1979 Carmarthen District Council election

An election to Carmarthen District Council was held in May 1979.^[1] It was preceded by the 1976 election and followed by the 1983 election. On the same day, there was a UK General Election and elections to the other district local authorities in Wales.

There were contests in only seven of the 21 divisions with eighteen Independent councillors returned unopposed. Plaid Cymru gained three seats to gain representation on the authority for the first time.^[2]

Results

Abergwili and Llanllawddog (one seat)

Abergwili and Llanllawddog 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Samuel Scurlock Bowen*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Abernant (one seat)

Abernant 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William David Thomas*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Carmarthen Town Ward One (four seats)

Carmarthen Town Ward One 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	David Howell Merriman*	1,841
	Labour	John Russell Davies	1,590
	Labour	T.H. Gwynne Davies*	1,379
	Independent	H. Dewi Evans*	1,287
	Liberal	John Brian Lewis	1,150
	Labour	Joe Palmer	1,106
	Labour	Richard John Williams	973
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Carmarthen Town Ward Two (two seats)

Carmarthen Town Ward Two 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Thomas Llewellyn Davies*	981
	Independent	John Elvet Thomas	871
	Independent	Ronald Byles Evans*	673
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Carmarthen Town Ward Three (three seats)

Percy Jones had previously represented the Llangunnor ward.

Carmarthen Town Ward Three 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Nam*	2,048
	Independent	David Percy Jones*	1,088
	Independent	Emrys Rees*	1,023
	Independent	Thomas James Hurley*	903
	Independent	A. Jones	743
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Cilymaenllwyd (one seat)

Cilymaenllwyd 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Daniel Clodwyn Thomas*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Cynwyl Elfed and Llanpumsaint (one seat)

Cynwyl Elfed and Llanpumsaint 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Jones*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Henllanfallteg (one seat)

Henllanfallteg 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Gibbin*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Laugharne Township (two seats)

Laugharne Township 1979
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Frank Elwyn John*	Unopposed
Independent	Cyril William Roberts	Unopposed
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Llanarthney and Llanddarog (three seats)

Llanarthney and Llanddarog 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Huw Voyle Williams*	2,210
	Labour	Thomas Henry Richards*	1,592
	Labour	E. Griffiths*	1,529
	Ratepayers	J. Jones	1,399
	Labour	A. Jones	994
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llandyfaelog (two seats)

Llandyfaelog 1979
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Sidney Daniel John*	Unopposed
Independent	David Charles Phillips	Unopposed
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Llangeler (two seats)

Llangeler 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Thomas Wilfred Davies*	Unopposed
	Plaid Cymru	D. Howell Jones	Unopposed
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth (one seat)

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David John Lewis*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Rhos-y-Corn (one seat)

Llanfihangel Rhos-y-Corn 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Evan Eirwyn Jones*	307	57.6
	Independent	D. Daniels	226	42.4
Majority				15.2
Turnout				85.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangain (one seat)

Llangain 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Griffith Trevor Rees*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangynnwr (two seats)

Llangynnwr 1979
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Evan James Thomas*	Unopposed
Plaid Cymru	Hywel Lloyd Williams	Unopposed
Independent hold		Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Llangyndeyrn (two seats)

Llangyndeyrn 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	William D. Evans*	1,186
	Plaid Cymru	Michael Thomas Evans	1,012
	Labour	David V. Jones	942
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Llanllwni (two seats)

Llanllwni 1979
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	John Emrys Oriel Jones*	Unopposed
Independent	Oliver Williams*	Unopposed
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Newcastle Emlyn (one seat)

Newcastle Emlyn 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	G. Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

St Clears (two seats)

St Clears 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Victor Lawrence James*	Unopposed
	Independent	Benjamin Delwyn Royden Thomas*	Unopposed
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Whitland (one seat)

Whitland 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Idris Powell James*	804	71.6
	Independent	D. Davies	319	28.4
Majority				43.2
Turnout				82.7
	Independent hold		Swing

References

^ "Carmarthen District Council Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
^ "Plaid gain Three Seats". Carmarthen Journal. 11 May 1979. p. 11. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

[Carmarthen_PlymEC-1] "Carmarthen District Council Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

[CJ_11-5-79-2] "Plaid gain Three Seats". Carmarthen Journal. 11 May 1979. p. 11. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

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