# 1928 Llandeilo Rural District Council election

An election to the Llandeilo Rural District Council was held in April 1928. It was preceded by the 1925 election and followed by the 1931 election. The successful candidates were also elected to the Llandeilo Board of Guardians. A small number of seats were unopposed.

## Overview of the result

A similar pattern to recent elections was observed at the election, with Labour candidates contesting the urban wards but Independents being returned for the rural areas.

## Ward results
### Betws (three seats)

Betws 1928 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent Labour | D. Glyn Jenkins* | 146 |
| Labour | David Bowen | 128 |
| Independent | David Daniel Thomas | 119 |
| Labour | G. Davies | 101 |
| Labour | T. Rees | 94 |
| Labour | Henry Davies* | 64 |
| Independent Labour gain from Labour | Independent Labour gain from Labour | Swing |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Brechfa (one seat)

Brechfa 1928 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Cyril Joynson | 17 |
| Independent | James Davies | 13 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Glynamman (one seat)

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

### Heolddu (one seat)

Heolddu 1925 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | D. Thomas* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Llandebie (three seats)

Llandebie 1928 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | David Lewis Thomas* | 534 |
| Independent | Frederick Davies* | 510 |
| Labour | Dr J. Shibko | 476 |
| Independent | John Lewis* | 450 |
| Labour | Daniel Jenkins | 301 |
| Labour | G. Thomas | 297 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing |

### Llandeilo Fawr North Ward (two seats)

Llandeilo Fawr North Ward 1928 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Thomas Morgan* | 444 |
| Independent | William Williams* | 433 |
| Independent | James Thomas | 350 |
| Independent | Roderick Evans | 246 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llandeilo Fawr South Ward (two seats)

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

### Llandyfeisant (one seat)

Llandyfeisant 1928 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Lord Dynevor* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Llanegwad (three seats)

Llanegwad 1919 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Dan Davies* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Independent | William Edwin Richards* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Independent | Richard Thomas* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Llanfihangel Aberbythych (two seats)

Llanfihangel Aberbythych 1919 :
| Party | 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 | Independent hold | Swing |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llanfihangel Cilfragen (one seat)

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

### Llanfynydd (two seats)

Llanfynydd 1919 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Daniel Lloyd | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Independent | David Thomas* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Llangathen (two seats)

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

### Llansawel (two seats)

This was the only contest in a rural ward at the election.
Llansawel 1919 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | J. Thomas | 119 |
| Independent | Thomas Humphreys* | 195 |
| Independent | John Morgan | 85 |
| Independent | J. Jones | 37 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Penygroes (two seats)

Penygroes 1928 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | William Williams* | 559 |
| Labour | Rees Rees* | 433 |
| Liberal | D.J. Lake | 238 |
| Labour | William H. Williams | 211 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Quarter Bach No.1 (one seat)

Quarter Bach 1928 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| British Legion | D.J. Pritchard | 343 |
| Independent | William W. Davies | 312 |
| Labour | Enoch Isaac* | 260 |
| Labour | Daniel Bowen* | 165 |
| British Legion gain from Labour | British Legion gain from Labour | Swing |
| Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |

### Quarter Bach No.2 (two seats)

Quarter Bach No.2 1928 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | David Davies* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Labour | John Hughes* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Talley (two seats)

Talley 1919 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | John Thomas Morgan | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Independent | David Edwin Thomas | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Saron (two seats)

Saron 1928 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Evan Bevan* | 649 |
| Labour | John Bevan* | 648 |
| Independent | J. Jenkins | 228 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour 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 :
| Party | 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 | Liberal hold | Swing |
| Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |
| Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Cwmamman (three seats)

Cwmamman 1928 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Thomas Henry Jones* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Labour | William Roberts* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Liberal | Arthur Williams* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Llandeilo (three seats)

Llandeilo 1928 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Elizabeth Evans* | 414 |
| Independent | David Pritchard Davies* | 410 |
| Independent | Edith Jane Roberts* | 397 |
| Independent | John Harries | 296 |
| Independent | Percy Hopkins | 289 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |