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'''An election to [[Dinefwr Borough Council]]''' was held in May 1979.<ref name="Dinefwr PlymEC">{{cite web|title=Dinefwr Borough Council Election Results 1973-1991|url=http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Dinefwr-1973-1991.pdf|publisher=The Elections Cente, Plymouth University|accessdate=2 February 2017}}</ref> It was preceded by the [[Dinefwr Borough Council election, 1976|1976]] election and followed by the [[Dinefwr Borough Council election, 1983|1983]] election. On the same day there was a UK General Election and elections to the other local authorities and community councils in [[Wales]].
'''An election to [[Dinefwr Borough Council]]''' was held in May 1979.<ref name="Dinefwr PlymEC">{{cite web|title=Dinefwr Borough Council Election Results 1973-1991|url=http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Dinefwr-1973-1991.pdf|publisher=The Elections Cente, Plymouth University|accessdate=2 February 2017}}</ref> It was preceded by the [[1976 Dinefwr Borough Council election|1976]] election and followed by the [[1983 Dinefwr Borough Council election|1983]] election. On the same day there was a UK general election and elections to the other district local authorities and community councils in [[Wales]].

A small number of seats changed hands and it appeared that Plaid Cymru held the balance of power on the authority with Labour and the Independents winning a similar number of seats.<ref name="CJ 11-5-79 Dinefwr">{{cite news |title=Plaid hold balance at Dinefwr |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0002956/19790511/005/0005?browse=true |access-date=15 February 2022 |newspaper=Carmarthen Journal |date=11 May 1979 |page=5}}</ref>

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{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = S. Batsford
|candidate = S.J.H. Batsford
|votes = 310
|votes = 310
|percentage = 48.4
|percentage = 48.4
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|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = '''B.G. Williams*'''
|candidate = '''B.G. Williams*'''
|votes = 455
|votes = '''455'''
|percentage = 69.3
|percentage = '''69.3'''
|change =
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = D. Davies
|candidate = D.H. Davies
|votes = 202
|votes = 202
|percentage = 30.7
|percentage = 30.7
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = D. Thomas
|candidate = E.H. Thomas
|votes = 186
|votes = 186
|percentage = 31.1
|percentage = 31.1
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===Brynamman (one seat)===
===Brynamman (one seat)===
{{Election box begin | title= Brynamman 1979}}
{{Election box begin | title= Brynamman 1979}}
{{Election box candidate|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = '''[[Independent Labour|Independent Socialist]]'''
|party = Independent Socialist
|candidate = '''E.R. Thomas*'''
|candidate = '''E.R. Thomas*'''
|votes = '''430'''
|votes = '''430'''
|percentage = 51.3
|percentage = '''51.3'''
|change =
|change =
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|winner = [[Independent Labour|Independent Socialist]]
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|party = Independent (politician)
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = '''Thomas Theophilus*'''
|candidate = '''Thomas Theophilus*'''
|votes = unopposed
|votes = '''unopposed'''
|percentage =
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = D.R. Harris
|candidate = David Ronald Harris
|votes = 1,128
|votes = 1,128
|percentage =
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = D. Wyatt
|candidate = D.H.J. Wyatt
|votes = 998
|votes = 998
|percentage =
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate =E. Thomas*
|candidate =Elfryn Thomas*
|votes = 561
|votes = 561
|percentage =
|percentage =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = W. Perry*
|candidate = William Perry*
|votes = 703
|votes = 703
|percentage =
|percentage =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = D.H. Evans*
|candidate = David Hamilton Evans*
|votes = 655
|votes = 655
|percentage =
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = A. Davies
|candidate = Arwel Davies
|votes = 955
|votes = 955
|percentage =
|percentage =
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===Llanfihangel Aberbythych and Llangathen (one seat)===
===Llanfihangel Aberbythych and Llangathen (one seat)===
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{{Election box begin | title= Llanfihangel Aberbythych and Llangathen 1979}}
Pugh had been elected as a Labour candidate in 1973.
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{{Election box begin | title= Llanfihangel Aberbythych and Llangathen 1976}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = D. Pugh
|candidate = D. Pugh*
|votes = 488
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = 53.7
|percentage =
|change =
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box hold with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|winner = Independent (politician)
|candidate = D.A. Jones
|swing =
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|votes = 420
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|percentage = 46.3
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|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box end}}

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|votes =
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===Llangadog and Llansadwrn (one seat)===
|percentage = 7.5
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|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
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}}
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|party = Plaid Cymru
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|candidate = Dafydd Prys Evans
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|votes = unopposed
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|change =
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|winner = Independent (politician)
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Independent (politician)
|swing =
|swing =
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


===Llangadog and Llansadwrn (one seat)===
===Llansawel and Talley (one seat)===
{{Election box begin | title= Llangadog and Llansadwrn 1976}}
{{Election box begin | title= Llansawel and Talley 1979}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = J. Barr*
|candidate = John Gwilym Evans*
|votes = 480
|votes =303
|percentage = 55.2
|percentage = 57.6
|change =
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Dafydd Prys Evans
|candidate = B. Harries
|votes = 389
|votes = 223
|percentage = 44.8
|percentage = 42.4
|change =
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 91
|votes =
|percentage = 10.5
|percentage =
|change =
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}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
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|winner = Independent (politician)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}

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===Llansawel and Talley (one seat)===
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{{Election box begin | title= Llansawel and Talley 1976}}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
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|party = Independent (politician)
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|candidate = J.G. Evans*
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
|percentage =
|change =
|change =
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===Penygroes (two seats)===
===Penygroes (two seats)===
{{Election box begin | title= Penygroes 1976}}
{{Election box begin | title= Penygroes 1979}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Lynne Davies
|candidate = Lynne Davies*
|votes = 730
|votes = 1,043
|percentage =
|percentage =
|change =
|change =
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|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = E.B. Davies*
|candidate = E.B. Davies*
|votes = 620
|votes =782
|percentage =
|percentage =
|change =
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = T. Pearce*
|candidate = K. Jones
|votes = 524
|votes = 531
|percentage =
|percentage =
|change =
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
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|winner = Plaid Cymru
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|loser = Independent (politician)
|swing =
|swing =
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===Saron (two seats)===
===Saron (two seats)===
{{Election box begin | title= Saron 1976}}
{{Election box begin | title= Saron 1979}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = W. Jones*
|candidate = Ken Williams
|votes = 734
|votes = 939
|percentage =
|percentage =
|change =
|change =
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|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = D. Davies*
|candidate = D. Davies*
|votes = 660
|votes = 829
|percentage =
|percentage =
|change =
|change =
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|party = Plaid Cymru
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = J.G. James
|candidate = J.G. James
|votes = 506
|votes = 769
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|percentage =
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|change =
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|party = Independent (politician)
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|candidate = E. Dent
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|votes = 559
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[[Category:Dinefwr Borough Council elections|1979]]
[[Category:Dinefwr Borough Council elections|1979]]
[[Category:Welsh local elections, 1979]]
[[Category:1979 Welsh local elections]]

Latest revision as of 20:37, 16 August 2024

An election to Dinefwr Borough 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 and community councils in Wales.

A small number of seats changed hands and it appeared that Plaid Cymru held the balance of power on the authority with Labour and the Independents winning a similar number of seats.[2]

Results

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Ammanford Town Ward 1 (one seat)

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Ammanford Town Ward 1 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kenneth Alvan Rees unopposed
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Ammanford Town Ward 2 (one seat)

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Ammanford Town Ward 2 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B.J.B. Williams unopposed
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Ammanford Town Ward 3 (one seat)

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Ammanford Town Ward 3 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Dr D.H. Davies* 331 51.6
Labour S.J.H. Batsford 310 48.4
Majority 21
Turnout
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Ammanford Town Ward 4 (one seat)

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Ammanford Town Ward 4 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A.H. Phillips* unopposed
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Ammanford Town Ward 5 (one seat)

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Ammanford Town Ward 5 1983
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B.G. Williams* 455 69.3
Plaid Cymru D.H. Davies 202 30.7
Majority 253
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Betws (one seat)

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Betws 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Arnallt James* 412 68.9
Independent E.H. Thomas 186 31.1
Majority 37.8
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Brynamman (one seat)

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Brynamman 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Socialist E.R. Thomas* 430 51.3
Labour D.A. Nicholas 408 48.7
Majority 22
Turnout
Independent Socialist hold Swing

Cilycwm (one seat)

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Cilycwm 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Thomas Theophilus* unopposed
Majority
Turnout
Independent hold Swing

Cwmamman (three seats)

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Cwmamman 1976
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Peter Dewi Richards* 1,653
Labour Gwynfryn Davies* 1,240
Labour David Ronald Harris 1,128
Labour D.H.J. Wyatt 998
Plaid Cymru John Edwin Lewis 805
Plaid Cymru Dafydd Wyn 492
Turnout
Independent hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Cwmllynfell (one seat)

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Cwmllynfell 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elwyn Williams 505 71.1
Independent W. Morgan 199 28.3
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Cynwyl Gaeo and Llanwrda (one seat)

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Cynwyl Gaeo and Llanwrda 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Cyril Lewis Lloyd* unopposed
Independent hold Swing

Glynamman (one seat)

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Glynamman 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Arthur Stanley Jones 427 51.6
Labour O. Davies 400 48.4
Majority
Turnout
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Llandeilo Fawr North Ward (one seat)

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Llandeilo Fawr North Ward 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent P. Jenkins* unopposed
Independent hold Swing

Llandeilo Fawr South Ward (one seat)

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Llandeilo Fawr South Ward 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent W.R. Price* unopposed
Independent hold Swing

Llandeilo Town (two seats)

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Llandeilo Town 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent D.R. Williams 752
Independent L.A. German* 590
Independent Elfryn Thomas* 561
Turnout
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

Llanddeusant / Myddfai (one seat)

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Llanddeusant / Myddfai 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent F.R. Jones* unopposed
Independent hold Swing

Llandovery Town (two seats)

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Llandovery Town 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent William Perry* 703
Independent David Hamilton Evans* 655
Independent J. Davies 630
Turnout
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

Llandybie and Heolddu (three seats)

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Llandybie and Heolddu 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mary Helena Thomas* 1,857
Labour I. Morgan* 1,655
Labour Herbert Brynmor Lewis Samways* 1,573
Plaid Cymru Arwel Davies 955
Turnout
Independent hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Llanegwad and Llanfynydd (one seat)

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Llanegwad and Llanfynydd 1976
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent R.P. Morgan* unopposed
Independent hold Swing

Llanfihangel Aberbythych and Llangathen (one seat)

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Llanfihangel Aberbythych and Llangathen 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent D. Pugh* unopposed
Independent hold Swing

Llangadog and Llansadwrn (one seat)

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Llangadog and Llansadwrn 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Dafydd Prys Evans unopposed
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent Swing

Llansawel and Talley (one seat)

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Llansawel and Talley 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Gwilym Evans* 303 57.6
Independent B. Harries 223 42.4
Majority
Turnout
Independent hold Swing

Penygroes (two seats)

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Penygroes 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Lynne Davies* 1,043
Labour E.B. Davies* 782
Labour K. Jones 531
Turnout
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Saron (two seats)

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Saron 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ken Williams 939
Labour D. Davies* 829
Plaid Cymru J.G. James 769
Independent E. Dent 559
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Dinefwr Borough Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Plaid hold balance at Dinefwr". Carmarthen Journal. 11 May 1979. p. 5. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
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