1976_Dinefwr_Borough_Council_election
1976 Dinefwr Borough Council election
Election to Dinefwr Borough Council
An election to Dinefwr Borough Council was held in May 1976.[1] It was preceded by the 1973 election and followed by the 1979 election. On the same day there was UK local elections and elections to the other local authorities and community councils in Wales.
Labour held most seats in the more urbanised part of the authority while the rural seats were all won by Independents. Plaid Cymru captured two seats from Labour at Ammanford and Penygroes.[2]
Ammanford Town Ward 1 (one seat)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kenneth Alvan Rees | 444 | 56.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | D.H. Davies | 338 | 43.2 | ||
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Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Close
Ammanford Town Ward 2 (one seat)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | B.J.B. Williams | 449 | 66.2 | ||
Labour | Glyn M. Harries | 229 | 33.8 | ||
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Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Close
Ammanford Town Ward 3 (one seat)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Plaid Cymru | Dr D.H. Davies | 272 | 56.8 | ||
Labour | S.J.H. Batsford* | 207 | 43.2 | ||
Majority | 65 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Close
Ammanford Town Ward 4 (one seat)
Ammanford Town Ward 5 (one seat)
Betws (one seat)
Brynamman (one seat)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent Socialist | E.R. Thomas* | 426 | 55.3 | ||
Labour | W. Griffiths | 358 | 45.7 | ||
Majority | 8.6 | ||||
Turnout | 58.1 | ||||
Independent Socialist hold | Swing | ||||
Close
Cilycwm (one seat)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Thomas Theophilus | 417 | 66.3 | ||
Independent | I. Davies | 133 | 21.1 | -28.5 | |
Independent | R. Griffiths* | 79 | 12.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 45.2 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Close
Cwmamman (three seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Peter Dewi Richards | 1,210 | |||
Labour | Gwynfryn Davies* | 1,163 | |||
Labour | D.T.M. Rees* | 1,142 | |||
Labour | D.H.J. Wyatt | 775 | |||
Plaid Cymru | John Edwin Lewis | 547 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Close
Cwmllynfell (one seat)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. Thomas* | 489 | 83.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru | T. Jones | 100 | 17.0 | ||
Majority | 389 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Close
Cynwyl Gaeo and Llanwrda (one seat)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Cyril Lewis Lloyd* | 398 | 55.3 | ||
Labour | J.H. Evans | 322 | 44.7 | ||
Majority | 10.6 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Close
Glynamman (one seat)
Llandeilo Fawr North Ward (one seat)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | P. Jenkins* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Close
Llandeilo Fawr South Ward (one seat)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | W.R. Price* | 247 | |||
Independent | D.A. Richards | 194 | |||
Independent | W.T. Griffiths | 184 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Close
Llandeilo Town (two seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | L.A. German | 514 | |||
Independent | Elfryn Thomas | 513 | |||
Independent | D.R. Williams* | 509 | |||
Independent | M.H. Hughes | 299 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Close
Llanddeusant / Myddfai (one seat)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | F.R. Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Close
Llandovery Town (two seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | David Hamilton Evans* | 643 | |||
Independent | William Perry | 541 | |||
Independent | J.E. Davies | 439 | |||
Independent | H.G. Jones* | 347 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Close
Llandybie and Heolddu (three seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Herbert Brynmor Lewis Samways* | 1,148 | |||
Labour | I. Morgan* | 1,137 | |||
Independent | Mary Helena Thomas | 1,053 | |||
Plaid Cymru | J. Evans | 554 | |||
Labour | W. Jones* | 541 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Arwel Davies | 512 | |||
Plaid Cymru | J. Roberts | 498 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Close
Llanegwad and Llanfynydd (one seat)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | R.P. Morgan* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Close
Llanfihangel Aberbythych and Llangathen (one seat)
Pugh had been elected as a Labour candidate in 1973.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | D. Pugh* | 488 | 53.7 | ||
Independent | D.A. Jones | 420 | 46.3 | ||
Majority | 7.4 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Close
Llangadog and Llansadwrn (one seat)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Barr* | 480 | 55.2 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Dafydd Prys Evans | 389 | 44.8 | ||
Majority | 91 | 10.4 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Close
Llansawel and Talley (one seat)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | John Gwilym Evans* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | |||||
Close
Penygroes (two seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Plaid Cymru | Lynne Davies | 730 | |||
Labour | E.B. Davies* | 620 | |||
Independent | T. Pearce* | 524 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Close
Saron (two seats)
- "Dinefwr Borough Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- "Plaid Gain Two at Dinefwr". Carmarthen Journal. 14 May 1976. p. 5. Retrieved 10 February 2022.