An election to Ceredigion District Council was held in May 1987.^[1] It was preceded by the 1983 election and followed by the 1991 election. On the same day there were elections to the other local authorities and community councils in Wales.

Boundary Changes

There were a number of boundary changes with other wards being renamed.

Results

Aberaeron (one seat)

Aberaeron 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J.A. Rees*	unopposed
	Independent hold

Aberporth (one seat)

Aberporth 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	William James Granville Varney	499
Liberal	C.O.J. Evans	284
Independent	G.M. Harries	226
Independent hold		Swing

Aberystwyth East (two seats)

Aberystwyth East 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Hywel Griffiths Evans*	621
Plaid Cymru	Gareth Butler	333
Alliance (Liberal)	J.R. Thomas	265
Independent	Hywel Thomas Jones	246
Labour	D.C.K.T. Edwards	126
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Aberystwyth North (two seats)

Aberystwyth North 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Alliance (Liberal)	M. Jones*	740
Alliance (Liberal)	Ceredig Jones*	572
Green	C.G.B. Simpson	471
Alliance win (new seat)
Alliance win (new seat)

Aberystwyth South (two seats)

Aberystwyth South 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Alliance (SDP)	Llewellyn Goronwy Edwards*	997
Labour	Colin H. Evans*	727
Alliance (SDP)	Owen Henry Jones*	676
Alliance win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Aberystwyth West (two seats)

Aberystwyth West 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Thomas Elwyn Williams*	808
Plaid Cymru	R. Davies	417
Alliance (Liberal)	Mrs E.M. Griffiths	403
Independent	Mona Rachel Morris	383
Labour win (new seat)
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Beulah (one seat)

Beulah 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Elfed Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold

Borth (one seat)

Borth 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Thomas Kinsey Raw-Rees*	unopposed
	Independent hold

Capel Dewi (one seat)

Capel Dewi 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas John Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold

Cardigan (three seats)

Ivor Radley stood as an Independent in 1983

Cardigan 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	John Bertram Evans*	1,018
Independent	Sandra Williams	1,003
Liberal	I.J.C. Radley*	977
Independent	O.M. Owen*	890
Independent	J.O. Evans	428
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing
Liberal gain from Independent		Swing

Ceulanamaesmawr (one seat)

Ceulanamaesmawr 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	John Rowland Davies*	536
Plaid Cymru	Harry James	343
Independent hold		Swing

Ciliau Aeron (one seat)

Williams had stood as a Liberal in 1983.

Ciliau Aeron 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Evan Evans Williams*	unopposed
	Independent gain from Liberal

Faenor (one seat)

Faenor 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Alliance	Peredur Wynne Eklund	443
Independent	Mrs E.A.M. Andrews	351
Labour	C.N. Edwards	78
Alliance gain from Independent		Swing

Lampeter (two seats)

Lampeter 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	J.R. Evans*	723
Alliance	Cecilia P. Barton*	698
Independent	J.I. Williams	645
Green	R.P. Jones	328
Independent hold		Swing
Alliance hold		Swing

Llanarth (one seat)

Thomas stood as an Independent in 1983.

Llanarth 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Alan Thomas*	unopposed
	Alliance gain from Independent

Llanbadarn Fawr (two seats)

Llanbadarn Fawr 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	J.R. Evans*	unopposed
Alliance	J.T. Todd	unopposed
Independent win (new seat)
Alliance win (new seat)

Llandyfriog (one seat)

Llandyfriog 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lyndon Lloyd Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold

Llandysiliogogo (one seat)

Llandysiliogogo 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	J.E. Evans*	632
Independent	A.E. Owen	244
Independent hold		Swing

Llandysul Town (one seat)

Llandysul Town 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E.J. Keith Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold

Llanfarian (one seat)

Morgan stood as an Independent in 1983

Llanfarian 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	A Morgan*	249
Independent	J.G. Parry-Jones	192
Liberal gain from Independent		Swing

Llanfihangel Ystrad (one seat)

Llanfihangel Ystrad 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W.A. Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangeitho (one seat)

Llangeitho 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hannah Marion Jones*	554
	Green	K.T.B. Hodd	195
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llangybi (one seat)

Llangybi 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Johnny Williams*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanrhystud (one seat)

Llanrhystud 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	William Richard Edwards*	483
Independent	E.M. Jones	259
Liberal hold		Swing

Llansantffraed (one seat)

Llansantffraed 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	L. Lloyd*	629
Independent	E.L. Jones	331
Plaid Cymru	T.F. Jones	157
Independent hold		Swing

Llanwenog (one seat)

Llanwenog 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D. Alun James*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Lledrod (one seat)

Morgan had stood as an Independent in 1983.

Lledrod 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	M.J. Morgan*	unopposed
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing

Melindwr (one seat)

Melindwr 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E.H. Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

New Quay (one seat)

New Quay 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	I.C. Pursey*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Penbryn (one seat)

Penbryn 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	E.T. Jenner*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Penparc (one seat)

Penparc 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	T.H. Lewis*
Independent	T.M. George	365
Alliance	L.W. Lovegrove	70
Independent hold		Swing

Tirymynach (one seat)

Tirymynach 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Hywel Wyn Jones*	unopposed
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Trefeurig (one seat)

Trefeurig 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T.A. Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Tregaron (one seat)

Tregaron 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W.G. Bennett*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Troedyraur (one seat)

Troedyraur 1987
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	J.D. Thomas	294
Independent	Rev S.I. Evans*	263
Independent hold		Swing

Ystwyth one seat)

Ystwyth 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	J.D.R. Jones*	717
	Independent	M. Newman	86
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing

References

^ "How Wales went to the polls". Western Mail. 8 May 1987.

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