Carmarthen District Council election, 1976

An election to Carmarthen District Council were held in May 1976.^[1] It was preceded by the 1973 election and followed by the 1979 election. On the same day there were elections to the other local authorities and community councils in Wales.

Results

Abergwili and Llanllawddog (one seat)

Abergwili and Llanllawddog 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Samuel Scurlock Bowen*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Abernant (one seat)

Abernant 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William David Thomas*	640	70.0
	Independent	D. Phillips	195	21.3
	Independent	W. Griffiths	79	8.6
Majority				48.7
Turnout				82.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Carmarthen Town Ward One (four seats)

Carmarthen Town Ward One 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	H. Dewi Evans	899
	Independent	David Howell Merriman	888
	Labour	T.H. Gwyn Davies	847
	Labour	C. Dean*	811
	Labour	Kenneth Bryan Maynard	769
	Labour	W. Rogers*	736
	Plaid Cymru	John Gareth Matthews	704
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Carmarthen Town Ward Two (two seats)

Carmarthen Town Ward Two 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Thomas Llewellyn Davies*	684
	Independent	R. Evans*	538
	Independent	J. Jones	408
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Carmarthen Town Ward Three (three seats)

Carmarthen Town Ward Three 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Nam	904
	Independent	T.J. Hurley*	768
	Independent	Emrys Rees*	702
	Plaid Cymru	G. James	641
	Independent	D. Waters*	543
	Liberal	A. Jones	513
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Cilymaenllwyd (one seat)

Cilymaenllwyd 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Daniel Clodwyn Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Cynwyl Elfed and Llanpumsaint (one seat)

Cynwyl Elfed and Llanpumsaint 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	David Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Henllanfallteg (one seat)

Henllanfallteg 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	John Gibbin*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Laugharne Township (two seats)

Laugharne Township 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Frank Elwyn John*	946
	Independent	J. Rees*	712
	Independent	G. Machin	264
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanarthney and Llanddarog (three seats)

Llanarthney and Llanddarog 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Huw Voyle Williams*	1,605
	Labour	Thomas Henry Richards*	1,300
	Labour	E. Griffiths	1,196
	Labour	Percy W. Lewis*	1,061
	Independent	J. Jones	1,044
	Independent	W. Rees	708
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llandyfaelog (two seats)

Llandyfaelog 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	D. Stephens*	817
	Independent	Sidney Daniel John	804
	Plaid Cymru	W. Rees	704
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangeler (two seats)

Llangeler 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Thomas Wilfred Davies*	880
	Independent	Margaret Brynmor Williams*	833
	Plaid Cymru	D. Jones	678
	Independent	J. Griffiths	344
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth (one seat)

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David John Lewis*	666
	Independent	D.R. Jonathon	465
Majority				17.8
Turnout				80.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Rhos-y-Corn (one seat)

1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Evan Eirwyn Jones*	269	55.9
	Independent	D. Daniels	212	44.1
Majority				11.9
Turnout				76.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangain (one seat)

Llangain 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Griffith Trevor Rees*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangynnwr (two seats)

Llangynnwr 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	David Percy Jones*	1,066
	Independent	Evan James Thomas*	900
	Plaid Cymru	Hywel Lloyd Williams	547
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangyndeyrn (two seats)

Llangyndeyrn 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	H. Williams*	918
	Labour	William D. Evans*	906
	Independent	D.V. Owens	424
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanllwni (two seats)

Llanllwni 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	John Emrys Oriel Jones*	1,216
	Independent	Oliver Williams	856
	Independent	E. Evans	540
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Newcastle Emlyn (one seat)

Newcastle Emlyn 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	G. Davies	568	51.5
	Independent	G.E. Howell*	535	48.5
Majority			33	3.0
Turnout				84.9
	Independent hold		Swing

St Clears (two seats)

St Clears 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Victor Lawrence James	unopposed
	Independent	Benjamin Delwyn Royden Thomas*	unopposed
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Whitland (one seat)

Whitland 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	I. James*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

References

↑ "Carmarthen District Council Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

Council elections in the preserved county of Dyfed

Carmarthenshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1995 1999 2004 2008 2012

Ceredigion County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2004 2008 2012

Pembrokeshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1995 1999 2004 2008 2012

Dyfed County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished

Carmarthen District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

Dinefwr Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

Llanelli Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

South Pembrokeshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

(1975 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1976 (→ 1977)

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