1991 Ceredigion District Council election

An election to Ceredigion District 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 Ceredigion County Council in 1995. On the same day there were elections to the other local authorities and community councils in Wales.

Overview

The Independents remained the largest group with a number of councillors elected unopposed.^[2] The uncontested wards were mainly in rural areas.^[3] However, some wards were keenly contested, including Cardigan.^[4]

Results

Aberaeron (one seat)

Aberaeron 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Wyn Lewis	unopposed
	Independent hold

Aberporth (one seat)

Aberporth 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William James Granville Varney*	unopposed
	Independent hold

Aberystwyth East (two seats)

Aberystwyth East 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Hywel Griffiths Evans*	588
Plaid Cymru	Gareth Butler*	395
Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Bennett	278
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Aberystwyth North (two seats)

Aberystwyth North 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	M. Jones*	651
Liberal Democrats	Ceredig Jones*	507
Independent	Mona Rachel Morris	428
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Aberystwyth South (two seats)

Both successful candidates had previously served as SDP councillors but did not join the Liberal Democrats.

Aberystwyth South 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Llewellyn Goronwy Edwards*	886
Independent	Gareth Ellis	687
Labour	C.H. Evans*	499
Liberal Democrats	P. Roberts	163
Green	A. Bowden	125
Independent hold		Swing
Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Aberystwyth West (two seats)

Aberystwyth West 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Hywel Thomas Jones	490
Liberal Democrats	Carol Ann Kolczak	377
Independent	Owen Henry Jones	374
Plaid Cymru	Simon Thomas	280
Independent	Keith Morris	240
Independent gain from Labour		Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Beulah (one seat)

Beulah 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	John Elfed Davies*	372
Independent	J.C.L. Evans	364
Independent	L.H.R. Patrick	170
Independent hold		Swing

Borth (one seat)

Borth 1991
	Candidate	Votes	%
Independent	William Thomas Kinsey Raw-Rees*	671	74.8
Labour	C.I. Campbell	226	25.2
Independent hold		Swing

Capel Dewi (one seat)

Capel Dewi 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas John Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold

Cardigan (three seats)

Cardigan 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Sandra Williams*	1,342
Independent	Thomas John Adams-Lewis	1,311
Independent	John Bertram Evans*	971
Independent	Tomos Melfydd George	689
Independent	Barbara Myers	472
Independent hold		Swing
Independent gain from Liberal		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Ceulanamaesmawr (one seat)

Ceulanamaesmawr 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Rowland Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Ciliau Aeron (one seat)

Stanley Meredith Thomas had been elected at a by-election following the death of the previous member.

Ciliau Aeron 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stanley Meredith Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent hold

Faenor (one seat)

Faenor 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peredur Wynne Eklund*	unopposed
	Liberal Democrats hold

Lampeter (two seats)

Lampeter 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Robert George Harris	1,003
Liberal Democrats	Cecilia P. Barton*	636
Independent	J.R. Evans*	628
Labour gain from Independent		Swing
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Llanarth (one seat)

Thomas had stood as an Alliance candidate in 1987

Llanarth 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent gain from Alliance

Llanbadarn Fawr (two seats)

Llanbadarn Fawr 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	John Richard Evans*	Unopposed
Independent	William Irfon Grifiths	Unopposed
Independent hold
Independent gain from Alliance

Llandyfriog (one seat)

Llandyfriog 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lyndon Lloyd Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold

Llandysiliogogo (one seat)

Llandysiliogogo 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	J.E. Evans*	603
Independent	R. Smith	252
Independent hold		Swing

Llandysul Town (one seat)

Llandysul Town 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Evan John Keith Evans*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Llanfarian (one seat)

Llanfarian 1991
	Candidate	Votes	%
Plaid Cymru	Alun Lloyd Jones	287	57.3
Independent	Derwyn Robert Evans	214	42.7
Plaid Cymru gain from Liberal		Swing

Llanfihangel Ystrad (one seat)

Jones stood as a Liberal in 1987

Llanfihangel Ystrad 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W.A. Jones*	unopposed
	Independent gain from Liberal

Llangeitho (one seat)

Llangeitho 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hannah Marion Jones*	unopposed
	Liberal hold

Llangybi (one seat)

Llangybi 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Johnny Williams*	unopposed
	Independent hold

Llanrhystud (one seat)

Llanrhystud 1991
	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal Democrats	William Richard Edwards*	392	50.8
Independent	E.M. Jones	379	49.2
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Llansantffraed (one seat)

Llansantffraed 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	L. Lloyd*	unopposed
	Independent hold

Llanwenog (one seat)

Llanwenog 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Alun James*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Lledrod (one seat)

Lledrod 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Lloyd Evans	unopposed
	Independent hold

Melindwr (one seat)

Melindwr 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E.H. Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold

New Quay (one seat)

New Quay 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	I.C. Pursey*	278
Independent	K.G. Young	195
Independent hold		Swing

Penbryn (one seat)

Penbryn 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	E.T. Jenner*	533
Plaid Cymru	Ian ap Dewi	392
Independent	G. Hutton	63
Liberal hold		Swing

Penparc (one seat)

Penparc 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	T. Haydn Lewis*	771
Plaid Cymru	Islwyn Iago	261
Independent hold		Swing

Tirymynach (one seat)

The sitting Plaid Cymru councilor failed to submit a valid nomination.

Tirymynach 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dafydd F. Raw-Rees	unopposed
	Independent gain from Plaid Cymru

Trefeurig (one seat)

Trefeurig 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T.A. Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent hold

Tregaron (one seat)

Tregaron 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W.G. Bennett*	unopposed
	Independent hold

Troedyraur (one seat)

Troedyraur 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J.D. Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent hold

Ystwyth one seat)

Ystwyth 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J.D.R. Jones*	unopposed
	Liberal Democrats hold

References

^ "Ceredigion District Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
^ "Mixed fortunes for election 'freshers'". Western Telegraph. 8 May 1991.
^ "Local Government Nominations". Western Mail. 6 April 1991.
^ "Mayor-elect is beaten". Carmarthen Journal. 8 May 1991.

[Ceredigion_PlymEC-1] "Ceredigion District Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 9 May 2016.

[WestTel-2] "Mixed fortunes for election 'freshers'". Western Telegraph. 8 May 1991.

[WM6-4-91-3] "Local Government Nominations". Western Mail. 6 April 1991.

[4] "Mayor-elect is beaten". Carmarthen Journal. 8 May 1991.

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