An election to the Llandeilo Rural District Council was held in March 1919.[1] It was preceded by the 1913 election due to the postponement of the 1916 election due to the First World War, and was followed by the 1922 election. The successful candidates were also elected to the Llandeilo Board of Guardians.
Overview of the result edit
The majority of those candidates elected stood without party affiliations although an increased number of Labour candidates contested the industrial wards. As in previous elections a number of the members representing rural wards were returned unopposed.[2]
Ward results edit
Betws (three seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Glyn Jenkins* | 174 | |||
Independent | Charles Price* | 148 | |||
Labour | John Davies* | 141 | |||
Independent | Thomas Rees | 96 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Blaenau (three seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Williams* | 812 | |||
Labour | John Bevan* | 758 | |||
Independent | David Davies | 658 | |||
Labour | William Howells | 430 | |||
Labour | David Davies | 373 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour 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 | William Walters | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandebie (three seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Daniel Rees | 468 | |||
Independent | John Lewis | 421 | |||
Independent | Robert Matthews* | 309 | |||
Independent | Miss Nellie F. Painter | 260 | |||
Labour | Theo Harris* | 239 | |||
Labour | Evan Morris* | 231 | |||
Labour | Phillip Roberts | 173 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandeilo Fawr North Ward (three seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Evan Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Independent | Roderick Evans | Unopposed | |||
Independent | John Richards* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandeilo Fawr South Ward (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | L.N. Powell* | 238 | |||
Independent | Thomas Morris* | 228 | |||
Independent | Mrs Phillips | 195 | |||
Independent | Thomas James | 54 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandyfeisant (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Lord Dynevor* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
Llanegwad (three seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dan Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Independent | William Edwin Richards* | Unopposed | |||
Independent | Richard Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanfihangel Aberbythych (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Tom Rees* | 203 | |||
Independent | William Stephens* | 140 | |||
Independent | William John Evans | 135 | |||
Labour | Henry Jones | 134 | |||
Labour | James Thomas Stephens | 60 | |||
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 | Daniel Lloyd | Unopposed | |||
Independent | David Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llangathen (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Williams | 166 | |||
Independent | William Lewis* | 129 | |||
Independent | William Rees | 74 | |||
Independent | D.W. Morgans | 41 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llansawel (two seats) edit
This was the only contest in a rural ward at the election.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Thomas | 119 | |||
Independent | Thomas Humphreys* | 195 | |||
Independent | John Morgan | 85 | |||
Independent | J. Jones | 37 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Quarter Bach No.1 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Enoch Isaac | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Quarter Bach No.2 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Hughes | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Talley (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Thomas Morgan | Unopposed | |||
Independent | David Edwin Thomas | Unopposed | |||
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 and another three to represent the Cwmamman Urban District, both of which also lay within the remit of the Llandeilo Guardians.[1] A further three Guardians were elected to represent the Llandeilo Urban District.
Elected candidates at both Ammanford and Cwmamman stood specifically as Liberals, in contrast to the non-political nature of previous Guardians elections.
Ammanford (three seats) edit
The three sitting members, including Henry Herbert, a Guardian for nearly forty years, were re-elected.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Lewis* | 1,325 | |||
Liberal | Rev John Morgans* | 1,144 | |||
Liberal | Henry Herbert* | 871 | |||
Labour | William Cathan Davies | 602 | |||
Labour | D. Rufus Evans | 424 | |||
Labour | Arthur Edgar Thomas | 417 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Cwmamman (three seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Roberts* | 919 | |||
Liberal | Arthur Williams* | 786 | |||
Labour | Thomas Henry Jones | 623 | |||
Independent | David Thomas David | 514 | |||
Labour | James Thomas | 487 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Llandeilo (three seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Pritchard Davies* | 416 | |||
Independent | William Hopkins* | 389 | |||
Independent | Edith Jane Roberts* | 377 | |||
Independent | Alfred Fox | 333 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
References edit
- ^ a b "Local Council Elections. Many Surprises". Amman Valley Chronicle. 10 April 1919. p. 4. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ "Llandilo District Nominations". Carmarthen Journal. 28 March 1919. p. 3. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "The Election Results in West Wales". Daily Leader. 8 April 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 30 April 2019.