Ammanford (electoral ward)

Ammanford is an electoral ward, representing part of the community of Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

Profile

In 2014, the Ammanford electoral ward had an electorate of xxx.[1] The total population was xxx, of whom xxx were born in Wales. xxxx% of the population were able to speak Welsh.[1]

Current Representation

The Ammanford Ward is a single-member ward for the purposes of Carmarthenshire County Council elections. Since 2012 it has been represented by Plaid Cymru councillor Deian Harries.

Recent history

The first election to the new unitary Carmarthenshire County Council took place in 1995. Meinir Thomas, who had represented the ward on the former Dinefwr Borough Council was elected by a small majority over the Labour candidate.

Ammanford 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Llynfa Meinir Melba Thomas*	304
	Labour	Shireen Davies	299
Majority			5
	Independent hold		Swing

Boundary changes in 1999 saw the Ammanford ward merged with the Pantyffynnon ward to create a new ward which was named Ammanford. The two sitting councillors opposed each other and Michael Hugh Evans, who previously represented Pantyffynnon, defeated Meinir Thomas.

Ammanford 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Michael Hugh Evans*	780
	Independent	Llynfa Meinir Melba Thomas*	493
Majority			287
	Labour win (new seat)

Evans faced opposition from Plaid Cymru in 2004 but comfortably retained the seat.

Ammanford 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Michael Hugh Evans*	636
	Plaid Cymru	David Thomas	337
Majority			299
	Labour hold		Swing

In 2008, Evans's majority was significantly reduced a Plaid Cymru opponent.

Ammanford 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Michael Hugh Evans*	457
	Plaid Cymru	Deian Harries	451
Majority			6
	Labour hold		Swing

Evans stood down at the 2012 and his successor as Labour candidate was defeated by Plaid Cymru.

Ammanford 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Deian Harries	480
	Labour	Chris Jones	455
Majority			25
Turnout				48.3
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Earlier History

County Council Elections

Ammanford first became an electoral ward in the early twentieth century, having initially been part of the Betws ward at the formation of Carmarthenshire County Council. In due course two wards were created at Ammanford for county council electionsand these continued to exist until Carmarthenshire was abolished in 1974.

With the formation of Dyfed County Council, Ammanford continued to elect two councillors until the wards were merged in 1989.

When the current Carmarthenshire County Council was formed in 1995, an Ammanford ward based on the boundaries for elections to similar boundaries to those in existence between 1889 and 1974 was re-established.

District Council Elections

From 1973 until 1996, Ammanford formed an electoral ward for the purposes of elections to Dinefwr Borough Council.

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External links

"Ammanford Ward: Electoral Division Profile" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2014.

References

"Ammanford Ward: Electoral Division Profile" (PDF). Carmarthenshire County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2014.

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[2014_Ammanford_ward_profile-1] "Ammanford Ward: Electoral Division Profile" (PDF). Carmarthenshire County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2014.