1983 Dinefwr Borough Council election

An election to Dinefwr Borough 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
	Labour	Kenneth Alvan Rees*	515
	Independent	M.B. Jones	126
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B.J.B. Williams*	Unopposed
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Dr D.H. Davies*	282
	Labour	Ronald Amman Davies	157
Majority
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A.H. Phillips*	Unopposed
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B.G. Williams*	Unopposed
	Labour hold

1983 Dinefwr Borough Council election

Results

Ammanford Town Ward 1 (one seat)

Ammanford Town Ward 2 (one seat)

Ammanford Town Ward 3 (one seat)

Ammanford Town Ward 4 (one seat)

Ammanford Town Ward 5 (one seat)

Betws (one seat)

Brynamman (one seat)

Cilycwm (one seat)

Cwmamman (three seats)

Cwmllynfell (one seat)

Cynwyl Gaeo and Llanwrda (one seat)

Glynamman (one seat)

Llandeilo Fawr North Ward (one seat)

Llandeilo Fawr South Ward (one seat)

Llandeilo Town (two seats)

Llanddeusant / Myddfai (one seat)

Llandovery Town (two seats)

Llandybie and Heolddu (three seats)

Llanegwad and Llanfynydd (one seat)

Llanfihangel Aberbythych and Llangathen (one seat)

Llangadog and Llansadwrn (one seat)

Llansawel and Talley (one seat)

Penygroes (two seats)

Saron (two seats)

References

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	Candidate	Votes
Ind. Socialist	E.R. Thomas*	339
Labour	D.A. Nicholas	315
Ind. Socialist hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Theophilus*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	David Ronald Harris*	1,214
Labour	Gwynfryn Davies*	917
Independent	Peter Dewi Richards*	788
Labour	D. Davies	786
Plaid Cymru	John Edwin Lewis	597
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Cyril Lewis Lloyd*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Arthur Stanley Jones*	470
	Labour	G. Rees	251
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	H.G. Jones	249
	Independent	W.R. Price*	244
Majority			5
	Independent hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Independent	D.R. Williams*	555
Independent	I.G. Jones	485
Independent	L.A. German*	465
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Denley Owen	527
Independent	D.J.K. Whiskerd	449
Independent	W.D. Clarke	396
Independent	W. Perry*	326
Independent	J.M. Smith	231
Independent	D.H. Evans*	230
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Mary Helena Thomas*	1,373
Labour	I. Morgan*	1,318
Labour	Herbert Brynmor Lewis Samways*	1,027
Plaid Cymru	S.A.N. Price	906
Independent hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R.P. Morgan*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	D.A. Jones*	553
	Independent	David Martin Cray	231
Majority			322
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	G.T. Davies	460
	Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Prys Evans*	397
Majority			63
	Independent gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Gwilym Evans*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Lynne Davies*	616
Plaid Cymru	A.R.H. Lewis	520
Labour	E.B. Davies*	449
Labour	I. John	301
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	I.M. Thomas	718
Labour	D. Davies*	711
Plaid Cymru	J.G. James	565
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing