1937 Llandeilo Rural District Council election
1937 Welsh local government election
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An election to the Llandeilo Rural District Council in Wales was held on 5 April 1937.[1]
It was preceded by the 1934 election but some wards had been contested in 1935 following the amalgamation of Llandovery RDC. Due to the Second World War it was followed by the 1946 election.
Candidates
Independents continued to be the only candidates nominated in the rural wards; many of whom were returned unopposed. Labour contested all of the industrial area wards and won the majority of them. Seventeen members were returned unopposed; fourteen of whom were Independents.[2]
Outcome
A similar pattern to recent elections was observed at the election, with Labour candidates contesting the urban wards but Independents being returned for the rural areas.
Labour lost two seats, at Glynamman and in the Llandeilo South Ward, where Robert Allan lost the seat he capturedvfrom long-standing member Thomas Morris three years earlier.
Ward results
Betws Lower (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Bowen* | 146 | |||
| Independent | D. Glyn Jenkins | 128 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Betws Upper (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David Daniel Thomas | 70 | |||
| Labour | George David | 63 | |||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Brechfa (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David Davies | Unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Cilycwm (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ivor Elystan Campbell-Davys | Unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Conwil Caio (two seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Thomas Davies* | Unopposed | |||
| Independent | Jane Williams* | Unopposed | |||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Glynamman (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John George* | Unopposed | |||
| Labour | William Connick | Unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Heolddu (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Olney Morgan Bevan | Unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llanddeusant (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David Evans* | 119 | |||
| Independent | John Thomas | 61 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llandebie (two seats)
Llandeilo Fawr North Ward (three seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Thomas Morgan* | Unopposed | |||
| Independent | James Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
| Independent | William Williams* | Unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llandeilo Fawr South Ward (two seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | William John Thomas | 506 | |||
| Independent | Thomas John Jones | 407 | |||
| Labour | Robert A. Allan* | 230 | |||
| Independent | A. Thomas | 139 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Llandingat Without (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Douglas T.M. Jones | Unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llandyfeisant (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Henry Brookshaw* | Unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llanegwad (three seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ben Davies* | Unopposed | |||
| Independent | Dan Davies* | Unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llanfair-ar-y-Bryn (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Rees Evans | Unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llanfihangel Aberbythych North Ward (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Tom Hopkins | Unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llanfihangel Aberbythych South Ward (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David Jones* | Unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llanfynydd (two seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Daniel Lloyd | Unopposed | |||
| Independent | David Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llangadock (two seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Thomas Jones | 268 | |||
| Independent | Joseph Llewelleyn Evans* | 299 | |||
| Independent | David John Daniel | 246 | |||
| Independent | Willam Jones | 242 | |||
| Independent | Henry William Seale* | 42 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llangathen (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Nurse E.A. Olley | Unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llansadwrn (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Benjamin Tudor Lewis | 166 | |||
| Independent | Rachel M. Rees* | 141 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llansawel (two seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John James Thomas | 142 | |||
| Independent | Thomas Humphreys* | 123 | |||
| Independent | David Morgan* | 116 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llanwrda (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Thomas Rees Griffiths | Unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Myddfai (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David Davies* | Unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Penygroes (two seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | William Williams* | 776 | |||
| Labour | Rees Rees* | 597 | |||
| Labour | John Evans | 541 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Quarter Bach No.1 (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Enoch Isaac* | 374 | |||
| Independent | Walter Howells | 314 | |||
| Labour | Henry J. Thomas | 264 | |||
| Independent | Mrs C.M. Jones | 190 | |||
| Independent | David John Bowen | 111 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Quarter Bach No.2 (two seats)
Talley (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Daniel Williams* | Unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||