1983 Carmarthen District Council election

Elections to Carmarthen District Council were held in May 1983.[1] It was preceded by the 1979 election and followed by the 1987 election. On the same day there were elections to the other district local authorities and community councils in Wales.

Results

Abergwili and Llanllawddog (one seat)

Abergwili and Llanllawddog 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Samuel Scurlock Bowen*	482
	Alliance (SDP)	Pamela Ann Palmer	393
Majority			89
	Independent hold		Swing

Abernant (one seat)

Abernant 1983

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

Carmarthen Town Ward One (four seats)

Carmarthen Town Ward One 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Howell Merriman*	1,276
	Labour	John Russell Davies*	985
	Labour	John Elfed Williams	797
	Labour	T.H. Gwynne Davies*	789
	Independent	Dewi Evans*	746
	Labour	Kenneth Bryan Maynard	729
	Independent	Gwynne Morris Williams	671
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Carmarthen Town Ward Two (two seats)

Carmarthen Town Ward Two 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Elvet Thomas*	654
	Independent	Thomas Llewellyn Davies*	514
	Independent	June Williams	457
	Labour	Peter Short	353
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Carmarthen Town Ward Three (three seats)

Carmarthen Town Ward Three 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance (Liberal)	David Nam*	1,322
	Independent	David Percy Jones*	983
	Independent	Helen Margaret Thomas	899
	Independent	P. Hurley	428
	Labour	Richard John Williams	422
	Alliance hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Cilymaenllwyd (one seat)

Cilymaenllwyd 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Daniel Clodwyn Thomas*	645
	Plaid Cymru	D.J. Gwynne	105
Majority			540
	Independent hold		Swing

Cynwyl Elfed and Llanpumsaint (one seat)

Cynwyl Elfed and Llanpumsaint 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Jones*	446
	Independent	Lyn Luke ap Trin Davies	399
Majority			47
	Independent hold		Swing

Henllanfallteg (one seat)

Henllanfallteg 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Gibbin*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Laugharne Township (two seats)

Laugharne Township 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Frank Elwyn John*	Unopposed
	Independent	Cyril William Roberts*	Unopposed
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Llanarthney and Llanddarog (three seats)

Llanarthney and Llanddarog 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayers	Huw Voyle Williams*	2,048
	Ratepayers	Dewi Wyn Edwards*	1,784
	Labour	Thomas Henry Richards*	1,472
	Ratepayers	Peter Edward Rees	1,043
	Ratepayers hold		Swing
	Ratepayers hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llandyfaelog (two seats)

Llandyfaelog 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sidney Daniel John*	1,050
	Independent	David Charles Phillips*	1,005
	Plaid Cymru	Malcolm W.E. Rees	337
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangeler (two seats)

Llangeler 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Wilfred Davies*	1,168
	Independent	Thomas Keith Davies	557
	Independent	W. Ainsleigh Verdun Harris	549
	Independent	William Michael Davies	548
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth (one seat)

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David John Lewis*	539
	Independent	David George Lewis	428
Majority			111
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Rhos-y-Corn (one seat)

Llanfihangel Rhos-y-Corn 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Evan Eirwyn Jones*	375
	Independent	K.D. Rees	79
Majority			296
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangain (one seat)

Llangain 1983

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

Llangynnwr (two seats)

Llangynnwr 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hywel Lloyd Williams*
	Independent	John David James Morgan
	Independent	Evan James Thomas*
	Alliance (Liberal)	John B. Lewis
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangyndeyrn (two seats)

Llangyndeyrn 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William D. Evans*	1,029
	Labour	Ivor Haydn Edmunds	727
	Plaid Cymru	E.J. Lewis	550
	Independent	Robert Michael Beynon	386
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Llanllwni (two seats)

Llanllwni 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Emrys Oriel Jones*	Unopposed
	Independent	Oliver Williams*	Unopposed
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Newcastle Emlyn (one seat)

Newcastle Emlyn 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	G. Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

St Clears (two seats)

St Clears 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Victor Lawrence James*	1,301
	Independent	Benjamin Delwyn Royden Thomas*	1,107
	Independent	E.T. Pope	161
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Whitland (one seat)

Whitland 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance (SDP)	A.P. Vedeniapin	559
	Plaid Cymru	Ithel Parri-Roberts	321
Majority			238
	Alliance gain from Independent		Swing

References

1. "District Council Elections". Western Mail. 6 May 1983.