1983 Ceredigion District Council election

An election to Ceredigion District Council was held in May 1983.^[1] It was preceded by the 1979 election and followed by the 1987 election. On the same day there were elections to the other district local authorities and community councils in Wales.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J.A. Rees*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	L.L. Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J.L. Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Alliance (SDP)	Gareth Ellis*	1,223
Alliance (SDP)	Llewellyn Goronwy Edwards	1,086
Alliance (SDP)	Owen Henry Jones	825
Labour	C.H. Evans	617
Labour	J.B. Evans	554
Labour	Mrs B.E. Cole	524
Labour	W.J. Eden*	518
Alliance (Liberal)	M. Mantock	449
Alliance hold		Swing
Alliance gain from Labour		Swing
Alliance gain from Labour		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Thomas Elwyn Williams	530
Alliance (Liberal)	Ceredig Jones*	453
Independent	Mona Rachel Morris	371
Plaid Cymru	Robert Davies	349
Alliance (Liberal)	Miss K.A. Jones*	309
Labour gain from Alliance		Swing
Alliance hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Hywel Griffiths Evans*	897
Alliance (Liberal)	M. Jones*	842
Alliance (Liberal)	J.R. Thomas	471
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
Alliance hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Evan Evans Williams	329
	Plaid Cymru	B. Roberts	257
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Thomas Kinsey Raw-Rees*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Hywel Wyn Jones*	393
	Independent	D.F. Raw-Rees	233
Majority
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Independent	I.J.C. Radley*	876
Independent	O.M. Owen*	852
Independent	John Bertram Evans*	820
Independent	C.M. Phillips	465
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Independent	J.R. Evans*	861
Alliance (Liberal)	Mrs C.P. Barton	751
Independent	J.E. Roberts*	656
Alliance (Liberal)	A. Lawson	332
Independent hold		Swing
Alliance gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Alan Thomas*	564
	Independent	J.O. Evans	205
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	J.E. Raw-Rees*	353
	Labour	R.B. Kemp	154
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A.Ll. Evans	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ll.D. Jones*	416
	Independent	W. Morgan	408
Majority			8
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	I.J. Griffiths*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	E.T. Jenner*	769
	Independent	M.M. Woodford	47
Majority			722
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Richard Edwards*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M.J. Morgan	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hannah Marion Jones*	467
	Independent	J.G. Lloyd	428
Majority			39
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	I.C. Pursey*	325
	Independent	R.F. de S. Pickering	164
Majority			161
	Independent hold		Swing

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

Aberaeron (one seat)

Aberbanc (one seat)

Aberporth (one seat)

Aberystwyth Ward One (four seats)

Aberystwyth Ward Two (two seats)

Aberystwyth Ward Three (two seats)

Aeron (one seat)

Borth (one seat)

Bow Street (one seat)

Cardigan (three seats)

Cwmrheidol and Devils' Bridge (one seat)

Faenor Upper (one seat)

Felinfach (one seat)

Lampeter (two seats)

Llanarth (one seat)

Llanbadarn Fawr (one seat)

Llandygwydd (one seat)

Llandysul North (one seat)

Llandysul South (one seat)

Llanfair and Llanwnen (one seat)

Llanfarian (one seat)

Llanfihangel and Llanilar (one seat)

Llangeitho and Caron Isclawdd (one seat)

Llangoedmor (one seat)

Llangrannog and Penbryn (one seat)

Llanilar and Llanrhystud (one seat)

Llanllwchaiarn and Llandysiliogogo (one seat)

Llansantffraid and Cilcennin (one seat)

Llanwenog (one seat)

Lledrod, Strata Florida and Ysbyty Ystwyth (one seat)

Nantcwnlle, Llanddewi Brefi and Llangeitho (one seat)

New Quay (one seat)

Taliesin and Talybont (one seat)

Trefeurig and Goginan (one seat)

Troedyraur (one seat)

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rev S. Idris Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing