Llanelli Borough Council election, 1973

The first election to Llanelli Borough Council was held in April 1973.^[1] It was followed by the 1976 election. On the same day there were elections to the other local authorities and community councils in Wales.

Results

Llanelli Borough Ward One (three seats)

Ward One 1973
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Harry J. Richards	1,413
Labour	R. Palmer	1,276
Labour	D. Thomas	1,229
Labour	D. Williams	1,083
Liberal	E. Clarke	920
Independent win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Llanelli Borough Ward Two (three seats)

Ward Two 1973
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	W.M. Jones	1,437
Labour	D.H.R. Jones	1,347
Labour	R.T. Peregrine	1,263
Plaid Cymru	E. Jones	620
Plaid Cymru	Dyfrig Thomas	466
Plaid Cymru	P. Davies	437
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Llanelli Borough Ward Three (three seats)

Ward Three 1973
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	T.G. Thomas	1,295
Labour	John Gladwyn Hill	1,166
Labour	T. Evans	1,152
Liberal	W. Tilleke	739
Democratic Labour	I.C. Rosser	564
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Llanelli Borough Ward Four (three seats)

Ward Four 1973
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	G, Every	1,274
Labour	W. Griffiths	1,193
Independent Labour	I. Roberts	1,164
Labour	C. Edwards	1,025
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Independent Labour win (new seat)

Llanelli Borough Ward Five (three seats)

This ward included Kidwelly and Trimsaran

Ward Five 1973
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Gwilym Glanmor Jones	1,686
Labour	H. Hughes	1,601
Labour	F. Owens	1,558
Independent	W. King	1,129
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Llanelli Borough Ward Six (three seats)

This ward covered Burry Port.

Ward Six 1973
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	R.J. James	1,353
Independent	G. Thomas	1,125
Labour	J. Gething	969
Independent	A. Phillips	872
Labour	I. Jones	712
Independent	G. West	632
Plaid Cymru	F. Morgan	259
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Llanelli Borough Ward Seven (three seats)

This ward covered Llanedi and Llangennech

Ward Seven 1973
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	R.H.V. Lewis	2,108
Labour	G.J. Jones*	1,968
Labour	L. Davies	1,948
Independent	F. Price	1,099
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Llanelli Borough Ward Eight (three seats)

Ward Eight 1973
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	A. Bowen	1,989
Labour	Henry John Evans	1,970
Labour	L.R. McDonagh	1,915
Communist	R.E. Hitchon	744
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Llanelli Borough Ward Nine (three seats)

Ward Nine 1973
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	J. Davies	unopposed
Labour	N. Jenkins	unopposed
Labour	E. Thomas	unopposed
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Llanelli Borough Ward Ten (three seats)

Ward Ten 1973
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	D. Lewis	unopposed
Labour	D. Thomas	unopposed
Labour	E. Thomas	unopposed
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Llanelli Borough Ward Eleven (three seats)

Ward Eleven 1973
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	S. Davies	2,843
Ratepayers	T. Morris	2,510
Labour	Chris McLoughlin	2,414
Labour	F. Davies	2,035
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

References

↑ "Llanelli Borough Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 8 May 2016.

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