2012 Carmarthenshire County Council election
{{Short description|Welsh local election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
The fifth election to Carmarthenshire County Council was held on 1 May 2012.{{cite web|title=Election Results 2012 |url=http://www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk/English/council/electionsandvoting/Pages/ElectionResults2012.aspx |publisher=Carmarthenshire County Council |access-date=13 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514064129/http://www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk/English/council/electionsandvoting/Pages/ElectionResults2012.aspx |archive-date=14 May 2014 }} It was preceded by the 2008 election and was followed by the 2017 election. Plaid Cymru won 28 seats whilst Labour and the Independents won 23 each.{{cite web|title=Election Results 2012|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/vote2012/council/W06000010.stm|publisher=BBC|access-date=3 August 2015}} The main feature of the election was a Labour recovery in the Llanelli area, and to some extent in the Gwendraeth and Ammanford area also, mainly at the expense of Independent candidates. Plaid Cymru lost ground to Labour in the Llanelli area but gained seats elsewhere, becoming the largest party. An Independent-Labour coalition was again formed, but with Labour as the leading partner. As a result, Kevin Madge replaced Meryl Gravell as the leader of the council.
Madge resigned as leader of the council in May 2015, having lost the leadership of the Labour group. Two days later it was announced that Plaid Cymru would from a coalition with the Independents.{{cite web|title=New coalition takes over Carmarthenshire council|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-32728342|website=BBC Wales News|date=13 May 2015|access-date=13 May 2015}} Emlyn Dole was elected leader of the council.
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==Results Overview==
No Overall Control (unchanged)
{{Election summary begin|title = Carmarthenshire County Council election result 2012 {{cite web|last1=Teale|first1=Andrew|title=Local Election Results 2012: Carmarthenshire|url= http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2012/417//|access-date=2016-11-15}}}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|seats = 28
|gain = 7
|loss = 9
|net = -2
|seats % = 37.8
|votes % = 36.0
|votes = 23,798
|plus/minus = 0.0
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Independent (politician)
|seats = 22
|gain = 1
|loss = 11
|net = -10
|seats % = 29.7
|votes % = 33.9
|votes = 22,403
|plus/minus = -4.0
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|seats = 23
|gain = 14
|loss = 2
|net = +12
|seats % = 31.1
|votes % = 23.2
|votes = 15,350
|plus/minus = +0.7
}}
{{Election summary |
|party = People First
|seats = 1
|gain = 1
|loss = 0
|net = +1
|seats % = 1.4
|votes % = 3.0
|votes = 1,965
|plus/minus = New
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = 0
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 2.9
|votes = 1,914
|plus/minus = +1.2
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 1
|net = -1
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 1.0
|votes = 675
|plus/minus = -0.3
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = British National Party
|seats = -
|gain = -
|loss = -
|net = -
|seats % = -
|votes % = -
|votes = -
|plus/minus = -0.4
}}
{{Election summary |
|party = Ratepayers
|seats = -
|gain = -
|loss = -
|net = -
|seats % = -
|votes % = -
|votes = -
|plus/minus = -0.1
}}
|}
Ward Results
=[[Abergwili (electoral ward)|Abergwili]] (one seat)=
{{Election box begin | title= Abergwili 2012}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Pamela Ann Palmer*
|votes = 600
|percentage = 57.9
|change = -18.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Dewi Richard Evans
|votes = 436
|percentage = 42.1
|change = +18.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 164
|percentage = 15.8
|change = -37.0
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 56.5
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|swing = 18.5
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=[[Ammanford (electoral ward)|Ammanford]] (one seat)=
Deian Harries had come within six votes of victory for Plaid Cymru in 2008. The sitting Labour member, Hugh Evans, a member of the authority since its formation in 1995, stood down and Plaid Cymru captured the seat.
{{Election box begin | title= Ammanford 2012}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Alun Deian Harries
|votes = 480
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Chris Jones
|votes = 455
|percentage =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 25
|percentage =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 48.3
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Betws, Carmarthenshire (electoral ward)|Betws]] (one seat)=
Labour, which had held the seat from 1995 until 2008, came from third place to recapture Betws with a new candidate
{{Election box begin | title=Betws 2012}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David John Ryan Bartlett
|votes = 325
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Eira Audrey Jones*
|votes = 274
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Annette Price
|votes = 155
|percentage =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 51
|percentage =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 44.3
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Independent (politician)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Bigyn (electoral ward)|Bigyn]] (two seats)=
Labour, having held all seats in Bigyn from 1995 until 2008, regained both on a low turnout. Eryl Morgan was previously county councillor for Hengoed.
{{Election box begin | title= Bigyn 2012 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Eryl Morgan
|votes = 609
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jeff Edmunds
|votes = 565
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Michael Burns*
|votes = 523
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Dyfrig Thomas*
|votes = 518
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Nigel Bevan
|votes = 401
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate minor party|
|party = People First
|candidate = Stephen Royston Bowen
|votes = 287
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 33.3
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Plaid Cymru
|swing =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Plaid Cymru
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Burry Port (electoral ward)|Burry Port]] (two seats)=
Pat Jones, a member of the authority since 1999, was re-elected alongside another Labour candidate who narrowly ousted the sitting Independent member, who had served since 2004. The Conservative candidate had stood as a Liberal Democrat in 1999.
{{Election box begin | title= Burry Port 2012}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Patricia Ethel Mary Jones*
|votes = 741
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John David James
|votes = 634
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Stephen Randall James*
|votes = 622
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Gaynor Davies
|votes = 388
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Pam Every
|votes = 239
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 44.5
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Independent (politician)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Bynea (electoral ward)|Bynea]] (one seat)=
On a very low turnout, Labour came from third place to take a seat held by the Independent candidate, a member of the cabinet, since 2004.
{{Election box begin | title= Bynea 2012 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Deryk Michael Cundy
|votes = 445
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Gwynne Harris Woolridge*
|votes = 328
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate minor party|
|party = People First
|candidate = Michelle Williams
|votes = 179
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 117
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 23.6
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Independent (politician)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Carmarthen Town North (electoral ward)|Carmarthen Town North]] (two seats)=
Plaid Cymru again held both seats, for the third successive election.
{{Election box begin | title= Carmarthen Town North 2012}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Peter Hughes Griffiths*
|votes = 824
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Gareth Owen Jones*
|votes = 657
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Michael Stewart Elias
|votes = 501
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Douglas Edmund Ynyr Richards Rose
|votes = 480
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Paschal Haughey
|votes = 201
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 38.8
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Carmarthen Town South (electoral ward)|Carmarthen Town South]] (two seats)=
Plaid Cymru held both seats in this ward for the first time, unseating an Independent member who had served for one term. Jeffrey Thomas had represented Carmarthen North from 2004 until 2008.
{{Election box begin | title= Carmarthen Town South 2012}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Alun John Edwin Lenny
|votes = 454
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Jeffrey Thomas
|votes = 441
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Jenny Fox
|votes = 398
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Philip William Grice
|votes = 319
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Stephen Paul Dunn*
|votes = 285
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate minor party|
|party = People First
|candidate = Gabrielle Diana Sheppard
|votes = 116
|percentage =
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{{Election box turnout|
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|swing =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|loser = Independent (politician)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Carmarthen Town West (electoral ward)|Carmarthen Town West]] (two seats)=
Plaid Cymru completed a clean sweep of all seats in Carmarthen Town by ousting Arthur Davies, a leading figure in People First, former Labour councillor and a member of the authority since 1999.
{{Election box begin | title= Carmarthen Town West 2008 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Alan Douglas Thomas Speake*
|votes = 888
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Tom Talog Defis
|votes = 658
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate minor party|
|party = People First
|candidate = Arthur Davies*
|votes = 512
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Barry Williams
|votes = 261
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Marc Scaife
|votes = 123
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 34.0
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|swing =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|loser = Other parties
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Cenarth (electoral ward)|Cenarth]] (one seat)=
Hazel Evans had captured the seat in a by-election following the death of the previous Independent member, Haydn Jones.
{{Election box begin | title= Cenarth 2012}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Hazel Anna Louise Evans*
|votes = 670
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Henrietta Elizabeth Hensher
|votes = 97
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 573
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Cilycwm (electoral ward)|Cilycwm]] (one seat)=
Tom Theophilus, who had represented the area for decades narrowly held the seat against one of the most prominent opponents of the previous administration and a leading critic of Mark James, the Chief Executive of the Council.
{{Election box begin | title=Cilycwm 2012}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Thomas Theophilus*
|votes = 307
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Jacqui Thomapson
|votes = 264
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Matthew Graham Paul
|votes = 136
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Cynwyl Elfed (electoral ward)|Cynwyl Elfed]] (one seat)=
Irfon Jones had represented Newchurch from 1995 until 1999 but was defeated by Dorrien Thomas when the enlarged Cynwyl Elfed ward was created following boundary changes. Thomas retired at this election and Jones won a narrow victory over Plaid Cymru.
{{Election box begin | title= Cynwyl Elfed 2012}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Henry Irfon Jones
|votes = 678
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Glyn Evans
|votes = 631
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = John Clarke Atkinson
|votes = 149
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Cynwyl Gaeo (electoral ward)|Cynwyl Gaeo]] (one seat)=
Eirwyn Williams, a member of the authority since 1995, was comfortably re-elected.
{{Election box begin | title= Cynwyl Gaeo 2012 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = James Eirwyn Williams*
|votes = 502
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Syed Murtaza Hasan
|votes = 117
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Dafen (electoral ward)|Dafen]] (one seat)=
Labour won by a large majority although Plaid Cymru's vote may have been affected by the decision of their former candidate, Clem Thomas, to stand for People First.
{{Election box begin | title=Dafen 2012 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Tegwen Devichand*
|votes = 513
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Mohammad Alam Choudry
|votes = 178
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate minor party|
|party = People First
|candidate = Clem Thomas
|votes = 131
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Dai Hughes
|votes = 90
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 130
|percentage =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Elli (one seat)=
One-time Conservative John Paul Jenkins was returned for a third term with a much increased majority in a seat which has traditionally changed hands on a regular basis. The Liberal Democrats who once held the seat failed to field a candidate.
{{Election box begin | title= Elli 2012}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = John Paul Jenkins*
|votes = 503
|percentage =52.7
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Ruth Ferris Price
|votes = 203
|percentage =21.3
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Lilian Helen Rees
|votes = 192
|percentage =20.1
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Janine Edana Phillips
|votes = 56
|percentage =5.9
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 300
|percentage =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Felinfoel]] (one seat)=
The sitting member, first elected in 2004, held his seat against the former Labour member who was elected in 1995 and 1999.
{{Election box begin | title= Felinfoel 2012}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = David William Hugh Richards*
|votes = 258
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry John Evans
|votes = 215
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Malcolm Cotterell
|votes = 82
|percentage =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 43
|percentage =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Garnant]] (one seat)=
Labour's leader on the authority increased his majority.
{{Election box begin | title= Garnant 2012 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Kevin Madge*
|votes = 520
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Emyr Williams
|votes = 149
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Glanamman]] (one seat)=
The sitting Plaid member, who gained the seat in 2008, increased his majority.
{{Election box begin | title= Glanamman 2012}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = David Michael Jenkins*
|votes = 478
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Shahid Hussain
|votes = 248
|percentage =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Glanymor]] (two seats)=
In a ward that returned only Labour councillors from 1995 until 2008, Winston Lemon held his seat for Plaid Cymru and Labour regained the second seat from the Independents. David Tucker, a Labour councillor before 2008 and Keith Skivington, who stood in 2008 for Plaid Cymru, both contested the election as Independents which made the contest more unpredictable.
{{Election box begin | title=Glanymor 2012 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Winston James Lemon*
|votes = 571
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Beatrice Alice Louvain Roberts
|votes = 520
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Joanne Yeo
|votes = 485
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = John David Martin
|votes = 342
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = John Evan Jones*
|votes = 298
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = David Allan Tucker
|votes = 240
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Keith Skivington
|votes = 108
|percentage =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|swing =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Independent (politician)
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{{Election box end}}
=Glyn (one seat)=
Jim Jones, the representative since 1999, won by a large margin.
{{Election box begin | title=Glyn 2012}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Thomas James Jones*
|votes = 520
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Shahana Najmi
|votes = 126
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Tomos Arthur Lloyd-Evans
|votes = 97
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 394
|percentage =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|swing =
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=[[Gorslas]] (two seats)=
Terry Davies, the member since 2004, held one seat but the second seat was captured by Plaid Cymru, their first success in the ward. Clive Scourfield, the sitting Independent, stood down and there were press reports that Rupert Moon, former Llanelli and wales scrum-half was his chosen successor. Scourfield denied this to be the case and Moon was unsuccessful as the Independent vote was fragmented.
{{Election box begin | title=Gorslas 2012 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Terry Davies*
|votes = 850
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Darren Price
|votes = 762
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Rupert Moon
|votes = 508
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Ellis Davies
|votes = 486
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Andrew John Lewis
|votes = 253
|percentage =
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|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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|winner = Plaid Cymru
|loser = Independent (politician)
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=[[Hendy]] (one seat)=
Labour had gained this seat against the tide in 2008 and the result was now reversed.
{{Election box begin | title=Hendy 2012 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Gareth Beynon Thomas
|votes = 422
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Steve Lloyd-Janes*
|votes = 411
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = David Davies
|votes = 198
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11
|percentage =
|change =
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|winner = Plaid Cymru
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Hengoed]] (two seats)=
Sian Caiach, who took a seat for Plaid Cymru, subsequently left the party and joined People First following an internal dispute. Plaid also lost the second seat to Labour in a closely fought contest.
{{Election box begin | title=Hengoed 2012 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Edwards
|votes = 338
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate minor party|
|party = People's Voice
|candidate = Sian Mair Caiach*
|votes = 337
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Martin Vaughan Davies
|votes = 315
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Mike Evans
|votes = 271
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Sue Lewis
|votes = 253
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Fred Roberts
|votes = 213
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate|
|party =
|candidate = Heidi Lewis
|votes = 89
|percentage =
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|winner = People First
|swing =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Plaid Cymru
|swing =
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=[[Kidwelly]] (one seat)=
Labour strengthened the hold on a seat won against the tide in 2008.
{{Election box begin | title=Kidwelly 2012 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Keith Davies*
|votes = 571
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate minor party|
|party = People First
|candidate = Huw Gilasbey
|votes = 300
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Fran Lloyd-Burke
|votes = 238
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate|
|party =
|candidate = Ray Davies
|votes = 177
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 271
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Laugharne]] Township (one seat)=
Jane Tremlett had held the seat since 2004 and held on by a large majority as there was no Conservative candidate as was the case in 2008.
{{Election box begin | title=Laugharne Township 2012}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Jane Tremlett
|votes = 714
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jean Margaret Myers
|votes = 228
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 486
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Llanboidy]] (one seat)=
Roy Llewellyn had been a county councillor since 1989 on the Dyfed and Carmarthenshire authorities. He was unopposed in 2008 but was run close on this occasion by an Independent, as had been the case in 2004.
{{Election box begin | title= Llanboidy 2012 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Daniel James Roy Llewellyn*
|votes = 444
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Mark Davies
|votes = 393
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 51
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Llanddarog]] (one seat)=
On a relatively high turnout, Wyn Evans was challenged for the first time for many years.
{{Election box begin | title= Llanddarog 2012 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = William John Wyn Evans*
|votes = 516
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Simon David Martin
|votes = 444
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 72
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 54.9
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Llandeilo (one seat)=
A close contest followed the retirement of Ieuan Jones, the member since 1999. The Conservative vote was much less than that achieved by Juliana Hughes in 2008.
{{Election box begin | title= Llandeilo 2012}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Edward Gwynne Thomas
|votes = 476
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Mike Williams
|votes = 436
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = David Williams
|votes = 299
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Anthony Howard Frost
|votes = 66
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 40
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 56.1
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Llandovery]] Town (one seat)=
Ivor Jackson had been unopposed in 2008 but held the seat comfortably against three opponents.
{{Election box begin | title=Llandovery Town 2012}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Ivor John Jackson*
|votes = 518
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Andrew David Morgan
|votes = 208
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Patricia Ann Dodd Racher
|votes = 167
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Gill Wright
|votes = 164
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 310
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 50.1
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Llandybie]] (two seats)=
The two sitting members were returned.
{{Election box begin | title= Llandybie 2012 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = William Richard Anthony Davies*
|votes = 909
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Anthony Wyn Jones*
|votes = 658
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Karen Denise Lawrence Davies
|votes = 489
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Nigel John Humphreys
|votes = 188
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Clifford Roy Johnson
|votes = 140
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Sandra May Morgan
|votes = 110
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Llanegwad (one seat)=
Mansel Charles had stood as an Independent candidate at the previous election but had subsequently won the seat for Plaid Cymru at a by-election following the resignation of Independent councillor Dillwyn Williams.
{{Election box begin | title=Llanegwad and Llanfynydd 2012 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = John Mansel Charles*
|votes = 612
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Clive Pugh
|votes = 508
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 104
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Llanfihangel Aberbythych (one seat)=
The sitting member, Rhys Davies stood down and the seat was won by Cefin Campbell, former director of Welsh language initiative, Mentrau Iaith Myrddin.
{{Election box begin | title= Llanfihangel Aberbythych 2012 }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Cefin Arthur Campbell
|votes = 468
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Winston Kenneth Griffiths
|votes = 221
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Tony Jukes
|votes = 63
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 247
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 52.8
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Llanfihangel-ar-Arth (one seat)=
{{Election box begin | title=Llanfihangel-ar-Arth 2012 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Linda Davies Evans*
|votes = 1,074
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Douglas Mearns Spragg
|votes = 137
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 55.4
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Llangadog (one seat)=
{{Election box begin | title= Llangadog 2012 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Andrew James
|votes = 475
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = D. Huw Morgan*
|votes = 439
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Andre Jacob
|votes = 89
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Llangeler (one seat)=
{{Election box begin | title= Llangeler 2012}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Ken Howell
|votes = 793
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = John Wigley
|votes = 606
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 187
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Llangennech]] (two seats)=
{{Election box begin | title=Llangenench 2012 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Gwyneth Thomas*
|votes = 889
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = William Gwyn Hopkins*
|votes = 757
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Llewelyn Darkin
|votes = 535
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Fozia Akhtar
|votes = 439
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Llangunnor (one seat)=
{{Election box begin | title= Llangunnor 2012}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Dewi Elwyn Williams
|votes = 573
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = David John Watson
|votes = 395
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 178
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|loser= Independent (politician)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Llangyndeyrn (one seat)=
{{Election box begin | title=Llangyndeyrn 2012 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = William Tyssul Evans*
|votes = 863
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Mark Brown
|votes = 162
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Robert Michael Beynon
|votes = 91
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 701
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Llannon]] (two seats)=
{{Election box begin | title=Llannon 2012 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Emlyn Dole*
|votes = 630
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Margaret Kim Thomas
|votes = 588
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Alan John Heneberry
|votes = 548
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Philip Meredith Williams*
|votes = 499
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Alun George Owens
|votes = 474
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Keith Thomas
|votes = 230
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|swing =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser=Plaid Cymru
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Llansteffan]] (one seat)=
{{Election box begin | title= Llansteffan 2012}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Daff Davies*
|votes = 543
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Anne Carys Jones
|votes = 538
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Llanybydder (one seat)=
Ieuan Davies comfortably regained the seat he lost in 2008.
{{Election box begin | title=Llanybydder 2008 }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Ieuan Wyn Davies
|votes = 755
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Fiona Hughes*
|votes = 309
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 446
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|loser = Plaid Cymru
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Lliedi (two seats)=
{{Election box begin | title=Lliedi 2012}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William George Thomas
|votes = 653
|percentage =
|change =
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|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =Jan Williams
|votes = 653
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate =Tony Urqhuart
|votes = 379
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate =Tom McPhillips
|votes = 356
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Kenneth Denver Rees*
|votes = 252
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Independent (politician)
|candidate = William Edward Skinner
|votes = 236
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Plaid Cymru
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Llwynhendy]] (two seats)=
{{Election box begin | title= Llwynhendy 2012 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Sharen Davies
|votes = 479
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Theresa Bowen
|votes = 455
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Lindy Butler
|votes = 332
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Meilyr Bowen Hughes*
|votes = 281
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Ian Williams
|votes = 255
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Carol Rees
|votes = 91
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate minor party|
|party = People First
|candidate = John Willock
|votes = 86
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Independent (politician)
|swing =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Plaid Cymru
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Manordeilo and Salem (one seat)=
{{Election box begin | title=Manordeilo and Salem 2012 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Joseph Arthur Davies
|votes = 560
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Peter Eyre
|votes = 227
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Owen Williams
|votes = 96
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes =
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|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Pembrey]] (two seats)=
{{Election box begin | title=Pembrey 2012 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Hugh Barrie Shepardson*
|votes = 738
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Shirley Matthews
|votes = 612
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = David Malcolm Davies*
|votes = 449
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Joanna Mary Davies
|votes = 376
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|swing =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =Plaid Cymru
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Pen-y-groes (electoral ward)|Penygroes]] (one seat)=
{{Election box begin | title= Penygroes }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Siân Elisabeth Thomas*
|votes = 344
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Bob Gunstone
|votes = 338
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Aled Rees
|votes = 139
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Susan Freda Webb
|votes = 92
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 6
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Pontamman (one seat)=
{{Election box begin | title= Pontamman 2012 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Colin Evans
|votes = 652
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Marie Binney*
|votes = 321
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 331
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Plaid Cymru
|change =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Pontyberem]] (one seat)=
{{Election box begin | title=Pontyberem }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Joy Williams*
|votes = 576
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|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Raymond Jones
|votes = 184
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|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Andrea Karen Gravell
|votes = 152
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|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Keith John Evans
|votes = 142
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|winner = Plaid Cymru
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=Quarter Bach (one seat)=
{{Election box begin | title= Quarter Bach }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = John Glynog Davies
|votes = 619
|percentage =
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|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Elwyn Williams
|votes = 452
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=St Clears (one seat)=
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Philip Morris Hughes*
|votes = 682
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = William Edmund Vincent John Davies
|votes = 292
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Selwyn John Runnett
|votes = 273
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=St Ishmaels (one seat)=
{{Election box begin | title= St Ishmaels}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Lydia Mair Stephens*
|votes = 587
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Delme Bowen
|votes = 496
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|winner = Independent (politician)
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=Saron (two seats)=
{{Election box begin | title= Saron 2012}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Alan Peter Cooper*
|votes = 720
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Alun Davies
|votes = 616
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Nigel Henry Evans
|votes = 524
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Stephen Jeacock
|votes = 365
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Hayes Webb
|votes = 95
|percentage =
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|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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|winner = Plaid Cymru
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=Swiss Valley (one seat)=
{{Election box begin | title= Swiss Valley }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Anthony Giles Morgan*
|votes = 430
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Bill Thomas
|votes = 276
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Rhydwyn Ifan
|votes = 207
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=Trelech (one seat)=
{{Election box begin | title=Trelech 2012 }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = William David Thomas*
|votes = 471
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Anthony Thomas
|votes = 321
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Lindsay Jane Runnett
|votes = 133
|percentage =
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|winner = Independent (politician)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Trimsaran]] (one seat)=
{{Election box begin | title= Trimsaran 2012 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Meryl Gravell*
|votes = 323
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Mark James
|votes = 222
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Ryan Thomas
|votes = 152
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Lynn Jones
|votes = 92
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate minor party|
|party = People First
|candidate = Dennis Simon Terrance Warwick
|votes = 17
|percentage =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 101
|percentage =
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|winner = Independent (politician)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Tycroes]] (one seat)=
{{Election box begin | title= Tycroes }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Calum Higgins
|votes = 384
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Rhian Higgins
|votes = 319
|percentage =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 65
|percentage =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Tyisha]] (two seats)=
{{Election box begin | title= Tyisha 2012}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate =Jeff Owen
|votes = 483
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Keri Peter Thomas*
|votes = 480
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Roger Thomas Price*
|votes = 432
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Griffiths
|votes = 248
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Anthony Leslie Aubrey
|votes = 71
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=[[Whitland]] (one seat)=
{{Election box begin | title= Whitland 2012}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Sue Allen*
|votes = 514
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Diane Evans
|votes = 230
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Steve Morris
|votes = 81
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Huw Llewelyn Jones
|votes = 17
|percentage =
|change =
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|winner = Independent (politician)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
By-Elections 2012-2017
=Trelech by-election 2014=
A by-election was held in Trelech on 11 December 2014 following the retirement of long-serving Independent councillor Dai Thomas.{{cite news|title=Plaid wins seat in Trelech byelection|newspaper=Carmarthen Journal|date=12 December 2014 }} Plaid Cymru captured the seat for the first time.{{cite web|title=Welsh Elections|url=http://welshelections.org.uk/wales/lby/trelech.php|access-date=29 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202230401/http://welshelections.org.uk/wales/lby/trelech.php|archive-date=2 February 2016|url-status=dead}}
{{Election box begin | title=Trelech 2014 by-election }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Jean Lewis
|votes = 598
|percentage = 68.3
|change = +33.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Hugh Phillips
|votes = 181
|percentage = 20.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Selwyn Runnett
|votes = 96
|percentage = 11.0
|change = -3.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 417
|percentage = 47.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 52.1
|change = -3.8
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|loser = Independent (politician)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Hengoed by-election 2015=
A by-election was held in Hengoed on 19 February 2015 following the death of Labour councillor George Edwards. Labour held the seat by a small majority (but note that the percentage changes refer to the contest in the two-member ward in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://welshelections.org.uk/wales/lby/hengoed.php|title=Welsh Elections|access-date=29 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202235414/http://welshelections.org.uk/wales/lby/hengoed.php|archive-date=2 February 2016|url-status=dead}}
{{Election box begin | title=Hengoed by-election 2015}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Penelope Margaret Edwards
|votes = 335
|percentage = 33.2
|change = +7.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Martin Vaughan Davies
|votes = 313
|percentage = 31.0
|change = +6.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Bramwell Gordon Richards
|votes = 152
|percentage = 15.0
|change = +15.0
}}
{{Election box candidate minor party|
|party = People's Voice
|candidate = Wynford John Samuel
|votes = 80
|percentage = 7.9
|change = -18.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = William Edward Skinner
|votes = 76
|percentage = 7.5
|change = +7.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Andrew Davies
|votes = 54
|percentage = 5.3
|change = +5.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 22
|percentage = 2.2
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 35.3
|change = -2.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Kidwelly by-election 2015=
A by-election was held in Kidwelly on 19 November 2015 following the death of Labour councillor Keith Davies.{{cite web|title=Welsh Elections|url=http://welshelections.org.uk/wales/lby/kidwelly.php|access-date=29 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202224625/http://welshelections.org.uk/wales/lby/kidwelly.php|archive-date=2 February 2016|url-status=dead}}
{{Election box begin | title=Kidwelly by-election 2015 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Ryan Thomas
|votes = 288
|percentage = 33.8
|change = -10.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Dilwyn Jones
|votes = 248
|percentage = 29.1
|change = +29.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Fran Lloyd-Burke
|votes = 177
|percentage = 20.8
|change = +2.3
}}
{{Election box candidate minor party|
|party = People First
|candidate = Stephen Bowen
|votes = 58
|percentage = 6.8
|change = -16.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Andrew Davies
|votes = 53
|percentage = 6.2
|change = +6.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Vivian Summers
|votes = 28
|percentage = 3.3
|change = +3.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 40
|percentage = 4.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 31.1
|change = -17.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Cilycwm by-election 2016=
A by-election was held in Cilycwm on 22 September 2016 following the death of long-serving Independent councillor Tom Theophilus.{{cite web|title=Cilycwm Electoral Division|url=http://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/media/1594781/Declaration-of-results.pdf|website=Carmarthenshire County Council|access-date=14 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220074037/http://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/media/1594781/Declaration-of-results.pdf|archive-date=20 December 2016|url-status=dead}}
Plaid Cymru captured the seat for the first time.{{cite web|title=Welsh Elections|url=http://welshelections.org.uk/wales/lby/cilycwm.php|access-date=14 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019032609/http://welshelections.org.uk/wales/lby/cilycwm.php|archive-date=19 October 2016|url-status=dead}}
{{Election box begin | title=Cilycwm by-election 2016 }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Dafydd Owen Tomos
|votes = 201
|percentage = 27.8
|change = +27.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Thomas Arwel Joseph Davies
|votes = 151
|percentage = 20.9
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Maria Rose Carroll
|votes = 123
|percentage = 17.0
|change = +17.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Matthew Graham Paul
|votes = 106
|percentage = 14.7
|change =
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{{Election box candidate minor party|
|party = People First
|candidate = Jacqueline Thompson
|votes = 64
|percentage = 8.9
|change = -28.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Catherine Nakielny
|votes = 62
|percentage = 8.6
|change = +8.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Steven Andrew Holmes
|votes = 15
|percentage = 2.1
|change = -17.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 50
|percentage = 6.9
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
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|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|loser = Independent (politician)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
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