Dinefwr Borough Council election, 1987

An election to Dinefwr Borough Council was held in May 1987.^[1] It was preceded by the 1983 election and followed by the 1991 election. On the same day there were elections to the other local authorities and community councils in Wales.

Boundary changes

There were a number of boundary changes and some wards were renamed although remaining essentially unchanged.

Results

Betws (one seat)

Betws 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	David Arnallt James*	358
	Plaid Cymru	M. James	351
Majority			7
	Labour hold		Swing

Brynamman (one seat)

Brynamman 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Vivien Rees	412
Independent Socialist	E.R. Thomas*
Labour gain from Independent Socialist

Cilycwm (one seat)

Cilycwm 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Thomas Theophilus*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Cwmllynfell (one seat)

Cwmllynfell 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Elwyn Williams*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Cynwyl Gaeo(one seat)

The ward used to be known as Cynwyl Gaeo

Cynwyl Gaeo 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Cyril Lewis Lloyd*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Ffairfach (one seat)

The ward used to be known as Llandeilo Fawr South.

Ffairfach 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Hal Glenville Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Garnant (two seats)

Boundary Change

Garnant 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Kevin Madge	unopposed
Labour	William Richard Murphy	unopposed
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Glanamman (two seats)

Boundary Change

Glanamman 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	David Ronald Harris*	764
Labour	G. Davies*	552
Plaid Cymru	John Edwin Lewis	509
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Iscennen (one seat)

Boundary Change

Iscennen 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Ronald Amman Davies	383
	Plaid Cymru	Dr D.H. Davies*	329
Majority
	Labour win (new seat)

Llandeilo Castle (one seats)

Boundary Change

Llandeilo Castle 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	L.A. German	188
Plaid Cymru	R ap D Phillips	164
Independent	I. Gwyn	107
Independent win (new seat)

Llandeilo Tywi (one seat)

Boundary Change

Llandeilo Tywi 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	M.E. German	212
Independent	G.M. Still	209
Independent win (new seat)

Llandovery Town (two seats)

Llandovery Town 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Denley Owen*	850
Independent	D.J.K. Whiskerd*	792
Independent	W. Perry	350
SDP–Liberal Alliance	J.P.M. Cheetham	163
Independent	J.M. Barnes	84
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Llandybie (three seats)

The ward used to be known as Llandybie and Heolddu.

Llandybie 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Mary Helena Thomas*	1,298
Labour	Brenda Vivien Evans*	1,103
Labour	Herbert Brynmor Lewis Samways*	1,073
Plaid Cymru	Sarah Ann Nesta Price	993
Independent hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Llanegwad (one seat)

The ward used to be known as Llanegwad and Llanfynydd .

Llanegwad 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	R.P. Morgan*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangadog (one seat)

The ward used to be known as Llangadog and Llansadwrn.

Llangadog and Llansadwrn 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Glyndwr Thomas Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangathen (one seat)

The ward used to be known as Llanfihangel Aberbythych and Llangathen

Llangathen 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	David Arthur Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llansawel(one seat)

The ward used to be known as Llansawel and Talley.

Llansawel 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	J.G. Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Manordeilo (one seat)

The ward used to be known as Llandeilo Fawr North

Manordeilo 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	J. Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Myddfai (one seat)

The ward used to be known as Llanddeusant and Myddfai

Myddfai 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	F.R. Jones*	326
	Independent	S.P. Barnes	28
Majority			298
	Independent hold		Swing

Pantyffynnon (one seat)

Boundary Change

Pantyffynnon 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	B.J.B. Williams*	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Penygroes (two seats)

Penygroes 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Lynne Davies*	unopposed
Labour	E.B. Davies	unopposed
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Pontamman (one seat)

Boundary Change

Pontamman 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kenneth Alvan Rees*	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Quarter Bach (one seat)

The ward used to be known as Glynamman

Quarter Bach 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Socialist	A.S. Jones*	429
	Labour	J.R. Griffin	216
Majority
	Socialist hold		Swing

Saron (two seats)

Saron 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	T.H. Marshall	699
Labour	I.M. Thomas*	687
Independent Labour	Douglas Davies*	627
Plaid Cymru	J.G. James	479
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Tirydail (one seat)

Boundary Change

Tirydail 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	J. Panes	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

References

↑ "Confusion as mayor-elect is defeated". Carmarthen Journal. 15 May 1983.

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