Powys County Council election, 1995

The first election to the Powys County Council following local government reorganisation was held in May 1995.^[1] It was followed by the 1999 election.

Results Overview

No Overall Control Retain

Powys County Council election result 1995
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrat
	Plaid Cymru
	Independent
	Green

Ward Results (Brecknockshire)

Aber-craf (one seat)

Aber-craf 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Louise Williams	387
	Independent	Alun Thomas	87
	Liberal Democrat	Aubrey Jenkins	80
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Bronllys (one seat)

Bronllys 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Steve Davies	174
	Independent	Karen Laurie-Parry	173
	Independent	Sue Richards	94
	Conservative	Liz Davies	64
	Liberal Democrat	Terry Hurford	59
Majority			1
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Builth (one seat)

Builth 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Avril York	362
	Liberal Democrat	Megan Jane Lloyd	211
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Bwlch (one seat)

Bwlch 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Kathryn Susan Silk	301
	Conservative	Mary Fellowes	72
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Crickhowell (one seat)

Crickhowell 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Morris	unopposed
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Cwmtwrch (one seat)

Cwmtwrch 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Christine Davies	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Felin-fach (one seat)

Felin-fach 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tony Thomas	274
	Conservative	John Pratt	194
	Labour	Tim Ashcroft	48
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Gwernyfed (one seat)

Gwernyfed 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Geraint George Hopkins	209
	Conservative	Robert Golesworthy	205
	Liberal Democrat	Debra Helen Williams	52
Majority			4
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Hay (one seat)

Hay 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gareth Ratcliffe	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llanafanfawr (one seat)

Llanafanfawr 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Rowland Price	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangattock (one seat)

Llangattock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jeff Holmes	215
	Liberal Democrat	Jackie Charlton	140
	Conservative	Andrew Lennox	93
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangors (one seat)

Llangors 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Melanie Jade Brookes Davies	313
	Liberal Democrat	David Kenneth Jones	181
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

LLangynidr (one seat)

Llangynidr 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rosemarie Harris	368
	Liberal Democrat	David Sharman	87
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanwrtyd Wells (one seat)

Llanwrtyd Wells 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tim Van Rees*	563
	Liberal Democrat	Bernice Benton	210
Majority			353
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Maescar / Llywel (one seat)

Maescar / Llywel 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Evan Morgan Thomas	571
	Conservative	Edward Lewis	212
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

St Davids Within (one seat)

St Davids Within 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David William Meredith	218
	Independent	Martin Weale	194
	Liberal Democrat	Lynette Longstaffe	48
	Conservative	Caroline Parry	38
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

St John (one seat)

St John 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew James Dorrance	778
	Independent	Gareth Geoffrey Phillips	158
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Morgan	154
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

St Mary (one seat)

St Mary 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul James Ashton	361
	Conservative	Mary Phillips	301
	Labour	Ieuan Williams	265
Majority			60
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Talgarth (one seat)

Talgarth 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	William Denston Powell*	unopposed
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Talybont-on-Usk (one seat)

Talybont-on-Usk 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Liam Fitzpatrick	331
	Conservative	Jan Harris	240
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Thomas	128
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Tawe Uchaf (one seat)

Tawe Uchaf 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Arnold Thomas	506
	Independent	Krish Pathak	336
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Ynyscedwyn (one seat)

Ynyscedwyn 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan McNicholas	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Yscir (one seat)

Yscir 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dorothy Gillian Thomas	255
	Liberal Democrat	John Williams	241
Majority			14
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Ystradgynlais (one seat)

Ystradgynlais 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hugo Williams	606
	Labour	John Steadman	378
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Ward Results (Montgomeryshire)

Banwy (one seat)

Banwy 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D.K. Roberts	214
	Independent	R.G. Bebb	210
Majority			4
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Berriew (one seat)

Berriew 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S.G. Pritchard*	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Blaen Hafren (one seat)

Blaen Hafren 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Maurice Jones	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Caaersws, Carno (one seat)

Caresws, Carno 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E.E. Davies*	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Churchstoke (one seat)

Churchstoke 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	G.C. Hamer	337
	Independent	W.S. Morgan	211
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Dolforwyn (one seat)

Dolforwyn 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D.G. Edwards*	unopposed
	Conservative win (new seat)

Forden (one seat)

Forden 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	F.J. Owens*	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Glantwymyn, Cadfarch (one seat)

Glantwymyn, Cadfarch 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gwilym Pughe Vaughan*	715
	Independent	D.L. James*	210
Majority			505
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Guilsfield Within (one seat)

Guilsfield 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	F.G. Palin*	240
	Independent	H. Woodcock	156
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Guilsfield Without (one seat)

Guilsfield 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D.R. Jones*	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Kerry (one seat)

Kerry 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	M.I. Brench*	unopposed
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Llanbrynmair (one seat)

Llanbrynmair 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hedd Bleddyn Williams*	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Llandinam (one seat)

Llandinam 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	L.R.E. Davies
	Independent	G.A Sylvester
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llandrinio (one seat)

Llandrinio 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Graham Brown*	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Llandysilio (one seat)

Llandysilio 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J.H. Evans*	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Llanfair Caereinion (one seat)

Llanfair Caereinion 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	E.B. Bennett*	307
	Independent	R.B. Jones	253
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Llanfihangel (one seat)

Llanfihangel 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Barry Thomas	287
	Independent	T. Jones*	207
	Independent win (new seat)

Llanfyllin (one seat)

LLanfyllin 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Edward Lewis	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llanidloes (one seat)

Llanidloes 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gareth Morgan	661
	Conservative	John Whittal-Williams	306
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanwddyn (one seat)

Llanwddyn 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Darren Mayor	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant (one seat)

Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Aled Wyn Davies	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llansantffraid (one seat)

Llansantffraid 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Gwynfor Thomas	441
	Independent	Digby Davies	244
	UKIP	Nick Powell	65
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Machynlleth (one seat)

Machynlleth 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mike Williams	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Meifod (one seat)

Meifod 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eldrydd Mary Jones	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Montgomery (one seat)

Montgomery 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Muray Hayes	374
	Conservative	Nicholas John Bardsley	71
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Newtown Llanllwchaiaran North (one seat)

Newtown Llanllwchaiaran North 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Gemma-Jane Bowker	524
	Conservative	Francis Alexander Torrens	189
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Newtown Llanllwchaiaran West

Newtown Llanllwchaiaran West 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Harris	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newtown Central(one seat)

Newtown Central 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell Ian George	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newtown East (one seat)

Newtown East 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Joy Jones	266
	Conservative	Richard John White	103
	Plaid Cymru	Richard Gerrard Edwards	87
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Newtown South (one seat)

Newtown South 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bob Mills	177
	Labour	Matt Tisdale	85
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Bowell Watkins	42
	Conservative	Rex Shayler	27
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Rhiwcynon (one seat)

Rhiwcynon 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joy Shearer	487
	Independent	David Lyn Oliver	447
Majority			40
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Trewern (one seat)

Trewern 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dawn Bailey	290
	Conservative	Jessica Bradley	159
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Welshpool Castle (one seat)

Welshpool Castle 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Philip Charles Pritchard	192
	Independent	Estelle Blevais	98
	Conservative	Ian David Bradley	61
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Welshpool Gungrog (one seat)

Welshpool Gungrog 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Francesca Helen Jump	445
	Conservative	Stephen Thomas Kaye	242
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Welshpool Llanerchyddol (one seat)

Welshpool Llanerchyddol 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ann Holloway	358
	Liberal Democrat	John Morgan	355
Majority			3
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Ward Results (Radnorshire)

Beguildy (one seat)

Beguildy 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Harold Brunt	281
	Independent	Alan Cecil Watson	181
	Independent	Geoff Morgan	164
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Disserth and Trecoed (one seat)

Disserth and Trecoed 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gwilym Williams	346
	Liberal Democrat	Les Davies	230
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Glasbury (one seat)

Glasbury 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Paul Davies	502
	Independent	Margaret Elizabeth Morris	299
	Independent	David Roger Hood	180
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Knighton (one seat)

Knighton 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter James Medlicott	496
	Liberal Democrat	Ken Harris	274
	Independent	Penny Nicholson	134
	Independent	John Llewellyn Morgan	57
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanbadarn Fawr (one seat)

Llanbadarn Fawr 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Powell	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandrindod East/West (one seat)

Llandrindod East/West 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Keith Francis Tampin	172
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Arthur Lopez	151
	Christian Party (Wales)	Nathan Edward Charles Casey	49
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandrindod North (one seat)

Llandrindod North 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gary David Price	393
	Conservative	Mike Hodges	215
	Labour	Mike Sivier	88
	Liberal Democrat	Marion Lopez	21
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandrindod South (one seat)

Llandrindod South 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Turner	356
	Liberal Democrat	Shirley Ann Gitoes	255
	Independent	Sarah Jayne Millington	181
Majority			101
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llanelwedd (one seat)

Llanelwedd 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Maureen Mackenzie	unopposed
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Llangunllo (one seat)

Llangunllo 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hywel Lewis	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanyre (one seat)

Llanyre 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Evans	286
	Independent	Geraint Owain Rees	213
	Christian Party (Wales)	Jefrey David Green	44
	Liberal Democrat	Forbes Neil Lopez	8
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Nantmel (one seat)

Nantmel 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Evans	351
	Conservative	Catrin Edwards	277
	Liberal Democrat	Peter David Roberts	36
	Christian Party (Wales)	Adam Bridgman	11
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Old Radnor (one seat)

Old Radnor 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E. Michael Jones	305
	Liberal Democrat	John Stuart Milsom	264
	Independent	Bob Simcock	104
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Presteigne (one seat)

Presteigne 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Garry Richard Banks	492
	Independent	John Edward Wilding	462
	Liberal Democrat	Nat Green	244
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Rhayader (one seat)

Rhayader 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Kelvyn Watson Curry	481
	Labour	Bryan the Blacksmith	203
	Conservative	Gemma Morris	91
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

↑ "Election Results". Western Mail. 6 May 1995. pp. 5–6.

Council elections in the preserved county of Powys

Powys County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1995 1999 2004 2008 2012

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Montgomeryshire District 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 Abolished

Radnorshire District 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 Abolished

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