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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] |
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] |
1993 Dyfed County Council Election
The sixth and final election to Dyfed County Council was held in May 1993. It was preceded by the 1989 election. In 1995 Welsh local government reorganization led to the abolition of the authority. Overview The Independents remained the largest party with Labour the nearest challenger. Ward Results (Cardiganshire) Aberporth The sitting member had won the seat at a by-election. Aberteifi Aberystwyth North Aberystwyth South Beulah Borth Lampeter Llanbadarn Fawr Llandysiliogogo Llandyfriog Llanfihangel Ystrad Llansantffraid The seat had changed hands at a by-election. Lledrod Ystwyth Ward Results (Carmarthenshire) Abergwili Ammanford Bigyn Burry Port Carmarthen Town North Carmarthen Town South Carmarthen Town West Elli Felinfoel Glanamman Jack Davies, who had stood as an Independent Labour candidate at the previou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bigyn (electoral Ward)
Bigyn is an electoral ward, representing part of the community of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is a three-member ward for the purposes of elections to Carmarthenshire County Council, with the number of councillors being increased from two to three for the elections held in May 2022. Profile In 2014, the Bigyn electoral ward had an electorate of 4,931. The total population was 6,750, of whom 83% were born in Wales. 23.0% of the population were able to speak Welsh. Current Representation The Bigyn Ward is a three-member ward for the purposes of Carmarthenshire County Council elections. Since 2022 it has been represented by Independent Michael Cranham and Labour Party councillors Janet Williams and Philip Warlow. Carmarthen County Council elections The first election to the new unitary Carmarthenshire County Council took place in 1995. Bigyn Ward had three seats, all of which were won by the Labour Party. Martin Morris, the sitting member for the ward on Dyfed County Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elli (electoral Ward)
Elli is an electoral ward for Llanelli Town Council and Carmarthenshire County Council in Llanelli, Wales. The ward covers a residential area in the north of Llanelli, bounded to the south by Parc y Dref, to the east by Old Road and to the west by Llanelli Rural. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 3,203. Representation Elli was an electoral ward to Dyfed County Council, represented by a Labour Party councillor from the 1989 election followed by a Liberal Democrat councillor from 1993. Since 1995 Elli has been an electoral ward to Carmarthenshire County Council, represented by one county councillor. Elli is also one of the community wards to Llanelli Town Council, electing two town councillors. Future Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Wales, Robert Buckland, began his political career when he won the Elli county seat by only 3 votes in 1993. It was said he was the first Conservative to be elected in Llanelli in living memory. Conservative councillo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glanymor
Glanymor is an electoral ward for Llanelli Town Council and Carmarthenshire County Council in south Llanelli. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 5,668. It consists of the following areas of Llanelli: *Glanymor *Lakeside *Machynys * New Dock Elections The ward elects two county councillors. In May 2017 Sean Rees was defeated by only one vote standing as the Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru ( ; ; officially Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales, often referred to simply as Plaid) is a centre-left to left-wing, Welsh nationalist political party in Wales, committed to Welsh independence from the United Kingdom. Plaid wa ... candidate. After local disputes Sean elected to become independent and in May 2022 Rees came top of the poll, 407 votes ahead of the second placed winner, fellow Independent Louvain Roberts. References Llanelli Carmarthenshire electoral wards {{Carmarthenshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hengoed (Carmarthenshire Electoral Ward)
Hengoed is an electoral ward for Carmarthenshire County Council and Llanelli Rural Council in Llanelli Rural, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The ward is to the west of the town of Llanelli. The ward covers the villages of Furnace, Pwll, Sandy and most of the valley of the River Dulais. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 3,745. Representation Hengoed was a ward to Llanelli Borough Council from 1973, represented by three borough councillors until the 1987 election, when the representation reduced to two councillors. Hengoed became an electoral ward to Dyfed County Council, electing a Labour Party councillor Hugh Peregrine at the 1989 and 1993 elections. Since 1995 Hengoed has been an electoral ward to Carmarthenshire County Council, electing two county councillors, a mixture of Labour Party, Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru ( ; ; officially Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales, often referred to simply as Plaid) is a centre-left to left-wing, Welsh nationalist political p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lliedi (electoral Ward)
Lliedi is an electoral ward for Llanelli Town Council and Carmarthenshire County Council in Llanelli, Wales. The ward is in the far north of Llanelli, bounded to the west by Old Road and to the south by James Street. The River Lliedi runs through the middle of the ward. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 5,457. Representation Lliedi was an electoral ward to Dyfed County Council, electing a Labour Party councillor at the 1989 election and a Liberal Democrat councillor at the 1993 elections. Since 1995 Lliedi has been an electoral ward to Carmarthenshire County Council, electing two county councillors. Lliedi is also one of the community wards to Llanelli Town Council, electing five town councillors. Shahana Najmi was elected as one of the Labour county councillors at the 2017 elections, but left the Labour Party in 2019 to sit as an Independent councillor. In October 2021 she joined the Conservative Party The Conservative Party is a name used by many politica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyisha
Tyisha is an electoral ward for Llanelli Town Council and Carmarthenshire County Council in Llanelli, Wales. Description The ward is bounded to the south by the Swansea to Carmarthen railway, to the east by Tyisha Road and Bigyn Road, and stretches west to the Parc y Dref. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 4,079. The ward is the most deprived in Carmarthenshire and the 17th most deprived in Wales. The decline has been most marked during the 21st century, with the closure of nearby heavy industry and loss of jobs. In 2021 Carmarthenshire County Council earmarked £9.3 million to improve housing and revitalise empty shops in the area. Tyisha has been an electoral ward to Carmarthenshire County Council since its recreation in 1995, electing two county councillors. Tyisha is also one of the community wards to Llanelli Town Council, electing four town councillors. County elections At the 2022 Carmarthenshire County Council elections in May 2022, Labour's Suzy Curry c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narberth (electoral Ward)
Narberth is the name of an electoral ward in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Since 1995 it has elected one councillor to Pembrokeshire County Council. The current Narberth county ward covers the immediate built-up area of the town of Narberth, matching the boundaries of the town/community ward of Narberth Urban. The remainder of the Narberth community (encircling the town) together with the Templeton community forms the Narberth Rural ward. The Narberth ward population, according to the 2011 Census, was 1,923. Dyfed County Council Prior to 1996 Narberth was a county ward to Dyfed County Council (abolished 1996), electing one councillor at the 1989 and 1993 elections. The ward also covered Lampeter Velfrey and Martletwy. Pembrokeshire County Council Since 1995 Narberth has been an electoral ward to Pembrokeshire County Council, electing one county councillor. [...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] |
