1983 Dinefwr Borough Council election

An election to Dinefwr Borough Council was held in May 1983. 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