1910 Carmarthenshire County Council election

The eighth election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held in March 1910.^[1] It was preceded by the 1907 election and followed by the 1913 election.

Overview of the result

The Liberals retained a strong majority although the elections were far less politicized than in previous years. With a few exceptions, members were returned unopposed.^[2] The local press did not, on the whole, report the political affiliations of candidates but this was more explicitly noted in the Cardiff-based Weekly Mail.^[3]

Boundary changes

There were no boundary changes that occurred.

Candidates

There were only a small number of contested elections with one retiring alderman, John Lewis, seeking election as a councillor.

Three of those elected at the first election in 1889, and who had served continuously since then, sought re-election. Sir James Drummond, C.E. Morris and D,C. Parry (Llanelli) were all returned unopposed.^[2]

Outcome

There was very little change in the political complexion of the council.

The eighth council

John Johns (Liberal, Llansteffan) was elected chairman at the 1910 statutoty meeting but died suddenly within the month.^[4]

At the June quarterly meeting, the vice-chairman, Alderman John Bevan, Llansadwrn, declined to be nominated for the chair and the Rev. Alfred Fuller-Mills was elected unanimously.

Ward results

Abergwili

Abergwili 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Lloyd*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Ammanford

Ammanford 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Col. David Morris*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Bettws

Bettws 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Morris*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Caio

Caio 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir James Hills-Johnes*	unopposed

Carmarthen Eastern Ward (Lower Division)

Brigstocke, the member for many years, was defeated.

Carmarthen Eastern Ward (Lower Division) 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dr Denzil Harries	244
	Independent	T.E. Brigstocke*	240
Majority			4
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing

Carmarthen Eastern Ward (Upper Division)

Carmarthen Eastern Ward (Upper Division) 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rev Andrew Fuller-Mills*	Unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Carmarthen Western Ward (Lower Division)

Carmarthen Western Ward (Lower Division) 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Lewis*	157
	Independent	J.B. Arthur	147
Majority			10
	Liberal hold		Swing

Carmarthen Western Ward (Upper Division)

Carmarthen Eastern Ward (Lower Division) 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	H.F. Blagdon-Richards*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cenarth

Cenarth 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Lewis+	261
		John Bowen	223
Majority			38
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cilycwm

Cilycwm 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rowland Evan Williams*	231
		Daniel Lewis	101
Majority			130
	Liberal hold		Swing

Conwil

Conwil 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Jones*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Kidwelly

Kidwelly 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Stephens	322
		Samuel H. Anthony*	270
Majority
	gain from		Swing

Laugharne

Laugharne 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John D. Morse	243
	Conservative	W.H. Dempster	153
Majority			90
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Llanarthney

Llanarthney 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W.J. Thomas	382
	Independent	David Farr-Davies	309
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanboidy

Llanboidy 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Evans*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llandebie

Llandebie 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Davies*	453
		Rev P. Evans	352
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llandilo Rural

Llandilo Rural 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	L.N. Powell*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llandilo Urban

Llandilo Urban 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J.W. Gwynne Hughes*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llandovery

Llandovery 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J.C. Vaughan Pryse-Rice	unopposed
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing

Llandyssilio

Llandyssilio 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Benjamin John*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanedy

Llanedy 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Jones*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanegwad

Llanegwad 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Delme Davies-Evans*	267
	Liberal	Thomas Lewis	246
Majority			21
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 1

Llanelly Division 1 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W. Griffiths	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 2

Llanelly Division 2 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Simlett	260
		Brinley R. Jones	107
Majority			153
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 3

Llanelly Division 3 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William David*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 4

Llanelly Division 4 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Thomas*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 5

Llanelly Division 5 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D.C. Parry*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 6

Llanelly Division 6 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Roberts*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 7

Llanelly Division 7 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rev Hugh Jones	unopposed
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing

Llanelly Division 8

Llanelly Division 8 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Williams*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanelly Rural, Berwick

Llanelly Rural, Berwick 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Harry	265
	Liberal	H.J. Hopkins	229
Majority			36
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanelly Rural, Hengoed

Llanelly Rural, Hengoed 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W.B. Jones*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanelly Rural, Westfa and Glyn

Llanelly Rural, Westfa and Glyn 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rev Benjamin Humphreys*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Aberbythick

Llanfihangel Aberbythick 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Earl Cawdor*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Rees Jones	248
	Liberal	Thomas Barrett*	198
Majority			50
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Llangadock

Llangadock 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mervyn Lloyd Peel*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llangeler

Llangeler 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Thomas	318
		David Jones	314
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llangendeirne

Llangendeirne 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rev R.H. Jones	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llangennech

Llangennech 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Thomas*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llangunnor

Llangunnor 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	C.E. Morris*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanon

Llanon 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Greville*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llansawel

Llansawel 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir J.H.W. Drummond, Bart.*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold

Llanstephan

Llanstephan 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Johns*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanybyther

Llanybyther 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Williams*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Mothvey

Mothvey 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Davies*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Pembrey North

Pembrey North 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Thomas Evans Davies	301
	Liberal	Rev J.H. Rees*	301
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing

Pembrey South

Pembrey South 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	George Eynon Bowen*	406
	Liberal	Richard Thomas Hammond	332
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Quarter Bach

Quarter Bach 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W.J. Williams*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Rhydcymmerai

Rhydcymmerai 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Benjamin Evans*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

St Clears

St Clears 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Phillips*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

St Ishmael

St Ishmael 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Lloyd Thomas*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Trelech

Trelech 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Thomas*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Whitland

Whitland 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dr R.L. Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Election of aldermen

In addition to the 51 councillors the council consisted of 17 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term.

Following the elections the following eight retiring aldermen were re-elected:

• John Williams,
• W.N. Jones,
• D.L. Jones,
• R.W. Stephens,
• John Rees,
• Thomas Jones,
• Rev Thomas Johns,
• Rev William Davies,

One new alderman was elected

• John Lloyd, elected member for Abergwili

One retiring alderman successfully sought election as a councillor and was not re-elected as alderman:

• John Lewis

All nine aldermen elected were Liberals.^[5]

By-elections between 1910 and 1913

Llansteffan by-election 1910

A by-election was held in May 1910 following the sudden death of John Johns, chairman of the council.^[6] His son, Walter Johns was initially nominated but withdrew in favour of another Liberal.

Llansteffan 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	G. Barrett Evans	216
	Conservative	Walter Thomas	183
Majority			33
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llangeler by-election 1911

A by-election was held on 6 May 1911 following the death of Conservative councillor, Thomas Thomas. Colonel Lewes of llysnewydd was selected in his place and won a comfortable victory over the Liberal candidate.^[7]

Llangeler by-election 1911

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Capt. William Lewes	411
	Liberal	Rev D. Geler Jones	259
Majority			152
	Conservative hold		Swing

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