The fifth election to the Llandeilo Rural District Council was held in March 1907.[1] It was preceded by the 1904 election and followed by the 1910 election. The successful candidates were also elected to the Llandeilo Board of Guardians.
There were a number of unopposed returns, especially in the rural parishes.[2]
Ward Results edit
Bettws (three seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Thomas Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Independent | David Morris* | Unopposed | |||
Independent | Thomas Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Brechfa (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Joseph Sivell | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Glynamman (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David William Lewis* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandebie (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Jones* | 137 | |||
Independent | Jacob Davies* | 131 | |||
Independent | William Davies | 123 | |||
Independent | Moses Williams | 70 | |||
Independent | John Hopkins | 45 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandebie, Blaenau (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Independent | William Williams* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandeilo Fawr North Ward (three seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Harries | 235 | |||
Independent | Evan Davies | 233 | |||
Independent | William Griffiths* | 233 | |||
Independent | John Perkins* | 214 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandeilo Fawr South Ward (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mary Anne Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Independent | Lewis Nathaniel Powell* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandyfeisant (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Walter FitzUryan Rice* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Llanegwad (three seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dan Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Independent | John George Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Independent | Richard Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanfihangel Aberbythych (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Burnett* | Unopposed | |||
Independent | Roderick James* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanfihangel Cilfragen (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Evans* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanfynydd (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Gwynne* | Unopposed | |||
Independent | Cecil John Herbert Spence Jones | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llangathen (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ebenezer Griffiths* | Unopposed | |||
Independent | W.R. Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llansawel (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Lewis Davies Bowen* | Unopposed | |||
Independent | Thomas Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Quarter Bach No.1 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Llewellyn* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Quarter Bach No.2 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rees Powell* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Talley (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rev J. Alban Davies | 66 | |||
Independent | J. B. Griffiths | 51 | |||
Independent | John Williams* | 47 | |||
Independent | J. Thomas | 43 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandeilo Board of Guardians edit
All members of the District Council also served as members of Llandeilo Board of Guardians. In addition, three Guardians were elected to represent the Ammanford Urban District which was established in 1903. A further three Guardians were elected to represent the Llandeilo Urban District.[3]
Ammanford (three seats) edit
The three sitting members, including Henry Herbert, a Guardian for nearly twenty years, were re-elected.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Lewis* | 1,325 | |||
Liberal | Rev John Morgans* | 1,144 | |||
Liberal | Henry Herbert* | 871 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llandeilo (three seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mrs E.A. Roberts | 313 | |||
Independent | William Hopkins | 289 | |||
Independent | Pritchard Davies | 277 | |||
Independent | D. Evans | 206 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
References edit
- ^ "Rural District Council Elections". Carmarthen Weekly Reporter. 29 March 1907. p. 3. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "Llandilo". Carmarthen Weekly Reporter. 15 March 1907. p. 3. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "Llandilo". Carmarthen Weekly Reporter. 5 April 1907. p. 3. Retrieved 9 May 2019.