1995 Ceredigion County Council election

The first elections to the Ceredigion County Council were held on 4 May 1995.^[1] In the sense that the borders were identical, the election followed the 1991 election for Ceredigion District Council. It was followed by the 1999 election.

Overview[edit]

As was the case with the previous authority, the Independents were the largest group with a number of councillors elected unopposed

Boundaries[edit]

The boundaries were identical to those used since 1987 for elections to the previous Ceredigion District Council.

Candidates[edit]

In addition to retiring members of the Ceredigion District Council a number of members of Dyfed County Council also sought election.

Ward results[edit]

Aberaeron (one seat)[edit]

Aberaeron 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	R. Wyn Lewis*	470
Plaid Cymru	T.D.G. Evans	231
Independent	M.A. Richards	165
Independent hold		Swing

Aberporth (one seat)[edit]

Aberporth 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William James Granville Varney*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Aberystwyth East (two seats)[edit]

Aberystwyth East 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Hywel Griffiths Evans+*	554
Plaid Cymru	Gareth Butler*	434
Green	Julie Williams	109
Liberal Democrats	Neil Ronald Diack	106
Liberal Democrats	Martin Veart	93
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Aberystwyth North (two seats)[edit]

Aberystwyth North 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Edgar Carl Williams*	554
Liberal Democrats	Robert Louis Griffin	340
Plaid Cymru	Einion Gruffudd	291
Independent	Mona Rachel Morris	286
Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Ffredric Raw-Rees*	229
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Aberystwyth South (two seats)[edit]

Aberystwyth South 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Llewelyn Goronwy Edwards*	864
Independent	Gareth Ellis*	862
Liberal Democrats	Graham Thomas Parry	207
Plaid Cymru	Dilys Mary Parkin	112
Liberal Democrats	Calvin John Onions	94
Green	Sarah Margaret Scott	63
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Aberystwyth West (two seats)[edit]

Aberystwyth West 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Eric John Griffiths+	634
Independent	Hywel Thomas Jones*	441
Liberal Democrats	Carol Ann Kolczak*	265
Plaid Cymru	Margaret Elin Jones	243
Independent	Owen Henry Jones	188
Green	Christopher Charles Busby	127
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Beulah (one seat)[edit]

Beulah 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Elfed Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Borth (one seat)[edit]

Borth 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	William Thomas Kinsey Raw-Rees*	522
Green	Jennifer Ann Edkins	283
Independent hold		Swing

Capel Dewi (one seat)[edit]

Capel Dewi 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas John Jones*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Cardigan (three seats)[edit]

Cardigan 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Thomas John Adams-Lewis*	unopposed
Liberal Democrats	D.M.B. Davies*	unopposed
Liberal Democrats	Sandra Williams*	unopposed
Independent hold		Swing
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Ceulanamaesmawr (one seat)[edit]

Ceulanamaesmawr 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Harry James	497
Independent	John Rowland Davies*	424
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Ciliau Aeron (one seat)[edit]

Ciliau Aeron 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stanley Meredith Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Faenor (one seat)[edit]

Faenor 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Peredur Wynne Eklund+*	559
Labour	Thomas Elwyn Williams	319
Plaid Cymru	Nona Tudor Evans	180
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lampeter (two seats)[edit]

Lampeter 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Robert George Harris+*	unopposed
Liberal Democrats	David Doiran Evans	unopposed
Labour hold		Swing
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Llanarth (one seat)[edit]

The sitting district councillor, elected as an Independent in 1991 but as an Alliance candidate in 1987 stood down. Rheinallt Evans, a county councillor since 1985, was defeated.

Llanarth 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Thomas Eurfyl Evans	446
Plaid Cymru	John Rheinallt Evans+	200
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Llanbadarn Fawr (two seats)[edit]

Llanbadarn Fawr 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	John Richard Evans*	346
Independent	William Irfon Grifiths*	329
Plaid Cymru	Alun Geraint Cox	299
Green	Timothy John Foster	189
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Llandyfriog (one seat)[edit]

Llandyfriog 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lyndon Lloyd Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandysiliogogo (one seat)[edit]

Llandysiliogogo 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	J.E. Evans*	509
Plaid Cymru	D.I. Jones	299
Independent hold		Swing

Llandysul Town (one seat)[edit]

Llandysul Town 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Evan John Keith Evans*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Llanfarian (one seat)[edit]

Llanfarian 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Alun Lloyd Jones*	359
Liberal Democrats	Derwyn Robert Evans	192
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Ystrad (one seat)[edit]

Llanfihangel Ystrad 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Huw Ceiriog Lloyd-Williams	512
Plaid Cymru	J.B. Hughes	508
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Llangeitho (one seat)[edit]

Llangeitho 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hannah Marion Jones*	unopposed
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Llangybi (one seat)[edit]

Llangybi 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Johnny Williams*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanrhystud (one seat)[edit]

Llanrhystud 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	William Richard Edwards*	488
Plaid Cymru	Elizabeth Mary Saunders Hughes	279
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Llansantffraed (one seat)[edit]

Llansantffraed 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Daniel Meurig James	503
Independent	Tom Bleddyn Edwards	389
Liberal Democrats	Philip Mark Simmons	153
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Llanwenog (one seat)[edit]

Llanwenog 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Alun James*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Lledrod (one seat)[edit]

Lledrod 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Lloyd Evans*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Melindwr (one seat)[edit]

Melindwr 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Fred Williams	468
Plaid Cymru	Griffith Gwynfor Jones	392
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

New Quay (one seat)[edit]

New Quay 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Julian Raymond Evans	239
Independent	Sarah Gillian Hopley	227
Independent	J.D. Leworthy	54
Independent hold		Swing

Penbryn (one seat)[edit]

Penbryn 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	J. Geraint Jenkins*	617
Anti Racialist	G. Hutton	55
Independent hold		Swing

Penparc (one seat)[edit]

Penparc 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Haydn Lewis+*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Tirymynach (one seat)[edit]

Tirymynach 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Wiliam Penri James+	472
Independent	John Pryse Rees	237
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Trefeurig (one seat)[edit]

Trefeurig 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Arthur Thomas*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Tregaron (one seat)[edit]

Tregaron 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	William Gethin Bennett*	499
Plaid Cymru	James Douglas Kinnibrugh	164
Independent hold		Swing

Troedyraur (one seat)[edit]

Troedyraur 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	J.D. Thomas*	386
Plaid Cymru	D.J. Bevan	222
Independent hold		Swing

Ystwyth one seat)[edit]

Ystwyth 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	John David Rowland Jones*	677
Green	Graham James Town	115
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

By-elections 1995-99[edit]

Aberaeron 1996[edit]

A by-election was held in the Aberaeron ward following the resignation of Independent councillor Wyn Lewis.

Aberaeron by-election, 20 June 1996^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Richard Emlyn Thomas	388	45.8
	Plaid Cymru		328	38.7
	Liberal Democrats		131	15.5
Majority			60
Turnout
Registered electors
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Ystrad 1998[edit]

A by-election was held in the Llanfihangel Ystrad ward following the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Huw Lloyd-Williams.

Llanfihangel Ystrad by-election, 25 June 1998^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Evan Wynne Davies	570	57.6
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Lewes Gee	420	42.4
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Plaid Cymru gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

References[edit]

^ Western Mail, 6 May 1995
^ ^a ^b "Cumulative Index by Authority". Edkins Family Index. Edkins Family. Retrieved 7 June 2020.

[1] Western Mail, 6 May 1995

[Edkins-2] "Cumulative Index by Authority". Edkins Family Index. Edkins Family. Retrieved 7 June 2020.

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