1979_Llanelli_Borough_Council_election
1979 Llanelli Borough Council election
Welsh local election
An election to Llanelli Borough Council was held in May 1979.[1] It was preceded by the 1976 election and followed by the 1983 election. On the same day there was a UK General Election and were elections to the other local authorities and community councils in Wales. The leader of the council was again Michael Willis Gimblett, who had held the role from the previous election.
Llanelli Borough Ward One (three seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Michael Willis Gimblett* | 2,515 | |||
Liberal | Elinor Gem Lloyd* | 2,053 | |||
Independent | Harry J. Richards* | 1,972 | |||
Labour | E. Davies | 1,662 | |||
Labour | R. Thorpe | 1,439 | |||
Labour | J. Smith | 1,388 | |||
Plaid Cymru | G. Morris | 1,106 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Llanelli Borough Ward Two (three seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W.M. Jones* | 2,121 | |||
Labour | R.T. Peregrine* | 1,991 | |||
Labour | D.H.R. Jones* | 1,974 | |||
Conservative | W. Bates | 1,141 | |||
Plaid Cymru | P. Davies | 751 | |||
Plaid Cymru | W. Phillips | 656 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Dyfrig Thomas | 599 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Llanelli Borough Ward Three (three seats)
Llanelli Borough Ward Four (three seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | G. Rees* | 2,153 | |||
Labour | David Tudor James | 1,882 | |||
Independent Labour | I. Roberts* | 1,515 | |||
Labour | R. Palmer | 1,439 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Llanelli Borough Ward Five (three seats)
Llanelli Borough Ward Six (three seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R.J. James* | 2,190 | |||
Independent | D. George* | 1,968 | |||
Independent | G. Thomas* | 1,549 | |||
Labour | E. Richards | 1,194 | |||
Independent | G. West | 1,182 | |||
Plaid Cymru | M. Clement | 714 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Llanelli Borough Ward Seven (three seats)
Llanelli Borough Ward Eight (three seats)
Bowen had been elected as a Labour candidate in 1973 and 1976.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Henry John Evans* | 2,953 | |||
Labour | L.R. McDonagh* | 2,897 | |||
Independent | A. Bowen* | 2,541 | |||
Labour | L. Murphy | 2,218 | |||
Conservative | T. Howells | 1,813 | |||
Communist | R.E. Hitchon | 844 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Llanelli Borough Ward Nine (three seats)
Llanelli Borough Ward Ten (three seats)
Llanelli Borough Ward Eleven (three seats)
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. Davies* | 2,645 | |||
Labour | E.T. Morgan* | 2,538 | |||
Labour | Alban William Rees | 2,456 | |||
Ratepayers | T. Morris* | 2,384 | |||
Independent Labour | Philip Brinley Davies | 1,965 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from [[Others|Others]] | Swing | ||||
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- "Llanelli Borough Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 8 May 2016.