1977 Dyfed County Council election

The second election to Dyfed County Council was held in May 1977.^[1] It was preceded by the 1973 election and followed by the 1981 election. There were a number of unopposed returns, particularly in rural parts of the county.

[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Evan Evans Williams*	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Edwardes Rogers-Lewis*	1,125	62.5
	Plaid Cymru	William Lynford Thomas	676	37.5
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Owen Williams*	1,718	87.5
	Plaid Cymru	Gerallt Jones	246	12.5
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Griffith Eric Hughes	1,492	80.4
	Plaid Cymru	Elizabeth A. Edwards	363	19.6
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter James Goodman	368	37.1
	Liberal	Gwendoline Calan Evans*	340	34.2
	Plaid Cymru	John Davies	285	28.7
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ceredig Jones*	765	52.7
	Plaid Cymru	Mary Fitter	686	47.3
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Gatty P. Lewis*	1,067	53.7
	Plaid Cymru	John Thomas Jones	919	46.3
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Richard Wynn Cowell	1,017
	Plaid Cymru	Edward Vernon Jones	881
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Griffith Gwynfor Jones	957	46.7
	Liberal	Glyndwr Lloyd Edwards	638	31.2
	Labour	Frederick Fanstone	453	22.1
Majority
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Rowland Ll. Peregrine*	1,098	77.1
	Plaid Cymru	Islwyn Iago	327	22.9
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	R.G. Daniel	1,166	69.8
	Plaid Cymru	J. Jones	504	30.2
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	D.G.E. Davies*	1,794	81.2
	Independent	G. Guttridge	416	18.8
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hywel Heulyn Roberts*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	R.E. Morris*	1,522	78.7
	Plaid Cymru	T. George	411	21.3
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Marie James	1,267	56.9
	Independent	William Gethin Bennett	958	43.1
Majority
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru gain from Liberal		Swing

Burry Port East 1977
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Elwyn Marks	502	46.2	−2.7
	Independent	Hugh Williams	320	29.5	29.5
	Plaid Cymru	Edryd Morgan	160	14.7	−2.6
	Independent Labour	S.J.E. Samuel	104	9.6	+9.6
Majority			182	16.7	+1.6
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Burry Port West 1977
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eirwen Jones-Parry*	476	41.0	−15.1
	Labour	Bryan Joseph Rayner	432	37.2	+6.8
	Plaid Cymru	Michael E. Clement	254	21.8	+8.3
Majority			44	3.8	−21.9
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Carmarthen Rural No. 1 1977
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ratepayers	William J. Wyn Evans	1,142
	Labour	Percy Morgan Lewis	1,058
	Independent	Jane Ann Jones	645
Majority
Turnout
	Ratepayers hold		Swing

Felinfoel 1977
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Arthur Cledwyn Francis*	1,106	65.9
	Plaid Cymru	D. Rhys	420	25.0
	Communist	R.E. Hitchon	153	9.1
Majority				40.9
Turnout				37.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Myrddin Evans*	1,193	66.1	−9.9
	Plaid Cymru	D.H. Davies	613	33.9	+9.9
Majority			580	32.2	−19.8
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John Raglan Thomas*	1,062
	Liberal	Kenneth Denver Rees	351
	Plaid Cymru	Brian Marke	204
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Earle*	1,511	74.2
	Plaid Cymru	Elizabeth Tabitha Beynon	526	25.8
Majority			985	48.4
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Ellis James Powell*	689
	Plaid Cymru	Peter Hughes Griffiths	376
	Liberal	Janet Webb	187
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	William Roy Nicholl*	1,157
	Plaid Cymru	Emrys Jones	654
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Handel Michael Ayres Williams	788
	Labour	David Gwynfor Charles*	677
	Independent Labour	Eira Cordelia Jones	173
Majority
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E.T. Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Arthur J. Harries*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Dr William Edmund V.J. Davies*	1,683
	Independent	David Myrddin Jenkins	1,018
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Clodwyn Percival Phillips	1,301
	Plaid Cymru	Daniel James Roy Llewellyn	1,175
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Cardiganshire

Carmarthenshire

Aberaeron No.1

Aberaeron No. 2

Aberaeron No.3

Aberystwyth No.1

Aberystwyth No.2

Aberystwyth No. 3

Aberystwyth Rural No. 1

Aberystwyth Rural No.2

Aberystwyth Rural No.3

Cardigan

Lampeter

Teifiside No.1

Teifiside No.2

Teifiside No.3

Tregaron

Ammanford No. 1

Ammanford No.2

Berwick

Burry Port East

Burry Port West

Carmarthen No. 1

Carmarthen No. 2

Carmarthen No. 3

Carmarthen Rural No.1

Carmarthen Rural No.2

Carmarthen Rural No. 3

Carmarthen Rural No. 4

Carmarthen Rural No. 5

Carmarthen Rural No. 6

Carmarthen Rural No. 7

Cwmamman

Felinfoel

Hengoed

Llandeilo No.1

Llandeilo No.2

Llandeilo No.3

Llandeilo No.4

Llandeilo No.5

Llandeilo No.6

Llanedi

Llanelli No.1

Llanelli No.2

Llanelli No. 3

Llanelli No.4

Llanelli No.5

Llanelli No. 6

Llanelli No.7

Llangennech

Llan-non

Newcastle Emlyn No.1

Newcastle Emlyn No.2

Pembrey

Pontyberem

Trimsaran

Westfa

Cemaes No. 1

Cemaes No. 2

Fishguard and Goodwick No. 1

Fishguard and Goodwick No. 2

Haverfordwest No.1

Haverfordwest No. 2

Haverfordwest Rural No. 1

Haverfordwest Rural No. 2

Haverfordwest Rural No. 3

Haverfordwest Rural No. 4

Haverfordwest Rural No. 5

Milford Haven No. 1

Milford Haven No. 2

Milford Haven No. 3

Narberth No. 1

Narberth No. 2

Narberth No. 3

Neyland and Llanstadwell

Pembroke No. 1

Pembroke No. 2

Pembroke No. 3

Pembroke Rural No. 1

Pembroke Rural No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W.J. Davies	977	60.3
	Plaid Cymru	John Edwin Lewis	848	39.7
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Irwyn Phillips*	1,034
	Labour	D. Thomas	383
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	W.D.R. Davies*	1,125
	Independent	T. Davies	884
	Independent	H. Jones	537
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D.T. Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	V.E.D. Price*	1,472
	Ind. Socialist	D. Moses	574
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Roger Gareth Thomas*	1,885
	Plaid Cymru	J.G. James	714
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Gerald J. Earl*	1,567
	Labour	W. Davies	1,043
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Gwyn Jones	1,172
	Plaid Cymru	D. Jones	1,112
Majority			60
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Harry J. Richards*	969
	Labour	J. Smith	437
	Plaid Cymru	G. Morris	364
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Grismond J. Williams*	643
	Plaid Cymru	D. Thomas	312
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing