Plaid Cymru wins Saron by-election by 144 votes
Archive article. Published on Fri 23 Oct, 11:14. Conditions may have changed since this reporting.
Plaid Cymru’s Nicholas Craig Davies has been elected county councillor for Saron after a by-election in Carmarthenshire on Thursday 22 October. The council’s official result gives Davies 397 votes and Reform UK candidate Richard Galvin 253. The difference between the two totals is 144 votes.
Saron by-election, 22 October 2026
- Nicholas Craig Davies · Plaid Cymru
- 397 votes
- Richard Galvin · Reform UK
- 253 votes
- Anthony Wyn Jones · Welsh Labour
- 159 votes
- Craig Griffiths · Welsh Conservatives
- 44 votes
- David Owen Jenkins · Independent
- 41 votes
- Caryl Evelyn Tandy · Welsh Liberal Democrats
- 11 votes
- Turnout
- 26.58%
The full result
Anthony Wyn Jones, standing for Welsh Labour, finished third with 159 votes. Welsh Conservative Craig Griffiths received 44, independent David Owen Jenkins 41 and Welsh Liberal Democrat Caryl Evelyn Tandy 11. Carmarthenshire County Council reported turnout of 26.58%. The six candidate totals are set out below.
Background and supporting figures
Where this sits
Davies397minusGalvin253gives a144-votemargin. Derived by the desk from the council’s candidate totals.
Labour159is third behind Plaid397andReform253. Ordering derived from all six council totals.