1979 Dinefwr Borough Council election

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 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

Ammanford Town Ward 1 (one seat)

Ammanford Town Ward 1 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Alvan Rees	unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Ammanford Town Ward 2 (one seat)

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)

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)

Ammanford Town Ward 4 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A.H. Phillips*	unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Ammanford Town Ward 5 (one seat)

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)

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)

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)

Cilycwm 1979

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

Cwmamman (three seats)

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)

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)

Cynwyl Gaeo and Llanwrda 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Cyril Lewis Lloyd*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Glynamman (one seat)

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)

Llandeilo Fawr North Ward 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. Jenkins*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandeilo Fawr South Ward (one seat)

Llandeilo Fawr South Ward 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W.R. Price*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandeilo Town (two seats)

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)

Llanddeusant / Myddfai 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	F.R. Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandovery Town (two seats)

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)

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)

Llanegwad and Llanfynydd 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R.P. Morgan*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Aberbythych and Llangathen (one seat)

Llanfihangel Aberbythych and Llangathen 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D. Pugh*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangadog and Llansadwrn (one seat)

Llangadog and Llansadwrn 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Prys Evans	unopposed
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Llansawel and Talley (one seat)

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)

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)

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

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