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 local authorities and community councils in Wales.

Results[]

Ammanford Town Ward 1 (one seat)[]

Ammanford Town Ward 1 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Alvan Rees*	515
	Independent	M.B. Jones	126
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Ammanford Town Ward 2 (one seat)[]

Ammanford Town Ward 2 1983

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

Ammanford Town Ward 3 (one seat)[]

Ammanford Town Ward 3 1983

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

Ammanford Town Ward 4 (one seat)[]

Ammanford Town Ward 4 1983

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

Ammanford Town Ward 5 (one seat)[]

Ammanford Town Ward 5 1983

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

Betws (one seat)[]

Betws 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Arnallt James*	Unopposed
	Labour hold

Brynamman (one seat)[]

Brynamman 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Socialist	E.R. Thomas*	339
	Labour	D.A. Nicholas	315
	Independent Socialist hold		Swing

Cilycwm (one seat)[]

Cilycwm 1983

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

Cwmamman (three seats)[]

Cwmamman 1983

Party		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

Cwmllynfell (one seat)[]

Cwmllynfell 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elwyn Williams*	Unopposed
	Labour hold

Cynwyl Gaeo and Llanwrda (one seat)[]

Cynwyl Gaeo and Llanwrda 1983

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

Glynamman (one seat)[]

Glynamman 1983

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

Llandeilo Fawr North Ward (one seat)[]

Llandeilo Fawr North Ward 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Llandeilo Fawr South Ward (one seat)[]

Llandeilo Fawr South Ward 1983

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

Llandeilo Town (two seats)[]

Llandeilo Town 1983

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

Llanddeusant / Myddfai (one seat)[]

Llanddeusant / Myddfai 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	F.R. Jones*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Llandovery Town (two seats)[]

Llandovery Town 1983

Party		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

Llandybie and Heolddu (three seats)[]

Llandybie and Heolddu 1983

Party		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

Llanegwad and Llanfynydd (one seat)[]

Llanegwad and Llanfynydd 1983

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

Llanfihangel Aberbythych and Llangathen (one seat)[]

Llanfihangel Aberbythych and Llangathen 1983

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

Llangadog and Llansadwrn (one seat)[]

Llangadog and Llansadwrn 1983

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

Llansawel and Talley (one seat)[]

Llansawel and Talley 1983

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

Penygroes (two seats)[]

Penygroes 1983

Party		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

Saron (two seats)[]

Saron 1983

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

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