# 1999 Carmarthenshire County Council election

The second elections to the Carmarthenshire County Council were held in May 1999. It was preceded by the 1995 election and followed by the 2004 election. They resulted in a coalition between Independent councillors and Plaid Cymru for the next five years.

## Overview

Carmarthenshire County Council election result 1999 :
| Party | Seats | Seats % |
| Labour | 28 | 37.8 |
| Independent | 26 | 35.1 |
| Plaid Cymru | 13 | 17.5 |
| Independent Labour | 4 | 5.4 |
| Ratepayers | 2 | 2.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1.3 |
| Conservative | 0 | 0.0 |

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

Abergwili 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Pamela Ann Palmer* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Ammanford (one seat)

Boundary Change. Two sitting members contested the seat.
Ammanford 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Hugh Evans* | 780 | | |
| | Independent | Llynfa Meinir Melba Thomas* | 493 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 287 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Betws (one seat)

Betws 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | John Dorian Evans* | 484 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Brian Keith Vaughan | 331 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 153 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Bigyn (two seats)

No boundary changes but the number of seats reduced from three to two.
Bigyn 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Sandra Melita Cooke* | 1,172 |
| Labour | David Charles Prothero* | 1,077 |
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Eileen Evans | 856 |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Buckley Jones | 724 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Burry Port (two seats)

The Liberal Democrats won both seats in 1995 but Labour captured one of these in a by-election following the death of a sitting member.
Burry Port 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Patricia Ethel Mary Jones* | 1,217 |
| Labour | Peter Jewell | 1,060 |
| Liberal Democrats | Pamela Georgina Every | 589 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |

### Bynea (one seat)

Bynea 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Thomas Dillwyn Bowen* | unopposed | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Carmarthen Town North (two seats)

Carmarthen Town North 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Kenneth Bryan Maynard* | 1,014 |
| Independent | David Howell Merriman* | 979 |
| Plaid Cymru | Llyr Hughes Griffiths | 965 |
| Labour | Richard Evans | 658 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Carmarthen Town South (two seats)

One of the seats was won by the Liberal Democrats in 1995 but lost to an Independent at a by-election following the death of the sitting member. The sitting Labour councillor, who had served on Carmarthen District Council since 1979, was de-selected by the party but was re-elected as an Independent Labour candidate.
Carmarthen Town South 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | June Williams* | 774 |
| Independent Labour | John Russell Davies* | 551 |
| Plaid Cymru | Geraint Thomas | 547 |
| Labour | Philip William Grice | 397 |
| Labour | Mandy Diane Peters | 321 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| Independent Labour gain from Labour | Independent Labour gain from Labour | Swing |

### Carmarthen Town West (two seats)

Carmarthen Town West 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | William Gwynoro Jones* | 875 |
| Labour | Arthur Davies | 747 |
| Labour | Douglas Edmund Ynyr Richards Rose | 666 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Cenarth (one seat)

Cenarth 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | John David George Crossley | 434 |
| | Independent | Trevor Glyn Bryant | 342 |
| | Independent | Alan Wyndham Jones* | 292 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 92 |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |

### Cilycwm (one seat)

Boundary change.
Cilycwm 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Thomas Theophilus* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |

### Cynwyl Elfed (one seat)

Boundary Change. Two sitting members contested the seat.
Cynwyl Elfed 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | William Dorrien Thomas* | 834 | | |
| | Independent | Henry Irfon Jones* | 793 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 41 | | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |

### Cynwyl Gaeo (one seat)

Boundary Change.
Cynwyl Gaeo 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Plaid Cymru | James Eirwyn Williams* | unopposed | | |
| | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |

### Dafen (one seat)

Dafen 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Vernon John Warlow* | 568 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Alford Clement Thomas | 562 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Elli (one seat)

Elli 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pamela Jean Edmunds | 652 |
| | Labour | Eryl Morgan | 556 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 96 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |

### Felinfoel (one seat)

Felinfoel 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Henry John Evans* | 450 |
| | Independent | Frederick Janes | 185 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 265 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Garnant (one seat)

Garnant 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kevin Madge* | unopposed | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Glanaman (one seat)

Glanaman 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Colin Evans | unopposed | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Glanymor (two seats)

Glanymor 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | David Tudor James* | 978 |
| Labour | Gerald Frederick Meyler* | 807 |
| Green | Simon Kristen Phillips | 367 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Edward Burree | 316 |
| Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Charles Burree | 306 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Glyn (one seat)

Glyn 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Thomas James Jones | 636 |
| | Labour | John David Greville Williams | 327 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 309 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |

### Gorslas (two seats)

Gorslas 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Henry Clive Scourfield | 889 |
| Labour | Ryan Jones* | 852 |
| Plaid Cymru | Nimrod Morris | 819 |
| Labour | David Wynford Nicholas | 742 |
| Independent gain from Ratepayers | Independent gain from Ratepayers | |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Hendy (one seat)

Hendy 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | William Ieuan Bryant James | 625 |
| | Labour | Tegwen Devichand | 326 |
| | Socialist Labour | Darran Charles Hickery | 135 |
| | Green | Janet Mary Cliff | 92 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 299 |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Hengoed (two seats)

Hengoed 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Kenneth Owen Edwards* | 756 |
| Plaid Cymru | Meilyr Bowen Hughes | 712 |
| Labour | Brian John Richards | 684 |
| Plaid Cymru | Barry Williams Roberts | 676 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |

### Kidwelly (one seat)

Kidwelly :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent Labour | Gwilym Glanmor Jones* | 627 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Jean Margaret Fox | 486 |
| | Labour | Hywel Glyndwr Rees | 413 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 141 |
| | Independent Labour hold | Independent Labour hold | Swing |

### Laugharne Township (one seat)

Laugharne Township :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Cyril William Roberts* | 759 |
| | Labour | David Peter Tucker | 403 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 356 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llanboidy (one seat)

Llanboidy :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | John Gibbin* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Llanddarog (one seat)

Llanddarog :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Ratepayer | William John Wyn Evans* | unopposed | | |
| | Ratepayer hold | Ratepayer hold | Swing | | |

### Llandeilo (one seat)

Llandeilo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Ieuan Goronwy Jones | 1,142 |
| | Labour | Julie Hopley | 248 |
| | Conservative | Shirley Arnold | 97 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llandovery Town (one seat)

Llandovery Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | Denley Owen* | 786 |
| | Labour | Vivienne Fay Price | 230 |
| | Conservative | Lorraine Kaye Allott | 180 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 556 |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Llandybie (two seats)

Llandybie :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Mary Helena Thomas* | 1,411 |
| Independent | Gerald James Earl* | 1,262 |
| Labour | William Joseph Spencer | 664 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llanegwad and Llanfynydd (one seat)

Llanegwad and Llanfynydd :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Dillwyn Anthony Williams* | 1,019 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alleyne Caroline Farrington Evans | 197 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llanfihangel Aberbythych (one seat)

Llanfihangel Aberbythych :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Winston Kenneth Griffiths | 390 |
| | Labour | Omri Philip Davies | 327 |
| | Conservative | Neville Kingsley Lewis Thomas | 105 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 63 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

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

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Plaid Cymru | Fioled Meirion Jones* | unopposed | | |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |

### Llangadog (one seat)

No Boundary Change. Ward named changed.
Llangadog :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Thomas Meirion Thomas* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Llangeler (one seat)

Llangeler :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Thomas Wilfred Davies* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Llangennech (two seats)

Llangenench :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | William Gwyn Hopkins* | 953 |
| Plaid Cymru | Gwyneth Thomas | 857 |
| Labour | Thomas Gordon Lewis* | 644 |
| Labour | Sefton Ronald Coslett | 561 |
| Socialist Labour | John Willock | 184 |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |

### Llangunnor (one seat)

Llangunnor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Clifford Merlin Jones* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Llangyndeyrn (one seat)

An unusual situation arose in this ward where the sitting Labour member (and previously a member of Dyfed County Council since 1981) announced shortly before the close of nominations that he would not stand and pledged his support to the Plaid Cymru candidate.
Llangyndeyrn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | William Tyssul Evans | 1,086 |
| | Independent Labour | Dynfor Vaughan Owens | 291 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |

### Llannon (two seats)

The previous Cross Hands (one seat) and Tumble (two seats) wards were merged to form a new two-seat ward. Three sitting councillors sought election.
Llannon :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | Neil William Baker | 1,090 | | |
| Independent Labour | Philip Brinley Davies* | 1,040 | | |
| Labour | Terrence Maxwell Evans* | 822 | | |
| Labour | David Bryan Richards* | 753 | | |
| Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |
| Independent Labour win (new seat) | Independent Labour win (new seat) | Independent Labour win (new seat) | Independent Labour win (new seat) | Independent Labour win (new seat) |

### Llansteffan (one seat)

Llansteffan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | John Arthur Jones Harries* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | 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* | 1,042 |
| Labour | William Edward Skinner* | 985 |
| Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Denver Rees | 781 |
| Liberal Democrats | Hugh Morgan Lewis | 780 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Llwynhendy (two seats)

No boundary change. One of the sitting Labour councillors was de-selected but successfully retained the seat as an Independent Labour candidate.
Llwynhendy :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Eunydd Ashley Brynmor Thomas* | 796 |
| Independent Labour | Donald John Davies* | 778 |
| Labour | Benjamin C.M. Reynolds | 674 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Independent Labour gain from Labour | Independent Labour gain from Labour | Swing |

### Manordeilo and Salem (one seat)

Manordeilo and Salem :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | John James Jones Davies* | 759 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Margaret Bowen | 269 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Pembrey (two seats)

One of the sitting Labour members was de-selected and stood unsuccessfully as an Independent.
Pembrey :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | John Clive Howells | 756 |
| Labour | Vincent John Rees* | 753 |
| Independent | Trevor Uriel Jones Thomas* | 717 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Penygroes (one seat)

Penygroes :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | Siân Elisabeth Thomas | 659 |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Ann Phillips | 414 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 245 |

### Pontamman (one seat)

Pontamman :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kenneth Alvan Rees* | unopposed | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Pontyberem (one seat)

Pontyberem :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent Labour | Thomas Ieuan Edwards* | 879 |
| | Labour | John Wynford Treharne | 303 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 576 |
| | Independent Labour hold | Independent Labour hold | Swing |

### Quarter Bach (one seat)

No boundary changes. Ward name changed.
Quarter Bach :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Elwyn Williams* | unopposed | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St Clears (one seat)

St Clears 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Philip Morris Hughes | 632 |
| | Independent | Lillian Margaret Owen | 414 |
| | Independent | Keith Hopkins | 247 |
| | Labour | Tammara Michelle Wilband | 61 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 218 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### St Ishmaels (one seat)

St Ishmaels :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Plaid Cymru | David Huw John* | unopposed | | |
| | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |

### Saron (two seats)

No boundary changes but an additional seat created
Saron :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Plaid Cymru | John Garfield Edwards | 920 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Nigel Henry Evans | 793 | | |
| | Labour | Alan Peter Cooper | 754 | | |
| | Labour | Terrence H. Marshall* | 582 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 123 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |

### Swiss Valley (one seat)

Swiss Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Stuart Hopkins | 744 |
| | Independent | Noel Roberts | 337 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 407 |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing |

### Trelech (one seat)

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

### Trimsaran (one seat)

Trimsaran :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Meryl Gravell* | 548 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Cooper | 332 |
| | Labour | David Taylor | 181 |
| | Independent | Denis Henry Carter | 36 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 216 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Tycroes (one seat)

Tycroes :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | David Thomas Enoch | 526 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Kenneth Rees Morgan | 370 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 156 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Tyisha (two seats)

Tyisha :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | David Samuel Neil* | 1,040 |
| Labour | Harry Palmer* | 958 |
| Plaid Cymru | Dyfrig Thomas+ | 739 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Whitland (one seat)

Whitland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | James Morris Morgan* | 933 | | |
| | Independent | William Conwil Harries | 364 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |

## By-elections 1999-2004
### Pontyberem 2000

A by-election was held in the Pontyberem ward following the death of Independent Labour councillor Ieuan Edwards.
Pontyberem by-election, 25 May 2000 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Plaid Cymru | Joy Williams | 655 | 60.4 |
| | Labour | | 399 | 36.8 |
| | Conservative | | 31 | 2.98 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent Labour | Swing | |

### Hengoed 2001

Hengoed by-election, 26 July 2001 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | | 348 |
| | Plaid Cymru | | 293 |
| | Independent | | 118 |
| | Conservative | | 70 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Llandybie 2001

A by-election was held in the Llandybie ward following the death of Independent councillor Gerald Earl, who had represented the ward on the Dyfed and Carmarthenshire councils since 1973.
Burry Port by-election, 11 October 2001 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Anthony Wyn Jones | 504 |
| | Plaid Cymru | | 316 |
| | Independent | | 266 |
| | Independent | | 151 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing |