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1985 Dyfed County Council Election
The second election to Dyfed County Council was held in May 1985. It was preceded by the 1981 election and followed by the 1989 election. Once again, there were a number of unopposed returns, particularly in rural parts of the county. Overview The Independents remained the largest party but lost ground to Labour. Ward Results (Cardiganshire) 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 Ward Results (Carmarthenshire) Ammanford No. 1 Ammanford No.2 Berwick Burry Port East Burry Port West Carmarthen No. 1 The Liberal candidate had won the seat from Labour at a by-election Carmarthen No. 2 Carmarthen No. 3 Carmarthen R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 Dyfed County Council Election
The second election to Dyfed County Council was held in May 1981. It was preceded by the 1977 election and followed by the 1985 election. There were a number of unopposed returns, particularly in rural parts of the county. Overview The Independents remained the largest party but lost ground to Labour. In Pembrokeshire, Labour gained three seats from the Independents, although one of these - in Pembroke Dock - was from a former Labour councillor who stood as an Independent. Ward Results (Cardiganshire) 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 Ward Results (Carmarthenshire) Ammanford No. 1 Ammanford No.2 Berwick Burry Port East Burry Port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Dyfed County Council Election
The fifth election to Dyfed County Council was held in May 1989. It was preceded by the 1985 election and followed by the 1993 election. There were extensive boundary changes at this election. Overview The Independents remained the largest party with Labour the nearest challenger. Ward Results (Cardiganshire) Aberporth Minor boundary changes. This ward was largely based on the previous Teifiside No.3 Ward. Dewi Lewis, who previously represented Cardigan, chose to contest Aberporth on this occasion after the siting Liberal member retired. Aberteifi The previous Cardigan ward was renamed Aberteifi. The siting member, Dewi Lewis, chose to contest Aberporth instead. Aberystwyth North Boundary Change Aberystwyth South Boundary Change Beulah The ward was previously known as Teifiside No.2 Borth The ward was previously known as Aberystwyth Rural No. 2 Lampeter Llanbadarn Fawr The ward was previously known as Aberystwyth Rural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ammanford
Ammanford ( cy, Rhydaman) is a town and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, with a population of 5,411 at the 2011 census. It is a former coal mining town. The built-up area had a population of 7,945 with the wider urban area even bigger. According to the 2001 census, 75.88% of the population were competent in the Welsh language, compared to roughly 61% in Carmarthenshire as a whole and 21.8% in Wales as a whole. Ammanford is served by the A483 and A474 roads. Ammanford railway station is a stop on the Heart of Wales Line, with trains to Llanelli and Swansea to the south and Shrewsbury to the north. Ammanford is twinned with Breuillet, Essonne. History The town of Ammanford is a relatively modern settlement. It was originally known as Cross Inn, named after an inn that was located at a location where a number of roads converged. During the nineteenth century, as a result of the growth of both the tinplate and anthracite coal trades, a village grew around the Cross Inn (w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burry Port
Burry Port ( cy, Porth Tywyn) is a port town and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, on the Loughor estuary (Moryd Llwchwr), to the west of Llanelli and south-east of Kidwelly. Its population was recorded at 5,680 in the 2001 census and 6,156 in the 2011 census, and estimated at 5,998 in 2019. The town has a harbour. It is also where Amelia Earhart landed as the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. Nearby are the Pembrey Burrows sand dune and wetland system, forming a country park, and the Cefn Sidan sands. Its musical heritage includes Burry Port Opera, Male Choir and Burry Port Town Band. Etymology The etymology of the River Burry, from which Burry Port takes its English name, is uncertain. It may derive from Old English ' "fort" (cf. the ending ' found in many English place names), referring to the small fort at North Hill Tor, or as it does elsewhere on the south Wales coast, to sand dunes, especially those associated with rabbit warrens (cf. the English word ') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hywel Teifi Edwards
Hywel Teifi Edwards (15 October 1934 – 4 January 2010) was a Welsh academic and historian, a prominent Welsh nationalist, a broadcaster and an author in the Welsh language. He was the father of the BBC journalist Huw Edwards. Early life Born and raised in Aberarth, Ceredigion, Edwards attended Aberaeron Grammar School and the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Career Edwards taught Welsh at Garw Grammar School, Pontycymmer, where he met his wife Aerona. Their two children are Huw Edwards and Meinir Edwards (now Meinir Krishnasamy). He subsequently became an extramural lecturer in Welsh literature at University of Wales, Swansea, and later Professor and Head of the Welsh Department. He retired from full-time teaching in 1995 but continued to lecture and write books. Edwards was the leading authority on the history of the National Eisteddfod of Wales. Politics Edwards stood twice for Plaid Cymru as a parliamentary candidate, in Llanelli in 1983 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Ainger
Nicholas Richard Ainger (born 24 October 1949) is a Welsh politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, previously Pembrokeshire, from 1992 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, he served in government under Prime Minister Tony Blair from 1997 to 2007. Early life Ainger was born in Sheffield in 1949, and was educated at the Netherthorpe Grammar School in Staveley, Derbyshire, and after leaving education in 1967 moved to Milford Haven and became a dock worker at the Marine and Port Services of Pembroke Dock. He was a senior shop steward in the Transport and General Workers' Union for 14 years whilst at the docks, and became elected to the former Dyfed County Council, on which he served from 1981 until his election to Parliament in 1992. Parliamentary career Ainger was first elected for the seat of Pembrokeshire at the 1992 general election with a slender majority of 755. He re-elected in 1997 for the re-drawn seat of Carmart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dyfed County Council Elections
Dyfed () is a preserved county in southwestern Wales. It is a mostly rural area with a coastline on the Irish Sea and the Bristol Channel. Between 1974 and 1996, Dyfed was also the name of the area's county council and the name remains in use for certain ceremonial and other purposes. History Dyfed is a preserved county of Wales. It was originally created as an administrative county council on 1 April 1974 under the terms of the Local Government Act 1972, and covered approximately the same geographic extent as the ancient Principality of Deheubarth, although excluding the Gower Peninsula and the area west of the River Tawe. The choice of the name ''Dyfed'' was based on the historic name given to the region once settled by the Irish Déisi and today known as Pembrokeshire. The historic Dyfed never included Ceredigion and only briefly included Carmarthenshire. Modern Dyfed was formed from the administrative counties which corresponded to the ancient counties of Cardiganshire, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
