1925 Llandeilo Rural District Council election

An election to the Llandeilo Rural District Council was held in April 1925.^[1] It was preceded by the 1922 election and followed by the 1928 election. The successful candidates were also elected to the Llandeilo Board of Guardians.

Overview of the result

As in the past many candidates stood without party affiliations although an increased number of Labour candidates contested the industrial wards but the party lost ground following the party's defeat at a national level at the 1924 General Election. As in previous elections a number of the members representing rural wards were returned unopposed.

Ward results

Betws (three seats)

Betws 1925
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	D. Glyn Jenkins*	128
Independent	John Davies*	113
Labour	Henry Davies*	108
Labour	D. Bowen	92
Labour hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Blaenau (three seats)

Blaenau 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	William Williams*	917
	Labour	John Bevan*	806
	Independent	David Davies*	745
	Labour	William Howells	440
	Labour	Enoch Hendy	196
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Brechfa (one seat)

Brechfa 1919
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joseph Sivell	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Glynamman (one seat)

Glynamman 1919
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Walters	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandebie (three seats)

Llandebie 1925
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Frederick Davies*	428
Independent	John Lewis*	417
Independent	David Lewis Thomas*	353
Independent	David Harries	272
Labour	Daniel Jenkins	259
Independent	J. Johns	192
Labour	Elizabeth Davies	181
Labour	Tom Hind	177
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Llandeilo Fawr North Ward (three seats)

Llandeilo Fawr North Ward 1919
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Evan Davies*	Unopposed
Independent	Roderick Evans	Unopposed
Independent	John Richards*	Unopposed
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Llandeilo Fawr South Ward (two seats)

Llandeilo Fawr South Ward 1919
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	L.N. Powell*	238
Independent	Thomas Morris*	228
Independent	Mrs Phillips	195
Independent	Thomas James	54
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Llandyfeisant (one seat)

Llandyfeisant 1919
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lord Dynevor*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanegwad (three seats)

Llanegwad 1919
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Dan Davies*	Unopposed
Independent	William Edwin Richards*	Unopposed
Independent	Richard Thomas*	Unopposed
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Aberbythych (two seats)

Llanfihangel Aberbythych 1919
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Tom Rees*	203
Independent	William Stephens*	140
Independent	William John Evans	135
Labour	Henry Jones	134
Labour	James Thomas Stephens	60
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Cilfragen (one seat)

Llanfihangel Cilfragen 1919
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Evans*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfynydd (two seats)

Llanfynydd 1919
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Daniel Lloyd	Unopposed
Independent	David Thomas*	Unopposed
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Llangathen (two seats)

Llangathen 1919
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	David Williams	166
Independent	William Lewis*	129
Independent	William Rees	74
Independent	D.W. Morgans	41
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Llansawel (two seats)

This was the only contest in a rural ward at the election.^[2]

Llansawel 1919
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	J. Thomas	119
Independent	Thomas Humphreys*	195
Independent	John Morgan	85
Independent	J. Jones	37
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Quarter Bach No.1 (one seat)

Quarter Bach 1919
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Enoch Isaac	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Quarter Bach No.2 (one seat)

Quarter Bach No.2 1919
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Hughes	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Talley (two seats)

Talley 1919
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	John Thomas Morgan	Unopposed
Independent	David Edwin Thomas	Unopposed
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Llandeilo Board of Guardians

All members of the District Council also served as members of Llandeilo Board of Guardians. In addition, three Guardians were elected to represent the Ammanford Urban District and another three to represent the Cwmamman Urban District, both of which also lay within the remit of the Llandeilo Guardians. A further three Guardians were elected to represent the Llandeilo Urban District.

Elected candidates at both Ammanford and Cwmamman stood specifically as Liberals, in contrast to the non-political nature of previous Guardians elections.

Ammanford (three seats)

The three sitting members, including Henry Herbert, a Guardian for nearly forty years, were re-elected.

Ammanford 1919
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	John Lewis*	1,325
Liberal	Rev John Morgans*	1,144
Liberal	Henry Herbert*	871
Labour	William Cathan Davies	602
Labour	D. Rufus Evans	424
Labour	Arthur Edgar Thomas	417
Liberal hold		Swing
Liberal hold		Swing
Liberal hold		Swing

Cwmamman (three seats)

Cwmamman 1919
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	William Roberts*	919
Liberal	Arthur Williams*	786
Labour	Thomas Henry Jones	623
Independent	David Thomas David	514
Labour	James Thomas	487
Labour hold		Swing
Liberal hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Llandeilo (three seats)

Llandeilo 1919
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	David Pritchard Davies*	416
Independent	William Hopkins*	389
Independent	Edith Jane Roberts*	377
Independent	Alfred Fox	333
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

References

^ "Election Results". Llanelly Labour News. 11 April 1925.
^ "The Election Results in West Wales". Daily Leader. 8 April 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

[LabNews_11-4-25_results-1] "Election Results". Llanelly Labour News. 11 April 1925.

[CDL_8-4-19-2] "The Election Results in West Wales". Daily Leader. 8 April 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

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