Carmarthenshire County Council election, 1898
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The third election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held in March 1898.[1] It was preceded by the 1895 election and followed by the 1901 election.
Contents
- 1 Overview of the Result
- 2 Boundary Changes
- 3 Unopposed Returns
- 4 Contested Elections
- 5 Summary of Results
- 6 Results
- 6.1 Abergwili
- 6.2 Bettws
- 6.3 Caio
- 6.4 Carmarthen Eastern Ward (Lower Division)
- 6.5 Carmarthen Eastern Ward (Upper Division)
- 6.6 Carmarthen Western Ward (Lower Division)
- 6.7 Carmarthen Western Ward (Upper Division)
- 6.8 Cenarth
- 6.9 Cilycwm
- 6.10 Conwil
- 6.11 Kidwelly
- 6.12 Laugharne
- 6.13 Llanarthney
- 6.14 Llanboidy
- 6.15 Llandebie
- 6.16 Llandilo Rural
- 6.17 Llandilo Urban
- 6.18 Llandovery
- 6.19 Llanedy
- 6.20 Llanegwad
- 6.21 Llanelly Division.1
- 6.22 Llanelly Division 2
- 6.23 Llanelly Division 3
- 6.24 Llanelly Division 4
- 6.25 Llanelly Division 5
- 6.26 Llanelly Division 6
- 6.27 Llanelly Division 7
- 6.28 Llanelly Division 8
- 6.29 Llanelly Rural, Berwick
- 6.30 Llanelly Rural, Hengoed
- 6.31 Llanelly Rural, Westfa and Glyn
- 6.32 Llanfihangel Aberbythick
- 6.33 Llanfihangel-ar-Arth
- 6.34 Llangadock
- 6.35 Llangeler
- 6.36 Llangendeirne
- 6.37 Llangennech
- 6.38 Llangunnor
- 6.39 Llanon
- 6.40 Llansawel
- 6.41 Llanstephan
- 6.42 Llanybyther
- 6.43 Mothvey
- 6.44 Pembrey North
- 6.45 Pembrey South
- 6.46 Quarter Bach
- 6.47 Rhydcymmerai
- 6.48 St Clears
- 6.49 St Ishmael
- 6.50 Trelech
- 6.51 Whitland
- 7 Election of Aldermen
- 8 References
- 9 Bibliography
Overview of the Result
The Liberals retained a strong majority.
Boundary Changes
There were no boundary changes.
Unopposed Returns
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Contested Elections
There were a large number of contested elections and the majorities were small in most instances.
Summary of Results
This section summarises the detailed results which are noted in the following sections. This was the inaugural county election and therefore no comparison can be made with the previous elections. In some cases there is an ambiguity in the sources over the party affiliations and this is explained below where relevant.
This table summarises the result of the elections in all wards. 51 councillors were elected.
Carmarthesnhire County Council 1889: elected members | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Liberal | ||||||||||
Conservative | ||||||||||
Liberal Unionist | ||||||||||
Independent |
Carmarthenshire County Council 1889 : following election of new aldermen | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Liberal | ||||||||||
Conservative | ||||||||||
Liberal Unionist | ||||||||||
Independent |
Carmarthenshire County Council 1889 : following election of new aldermen and by-elections | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Liberal | ||||||||||
Conservative | ||||||||||
Liberal Unionist | ||||||||||
Independent |
Results
Abergwili
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Lloyd* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Bettws
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Nathaniel Jones* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Caio
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | T. Francis Jones | 217 | |||
Conservative | Sir James Hills-Johnes* | 201 | |||
Majority | 16 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Carmarthen Eastern Ward (Lower Division)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | T.E. Brigstocke | unopposed | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Carmarthen Eastern Ward (Upper Division)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Carmarthen Western Ward (Lower Division)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James John | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Carmarthen Western Ward (Upper Division)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Professor D.E. Jones* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Cenarth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Davies | 258 | |||
Liberal | D.D. Walters | 163 | |||
Majority | 95 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Cilycwm
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | unopposed | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Conwil
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Jones | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Kidwelly
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Stephens | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Laugharne
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John D. Morse* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanarthney
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Jones-Davies* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanboidy
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Thomas | 298 | |||
Liberal | Thomas Evans* | 248 | |||
Majority | 50 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Llandebie
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llandilo Rural
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Jones* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandilo Urban
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | J.W. Gwynne Hughes* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llandovery
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter Powell Jeffreys* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Llanedy
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Ll. Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanegwad
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | unopposed | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanelly Division.1
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | J. Allen Williams | unopposed | |||
Liberal Unionist gain from Conservative | Swing |
Llanelly Division 2
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Mayberry* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanelly Division 3
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William David | unopposed | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Llanelly Division 4
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Rev Thomas Johns* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanelly Division 5
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | D.C. Parry* | 222 | |||
Liberal | D. Rees Edmunds | 114 | |||
Majority | 108 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanelly Division 6
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Phillips* | 147 | |||
Liberal | T. Williams | 135 | |||
Liberal | J. Auckland | 102 | |||
Majority | 12 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanelly Division 7
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Jones | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanelly Division 8
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Williams* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanelly Rural, Berwick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Owen Bonville* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanelly Rural, Hengoed
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David John* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanelly Rural, Westfa and Glyn
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Gwilym Evans** | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanfihangel Aberbythick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Viscount Emlyn* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Llanfihangel-ar-Arth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Rees Jones | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Llangadock
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Davies | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llangeler
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colonel W.P. Lewes | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Llangendeirne
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Jenkins | 159 | |||
Liberal | John Jenkins | 126 | |||
Majority | 33 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llangennech
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Thomas | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llangunnor
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | C.E. Morris* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanon
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Morgan Jones | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llansawel
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir J.H.W. Drummond, Bart.* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Llanstephan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Johns | 177 | |||
Liberal | D.W. Lewis | 114 | |||
William Williams | 80 | ||||
Majority | 63 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanybyther
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | unopposed | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Mothvey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | unopposed | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Pembrey North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Evans | 336 | |||
Liberal Unionist | W.J. Buckley* | 213 | |||
Majority | 123 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing |
Pembrey South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W.S. Marsh* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Quarter Bach
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Dr Howell Rees* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Rhydcymmerai
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | unopposed | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
St Clears
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr R.L. Thomas | 253 | |||
Liberal | John Williams* | 246 | |||
Majority | 7 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
St Ishmael
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Lloyd Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Trelech
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Phillips* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Whitland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Rev William Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Election of Aldermen
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References
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