2004 Carmarthenshire County Council election

The third election to Carmarthenshire County Council in Wales was held in May 2004. It was preceded by the 1999 election and followed by the 2008 election. As in previous elections, the Independent councillors had the largest number of seats. This resulted in a coalition between Independent and Labour Councillors for the next four years.

Overview

Carmarthenshire County Council election result 2004^[1]^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	/−
Labour	25	3	5	-2	32.4	28.4	17,347
Plaid Cymru	16	6	6	0	23.0	31.3	19,263
Conservative	1	1	0	1	1.3	2.1	1,276
Liberal Democrats	0	0	1	-1	0.0	1.9	1,179
Independent	32	8	4	4	43.2	36.2	22,304
Independent Labour	0	0	2	-1	0.0	0.0	0	0
Ratepayers	0	0	1	-1	0.0	0.0	0	0

Results by ward

Abergwili (one seat)

Abergwili 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Pamela Ann Palmer*	677	61.4	61.4
	Plaid Cymru	Henry Jones-Davies	246	22.3	22.3
	Labour	Frances Elizabeth Owens	179	16.2	16.2
Majority			431	39.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Ammanford (one seat)

Ammanford
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Michael Hugh Evans*	636
	Plaid Cymru	David Thomas	337
Majority			299
	Labour hold		Swing

Betws (one seat)

Betws
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John Dorian Evans*	329
	Plaid Cymru	Charlotte Price	299
Majority			30
	Labour hold		Swing

Bigyn two seats)

Bigyn
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Sandra Melita Cooke*	728
Labour	David Charles Prothero*	631
Plaid Cymru	Michael Burns	495
Independent	Brian Davies	410
Independent	Lawrence Jenkins	351
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Burry Port (two seats)

Burry Port
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Patricia Ethel Mary Jones*	850
Independent	Stephen Randall James	754
Labour	Hugh Shepardson	710
Plaid Cymru	Joanna Davies	301
Plaid Cymru	Alexander Anderson	226
Labour hold		Swing
Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Bynea (one seat)

Bynea
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Gwynne Harris Woolridge	544
	Labour	Muriel Jones	329
Majority			215
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Carmarthen Town North (two seats)

Carmarthen Town North
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Peter Hughes Griffiths	767
Plaid Cymru	Jeffrey Thomas	584
Labour	Michael Stewart Elias	562
Labour	Richard Evans	491
Independent	Jeremy John	360
Independent	Kevin Davies	214
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Carmarthen Town South (two seats)

Carmarthen Town South
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	June Williams*	443
Labour	Philip William Grice	551
Plaid Cymru	David Jonathan Edwards	309
Independent	Rob James	301
Independent	Jennifer Fox	289
Plaid Cymru	Jonathan Mendus Edwards	245
Independent hold		Swing
Labour gain from Independent Labour		Swing

Carmarthen Town West (two seats)

Carmarthen Town West
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Arthur Davies*	700
Plaid Cymru	Alan Douglas Thomas Speake	647
Labour	Nia Rhiannon Griffith	362
Plaid Cymru	Andrew John Dixon	321
Independent	David Howell Merriman*	292
Independent	Phillip Griffiths	219
Independent hold		Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Cenarth (one seat)

The sitting Plaid Cymru councillor, John Crossley, chose to contest Llangeler and the party did not field a candidate, leading to the loss of the seat to the Independents.

Cenarth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	William Haydn Jones	368
	Independent	Thomas Hesford	350
	Independent	Peter Lewis	155
	Labour	Michael Barron	155
Majority			18
	Independent gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Cilycwm (one seat)

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

Cynwyl Elfed (one seat)

Cynwyl Elfed
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Dorrien Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Cynwyl Gaeo (one seat)

Cynwyl Gaeo
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	James Eirwyn Williams*	560
	Conservative	Henry Lloyd Davies	155
Majority			405
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Dafen (one seat)

Tegwen Devichand was elected at a by-election following the death of the previous councillor, Vernon Warlow.

Dafen 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Tegwen Devichand*	546
	Plaid Cymru	Alford Clement Thomas	306
Majority			240
	Labour hold		Swing

Elli (one seat)

Elli
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Paul Jenkins	369
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Jean Edmunds*	349
	Labour	Warren Cooke	288
Majority			20
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Felinfoel (one seat)

Felinfoel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	David William Hugh Richards	312
	Labour	Henry John Evans*	281
Majority			31
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Garnant (one seat)

Garnant
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Kevin Madge*	567
Independent	Netta Thomas	110
Plaid Cymru	Emyr Williams	100
Labour hold		Swing

Glanaman (one seat)

Glanaman
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	David Colin Evans*	529
Plaid Cymru	David Jenkins	353
Labour hold		Swing

Glanymor (two seats)

Glanymor
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Gerald Frederick Meyler*	623
Labour	David Allan Tucker*	556
Plaid Cymru	Keith Skivington	472
Independent	Anthony Davies	346
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Glyn (one seat)

Glyn
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Thomas James Jones*	685
	Labour	Ellana Thomas	153
Majority			532
	Independent hold		Swing

Gorslas (two seats)

Gorslas
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Henry Clive Scourfield*	909
Labour	Terry Davies	853
Plaid Cymru	Thomas Rees	670
Plaid Cymru	Andrew Hyde	320
Independent hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Hendy (one seat)

William James crossed the floor from Independents in the previous term.

Hendy
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	William Ieuan Bryant James	598
	Labour	Alun John Richards	323
Majority			275
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Hengoed (two seats)

Hengoed
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Eryl Morgan	471
Labour	Keith Thomas Davies	432
Plaid Cymru	Michael Evans	398
Plaid Cymru	Meilyr Bowen Hughes*	359
Independent	Gordon Anderson	271
Conservative	Fay Bowen	157
Conservative	Dorothy McDonald	127
Labour hold		Swing
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Kidwelly (one seat)

Although the sitting councillor, a former Labour member of Llanelli Borough Council, was elected as an Independent Labour candidate in 1995, he subsequently joined the Independent group.

Kidwelly
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Gwilym Glanmor Jones*	664
	Independent	Michael Higgins	440
	Labour	Michael Rayner	144
Majority			224
	Independent hold		Swing

Laugharne Township (one seat)

Laugharne Township
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Jane Tremlett	489
	Labour	Jack Done	401
	Independent	William Edmund Vincent John Davies	279
	Independent	Bob Costley	177
Majority			88
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanboidy (one seat)

Llanboidy
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Daniel James Roy Llewellyn	492
	Independent	Gareth Lee	411
Majority			81
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Llanddarog (one seat)

The elected candidate, who had sat as a Ratepayer for Gorslas since 1995, and on Dyfed County Council since 1977, had now joined the Independent group.

Llanddarog
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William John Wyn Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandeilo (one seat)

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

Llandovery Town (one seat)

Llandovery Town 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Ivor John Jackson	659
	Plaid Cymru	John Dyer	478
	Labour	Branwen Llewelyn Jones	88
Majority
	Independent gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Llandybie (two seats)

Anthony Wyn Jones was elected at a by-election following the death of the previous Independent councillor, Gerald Earl.

Llandybie
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Mary Helena Thomas*	881
Labour	Anthony Wyn Jones*	747
Plaid Cymru	Nesta Urquhart	584
Plaid Cymru	Meirion Bowen	516
Independent hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Llanegwad (one seat)

Llanegwad and Llanfynydd
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Dillwyn Anthony Williams*	864
	Liberal Democrats	Alleyne Caroline Farrington Evans	238
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Aberbythych (one seat)

Llanfihangel Aberbythych
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Rhys Davies	389
	Independent	Winston Kenneth Griffiths*	302
	Conservative	Tony Jukes	83
Majority			87
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth (one seat)

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Fioled Meirion Jones*	870
	Conservative	Douglas Mearns Spragg	214
Majority			656
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llangadog (one seat)

No Boundary Change. Ward named changed.

Llangadog
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	David Morgan	421
	Independent	Havard Jones	300
	Plaid Cymru	Rhobert ap Steffan	260
	Labour	Robert Holmes	44
Majority			121
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangeler (one seat)

The elected candidate was the sitting councillor for Cenarth since 1999.

Llangeler
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	John David George Crossley*	901
	Independent	Caroline Roberts	438
Majority
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Llangennech (two seats)

Llangenench
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Gwyneth Thomas*	712
Plaid Cymru	William Gwyn Hopkins*	672
Labour	Raymond Cooke	601
Independent	Cerith David Thomas	481
Socialist Labour	John Willock	180
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llangunnor (one seat)

Llangunnor
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Clifford Merlin Jones*	686
	Plaid Cymru	Dewi Elwyn Williams	362
Majority			324
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangyndeyrn (one seat)

Llangyndeyrn
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	William Tyssul Evans	872
	Labour	John Roberts	184
Majority
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llannon (two seats)

Llannon
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Neil William Baker*	1,140
Independent	Alun Owens	630
Labour	Terrence Maxwell Evans	586
Plaid Cymru	Philip Williams	530
Labour	Megan Squires	412
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Llansteffan (one seat)

Osi Rhys Osmond had been elected at a by-election following the death of the previous Independent councillor, Arthur Harries.

Llansteffan
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Daff Davies	614
	Plaid Cymru	Osi Rhys Osmond	516
Majority			98
	Independent gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Llanybydder (one seat)

Llanybydder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ieuan Wyn Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Lliedi (two seats)

Lliedi
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	William George Thomas*	737
Labour	William Edward Skinner*	731
Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Denver Rees	592
Liberal Democrats	Hugh Morgan Lewis	550
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Llwynhendy (two seats)

Dillwyn Bowen was the Labour councillor for Bynea from 1995 until de-selected by the Labour Party prior to the 2004 election. He then chose to contest Llwynhendy alongside sitting Independent councillor Don Davies, who had himself been de-selected by Labour prior to the 1999 election.

Llwynhendy
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Thomas Dillwyn Bowen*	501
Independent	Donald John Davies*	500
Labour	Diana Darby	430
Labour	Benjamin C.M. Reynolds	386
Independent gain from Labour		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Manordeilo and Salem (one seat)

Manordeilo and Salem
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	John James Jones Davies*	655
	Plaid Cymru	Andre Jacob	181
	Conservative	Martin Davies	132
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembrey (two seats)

Pembrey
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Vincent John Rees*	526
Labour	John Clive Howells*	488
Independent	Trevor Uriel Jones Thomas	463
Plaid Cymru	Sian Caiach	423
Plaid Cymru	Martin Davies	314
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Penygroes (one seat)

Penygroes
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Siân Elisabeth Thomas*	552
	Labour	Mark Lewis	414
Majority			138
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Pontamman (one seat)

Pontamman
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Vivian Lynne Llewellyn	461
	Plaid Cymru	John Binney	355
Majority			106
	Labour hold		Swing

Pontyberem (one seat)

Joy Williams captured the seat for Plaid Cymru at a by-election following the death of the previous Independent Labour councillor, Ieuan Edwards.

Pontyberem
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Joy Williams*	918
	Labour	Ishtiaq Shiekh	135
Majority
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Quarter Bach (one seat)

Quarter Bach
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Elwyn Williams*	655
	Plaid Cymru	Marion Binney	467
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

St Clears (one seat)

St Clears
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Philip Hughes*	955
	Independent	Lyn Luke ap Trin Davies	265
Majority			690
	Independent hold		Swing

St Ishmaels (one seat)

St Ishmaels
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Lydia Mair Stephens	803
Plaid Cymru	David Huw John*	414
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Saron (two seats)

Saron
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	John Garfield Edwards*	786
Labour	Alan Peter Cooper	754
Plaid Cymru	Nigel Henry Evans*	682
Labour	Betty Phillips	621
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Swiss Valley (one seat)

Swiss Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Anthony Giles Morgan	492
	Independent	Frederick James	210
	Labour	Carol Edwards	181
Majority			282
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Trelech (one seat)

Trelech
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William David Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Trimsaran (one seat)


Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Meryl Gravell*	604
	Labour	Geraint Hopkins	113
	Plaid Cymru	Dilwyn Jones	96
Majority			491
	Independent hold		Swing

Tycroes (one seat)

Tycroes
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	David Thomas Enoch*	513
	Plaid Cymru	Emyr Brown	275
Majority			238
	Labour hold		Swing

Tyisha (two seats)

Tyisha
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Keri Peter Thomas	622
Labour	Martin Philip Morris*	621
Plaid Cymru	Dyfrig Thomas	362
Plaid Cymru	Martin Davies	354
Conservative	Betty Chambers	166
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Whitland (one seat)

Whitland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	James Morris Morgan*	447
	Independent	William Conwil Harries	271
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

References

^ "Carmarthenshire County Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
^ "Local Election Results 2004 - Sir Gaerfyrddin (Carmarthenshire)". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 20 February 2024.

[1] "Carmarthenshire County Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 20 February 2024.

[2] "Local Election Results 2004 - Sir Gaerfyrddin (Carmarthenshire)". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 20 February 2024.

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