1999 Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council election

The second election to Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council was held on 6 May 1999.[1] It was preceded by the 1995 election and followed by the 2004 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 second elections held following local government reorganisation.

Neath and Port Talbot County Borough Council election result 1999

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Plaid Cymru
	Other parties	5
	SDP	2
	Green	0

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

Aberavon (three seats)

Aberavon 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP	Anthony Taylor*	1,191
	SDP	Jeffrey Dinham	973
	SDP	Thomas John Sullivan	852
	Labour	Andrew Brian Jones*	640
	Labour	Kenneth John Price	635
	Labour	John Malcolm Slater	616
Turnout
	SDP hold		Swing
	SDP gain from Labour		Swing
	SDP gain from Labour		Swing

Aberdulais (one seat)

Aberdulais 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elwyn Jones*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Alltwen (one seat)

Alltwen 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Lewis*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Baglan (three seats)

Baglan 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayers	Arthur Edward Wheatley*	1,358
	Labour	Malcolm David Harris*	1,292
	Ratepayers	Paul Ernest Evans	1,219
	Ratepayers	Elwyn John Tyrell	1,120
	Labour	Marian Aerona Golding	1,100
	Labour	Leslie Rees	1,047
	Conservative	Wayne Morris	293
Turnout
	Other parties hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Other parties hold		Swing

Blaengwrach (one seat)

Blaengwrach 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Carolyn Edwards	397
	Labour	David Michael Hughes*	369
Majority			28
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Briton Ferry East (one seat)

Briton Ferry East 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Morgan*	674
	Liberal Democrats	Ian David Sherwood	375
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Briton Ferry West (one seat)

Briton Ferry West 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Atherton	659
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Lewis	255
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Bryn and Cwmavon (three seats)

Bryn and Cwmavon 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gaynor Elizabeth Williams*	1,028
	Labour	Thomas David Morgans*	948
	Independent Labour	Thomas D. Mel John*	884
	Liberal Democrats	Marilyn Harris	874
	Labour	Elizabeth Williams	809
	Independent	Brinley Roblin	734
	Liberal Democrats	Terence John Rogers	607
	Ratepayers and Tenants	Paul Parry	495
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent Labour gain from Labour		Swing

Bryncoch North (one seat)

Bryncoch North 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard David Matthews	531
	Plaid Cymru	David Wyn Thomas	321
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas R. Parkinson	155
Majority			210
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Bryncoch South (two seats)

Bryncoch South 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Gareth Ifan Richards	983
	Labour	Patricia Margaret Phillips	902
	Labour	Kenneth Carl Palmer*	863
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Cadoxton (one seat)

Cadoxton 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Valdo Funning	331
	Plaid Cymru	Robert Joseph King	261
Majority			70
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Cimla (two seats)

Cimla 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Warman*	893
	Labour	Reginald Valentine Teale*	804
	Labour	David George Williams	475
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Coedffranc Central (two seats)

Former Communist Glaslyn Morgan was elected as Democratic Left candidate in 1995 but subsequently joined Plaid Cymru.

Coedffranc Central 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Glaslyn Morgan*	701
	Independent	Betsan Powell*	663
	Labour	Arthur Pendry Hodge Davies	529
	Labour	David Reginald Davies	440
	Independent Labour	Maureen Bond	271
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Coedffranc North (one seat)

Coedffranc North 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Keith Davies*	434
	Labour	Darren Jones	382
Majority			52
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Coedffranc West (one seat)

Coedffranc West 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Marney Bebell	314
	Plaid Cymru	Huw John Jenkins Phillips	249
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Charles Lloyd	141
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Crynant (one seat)

Crynant 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert D. Lyn Harper*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Cwmllynfell (one seat)

Cwmllynfell 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Idwal Griffiths*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Cymmer (one seat)

Cymmer 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mairwen Goodridge	623
	Labour	David Thomas Stokes*	511
Majority			112
Turnout
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Dyffryn (one seat)

Plaid Cymru won the seat in 1995 but lost it at a subsequent by-election.

Dyffryn 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	David Martyn Peters	746
	Labour	Norman Richard Thomas*	432
Majority
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Glyncorrwg (one seat)

Glyncorrwg 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Horace Glyn Rawlins	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Glynneath (two seats)

Glynneath 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	John Delwyn Morgan*	987
	Plaid Cymru	Horace Thomas Lewis	716
	Labour	David Morgan Williams*	653
	Labour	Jacqueline Joseph	460
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Godre'r Graig (one seat)

Godre'rgraig 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jackie Myers	312
	Plaid Cymru	Rosalyn Davies	262
Majority			50
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Gwaun Cae Gurwen (one seat)

Gwaun Cae Gurwen 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Catrin Bevan	731
	Labour	Guy Silvanus Jones	445
	Independent	David Gerald Oswald Jones	87
Majority
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Gwynfi (one seat)

Gwynfi 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Robert Day	446
	Independent Labour	David Henry Evans*	392
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Independent Labour		Swing

Lower Brynamman (one seat)

Lower Brynamman 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arwyn N. Woolcock*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Margam (one seat)

Margam 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley John Mason*	378
	Official Ratepayer and Tenants	Terrence James Ward	197
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Tudor Jones	195
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Neath East (three seats)

Neath East 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Miller	1,022
	Labour	Sheila Marlene Penry	1,003
	Labour	Charles Edward Henrywood*	738
	Plaid Cymru	Brendan S.D. MacMathail	590
	Liberal Democrats	Richard John Moth	402
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Neath North (two seats)

Clive Thomas had captured a seat from Labour at a by-election.

Neath North 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Vaughan*	1,114
	Labour	Emmanuel Loaring	738
	Independent Labour	Clive Henry Thomas*	690
	Independent Labour	Thomas Anthony Phillips	456
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent Labour		Swing

Neath South (two seats)

Neath South 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm B. Gunter*	unopposed
	Labour	Peter Albert Rees*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Onllwyn (one seat)

Onllwyn 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Huw Thomas*	378
	Liberal Democrats	David Rees Davies	215
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Pelenna (one seat)

Pelenna 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Isaac Jones*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Pontardawe (two seats)

Pontardawe 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Dewi Richard Evans	895
	Plaid Cymru	Robert Lewis Williams	647
	Labour	Michael Lloyd-James	623
	Labour	John Paul Jenkins	617
	Independent	Huw Llewelyn Williams	499
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Port Talbot (three seats)

Port Talbot 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayers and Tenants	Pamela Edith Spender*	1,056
	Ratepayers and Tenants	Sylvan Rees Thomas	977
	Ratepayers and Tenants	Andrew James Tutton	709
	Labour	Christopher Mainwaring	604
	Labour	Steffan ap Dafydd	574
	Labour	Jennifer M. Braemar-Blood*	518
	Independent	Ann Marie Thomas	490
	Plaid Cymru	Stanley George Davies	429
Turnout
	Others hold		Swing
	Others gain from Labour
	Others gain from Labour

Resolven (one seat)

Resolven 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Desmond William Davies	850
	Plaid Cymru	Conway Gillard	411
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Rhos (one seat)

Rhos 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Michael Thomas	543
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Little	450
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Sandfields East (three seats)

Sandfields East 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Leila Helen James	1,252
	Labour	Thomas P. Noel Crowley*	1,170
	Labour	Colin Joseph Crowley*	1,147
	Labour	Patricia Irene Jones	806
	Ratepayer and Tenants	Leigh Davies	736
	Ratepayer	Raymond T. Pursey	598
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Leslie Hunt	572
Turnout
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Sandfields West (three seats)

Patricia Jane Thomas had held the seat in a by-election since 1995.

Sandfields West 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Olga Jones*	1,235
	Labour	Patricia Jane Thomas*	1,173
	Labour	William John Harris*	1,128
	Ratepayer and Tenants	Stephen Griffiths	950
	Plaid Cymru	Kelvin Peter Edwards	824
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Seven Sisters (one seat)

Seven Sisters 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Gary Lloyd*	603
	Independent	Stuart Lloyd Jones	249
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Taibach (two seats)

Taibach 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Rogers*	1,220
	Labour	Clive Owen*	1,121
	Ratepayer and Tenants	Scott J. Sullivan	639
	Ratepayer and Tenants	John D. Sullivan	548
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Tonna (one seat)

Tonna 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Neville Miles	639
	Plaid Cymru	Heath Joy Evans	288
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Trebanos (one seat)

Trebanos 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Denzil Edwards	412
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Eric Tyrrell	91
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Ystalyfera (one seat)

Ystalyfera 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Llywelyn	997
	Labour	Ifan Huw Irranca-Davies	487
Majority
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

References

1. "Council Elections". Western Mail. 8 May 1995.