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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. |
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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. |
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==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.<ref name="LS 27-10-45">{{cite news |title=Twenty-One Candidates for Borough Election. Heavy Polling Expected in Next Thursdays's Contests.|newspaper=Llanelly Star |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0004711/19451027/001/0001?browse=False|accessdate=17 December 2024|page=1|date=27 October 1945}}</ref> 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. |
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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.<ref name="LS 3-11-45">{{cite news |title=Labour Candidates 'Sweep the Board'. Indepedents Lose Majority for First Time.|newspaper=Llanelly Star |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0004711/19451103/001/0001?browse=False|accessdate=17 December 2024|page=1|date=3 November 1945}}</ref> |
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===Ward One (two seats)=== |
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{{Election box begin | title= Ward One 1945}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate =Reg John |
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|votes =2,864 |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link |
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|party = Independent (politician) |
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|candidate =Dr H.D. Llewellyn* |
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|votes = 2,579 |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate =T.M. Price |
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|votes = 2,105 |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate =D.J. Davies |
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|votes = 1,925 |
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|party = Independent (politician) |
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|candidate =Dan Williams* |
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|votes = 1,789 |
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|party = Independent (politician) |
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|candidate =D. Cecil Williams |
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|votes = 1,675 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link |
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|party = Communist Party of Great Britain |
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|candidate = Enoch Collins |
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|votes = 1,111 |
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|party = Independent (politician) |
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|candidate =W. Hughes |
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|votes = 984 |
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{{Election box end}} |
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===Ward Two (two seats)=== |
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{{Election box begin | title= Ward Two 1945}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate =D.J. Joseph |
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|votes = 3,903 |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate =W. Douglas Hughes* |
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|votes = 3,744 |
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|party = Independent (politician) |
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|candidate =W.E. Davies** |
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|votes = 1,855 |
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===Ward Three (two seats)=== |
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{{Election box begin | title= Ward Three 1945}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate =William Thomas |
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|votes = 1,875 |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate =W.E. Payne |
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|votes = 1,818 |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate =John Griffiths* |
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|votes = 1,779 |
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|party = Independent (politician) |
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|candidate =Ted Howells |
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|votes = 1,066 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link |
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|party = Communist Party of Great Britain |
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|candidate = Ernest Leyshon |
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|votes = 1,027 |
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|party = Independent (politician) |
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|candidate =D.J. Evans |
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|votes = 544 |
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|party = Independent (politician) |
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|candidate =J. Sidney Jones* |
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|votes = 538 |
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|party = Independent (politician) |
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|candidate =W.R. Davies |
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|votes = 370 |
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|party = Independent (politician) |
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|candidate =J. Stanley Davies |
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|votes = 270 |
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|party = Independent (politician) |
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|candidate =J. Bradbury |
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|votes = 44 |
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{{Election box end}} |
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===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.<ref name="LS 9-11-35">{{cite news |title=The New Aldermen. |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004711/19351109/001/0001|page=1 |accessdate=26 November 2024|newspaper=Llanelly Star |date=9 November 1935}}</ref> A further vacancy in Ward Three was created by the death the previous month of the Labour councillor, D. Grant Evans.<ref name="LS 19-10-35 GE obit">{{cite news |title=Choir Sings Hymns at Graveside. Burial of Councillor Grant Evans. |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0004711/19351019/008/0008?browse=False |page=8 |accessdate=26 November 2024|newspaper=Llanelly Star |date=19 October 1935}}</ref> |
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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.<ref name="LS 30-11-35">{{cite news |title=Communists Snubbed. Ward Three Victory They Didn't Get. |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0004711/19351130/001/0001?browse=False|page=1 |accessdate=26 November 2024|newspaper=Llanelly Star |date=30 November 1935}}</ref> Roland Thomas, first elected to the former Urban District Council in 1911, was again returned. |
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===Ward 1 by-election (one seat)=== |
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{{Election box begin | title= Ward 1 by-election 1935}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link |
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|party =Independent (politician) |
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|candidate = Roland P. Thomas* |
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|votes = 1,738 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = H. Percy Rees |
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|votes = 1,082 |
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{{Election box end}} |
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===Ward 2 by-election (one seat)=== |
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{{Election box begin | title= Ward 2 by-election 1935}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = Elias Davies |
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|votes = 1,602 |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link |
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|party =Independent Labour Party |
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|candidate = D. James Davies |
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|votes =833 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link |
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|party =Independent (politician) |
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|candidate = John Zammit |
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|votes = 665 |
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{{Election box end}} |
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===Ward 3 by-election (one seat)=== |
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{{Election box begin | title= Ward 3 by-election 1935}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link |
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|party =Independent (politician) |
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|candidate = William Davies** |
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|votes = 1,013 |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = John Griffiths |
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|votes = 947 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link |
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|party =Communist Party of Great Britain |
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|candidate =Enoch Collins |
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|votes = 932 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link |
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|party =Independent (politician) |
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|candidate = W.J. Davies |
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|votes = 771 |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = George Davies |
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|votes = 420 |
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|party =Independent (politician) |
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|candidate = J. Bradbury |
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At the first post-war election, eight seats were contested, as six councillors retired with two vacancies to be filled. 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.
At the statutory meeting, Dan Roberts (Ind), W.E. Davies (Ind) and H.W. Bowen (Lab) were elected aldermen. A further vacancy in Ward Three was created by the death the previous month of the Labour councillor, D. Grant Evans.
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. Roland Thomas, first elected to the former Urban District Council in 1911, was again returned.
