Carmarthen Town South
Carmarthen Town South is an electoral ward, representing part of the community of Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
History
Carmarthen Town South has been an electoral ward since the 1940s. It was previously known as Carmarthen Town No.2 Ward. It is currently a two-member electoral ward for the purposes of elections to Carmarthenshire County Council and a five-member electoral ward for elections to Carmarthen Town Council.
From 1973 until 1996 it was a single-member ward for the purposes of elections to Dyfed County Council and a two-member ward for elections to Carmarthen District Council
Carmarthenshire County Council from 1995
In 1995, Dr Margaret Evans, a Liberal Democrat member of Carmarthenshire District Council since 1991 and Russell Davies, a Labour member of Carmarthen District Council since 1979 were elected as the ward's first representatives on the new Carmarthenshire County Council.[1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Dr Margaret Elizabeth Evans* | 982 | |||
Labour | John Russell Davies* | 808 | |||
Independent | Richard John Goodridge | 682 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
One of the seats was won by the Liberal Democrats in 1995 but lost to an Independent at a by-election following the death of the sitting member. The sitting Labour councillor, who had served on Carmarthen District Councuil since 1979, was de-selected by the party but was re-elected as an Independent Labour candidate.[2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | June Williams* | 774 | |||
Independent Labour | John Russell Davies* | 551 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Geraint Thomas | 547 | |||
Labour | Philip William Grice | 397 | |||
Labour | Mandy Diane Peters | 321 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent Labour gain from Labour | Swing |
Following the retirement of the Independent Labour (and former Labour) councillor, Russell Davies, the seat was won by a Labour candidate.
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 |
Plaid Cymru held both seats with Gareth O. Jones replacing Jeff Thomas who stood down.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Peter Hughes Griffiths* | 1,058 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Gareth Owen Jones | 740 | |||
Labour | Douglas Edmund Ynyr Richards Rose | 462 | |||
Independent | David Neil Lewis | 461 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Plaid Cymru held both seats with the sitting members again returned.