Urban district of Wales (1894–1913)
The Municipal Borough of Llanelly was an urban district in Carmarthenshire between 1894 and 1913 when it received full borough status.
1894 election
The first election was held in December 1894.[1]
Ward One
Ward One 1894 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
Ward Two 1894 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
Ward Three 1894 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
At the second election in March 1896, only one ward was contested.[2] One of the sitting members was defeated.[3]
Ward One
Ward One 1896 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | J. Mayberry* | Unopposed |
| | D.W. Rees* | Unopposed |
Ward Two
Ward Two 1896 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Ellis Evans* | Unopposed |
| | David James | Unopposed |
Ward Three
Ward Three 1896 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | John Thomas* | 428 | | |
| | Joseph Williams | 345 | | |
| | Evan Jones* | 316 | | |
1897 election
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
Ward One 1897 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Tom Hughes* | 753 | | |
| | John Griffiths* | 673 | | |
| | G.F. Blake | 265 | | |
Ward Two
Ward Two 1897 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Arthur H. Davies | 730 | | |
| | W. Knoyle | 390 | | |
| | W.W. Brodie* | 331 | | |
Ward Three
Ward Three 1897 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Josiah Davies | 374 | | |
| | W. Coombs | 238 | | |
| | Owen Charles* | 237 | | |
| | David Thomas* | 186 | | |
1898 election
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
Ward One 1898 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | James Hammond* | Unopposed |
| | Ernest Trubshaw* | Unopposed |
Ward Two
Ward Two 1898 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Herbert Francis | Unopposed |
| | John Hopkins* | Unopposed |
Ward Three
Ward Three 1898 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Daniel Williams | 371 | | |
| | John S. Tregoning jnr.* | 350 | | |
| | David Thomas | 346 | | |
1899 election
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
Ward One 1899 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | J. Mayberry* | Unopposed |
| | J. Allen Williams* | Unopposed |
Ward Two
Ward Two 1899 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Frank Vivian | 897 | | |
| | William Wilkins | 625 | | |
| | David Harries | 335 | | |
| | D. Rees Edmunds | 261 | | |
Ward Three
Ward Three 1899 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | John Thomas* | Unopposed |
| | Joseph Williams* | Unopposed |
1900 election
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
Ward One 1900 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Tom Hughes* | Unopposed |
| | John Griffiths* | Unopposed |
Ward Two
Ward Two 1900 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | D.J. Davies | 731 | | |
| | Jeremiah Williams | 678 | | |
| | W. Knoyle* | 361 | | |
Ward Three
Ward Three 1900 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Josiah Davies* | 277 | | |
| | Evan Jones | 254 | | |
| | David Thomas | 208 | | |
| | W. Coombs* | 205 | | |
1901 election
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
Ward One 1901 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | D. Rees Edmunds | Unopposed |
| | Ernest Trubshaw* | Unopposed |
Ward Two
Ward Two 1901 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | W.B. Jones | 705 | | |
| | Daniel Williams* | 630 | | |
| | John Hopkins* | 559 | | |
Ward Three
Ward Three 1901 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | John S. Tregoning jnr.* | 449 | | |
| | David Thomas | 432 | | |
| | Collwyn Morgan | 256 | | |
1902 election
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
Ward One 1902 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Joseph Mayberry* | Unopposed |
| | William Wilkins* | Unopposed |
Ward Two
Ward Two 1902 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | W. Bramwell Jones | Unopposed |
| | Frank G. Vivian* | Unopposed |
Ward Three
Ward Three 1902 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | John Thomas* | Unopposed |
| | Joseph Williams* | Unopposed |
1903 election
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
Ward One 1903 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Tom Hughes* | Unopposed |
| | E.T. Jones | Unopposed |
Ward Two
Ward Two 1903 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | D. James Davies | Unopposed |
| | Ellis Evans | Unopposed |
Ward Three
Ward Three 1903 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | S.H. Bevan | 492 | | |
| Liberal | William Eynon | 463 | | |
| Labour | Evan Jones* | 334 | | |
| Conservative | Nathan Griffiths | 149 | | |
1904 election
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
Ward One 1904 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Richard Guest | 642 | | |
| | William David | 520 | | |
| | D.R. Williams | 372 | | |
Ward Two
Ward Two 1904 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | D.R. Edmunds* | 680 | | |
| | John John | 608 | | |
| | W.B. Jones* | 596 | | |
Ward Three
Ward Three 1904 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Herbert D. Rees | Unopposed |
| | John S. Tregoning jnr.* | Unopposed |
1905 election
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
Ward One 1905 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | William Wilkins* | 660 | | |
| Labour | John Simlett | 518 | | |
| | Aaron Stone | 341 | | |
Ward Two
Ward Two 1905 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | W. Bramwell Jones* | Unopposed |
| | Frank G. Vivian* | Unopposed |
Ward Three
Ward Three 1905 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | John Thomas* | Unopposed |
| | Joseph Williams* | Unopposed |
1906 election
The twelfth election, held in April 1906 saw contests in all three wards.[21]
Ward One
Ward One 1906 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | E.T. Jones* | 812 | | |
| | Joseph Roberts | 494 | | |
| | G. Mercer | 434 | | |
| | W.T. Davies | 374 | | |
Ward Two
Ward Two 1906 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | William Thomas | 836 | | |
| Labour | D. James Davies | 753 | | |
| | T. Harries | 415 | | |
Ward Three
Ward Three 1906 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | S.H. Bevan* | 447 | | |
| | Nathan Griffiths | 390 | | |
| | William Eynon* | 383 | | |
1907 election
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
Ward One 1907 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
Ward Two 1907 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | D.R. Edmunds* | 738 | | |
| Liberal | D.R. Jones | 704 | | |
| Liberal | David Phillips | 596 | | |
| Labour | J. Rossiter | 329 | | |
Ward Three
Ward Three 1907 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Herbert D. Rees* | 686 | | |
| Labour | Evan Evans | 399 | | |
| Conservative | John S. Tregoning jnr.* | 359 | | |
1908 election
The fourteenth election saw contests in two wards.[23]
Ward One
Ward One 1908 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Richard Guest* | Unopposed |
| Labour | John Simlett | Unopposed |
Ward Two
Ward Two 1908 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Frank G. Vivian* | 945 | | |
| Liberal | W. Bramwell Jones* | 909 | | |
| Labour | Edward Sherlock | 484 | | |
| Independent | Philip Williams | 342 | | |
Ward Three
Ward Three 1908 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | J. Walter Thomas | 467 | | |
| Liberal | Joseph Williams* | Unopposed |
| Independent | J.L. Jones | 352 | | |
| Labour | W. Scott | 184 | | |
1909 election
The fifteenth election, held in April 1909 saw contests in Wards 2 and 3.[24] Two sitting members lost their seats.[25]
Ward One
Ward One 1909 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | E.T. Jones* | Unopposed |
| | Joseph Roberts* | Unopposed |
Ward Two
Ward Two 1909 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Thomas Jones | 979 | | |
| Labour | D. James Davies* | 745 | | |
| | T. Harries* | 699 | | |
Ward Three
Ward Three 1909 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nathan Griffiths* | 474 | | |
| | John Smith | 468 | | |
| | John L. Jones | 328 | | |
| | S.H. Bevan* | 308 | | |
References
- ^ "The New Council". Llanelly Mercury. 20 December 1894. p. 6. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ "Borough Council Election". Llanelly Mercury. 26 March 1896. p. 5. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Borough Council Election". Llanelly Mercury. 2 April 1896. p. 2. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Borough Council Election". Llanelly and County Guardian. 8 April 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ "The Borough Council Election [editorial]". Llanelly and County Guardian. 8 April 1897. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ "Llanelly Borough Council Election". South Wales Daily Post. 4 April 1898. p. 3. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ "Llanelly Elections". South Wales Daily Post. 7 April 1898. p. 3. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ "Borough Council. The Annual Election". Llanelly Mercury. 16 March 1899. p. 5. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ "The Election". Llanelly Mercury. 30 March 1899. p. 5. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ "District Council Elections". Western Mail. 4 April 1900. p. 7. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ "Political Inconsistency (editorial)". Llanelly Mercury. 29 March 1900. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ "The Elections. Heavy Polling. Full List of Results". Llanelly Mercury. 28 March 1901. p. 5. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "The Urban Election (editorial)". Llanelly Mercury. 27 March 1902. p. 5. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "The Election". Llanelly Mercury. 26 March 1903. p. 5. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "The Elections (editorial)". Llanelly Mercury. 26 March 1903. p. 5. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "District Council Election". Llanelly Mercury. 9 April 1903. p. 5. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Elections. Polling Results". Llanelly Mercury. 31 March 1904. p. 5. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "Elections". Llanelly Mercury. 17 March 1904. p. 5. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "The Borough Election (editorial)". Llanelly Mercury. 23 March 1905. p. 5. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "The Council Election [editorial]". Llanelly Mercury. 6 April 1905. p. 4. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "The Election. Result of the Poll". Llanelly Mercury. 5 April 1906. p. 5. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ "The Elections". Llanelly Mercury. 28 March 1907. p. 5. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ "Urban Council Election. Old Members Returned". Llanelly Mercury. 9 April 1908. p. 5. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Urban Council Nominations. Keen Contests Anticipated". Llanelly Mercury. 25 March 1909. p. 5. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Council Elections. Two New Members Elected". Llanelly Mercury. 8 April 1909. p. 5. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
Politics of Carmarthenshire, 1835–1974
County Council | | |
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Borough | - Carmarthen Borough Council
- Llandovery Borough
- Municipal Borough of Llanelly (1894-1913)
- Kidwelly Borough Council
- Newcastle Emlyn Borough
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Urban Districts | |
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Rural Districts | - Carmarthen Rural District
- Llandeilo Rural District
- Llandovery Rural District (1984-1935)
- Llanelli Rural District
- Llanybyther Rural District (1894-1935)
- Newcastle Emlyn Rural District
- Whitland Rural District (1894-1935)
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