Local authority election in Wales
The second election to the Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council was held on 6 May 1999.[1] It was preceded by the 1995 election and followed by the 2004 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 second elections held following local government reorganisation.
Neath and Port Talbot County Borough Council election result 1999 Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | | | | | | | | |
| Conservative | | | | | | | | |
| Liberal Democrats | | | | | | | | |
| Plaid Cymru | | | | | | | | |
| Other parties | 5 | | | | | | | |
| SDP | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Green | 0 | | | | | | | |
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
Aberavon (three seats)
Aberavon 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| SDP | Anthony Taylor* | 1,191 | | |
| SDP | Jeffrey Dinham | 973 | | |
| SDP | Thomas John Sullivan | 852 | | |
| Labour | Andrew Brian Jones* | 640 | | |
| Labour | Kenneth John Price | 635 | | |
| Labour | John Malcolm Slater | 616 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| SDP hold | Swing | | |
| SDP gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| SDP gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Aberdulais (one seat)
Aberdulais 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Elwyn Jones* | unopposed | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Alltwen (one seat)
Alltwen 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | David Lewis* | unopposed | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Baglan (three seats)
Baglan 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Ratepayers | Arthur Edward Wheatley* | 1,358 | | |
| Labour | Malcolm David Harris* | 1,292 | | |
| Ratepayers | Paul Ernest Evans | 1,219 | | |
| Ratepayers | Elwyn John Tyrell | 1,120 | | |
| Labour | Marian Aerona Golding | 1,100 | | |
| Labour | Leslie Rees | 1,047 | | |
| Conservative | Wayne Morris | 293 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Other parties hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Other parties hold | Swing | | |
Blaengwrach (one seat)
Blaengwrach 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | Carolyn Edwards | 397 | | |
| Labour | David Michael Hughes* | 369 | | |
Majority | 28 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Briton Ferry East (one seat)
Briton Ferry East 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Colin Morgan* | 674 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian David Sherwood | 375 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Briton Ferry West (one seat)
Briton Ferry West 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Stanley Atherton | 659 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gary Lewis | 255 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Bryn and Cwmavon (three seats)
Bryn and Cwmavon 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Gaynor Elizabeth Williams* | 1,028 | | |
| Labour | Thomas David Morgans* | 948 | | |
| Independent Labour | Thomas D. Mel John* | 884 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Marilyn Harris | 874 | | |
| Labour | Elizabeth Williams | 809 | | |
| Independent | Brinley Roblin | 734 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Terence John Rogers | 607 | | |
| Ratepayers and Tenants | Paul Parry | 495 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Independent Labour gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Bryncoch North 1995 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Richard David Matthews | 531 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | David Wyn Thomas | 321 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas R. Parkinson | 155 | | |
Majority | 210 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Bryncoch South 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | Gareth Ifan Richards | 983 | | |
| Labour | Patricia Margaret Phillips | 902 | | |
| Labour | Kenneth Carl Palmer* | 863 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Cadoxton (one seat)
Cadoxton 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | David Valdo Funning | 331 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Robert Joseph King | 261 | | |
Majority | 70 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Cimla (two seats)
Cimla 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | John Warman* | 893 | | |
| Labour | Reginald Valentine Teale* | 804 | | |
| Labour | David George Williams | 475 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Former Communist Glaslyn Morgan was elected as Democratic Left candidate in 1995 but subsequently joined Plaid Cymru.
Coedffranc Central 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | Glaslyn Morgan* | 701 | | |
| Independent | Betsan Powell* | 663 | | |
| Labour | Arthur Pendry Hodge Davies | 529 | | |
| Labour | David Reginald Davies | 440 | | |
| Independent Labour | Maureen Bond | 271 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Coedffranc North 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | David Keith Davies* | 434 | | |
| Labour | Darren Jones | 382 | | |
Majority | 52 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Coedffranc West 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Henry Marney Bebell | 314 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Huw John Jenkins Phillips | 249 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Charles Lloyd | 141 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour win (new seat) |
Crynant 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Albert D. Lyn Harper* | unopposed | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Cwmllynfell 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Idwal Griffiths* | unopposed | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Cymmer 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Mairwen Goodridge | 623 | | |
| Labour | David Thomas Stokes* | 511 | | |
Majority | 112 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Independent gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Plaid Cymru won the seat in 1995 but lost it at a subsequent by-election.
Dyffryn 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | David Martyn Peters | 746 | | |
| Labour | Norman Richard Thomas* | 432 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Glyncorrwg 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Horace Glyn Rawlins | unopposed | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Glynneath (two seats)
Godre'rgraig 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Jackie Myers | 312 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Rosalyn Davies | 262 | | |
Majority | 50 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Gwaun Cae Gurwen (one seat)
Gwaun Cae Gurwen 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | Catrin Bevan | 731 | | |
| Labour | Guy Silvanus Jones | 445 | | |
| Independent | David Gerald Oswald Jones | 87 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Lower Brynamman 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Arwyn N. Woolcock* | unopposed | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Margam 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Stanley John Mason* | 378 | | |
| Official Ratepayer and Tenants | Terrence James Ward | 197 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Tudor Jones | 195 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Neath East 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Sandra Miller | 1,022 | | |
| Labour | Sheila Marlene Penry | 1,003 | | |
| Labour | Charles Edward Henrywood* | 738 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Brendan S.D. MacMathail | 590 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard John Moth | 402 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Clive Thomas had captured a seat from Labour at a by-election.
Neath South 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Malcolm B. Gunter* | unopposed | | |
| Labour | Peter Albert Rees* | unopposed | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Onllwyn 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Alan Huw Thomas* | 378 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Rees Davies | 215 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Pelenna 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Malcolm Isaac Jones* | unopposed | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Pontardawe (two seats)
Pontardawe 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Plaid Cymru | Dewi Richard Evans | 895 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Robert Lewis Williams | 647 | | |
| Labour | Michael Lloyd-James | 623 | | |
| Labour | John Paul Jenkins | 617 | | |
| Independent | Huw Llewelyn Williams | 499 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Port Talbot (three seats)
Port Talbot 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Ratepayers and Tenants | Pamela Edith Spender* | 1,056 | | |
| Ratepayers and Tenants | Sylvan Rees Thomas | 977 | | |
| Ratepayers and Tenants | Andrew James Tutton | 709 | | |
| Labour | Christopher Mainwaring | 604 | | |
| Labour | Steffan ap Dafydd | 574 | | |
| Labour | Jennifer M. Braemar-Blood* | 518 | | |
| Independent | Ann Marie Thomas | 490 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Stanley George Davies | 429 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Others hold | Swing | | |
| Others gain from Labour | | | |
| Others gain from Labour | | | |
Resolven (one seat)
Resolven 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Desmond William Davies | 850 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Conway Gillard | 411 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Rhos (one seat)
Rhos 1995 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Paul Michael Thomas | 543 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Frank Little | 450 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Sandfields East 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Leila Helen James | 1,252 | | |
| Labour | Thomas P. Noel Crowley* | 1,170 | | |
| Labour | Colin Joseph Crowley* | 1,147 | | |
| Labour | Patricia Irene Jones | 806 | | |
| Ratepayer and Tenants | Leigh Davies | 736 | | |
| Ratepayer | Raymond T. Pursey | 598 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Leslie Hunt | 572 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Independent gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Patricia Jane Thomas had held the seat in a by-election since 1995.
Sandfields West 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Olga Jones* | 1,235 | | |
| Labour | Patricia Jane Thomas* | 1,173 | | |
| Labour | William John Harris* | 1,128 | | |
| Ratepayer and Tenants | Stephen Griffiths | 950 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Kelvin Peter Edwards | 824 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Seven Sisters (one seat)
Seven Sisters 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Peter Gary Lloyd* | 603 | | |
| Independent | Stuart Lloyd Jones | 249 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Taibach 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John Rogers* | 1,220 | | |
| Labour | Clive Owen* | 1,121 | | |
| Ratepayer and Tenants | Scott J. Sullivan | 639 | | |
| Ratepayer and Tenants | John D. Sullivan | 548 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Tonna (one seat)
Tonna 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John Neville Miles | 639 | | |
| Plaid Cymru | Heath Joy Evans | 288 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Trebanos (one seat)
Trebanos 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Joseph Denzil Edwards | 412 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alexander Eric Tyrrell | 91 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
References
- ^ "Council Elections". Western Mail. 8 May 1995.