2004 Carmarthenshire County Council election

The third election to the Carmarthenshire County Council in Wales was held in May 2004. It was preceded by the 1999 election and followed by the 2008 election. As in previous elections, the Independent councillors had the largest number of seats. They resulted in a coalition between Independent and Labour Councillors for the next four years.

Overview

Carmarthenshire County Council election result 2004

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	25	3	5	-2	32.4	28.4	17,347
	Plaid Cymru	16	6	6	0	23	31.3	19,263
	Conservative	1	1	0	+1	1.3	2.1	1,276
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	1	-1	0	1.9	1,179
	Independent	32	8	4	+4	43.2	36.2	22,304
	Independent Labour	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0	0
	Ratepayers	0	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0

Results

Abergwili (one seat)

Abergwili 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Pamela Ann Palmer*	677	61.4	+61.4
	Plaid Cymru	Henry Jones-Davies	246	22.3	+22.3
	Labour	Frances Elizabeth Owens	179	16.2	+16.2
Majority			431	39.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Ammanford (one seat)

Ammanford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Hugh Evans*	636
	Plaid Cymru	David Thomas	337
Majority			299
	Labour hold		Swing

Betws (one seat)

Betws

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Dorian Evans*	329
	Plaid Cymru	Charlotte Price	299
Majority			30
	Labour hold		Swing

Bigyn two seats)

Bigyn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Melita Cooke*	728
	Labour	David Charles Prothero*	631
	Plaid Cymru	Michael Burns	495
	Independent	Brian Davies	410
	Independent	Lawrence Jenkins	351
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Burry Port (two seats)

Burry Port

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Ethel Mary Jones*	850
	Independent	Stephen Randall James	754
	Labour	Hugh Shepardson	710
	Plaid Cymru	Joanna Davies	301
	Plaid Cymru	Alexander Anderson	226
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Bynea (one seat)

Bynea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gwynne Harris Woolridge	544
	Labour	Muriel Jones	329
Majority			215
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Carmarthen Town North (two seats)

Carmarthen Town North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Peter Hughes Griffiths	767
	Plaid Cymru	Jeffrey Thomas	584
	Labour	Michael Stewart Elias	562
	Labour	Richard Evans	491
	Independent	Jeremy John	360
	Independent	Kevin Davies	214
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Carmarthen Town South (two seats)

Carmarthen Town South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	June Williams*	443
	Labour	Philip William Grice	551
	Plaid Cymru	David Jonathan Edwards	309
	Independent	Rob James	301
	Independent	Jennifer Fox	289
	Plaid Cymru	Jonathan Mendus Edwards	245
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent Labour		Swing

Carmarthen Town West (two seats)

Carmarthen Town West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Arthur Davies*	700
	Plaid Cymru	Alan Douglas Thomas Speake	647
	Labour	Nia Rhiannon Griffith	362
	Plaid Cymru	Andrew John Dixon	321
	Independent	David Howell Merriman*	292
	Independent	Phillip Griffiths	219
	Independent hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Cenarth (one seat)

The sitting Plaid Cymru councillor, John Crossley, chose to contest Llangeler and the party did not field a candidate, leading to the loss of the seat to the Independents.

Cenarth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Haydn Jones	368
	Independent	Thomas Hesford	350
	Independent	Peter Lewis	155
	Labour	Michael Barron	155
Majority			18
	Independent gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Cilycwm (one seat)

Cilycwm

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

Cynwyl Elfed (one seat)

Cynwyl Elfed

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Dorrien Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Cynwyl Gaeo (one seat)

Cynwyl Gaeo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	James Eirwyn Williams*	560
	Conservative	Henry Lloyd Davies	155
Majority			405
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Dafen (one seat)

Tegwen Devichand was elected at a by-election following the death of the previous councillor, Vernon Warlow.

Dafen 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tegwen Devichand*	546
	Plaid Cymru	Alford Clement Thomas	306
Majority			240
	Labour hold		Swing

Elli (one seat)

Elli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Paul Jenkins	369
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Jean Edmunds*	349
	Labour	Warren Cooke	288
Majority			20
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Felinfoel (one seat)

Felinfoel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David William Hugh Richards	312
	Labour	Henry John Evans*	281
Majority			31
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Garnant (one seat)

Garnant

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Madge*	567
	Independent	Netta Thomas	110
	Plaid Cymru	Emyr Williams	100
	Labour hold		Swing

Glanaman (one seat)

Glanaman

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Colin Evans*	529
	Plaid Cymru	David Jenkins	353
	Labour hold		Swing

Glanymor (two seats)

Glanymor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Frederick Meyler*	623
	Labour	David Allan Tucker*	556
	Plaid Cymru	Keith Skivington	472
	Independent	Anthony Davies	346
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Glyn (one seat)

Glyn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas James Jones*	685
	Labour	Ellana Thomas	153
Majority			532
	Independent hold		Swing

Gorslas (two seats)

Gorslas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Henry Clive Scourfield*	909
	Labour	Terry Davies	853
	Plaid Cymru	Thomas Rees	670
	Plaid Cymru	Andrew Hyde	320
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hendy (one seat)

William James crossed the floor from Independents in the previous term.

Hendy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	William Ieuan Bryant James	598
	Labour	Alun John Richards	323
Majority			275
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Hengoed (two seats)

Hengoed

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eryl Morgan	471
	Labour	Keith Thomas Davies	432
	Plaid Cymru	Michael Evans	398
	Plaid Cymru	Meilyr Bowen Hughes*	359
	Independent	Gordon Anderson	271
	Conservative	Fay Bowen	157
	Conservative	Dorothy McDonald	127
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Kidwelly (one seat)

Although the sitting councillor, a former Labour member of Llanelli Borough Council, was elected as an Independent Labour candidate in 1995, he subsequently joined the Independent group.

Kidwelly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gwilym Glanmor Jones*	664
	Independent	Michael Higgins	440
	Labour	Michael Rayner	144
Majority			224
	Independent hold		Swing

Laugharne Township (one seat)

Laugharne Township

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jane Tremlett	489
	Labour	Jack Done	401
	Independent	William Edmund Vincent John Davies	279
	Independent	Bob Costley	177
Majority			88
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanboidy (one seat)

Llanboidy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Daniel James Roy Llewellyn	492
	Independent	Gareth Lee	411
Majority			81
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Llanddarog (one seat)

The elected candidate, who had sat as a Ratepayer for Gorslas since 1995, and on Dyfed County Council since 1977, had now joined the Independent group.

Llanddarog

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William John Wyn Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandeilo (one seat)

Llandeilo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ieuan Goronwy Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandovery Town (one seat)

Llandovery Town 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ivor John Jackson	659
	Plaid Cymru	John Dyer	478
	Labour	Branwen Llewelyn Jones	88
Majority
	Independent gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Llandybie (two seats)

Anthony Wyn Jones was elected at a by-election following the death of the previous Independent councillor, Gerald Earl.

Llandybie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mary Helena Thomas*	881
	Labour	Anthony Wyn Jones*	747
	Plaid Cymru	Nesta Urquhart	584
	Plaid Cymru	Meirion Bowen	516
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanegwad (one seat)

Llanegwad and Llanfynydd

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dillwyn Anthony Williams*	864
	Liberal Democrats	Alleyne Caroline Farrington Evans	238
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Aberbythych (one seat)

Llanfihangel Aberbythych

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Rhys Davies	389
	Independent	Winston Kenneth Griffiths*	302
	Conservative	Tony Jukes	83
Majority			87
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth (one seat)

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Fioled Meirion Jones*	870
	Conservative	Douglas Mearns Spragg	214
Majority			656
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llangadog (one seat)

No Boundary Change. Ward named changed.

Llangadog

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Morgan	421
	Independent	Havard Jones	300
	Plaid Cymru	Rhobert ap Steffan	260
	Labour	Robert Holmes	44
Majority			121
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangeler (one seat)

The elected candidate was the sitting councillor for Cenarth since 1999.

Llangeler

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	John David George Crossley*	901
	Independent	Caroline Roberts	438
Majority
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Llangennech (two seats)

Llangenench

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Gwyneth Thomas*	712
	Plaid Cymru	William Gwyn Hopkins*	672
	Labour	Raymond Cooke	601
	Independent	Cerith David Thomas	481
	Socialist Labour	John Willock	180
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llangunnor (one seat)

Llangunnor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Clifford Merlin Jones*	686
	Plaid Cymru	Dewi Elwyn Williams	362
Majority			324
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangyndeyrn (one seat)

Llangyndeyrn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	William Tyssul Evans	872
	Labour	John Roberts	184
Majority
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llannon (two seats)

Llannon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Neil William Baker*	1,140
	Independent	Alun Owens	630
	Labour	Terrence Maxwell Evans	586
	Plaid Cymru	Philip Williams	530
	Labour	Megan Squires	412
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Llansteffan (one seat)

Osi Rhys Osmond had been elected at a by-election following the death of the previous Independent councillor, Arthur Harries.

Llansteffan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Daff Davies	614
	Plaid Cymru	Osi Rhys Osmond	516
Majority			98
	Independent gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Llanybydder (one seat)

Llanybydder

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ieuan Wyn Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Lliedi (two seats)

Lliedi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William George Thomas*	737
	Labour	William Edward Skinner*	731
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Denver Rees	592
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Morgan Lewis	550
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llwynhendy (two seats)

Dillwyn Bowen was the Labour councillor for Bynea from 1995 until de-selected by the Labour Party prior to the 2004 election. He then chose to contest Llwynhendy alongside sitting Independent councillor Don Davies, who had himself been de-selected by Labour prior to the 1999 election.

Llwynhendy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Dillwyn Bowen*	501
	Independent	Donald John Davies*	500
	Labour	Diana Darby	430
	Labour	Benjamin C.M. Reynolds	386
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Manordeilo and Salem (one seat)

Manordeilo and Salem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John James Jones Davies*	655
	Plaid Cymru	Andre Jacob	181
	Conservative	Martin Davies	132
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembrey (two seats)

Pembrey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vincent John Rees*	526
	Labour	John Clive Howells*	488
	Independent	Trevor Uriel Jones Thomas	463
	Plaid Cymru	Sian Caiach	423
	Plaid Cymru	Martin Davies	314
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Penygroes (one seat)

Penygroes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Siân Elisabeth Thomas*	552
	Labour	Mark Lewis	414
Majority			138
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Pontamman (one seat)

Pontamman

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vivian Lynne Llewellyn	461
	Plaid Cymru	John Binney	355
Majority			106
	Labour hold		Swing

Pontyberem (one seat)

Joy Williams captured the seat for Plaid Cymru at a by-election following the death of the previous Independent Labour councillor, Ieuan Edwards.

Pontyberem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Joy Williams*	918
	Labour	Ishtiaq Shiekh	135
Majority
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Quarter Bach (one seat)

Quarter Bach

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elwyn Williams*	655
	Plaid Cymru	Marion Binney	467
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

St Clears (one seat)

St Clears

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Philip Hughes*	955
	Independent	Lyn Luke ap Trin Davies	265
Majority			690
	Independent hold		Swing

St Ishmaels (one seat)

St Ishmaels

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lydia Mair Stephens	803
	Plaid Cymru	David Huw John*	414
	Independent gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Saron (two seats)

Saron

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	John Garfield Edwards*	786
	Labour	Alan Peter Cooper	754
	Plaid Cymru	Nigel Henry Evans*	682
	Labour	Betty Phillips	621
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Swiss Valley (one seat)

Swiss Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Anthony Giles Morgan	492
	Independent	Frederick James	210
	Labour	Carol Edwards	181
Majority			282
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Trelech (one seat)

Trelech

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William David Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Trimsaran (one seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Meryl Gravell*	604
	Labour	Geraint Hopkins	113
	Plaid Cymru	Dilwyn Jones	96
Majority			491
	Independent hold		Swing

Tycroes (one seat)

Tycroes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Thomas Enoch*	513
	Plaid Cymru	Emyr Brown	275
Majority			238
	Labour hold		Swing

Tyisha (two seats)

Tyisha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keri Peter Thomas	622
	Labour	Martin Philip Morris*	621
	Plaid Cymru	Dyfrig Thomas	362
	Plaid Cymru	Martin Davies	354
	Conservative	Betty Chambers	166
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitland (one seat)

Whitland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Morris Morgan*	447
	Independent	William Conwil Harries	271
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing