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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] |
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] |
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] |
Robert Buckland
Sir Robert James Buckland (born 22 September 1968) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Wales from July to October 2022. He previously served as Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for South Swindon since 2010. Buckland was Solicitor General for England and Wales from 2014 to 2019 and Minister of State for Prisons from May to July 2019. He was appointed Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor by Boris Johnson in July 2019, serving until the cabinet reshuffle in September 2021. In July 2022 he was appointed Secretary of State for Wales, a position he held until October of the same year. Early life and career Buckland was born on 22 September 1968 in Llanelli, Wales. He was educated at Old Road County Primary School () and then at St Michael's School, Llanelli (). He studied at Hatfield College, University of Durham, where he became Sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glanamman (electoral Ward)
Glanamman is the name of an electoral ward for Carmarthenshire County Council, in the Amman Valley, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is represented by one county councillor. Description The Glanamman county ward covers the Cwmamman community wards of Grenig and Tircoed, which include the areas north and south of the village of Glanamman. The eastern half of Cwmamman is covered by the Garnant ward. The population of Glanamman ward at the 2011 census was 2,347. A 2019 boundary review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales recommended ward boundaries remain the same, but the name of the ward be changed from Glanamman to Glanaman, the standard Welsh spelling. The change was to take effect from the May 2022 local elections. However, the county council and news outlets continued to use the name Glanamman when reporting the 2022 Carmarthenshire County Council election. Representation Glanamman became the name of a ward to Dinefwr Borough Council from 1987, electing two borough ... [...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] |
David Petersen (sculptor)
David Petersen (born 1944) is a Welsh sculptor, cultural commentator and television presenter based in St. Clears, Carmarthenshire. He is particularly known for his metal sculptures of dragons. Petersen was born in Cardiff in 1944, the son of Jack Petersen (1911–1990), a boxer who held the British Heavyweight title on two occasions. archived in Petersen worked in the GKN steelworks in Cardiff before studying fine art at Newport College of Art (1961–1965). He is an elected member of the Royal Cambrian Academy, and has served as chairman of the British Artist Blacksmiths Association. For several years Petersen led the Welsh delegation to the Festival Interceltique de Lorient in Brittany. He resigned from the festival committee in 2008 in protest at the content of the Welsh pavilion. Petersen's sons Aaron, Toby and Gideon are sculptors who sometimes work collaboratively with their father. Major works Mametz Wood Memorial (1987) The Mametz Wood memorial commemorate ... [...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] |
Jackie Lawrence (politician)
Jacqueline Rita Lawrence (born 9 August 1948, Birmingham) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She was Labour Member of Parliament for the Welsh seat of Preseli Pembrokeshire, from 1997 until 2005. Early life Lawrence studied at Upperthorpe College in Darlington, and the Open University. She moved to Pembrokeshire in the 1970s and learnt Welsh in order to support her children through Welsh medium education. Lawrence worked for the Trustee Savings Bank and became a member of Dyfed County Council Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority and the Pembrokeshire Police authority. She then became election agent for neighbouring MP Nick Ainger in the 1992 general election and leader of the Labour Group on Pembrokeshire County Council on its formation as a unitary authority before being adopted as Parliamentary candidate for the Preseli Pembrokeshire constituency. Parliamentary career Lawrence was selected to stand for election for Labour through an all-women shortlist, and beca ... [...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] |
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