Powys County Council election, 1995

The first election to the Powys County Council following local government reorganisation was held in May 1995.^[1] It was followed by the 1999 election.

Results Overview

No Overall Control

Powys County Council election result 1995
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	10
	Conservative	3
	Liberal Democrat	8
	Plaid Cymru	1
	Independent	62
	Green

Ward Results (Brecknockshire)

Aber-craf (one seat)

Aber-craf 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Cyril Gwyn Gwillim*	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Builth (one seat)

Builth 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	L. Jarman-Harris*	505
	Green	R. Bramhall	397
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Bwlch (one seat)

Bwlch 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Betty Lucille Greet	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Crickhowell (two seats)

Crickhowell 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Thomas John Probert*	644
Conservative	M. Taylor	517
Independent	H.E. Francis*	414
Labour	G.R. Strange	354
Independent win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Cwmtwrch (one seat)

Cwmtwrch 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Bryan Wyn Davies*	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Felin-fach (one seat)

Felin-fach 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	H Jean Whittall	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Gwernyfed (one seat)

Gwernyfed 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	O.V. James*	375
	Independent	K.M. Griffiths*	275
Majority			100
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Hay (one seat)

Hay 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	J.M. Like*	384
	Independent	R.G.W. Booth	342
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llanafanfawr, Erwood (one seat)

Llanafanfawr, Erwood 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	David Eiros Davies*	411
	Independent	E.T.R. Jones*	367
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llanfyrnach, Talybont-on-Usk (one seat)

Llanfyrnach, Talybont-on-Usk 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	D.M.J. James	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Llangammarch, Llanwrtyd Wells (one seat)

Llangammarch, Llanwrtyd Wells 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Timothy John Van Rees*	576
	Independent	I.D. Jones*	277
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llangattock (one seat)

Llangattock
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Rowland Edgar Price Williams*	unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llangors (one seat)

Llangors 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Hugh Williams*	unopposed
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Llangynidr (one seat)

Llangynidr 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	E. Meredith*	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Maescar / Llywel (one seat)

Maescar / Llywel 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Evan Thomas Morgan*	522
	Independent	H.G. Jones*	394
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

St Davids Within (one seat)

St Davids Within 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Marilyn Roberts*	675
	Independent	S. Cholewka	131
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

St John (two seats)

St John 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Christopher John Mann*	811
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Mark Morgan*	625
	Independent	E.I. Bassin*	613
	Liberal Democrat	D.J. Leboff	176
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

St Mary (two seats)

St Mary 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	P.M. Norbury*	748
	Independent	Susan Dawn Francis*	547
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Joseph Bell	379
	Labour	O.C. Williams	358
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Talgarth (two seats)

Talgarth 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	I.B. Lewis*	739
Independent	H.L. Evans*	593
Independent	F.E. Hussin	173
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Tawe Uchaf (one seat)

Tawe Uchaf 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	J.M. Jones*	495
	Independent Labour	H. Pattrick*	359
	Liberal Democrat	D.C. Evans	218
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Ynyscedwyn (one seat)

Ynyscedwyn 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	V.J. Gibbs	659
	Independent	J.L. Clee	456
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Yscir (one seat)

Yscir 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Dorothy Gillian Thomas*	273
	Independent	A.M. Leonard*	215
Majority			58
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Ystradgynlais (two seats)

Ystradgynlais 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	E.B.L. James*	unopposed
	Labour	B.R. Watkins*	unopposed
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Ward Results (Montgomeryshire)

Banwy (one seat)

Banwy 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	D.K. Roberts	214
	Independent	R.G. Bebb*	210
Majority			4
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Berriew (one seat)

Berriew 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	S.G. Pritchard*	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Caaersws, Carno (one seat)

Caresws, Carno 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	E.E. Davies*	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Churchstoke (one seat)

Churchstoke 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	G.C. Hamer	337
	Independent	W.S. Morgan	211
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Dolforwyn (one seat)

Dolforwyn 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	D.G. Edwards*	unopposed
	Conservative win (new seat)

Forden (one seat)

Forden 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	F.J. Owens*	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Glantwymyn, Cadfarch (one seat)

Glantwymyn, Cadfarch 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Gwilym Pughe Vaughan*	715
	Independent	D.L. James*	210
Majority			505
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Guilsfield Within (one seat)

Guilsfield 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	F.G. Palin*	240
	Independent	H. Woodcock	156
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Guilsfield Without (one seat)

Guilsfield 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	D.R. Jones*	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Kerry (one seat)

Kerry 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	M.I. Brench*	unopposed
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Llanbrynmair (one seat)

Llanbrynmair 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Hedd Bleddyn Williams*	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Llandinam (one seat)

Llandinam 1995
Party		Candidate
	Independent	L.R.E. Davies
	Independent	G.A Sylvester
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llandrinio (one seat)

Llandrinio 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Richard Graham Brown*	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Llandysilio (one seat)

Llandysilio 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	J.H. Evans*	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Llanfair Caereinion (one seat)

Llanfair Caereinion 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrat	E.B. Bennett*	307
	Independent	R.B. Jones	253
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Llanfihangel (one seat)

Llanfihangel 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	William Barry Thomas	287
	Independent	T. Jones*	207
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llanfyllin (one seat)

Llanfyllin 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	J.E. Bowen*	389
	Independent	T.O. Lewis*	132
	Independent	D.B. Goodman	87
	Independent	H.G. Rees	47
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llanidloes (two seats)

Llanidloes 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrat	Gareth Morgan*	883
	Independent	V.W. Hollis*	720
	Labour	M. Evitts	346
	Green	S.M. Walker	201
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant (one seat)

Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	C.A. O'Connor	356
	Independent	R.W. Edwards	282
	Independent	J.H. Hughes	156
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Llansantffraid (one seat)

Llansantffraid 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	N. Roberts*	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Llanwddyn (one seat)

Llanwddyn 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	G.T. Tibbott*	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Machynlleth (one seat)

Machynlleth 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	J.M. Williams*	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Meifod (one seat)

Meifod 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrat	H.L. Gwalchmai	245
	Independent	O.M. Dodd	135
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Mochdre (one seat)

Mochdre 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	D.M. Jones*	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Montgomery (one seat)

Montgomery 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	B.P. Richards*	247
	Independent	G.W. Roberts	189
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Newtown Central(two seats)

Newtown Central 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Reg Taylor*	367
	Independent	J.W. Griffiths	297
	Independent	N.P. Jackson*	281
	Independent	V.A. Moore	236
	Liberal Democrat	J.D. Napier*	198
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Newtown East (one seat)

Newtown East 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrat	L.H. Williams*	219
	Labour	R.J. Lloyd	124
	Plaid Cymru	S.A. Frisby	59
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Newtown Llanllwchaiaran North (one seat)

Newtown Llanllwchaiaran North 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	K. Jones*	625
	Plaid Cymru	G. Murray	40
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Newtown Llanllwchaiaran West

Newtown Llanllwchaiaran West 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	K. Moris	194
	Plaid Cymru	G.E. Jones	183
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Newtown South (one seat)

Newtown South 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	J.A. Dean Mackeen*	213
	Liberal Democrat	I.B. Barclay*	205
	Plaid Cymru	R.G. Edwards	53
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Rhiwcynon (one seat)

Rhiwcynon 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Joy P. Shearer*	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Trefeglwys, Llangurig (one seat)

Trefeglwys, Llangurig 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	G.T. Evans*	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Trewern (one seat)

Trewern 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	P.E. Astley*	330
	Conservative	M.L.G. Robinson	129
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Welshpool Castle (one seat)

Welshpool Castle 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	J.S.R. Watson	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Welshpool Gungrog (one seat)

Welshpool Gungrog 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	G.E.H. Taylor*	430
	Independent	J.A. Corfield	301
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Welshpool Llanerchyddol (one seat)

Welshpool Llanerchyddol 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Ann Holloway*	402
	Liberal Democrat	M.S. Squibb*	314
	Labour	A.G.D. Swift	88
	Independent	J.D. Moris	75
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Ward Results (Radnorshire)

Clyro, Painscastle (one seat)

Clyro, Painscastle 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrat	C.J. Gibson-Watt	284
	Independent	R.C. Bagley*	218
	Independent	R. Bailey*	108
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Disserth and Trecoed (one seat)

Disserth and Trecoed 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	P.D. Speake	202
	Independent	D.L. Hughes-Jones*	184
	Green	R.G. Prince	60
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Glasbury (one seat)

Glasbury 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Margaret Elizabeth Morris	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Glascwm, Llanelwedd (one seat)

Glascwm, Llanelwedd 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	G.M. Worts
	Green	H.W. Richards
	Independent win (new seat)

Knighton (two seats)

Knighton 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	M.W. Shaw*	962
	Conservative	T.A. Johnson*	556
	Independent	E. Petley*	451
	Labour	K.J. Kell*	334
	Independent	P.J. Waters	227
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Llanbadarn Fawr (one seat)

Llanbadarn Fawr 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Fred Barker*	401
	Independent	M.G. Lewis	193
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llanbister, Beguildy (one seat)

Llanbister, Beguildy 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	A.V. Allen*	584
	Independent	W.V.S. Corbett*	149
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llandrindod East/West (one seat)

Llandrindod East/West 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	M.C. Lennox-Boyd*	215
	Independent	K.J. Richards	204
	Green	K.W. Curry*	122
	Plaid Cymru	Sian Maredudd	22
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llandrindod North (one seat)

Llandrindod North 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	R.W. Bevan*	470
	Independent	A.M. Nicholas*	191
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llandrindod South (one seat)

Llandrindod South 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	E.B. Oakley	331
	Liberal Democrat	D.V. Law	293
	Independent	C.B. Davies*	202
	Green	A.M. Walker	48
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llanfihangel Rhuditon, Llangunllo (one seat)

Llanfihangel Rhuditon, Llangunllo 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Emlyn Kinsey Pugh*	280
	Independent	W.G. Lewis	256
	Independent	P.G. Harrison*	157
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llanyre (one seat)

Llanyre 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	J.D.A. Thompson*	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Old Radnor, New Radnor, Gladestry (one seat)

Old Radnor, New Radnor, Gladestry 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	M. Jones*	376
	Independent	M.B. Gwatkin	277
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Presteigne (one seat)

Presteigne 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Garry Richard Banks*	660
	Independent	E.M. Davies*	437
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Rhayader (one seat)

Rhayader 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	John Andreas Bufton	503
	Independent	M.A. Pugh*	401
	Independent	J.L. Davies*	143
	Green	J.E. Davis	44
	Independent	D.H. Stephens	10
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

St Harmon, Nantmel (one seat)

St Harmon, Nantmel 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	L.V. Lewis	248
	Independent	W.A. Lewis	245
	Independent	D.O. Evans	157
	Independent	E.F. Phillips	114
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

References

↑ "Election Results". Western Mail. 6 May 1995. pp. 5–6.

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