1991 Dinefwr Borough Council election

An election to Dinefwr Borough Council was held in May 1991.^[1] It was preceded by the 1987 election and followed, after local government reorganization, by the first election to Carmarthenshire County Council in 1995. On the same day there were elections to the other district local authorities and community councils in Wales.

Results by ward

Betws (one seat)

Betws 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Arnallt James*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Brynamman (one seat)

Brynamman 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Vivien Rees*	542
Independent	Ronald Frederick Mannall	54
Labour hold		Swing

Cilycwm (one seat)

Cilycwm 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Theophilus*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Cwmllynfell (one seat)

Cwmllynfell 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elwyn Williams*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Cynwyl Gaeo (one seat)

Cynwyl Gaeo 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Cyril Lewis Lloyd*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Dyffryn Cennen (one seat)

Dyffryn Cennen 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hal Glenville Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Garnant (two seats)

Garnant 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Kevin Madge*	713
Labour	William Richard Murphy*	593
Plaid Cymru	David John Lloyd Davies	375
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Glanamman (two seats)

Glanamman 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	David Ronald Harris*	648
Plaid Cymru	John Edwin Lewis	606
Labour	Howard James Power	437
Labour hold		Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Iscennen (one seat)

Iscennen 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Llynfa Meinir Melba Thomas	331
	Labour	Ronald Amman Davies*	303
Majority			28
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Llandeilo Castle (one seat)

Boundary Change

Llandeilo Castle 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ieuan Goronwy Jones	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandeilo Tywi (one seat)

Llandeilo Tywi 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Gareth Michael Davies	253
Independent	John Lynch	233
Independent hold		Swing

Llandovery Town (two seats)

Llandovery Town 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Denley Owen*	unopposed
	no nomination
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Llandybie (three seats)

Llandybie 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Mary Helena Thomas*	1,311
Labour	Brenda Vivien Evans*	1,018
Labour	Herbert Brynmor Lewis Samways*	990
Plaid Cymru	Sarah Ann Nesta Price	966
Independent hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Llanegwad and Llanfynydd (one seat)

Llanegwad and Llanfynydd 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Dillwyn Anthony Williams	810
	Green	Brig Oubridge	134
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangadog and Llansadwrn (one seat)

Llangadog and Llansadwrn 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Thomas Meirion Thomas	560
Independent	Glyndwr Thomas Davies*	396
Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Aberbythych (one seat)

Llanfihangel Aberbythych 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Arthur Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llansawel (one seat)

Llansawel 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Gwilym Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Manordeilo and Salem (one seat)

Manordeilo and Salem 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Myddfai (one seat)

The ward was previously known as Llanddeusant and Myddfai

Myddfai 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Francis Roland Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Pantyffynnon (one seat)

Pantyffynnon 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Benjamin James Brinley Williams*	437
Value for Money	David Howard Cooke	176
Labour hold		Swing

Penygroes (two seats)

Penygroes 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Lynne Davies*	unopposed
Labour	Evan Bertie Davies*	unopposed
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Pontamman (one seat)

Boundary Change

Pontamman 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Kenneth Alvan Rees*	349
Independent	David John Brian Thomas	177
Labour win (new seat)

Quarter Bach (one seat)

Quarter Bach 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Arthur Stanley Jones*	386
	Labour	John Ronald Griffin	190
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Saron (two seats)

Saron 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Terrence Hopkin Marshall*	unopposed
Labour	Iorwerth Myrddin Thomas*	unopposed
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Tirydail (one seat)

Tirydail 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Jeffrey Panes*	298
Accountability Party	James Richards	249
Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "Labour loses control after 17 years". Carmarthen Journal. 8 May 1991.

[1] "Labour loses control after 17 years". Carmarthen Journal. 8 May 1991.

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