1995 City and County of Swansea Council election

The first election to the City and County of Swansea Council was held on 4 May 1995.^[1] It was followed by the 1999 election. On the same day there were elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales and community councils in Wales.

Overview

All council seats were up for election. These were the first elections held following local government reorganisation and the abolition of West Glamorgan County Council. The ward boundaries for the new authority were based on the previous Lliw Valley Borough Council and Swansea City Council although the number of members elected for individual wards was reduced. Conservative candidates were heavily defeated.^[2]

City and County of Swansea Council election result 1995 ^[3]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	57
	Independent	7
	Liberal Democrats	6
	Conservative	1
	Plaid Cymru	0
	Green	0
	Plaid dros Gymru	1						511

Candidates

Most sitting members of West Glamorgan County council sought election to the new authority. A number were also members of the previous district councils but others contested a ward against a sitting district councillor.

Results by ward

Bishopston (one seat)

Bishopston 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Fred T. Hughes*	641
	Independent	Keith Edmund Marsh	582
	Labour	C.E. Lowit	164
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Bonymaen (two seats)

Bonymaen 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mair Eluned Gibbs	1,185
	Labour	David Watkins	1,044
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Charles Thomas	186
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Warden	140
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Castle (three seats)

Castle 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Alan Lloyd	1,756
	Labour	Barbara Joyce Hynes	1,723
	Labour	Dereck John Roberts	1,623
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Speht	592
	Green	Benjamin David Grigg	515
	Liberal Democrats	Cynthia Wharrad	463
	Wales Militant Labour	Mark Evans	378
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Clydach (one seat)

Clydach 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bryan Edwin Ayres	540
	Plaid Cymru	James Vernon Davies	351
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Cockett (four seats)

Cockett 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lilian Maud Hopkin	2,414
	Labour	Victor Cyril Alexander	2,194
	Labour	David Anthony	2,104
	Labour	Denzil Porter	1,953
	Plaid Cymru	David Rhys Lloyd	1,240
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Ball	458
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Shingleton	411
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Stanford	409
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Westwood	316
	Conservative	Timothy Mark Phillips	286
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Cwmbwrla (two seats)

Cwmbwrla 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Malcolm Black	2,130
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Ashleigh Holley	1,947
	Labour	John James	808
	Labour	Wayne Beard	782
	Conservative	Sarah John	75
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Dulais East (one seat)

Dulais East 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phil Downing	409
	Independent	Cled Morgan	338
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Dunvant (one seat)

Dunvant 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Veronica Wood	784
	Liberal Democrats	John Newbury	751
	Conservative	Bob Simmonds	123
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Fairwood (one seat)

Fairwood 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Gunther Bushell*	566
	Labour	R.B. Hart	286
	Conservative	J.G. Bennett	124
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Gorseinon Central (one seat)

Gorseinon Central 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Morlais Thomas	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Gorseinon East (one seat)

Gorseinon East 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glyn Seabourne	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Gower (one seat)

Gower 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard David Lewis*	601
	Liberal Democrats	H.W. Evans	485
	Labour	N. Davies	204
	Conservative	L.D. Morgan	139
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Gowerton East (one seat)

Gowerton East 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Morgan Thomas	371
	Conservative	Peter Davies	278
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Stockton	63
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Gowerton West (one seat)

Gowerton West 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Thomas	494
	Conservative	Lyndon Jones	271
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Dickens	72
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Killay North (one seat)

Killay North 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Perry Stephen Buck	507
	Conservative	Goorge Smith Gunn*	409
	Liberal Democrats	P.S. Bushell	331
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Killay South (one seat)

Killay South 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald Glyn Clement	548
	Labour	R.S. Johnson	301
	Conservative	P. Williams*	220
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Kingsbridge (two seats)

Kingsbridge 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Gethin Evans	991
	Labour	Len Howell	850
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Barker	315
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Landore (two seats)

Landore 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Holland William Ayres	1,062
	Labour	Derek Herbert Cox	1,000
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Chapman	400
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Freeman	373
	Independent	Norman Gates	221
	Independent Labour	Dai John	172
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llangyfelach (two seats)

Llangyfelach 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Gareth Sullivan	866
	Independent	Audrey R.A. Clement	772
	Labour	Aneurin Rees	490
	Labour	John Martin	343
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Llansamlet (three seats)

Llansamlet 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lawrence David Bailey	1,647
	Labour	June Evans	1,636
	Labour	Paul Lloyd	1,492
	Liberal Democrats	George Jowett	296
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Spooner	266
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Sullivan	252
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Lower Loughor (one seat)

Lower Loughor 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Raymond James	480
	Independent	Ritchie Evans	138
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Barker	66
	Labour win (new seat)

Mawr (one seat)

Mawr 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid dros Gymru	Ioan Merritt Richard	511
	Labour	Fred Wilson	225
	Independent	Alun Lewis	73
	Plaid dros Gymru win (new seat)

Mayals (one seat)

Mayals 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Beryl Marshall	529
	Conservative	Paul Valerio	260
	Independent	David Charles Evans	219
	Labour	Bob Sykes	172
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Morriston (four seats)

Morriston 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Francis-Davies	2,952
	Labour	William John F. Davies	2,886
	Labour	Michael John Hedges	2,875
	Labour	Robert John Lloyd	2,836
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Cunningham	825
	Liberal Democrats	David Saunders	753
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Storey	561
	Conservative	James Draper	390
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Mynyddbach (three seats)

Mynyddbach 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ceinwen Thomas	2,382
	Labour	Doreen Jones	2,259
	Labour	Byron George Owen	2,209
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Farrington	428
	Liberal Democrats	Ted Spooner	385
	Liberal Democrats	Cynthia Rix	360
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Newton (one seat)

Newton 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Mary Waller	733
	Conservative	Rod Dove	282
	Labour	David Harris	220
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Oystermouth (one seat)

Oystermouth 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Thyrza Peters	441
	Labour	Chris Stilwell	379
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Evans	337
	Independent	Malcolm Prosser	173
	Conservative win (new seat)

Penclawdd (one seat)

Penclawdd 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Howard John Morgan	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Penderry (four seats)

Penderry 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trevor Burtonshaw	1,696
	Labour	Grenville Phillips	1,692
	Labour	Tom Jones	1,678
	Labour	June Elizabeth Burtonshaw	1,672
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Bellow	309
	Liberal Democrats	Arran John Coole	285
	Liberal Democrats	Kerry Rix	256
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Penllergaer (one seat)

Penllergaer 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Lawlor	489	59.2
	Independent	D. Morgan	337	40.8
	Labour win (new seat)

Pennard (one seat)

Pennard 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Margaret Smith*	911
	Labour	Mark C. Child	293
	Independent win (new seat)

Penyrheol (two seats)

Penyrheol 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Thomas Vernon Davies	Unopposed
	Labour	David Islwyn Elfed Jones	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Pontarddulais (one seat)

Pontarddulais 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gareth Williams	615
	Independent	Byron Lewis	171
	Labour win (new seat)

Sketty (four seats)

Sketty 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rosina June Stanton	2,959
	Labour	Mehar Chand Verma	1,944
	Labour	Gordon Carruthers	1,794
	Labour	Clive Morgan	1,764
	Labour	Bob Davies	1,707
	Conservative	Bob Massey-Shaw	1,634
	Conservative	John Philip Glew	1,560
	Conservative	Alan Preece	1,430
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Day	1,373
	Conservative	Thomas Huw Rees	1,338
	Liberal Democrats	Elwyn Jones	1,059
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Thomas	845
	Liberal Democrats	Les Wharrad	621
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St Thomas (two seats)

St Thomas 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cyril Johnstone	1,401
	Labour	Alan Richards	1,303
	Wales Militant Labour	Ronnie Job	401
	Wales Militant Labour	Roy Davies	310
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Parry	158
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Barlow	116
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Talybont (one seat)

Talybont 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Treharne Miles	528
	Independent	Owen Leroy Evans	334
	Labour win (new seat)

Townhill (two seats)

Townhill 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tyssul Lewis	1,538
	Labour	David Hopkins	1,391
	Liberal Democrats	Beryl Edwards	703
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Taylor	430
	Wales Militant Labour	Dave Warren	149
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Uplands (four seats)

Uplands 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Richards	2,083
	Labour	David Phillips	2,007
	Labour	Nortridge Perrott	1,994
	Labour	Maureen Stuckey	1,879
	Conservative	Dick Phillips	1,596
	Conservative	Jean Taverner	1,431
	Conservative	Brian Hill-Mackintosh	1,202
	Conservative	Paul Tate	1,179
	Green	David Howells	565
	Liberal Democrats	Lilian Pritchard	495
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Ackland	412
	Liberal Democrats	Beverley Dugdale	395
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Morris	384
	Natural Law	Tim Rees	139
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Upper Loughor (two seats)

Upper Loughor 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Dennis	653
	Labour	David Evans	632
	Independent	William John Griffiths	281
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Evans	151
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Vardre (one seat)

Vardre 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Cadwallader	567
	Plaid Cymru	Ieuan Owen	160
	Labour win (new seat)

West Cross (two seats)

West Cross 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Caton	1,539
	Labour	Des Thomas	1,475
	Conservative	Lynne Davies	649
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Davies	349
	Liberal Democrats	Evelyn Pope	304
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)