1976 Dinefwr Borough Council election

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 district 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]

Results

Ammanford Town Ward 1 (one seat)

Ammanford Town Ward 1 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kenneth Alvan Rees	444	56.8
	Plaid Cymru	D.H. Davies	338	43.2
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Ammanford Town Ward 2 (one seat)

Ammanford Town Ward 2 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	B.J.B. Williams	449	66.2
	Labour	Glyn M. Harries	229	33.8
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Ammanford Town Ward 3 (one seat)

Ammanford Town Ward 3 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Ammanford Town Ward 4 (one seat)

Ammanford Town Ward 4 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A.H. Phillips*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Ammanford Town Ward 5 (one seat)

Ammanford Town Ward 5 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B.G. Williams*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Betws (one seat)

Betws 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Daniel Thomas*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Brynamman (one seat)

Brynamman 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Socialist	E.R. Thomas*	426	55.3
	Labour	W. Griffiths	358	45.7
Majority				8.6
Turnout				58.1
	Independent Socialist hold		Swing

Cilycwm (one seat)

Cilycwm 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Cwmamman (three seats)

Cwmamman 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	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

Cwmllynfell (one seat)

Cwmllynfell 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Thomas*	489	83.0
	Plaid Cymru	T. Jones	100	17.0
Majority			389
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Cynwyl Gaeo and Llanwrda (one seat)

Cynwyl Gaeo and Llanwrda 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Cyril Lewis Lloyd*	398	55.3
	Labour	J.H. Evans	322	44.7
Majority				10.6
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Glynamman (one seat)

Glynamman 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Morgan*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Llandeilo Fawr North Ward (one seat)

Llandeilo Fawr North Ward 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. Jenkins*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandeilo Fawr South Ward (one seat)

Llandeilo Fawr South Ward 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	W.R. Price*	247
	Independent	D.A. Richards	194
	Independent	W.T. Griffiths	184
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandeilo Town (two seats)

Llandeilo Town 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	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

Llanddeusant / Myddfai (one seat)

Llanddeusant / Myddfai 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	F.R. Jones*	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandovery Town (two seats)

Llandovery Town 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	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

Llandybie and Heolddu (three seats)

Llandybie and Heolddu 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	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

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)

Pugh had been elected as a Labour candidate in 1973.

Llanfihangel Aberbythych and Llangathen 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	D. Pugh*	488	53.7
	Independent	D.A. Jones	420	46.3
Majority				7.4
Turnout
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Llangadog and Llansadwrn (one seat)

Llangadog and Llansadwrn 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Barr*	480	55.2
	Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Prys Evans	389	44.8
Majority			91	10.4
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Llansawel and Talley (one seat)

Llansawel and Talley 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Gwilym Evans*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Penygroes (two seats)

Penygroes 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Lynne Davies	730
	Labour	E.B. Davies*	620
	Independent	T. Pearce*	524
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Saron (two seats)

Saron 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	W. Jones*	734
	Labour	D. Davies*	660
	Plaid Cymru	J.G. James	506
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "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.

[Dinefwr_PlymEC-1] "Dinefwr Borough Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

[CJ_14-5-76-2] "Plaid Gain Two at Dinefwr". Carmarthen Journal. 14 May 1976. p. 5. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

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