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Draft:1945–1972 Llanelli Borough Council elections

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Llanelly Borough Council was a local authority created in 1913 when the existing Urban District Council achieved borough status. The Council consisted of 24 members, eighteen of whom were elected councillors and the remaining six were aldermen. The councillors were elected on a triennial cycle, with a third of councillors retiring each year. Aldermen were elected for a six-year term from within the council membership. It was renamed Llanelli Borough Council in the 1960s.

1945 Llanelly Borough Council election

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At the first post-war election, eight seats were contested, as six councillors retired with two vacancies to be filled.[1] In addition, the term of three aldermen elected in 1935 came to an end, although H.W. Bowen (Lab) had recently died and Daniel Roberts (Ind) decided not to stand.

Labour candidates won a sweeping victory, taking seven of the eight seats and gaining a majority on the borough council for the first time. Three Independents co-opted to fill vacancies during the war years were defeated, as was Alderman W.E. Davies in Ward Two.[2]

Ward One (two seats)

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Ward One 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Reg John 2,864
Independent Dr H.D. Llewellyn* 2,579
Labour T.M. Price 2,105
Labour D.J. Davies 1,925
Independent Dan Williams* 1,789
Independent D. Cecil Williams 1,675
Communist Enoch Collins 1,111
Independent W. Hughes 984

Ward Two (two seats)

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Ward Two 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D.J. Joseph 3,903
Labour W. Douglas Hughes* 3,744
Independent W.E. Davies** 1,855

Ward Three (two seats)

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Ward Three 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Thomas 1,875
Labour W.E. Payne 1,818
Labour John Griffiths* 1,779
Independent Ted Howells 1,066
Communist Ernest Leyshon 1,027
Independent D.J. Evans 544
Independent J. Sidney Jones* 538
Independent W.R. Davies 370
Independent J. Stanley Davies 270
Independent J. Bradbury 44

By-elections

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At the statutory meeting, Dan Roberts (Ind), W.E. Davies (Ind) and H.W. Bowen (Lab) were elected aldermen.[3] A further vacancy in Ward Three was created by the death the previous month of the Labour councillor, D. Grant Evans.[4]

Much attention focused on Ward Three, where the Communists sought further success but they fell short by 32 votes behind ex-Alderman William Davies and Labour candidate John Griffiths. In Wards One and Two, old members regained seats as the Communists did not contest.[5] Roland Thomas, first elected to the former Urban District Council in 1911, was again returned.

Ward 1 by-election (one seat)

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Ward 1 by-election 1935
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Roland P. Thomas* 1,738
Labour H. Percy Rees 1,082

Ward 2 by-election (one seat)

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Ward 2 by-election 1935
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elias Davies 1,602
Ind. Labour Party D. James Davies 833
Independent John Zammit 665

Ward 3 by-election (one seat)

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Ward 3 by-election 1935
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent William Davies** 1,013
Labour John Griffiths 947
Communist Enoch Collins 932
Independent W.J. Davies 771
Labour George Davies 420
Independent J. Bradbury 133
  1. ^ "Twenty-One Candidates for Borough Election. Heavy Polling Expected in Next Thursdays's Contests". Llanelly Star. 27 October 1945. p. 1. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Labour Candidates 'Sweep the Board'. Indepedents Lose Majority for First Time". Llanelly Star. 3 November 1945. p. 1. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  3. ^ "The New Aldermen". Llanelly Star. 9 November 1935. p. 1. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Choir Sings Hymns at Graveside. Burial of Councillor Grant Evans". Llanelly Star. 19 October 1935. p. 8. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Communists Snubbed. Ward Three Victory They Didn't Get". Llanelly Star. 30 November 1935. p. 1. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
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