1993 Dyfed County Council election

The sixth and final election to Dyfed County Council was held in May 1993.^[1] It was preceded by the 1989 election. In 1995 Welsh local government reorganization led to the abolition of the authority.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Haydn Lewis*	1,234	67.8
	Plaid Cymru	Islwyn Iago	585	32.2	−7.8
Majority				35.6
Turnout				43.4	−1.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T.J. Adams-Lewis	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Hywel Griffiths Evans*	1,019	65.4	+11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Louis Griffin	538	34.6	+15.8
Majority				34.8	−3.8
Turnout				40.1	−7.5
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Eric John Griffiths	802	40.1	−4.9
	Independent	Hywel Thomas Jones	485	24.3
	Independent	Owen Henry Jones	325	16.3
	Labour	B.E. Cole	255	12.8	−42.2
	Independent	A. Bowden	132	6.6
Majority
Turnout				44.9	−12.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Emrys Jones*	872	73.9	+3.7
	Independent	K. Symmons	308	26.1	−3.7
Majority				37.8	+7.3
Turnout				47.8	+3.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Wiliam Penri James	1,373	67.8	+67.8
	Independent	Richard Wynn Cowell*	653	32.2	−27.1
Majority				35.6
Turnout				47.5	−12.1
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert George Harris*	1,378	79.4	−3.9
	Plaid Cymru	S. Taylor	358	20.6	+3.9
Majority				58.8	−10.7
Turnout				47.3	−5.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peredur Wynne Eklund	1,458	56.5	+56.5
	Plaid Cymru	Griffith Gwynfor Jones*	1,123	43.5	−25.7
Majority				13.0
Turnout				43.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	John Rheinallt Evans*	Unopposed
	Plaid Cymru hold

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	W.A. Jones*	Unopposed
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Gethin Bennett*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John David Rowland Jones*	1,270	59.8	−5.8
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Lloyd Jones	853	40.2	+5.8
Majority				19.6	−11.6
Turnout				59.0	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J.L. James*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Myrddin Evans*	1,489	70.9	+37.8
	Independent Labour	D. Thomas	442	21.0
	Independent	W. Thomas	170	8.1
Majority				49.9
Turnout				49.8	−19.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Carmarthen Town South 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robin Owen Griffiths	897	40.6
	Liberal Democrats	Juliana Hughes	533	24.2	−19.0
	Plaid Cymru	Dewi Elwyn Williams	482	18.3	+3.5
	Independent	W.G. Tucker	295	13.4	−25.1
Majority				16.4
Turnout				48.2	+3.9
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Elli 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert James Buckland	353	30.7	+30.7
	Labour	Stephen Charles James*	350	30.5	+30.5
	Independent	D. Owen	256	22.3	+22.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan E, Burree	189	16.5	+16.5
Majority			3	0.2
Turnout				43.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Llandybie 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gerald J. Earl*	978	46.3	−36.2
	Labour	Gareth M. Knowles	757	35.8	+35.8
	Plaid Cymru	Sarah Ann Nesta Price	378	17.9
Majority				10.5
Turnout				55.3	+2.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangadog 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T.M. Thomas	1,636	68.7
	Liberal Democrats	W.R. Price	499	20.9	−13.2
	Independent	B. Carr	247	10.4
Majority				47.8
Turnout				58.9	+1.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Martin Philip Morris*	920	59.2
	Independent	R.I. John	635	40.8
Majority				18.3
Turnout				31.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith John Evans	845	62.8	+62.8
	Labour	A. Rollason	283	21.0	−46.4
	Plaid Cymru	D.I. Howells	217	16.1	−16.5
Majority				41.8
Turnout				38.3	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Bryan Maynard*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Wigley Lloyd*	1,065	77.7	+34.5
	Plaid Cymru	Sian Thomas	306	22.3	+2.0
Majority				55.4
Turnout				41.8	−5.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Arthur Cledwyn Francis*	879	71.1
	Plaid Cymru	J. Barr	358	28.9
Majority				42.2
Turnout				32.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W.J. Davies*	824	55.0	+21.0
	Plaid Cymru	John Edwin Lewis	674	45.0	+27.0
Majority				10.0
Turnout				44.8
	Labour gain from Independent Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gerald Frederick Meyler*	735	61.4
	Plaid Cymru	C. Perrott	462	38.6
Majority				22.8
Turnout				32.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ratepayer	William J. Wyn Evans*	1,875	76.3
	Labour	V. Thomas	583	23.7
Majority				52.6
Turnout				56.8
	Ratepayer hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hugh Samuel Peregrine*	736	67.4
	Plaid Cymru	D. Williams	356	32.6
Majority				34.8
Turnout				37.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hywel Glyndwr Rees*	1,081	87.2
	Liberal Democrats	T. Owens	159	12.8
Majority				74.4
Turnout				49.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Aberporth

Aberteifi

Aberystwyth North

Aberystwyth South

Beulah

Borth

Lampeter

Llanbadarn Fawr

Llandysiliogogo

Llandyfriog

Llanfihangel Ystrad

Llansantffraid

Lledrod

Ystwyth

Abergwili

Ammanford

Bigyn

Burry Port

Carmarthen Town North

Carmarthen Town South

Carmarthen Town West

Elli

Felinfoel

Glanamman

Glanymor

Gorslas

Hengoed

Kidwelly

Llandovery

Llandybie

Llanedi

Llanegwad

Llanfihangel ar Arth

Llangadog

Llangeler

Llangennech

Llangyndeyrn

Llan-non

Llansteffan

Lliedi

Llwynhendy

Pembrey

Pontyberem

Quarter Bach

Saron

St Clears

Tyisha

Whitland

Camrose

Crymych

East Williamston

Fishguard

Hakin

Llangwm

Milford Central and East

Milford North and West

Narberth

Neyland

Pembroke St Mary

Pembroke St Michael

Pembroke Dock Llanion

Pembroke Dock Pennar

Portfield

Priory

Rudbaxton

St David's

St Dogmaels

Saundersfoot

Tenby

The Havens

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Thomas Theophilus*	1,770	89.4
	Labour	P. Perry	210	10.6
Majority				78.8
Turnout				57.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Pugh	783	53.8
	Plaid Cymru	H. Williams	672	46.2
Majority				7.6
Turnout				37.2	−11.1
	Labour hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Fioled Meirion Jones	1,743	67.6
	Labour	D.R. Williams	834	32.4
Majority				35.2
Turnout				55.3
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Wilfred Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	William Gwyn Hopkins	1,114	55.8
	Labour	Thomas Gordon Lewis*	884	44.2
Majority				11.6
Turnout				35.8
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Ian Evans*	1,192	57.8	−8.9
	Plaid Cymru	Handel Michael Ayres Williams	870	42.2	+8.9
Majority				15.6
Turnout				47.5	+3.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Malcolm Davies*	1,067	63.7
	Plaid Cymru	Neil W. Baker	609	36.3
Majority				27.4
Turnout				41.8
	Labour hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Denver Rees	711	54.2	+19.6
	Labour	Grenville Darby*	600	45.8	−19.6
Majority				8.4
Turnout				30.4	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing