# 1995 Ceredigion County Council election

The first elections to the Ceredigion County Council were held on 4 May 1995. In the sense that the borders were identical, the election followed the 1991 election for Ceredigion District Council. It was followed by the 1999 election.

## Overview

As was the case with the previous authority, the Independents were the largest group with a number of councillors elected unopposed

## Boundaries

The boundaries were identical to those used since 1987 for elections to the previous Ceredigion District Council.

## Candidates

In addition to retiring members of the Ceredigion District Council a number of members of Dyfed County Council also sought election.

## Ward results
### Aberaeron (one seat)

Aberaeron 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | R. Wyn Lewis* | 470 |
| Plaid Cymru | T.D.G. Evans | 231 |
| Independent | M.A. Richards | 165 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Aberporth (one seat)

Aberporth 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | William James Granville Varney* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Aberystwyth East (two seats)

Aberystwyth East 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Hywel Griffiths Evans+* | 554 |
| Plaid Cymru | Gareth Butler* | 434 |
| Green | Julie Williams | 109 |
| Liberal Democrats | Neil Ronald Diack | 106 |
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Veart | 93 |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Aberystwyth North (two seats)

Aberystwyth North 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal Democrats | Edgar Carl Williams* | 554 |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Louis Griffin | 340 |
| Plaid Cymru | Einion Gruffudd | 291 |
| Independent | Mona Rachel Morris | 286 |
| Plaid Cymru | Dafydd Ffredric Raw-Rees* | 229 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Aberystwyth South (two seats)

Aberystwyth South 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Llewelyn Goronwy Edwards* | 864 |
| Independent | Gareth Ellis* | 862 |
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Thomas Parry | 207 |
| Plaid Cymru | Dilys Mary Parkin | 112 |
| Liberal Democrats | Calvin John Onions | 94 |
| Green | Sarah Margaret Scott | 63 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Aberystwyth West (two seats)

Aberystwyth West 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal Democrats | Eric John Griffiths+ | 634 |
| Independent | Hywel Thomas Jones* | 441 |
| Liberal Democrats | Carol Ann Kolczak* | 265 |
| Plaid Cymru | Margaret Elin Jones | 243 |
| Independent | Owen Henry Jones | 188 |
| Green | Christopher Charles Busby | 127 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Beulah (one seat)

Beulah 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | John Elfed Davies* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Borth (one seat)

Borth 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | William Thomas Kinsey Raw-Rees* | 522 |
| Green | Jennifer Ann Edkins | 283 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Capel Dewi (one seat)

Capel Dewi 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Thomas John Jones* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### Cardigan (three seats)

Cardigan 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Thomas John Adams-Lewis* | unopposed |
| Liberal Democrats | D.M.B. Davies* | unopposed |
| Liberal Democrats | Sandra Williams* | unopposed |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |

### Ceulanamaesmawr (one seat)

Ceulanamaesmawr 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Harry James | 497 |
| Independent | John Rowland Davies* | 424 |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |

### Ciliau Aeron (one seat)

Ciliau Aeron 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Stanley Meredith Thomas* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Faenor (one seat)

Faenor 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal Democrats | Peredur Wynne Eklund+* | 559 |
| Labour | Thomas Elwyn Williams | 319 |
| Plaid Cymru | Nona Tudor Evans | 180 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Lampeter (two seats)

Lampeter 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Robert George Harris+* | unopposed |
| Liberal Democrats | David Doiran Evans | unopposed |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Llanarth (one seat)

The sitting district councillor, elected as an Independent in 1991 but as an Alliance candidate in 1987 stood down. Rheinallt Evans, a county councillor since 1985, was defeated.
Llanarth 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Eurfyl Evans | 446 |
| Plaid Cymru | John Rheinallt Evans+ | 200 |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |

### Llanbadarn Fawr (two seats)

Llanbadarn Fawr 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | John Richard Evans* | 346 |
| Independent | William Irfon Griffiths* | 329 |
| Plaid Cymru | Alun Geraint Cox | 299 |
| Green | Timothy John Foster | 189 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llandyfriog (one seat)

Llandyfriog 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Lyndon Lloyd Jones* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Llandysiliogogo (one seat)

Llandysiliogogo 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | J.E. Evans* | 509 |
| Plaid Cymru | D.I. Jones | 299 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llandysul Town (one seat)

Llandysul Town 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Evan John Keith Evans* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### Llanfarian (one seat)

Llanfarian 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Alun Lloyd Jones* | 359 |
| Liberal Democrats | Derwyn Robert Evans | 192 |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Llanfihangel Ystrad (one seat)

Llanfihangel Ystrad 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal Democrats | Huw Ceiriog Lloyd-Williams | 512 |
| Plaid Cymru | J.B. Hughes | 508 |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |

### Llangeitho (one seat)

Llangeitho 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hannah Marion Jones* | unopposed | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Llangybi (one seat)

Llangybi 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Johnny Williams* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Llanrhystud (one seat)

Llanrhystud 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal Democrats | William Richard Edwards* | 488 |
| Plaid Cymru | Elizabeth Mary Saunders Hughes | 279 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Llansantffraed (one seat)

Llansantffraed 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Daniel Meurig James | 503 |
| Independent | Tom Bleddyn Edwards | 389 |
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Mark Simmons | 153 |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |

### Llanwenog (one seat)

Llanwenog 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | David Alun James* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### Lledrod (one seat)

Lledrod 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | David Lloyd Evans* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### Melindwr (one seat)

Melindwr 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal Democrats | Fred Williams | 468 |
| Plaid Cymru | Griffith Gwynfor Jones | 392 |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |

### New Quay (one seat)

New Quay 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Julian Raymond Evans | 239 |
| Independent | Sarah Gillian Hopley | 227 |
| Independent | J.D. Leworthy | 54 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Penbryn (one seat)

Penbryn 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | J. Geraint Jenkins* | 617 |
| Anti Racialist | G. Hutton | 55 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Penparc (one seat)

Penparc 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Thomas Haydn Lewis+* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Tirymynach (one seat)

Tirymynach 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Wiliam Penri James+ | 472 |
| Independent | John Pryse Rees | 237 |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |

### Trefeurig (one seat)

Trefeurig 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Thomas Arthur Thomas* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### Tregaron (one seat)

Tregaron 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | William Gethin Bennett* | 499 |
| Plaid Cymru | James Douglas Kinnibrugh | 164 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Troedyraur (one seat)

Troedyraur 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | J.D. Thomas* | 386 |
| Plaid Cymru | D.J. Bevan | 222 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Ystwyth one seat)

Ystwyth 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal Democrats | John David Rowland Jones* | 677 |
| Green | Graham James Town | 115 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

## By-elections 1995-99
### Aberaeron 1996

A by-election was held in the Aberaeron ward following the resignation of Independent councillor Wyn Lewis.
Aberaeron by-election, 20 June 1996 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Richard Emlyn Thomas | 388 | 45.8 |
| | Plaid Cymru | | 328 | 38.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 131 | 15.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 60 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |

### Llanfihangel Ystrad 1998

A by-election was held in the Llanfihangel Ystrad ward following the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Huw Lloyd-Williams.
Llanfihangel Ystrad by-election, 25 June 1998 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Plaid Cymru | Evan Wynne Davies | 570 | 57.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matthew Lewes Gee | 420 | 42.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 150 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Liberal Democrats | Plaid Cymru gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |