1925 Carmarthenshire County Council election

1925 Carmarthenshire County Council election

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All 53 seats to Carmarthenshire County Council 27 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Liberal Conservative Labour Seats won 0/53 0/53 0/53   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent Liberal Unionist Seats won 1/51 0/51
Council control after election TBD

An election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held in March 1925.^[1] It was preceded by the 1922 election and followed by the 1928 election.

The election saw a reduction in the number of candidates openly supporting the Liberal Party as an increasing number stood as Independents. Labour continued to gain some ground in the Llanelli and Ammanford districts.

There were no boundary changes.

All but eighteen of the 53 divisions were uncontested, with the majority of the unopposed returns being in the rural parts of the county. All three seats in Carmarthen town were uncontested after the local Labour Party held a meeting to consider the question but decided to put no candidates forward.^[2]

Conservatives and Liberals increasingly stood as Independents in those contests that took place. One local newspaper commented that a lack of interest on the part of the electorate was a feature of most of the eighteen contests that took place.^[3] Labour once again failed to make any real advance in Llanelli town.^[4]

The aldermen who retired at the election were

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. Following the elections the following nine aldermen were elected (with the number of votes in each case).^[5]

• John Phillips 48
• Thomas Jones 47
• T.R. Jones 47
• W.N. Jones 47
• John Lloyd 46
• J. Thomas 46
• Rev E.B. Lloyd 45
• Philip Phillips 44
• Tudor Lewis 31

It was suggested that the precedent of electing the local MP, if a member of the Council, be adhered to in the case of Dr J.H. Williams, but Williams gained only 18 votes and was not elected.^[5]