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1999 Carmarthenshire County Council election

The second elections to the Carmarthenshire County Council were held in May 1999. It was preceded by the 1995 election and followed by the 2004 election. They resulted in a coalition between Independent councillors and Plaid Cymru for the next five years.

Party	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	28				37.8
	26				35.1
	13				17.5
	4				5.4
	2				2.7
	1				1.3
	0				0.0

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Independent	unopposed
	Independent hold

Boundary Change. Two sitting members contested the seat.

Party	Candidate	Votes
	Labour	780
	Independent	493
287

Party	Candidate	Votes
	Labour	484
	Plaid Cymru	331
153
	Labour hold

No boundary changes but the number of seats reduced from three to two.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,172
	Labour	1,077
	Liberal Democrats	856
	Liberal Democrats	724
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

The Liberal Democrats won both seats in 1995 but Labour captured one of these in a by-election following the death of a sitting member.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,217
	Labour	1,060
	Liberal Democrats	589
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	unopposed
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,014
	Independent	979
	Plaid Cymru	965
	Labour	658
	Labour hold
	Independent hold

One of the seats was won by the Liberal Democrats in 1995 but lost to an Independent at a by-election following the death of the sitting member. The sitting Labour councillor, who had served on Carmarthen District Council since 1979, was de-selected by the party but was re-elected as an Independent Labour candidate.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	774
	Independent Labour	551
	Plaid Cymru	547
	Labour	397
	Labour	321
	Independent hold
	Independent Labour gain from Labour

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	875
	Labour	747
	Labour	666
	Independent hold
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	434
	Independent	342
	Independent	292
92
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent

Boundary change.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	unopposed

Boundary Change. Two sitting members contested the seat.

Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent	834
	Independent	793
41

Boundary Change.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	unopposed

Party	Candidate	Votes
	Labour	568
	Plaid Cymru	562
6
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	652
	Labour	556
96
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Party	Candidate	Votes
	Labour	450
	Independent	185
265
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	unopposed
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	unopposed
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	978
	Labour	807
	Green	367
	Liberal Democrats	316
	Liberal Democrats	306
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent	636
	Labour	327
309
	Independent gain from Labour

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	889
	Labour	852
	Plaid Cymru	819
	Labour	742
	Independent gain from Ratepayers
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	625
	Labour	326
	Socialist Labour	135
	Green	92
299
	Plaid Cymru hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	756
	Plaid Cymru	712
	Labour	684
	Plaid Cymru	676
	Labour hold
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour

Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent Labour	627
	Plaid Cymru	486
	Labour	413
141
	Independent Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent	759
	Labour	403
356
	Independent hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	unopposed
	Independent hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayer	unopposed
	Ratepayer hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	1,142
	Labour	248
	Conservative	97

	Independent hold

Party	Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	786
	Labour	230
	Conservative	180
556
	Plaid Cymru hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	1,411
	Independent	1,262
	Labour	664
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	1,019
	Liberal Democrats	197

	Independent hold

Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent	390
	Labour	327
	Conservative	105
63
	Independent hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	unopposed
	Plaid Cymru hold

No Boundary Change. Ward named changed.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	unopposed
	Independent hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	unopposed
	Independent hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	953
	Plaid Cymru	857
	Labour	644
	Labour	561
	Socialist Labour	184
	Plaid Cymru hold
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	unopposed
	Independent hold

An unusual situation arose in this ward where the sitting Labour member (and previously a member of Dyfed County Council since 1981) announced shortly before the close of nominations that he would not stand and pledged his support to the Plaid Cymru candidate.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	1,086
	Independent Labour	291

	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour

The previous Cross Hands (one seat) and Tumble (two seats) wards were merged to form a new two-seat ward. Three sitting councillors sought election.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	1,090
	Independent Labour	1,040
	Labour	822
	Labour	753

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	unopposed
	Independent hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	unopposed
	Independent hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,042
	Labour	985
	Liberal Democrats	781
	Liberal Democrats	780
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

No boundary change. One of the sitting Labour councillors was de-selected but successfully retained the seat as an Independent Labour candidate.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	796
	Independent Labour	778
	Labour	674
	Labour hold
	Independent Labour gain from Labour

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	759
	Plaid Cymru	269

	Independent hold

One of the sitting Labour members was de-selected and stood unsuccessfully as an Independent.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	756
	Labour	753
	Independent	717
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	659
	Labour	414
245

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	unopposed
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent Labour	879
	Labour	303
576
	Independent Labour hold

No boundary changes. Ward name changed.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	unopposed
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent	632
	Independent	414
	Independent	247
	Labour	61
218
	Independent hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	unopposed

No boundary changes but an additional seat created

Party	Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	920
	Plaid Cymru	793
	Labour	754
	Labour	582
123
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour

Party	Candidate	Votes
	Labour	744
	Independent	337
407
	Labour gain from Independent

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	unopposed
	Independent hold

Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent	548
	Liberal Democrats	332
	Labour	181
	Independent	36
216
	Independent hold

Party	Candidate	Votes
	Labour	526
	Plaid Cymru	370
156
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,040
	Labour	958
	Plaid Cymru	739
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	933
	Independent	364

A by-election was held in the Pontyberem ward following the death of Independent Labour councillor Ieuan Edwards.

Candidate	Votes	%
Plaid Cymru	655	60.4
Labour	399	36.8
Conservative	31	2.98



Plaid Cymru gain from Independent Labour

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	348
	Plaid Cymru	293
	Independent	118
	Conservative	70



	Labour hold

A by-election was held in the Llandybie ward following the death of Independent councillor Gerald Earl, who had represented the ward on the Dyfed and Carmarthenshire councils since 1973.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	504
	Plaid Cymru	316
	Independent	266
	Independent	151



	Labour gain from Independent

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