Ceredigion County Council election, 1995

The first elections to the Ceredigion County Council were held on 4 May 1995. It was followed by the 1999 election.^[1]

Overview

As was the case with the previous authority, the Independents were the largest group with a number of councillors elected unopposed

Boundaries

The boundaries were identical to those used since 1987 for elections to the previous Ceredigion District Council.

Candidates

In addition to retiring members of the Ceredigion District Council a number of members of Dyfed County Council also sought election.

Results

Aberaeron (one seat)

Aberaeron 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	R. Wyn Lewis*	470
Plaid Cymru	T.D.G. Evans	231
Independent	M.A. Richards	165
Independent hold		Swing

Aberporth (one seat)

Aberporth 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	William James Granville Varney*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Aberystwyth East (two seats)

Aberystwyth East 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Hywel Griffiths Evans+*	554
Plaid Cymru	Gareth Butler*	434
Green	J. Williams	109
Liberal Democrat	N.R. Diack	106
Liberal Democrat	M. Veart	93
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Aberystwyth North (two seats)

Aberystwyth North 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrat	Edgar Carl Williams*	554
Liberal Democrat	R.L. Griffin	340
Plaid Cymru	Einion Gruffudd	291
Independent	Mona Rachel Morris	286
Plaid Cymru	D.F. Raw-Rees*	229
Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Aberystwyth South (two seats)

Aberystwyth South 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Llewellyn Goronwy Edwards*	864
Independent	Gareth Ellis*	862
Liberal Democrat	Graham Thomas Parry	207
Plaid Cymru	D.M. Parkin	112
Liberal Democrat	C.J. Onions	94
Green	S.M. Scott	63
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Aberystwyth West (two seats)

Aberystwyth West 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrat	Eric John Griffiths+	634
Independent	Hywel Thomas Jones*	441
Liberal Democrat	Carol Ann Kolczak*	265
Plaid Cymru	Margaret Elin Jones	243
Independent	Owen Henry Jones	188
Green	Dr C.C. Busby	127
Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Beulah (one seat)

Beulah 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	John Elfed Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Borth (one seat)

Borth 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	William Thomas Kinsey Raw-Rees*	522
Green	J.A. Edkins	283
Independent hold		Swing

Capel Dewi (one seat)

Capel Dewi 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Thomas John Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Cardigan (three seats)

Cardigan 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Thomas John Adams-Lewis*	unopposed
Liberal Democrat	D.M.B. Davies*	unopposed
Liberal Democrat	Sandra Williams*	unopposed
Independent hold		Swing
Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Ceulanamaesmawr (one seat)

Ceulanamaesmawr 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	H. James	497
Independent	J.R. Davies*	424
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Ciliau Aeron (one seat)

Ciliau Aeron 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Stanley Meredith Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Faenor (one seat)

Faenor 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrat	Peredur Wynne Eklund+*	559
Labour	Thomas Elwyn Williams	319
Plaid Cymru	Nona Tudor Evans	180
Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Lampeter (two seats)

Lampeter 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Robert George Harris+*	unopposed
Liberal Democrat	David Doiran Evans	unopposed
Labour hold		Swing
Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Llanarth (one seat)

The sitting district councillor, elected as an Independent in 1991 but as an Alliance candidate in 1987 stood down. Rheinallt Evans, a county councillor since 1985, was defeated.

Llanarth 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrat	T.E. Evans	446
Plaid Cymru	John Rheinallt Evans+	200
Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Llanbadarn Fawr (two seats)

Llanbadarn Fawr 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	J.R. Evans*	346
Independent	W.I. Grifiths*	329
Plaid Cymru	Alun Geraint Cox	299
Green	T.J. Foster	189
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Llandyfriog (one seat)

Llandyfriog 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Lyndon Lloyd Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandysiliogogo (one seat)

Llandysiliogogo 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	J.E. Evans*	509
Plaid Cymru	D.I. Jones	299
Independent hold		Swing

Llandysul Town (one seat)

Llandysul Town 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	E.J. Keith Evans	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfarian (one seat)

Llanfarian 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Alun Lloyd Jones*	359
Liberal Democrat	D.R. Evans	192
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Ystrad (one seat)

Llanfihangel Ystrad 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrat	Huw Ceiriog Lloyd-Williams	512
Plaid Cymru	J.B. Hughes	508
Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Llangeitho (one seat)

Llangeitho 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Hannah Marion Jones*	unopposed
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Llangybi (one seat)

Llangybi 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Johnny Williams*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanrhystud (one seat)

Llanrhystud 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrat	William Richard Edwards*	488
Plaid Cymru	E.M.S. Hughes	279
Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Llansantffraed (one seat)

Llansantffraed 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	D.M. James	503
Independent	T.B. Edwards	389
Liberal Democrat	P.M. Simmons	153
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Llanwenog (one seat)

Llanwenog 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	D. Alun James*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Lledrod (one seat)

Lledrod 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	David Lloyd Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Melindwr (one seat)

Melindwr 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrat	Fred Williams	468
Plaid Cymru	G.G. Jones	392
Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

New Quay (one seat)

New Quay 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	J.R. Evans*	239
Independent	S.G. Hopley	227
Independent	J.D. Leworthy	54
Independent hold		Swing

Penbryn (one seat)

Penbryn 1991
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	J.G. Jenkins*	617
Anti Racialist	G. Hutton	55
Independent hold		Swing

Penparc (one seat)

Penparc 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Thomas Haydn Lewis+*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Tirymynach (one seat)

Tirymynach 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	W.P. James+	472
Independent	J.P. Rees	237
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Trefeurig (one seat)

Trefeurig 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	T.A. Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Tregaron (one seat)

Tregaron 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	W.G. Bennett*	499
Plaid Cymru	J.D. Kinnibrugh	164
Independent hold		Swing

Troedyraur (one seat)

Troedyraur 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	J.D. Thomas*	386
Plaid Cymru	D.J. Bevan	222
Independent hold		Swing

Ystwyth one seat)

Ystwyth 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrat	J.D.R. Jones*	677
Green	G.J. Town	115
Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

↑ Western Mail, 6 May 1995

Council elections in the preserved county of Dyfed

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