1999 Powys County Council election

The second election to the Powys County Council following local government reorganisation was held in May 1999.^[1] It was preceded by the 1995 election and followed by the 2004 election. The election resulted once again in a majority of Independent councillors.^[2]

Results Overview

Powys County Council election result 1999

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	6
	Conservative	0
	Liberal Democrats	10
	Plaid Cymru	0
	Independent	57
	Green

Ward results (Brecknockshire)

Aber-craf (one seat)

Aber-craf 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cyril Gwyn Gwillim*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Bronllys (one seat)

Boundary Change.

Bronllys 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Davies	274
	Independent	Adrian John Willford	105
	Liberal Democrats	Sir John Royden Maddox	100
	Conservative	Hilda Mary Williams	100
Majority			169
Turnout			58.0
	Independent win (new seat)

Builth (one seat)

Builth 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Edward Ernest William Sweet	456
	Independent	Jeremy David Pugh	444
Majority			12
Turnout				52.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Bwlch (one seat)

Bwlch 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Jones	282
	Independent	Betty Lucille Greet*	157
	Independent		Swing

Crickhowell (one seat)

Boundary Change.

Crickhowell 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas John Probert*	676
	Independent	David John Addis	566
Majority
Turnout				51.0
	Independent win (new seat)

Cwmtwrch (one seat)

Cwmtwrch 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bryan Wyn Davies*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Felin-fach (one seat)

Felin-fach 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H Jean Whittall*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Gwernyfed (one seat)

No valid nominations were received.

Hay (one seat)

James Gibson-Watt represented a different ward on the previous council.

Hay 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Charles James Gibson-Watt*	330
	Independent	Richard George W. Booth	135
	Conservative	Mary Lesley Fellowes	114
Majority
Turnout				46.0
	Independent		Swing

Llanafanfawr (one seat)

Llanafanfawr, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Rowland Price	336
	Independent	David Eiros Davies*	305
	Independent	Clive Gwennap Easton	72
Majority
Turnout				66.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangattock (one seat)

Llangattock 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rowland Edgar Price Williams*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangors (one seat)

Llangors 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Hugh Williams*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Liberal Democrats hold

Llangynidr (one seat)

Llangynidr 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Muriel Rosemarie Harris	268
	Independent	Mary Taylor*	225
Majority				59.0
Turnout				66.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanwrtyd Wells (one seat)

Llanwrtyd Wells 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Timothy John Van Rees*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Maescar / Llywel (one seat)

Maescar / Llywel 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Evan Thomas Morgan*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

St Davids Within (one seat)

St Davids Within 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Marilyn Roberts*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

St John (one seat)

The number of seats were reduced from two to one.

St John 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher John Mann*	651
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Mark Morgan*	394
	Conservative	David John Chatfield	234
	Independent	Ian Howell Milton	74
Majority
Turnout				51.0
	Labour win (new seat)

St Mary (one seat)

The number of seats were reduced from two to one.

St Mary 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Susan Dawn Francis*	625
	Independent	Anthony Joseph Bell	401
Majority
Turnout				48.0
	Independent win (new seat)

Talgarth (one seat)

The number of seats were reduced from two to one.

Talgarth 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ivy Brenda Lewis*	379
	Independent	Henry Lloyd Evans*	187
	Independent	Ronald Day	139
Majority
	Independent win (new seat)

Talybont-on-Usk (one seat)

Talybont-on-Usk 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dorothy Margaret Jane James*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Tawe Uchaf (one seat)

Tawe Uchaf 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Maisie Jones*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Ynyscedwyn (one seat)

Ynyscedwyn 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vivian James Gibbs*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Yscir (one seat)

Yscir 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dorothy Gillian Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Ystradgynlais (two seats)

The number of seats were reduced from two to one.

Ystradgynlais 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Betty Rachel Watkins*	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Ward results (Montgomeryshire)

Banwy (one seat)

Banwy 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Beryl Vaughan	300
	Independent	David Keith Roberts*	214
Majority			86
Turnout				74.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Berriew (one seat)

Berriew 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sidney George Pritchard*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Blaen Hafren (one seat)

The ward was previously known as Trefeglwys / Llangurig.

Blaen Hafren 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gwilym Thomas Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Caersws (one seat)

Caresws 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Elizabeth Rachel Davies	601
	Independent	David Michael Jones*	430
Majority
Turnout				58.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Churchstoke (one seat)

Churchstoke 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gwynfryn Courtnenay Hamer*	475
	Conservative	Ruby Annie Eileen Taylor	159
Majority
Turnout				52.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Dolforwyn (one seat)

Dolforwyn 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Graham Edwards*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Forden (one seat)

Forden 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Frederick John Owens*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Glantwymyn (one seat)

Glantwymyn 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gwilym Pughe Vaughan*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Guilsfield (one seat)

Boundary Change. The wards of Guilsfield Within and Guilsfield Without were merged.

Guilsfield 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Richard Jones*	650
	Independent	Leslie Walter William Gretton	294
Majority
Turnout				56.0
	Independent win (new seat)

Kerry (one seat)

Kerry 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kathryn Mary Roberts-Jones	396
	Liberal Democrats	John Derek Napier	320
Majority
Turnout				56.0
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Llanbrynmair (one seat)

Llanbrynmair 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hedd Bleddyn Williams*	333
	Liberal Democrats	Gwynant Huw Davies	166
Majority
Turnout				71.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandinam (one seat)

Llandinam 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gwyneth Alice Sylvester*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandrinio (one seat)

Llandrinio 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Graham Brown*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandysilio (one seat)

Llandysilio 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Harold Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfair Caereinion (one seat)

Llanfair Caereinion 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Viola Elizabeth Evans	unopposed
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Llanfihangel (one seat)

Llanfihangel 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Barry Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfyllin (one seat)

Llanfyllin 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Ellis Bowen*	401
	Independent	David Barry Goodman	220
Majority
Turnout				59.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanidloes (one seat)

The number of seats was reduced from two to one.

Llanidloes 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Morgan*	unopposed
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant / Llansilin(one seat)

Labour won the seat in 1995 but subsequently lost it at a by-election

Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant / Llansilin 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Henry Hughes*	412
	Independent	David Wyn Davies	377
Majority
Turnout				59.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Llansantffraid (one seat)

Llansantffraid 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tegwyn Jones	448
	Independent	Elizabeth Jean Thomas*	267
Majority
Turnout				52.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanwddyn (one seat)

Llanwddyn 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gwilym Thomas Tibbott*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Machynlleth (one seat)

Machynlleth 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Michael Williams*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Meifod (one seat)

Meifod 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eldrydd Mary Jones	334
	Liberal Democrats	Huw Llewelyn Gwalchmai*	151
	Labour	Philip Edgar Hookway	43
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Montgomery (one seat)

Montgomery 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Brian Penton Richards*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Newtown Central (one seat)

The number of seats was reduced from two to one.

Newtown Central 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joseph Walter Griffiths*	453
	Plaid Cymru	Reginald Taylor*	321
Majority
Turnout				43.0
	Independent win (new seat)

Newtown East (one seat)

Newtown East 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Louis Hedley Williams*	unopposed
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Newtown Llanllwchaiaran North (one seat)

Newtown Llanllwchaiaran North 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Nicholas Munford*	560
	Independent	Brian Breeze	277
Majority
Turnout				48.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Newtown Llanllwchaiaran West

Newtown Llanllwchaiaran West 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert Thomas Davey	282
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Stanley Upton	218
	Conservative	Eleanor Wright	143
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Newtown South (one seat)

Newtown South 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert Henry Mills	231
	Labour	Rina Judith Clarke	173
	Independent	Philip Bowell Watkins	89
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Rhiwcynon (one seat)

Rhiwcynon 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joy Gethin Shearer*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Trewern (one seat)

The Conservative candidate had won the seat at a by-election.

Trewern 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ian Douglass Ferguson	277
	Conservative	Montague Lancelot Gaius Robinson*	186
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Welshpool Castle (one seat)

Welshpool Castle 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joseph Stephen Richard Watson*	303
	Independent	Norma Christine Lovely	128
Majority
Turnout				38.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Welshpool Gungrog (one seat)

Welshpool Gungrog 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gorge Edward Hugh Taylor*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Welshpool Llanerchyddol (one seat)

Welshpool Llanerchyddol 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ann Holloway*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Ward results (Radnorshire)

Beguildy (one seat)

Beguildy 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alfred Edward Allen*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Disserth and Trecoed (one seat)

The sitting councilor had been elected as a Labour candidate in 1995.

Disserth and Trecoed 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Desmond Speake*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Glasbury (one seat)

Glasbury 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Margaret Elizabeth Morris	665
	Independent	Rod Bailey	210
	Independent	Derek Victor Hills	113
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Knighton (one seat)

The number of seats was reduced from two to one.

Knighton 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Albert Harris	628
	Conservative	Trevor Alexander Johnson*	439
	Independent	Janice Geraldine Harris	167
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Llanbadarn Fawr (one seat)

Llanbadarn Fawr 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Fred Barker*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandrindod East/West (one seat)

Llandrindod East/West 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kenneth John Richards	270
	Liberal Democrats	William Philip Charles	234
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandrindod North (one seat)

Llandrindod North 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert William Bevan*	544
	Plaid Cymru	Sian Rosmari Maredudd	96
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandrindod South (one seat)

Llandrindod South 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Edward Brian Oakley	620
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis William Cleaton	275
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelwedd (one seat)

Llanelwedd 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Geoffrey Miles Worts*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangunllo (one seat)

Llangunllo 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Emlyn Kinsey Pugh*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanyre (one seat)

Llanyre 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John David Arthur Thompson*	325
	Independent	Leslie Gwyn Davies	226
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Nantmel (one seat)

Nantmel 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Owen Evans	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Old Radnor (one seat)

Old Radnor 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Evan Michael Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Presteigne (one seat)

The winning candidate was elected as an Independent in 1995.

Presteigne 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Garry Richard Banks*	unopposed
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Rhayader (one seat)

Rhayader 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Martin Anthony Pugh	468
	Independent	John Andreas Bufton	435
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Hugh Tyler	130
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

By-Elections 1999-2004

Gwernyfed by-election 1999

A by-election was held in Gwernyfed on 24 June 1999 after no valid nominations were received for the regular election.^[3]

Gwernyfed 1999 by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Geraint George Hopkins	192
	Independent	Rufus Trevor Richard Price	141
	Independent	Aileen Mary Dixon	103
	Independent	Richard George William Pitt Booth	26
Majority
Turnout				41.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Disserth and Tircoed by-election 1999

A by-election was held in Disserth and Tircoed on 18 November 1999 following the resignation of P.D. Speake.^[3]

Disserth and Tircoed 1999 by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Leslie Gwyn Davies	286
	Independent	David Edward Miles Worts	88
Majority
Turnout				40.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Welshpool Gungrog by-election 2000

A by-election was held in the Welshpool Gungrog ward on 24 February 2000 following the death of Councillor G.E.H. Taylor.^[3]

Welshpool Gungrog 2000 by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Mervyn Gwynfor Kinsey	200
	Independent	Olga Rowena Suddell	127
Majority
Turnout				17.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn North by-election 2001

A by-election was held in the Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn North ward on 12 July 2001 following the resignation of Councillor C.J. Arnold.^[3]

Rhayader by-election 2001

A by-election was held in the Rhayader ward on 13 September 2001 following the resignation of Councillor Martin Pugh.^[3]

Rhayader by-election 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Hugh Tyler	254
	Independent	Elizabeth Fletcher Phillips	174
	Independent	Margaret Hughes	143
Majority
Turnout
	Independent		Swing

Llangors by-election 2002

A by-election was held in the Llangors ward on 17 January 2002 following the resignation of Councillor

Crickhowell by-election 2002

A by-election was held in the Crickhowell ward on 11 July 2002 following the death of Councillor Tom Probert.[3]

Brecon St Mary by-election 2003

A by-election was held in the Brecon St Mary ward on 30 October 2003 following the death of Councillor Susan Francis.^[3]

Dolforwyn by-election 2004

A by-election was held in the Dolforwyn ward on 15 January 2004 following the resignation of Councillor David Edwards.^[3]

Dolforwyn by-election 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Wynne Thomas Jones	480
	Independent	Richard John White	69
	Independent	Paul Michael Leonard Harris	39
Majority
Turnout				45.0
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

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