Carmarthenshire County Council election, 1907
The seventh election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held in March 1907.[1] It was preceded by the 1904 election and followed by the 1910 election.
Contents
- 1 Overview of the result
- 2 Boundary changes
- 3 Unopposed returns
- 4 Contested elections
- 5 Retiring aldermen
- 6 Summary of results
- 7 Ward results
- 7.1 Abergwili
- 7.2 Ammanford
- 7.3 Bettws
- 7.4 Caio
- 7.5 Carmarthen Eastern Ward (Lower Division)
- 7.6 Carmarthen Eastern Ward (Upper Division)
- 7.7 Carmarthen Western Ward (Lower Division)
- 7.8 Carmarthen Western Ward (Upper Division)
- 7.9 Cenarth
- 7.10 Cilycwm
- 7.11 Conwil
- 7.12 Kidwelly
- 7.13 Laugharne
- 7.14 Llanarthney
- 7.15 Llanboidy
- 7.16 Llandebie
- 7.17 Llandilo Rural
- 7.18 Llandilo Urban
- 7.19 Llandovery
- 7.20 Llandyssilio
- 7.21 Llanedy
- 7.22 Llanegwad
- 7.23 Llanelly Division.1
- 7.24 Llanelly Division 2
- 7.25 Llanelly Division 3
- 7.26 Llanelly Division 4
- 7.27 Llanelly Division 5
- 7.28 Llanelly Division 6
- 7.29 Llanelly Division 7
- 7.30 Llanelly Division 8
- 7.31 Llanelly Rural, Berwick
- 7.32 Llanelly Rural, Hengoed
- 7.33 Llanelly Rural, Westfa and Glyn
- 7.34 Llanfihangel Aberbythick
- 7.35 Llanfihangel-ar-Arth
- 7.36 Llangadock
- 7.37 Llangeler
- 7.38 Llangendeirne
- 7.39 Llangennech
- 7.40 Llangunnor
- 7.41 Llanon
- 7.42 Llansawel
- 7.43 Llanstephan
- 7.44 Llanybyther
- 7.45 Mothvey
- 7.46 Pembrey North
- 7.47 Pembrey South
- 7.48 Quarter Bach
- 7.49 Rhydcymmerai
- 7.50 St Clears
- 7.51 St Ishmael
- 7.52 Trelech
- 7.53 Whitland
- 8 Election of aldermen
- 9 References
- 10 Bibliography
Overview of the result
The Liberals retained a strong majority. With a few exceptions, members were returned unopposed.[2]
Boundary changes
There were minor boundary changes leading to the creation of two additional wards, namely Ammanford and Llandissilio. The new Ammanford ward, which comprised the urban district of Ammanford was created by the division of the Bettws Ward into two.[3] Significant population growth had taken place in the eastern part of the county as a result of the growth of the anthracite coal trade but demands for further additional wards to be formed in the Llanelli district were rejected. The second new ward was at Llandissilio in the western part of the county, on the Pembrokeshire border. It was formed out of portions of the existing Whitland and Llanboidy wards.[3] There was less unanimity in favour of the new Llandissilio ward than was the case at Ammanford, and there were suggestions that an additional rural ward was being created to counterbalance the new industrial ward at Ammanford. A proposal for a third new ward, at Newchurch on the outskirts of Carmarthen was rejected in due course.
As a result of these boundary changes, the Council included 53 elected members as opposed to 51 previously. The number of aldermen remained at 17.
Unopposed returns
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Contested elections
There were only a small number of contested elections and the majorities were small in most instances.
Retiring aldermen
The aldermen who retired at the election were
- John Bevan, Llansadwrn
- Joseph Joseph, Plasderw, Llangennech
- Sir Lewis Morris, Penbryn, Carmarthen
- Daniel Stephens, Kidwelly
- H J Thomas, Penrhos-uchaf, Golden Grove
- Thomas Watkins, Tycerrig, Llandovery
- Henry Wilkins, New-road, Llanelly.
None of the retiring aldermen contested the election. There was also a vacancy following the death of W.O. Brigstocke, Blaenpant.
Summary of results
This section summarises the detailed results which are noted in the following sections. 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 1901: elected members | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
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Conservative | ||||||||||
Liberal Unionist | ||||||||||
Independent |
Carmarthenshire County Council 1901 : 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 |
Ward results
Abergwili
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Lloyd* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Ammanford
New ward. Boundary change.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Col. David Morris | 349 | |||
Liberal | D.J. Jones | 281 | |||
Majority | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Bettws
Boundary change
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Morris | 349 | |||
Liberal | William Thomas | 121 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Caio
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir James Hills-Johnes | 234 | |||
Liberal | T. Francis Jones* | 182 | |||
Majority | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Carmarthen Eastern Ward (Lower Division)
Brigstocke contested previous elections as a Conservative.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T.E. Brigstocke* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Carmarthen Eastern Ward (Upper Division)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Rev A. Fuller-Mills | 247 | |||
Thomas Parke Jones | 71 | ||||
Majority | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Carmarthen Western Ward (Lower Division)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Lewis* | 161 | |||
Conservative | P.R. Lewis | 144 | |||
Majority | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Carmarthen Western Ward (Upper Division)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Professor D.E. Jones* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Cenarth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Rev D.D. Walters | unopposed | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Cilycwm
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Rees Williams | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Conwil
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Jones* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Kidwelly
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Samuel H. Anthony | 283 | ||||
Conservative | Alfred Stephens* | 263 | |||
Majority | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Laugharne
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W.H. Dempster | 189 | |||
Liberal | John D. Morse | 187 | |||
Majority | 2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Llanarthney
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Jones-Davies* | 313 | |||
Independent | David Farr-Davies | 261 | |||
Majority | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanboidy
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Evans | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llandebie
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Davies* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llandilo Rural
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | L.N. Powell | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llandilo Urban
Gwynne Hughes had now returned to the Liberal fold.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | J.W. Gwynne Hughes* | unopposed | |||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing |
Llandovery
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | J.R. James* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llandyssilio
Boundary Change
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Benjamin John | unopposed | |||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Llanedy
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Ll. Thomas* | 340 | |||
Liberal | Griffith V. Davies | 205 | |||
Majority | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanegwad
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Delme Davies-Evans | 266 | |||
Liberal | T. Lewis | 224 | |||
Majority | 42 | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal | Swing |
Llanelly Division.1
Griffiths described himself as an Unionist in 1904
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W. Griffiths | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanelly Division 2
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Simlett | unopposed | |||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Llanelly Division 3
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William David* | 260 | |||
Labour | Colwyn Morgan | 53 | |||
Majority | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanelly Division 4
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanelly Division 5
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | D.C. Parry* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanelly Division 6
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Roberts* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Llanelly Division 7
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R.A. Nevill | unopposed | |||
Independent gain from Liberal | Swing |
Llanelly Division 8
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Williams* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanelly Rural, Berwick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | D. Harry | 199 | |||
Liberal | H.J. Hopkins | 161 | |||
Majority | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanelly Rural, Hengoed
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | W.B. Jones | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanelly Rural, Westfa and Glyn
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Rev Benjamin Humphreys | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanfihangel Aberbythick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Earl Cawdor* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Llanfihangel-ar-Arth
The sitting member was elected on the casting vote of the returning officer.[1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Barrett* | 206 | |||
Conservative | Thomas Rees Jones | 206 | |||
Majority | 0 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Llangadock
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mervyn Lloyd Peel | 245 | |||
Liberal | William Davies* | 235 | |||
Majority | 10 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Llangeler
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colonel W.P. Lewes* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Llangendeirne
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Rev R.H. Jones | 237 | |||
Independent | Thomas Davies | 175 | |||
Majority | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llangennech
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llangunnor
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | C.E. Morris* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanon
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Greville* | 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* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Llanybyther
Williams had been elected as a Conservative in 1904.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Williams | 234 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Mothvey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Davies* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Pembrey North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Rev J.H. Rees* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Pembrey South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | George Eynon Bowen | 368 | |||
Liberal | Richard Thomas Hammond* | 296 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent gain from Liberal | Swing |
Quarter Bach
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | W.J. Williams | 389 | |||
Liberal | Gwilym Vaughan | 277 | |||
Majority | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Rhydcymmerai
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Benjamin Evans* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
St Clears
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Phillips* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
St Ishmael
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Lloyd Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Trelech
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Whitland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dr R.L. Thomas | 226 | |||
Liberal | John Scourfield* | 167 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent gain from Liberal | Swing |
Election of aldermen
In addition to the 51 councillors the council consisted of 17 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term. Following the elections the following nine aldermen were elected (with the number of votes in each case).
- John Williams, retiring alderman (47)
- W.N. Jones, elected member for Betws (46)
- John Lewis, retiring alderman (45)
- D.L. Jones, retiring alderman (42)
- R.W. Stephens, retiring alderman (48)
- John Rees, retiring alderman (42)
- Thomas Jones, elected member for Llanelli Ward 7 (42)
- Rev Thomas Johns, elected member for Llanelli Ward 4 (42)
- Rev William Davies, retiring alderman (42)
All the elected aldermen were supported by the majority of members.[4]