# 2004 Carmarthenshire County Council election

The third election to Carmarthenshire County Council in Wales was 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. This resulted in a coalition between Independent and Labour Councillors for the next four years.

## Overview

Carmarthenshire County Council election result 2004 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 25 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 32.4 | 28.4 | 17,347 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 23.0 | 31.3 | 19,263 | |
| Conservative | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 1,276 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 1,179 | |
| Independent | 32 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 43.2 | 36.2 | 22,304 | |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratepayers | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |

## Results by ward
### Abergwili (one seat)

Abergwili 2004 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 431 | 39.1 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Ammanford (one seat)

Ammanford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Michael Hugh Evans* | 636 |
| | Plaid Cymru | David Thomas | 337 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 299 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Betws (one seat)

Betws :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | John Dorian Evans* | 329 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Charlotte Price | 299 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 30 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### 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 | Labour hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Burry Port (two seats)

Burry Port :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Patricia Ethel Mary Jones* | 850 |
| Independent | Stephen Randall James | 754 |
| Labour | Hugh Shepardson | 710 |
| Plaid Cymru | Joanna Davies | 301 |
| Plaid Cymru | Alexander Anderson | 226 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |

### Bynea (one seat)

Bynea :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Gwynne Harris Woolridge | 544 |
| | Labour | Muriel Jones | 329 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 215 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |

### Carmarthen Town North (two seats)

Carmarthen Town North :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Peter Hughes Griffiths | 767 |
| Plaid Cymru | Jeffrey Thomas | 584 |
| Labour | Michael Stewart Elias | 562 |
| Labour | Richard Evans | 491 |
| Independent | Jeremy John | 360 |
| Independent | Kevin Davies | 214 |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |

### Carmarthen Town South (two seats)

Carmarthen Town South :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | June Williams* | 443 |
| Labour | Philip William Grice | 551 |
| Plaid Cymru | David Jonathan Edwards | 309 |
| Independent | Rob James | 301 |
| Independent | Jennifer Fox | 289 |
| Plaid Cymru | Jonathan Mendus Edwards | 245 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| Labour gain from Independent Labour | Labour gain from Independent Labour | Swing |

### Carmarthen Town West (two seats)

Carmarthen Town West :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Arthur Davies* | 700 |
| Plaid Cymru | Alan Douglas Thomas Speake | 647 |
| Labour | Nia Rhiannon Griffith | 362 |
| Plaid Cymru | Andrew John Dixon | 321 |
| Independent | David Howell Merriman* | 292 |
| Independent | Phillip Griffiths | 219 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |

### Cenarth (one seat)

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 | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | William Haydn Jones | 368 |
| | Independent | Thomas Hesford | 350 |
| | Independent | Peter Lewis | 155 |
| | Labour | Michael Barron | 155 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18 |
| | Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing |

### Cilycwm (one seat)

Cilycwm :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Thomas Theophilus* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Cynwyl Elfed (one seat)

Cynwyl Elfed :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | William Dorrien Thomas* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Cynwyl Gaeo (one seat)

Cynwyl Gaeo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | James Eirwyn Williams* | 560 |
| | Conservative | Henry Lloyd Davies | 155 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 405 |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Dafen (one seat)

Tegwen Devichand was elected at a by-election following the death of the previous councillor, Vernon Warlow.
Dafen 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Tegwen Devichand* | 546 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Alford Clement Thomas | 306 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 240 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Elli (one seat)

Elli :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | John Paul Jenkins | 369 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pamela Jean Edmunds* | 349 |
| | Labour | Warren Cooke | 288 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |

### Felinfoel (one seat)

Felinfoel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | David William Hugh Richards | 312 |
| | Labour | Henry John Evans* | 281 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 31 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |

### Garnant (one seat)

Garnant :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Kevin Madge* | 567 |
| Independent | Netta Thomas | 110 |
| Plaid Cymru | Emyr Williams | 100 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Glanaman (one seat)

Glanaman :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | David Colin Evans* | 529 |
| Plaid Cymru | David Jenkins | 353 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Glanymor (two seats)

Glanymor :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Gerald Frederick Meyler* | 623 |
| Labour | David Allan Tucker* | 556 |
| Plaid Cymru | Keith Skivington | 472 |
| Independent | Anthony Davies | 346 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Glyn (one seat)

Glyn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Thomas James Jones* | 685 |
| | Labour | Ellana Thomas | 153 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 532 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Gorslas (two seats)

Gorslas :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Henry Clive Scourfield* | 909 |
| Labour | Terry Davies | 853 |
| Plaid Cymru | Thomas Rees | 670 |
| Plaid Cymru | Andrew Hyde | 320 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Hendy (one seat)

William James crossed the floor from Independents in the previous term.
Hendy :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | William Ieuan Bryant James | 598 |
| | Labour | Alun John Richards | 323 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 275 |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Hengoed (two seats)

Hengoed :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Eryl Morgan | 471 |
| Labour | Keith Thomas Davies | 432 |
| Plaid Cymru | Michael Evans | 398 |
| Plaid Cymru | Meilyr Bowen Hughes* | 359 |
| Independent | Gordon Anderson | 271 |
| Conservative | Fay Bowen | 157 |
| Conservative | Dorothy McDonald | 127 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing |

### Kidwelly (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 | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Gwilym Glanmor Jones* | 664 |
| | Independent | Michael Higgins | 440 |
| | Labour | Michael Rayner | 144 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 224 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Laugharne Township (one seat)

Laugharne Township :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Jane Tremlett | 489 |
| | Labour | Jack Done | 401 |
| | Independent | William Edmund Vincent John Davies | 279 |
| | Independent | Bob Costley | 177 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 88 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llanboidy (one seat)

Llanboidy :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | Daniel James Roy Llewellyn | 492 |
| | Independent | Gareth Lee | 411 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 81 |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |

### Llanddarog (one seat)

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 | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | William John Wyn Evans* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Llandeilo (one seat)

Llandeilo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Ieuan Goronwy Jones* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Llandovery Town (one seat)

Llandovery Town 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Ivor John Jackson | 659 |
| | Plaid Cymru | John Dyer | 478 |
| | Labour | Branwen Llewelyn Jones | 88 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing |

### Llandybie (two seats)

Anthony Wyn Jones was elected at a by-election following the death of the previous Independent councillor, Gerald Earl.
Llandybie :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Mary Helena Thomas* | 881 |
| Labour | Anthony Wyn Jones* | 747 |
| Plaid Cymru | Nesta Urquhart | 584 |
| Plaid Cymru | Meirion Bowen | 516 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Llanegwad (one seat)

Llanegwad and Llanfynydd :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Dillwyn Anthony Williams* | 864 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alleyne Caroline Farrington Evans | 238 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llanfihangel Aberbythych (one seat)

Llanfihangel Aberbythych :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | Dafydd Rhys Davies | 389 |
| | Independent | Winston Kenneth Griffiths* | 302 |
| | Conservative | Tony Jukes | 83 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 87 |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |

### Llanfihangel-ar-Arth (one seat)

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | Fioled Meirion Jones* | 870 |
| | Conservative | Douglas Mearns Spragg | 214 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 656 |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Llangadog (one seat)

No Boundary Change. Ward named changed.
Llangadog :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | David Morgan | 421 |
| | Independent | Havard Jones | 300 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Rhobert ap Steffan | 260 |
| | Labour | Robert Holmes | 44 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 121 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llangeler (one seat)

The elected candidate was the sitting councillor for Cenarth since 1999.
Llangeler :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | John David George Crossley* | 901 |
| | Independent | Caroline Roberts | 438 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |

### Llangennech (two seats)

Llangenench :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Gwyneth Thomas* | 712 |
| Plaid Cymru | William Gwyn Hopkins* | 672 |
| Labour | Raymond Cooke | 601 |
| Independent | Cerith David Thomas | 481 |
| Socialist Labour | John Willock | 180 |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Llangunnor (one seat)

Llangunnor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Clifford Merlin Jones* | 686 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Dewi Elwyn Williams | 362 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 324 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llangyndeyrn (one seat)

Llangyndeyrn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | William Tyssul Evans | 872 |
| | Labour | John Roberts | 184 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Llannon (two seats)

Llannon :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Neil William Baker* | 1,140 |
| Independent | Alun Owens | 630 |
| Labour | Terrence Maxwell Evans | 586 |
| Plaid Cymru | Philip Williams | 530 |
| Labour | Megan Squires | 412 |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llansteffan (one seat)

Osi Rhys Osmond had been elected at a by-election following the death of the previous Independent councillor, Arthur Harries.
Llansteffan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Daff Davies | 614 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Osi Rhys Osmond | 516 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 98 |
| | Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing |

### Llanybydder (one seat)

Llanybydder :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Ieuan Wyn Davies* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Lliedi (two seats)

Lliedi :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | William George Thomas* | 737 |
| Labour | William Edward Skinner* | 731 |
| Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Denver Rees | 592 |
| Liberal Democrats | Hugh Morgan Lewis | 550 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Llwynhendy (two seats)

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 | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Manordeilo and Salem (one seat)

Manordeilo and Salem :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | John James Jones Davies* | 655 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Andre Jacob | 181 |
| | Conservative | Martin Davies | 132 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Pembrey (two seats)

Pembrey :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Vincent John Rees* | 526 |
| Labour | John Clive Howells* | 488 |
| Independent | Trevor Uriel Jones Thomas | 463 |
| Plaid Cymru | Sian Caiach | 423 |
| Plaid Cymru | Martin Davies | 314 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Penygroes (one seat)

Penygroes :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | Siân Elisabeth Thomas* | 552 |
| | Labour | Mark Lewis | 414 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 138 |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Pontamman (one seat)

Pontamman :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Vivian Lynne Llewellyn | 461 |
| | Plaid Cymru | John Binney | 355 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 106 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Pontyberem (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.
Pontyberem :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | Joy Williams* | 918 |
| | Labour | Ishtiaq Shiekh | 135 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Quarter Bach (one seat)

Quarter Bach :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Elwyn Williams* | 655 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Marion Binney | 467 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### St Clears (one seat)

St Clears :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Philip Hughes* | 955 |
| | Independent | Lyn Luke ap Trin Davies | 265 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 690 |
| | Independent hold | 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 | Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing |

### Saron (two seats)

Saron :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | John Garfield Edwards* | 786 |
| Labour | Alan Peter Cooper | 754 |
| Plaid Cymru | Nigel Henry Evans* | 682 |
| Labour | Betty Phillips | 621 |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
| Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing |

### Swiss Valley (one seat)

Swiss Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Anthony Giles Morgan | 492 |
| | Independent | Frederick James | 210 |
| | Labour | Carol Edwards | 181 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 282 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |

### Trelech (one seat)

Trelech :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | William David Thomas* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Trimsaran (one seat)

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Meryl Gravell* | 604 |
| | Labour | Geraint Hopkins | 113 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Dilwyn Jones | 96 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 491 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Tycroes (one seat)

Tycroes :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | David Thomas Enoch* | 513 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Emyr Brown | 275 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 238 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Tyisha (two seats)

Tyisha :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Keri Peter Thomas | 622 |
| Labour | Martin Philip Morris* | 621 |
| Plaid Cymru | Dyfrig Thomas | 362 |
| Plaid Cymru | Martin Davies | 354 |
| Conservative | Betty Chambers | 166 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Whitland (one seat)

Whitland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | James Morris Morgan* | 447 |
| | Independent | William Conwil Harries | 271 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |