1894–1913 Llanelly Urban District Council elections
The Municipal Borough of Llanelly was an urban district in Carmarthenshire between 1894 and 1913 when it received full borough status.
1894 election
[edit]The first election was held in December 1894.[1]
Ward One
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ernest Trubshaw | 982 | ||||
J. Hammond | 808 | ||||
John Griffiths | 807 | ||||
Tom Hughes | 764 | ||||
J. Mayberry | 592 | ||||
D.W. Rees | 554 | ||||
H.J. Howell | 513 | ||||
J. Samuel | 402 | ||||
W.J. Wilson | 332 |
Ward Two
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
F.C. Thompson | 769 | ||||
John Hopkins | 643 | ||||
J.D. Guest | 643 | ||||
W.W. Brodie | 631 | ||||
J.A. Jones | 612 | ||||
Ellis Evans | 503 | ||||
Joseph Williams | 475 | ||||
W. Hughes | 333 | ||||
W. Davies | 273 | ||||
J. Harries | 259 |
Ward Three
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
William Howell | 412 | ||||
J.S. Tregoning | 347 | ||||
Owen Charles | 333 | ||||
David Thomas | 330 | ||||
Evan Jones | 316 | ||||
John Thomas | 281 | ||||
W. Stone | 278 | ||||
John Bourne | 272 | ||||
H.J. Howell | 238 | ||||
David Paton | 233 | ||||
David Francis | 205 |
1896 election
[edit]At the second election in March 1896, only one ward was contested.[2] One of the sitting members was defeated.[3]
Ward One
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Mayberry* | Unopposed | ||||
D.W. Rees* | Unopposed |
Ward Two
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ellis Evans* | Unopposed | ||||
David James | Unopposed |
Ward Three
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Thomas* | 428 | ||||
Joseph Williams | 345 | ||||
Evan Jones* | 316 |
1897 election
[edit]The third election was held in April 1897 and three of the retiring members lost their seats.[4] In Ward 3 it was suggested that denominational factors played a part as the two successful candidates were Baptists while he defeated candidates were Congregationalists.[5]
Ward One
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Hughes* | 753 | ||||
John Griffiths* | 673 | ||||
G.F. Blake | 265 |
Ward Two
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arthur H. Davies | 730 | ||||
W. Knoyle | 390 | ||||
W.W. Brodie* | 331 |
Ward Three
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Josiah Davies | 374 | ||||
W. Coombs | 238 | ||||
Owen Charles* | 237 | ||||
David Thomas* | 186 |
1898 election
[edit]At the fourth election in April 1898, only one ward was contested as had happened two years previously.[6] In Ward 3, David Thomas narrowly failed to regain the seat he lost the previous year.[7]
Ward One
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Hammond* | Unopposed | ||||
Ernest Trubshaw* | Unopposed |
Ward Two
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Herbert Francis | Unopposed | ||||
John Hopkins* | Unopposed |
Ward Three
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Daniel Williams | 371 | ||||
John S. Tregoning jnr.* | 350 | ||||
David Thomas | 346 |
1899 election
[edit]At the fifth election in March 1899, only one Ward 2, where the two sitting members stood down, was contested.[8] The result in Ward 2 was decisive.[9]
Ward One
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Mayberry* | Unopposed | ||||
J. Allen Williams* | Unopposed |
Ward Two
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Vivian | 897 | ||||
William Wilkins | 625 | ||||
David Harries | 335 | ||||
D. Rees Edmunds | 261 |
Ward Three
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Thomas* | Unopposed | ||||
Joseph Williams* | Unopposed |
1900 election
[edit]The sixth election was held in April 1900 with two of the three seats being contested.[10] The local Trades and Labour Council ran a candidate, successfully, in Ward 2, although the candidacy was strongly opposed by the Llanelly Mercury, whose editor W.B. Jones had himself been mentioned as a possible labour candidate.[11]
Ward One
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Hughes* | Unopposed | ||||
John Griffiths* | Unopposed |
Ward Two
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D.J. Davies | 731 | |||
Jeremiah Williams | 678 | ||||
W. Knoyle* | 361 |
Ward Three
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Josiah Davies* | 277 | ||||
Evan Jones | 254 | ||||
David Thomas | 208 | ||||
W. Coombs* | 205 |
1901 election
[edit]At the seventh election in March 1901, two wards were contested, and in Ward 2, the editor of the Llanelly Mercury, whose candidacy had been canvassed the previous year, captured one of the seats.[12]
Ward One
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Rees Edmunds | Unopposed | ||||
Ernest Trubshaw* | Unopposed |
Ward Two
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
W.B. Jones | 705 | ||||
Daniel Williams* | 630 | ||||
John Hopkins* | 559 |
Ward Three
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John S. Tregoning jnr.* | 449 | ||||
David Thomas | 432 | ||||
Collwyn Morgan | 256 |
1902 election
[edit]The eighth election, held in 1902, was the first occasion upon which all wards were uncontested.[13] W. Bramwell Jones was elected to the seat vacated by the death of John Allen Williams, editor of the Llanelly Guardian.
Ward One
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joseph Mayberry* | Unopposed | ||||
William Wilkins* | Unopposed |
Ward Two
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
W. Bramwell Jones | Unopposed | ||||
Frank G. Vivian* | Unopposed |
Ward Three
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Thomas* | Unopposed | ||||
Joseph Williams* | Unopposed |
1903 election
[edit]The ninth election, held in April 1903 saw a contest in one of the three wards.[14] Two retiring members, namely John Griffiths (Ward 1) and Jeremiah Williams (Ward 2), both died shortly before the election.[15] In Ward 3, the two official Liberal candidates prevailed.[16]
Ward One
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Hughes* | Unopposed | ||||
E.T. Jones | Unopposed |
Ward Two
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. James Davies | Unopposed | |||
Ellis Evans | Unopposed |
Ward Three
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | S.H. Bevan | 492 | |||
Liberal | William Eynon | 463 | |||
Labour | Evan Jones* | 334 | |||
Conservative | Nathan Griffiths | 149 |
1904 election
[edit]At the tenth election in 1904, there were contests in Wards 1 and 2. Ernest Trubshaw, a member since the beginning, did not seek re-election while D.R. Edmunds switched from Ward 1 to Ward 2, where the editor of the Mercury, W.B. Jons, lost his seat.[17] In Ward 3, John S. Tregoning jnr., a member of the council since its formation was one of two candidates returned unopposed.[18]
Ward One
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard Guest | 642 | ||||
William David | 520 | ||||
D.R. Williams | 372 |
Ward Two
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
D.R. Edmunds* | 680 | ||||
John John | 608 | ||||
W.B. Jones* | 596 |
Ward Three
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Herbert D. Rees | Unopposed | ||||
John S. Tregoning jnr.* | Unopposed |
1905 election
[edit]The eleventh election was held in 1905, with the members in two wards being returned unopposed.[19] In Ward 1, Joseph Maybery, a member of the Council since it was established, stood down at the last moment and the seat was won by a Trades and Labour Council candidate.[20]
Ward One
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
William Wilkins* | 660 | ||||
Labour | John Simlett | 518 | |||
Aaron Stone | 341 |
Ward Two
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
W. Bramwell Jones* | Unopposed | ||||
Frank G. Vivian* | Unopposed |
Ward Three
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Thomas* | Unopposed | ||||
Joseph Williams* | Unopposed |
1906 election
[edit]The twelfth election, held in April 1906 saw contests in all three wards.[21]
Ward One
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
E.T. Jones* | 812 | ||||
Joseph Roberts | 494 | ||||
G. Mercer | 434 | ||||
W.T. Davies | 374 |
Ward Two
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
William Thomas | 836 | ||||
Labour | D. James Davies | 753 | |||
T. Harries | 415 |
Ward Three
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
S.H. Bevan* | 447 | ||||
Nathan Griffiths | 390 | ||||
William Eynon* | 383 |
1907 election
[edit]The thirteenth elections saw contest in all wards and J.S. Tregoning, a member of the Council since its formation, lost his seat.[22]
Ward One
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William David* | 749 | |||
Labour | William Roberts | 719 | |||
Liberal | Richard Guest* | 562 | |||
Conservative | G. Mercer | 527 | |||
Independent | Philip Williams | 417 | |||
Labour | James Evans | 64 |
Ward Two
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | D.R. Edmunds* | 738 | |||
Liberal | D.R. Jones | 704 | |||
Liberal | David Phillips | 596 | |||
Labour | J. Rossiter | 329 |
Ward Three
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Herbert D. Rees* | 686 | |||
Labour | Evan Evans | 399 | |||
Conservative | John S. Tregoning jnr.* | 359 |
1908 election
[edit]The fourteenth election saw contests in two wards.[23]
Ward One
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard Guest* | Unopposed | ||||
Labour | John Simlett | Unopposed |
Ward Two
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank G. Vivian* | 945 | |||
Liberal | W. Bramwell Jones* | 909 | |||
Labour | Edward Sherlock | 484 | |||
Independent | Philip Williams | 342 |
Ward Three
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | J. Walter Thomas | 467 | |||
Liberal | Joseph Williams* | Unopposed | |||
Independent | J.L. Jones | 352 | |||
Labour | W. Scott | 184 |
1909 election
[edit]The fifteenth election, held in April 1909 saw contests in Wards 2 and 3.[24] Two sitting members lost their seats.[25]
Ward One
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
E.T. Jones* | Unopposed | ||||
Joseph Roberts* | Unopposed |
Ward Two
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas Jones | 979 | ||||
Labour | D. James Davies* | 745 | |||
T. Harries* | 699 |
Ward Three
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nathan Griffiths* | 474 | ||||
John Smith | 468 | ||||
John L. Jones | 328 | ||||
S.H. Bevan* | 308 |
1910 Llanelly Urban District Council election
[edit]All three wards were contested, and a bitter fight in Ward One where it was claimed that William David had been subject to unfair criticisms..[26]
Ward One
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Vivian | 841 | |||
Labour | W.H. Samuel | 747 | |||
Labour | William Roberts | 558 | |||
Liberal | William David* | 393 |
Ward Two
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | D.R. Jones* | 1,007 | |||
Liberal | E. Willis Jones | 870 | |||
Labour | G.H. Stacey | 767 |
Ward Three
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Herbert D. Rees* | 612 | |||
Liberal | Charles Randall | 537 | |||
Labour | Evan Evans* | 366 | |||
Conservative | J. Vaughan Evans | 114 |
1911 Llanelly Urban District Council election
[edit]All three wards were contested. John Simlett held his seat for Labour in Ward one but the other Labour candidates were unsuccessful. The main surprise was the defeat of J. Walter Thomas in Ward Three.[27]
Ward One
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Simlett | 864 | |||
Independent | Roland P. Thomas | 812 | |||
Independent | Arthur Evans | 416 |
Ward Two
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | W. Bramwell Jones* | 887 | |||
Liberal | Frank G. Vivian* | 868 | |||
Labour | G.H. Stacey | 574 |
Ward Three
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Richards | 468 | |||
Independent | J.L. Jones | 358 | |||
Liberal | J. Walter Thomas* | 329 | |||
Labour | G. James | 156 |
1912 Llanelly Urban District Council election
[edit]All three wards were contested and a heavy poll was expeted owing to workmen being on strike.[28] Five of the six members seeking re-election were successful.[29]
Ward One
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Roberts* | 849 | |||
E.T. Jones* | 783 | ||||
W.T. Davies | 758 |
Ward Two
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas Jones* | 1,189 | ||||
Labour | D.J. Jones* | 787 | |||
Sam Jones | 651 | ||||
J. Vaughan Evans | 277 |
Ward Three
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nathan Griffiths* | 483 | ||||
J. Walter Thomas | 479 | ||||
John Waters | 430 | ||||
John Smith* | 210 |
1913 Llanelly Urban District Council election
[edit]In the final election before the incorporation of Llanelli as a municipal borough, there were contested elections in Ward One, where there were three vacancies following the death of E.T. Jones, and in Ward Two. In Ward Three, Labour gained a seat unopposed after sitting member Charles Randall stood down.[30] The contested election saw the loss of one labour seat in Ward One.[31]
Ward One
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W.H. Samuel* | 1,004 | |||
Independent | W.T. Davies | 814 | |||
Independent | Gwilym R. Price | 810 | |||
Labour | W. Vivian* | 603 | |||
Independent | J.P. Hughes | 547 |
Ward Two
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | E. Willis Jones* | 920 | |||
Liberal | D.R. Jones* | 844 | |||
Labour | Sam Jones | 706 | |||
Independent | T. Hay Samuel | 88 |
Ward Three
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Herbert D. Rees* | Unopposed | |||
Labour | Morgan Morgan | Unopposed |
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