An election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held in March 1919.[1] It was preceded by the 1913 election and followed by the 1922 election.
Overview of the result edit
The elections were less politicised than in the pre-war era, with more candidates being elected without any declared political affiliations. The non-political nature of the contests was emphasized by the traditionally Conservative Carmarthen Journal, which had long opposed the politicized nature of local authority elections.[1] Other publications, however, included political affiliations in their coverage of the results.[2][3]
Boundary changes edit
There were no boundary changes.
Unopposed returns edit
22 of the 53 divisions were uncontested, with the majority of the unopposed returns being in the rural parts of the county.[1]
Contested elections edit
A greater proportion of the sitting members were challenged than had been the case in most pre-war contests and a number of prominent members were defeated including Mervyn Peel, former Conservative candidate for East Carmarthenshire, at Llangadog. In Carmarthen, the Rev. Andrew Fuller Mills was defeated by an ex-serviceman.[1]
In Llanelli, D.C. Parry, a Liberal member of the Council since its formation, was defeated by Gwendoline Trubshaw, who received the support of the Discharged and Demobilised Soldiers' and Sailors' Association.[2]
Other contests in Llanelli town and in the surrounding areas saw significant support for the Labour party, which captured a number of seats, building on the strong result achieved by Dr J.H. Williams at the General Election the previous year.
In some cases there is an ambiguity in the sources over the party affiliations and this is explained below in relation to individual ward contests where relevant.
Retiring aldermen edit
The aldermen who retired at the election were
Summary of results edit
This section summarises the detailed results which are noted in the following sections. As noted, there was ambiguity in some cases over the party affiliation.
This table summarises the result of the elections in all wards. 51 councillors were elected.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | |||||||||
Conservative | |||||||||
Labour | |||||||||
Independent |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | |||||||||
Conservative | |||||||||
Labour | |||||||||
Independent |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | |||||||||
Conservative | |||||||||
Labour | |||||||||
Independent |
Ward results edit
Abergwili edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Griffiths* | 321 | |||
Conservative | William Williams | 305 | |||
Majority | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Ammanford edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | John Griffiths | 969 | |||
Labour | Thomas Evans | 432 | |||
Majority | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Bettws edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Morris* | unopposed | |||
Liberal | Henry Folland | 285 | |||
Liberal | Arthur Williams | 142 | |||
Majority | 218 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Caio edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Davies | 294 | ||||
Isaac Williams | 255 | ||||
Majority |
Carmarthen Eastern Ward (Lower Division) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Denzil Harries* | unopposed | |||
Majority | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Carmarthen Eastern Ward (Upper Division) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ex-Soldier | Percy James Williams | 375 | |||
Liberal | Andrew Fuller-Mills* | 341 | |||
Majority | |||||
Other parties gain from Liberal |
Carmarthen Western Ward (Lower Division) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | H.S. Holmes* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Carmarthen Western Ward (Upper Division) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Lewis | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Cenarth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | D.C. Lloyd | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Cilycwm edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ivor Elystan Campbell-Davys | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Conwil edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Phillips* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Kidwelly edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Stephens* | 574 | |||
Labour | William Lewis Williams | 277 | |||
Majority | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Laugharne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | T.S.K. Morse | ||||
Majority | 39 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Llanarthney edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | W. Jones Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanboidy edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | unopposed | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llandebie edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Davies* | 808 | |||
Labour | John Davies | 601 | |||
Majority | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llandilo Rural edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | L.N. Powell* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llandilo Urban edit
Lord Dynevor captured the seat previously held by J. Towyn Jones MP.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lord Dynevor | 440 | |||
Liberal | John Stephens | 186 | |||
Majority | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Llandovery edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Harry Vaughan Watkins | 363 | |||
Independent | J.C. Vaughan Pryse-Rice* | 191 | |||
Majority | |||||
Liberal gain from Independent | Swing |
Llandyssilio edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | unopposed | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanedy edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T.J. Parry-Jones | 591 | |||
Independent | David Evans | 367 | |||
Independent | John White | 230 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Llanegwad edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Delme Davies-Evans* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanelly Division.1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Lady Howard* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanelly Division 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William David* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanelly Division 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J.R. Jones | 311 | |||
Conservative | T.P. Jones* | 228 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Llanelly Division 4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Thomas* | 472 | |||
Labour | Tom Charles | 390 | |||
Independent | Brinley Jones | 162 | |||
Majority | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanelly Division 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gwen Trubshaw | 434 | |||
Liberal | D.C. Parry* | 189 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent gain from Liberal | Swing |
Llanelly Division 6 edit
In pre-war contests, Joseph Roberts had stood as a Labour candidate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Williams | 423 | |||
Liberal | Joseph Roberts* | 416 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Llanelly Division 7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hugh Jones* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanelly Division 8 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H.W. Bowen | 429 | |||
Liberal | D.W. Jones | 248 | |||
Independent | Alicia Phillips | 49 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Llanelly Rural, Berwick edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Harry* | 589 | |||
Labour | Thomas Jenkins | 272 | |||
Majority | 317 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanelly Rural, Hengoed edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David John* | 392 | |||
Labour | Joseph Howells | 338 | |||
Majority | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanelly Rural, Westfa and Glyn edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Jones | 383 | |||
Independent | David John Lloyd | 214 | |||
Independent | J. Rees Humphries | 163 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Llanfihangel Aberbythick edit
Thomas Thomas received the support of the Trades and Labour Council. However, he was regarded as a Liberal candidate in most quarters.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Thomas | 340 | |||
Liberal | William Harris* | 250 | |||
J.T. Stephens | 72 | ||||
Majority | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanfihangel-ar-Arth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Rees Jones | 389 | |||
Liberal | T. Lloyd Jones | 314 | |||
Majority | 75 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Llangadock edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Walter Tudor Lewis | 488 | |||
Conservative | Mervyn Lloyd Peel* | 248 | |||
Majority | |||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Llangeler edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Davies | 570 | |||
Liberal | Edward Teilo Owen | 567 | |||
Majority | 3 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Llangendeirne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | R.H. Jones | 368 | |||
Liberal | Thomas Jones | 344 | |||
Majority | 24 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llangennech edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | D.J. Jones* | 481 | |||
Labour | Philip Foster Owen | 327 | |||
Majority | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llangunnor edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Richards | 287 | |||
Liberal | T. Howell Davies* | 275 | |||
Majority | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanon edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Greville* | 621 | |||
Labour | Rees Morgan | 607 | |||
Majority | 14 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llansawel edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Hamlyn Williams Drummond* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Llanstephan edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | G. Barrett Evans* | 390 | |||
Liberal | J.J. Bowen | 229 | |||
Majority | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanybyther edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Jones | 334 | |||
Liberal | Dr E. Jones | 240 | |||
Majority | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Mothvey edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Davies* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Pembrey North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
William Rogers | 520 | ||||
E.T. Davies | 368 | ||||
Majority | 152 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Pembrey South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Henry Williams | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold |
Quarter Bach edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Griffith Williams* | 661 | |||
Liberal | Gomer Harris | 463 | |||
Majority | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Rhydcymmerai edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | D.E. Davies | 234 | |||
Liberal | R.L. Evans | 230 | |||
Majority | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
St Clears edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | W.R. Rogers* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
St Ishmael edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Jones | 304 | |||
Liberal | Evan Bowen* | 208 | |||
Conservative | Robert B. Elliott | 164 | |||
Majority | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Trelech edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Philip Phillips* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Whitland edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Thomas* | 502 | |||
Peter Howells | 137 | ||||
Majority | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Election of aldermen edit
In addition to the 53 councillors the council consisted of 17 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term.
The following aldermen stood down at the election. None of them stood at the election and were re-elected at the statutory meeting.[4] Labour councillor Dr J.H. Williams gave notice that he would propose that, in future, all aldermen should seek re-election to the Council before retaining their seats on the aldermanic bench.
- Rev William Davies, Llandeilo
- David Evans, Whitland
- William Griffiths, Llanelli
- Thomas Jones, Llanelli
- W.N. Jones, Ammanford
- Rev E.B. Lloyd, Bwlchnewydd
- John Lloyd, Abegwili
- James Phillips, St Clears
- J. Lloyd Thomas, Feryside
References edit
- ^ a b c d "County Council Elections. Surprises in Carmarthenshire". Carmarthen Journal. 14 March 1919. p. 3. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Three Lady Members. Returned for Carmarthenshire County Council". South Wales Weekly Post. 19 March 1919. p. 2. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ^ "Carmarthenshire County Council. Result of Contested Elections". Carmarthen Weekly Reporter. 14 March 1919. p. 4. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ^ "Carmarthenshire County Council. Aldermen Re-Elected". Carmarthen Journal. 21 March 1919. p. 1. Retrieved 19 March 2021.