# 1995 City and County of Swansea Council election

The first election to the City and County of Swansea Council was held on 4 May 1995. It was followed by the 1999 election. On the same day there were elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales and community councils in Wales.

## Overview

All council seats were up for election. These were the first elections held following local government reorganisation and the abolition of West Glamorgan County Council. The ward boundaries for the new authority were based on the previous Lliw Valley Borough Council and Swansea City Council although the number of members elected for individual wards was reduced. Conservative candidates were heavily defeated.
City and County of Swansea Council election result 1995 :
| Party | Seats | Votes |
| Labour | 57 | |
| Independent | 7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | |
| Conservative | 1 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | |
| Green | 0 | |
| Plaid dros Gymru | 1 | 511 |

## Candidates

Most sitting members of West Glamorgan County council sought election to the new authority. A number were also members of the previous district councils but others contested a ward against a sitting district councillor.

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

Bishopston 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Fred T. Hughes* | 641 | | |
| | Independent | Keith Edmund Marsh | 582 | | |
| | Labour | C.E. Lowit | 164 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |

### Bonymaen (two seats)

Bonymaen 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mair Eluned Gibbs | 1,185 | | |
| | Labour | David Watkins | 1,044 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Charles Thomas | 186 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Trevor Warden | 140 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Castle (three seats)

Castle 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robert Alan Lloyd | 1,756 | | |
| | Labour | Barbara Joyce Hynes | 1,723 | | |
| | Labour | Dereck John Roberts | 1,623 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Speht | 592 | | |
| | Green | Benjamin David Grigg | 515 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cynthia Wharrad | 463 | | |
| | Wales Militant Labour | Mark Evans | 378 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Clydach (one seat)

Clydach 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Bryan Edwin Ayres | 540 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | James Vernon Davies | 351 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Cockett (four seats)

Cockett 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lilian Maud Hopkin | 2,414 | | |
| | Labour | Victor Cyril Alexander | 2,194 | | |
| | Labour | David Anthony | 2,104 | | |
| | Labour | Denzil Porter | 1,953 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | David Rhys Lloyd | 1,240 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stuart Ball | 458 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ken Shingleton | 411 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Stanford | 409 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Arthur Westwood | 316 | | |
| | Conservative | Timothy Mark Phillips | 286 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Cwmbwrla (two seats)

Cwmbwrla 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Malcolm Black | 2,130 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Ashleigh Holley | 1,947 | | |
| | Labour | John James | 808 | | |
| | Labour | Wayne Beard | 782 | | |
| | Conservative | Sarah John | 75 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |

### Dulais East (one seat)

Dulais East 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Phil Downing | 409 | | |
| | Independent | Cled Morgan | 338 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Dunvant (one seat)

Dunvant 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Veronica Wood | 784 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Newbury | 751 | | |
| | Conservative | Bob Simmonds | 123 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Fairwood (one seat)

Fairwood 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | John Gunther Bushell* | 566 | | |
| | Labour | R.B. Hart | 286 | | |
| | Conservative | J.G. Bennett | 124 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |

### Gorseinon Central (one seat)

Gorseinon Central 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Morlais Thomas | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Gorseinon East (one seat)

Gorseinon East 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Glyn Seabourne | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Gower (one seat)

Gower 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Richard David Lewis* | 601 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | H.W. Evans | 485 | | |
| | Labour | N. Davies | 204 | | |
| | Conservative | L.D. Morgan | 139 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |

### Gowerton East (one seat)

Gowerton East 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Ronald Morgan Thomas | 371 |
| | Conservative | Peter Davies | 278 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Stockton | 63 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Gowerton West (one seat)

Gowerton West 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Harry Thomas | 494 |
| | Conservative | Lyndon Jones | 271 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Dickens | 72 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Killay North (one seat)

Killay North 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Perry Stephen Buck | 507 |
| | Conservative | Goorge Smith Gunn* | 409 |
| | Liberal Democrats | P.S. Bushell | 331 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Killay South (one seat)

Killay South 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gerald Glyn Clement | 548 |
| | Labour | R.S. Johnson | 301 |
| | Conservative | P. Williams* | 220 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Kingsbridge (two seats)

Kingsbridge 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | William Gethin Evans | 991 |
| Labour | Len Howell | 850 |
| Liberal Democrats | Claire Barker | 315 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Landore (two seats)

Landore 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Holland William Ayres | 1,062 |
| Labour | Derek Herbert Cox | 1,000 |
| Liberal Democrats | Eric Chapman | 400 |
| Liberal Democrats | Caroline Freeman | 373 |
| Independent | Norman Gates | 221 |
| Independent Labour | Dai John | 172 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Llangyfelach (two seats)

Llangyfelach 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | David Gareth Sullivan | 866 | | |
| Independent | Audrey R.A. Clement | 772 | | |
| Labour | Aneurin Rees | 490 | | |
| Labour | John Martin | 343 | | |
| Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
| Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |

### Llansamlet (three seats)

Llansamlet 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Lawrence David Bailey | 1,647 | | |
| Labour | June Evans | 1,636 | | |
| Labour | Paul Lloyd | 1,492 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | George Jowett | 296 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Caroline Spooner | 266 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Valerie Sullivan | 252 | | |
| Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
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### Lower Loughor (one seat)

Lower Loughor 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Daniel Raymond James | 480 | | |
| Independent | Ritchie Evans | 138 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Diana Barker | 66 | | |
| Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Mawr (one seat)

Mawr 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid dros Gymru | Ioan Merritt Richard | 511 | | |
| Labour | Fred Wilson | 225 | | |
| Independent | Alun Lewis | 73 | | |
| Plaid dros Gymru win (new seat) | Plaid dros Gymru win (new seat) | Plaid dros Gymru win (new seat) | Plaid dros Gymru win (new seat) | Plaid dros Gymru win (new seat) |

### Mayals (one seat)

Mayals 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal Democrats | Beryl Marshall | 529 |
| Conservative | Paul Valerio | 260 |
| Independent | David Charles Evans | 219 |
| Labour | Bob Sykes | 172 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Morriston (four seats)

Morriston 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Robert Francis-Davies | 2,952 | | |
| Labour | William John F. Davies | 2,886 | | |
| Labour | Michael John Hedges | 2,875 | | |
| Labour | Robert John Lloyd | 2,836 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Cunningham | 825 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Saunders | 753 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Storey | 561 | | |
| Conservative | James Draper | 390 | | |
| Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
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### Mynyddbach (three seats)

Mynyddbach 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Ceinwen Thomas | 2,382 | | |
| Labour | Doreen Jones | 2,259 | | |
| Labour | Byron George Owen | 2,209 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Farrington | 428 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ted Spooner | 385 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Cynthia Rix | 360 | | |
| Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
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### Newton (one seat)

Newton 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Mary Waller | 733 |
| Conservative | Rod Dove | 282 |
| Labour | David Harris | 220 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Oystermouth (one seat)

Oystermouth 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Joan Thyrza Peters | 441 | | |
| Labour | Chris Stilwell | 379 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Evans | 337 | | |
| Independent | Malcolm Prosser | 173 | | |
| Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Penclawdd (one seat)

Penclawdd 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Howard John Morgan | unopposed | | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |

### Penderry (four seats)

Penderry 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Trevor Burtonshaw | 1,696 | | |
| Labour | Grenville Phillips | 1,692 | | |
| Labour | Tom Jones | 1,678 | | |
| Labour | June Elizabeth Burtonshaw | 1,672 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Bellow | 309 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Arran John Coole | 285 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kerry Rix | 256 | | |
| Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
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### Penllergaer (one seat)

Penllergaer 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Dennis Lawlor | 489 | 59.2 | |
| Independent | D. Morgan | 337 | 40.8 | |
| Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Pennard (one seat)

Pennard 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Margaret Smith* | 911 | | |
| Labour | Mark C. Child | 293 | | |
| Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |

### Penyrheol (two seats)

Penyrheol 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | David Thomas Vernon Davies | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Labour | David Islwyn Elfed Jones | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Pontarddulais (one seat)

Pontarddulais 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Gareth Williams | 615 | | |
| Independent | Byron Lewis | 171 | | |
| Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Sketty (four seats)

Sketty 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Rosina June Stanton | 2,959 | | |
| Labour | Mehar Chand Verma | 1,944 | | |
| Labour | Gordon Carruthers | 1,794 | | |
| Labour | Clive Morgan | 1,764 | | |
| Labour | Bob Davies | 1,707 | | |
| Conservative | Bob Massey-Shaw | 1,634 | | |
| Conservative | John Philip Glew | 1,560 | | |
| Conservative | Alan Preece | 1,430 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Day | 1,373 | | |
| Conservative | Thomas Huw Rees | 1,338 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Elwyn Jones | 1,059 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Thomas | 845 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Les Wharrad | 621 | | |
| Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
| Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
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### St Thomas (two seats)

St Thomas 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Cyril Johnstone | 1,401 | | |
| Labour | Alan Richards | 1,303 | | |
| Wales Militant Labour | Ronnie Job | 401 | | |
| Wales Militant Labour | Roy Davies | 310 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kevin Parry | 158 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nick Barlow | 116 | | |
| Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Talybont (one seat)

Talybont 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John Treharne Miles | 528 | | |
| Independent | Owen Leroy Evans | 334 | | |
| Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Townhill (two seats)

Townhill 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Tyssul Lewis | 1,538 | | |
| Labour | David Hopkins | 1,391 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Beryl Edwards | 703 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Bob Taylor | 430 | | |
| Wales Militant Labour | Dave Warren | 149 | | |
| Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Uplands (four seats)

Uplands 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Bill Richards | 2,083 | | |
| Labour | David Phillips | 2,007 | | |
| Labour | Nortridge Perrott | 1,994 | | |
| Labour | Maureen Stuckey | 1,879 | | |
| Conservative | Dick Phillips | 1,596 | | |
| Conservative | Jean Taverner | 1,431 | | |
| Conservative | Brian Hill-Mackintosh | 1,202 | | |
| Conservative | Paul Tate | 1,179 | | |
| Green | David Howells | 565 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lilian Pritchard | 495 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Ackland | 412 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Beverley Dugdale | 395 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Dave Morris | 384 | | |
| Natural Law | Tim Rees | 139 | | |
| Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
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### Upper Loughor (two seats)

Upper Loughor 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Gordon Dennis | 653 | | |
| Labour | David Evans | 632 | | |
| Independent | William John Griffiths | 281 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Linda Evans | 151 | | |
| Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
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### Vardre (one seat)

Vardre 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Graham Cadwallader | 567 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Ieuan Owen | 160 | | |
| Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### West Cross (two seats)

West Cross 1995 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Martin Caton | 1,539 | | |
| Labour | Des Thomas | 1,475 | | |
| Conservative | Lynne Davies | 649 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Davies | 349 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Evelyn Pope | 304 | | |
| Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
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