1999 City and County of Swansea Council election

The second election to City and County of Swansea Council was held in May 1999.^[1] It was preceded by the 1995 election and followed by the 2004 election.

Overview

All council seats were up for election. These were the second elections held following local government reorganisation and the abolition of West Glamorgan County Council.

Boundaries

There were some changes in ward boundaries for this election. The numbers of councillors changed in some wards, resulting in an overall increase in councillors to 72, as a result of The City and County of Swansea (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998.^[2]

Candidates

The contests were fought by most of the main parties but Labour was the only one to contest the majority of seats.

Results and election summary

City and County of Swansea Council election result 1995 ^[3]
	Seats	Seats %
Labour	47	65.2
Liberal Democrats	10	13.8
Conservative	4	5.5
Plaid Cymru	2	2.7
Independent	7	9.7
Independent Labour	1	1.3
Other Parties	1	1.3
Green	0	0.0

Results by ward

* = sitting councillor in this ward prior to election ^[3]

Bishopston (one seat)

Bishopston 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Keith Edmund Marsh	Unopposed
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats

Bonymaen (two seats)

The Independent candidate had captured the seat from Labour at a by-election.

Bonymaen 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	John Brian Hague*	1,246
Labour	Mair Eluned Gibbs*	1,240
Labour	Wyndham Parry Davies	632
Liberal Democrats	Nora Maria O'Sullivan	311
Independent hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Castle (four seats)

Possible boundary change. The number of seats increased from three to four. David Phillips had previously represented the Uplands ward.

Castle 1999 ^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Robert Alan Lloyd*	1,622
Labour	Barbara Joyce Hynes*	1,579
Labour	David Phillips	1,477
Labour	Dereck John Roberts*	1,440
Plaid Cymru	Yvonne Marie Davies	1,111
Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Marjorie Holley	937
Green	Benjamin David Grigg	632
Conservative	Paul Raymond Morris	503
Conservative	Sonya Winifred R. Morris	477
United Socialists	David Richard Warren	273
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour win (new seat)
Labour hold		Swing

Clydach (two seats)

Possible boundary change. The number of seats increased from one to two.

Clydach 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Sylvia Mary Lewis*	963
Labour	Roger Llewellyn Smith	845
Labour	Bryan Edwin Ayres*	844
Plaid Cymru	James Vernon Davies	764
Plaid Cymru	Diana Owen	697
Independent	Denise Preece	509
Independent win (new seat)
Labour hold		Swing

Cockett (four seats)

Dai Lloyd had won a seat from Labour at a by-election.

Cockett 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	David Rhys Lloyd*	2,366
Labour	Lilian Maud Hopkin*	1,902
Plaid Cymru	William Keith Morgan	1,581
Labour	Victor Cyril Alexander*	1,528
Plaid Cymru	Adrian Hugh Rees	1,478
Plaid Cymru	Nicholas Walsh	1,381
Labour	Ann Pennock	1,343
Labour	Clive Keith Morgan*	1,231
Liberal Democrats	Tudor Richard Donne	639
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Cwmbwrla (three seats)

Possible boundary change. The number of seats increased from two to three.

Cwmbwrla 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Peter Malcolm Black*	2,172
Liberal Democrats	Christopher Ashleigh Holley*	1,909
Liberal Democrats	Lewis Graham Thomas	1,722
Labour	Carolyn Harris	867
Labour	Brian Trevor George Ludlam	722
Labour	Robert Mark Ludlam	657
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Dunvant (two seats)

Possible boundary change. The number of seats increased from one to two. Labour had held the single seat ward in 1995.

Dunvant 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	John Newbury	1,083
Liberal Democrats	Nicholas John Tregoning	627
Independent	Elizabeth Ann Davies	491
Labour	Hardev Aswani	395
Labour	Diana Samuel	370
Conservative	David Nicholas Thomas	219
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Fairwood (one seat)

Elected as an Independent in 1995, John Bushell successfully defended the seat as a Conservative.

Fairwood 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	John Gunther Bushell*	655
Labour	John Sydney Mills	514
Conservative hold		Swing

Gorseinon (one seat)

The former wards of Gorseinon Central and Gorseinon East were combined. Glyn Seabourne was councillor for Gorseinon East prior to this election.

Gorseinon 1999 ^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Glyn Seabourne*	558
Plaid Cymru	Darren Jeffery Thomas	401
Conservative	Eleanor Mary Davies	89
Labour hold		Swing

Gower (one seat)

Gower 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Richard David Lewis*	770
Labour	Anthont John Beddow	366
Liberal Democrats	Hildegarde Ann Roberts	296
Conservative	Gordon Howells	185
Independent hold		Swing

Gowerton (one seat)

The former wards of Gowerton East and Gowerton West were combined. Ronald Thomas was councillor for Gowerton East prior to this election.

Gowerton 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Ronald Morgan Thomas*	722
Plaid Cymru	Alan Morgan Griffiths	395
Independent	Peter Davies	335
Conservative	Keith Roberts	121
Green	David Charles Howells	68
Labour hold		Swing

Killay North (one seat)

Killay North 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Mary Helen Jones	396
Labour	Perry Stephen Buck*
Independent	George Smith Gunn	292
Independent	Stuart James Rice	230
Conservative	Philip David Helliwell	167
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Killay South (one seat)

Killay South 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Gerald Glyn Clement*	790
Labour	Jeffrey William Walton	203
Conservative	Sarah Jane Cadogan	131
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Kingsbridge (one seat)

Possible boundary change. The number of seats reduced from two to one. Labour had held both seats in 1995.

Kingsbridge 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	William Gethin Evans*	650
Plaid Cymru	Katherine Mary Stock	590
Liberal Democrats	Michael John Barry	220
Labour hold		Swing

Landore (two seats)

Landore 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Derek Herbert Cox*	913
Labour	Holland William Ayres*	900
Liberal Democrats	Robert Speht	516
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Llangyfelach (one seat)

Possible boundary change. The number of seats reduced from two to one. Independents had held both seats in 1995. Phil Downing had been elected for the now-abolished

Llangyfelach 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	David Gareth Sullivan*	644
People's Representative	Audrey R.A. Clement*	538
Labour	Philip Downing*	283
Conservative	William H.E. Alabaster	65
Independent hold		Swing

Llansamlet (four seats)

Possible boundary change. The number of seats increased from three to four.

Llansamlet 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Lawrence David Bailey*	1,682
Labour	June Evans*	1,646
Labour	Paul Lloyd*	1,410
Labour	Dennis Henry James	1,260
Liberal Democrats	Richard David George	903
Community First	Kevin Adrian John	747
Community First	Margaret Lydia Harris	686
Community First	Peter Gilbert Harris	558
Community First	Frederick S. Lewis	552
Conservative	Robert William Megson	471
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Lower Loughor (one seat)

Lower Loughor 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Raymond James*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Mawr (one seat)

Mawr 1999
	Candidate	Votes
People's Representative	Ioan Merritt Richard*	646
Labour	Brian Charles Kennedy	164
Liberal Democrats	Michael Haller	61
People's Representative gain from Plaid Cymru

Mayals (one seat)

Mayals 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	David Charles Evans	386
Conservative	Michael George Shellard	358
Liberal Democrats	Neil Sinclair Lewis	273
Labour	David Ian Collins	209
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Morriston (five seats)

Possible boundary change. The number of seats increased from four to five.

Morriston 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Michael John Hedges*	2,939
Labour	William John F. Davies*	2,869
Labour	Robert Francis-Davies*	2,798
Labour	Robert John Lloyd*	2,687
Labour	Valerie Lloyd	2,576
Liberal Democrats	John Philip Bleay	1,527
Conservative	William Hughes	1,201
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour win (new seat)

Mynyddbach (three seats)

Mynyddbach 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Ceinwen Thomas*	1,984
Labour	Byron George Owen*	1,826
Labour	Charles Glyndwr White	1,616
Plaid Cymru	Laurence Douthwaite John	1,082
Liberal Democrats	Elwyn Vernon Jones	759
Conservative	Martyn Ford	490
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Newton (one seat)

Newton 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Susan Mary Waller*	745
Conservative	Anthony Charles Saunders Colburn	475
Labour	Jane Melanie Thomas	259
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Oystermouth (one seat)

Oystermouth 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Joan Thyrza Peters*	709
Labour	Aubrey Jones	482
Liberal Democrats	Alexander James	211
Plaid Cymru	Mari Elin Waddington	206
Conservative hold		Swing

Penclawdd (one seat)

Penclawdd 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Howard John Morgan*	975
Labour	Owen James Guy	671
Independent hold		Swing

Penderry (three seats)

Possible boundary change. The number of seats reduced from four to three. Doreen Jones represented Mynyddbach from 1995 until 1999

Penderry 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Doreen Jones*	1,461
Labour	June Elizabeth Burtonshaw*	1,422
Labour	Grenville Phillips*	1,414
Liberal Democrats	Gaynor Meehan	611
Conservative	Jason Peter Morgan	348
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Penllergaer (one seat)

Penllergaer 1999
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Dennis Lawlor	581	71.0	+11.8
Conservative	J. Lowe	237	29.0	+29.0
Labour hold		Swing

Pennard (one seat)

Pennard 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Margaret Smith*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Penyrheol (two seats)

Penyrheol 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	David Thomas Vernon Davies*	950
Labour	David Islwyn Elfed Jones*	772
Independent	Carloine Ann Arthur	703
Liberal Democrats	Stephen Josef Neesmann	431
Conservative	John Timothy	181
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Pontarddulais (two seats)

Boundary Change. The number of seats increased from one to two. John Miles represented the Talybont ward which was abolished.

Pontarddulais 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Gareth Williams*	1,355
Labour	John Treharne Miles*	1,278
Independent	David Thomas Howells	791
Independent	Owen Leroy Evans	677
Liberal Democrats	Janine Linda Evans	252
Conservative	Dorothy Roberta Gardiner	121
Labour hold		Swing
Labour win (new seat)

Sketty (five seats)

Possible boundary change. The number of seats increased from four to five. June Stanton was elected as an Independent in 1995 but subsequently joined the Liberal Democrats.

Sketty 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Rosina June Stanton*	3,037
Labour	Mehar Chand Verma*	1,853
Liberal Democrats	Arthur Michael Day	1,725
Conservative	Thomas Huw Rees	1,526
Conservative	John Philip Glew	1,465
Labour	Gordon Carruthers*	1,426
Liberal Democrats	Tracey Anne Dunford	1,274
Labour	Anthea Priscilla Symonds	1,247
Labour	Patrick Richard Ellis	1,142
Liberal Democrats	Lilian Mary Pritchard	1,132
Independent	Anthony Trevor Lloyd	1,129
Conservative	Philip Malcolm Bray	1,111
Liberal Democrats	Dyfed E.F. Alsop	1,105
Conservative	Mark Roy Burgess	1,101
Labour	Leonard Bayzile Howell*	1,060
Plaid Cymru	Ian Richard Titherington	1,043
Plaid Cymru	Sara Eirwen Reid	1,036
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

St Thomas (two seats)

St Thomas 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Cyril Frederick Johnstone*	1,154
Labour	Alan Rees Richards*	1,124
Independent	David Alan Robinson	747
Liberal Democrats	Paul Courtney Jones	268
Conservative	Jonathan Geoffrey Bidmead	195
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Townhill (three seats)

Possible boundary change. The number of seats increased from two to three.

Townhill 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Tyssul Lewis*	968
Labour	David Hopkins*	913
Labour	William Frederick Stuckey	724
Liberal Democrats	Beryl Edwards	693
Plaid Cymru	Gregory Lee Evans	377
Independent	Anthony Roper	351
Liberal Democrats	Gordon C. Manning	338
Independent	Margaret Louvane Abraham	297
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Uplands (four seats)

Uplands 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Jennifer Caryl Hood	1,352
Labour	Derek James	1,349
Labour	Maureen Clough Stuckey*	1,336
Labour	Moira Ann Singh	1,302
Conservative	Dick Phillips	1,226
Plaid Cymru	Harri Lloyd Roberts	1,126
Plaid Cymru	Clive Ian Gary Smith	1,062
Conservative	Jean Margaret Taverner	1,010
Liberal Democrats	Peter Richard Brooks	1,002
Independent	Susan Rosemary Sturgess	882
Neighbourhood Independent	Peter May	877
Conservative	Robert James Buckland	875
Conservative	Brian Hill-Mackintosh	846
Green	Simon Mark Clegg	816
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Upper Loughor (two seats)

Possible boundary change. the number of seats was reduced from two to one

Upper Loughor 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	David Alcwyn Evans*	516
Plaid Cymru	John Griffiths	390
Labour hold		Swing

West Cross (two seats)

The Liberal Democrats won a by-election following the election of previous member Martin Caton as MP for Gower.

West Cross 1999
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Desmond Wilfred W. Thomas	1,094
Labour	Mark Clive Child	1,004
Liberal Democrats	Rene Harood Kinzett*	649
Conservative	Lynne Davies	609
Liberal Democrats	Reginald C. Edwards	565
Conservative	Vera Margaret Duncan	512
Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Rhys Robert	367
Labour hold		Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

References

^ "Results". Western Mail. 8 May 1999.
^ "The City and County of Swansea(Electoral Arrangements) (No. 2) Order 1998". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Swansea Welsh Unitary Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 23 November 2020.

[WM_8-5-99_res-1] "Results". Western Mail. 8 May 1999.

[2] "The City and County of Swansea(Electoral Arrangements) (No. 2) Order 1998". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

[Elections_Centre-3] "Swansea Welsh Unitary Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 23 November 2020.

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