1973 Dinefwr Borough Council election

The first election to Dinefwr Borough Council following the re-organization of local government in Wales was held in May 1973.^[1] It was followed by the 1976 election. On the same day there was UK Local elections to the other local authorities and community councils in Wales.

Results

Ammanford Town Ward 1 (one seat)

Ammanford Town Ward 1 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Clifford	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Ammanford Town Ward 2 (one seat)

Ammanford Town Ward 2 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	B.J.B. Williams	382	54.5
	Labour	Glyn M. Harries	243	34.7
	Plaid Cymru	M. James	76	10.8
Majority				19.8
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Ammanford Town Ward 3 (one seat)

Ammanford Town Ward 3 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Batsford	233	47.0
	Plaid Cymru	Dr D.H. Davies	223	45.0
	Independent	W. Neal	40	8.1
Majority			10	2.0
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Ammanford Town Ward 4 (one seat)

Ammanford Town Ward 4 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A.H. Phillips	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Ammanford Town Ward 5 (one seat)

Ammanford Town Ward 5 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B.G. Williams	426	87.5
	Plaid Cymru	H. Evans	61	12.5
Majority				74.9
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Betws (one seat)

Betws 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D. Thomas	355	76.0
	Plaid Cymru	S. Jenkins	112	24.0
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Brynamman (one seat)

Brynamman 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Socialist	E.R. Thomas	479	57.8
	Labour	A. Jones	350	42.2
Majority			129	15.6
Turnout
	Independent Labour win (new seat)

Cilycwm (one seat)

Cilycwm 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Griffiths	269	50.4
	Independent	I. Davies	265	49.6
Majority			4	0.8
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Cwmamman (three seats)

Cwmamman 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Rees	1,150
	Labour	Gwynfryn Davies	1,039
	Liberal	S. Griffiths	929
	Labour	J. Davies	886
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Cwmllynfell (one seat)

Cwmllynfell 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Thomas	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Cynwyl Gaeo and Llanwrda (one seat)

Cynwyl Gaeo and Llanwrda 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Cyril Lewis Lloyd	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Glynamman (one seat)

Glynamman 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Morgan	483	67.8
	Plaid Cymru	D. Thomas	229	32.2
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Llandeilo Fawr North Ward (one seat)

Llandeilo Fawr North Ward 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. Jenkins	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Llandeilo Fawr South Ward (one seat)

Llandeilo Fawr South Ward 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W.R. Price	298	54.5
	Plaid Cymru	D. Richards	249	45.5
Majority			49	9.0
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llandeilo Town (two seats)

Llandeilo Town 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D. Hughes	434
	Independent	D.R. Williams	391
	Independent	T. Beynon	296
	Plaid Cymru	P. Roderick	254
	Independent	D. Jones	222
	Independent	A. Jones	182
	Liberal	D. Davies	108
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Llanddeusant / Myddfai (one seat)

Llanddeusant / Myddfai 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	F.R. Jones	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Llandovery Town (two seats)

Llandovery Town 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Hamilton Evans	542
	Independent	H. Jones	529
	Independent	William Perry	516
	Independent	S. Jones	322
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Llandybie and Heolddu (three seats)

Llandybie and Heolddu 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I. Morgan	1,273
	Labour	Herbert Brynmor Lewis Samways	1,261
	Labour	W. Jones	801
	Independent	R. Evans	666
	Plaid Cymru	S. Owen	491
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Llanegwad and Llanfynydd (one seat)

Llanegwad and Llanfynydd 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R.P. Morgan	605	73.9
	Plaid Cymru	H. Williams	214	26.1
Majority				47.7
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llanfihangel Aberbythych and Llangathen (one seat)

Llanfihangel Aberbythych and Llangathen 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Pugh	530	56.0
	Independent	A. Bryer	348	36.8
	Plaid Cymru	D. Williams	68	7.2
Majority				19.2
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Llangadog and Llansadwrn (one seat)

Llangadog and Llansadwrn 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Barr	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Llansawel and Talley (one seat)

Llansawel and Talley 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Gwilym Evans	311	65.9
	Independent	J. Davies	161	34.1
Majority				31.8
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Penygroes (two seats)

Penygroes 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E.B. Davies	703
	Independent	T. Pearce	655
	Plaid Cymru	Lynne Davies	526
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Saron (two seats)

Saron 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Douglas Davies	695
	Labour	W. Jones	621
	Plaid Cymru	W. Jones	482
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

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