1983 Ceredigion District Council election

An election to Ceredigion District Council was 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

Aberaeron (one seat)

Aberaeron 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J.A. Rees*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Aberbanc (one seat)

Aberbanc 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	L.L. Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Aberporth (one seat)

Aberporth 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J.L. Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Aberystwyth Ward One (four seats)

Aberystwyth Ward One 1983
	Candidate	Votes
Alliance (SDP)	Gareth Ellis*	1,223
Alliance (SDP)	Llewellyn Goronwy Edwards	1,086
Alliance (SDP)	Owen Henry Jones	825
Labour	C.H. Evans	617
Labour	J.B. Evans	554
Labour	Mrs B.E. Cole	524
Labour	W.J. Eden*	518
Alliance (Liberal)	M. Mantock	449
Alliance hold		Swing
Alliance gain from Labour		Swing
Alliance gain from Labour		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Aberystwyth Ward Two (two seats)

Aberystwyth Ward Two 1983
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Thomas Elwyn Williams	530
Alliance (Liberal)	Ceredig Jones*	453
Independent	Mona Rachel Morris	371
Plaid Cymru	Robert Davies	349
Alliance (Liberal)	Miss K.A. Jones*	309
Labour gain from Alliance		Swing
Alliance hold		Swing

Aberystwyth Ward Three (two seats)

Aberystwyth Ward Three 1983
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Hywel Griffiths Evans*	897
Alliance (Liberal)	M. Jones*	842
Alliance (Liberal)	J.R. Thomas	471
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
Alliance hold		Swing

Aeron (one seat)

Aeron 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Evan Evans Williams	329
	Plaid Cymru	B. Roberts	257
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing

Borth (one seat)

Borth 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Thomas Kinsey Raw-Rees*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Bow Street (one seat)

Bow Street 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Hywel Wyn Jones*	393
	Independent	D.F. Raw-Rees	233
Majority
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Cardigan (three seats)

Cardigan 1983
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	I.J.C. Radley*	876
Independent	O.M. Owen*	852
Independent	John Bertram Evans*	820
Independent	C.M. Phillips	465
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Cwmrheidol and Devils' Bridge (one seat)

Cwmrheidol and Devils' Bridge 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E.H. Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Faenor Upper (one seat)

Faenor Upper 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M.B. Roberts*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Felinfach (one seat)

Felinfach 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W.A. Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Lampeter (two seats)

Lampeter 1983
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	J.R. Evans*	861
Alliance (Liberal)	Mrs C.P. Barton	751
Independent	J.E. Roberts*	656
Alliance (Liberal)	A. Lawson	332
Independent hold		Swing
Alliance gain from Independent		Swing

Llanarth (one seat)

Llanarth 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Alan Thomas*	564
	Independent	J.O. Evans	205
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanbadarn Fawr (one seat)

Llanbadarn Fawr 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	J.E. Raw-Rees*	353
	Labour	R.B. Kemp	154
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandygwydd (one seat)

Llandygwydd 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Elfed Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandysul North (one seat)

Llandysul North 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas John Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandysul South (one seat)

Llandysul South 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A.Ll. Evans	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfair and Llanwnen (one seat)

Llanfair and Llanwnen 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Johnny Williams*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfarian (one seat)

Llanfarian 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A Morgan*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel and Llanilar (one seat)

Llanfihangel and Llanilar 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ll.D. Jones*	416
	Independent	W. Morgan	408
Majority			8
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llangeitho and Caron Isclawdd (one seat)

Llangeitho and Caron Isclawdd 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W.G. Bennett*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangoedmor (one seat)

Llangoedmor 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	I.J. Griffiths*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangrannog and Penbryn (one seat)

Llangrannog and Penbryn 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	E.T. Jenner*	769
	Independent	M.M. Woodford	47
Majority			722
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanilar and Llanrhystud (one seat)

Llanilar and Llanrhystud 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Richard Edwards*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanllwchaiarn and Llandysiliogogo (one seat)

Llanllwchaiarn and Llandysiliogogo 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J.E. Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llansantffraid and Cilcennin (one seat)

Llansantffraid and Cilcennin 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	L. Lloyd*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanwenog (one seat)

Llanwenog 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D.A. James*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Lledrod, Strata Florida and Ysbyty Ystwyth (one seat)

Lledrod, Strata Florida and Ysbyty Ystwyth 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M.J. Morgan	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Nantcwnlle, Llanddewi Brefi and Llangeitho (one seat)

Nantcwnlle, Llanddewi Brefi and Llangeitho 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hannah Marion Jones*	467
	Independent	J.G. Lloyd	428
Majority			39
	Liberal hold		Swing

New Quay (one seat)

New Quay 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	I.C. Pursey*	325
	Independent	R.F. de S. Pickering	164
Majority			161
	Independent hold		Swing

Taliesin and Talybont (one seat)

Taliesin and Talybont 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Rowland Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Trefeurig and Goginan (one seat)

Trefeurig and Goginan 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Troedyraur (one seat)

Troedyraur 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rev S. Idris Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

References

^ "Results". Western Mail. 6 May 1983.

[1] "Results". Western Mail. 6 May 1983.

[1]

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