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 1999 ^[3]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	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

Party		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]

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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]

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

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