1976 Carmarthen District Council election

An election to Carmarthen District Council was 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 District local authorities and community councils in Wales.

The overwhelming majority of seats were held by Independent candidates. Several Labour candidates were returned but all five Plaid Cymru candidates were defeated. The vice chairman of the authority, Glyn Howell, was defeated by another Independent at Newcastle Emlyn.^[2]

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	Dewi Carwyn Phillips	195	21.3
	Independent	William Harcour 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. Gwynne Davies	847
	Labour	Cliff Dean*	811
	Labour	Kenneth Bryan Maynard	769
	Labour	William Job Rogers*	736
	Plaid Cymru	John Gareth Matthews	704
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Carmarthen Town Ward Two (two seats)

Carmarthen Town Ward Two 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Thomas Llewellyn Davies*	684
	Independent	Ronald Byles Evans*	538
	Independent	John Michael 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	Thomas James Hurley*	768
	Independent	Emrys Rees*	702
	Plaid Cymru	Gwilym James	641
	Independent	David Aneurin Waters*	543
	Liberal	Arthur 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	John 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	Evan Rhys Griffiths	1,196
	Labour	Percy W. Lewis*	1,061
	Independent	Jane Ann Jones	1,044
	Independent	William Rees	708
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llandyfaelog (two seats)

Llandyfaelog 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Derrick William H. Stephens*	817
	Independent	Sidney Daniel John	804
	Plaid Cymru	William R. 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	David Howell 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)

Llanfihangel Rhos-y-Corn 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Evan Eirwyn Jones*	269	55.9
	Independent	David R.M. 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 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Harold Albert Williams*	918
	Labour	William D. Evans*	906
	Independent	Dynfor Vaughan 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	Evan Llewellyn Evans	540
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Newcastle Emlyn (one seat)

Newcastle Emlyn 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Glanville Davies	568	51.5
	Independent	Glyn 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	Idris Powell James*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

References

^ "Carmarthen District Council Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
^ "Carmarthen District Council Elections. Vice Chairman Defeated". Carmarthen Journal. 14 May 1976. p. 5. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[Carmarthen_PlymEC-1] "Carmarthen District Council Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

[CJ_14-5-76-2] "Carmarthen District Council Elections. Vice Chairman Defeated". Carmarthen Journal. 14 May 1976. p. 5. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

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