1989 Dyfed County Council election

The fifth election to Dyfed County Council was held in May 1989.^[1] It was preceded by the 1985 election and followed by the 1993 election. There were extensive boundary changes at this election.

The Independents remained the largest party with Labour the nearest challenger.

Minor boundary changes. This ward was largely based on the previous Teifiside No.3 Ward. Dewi Lewis, who previously represented Cardigan, chose to contest Aberporth on this occasion after the siting Liberal member retired.

Aberporth 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alban Dewi Lewis*	872	49.7
	Plaid Cymru	Islwyn Iago	702	40.0
	Green	Marilyn A. Wakefield	179	10.2
Majority				9.7
Turnout				45.1
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing

The previous Cardigan ward was renamed Aberteifi. The siting member, Dewi Lewis, chose to contest Aberporth instead.

Aberteifi 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sandra Williams	1,119	58.7
	Independent	Hywel Gwynfi Jenkins	787	41.3
Majority				17.4
Turnout				56.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Boundary Change

Aberystwyth North 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Hywel Griffiths Evans*	977	53.5
	SLD	Ceredig Jones*	344	18.8
	Labour	N. Pritchard	265	14.5
	Green	C.G.B. Simpson	240	13.1
Majority				34.7
Turnout				47.6
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Boundary Change

Aberystwyth South 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Griffith Eric Hughes*	1,393	55.0
	SLD	Eric John Griffiths	1,140	45.0
Majority				10.0
Turnout				56.9
	Labour win (new seat)

The ward was previously known as Teifiside No.2

Beulah 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Emrys Jones	911	70.2
	Independent	K. Symmons	386	29.8
Majority				40.4
Turnout				44.7
	Independent hold		Swing

The ward was previously known as Aberystwyth Rural No. 2

Borth 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Wynn Cowell*	840	59.3	+13.6
	Labour	Peter James Goodman	576	40.7	+14.2
Majority				18.6	+0.8
Turnout				35.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Lampeter 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert George Harris*	1,578	83.3
	Plaid Cymru	Ashley Drake	317	16.7
Majority				66.6
Turnout				52.3
	Labour hold		Swing

The ward was previously known as Aberystwyth Rural No. 3

Llanbadarn Fawr 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Griffith Gwynfor Jones*	1,538	69.2	+25.4
	Labour	C. Rodgers	683	30.8	+15.0
Majority				38.4
Turnout				42.8
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

The ward was previously known as Aberaeron No. 3

Llandysiliogogo 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	John Rheinallt Evans*	unopposed
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

The ward was previously known as Teifiside No.1

Llandyfriog 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D.G.E. Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

The ward was previously known as Aberaeon No.2

Llanfihangel Ystrad 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	W.A. Jones*	Unopposed
	SLD hold

The ward was previously known as Aberaeon No.1. Jack Rees, the sitting Independent member, contested the seat for Plaid Cymru but was defeated by the previous member, Evan Williams, reversing the result four years previously.

Llansantffraid 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	Evan Evans Williams	1,220	51.8	+7.7
	Plaid Cymru	John Austen Rees*	1,134	48.2	+48.2
Majority				3.6
Turnout				57.1
	SLD gain from Independent		Swing

The ward was previously known as Tregaron.

Lledrod 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Gethin Bennett	Unopposed
	Independent hold

The ward was previously known as Aberystwyth Rural No. 1

Ystwyth 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	John David Rowland Jones	1,187	65.6	+0.5
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Lloyd Jones	622	34.4	+34.3
Majority				31.2
Turnout				51.7
	SLD hold		Swing

The ward was previously known as Carmarthen Rural No. 6.

Abergwili 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J.L. James*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Boundary Change.

Ammanford 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Myrddin Evans*	1,032	33.1
	Plaid Cymru	M. James	865	27.8
	Independent Labour	David Howard Cooke*	775	24.9
	Independent	D. Thomas	444	14.2
Majority				5.3
Turnout				57.3
	Labour win (new seat)

Boundary Change.

Bigyn 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Philip Morris*	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Boundary Change.

Burry Port 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bryan Joseph Rayner*	893	67.4
	Plaid Cymru	Raymond L. Hall	432	32.6
Majority				34.8
Turnout				37.8
	Labour win (new seat)

The ward was previously known as Carmarthen No. 1

Carmarthen Town North 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Bryan Maynard*	1,269	77.1	+24.8
	Plaid Cymru	Helen Llewelyn	377	22.9	+22.9
Majority				54.2	+49.6
Turnout				40.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Boundary Change.

Carmarthen Town South 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	Richard John Goodridge	898	43.2
	Independent	W.G. Tucker	799	38.5
	Plaid Cymru	Geraint Thomas	381	18.3
Majority				4.7
Turnout				44.3
	SLD win (new seat)

The ward was previously known as Carmarthen No. 3

Carmarthen Town West 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Wigley Lloyd	606	43.2	−3.7
	Independent	Helen Margaret Thomas	539	37.5
	Plaid Cymru	Mary Kathleen Davies	291	20.3	+20.3
Majority				4.7
Turnout				46.8
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Boundary Change.

Elli 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Charles James	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Felinfoel 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Cledwyn Francis*	Unopposed
	Labour hold

The ward was previously known as Cwmamman.

Glanamman 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	W.J. Davies*	857	45.2	+3.2
	Labour	S. Williams	593	34.0	+3.4
	Plaid Cymru	John Edwin Lewis	314	18.0	−9.4
	Green	M. Burgess	48	2.8	+2.8
Majority				11.2
Turnout
	Independent Labour hold		Swing

Boundary Change.

Glanymor 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Frederick Meyler*	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

The ward was previously known as Carmarthen Rural No. 1

Gorslas 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayer	William J. Wyn Evans*	unopposed
	Ratepayer hold		Swing

Hugh Peregrine, who previously represented Pembrey, was returned unopposed for the Hengoed ward after the sitting Independent member stood down.

Hengoed 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Samuel Peregrine*	Unopposed
	Labour gain from Independent

Kidwelly 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hywel Glyndwr Rees*	Unopposed
	Labour hold

The ward was previously known as Llandeilo No. 1

Llandovery 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W.D.R. Davies*	1,171	75.6
	Green	R. Bowden	377	24.4	+24.4
Majority				51.2
Turnout				43.5
	Independent hold		Swing

The ward was previously known as Llandeilo No. 5

Llandybie 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gerald J. Earl*	1,650	82.5	+31.7
	Independent	P.A. Langford	347	17.5
Majority				65.0
Turnout				52.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanedi 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D. Davies	1,140	60.6
	Labour	L. Jenkins	740	39.4
Majority				21.2
Turnout				48.4
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

The ward was previously known as Llandeilo No. 2

Llanegwad 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D.T. Davies*	1,688	88.4
	Green	G.E. Oubridge	222	11.6
Majority				76.8
Turnout				48.0
	Independent hold		Swing

The ward was previously known as Newcastle Emlyn No. 2.

Llanfihangel ar Arth 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Evans*	1,884	68.8	−1.7
	Plaid Cymru	M.E. Thomason	854	31.2	+31.2
Majority				37.6
Turnout				60.5
	Independent hold		Swing

The ward was previously known as Llandeilo No. 6

Llangadog 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gwyn Jones	781	34.3	+8.6
	SLD	W.R. Price*	777	34.1	+6.1
	Independent	D. Thomas	545	23.9
	Green	Tim Shaw	177	7.8	+7.8
Majority			4	0.2
Turnout				57.1
	Independent gain from SLD		Swing

The ward was previously known as Newcastle Emlyn No. 1

Llangeler 1985

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Wilfred Davies	1,509	62.8
	Independent	D.J. Jones	455	19.0
	Independent	William Michael Davies*	437	18.2	−36.6
Majority				43.8
Turnout				60.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangennech 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Gordon Lewis	Unopposed
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru

Boundary Change.

Llangyndeyrn 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Ian Evans*	1,283	66.7
	Plaid Cymru	Handel Michael Ayres Williams	641	33.3
Majority				33.4
Turnout				43.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Llannon 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Malcolm Davies*	Unopposed
	Labour hold

The ward was previously known as Carmarthen Rural No. 4.

Llansteffan 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Arthur J. Harries*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Boundary Change.

Lliedi 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Grenville Darby	856	65.4
	SLD	Jonathan E. Burree	452	34.6
Majority				30.8
Turnout				29.8
	Labour win (new seat)

Boundary Change.

Llwynhendy 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eunydd Ashley Brynmor Thomas*	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Pembrey 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Vaughan Owens	979	61.1
	Plaid Cymru	H.M. Tierney	622	38.9
Majority				22.2
Turnout				32.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Pontyberem 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Howard Jones*	Unopposed
	Labour hold

The ward was previously known as Llandeilo No. 3

Quarter Bach 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Maddock	Unopposed
	Labour hold

The ward was previously known as Llandeilo No. 4

Saron 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Williams*	1,177	61.3
	Plaid Cymru	John Gareth James	742	38.7
Majority				22.6
Turnout				46.3
	Labour hold		Swing

The ward was previously known as Carmarthen Rural No. 5

St Clears 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dr William Edmund V.J. Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Boundary Change.

Tyisha 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Grismond J. Williams*	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

The ward was previously known as Carmarthen Rural No. 7. Plaid Cymru won the seat unopposed after the sitting independent member stood down.

Whitland 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Daniel James Roy Llewellyn	Unopposed
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent

Boundary change

Camrose 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dewi Llewellyn James	588	51.9
	Independent	Alwyn Cadwallader Luke	546	48.1
Majority				3.8
Turnout				35.2
	Independent win (new seat)

The ward was previously known as Cemaes No. 2.

Crymych 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T.R. George*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Minor boundary change. The ward was previously known as Pembroke Rural No. 2.

East Williamston 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W.R. Douglas	1,171	63.5
	Independent	Norman Richard Parry*	673	36.5	−18.0
Majority				27.0
Turnout				39.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Boundary change.

Fishguard 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Lloyd Evans*	Unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

The ward was previously known as Milford Haven No. 2

Hakin 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eric Ronald Harries	1,003	49.7
	Independent	Arthur George Edwards	442	21.9
	Labour	Alun Emanuel Byrne	421	20.9	−26.8
	Plaid Cymru	A. Venables	151	7.5	+7.5
Majority				27.8
Turnout				52.6	+7.6
	Independent hold		Swing

Boundary change.

Llangwm 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Henry Hitchings*	1,149	60.1
	Independent	H.W. Phillips*	624	32.6
	Independent	G.R. Stone	139	7.3
Majority				27.5
Turnout				46.8
	Independent win (new seat)

The ward was previously known as Milford Haven No. 1.

Milford Central and East 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	G. Sizer*	577	47.6	+12.2
	Labour	P. Greenfield-Long	397	32.7
	Independent	Irwin Edwards	239	19.7
Majority				14.9
Turnout				34.8	−15.8
	SLD hold		Swing

The ward was previously known as Milford Haven No. 3.

Milford North and West 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Edward George Setterfield	742	62.7
	Labour	David John Adams*	441	37.3	−11.3
Majority				25.4
Turnout				37.6	−3.9
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

The ward was previously known as Narberth No. 2.

Narberth 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Asby*	1,109	50.4	−6.3
	Conservative	Alan Walter Edwards	1,090	49.6
Majority				0.8
Turnout				51.5	+6.1
	Labour hold		Swing

The ward was previously known as Neyland and Llanstadwell.

Neyland 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W.G.H. James*	Unopposed
	Labour hold

The ward was previously known as Pembroke No. 1.

Pembroke St Mary 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F.H. Levesley*	Unopposed
	Labour hold

The ward was previously known as Pembroke Rural No. 1.

Pembroke St Michael 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rev G.R. Ball*	738	52.5
	SLD	A. Hovey	667	47.5
Majority				5.0
Turnout				36.9
	Independent hold		Swing

The ward was previously known as Pembroke No. 2

Pembroke Dock Llanion 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I.E. Morgan*	719	51.5	−17.9
	Independent	D. Jones	456	32.7
	Independent	Dilys Tice	221	15.8
Majority				18.8	−20.0
Turnout				38.2	+3.1
	Labour hold		Swing

The ward was previously known as Pembroke No. 3

Pembroke Dock Pennar 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicholas Richard Ainger*	899	65.8
	SLD	J.S. Fenwick	467	34.2
Majority				31.6
Turnout				41.0
	Labour hold		Swing

The ward was previously known as Haverfordwest No.1.

Portfield 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T.G. Parry*	732	52.2
	Independent	Donald Richard Twigg	671	47.8
Majority				4.4
Turnout				40.8
	Independent hold		Swing

The ward was previously known as Haverfordwest No. 2

Priory 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Haydn Eric Davies	1,424	68.8
	Independent	D.S. Grey*	645	31.2
Majority				37.6
Turnout				45.5	+14.4
	Independent hold		Swing

The ward was previously known as Cemaes No. 3.

Rudbaxton 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David John Thomas*	1,285	80.4
	Independent	John William James Roberts	314	19.6
Majority				60.8
Turnout				39.5
	Independent hold		Swing

The ward was previously known as Haverfordwest Rural No. 1

St David's 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Gordon Cawood	1,615	93.1
	Independent	W.W. Bartlett	119	6.9
Majority				86.2
Turnout				45.3
	Independent hold		Swing

The ward was previously known as Cemaes No. 1.

St Dogmaels 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Halket Jones	1,387
	Labour	P. Harwood	238
	Independent	W. Jones	146
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

The ward was previously known as Narberth No. 1.

Saundersfoot 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	G.C. Rowe	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Tenby 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Tracy Folland	788	39.5
	Independent	W. Hardy	510	25.6
	Independent	William James Rossiter	343	17.2
	Plaid Cymru	D. Griffiths	212	10.6
	Independent	C.J. Evans	89	4.5	−27.2
	Independent	A. Gozzer	54	2.7
Majority				13.9
Turnout				46.2	+2.4
	Independent gain from SDP		Swing

Boundary change.

The Havens 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T.R.L. Martin*	679	39.5
	Independent	George Charles Grey	521	30.3
	Independent	Basil Ralph Woodruff*	275	16.0
	Independent	K.W.J. Rogers	246	14.3
Majority				13.8
Turnout				45.0
	Independent win (new seat)