1991 Ceredigion District Council election

An election to Ceredigion District Council was held in May 1991.^[1] It was preceded by the 1987 election and followed, after local government reorganization, by the first election to Ceredigion County Council in 1995. On the same day there were elections to the other district local authorities and community councils in Wales.

Overview

The Independents remained the largest group with a number of councillors elected unopposed.^[2] The uncontested wards were mainly in rural areas.^[3] However, some wards were keenly contested, including Cardigan.^[4]

Results

Aberaeron (one seat)

Aberaeron 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Wyn Lewis	unopposed
	Independent hold

Aberporth (one seat)

Aberporth 1991

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

Aberystwyth East (two seats)

Aberystwyth East 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Hywel Griffiths Evans*	588
	Plaid Cymru	Gareth Butler*	395
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Bennett	278
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Aberystwyth North (two seats)

Aberystwyth North 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Jones*	651
	Liberal Democrats	Ceredig Jones*	507
	Independent	Mona Rachel Morris	428
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Aberystwyth South (two seats)

Both successful candidates had previously served as SDP councillors but did not join the Liberal Democrats.

Aberystwyth South 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Llewellyn Goronwy Edwards*	886
	Independent	Gareth Ellis	687
	Labour	C.H. Evans*	499
	Liberal Democrats	P. Roberts	163
	Green	A. Bowden	125
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Aberystwyth West (two seats)

Aberystwyth West 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hywel Thomas Jones	490
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Ann Kolczak	377
	Independent	Owen Henry Jones	374
	Plaid Cymru	Simon Thomas	280
	Independent	Keith Morris	240
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Beulah (one seat)

Beulah 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Elfed Davies*	372
	Independent	J.C.L. Evans	364
	Independent	L.H.R. Patrick	170
	Independent hold		Swing

Borth (one seat)

Borth 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Thomas Kinsey Raw-Rees*	671	74.8
	Labour	C.I. Campbell	226	25.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Capel Dewi (one seat)

Capel Dewi 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas John Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold

Cardigan (three seats)

Cardigan 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sandra Williams*	1,342
	Independent	Thomas John Adams-Lewis	1,311
	Independent	John Bertram Evans*	971
	Independent	Tomos Melfydd George	689
	Independent	Barbara Myers	472
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Ceulanamaesmawr (one seat)

Ceulanamaesmawr 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Rowland Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Ciliau Aeron (one seat)

Stanley Meredith Thomas had been elected at a by-election following the death of the previous member.

Ciliau Aeron 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stanley Meredith Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent hold

Faenor (one seat)

Faenor 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peredur Wynne Eklund*	unopposed
	Liberal Democrats hold

Lampeter (two seats)

Lampeter 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert George Harris	1,003
	Liberal Democrats	Cecilia P. Barton*	636
	Independent	J.R. Evans*	628
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Llanarth (one seat)

Thomas had stood as an Alliance candidate in 1987

Llanarth 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent gain from Alliance

Llanbadarn Fawr (two seats)

Llanbadarn Fawr 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Richard Evans*	Unopposed
	Independent	William Irfon Grifiths	Unopposed
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Alliance

Llandyfriog (one seat)

Llandyfriog 1991

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

Llandysiliogogo (one seat)

Llandysiliogogo 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J.E. Evans*	603
	Independent	R. Smith	252
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandysul Town (one seat)

Llandysul Town 1991

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

Llanfarian (one seat)

Llanfarian 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Lloyd Jones	287	57.3
	Independent	Derwyn Robert Evans	214	42.7
	Plaid Cymru gain from Liberal		Swing

Llanfihangel Ystrad (one seat)

Jones stood as a Liberal in 1987

Llanfihangel Ystrad 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W.A. Jones*	unopposed
	Independent gain from Liberal

Llangeitho (one seat)

Llangeitho 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hannah Marion Jones*	unopposed
	Liberal hold

Llangybi (one seat)

Llangybi 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Johnny Williams*	unopposed
	Independent hold

Llanrhystud (one seat)

Llanrhystud 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Richard Edwards*	392	50.8
	Independent	E.M. Jones	379	49.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Llansantffraed (one seat)

Llansantffraed 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	L. Lloyd*	unopposed
	Independent hold

Llanwenog (one seat)

Llanwenog 1991

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

Lledrod (one seat)

Lledrod 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Lloyd Evans	unopposed
	Independent hold

Melindwr (one seat)

Melindwr 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E.H. Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold

New Quay (one seat)

New Quay 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	I.C. Pursey*	278
	Independent	K.G. Young	195
	Independent hold		Swing

Penbryn (one seat)

Penbryn 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	E.T. Jenner*	533
	Plaid Cymru	Ian ap Dewi	392
	Independent	G. Hutton	63
	Liberal hold		Swing

Penparc (one seat)

Penparc 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. Haydn Lewis*	771
	Plaid Cymru	Islwyn Iago	261
	Independent hold		Swing

Tirymynach (one seat)

The sitting Plaid Cymru councilor failed to submit a valid nomination.

Tirymynach 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dafydd F. Raw-Rees	unopposed
	Independent gain from Plaid Cymru

Trefeurig (one seat)

Trefeurig 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T.A. Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent hold

Tregaron (one seat)

Tregaron 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W.G. Bennett*	unopposed
	Independent hold

Troedyraur (one seat)

Troedyraur 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J.D. Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent hold

Ystwyth one seat)

Ystwyth 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J.D.R. Jones*	unopposed
	Liberal Democrats hold