# 1894–1913 Llanelly Urban District Council elections

The Municipal Borough of Llanelly was an urban district in Carmarthenshire between 1894 and 1913 when it received full borough status.

## 1894 election

The first election was held in December 1894.

### Ward One

Ward One 1894 :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Ernest Trubshaw | 982 |
| J. Hammond | 808 |
| John Griffiths | 807 |
| Tom Hughes | 764 |
| J. Mayberry | 592 |
| D.W. Rees | 554 |
| H.J. Howell | 513 |
| J. Samuel | 402 |
| W.J. Wilson | 332 |

### Ward Two

Ward Two 1894 :
| Candidate | Votes |
| F.C. Thompson | 769 |
| John Hopkins | 643 |
| J.D. Guest | 643 |
| W.W. Brodie | 631 |
| J.A. Jones | 612 |
| Ellis Evans | 503 |
| Joseph Williams | 475 |
| W. Hughes | 333 |
| W. Davies | 273 |
| J. Harries | 259 |

### Ward Three

Ward Three 1894 :
| Candidate | Votes |
| William Howell | 412 |
| J.S. Tregoning | 347 |
| Owen Charles | 333 |
| David Thomas | 330 |
| Evan Jones | 316 |
| John Thomas | 281 |
| W. Stone | 278 |
| John Bourne | 272 |
| H.J. Howell | 238 |
| David Paton | 233 |
| David Francis | 205 |

## 1896 election

At the second election in March 1896, only one ward was contested. One of the sitting members was defeated.

### Ward One

Ward One 1896 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | J. Mayberry* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | | D.W. Rees* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

### Ward Two

Ward Two 1896 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Ellis Evans* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | | David James | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

### Ward Three

Ward Three 1896 :
| Candidate | Votes |
| John Thomas* | 428 |
| Joseph Williams | 345 |
| Evan Jones* | 316 |

## 1897 election

The third election was held in April 1897 and three of the retiring members lost their seats. In Ward 3 it was suggested that denominational factors played a part as the two successful candidates were Baptists while he defeated candidates were Congregationalists.

### Ward One

Ward One 1897 :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Tom Hughes* | 753 |
| John Griffiths* | 673 |
| G.F. Blake | 265 |

### Ward Two

Ward Two 1897 :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Arthur H. Davies | 730 |
| W. Knoyle | 390 |
| W.W. Brodie* | 331 |

### Ward Three

Ward Three 1897 :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Josiah Davies | 374 |
| W. Coombs | 238 |
| Owen Charles* | 237 |
| David Thomas* | 186 |

## 1898 election

At the fourth election in April 1898, only one ward was contested as had happened two years previously. In Ward 3, David Thomas narrowly failed to regain the seat he lost the previous year.

### Ward One

Ward One 1898 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | James Hammond* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | | Ernest Trubshaw* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

### Ward Two

Ward Two 1898 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Herbert Francis | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | | John Hopkins* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

### Ward Three

Ward Three 1898 :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Daniel Williams | 371 |
| John S. Tregoning jnr.* | 350 |
| David Thomas | 346 |

## 1899 election

At the fifth election in March 1899, only one Ward 2, where the two sitting members stood down, was contested. The result in Ward 2 was decisive.

### Ward One

Ward One 1899 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | J. Mayberry* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | | J. Allen Williams* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

### Ward Two

Ward Two 1899 :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Frank Vivian | 897 |
| William Wilkins | 625 |
| David Harries | 335 |
| D. Rees Edmunds | 261 |

### Ward Three

Ward Three 1899 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | John Thomas* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | | Joseph Williams* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

## 1900 election

The sixth election was held in April 1900 with two of the three seats being contested. The local Trades and Labour Council ran a candidate, successfully, in Ward 2, although the candidacy was strongly opposed by the Llanelly Mercury, whose editor W.B. Jones had himself been mentioned as a possible labour candidate.

### Ward One

Ward One 1900 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Tom Hughes* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | | John Griffiths* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

### Ward Two

Ward Two 1900 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | D.J. Davies | 731 |
| | Jeremiah Williams | 678 |
| | W. Knoyle* | 361 |

### Ward Three

Ward Three 1900 :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Josiah Davies* | 277 |
| Evan Jones | 254 |
| David Thomas | 208 |
| W. Coombs* | 205 |

## 1901 election

At the seventh election in March 1901, two wards were contested, and in Ward 2, the editor of the Llanelly Mercury, whose candidacy had been canvassed the previous year, captured one of the seats.

### Ward One

Ward One 1901 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | D. Rees Edmunds | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | | Ernest Trubshaw* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

### Ward Two

Ward Two 1901 :
| Candidate | Votes |
| W.B. Jones | 705 |
| Daniel Williams* | 630 |
| John Hopkins* | 559 |

### Ward Three

Ward Three 1901 :
| Candidate | Votes |
| John S. Tregoning jnr.* | 449 |
| David Thomas | 432 |
| Collwyn Morgan | 256 |

## 1902 election

The eighth election, held in 1902, was the first occasion upon which all wards were uncontested. W. Bramwell Jones was elected to the seat vacated by the death of John Allen Williams, editor of the Llanelly Guardian.

### Ward One

Ward One 1902 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Joseph Mayberry* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | | William Wilkins* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

### Ward Two

Ward Two 1902 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | W. Bramwell Jones | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | | Frank G. Vivian* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

### Ward Three

Ward Three 1902 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | John Thomas* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | | Joseph Williams* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

## 1903 election

The ninth election, held in April 1903 saw a contest in one of the three wards. Two retiring members, namely John Griffiths (Ward 1) and Jeremiah Williams (Ward 2), both died shortly before the election. In Ward 3, the two official Liberal candidates prevailed.

### Ward One

Ward One 1903 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Tom Hughes* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | | E.T. Jones | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

### Ward Two

Ward Two 1903 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | D. James Davies | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | | Ellis Evans | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

### Ward Three

Ward Three 1903 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | S.H. Bevan | 492 |
| Liberal | William Eynon | 463 |
| Labour | Evan Jones* | 334 |
| Conservative | Nathan Griffiths | 149 |

## 1904 election

At the tenth election in 1904, there were contests in Wards 1 and 2. Ernest Trubshaw, a member since the beginning, did not seek re-election while D.R. Edmunds switched from Ward 1 to Ward 2, where the editor of the Mercury, W.B. Jons, lost his seat. In Ward 3, John S. Tregoning jnr., a member of the council since its formation was one of two candidates returned unopposed.

### Ward One

Ward One 1904 :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Richard Guest | 642 |
| William David | 520 |
| D.R. Williams | 372 |

### Ward Two

Ward Two 1904 :
| Candidate | Votes |
| D.R. Edmunds* | 680 |
| John John | 608 |
| W.B. Jones* | 596 |

### Ward Three

Ward Three 1904 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Herbert D. Rees | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | | John S. Tregoning jnr.* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

## 1905 election

The eleventh election was held in 1905, with the members in two wards being returned unopposed. In Ward 1, Joseph Maybery, a member of the Council since it was established, stood down at the last moment and the seat was won by a Trades and Labour Council candidate.

### Ward One

Ward One 1905 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | William Wilkins* | 660 |
| Labour | John Simlett | 518 |
| | Aaron Stone | 341 |

### Ward Two

Ward Two 1905 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | W. Bramwell Jones* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | | Frank G. Vivian* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

### Ward Three

Ward Three 1905 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | John Thomas* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | | Joseph Williams* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

## 1906 election

The twelfth election, held in April 1906 saw contests in all three wards.

### Ward One

Ward One 1906 :
| Candidate | Votes |
| E.T. Jones* | 812 |
| Joseph Roberts | 494 |
| G. Mercer | 434 |
| W.T. Davies | 374 |

### Ward Two

Ward Two 1906 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | William Thomas | 836 |
| Labour | D. James Davies | 753 |
| | T. Harries | 415 |

### Ward Three

Ward Three 1906 :
| Candidate | Votes |
| S.H. Bevan* | 447 |
| Nathan Griffiths | 390 |
| William Eynon* | 383 |

## 1907 election

The thirteenth elections saw contest in all wards and J.S. Tregoning, a member of the Council since its formation, lost his seat.

### Ward One

Ward One 1907 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | William David* | 749 |
| Labour | William Roberts | 719 |
| Liberal | Richard Guest* | 562 |
| Conservative | G. Mercer | 527 |
| Independent | Philip Williams | 417 |
| Labour | James Evans | 64 |

### Ward Two

Ward Two 1907 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | D.R. Edmunds* | 738 |
| Liberal | D.R. Jones | 704 |
| Liberal | David Phillips | 596 |
| Labour | J. Rossiter | 329 |

### Ward Three

Ward Three 1907 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Herbert D. Rees* | 686 |
| Labour | Evan Evans | 399 |
| Conservative | John S. Tregoning jnr.* | 359 |

## 1908 election

The fourteenth election saw contests in two wards.

### Ward One

Ward One 1908 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Richard Guest* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Labour | John Simlett | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

### Ward Two

Ward Two 1908 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Frank G. Vivian* | 945 |
| Liberal | W. Bramwell Jones* | 909 |
| Labour | Edward Sherlock | 484 |
| Independent | Philip Williams | 342 |

### Ward Three

Ward Three 1908 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | J. Walter Thomas | 467 | | |
| Liberal | Joseph Williams* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Independent | J.L. Jones | 352 | | |
| Labour | W. Scott | 184 | | |

## 1909 election

The fifteenth election, held in April 1909 saw contests in Wards 2 and 3. Two sitting members lost their seats.

### Ward One

Ward One 1909 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | E.T. Jones* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | | Joseph Roberts* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

### Ward Two

Ward Two 1909 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Thomas Jones | 979 |
| Labour | D. James Davies* | 745 |
| | T. Harries* | 699 |

### Ward Three

Ward Three 1909 :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Nathan Griffiths* | 474 |
| John Smith | 468 |
| John L. Jones | 328 |
| S.H. Bevan* | 308 |

## 1910 Llanelly Urban District Council election

All three wards were contested, and a bitter fight in Ward One where it was claimed that William David had been subject to unfair criticisms..

### Ward One

Ward One 1910 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | William Vivian | 841 |
| Labour | W.H. Samuel | 747 |
| Labour | William Roberts | 558 |
| Liberal | William David* | 393 |

### Ward Two

Ward Two 1910 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | D.R. Jones* | 1,007 |
| Liberal | E. Willis Jones | 870 |
| Labour | G.H. Stacey | 767 |

### Ward Three

Ward Three 1910 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Herbert D. Rees* | 612 |
| Liberal | Charles Randall | 537 |
| Labour | Evan Evans* | 366 |
| Conservative | J. Vaughan Evans | 114 |

## 1911 Llanelly Urban District Council election

All three wards were contested. John Simlett held his seat for Labour in Ward one but the other Labour candidates were unsuccessful. The main surprise was the defeat of J. Walter Thomas in Ward Three.

### Ward One

Ward One 1911 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | John Simlett | 864 |
| Independent | Roland P. Thomas | 812 |
| Independent | Arthur Evans | 416 |

### Ward Two

Ward Two 1911 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | W. Bramwell Jones* | 887 |
| Liberal | Frank G. Vivian* | 868 |
| Labour | G.H. Stacey | 574 |

### Ward Three

Ward Three 1911 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | David Richards | 468 |
| Independent | J.L. Jones | 358 |
| Liberal | J. Walter Thomas* | 329 |
| Labour | G. James | 156 |

## 1912 Llanelly Urban District Council election

All three wards were contested and a heavy poll was expected owing to workmen being on strike. Five of the six members seeking re-election were successful.

### Ward One

Ward One 1912 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Joseph Roberts* | 849 |
| | E.T. Jones* | 783 |
| | W.T. Davies | 758 |

### Ward Two

Ward Two 1912 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Thomas Jones* | 1,189 |
| Labour | D.J. Jones* | 787 |
| | Sam Jones | 651 |
| | J. Vaughan Evans | 277 |

### Ward Three

Ward Three 1912 :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Nathan Griffiths* | 483 |
| J. Walter Thomas | 479 |
| John Waters | 430 |
| John Smith* | 210 |

## 1913 Llanelly Urban District Council election

In the final election before the incorporation of Llanelli as a municipal borough, there were contested elections in Ward One, where there were three vacancies following the death of E.T. Jones, and in Ward Two. In Ward Three, Labour gained a seat unopposed after sitting member Charles Randall stood down. The contested election saw the loss of one labour seat in Ward One.

### Ward One

Ward One 1913 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | W.H. Samuel* | 1,004 |
| Independent | W.T. Davies | 814 |
| Independent | Gwilym R. Price | 810 |
| Labour | W. Vivian* | 603 |
| Independent | J.P. Hughes | 547 |

### Ward Two

Ward Two 1913 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | E. Willis Jones* | 920 |
| Liberal | D.R. Jones* | 844 |
| Labour | Sam Jones | 706 |
| Independent | T. Hay Samuel | 88 |

### Ward Three

Ward Three 1913 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Herbert D. Rees* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Labour | Morgan Morgan | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |