376
	Liberal	Janet Webb	187
Majority

Carmarthen No. 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (politician)	*William Roy Nicholl	1,157
	Plaid Cymru	Emrys Jones	654
Majority

Carmarthen Rural No. 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayer	*William J. Wyn Evans	1,142
	Labour	Percy Morgan Lewis	1,058
	Independent (politician)	Jane Ann Jones	645
Majority

Carmarthen Rural No. 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Handel Michael Ayres Williams	788
	Labour	+David Gwynfor Charles	677
	Independent Labour	Eira Cordelia Jones	173
Majority

Carmarthen Rural No. 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (politician)	*E.T. Davies	unopposed

Carmarthen Rural No. 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (politician)	*J. Arthur J. Harries	unopposed
Majority

Carmarthen Rural No. 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (politician)	*Dr William Edmund V.J. Davies	1,683
	Independent (politician)	David Myrddin Jenkins	1,018
Majority

Carmarthen Rural No. 6
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (politician)	*J.L. James	unopposed

Carmarthen Rural No. 7
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (politician)	Clodwyn Percival Phillips	1,301
	Plaid Cymru	Daniel James Roy Llewellyn	1,175
Majority

Cwmamman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W.J. Davies	977
	Plaid Cymru	John Edwin Lewis	848
Majority

Felinfoel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Cledwyn Francis	unopposed

Hengoed
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (politician)	Irwyn Phillips	unopposed

Llandeilo No. 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (politician)	*W.D.R. Davies	unopposed

Llandeilo No. 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (politician)	*D.T. Davies	unopposed

Llandeilo No. 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	+V.E.D. Price	unopposed

Llandeilo No. 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Gareth Thomas
	Plaid Cymru
Majority

Llandeilo No. 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (politician)	Gerald J. Earl	unopposed

Llandeilo No. 6
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (politician)	*E. George Morgan	1,309
	Plaid Cymru	**Gwynfor Evans	931
	Labour	Patrick J. Dobbs	426
Majority

Llanedi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	+I.L.. Foulkes	unopposed

Llanelli No. 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (politician)	*Harry J. Richards	unopposed

Llanelli No. 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	+Brinley Owen	unopposed

Llanelli No. 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	+Grismond J. Williams	718
	Liberal	W. Gibby	360
	Plaid Cymru	D.R.T. Thomas	208
Majority

Llanelli No. 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs M. Joseph	643
	Plaid Cymru	E.E. Jones	469
Majority

Llanelli No. 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	+W.J. Davies	390
	Liberal	W.A. Tilleke	307
Majority

Llanelli No. 6
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harold J. Thomas	unopposed

Llanelli No. 7
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	+George M. McConkey	unopposed

Llangennech
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	+M.J. Thomas	924
	Plaid Cymru	D.A. Rees	574
Majority

Llannon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	+David William James	unopposed

Newcastle Emlyn No. 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	+D.T. Enoch	unopposed

Newcastle Emlyn No. 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (politician)	*William Evans	2,113
	Labour	Peter Appleton Wilde	898
Majority

Pembrey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G.P. Evans	unopposed

Llanelli No. 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	+Howard Jones	unopposed

Trimsaran
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	+Samuel T. Hughes	unopposed

Westfa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	+W.J. Franklyn Thomas	unopposed

References

Council elections in the preserved county of Dyfed Carmarthenshire County Council 1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1995 1999 2004 2008 2012 Ceredigion County Council 1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2004 2008 2012 Pembrokeshire County Council 1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1995 1999 2004 2008 2012 Dyfed County Council 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished Carmarthen District Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished Dinefwr Borough Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished Llanelli Borough Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished South Pembrokeshire District Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

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