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
As was the case with the previous authority, the Independents were the largest group with a number of councillors elected unopposed
Boundaries
The boundaries were identical to those used since 1987 for elections to the previous Ceredigion District Council.
Candidates
In addition to retiring members of the Ceredigion District Council a number of members of Dyfed County Council also sought election.
Ward results
Aberaeron (one seat)
Aberaeron 1995 Party | 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)
Aberporth 1995 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | William James Granville Varney* | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Aberystwyth East (two seats)
Aberystwyth East 1995 Party | 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)
Aberystwyth North 1995 Party | 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)
Aberystwyth South 1995 Party | 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)
Aberystwyth West 1995 Party | 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)
Beulah 1995 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | John Elfed Davies* | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Borth (one seat)
Borth 1995 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | William Thomas Kinsey Raw-Rees* | 522 | | |
| Green | Jennifer Ann Edkins | 283 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Capel Dewi (one seat)
Capel Dewi 1995 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Thomas John Jones* | Unopposed |
| Independent hold |
Cardigan (three seats)
Cardigan 1995 Party | 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)
Ceulanamaesmawr 1995 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | Harry James | 497 | | |
| Independent | John Rowland Davies* | 424 | | |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Ciliau Aeron (one seat)
Ciliau Aeron 1995 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Stanley Meredith Thomas* | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Faenor (one seat)
Faenor 1995 Party | 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)
Lampeter 1995 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Robert George Harris+* | unopposed | | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Doiran Evans | unopposed | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Llanarth (one seat)
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 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Eurfyl Evans | 446 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | John Rheinallt Evans+ | 200 | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Llanbadarn Fawr (two seats)
Llanbadarn Fawr 1995 Party | 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)
Llandyfriog 1995 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Lyndon Lloyd Jones* | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Llandysiliogogo (one seat)
Llandysiliogogo 1995 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | J.E. Evans* | 509 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | D.I. Jones | 299 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Llandysul Town (one seat)
Llandysul Town 1995 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Evan John Keith Evans* | Unopposed |
| Independent hold |
Llanfarian (one seat)
Llanfarian 1995 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | Alun Lloyd Jones* | 359 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Derwyn Robert Evans | 192 | | |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |
Llanfihangel Ystrad (one seat)
Llanfihangel Ystrad 1995 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Huw Ceiriog Lloyd-Williams | 512 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | J.B. Hughes | 508 | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Llangeitho (one seat)
Llangeitho 1995 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Hannah Marion Jones* | unopposed | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Llangybi (one seat)
Llangybi 1995 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Johnny Williams* | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Llanrhystud (one seat)
Llanrhystud 1995 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | William Richard Edwards* | 488 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Elizabeth Mary Saunders Hughes | 279 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Llansantffraed (one seat)
Llansantffraed 1995 Party | 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)
Llanwenog 1995 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | David Alun James* | Unopposed |
| Independent hold |
Lledrod (one seat)
Lledrod 1995 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | David Lloyd Evans* | Unopposed |
| Independent hold |
Melindwr (one seat)
Melindwr 1995 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Fred Williams | 468 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Griffith Gwynfor Jones | 392 | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | | |
New Quay (one seat)
New Quay 1995 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Julian Raymond Evans | 239 | | |
| Independent | Sarah Gillian Hopley | 227 | | |
| Independent | J.D. Leworthy | 54 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Penbryn (one seat)
Penbryn 1995 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | J. Geraint Jenkins* | 617 | | |
| Anti Racialist | G. Hutton | 55 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Penparc (one seat)
Penparc 1995 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Thomas Haydn Lewis+* | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Tirymynach (one seat)
Tirymynach 1995 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | Wiliam Penri James+ | 472 | | |
| Independent | John Pryse Rees | 237 | | |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Trefeurig (one seat)
Trefeurig 1995 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Thomas Arthur Thomas* | Unopposed |
| Independent hold |
Tregaron (one seat)
Tregaron 1995 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | William Gethin Bennett* | 499 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | James Douglas Kinnibrugh | 164 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Troedyraur (one seat)
Troedyraur 1995 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | J.D. Thomas* | 386 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | D.J. Bevan | 222 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Ystwyth one seat)
Ystwyth 1995 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | John David Rowland Jones* | 677 | | |
| Green | Graham James Town | 115 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
By-elections 1995-99
Aberaeron 1996
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
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
- ^ Western Mail, 6 May 1995
- ^ a b "Cumulative Index by Authority". Edkins Family Index. Edkins Family. Retrieved 7 June 2020.