# 1999 Ceredigion County Council election

The second election to Ceredigion County Council was held on 6 May 1999. It was preceded by the 1995 election and followed by the 2004 election.

## Overview

Once again, the Independents were the largest group with a number of councillors elected unopposed
Thirty members of the original Council elected in 1995 were again returned.
Fourteen candidates were returned unopposed. Thirteen were sitting Independent or Liberal Democrat councilors; the only exception being Cen Llwyd, who was returned for Plaid Cymru in Llandysiliogogo ward, replacing a retiring Independent.

## Boundaries

There were no boundary changes.

## Candidates

Most of the retiring members sought re-election.

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

Aberaeron 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Richard Emlyn Thomas* | 557 |
| Liberal Democrats | Deanne M. Hartwell-Jones | 243 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Aberporth (one seat)

Aberporth 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | William James Granville Varney* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Aberystwyth East (two seats)

Aberystwyth East 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Hywel Griffiths Evans* | 691 |
| Plaid Cymru | Simon Thomas | 552 |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael John Woods | 244 |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Aberystwyth North (two seats)

Aberystwyth North 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal Democrats | Edgar Carl Williams* | 493 |
| Plaid Cymru | Llinos M. Roberts-Young | 418 |
| Independent | Mona Rachel Morris | 416 |
| Plaid Cymru | Jacqueline Mary Taylor | 344 |
| Independent | I. Pidgeon | 149 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Liberal Democrats | Plaid Cymru gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |

### Aberystwyth South (two seats)

Aberystwyth South 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Llewellyn Goronwy Edwards* | 696 |
| Independent | Gareth Ellis* | 606 |
| Socialist | Griffith Eric Hughes | 397 |
| Plaid Cymru | Paul Cornelius Davies | 223 |
| Labour | Dylan Paul Lewis | 190 |
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Thomas Parry | 136 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Aberystwyth West (two seats)

Aberystwyth West 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal Democrats | Eric John Griffiths* | 754 |
| Independent | Hywel Thomas Jones* | 408 |
| Plaid Cymru | Alun John Wiliams | 357 |
| Liberal Democrats | Carol Ann Kolczak | 320 |
| Labour | Mark Richard Franchi | 150 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Beulah (one seat)

Beulah 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | John Elfed Davies* | 676 |
| Independent | Colin Sinclair | 138 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Borth (one seat)

Borth 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | William Thomas Kinsey Raw-Rees* | 632 |
| Liberal Democrats | David Peter Shankland | 173 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Capel Dewi (one seat)

Capel Dewi 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Thomas John Jones* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Cardigan (three seats)

John Adams-Lewis was elected as an Independent in 1995.
Cardigan 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Thomas John Adams-Lewis* | 1,021 |
| Plaid Cymru | Trevor Thomas Griffiths | 810 |
| Independent | Sarah Mary Morris | 805 |
| Independent | John Bertram Evans | 645 |
| Plaid Cymru | Glen Kelsall Johnson | 473 |
| Liberal Democrats | Julian S. Beynon-Lewis | 303 |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Liberal Democrats | Plaid Cymru gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Liberal Democrats | Plaid Cymru gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Ceulanamaesmawr (one seat)

Ceulanamaesmawr 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Ellen Elizabeth ap Gwynn | 583 |
| Independent | Dafydd Ffredric Raw-Rees | 297 |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Ciliau Aeron (one seat)

Ciliau Aeron 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Stanley Meredith Thomas* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Faenor (one seat)

Faenor 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peredur Wynne Eklund* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Lampeter (two seats)

Lampeter 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Robert George Harris* | 681 |
| Independent | John Ivor Williams | 428 |
| Independent | Carol Ramaya | 382 |
| Liberal Democrats | David Doiran Evans* | 314 |
| Plaid Cymru | Robert Phillips | 304 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |

### Llanarth (one seat)

Llanarth 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Eurfyl Evans* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Llanbadarn Fawr (two seats)

Plaid Cymru had won a seat following the death of a previous Independent councillor.
Llanbadarn Fawr 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Benjamin Lewis Davies | 478 |
| Plaid Cymru | Gwydion Heini Gruffudd | 393 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Rees | 368 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Lodwick Davies | 244 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Llandyfriog (one seat)

Llandyfriog 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Lyndon Lloyd Jones* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Llandysiliogogo (one seat)

Llandysiliogogo 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Plaid Cymru | Cen Llwyd | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Llandysul Town (one seat)

Llandysul Town 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Evan John Keith Evans* | 417 |
| Plaid Cymru | David Graham Evans | 369 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llanfarian (one seat)

Llanfarian 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Alun Lloyd Jones* | 564 |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert A. Coleman | 115 |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Llanfihangel Ystrad (one seat)

Plaid Cymru had won the seat at a by-election
Llanfihangel Ystrad 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Evan Wynne Davies | 663 |
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Lewes Gee | 433 |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Llangeitho (one seat)

Llangeitho 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | David John Evans | 609 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Meurig Hughes | 154 |
| Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |

### Llangybi (one seat)

Llangybi 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | John Timothy Odwyn Davies | 426 |
| Independent | George Gwynne Gibbons | 194 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jan Sutton | 104 |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |

### Llanrhystud (one seat)

Llanrhystud 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Richard Edwards* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Llansantffraed (one seat)

Llansantffraed 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Daniel Meurig James* | 578 |
| Independent | Lodwick Lloyd | 382 |
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Leslie Lewis | 240 |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Llanwenog (one seat)

Llanwenog 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | Samuel Haydn Richards | 584 |
| Independent | David Alun James* | 404 |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |

### Lledrod (one seat)

Lledrod 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | David Lloyd Evans* | 670 |
| Plaid Cymru | Gwilym ab Ioan | 351 |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Edward Allen | 81 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Melindwr (one seat)

Melindwr 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Fred Williams* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### New Quay (one seat)

New Quay 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Sarah Gillian Hopley | 194 |
| Plaid Cymru | John Cadwallader Price | 193 |
| Independent | Julian Raymond Evans* | 166 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Penbryn (one seat)

Penbryn 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | J. Geraint Jenkins* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Penparc (one seat)

Penparc 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Thomas Haydn Lewis* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Tirymynach (one seat)

Tirymynach 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Plaid Cymru | William Penri James* | 618 |
| Liberal Democrats | Alexander James Dauncey | 248 |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Trefeurig (one seat)

Trefeurig 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Thomas Arthur Thomas* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Tregaron (one seat)

Tregaron 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | William Gethin Bennett* | 499 |
| Plaid Cymru | Margaret Mary Williams | 207 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Troedyraur (one seat)

Troedyraur 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | John David Thomas* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Ystwyth (one seat)

Ystwyth 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John David Rowland Jones* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

## By-elections 1999-2004
### Aberystwyth East 2000

A by-election was held in the Aberystwyth East ward following the resignation of Plaid Cymru councillor Simon Thomas, who was elected MP for Ceredigion and Pembroke North at a by-election earlier that year.
Aberystwyth East by-election, 20 June 2000 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Plaid Cymru | Alun John Williams | 367 | 51.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 279 | 39.0 |
| | Conservative | Adrian Robson | 69 | 9.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | |

### Borth 2001

A by-election was held in the Borth ward on 29 March 2001 following the death of Tom Raw-Rees. The seat was held by an Independent candidate.
Borth by-election 2001 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Raymond Quant | 524 | 69.7 | −8.8 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Arthur Dafis | 147 | 19.5 | +19.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 81 | 10.8 | −10.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 377 | 50.2 | −6.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 752 | 48% | −1.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | -14.15 | |

### Aberporth 2001

Aberporth by-election, 11 October 2001 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elfyn Owen Rees | 336 | 51.9 |
| | Plaid Cymru | | 311 | 48.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | |

### Llanbadarn Fawr 2001

A by-election was held in the Llanbadarn Fawr ward following the resignation of Plaid Cymru councillor Gwydion Gruffudd.
Llanbadarn Fawr by-election, 11 October 2001 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Plaid Cymru | | 338 | 57.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 255 | 43.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | |

### Cardigan 2002

A by-election was held in the Cardigan ward following the resignation of Plaid Cymru councillor Trevor Griffiths.
Cardigan by-election, 11 July 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Alan Wilson | 859 | 60.8 |
| | Plaid Cymru | | 341 | 24.2 |
| | Labour | | 128 | 9.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 84 | 5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| | Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | |