1894–1913 Llanelly Urban District Council elections
{{Short description|Urban district of Wales (1894–1913)}}
{{See also|1913–1939 Llanelly Borough Council elections}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
The Municipal Borough of Llanelly was an urban district in Carmarthenshire between 1894 and 1913 when it received full borough status.
1894 election
=Ward One=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward One 1894}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Ernest Trubshaw
|votes = 982
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = J. Hammond
|votes = 808
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = John Griffiths
|votes = 807
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Tom Hughes
|votes = 764
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate =J. Mayberry
|votes = 592
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate =D.W. Rees
|votes = 554
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = H.J. Howell
|votes = 513
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = J. Samuel
|votes = 402
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = W.J. Wilson
|votes = 332
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{{Election box end}}
=Ward Two=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Two 1894}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = F.C. Thompson
|votes = 769
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = John Hopkins
|votes = 643
|percentage =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = J.D. Guest
|votes = 643
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = W.W. Brodie
|votes = 631
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate =J.A. Jones
|votes = 612
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate =Ellis Evans
|votes = 503
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Joseph Williams
|votes = 475
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = W. Hughes
|votes = 333
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = W. Davies
|votes = 273
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = J. Harries
|votes = 259
|percentage =
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{{Election box end}}
=Ward Three=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Three 1894}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = William Howell
|votes = 412
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = J.S. Tregoning
|votes = 347
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Owen Charles
|votes = 333
|percentage =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = David Thomas
|votes = 330
|percentage =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate =Evan Jones
|votes = 316
|percentage =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate =John Thomas
|votes =281
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = W. Stone
|votes = 278
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = John Bourne
|votes = 272
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = H.J. Howell
|votes = 238
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = David Paton
|votes = 233
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = David Francis
|votes = 205
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{{Election box end}}
1896 election
At the second election in March 1896, only one ward was contested.{{cite news |title=Borough Council Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0004029/18960326/063/0005?browse=False|access-date=27 April 2021 |newspaper=Llanelly Mercury |date=26 March 1896 |page=5}} One of the sitting members was defeated.{{cite news |title=Borough Council Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0004029/18960402/160/0002?browse=False|access-date=27 April 2021 |newspaper=Llanelly Mercury |date=2 April 1896 |page=2}}
=Ward One=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward One 1896}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate =J. Mayberry*
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate =D.W. Rees*
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{{Election box end}}
=Ward Two=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Two 1896}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate =Ellis Evans*
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate = David James
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{{Election box end}}
=Ward Three=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Three 1896}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate =John Thomas*
|votes =428
|percentage =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Joseph Williams
|votes = 345
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate =Evan Jones*
|votes = 316
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
1897 election
The third election was held in April 1897 and three of the retiring members lost their seats.{{cite news |title=Borough Council Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003445/18970408/034/0003?browse=False|access-date=28 April 2021 |newspaper=Llanelly and County Guardian|date=8 April 1897 |page=3}} 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.{{cite news |title=The Borough Council Election [editorial] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003445/18970408/025/0002?browse=False|access-date=30 April 2021 |newspaper=Llanelly and County Guardian|date=8 April 1897 |page=2}}
=Ward One=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward One 1897}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Tom Hughes*
|votes = 753
|percentage =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = John Griffiths*
|votes = 673
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate =G.F. Blake
|votes = 265
|percentage =
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{{Election box end}}
=Ward Two=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Two 1897}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Arthur H. Davies
|votes = 730
|percentage =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = W. Knoyle
|votes = 390
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = W.W. Brodie*
|votes = 331
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
=Ward Three=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Three 1897}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Josiah Davies
|votes = 374
|percentage =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = W. Coombs
|votes = 238
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Owen Charles*
|votes = 237
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = David Thomas*
|votes = 186
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
1898 election
At the fourth election in April 1898, only one ward was contested as had happened two years previously.{{cite news |title=Llanelly Borough Council Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000903/18980404/091/0003?browse=False#|access-date=28 April 2021 |newspaper=South Wales Daily Post |date=4 April 1898 |page=3}} In Ward 3, David Thomas narrowly failed to regain the seat he lost the previous year.{{cite news |title=Llanelly Elections|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000903/18980407/062/0003|access-date=28 April 2021 |newspaper=South Wales Daily Post |date=7 April 1898 |page=3}}
=Ward One=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward One 1898}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate =James Hammond*
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate =Ernest Trubshaw*
|votes =
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{{Election box end}}
=Ward Two=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Two 1898}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate =Herbert Francis
|votes =
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate = John Hopkins*
|votes =
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{{Election box end}}
=Ward Three=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Three 1898}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Daniel Williams
|votes = 371
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate =John S. Tregoning jnr.*
|votes =350
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate =David Thomas
|votes = 346
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
1899 election
At the fifth election in March 1899, only one Ward 2, where the two sitting members stood down, was contested.{{cite news |title=Borough Council. The Annual Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004029/18990316/086/0005|access-date=29 April 2021 |newspaper=Llanelly Mercury |date=16 March 1899 |page=5}} The result in Ward 2 was decisive.{{cite news |title=The Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004029/18990330/063/0005|access-date=29 April 2021 |newspaper=Llanelly Mercury |date=30 March 1899|page=5}}
=Ward One=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward One 1899}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate =J. Mayberry*
|votes =
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate =J. Allen Williams*
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{{Election box end}}
=Ward Two=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Two 1899}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate =Frank Vivian
|votes =897
|percentage =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = William Wilkins
|votes = 625
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate =David Harries
|votes = 335
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate =D. Rees Edmunds
|votes = 261
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
=Ward Three=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Three 1899}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate =John Thomas*
|votes =
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Joseph Williams*
|votes =
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{{Election box end}}
1900 election
The sixth election was held in April 1900 with two of the three seats being contested.{{cite news |title=District Council Elections |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000104/19000404/043/0007?browse=False|access-date=4 May 2021 |newspaper=Western Mail|date=4 April 1900 |page=7}} 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.{{cite news |title=Political Inconsistency (editorial)|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0004029/19000329/057/0004?browse=true|access-date=4 May 2021 |newspaper=Llanelly Mercury|date=29 March 1900 |pages=4–5}}
=Ward One=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward One 1900}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Tom Hughes*
|votes = 753
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate = John Griffiths*
|votes = 673
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
=Ward Two=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Two 1900}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = D.J. Davies
|votes = 731
|percentage =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Jeremiah Williams
|votes = 678
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = W. Knoyle*
|votes = 361
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
=Ward Three=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Three 1900}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Josiah Davies*
|votes = 277
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Evan Jones
|votes = 254
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = David Thomas
|votes = 208
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = W. Coombs*
|votes = 205
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
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.{{cite news |title=The Elections. Heavy Polling. Full List of Results|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0004029/19010328/178/0005?browse=False#|access-date=6 May 2021 |newspaper=Llanelly Mercury |date=28 March 1901 |page=5}}
=Ward One=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward One 1901}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate =D. Rees Edmunds
|votes =
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate =Ernest Trubshaw*
|votes =
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{{Election box end}}
=Ward Two=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Two 1901}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate =W.B. Jones
|votes =705
|percentage =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Daniel Williams*
|votes = 630
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate =John Hopkins*
|votes = 559
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
=Ward Three=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Three 1901}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate =John S. Tregoning jnr.*
|votes =449
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate =David Thomas
|votes = 432
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Collwyn Morgan
|votes = 256
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
1902 election
The eighth election, held in 1902, was the first occasion upon which all wards were uncontested.{{cite news |title=The Urban Election (editorial)|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004029/19020327/185/0005|access-date=6 May 2021 |newspaper=Llanelly Mercury |date=27 March 1902 |page=5}} W. Bramwell Jones was elected to the seat vacated by the death of John Allen Williams, editor of the Llanelly Guardian.
=Ward One=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward One 1902}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate =Joseph Mayberry*
|votes =
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate =William Wilkins*
|votes =
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{{Election box end}}
=Ward Two=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Two 1902}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate =W. Bramwell Jones
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate =Frank G. Vivian*
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{{Election box end}}
=Ward Three=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Three 1902}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate =John Thomas*
|votes =
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Joseph Williams*
|votes =
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{{Election box end}}
1903 election
The ninth election, held in April 1903 saw a contest in one of the three wards.{{cite news |title=The Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0004029/19030326/189/0005?browse=False|access-date=10 May 2021 |newspaper=Llanelly Mercury|date=26 March 1903 |page=5}} Two retiring members, namely John Griffiths (Ward 1) and Jeremiah Williams (Ward 2), both died shortly before the election.{{cite news |title=The Elections (editorial) |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0004029/19030326/189/0005?browse=False|access-date=10 May 2021 |newspaper=Llanelly Mercury|date=26 March 1903 |page=5}} In Ward 3, the two official Liberal candidates prevailed.{{cite news |title=District Council Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0004029/19030409/073/0005?browse=False|access-date=10 May 2021 |newspaper=Llanelly Mercury|date=9 April 1903 |page=5}}
=Ward One=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward One 1903}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Tom Hughes*
|votes =
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate = E.T. Jones
|votes =
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{{Election box end}}
=Ward Two=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Two 1903}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = D. James Davies
|votes =
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Ellis Evans
|votes =
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{{Election box end}}
=Ward Three=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Three 1903}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = S.H. Bevan
|votes = 492
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = William Eynon
|votes = 463
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Evan Jones*
|votes = 334
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Nathan Griffiths
|votes = 149
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
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.{{cite news |title=Elections. Polling Results.|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0004029/19040331/038/0005?browse=False|access-date=20 May 2021 |newspaper=Llanelly Mercury |date=31 March 1904 |page=5}} In Ward 3, John S. Tregoning jnr., a member of the council since its formation was one of two candidates returned unopposed.{{cite news |title=Elections.|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0004029/19040317/060/0005?browse=False|access-date=20 May 2021 |newspaper=Llanelly Mercury |date=17 March 1904 |page=5}}
=Ward One=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward One 1904}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate =Richard Guest
|votes = 642
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate =William David
|votes = 520
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate =D.R. Williams
|votes = 372
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
=Ward Two=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Two 1904}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = D.R. Edmunds*
|votes = 680
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate =John John
|votes =608
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate =W.B. Jones*
|votes = 596
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
=Ward Three=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Three 1904}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate =Herbert D. Rees
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate =John S. Tregoning jnr.*
|votes =
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{{Election box end}}
1905 election
The eleventh election was held in 1905, with the members in two wards being returned unopposed.{{cite news |title=The Borough Election (editorial)|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0004029/19050323/071/0005?browse=False|access-date=23 May 2021 |newspaper=Llanelly Mercury |date=23 March 1905 |page=5}} 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.{{cite news |title=The Council Election [editorial] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0004029/19050406/058/0004?browse=true|access-date=23 May 2021 |newspaper=Llanelly Mercury |date=6 April 1905 |page=4}}
=Ward One=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward One 1905}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate =William Wilkins*
|votes = 660
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =John Simlett
|votes = 518
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate =Aaron Stone
|votes = 341
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
=Ward Two=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Two 1905}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate = W. Bramwell Jones*
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate =Frank G. Vivian*
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Ward Three=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Three 1905}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate =John Thomas*
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Joseph Williams*
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
1906 election
The twelfth election, held in April 1906 saw contests in all three wards.{{cite news |title=The Election. Result of the Poll. |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0004029/19060405/096/0005?browse=False|access-date=26 May 2021 |newspaper=Llanelly Mercury|date=5 April 1906 |page=5}}
=Ward One=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward One 1906}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = E.T. Jones*
|votes = 812
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Joseph Roberts
|votes = 494
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = G. Mercer
|votes = 434
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = W.T. Davies
|votes = 374
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Ward Two=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Two 1906}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = William Thomas
|votes = 836
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = D. James Davies
|votes = 753
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = T. Harries
|votes = 415
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Ward Three=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Three 1906}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = S.H. Bevan*
|votes = 447
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Nathan Griffiths
|votes = 390
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = William Eynon*
|votes = 383
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
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.{{cite news |title=The Elections.|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004029/19070328/036/0005#|access-date=27 May 2021 |newspaper=Llanelly Mercury |date=28 March 1907 |page=5}}
=Ward One=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward One 1907}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =William David*
|votes = 749
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =William Roberts
|votes = 719
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =Richard Guest*
|votes = 562
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =G. Mercer
|votes = 527
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate =Philip Williams
|votes = 417
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =James Evans
|votes = 64
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Ward Two=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Two 1907}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = D.R. Edmunds*
|votes = 738
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =D.R. Jones
|votes =704
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =David Phillips
|votes = 596
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =J. Rossiter
|votes = 329
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Ward Three=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Three 1907}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =Herbert D. Rees*
|votes =686
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =Evan Evans
|percentage =
|votes = 399
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =John S. Tregoning jnr.*
|votes =359
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
1908 election
=Ward One=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward One 1908}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate =Richard Guest*
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =John Simlett
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Ward Two=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Two 1908}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =Frank G. Vivian*
|votes =945
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = W. Bramwell Jones*
|votes = 909
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =Edward Sherlock
|votes = 484
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate =Philip Williams
|votes = 342
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Ward Three=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Three 1908}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =J. Walter Thomas
|votes =467
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Williams*
|votes = 457
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate =J.L. Jones
|votes = 352
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =W. Scott
|votes =184
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
1909 election
The fifteenth election, held in April 1909 saw contests in Wards 2 and 3.{{cite news |title=Urban Council Nominations. Keen Contests Anticipated. |url=https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4240034/4240039/44/|access-date=30 May 2021 |newspaper=Llanelly Mercury|date=25 March 1909 |page=5}} Two sitting members lost their seats.{{cite news |title=Council Elections. Two New Members Elected. |url=https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4240052/4240057|access-date=6 June 2021 |newspaper=Llanelly Mercury|date=8 April 1909 |page=5}}
=Ward One=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward One 1909}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate = E.T. Jones*
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Joseph Roberts*
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Ward Two=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Two 1909}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Thomas Jones
|votes = 979
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = D. James Davies*
|votes = 745
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = T. Harries*
|votes = 699
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Ward Three=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Three 1909}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Nathan Griffiths*
|votes = 474
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = John Smith
|votes = 468
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = John L. Jones
|votes = 328
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = S.H. Bevan*
|votes = 308
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
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..{{cite news |title=The Elections.|url=https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4240475/4240481/70/election|access-date=27 September 2024 |newspaper=Llanelly Mercury |date=7 April 1910 |page=6}}
=Ward One=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward One 1910}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate =William Vivian
|votes = 841
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =W.H. Samuel
|votes = 747
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =William Roberts
|votes = 558
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =William David*
|votes = 393
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Ward Two=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Two 1910}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =D.R. Jones*
|votes =1,007
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =E. Willis Jones
|votes = 870
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =G.H. Stacey
|votes = 767
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Ward Three=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Three 1910}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =Herbert D. Rees*
|votes =612
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =Charles Randall
|votes =537
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =Evan Evans*
|percentage =
|votes = 366
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =J. Vaughan Evans
|votes =114
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
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.{{cite news |title=Urban Council Elections. A Big Surprise. Labour Candidates Defeated.|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0004029/19080409/052/0005?browse=true#|access-date=27 September 2024 |newspaper=Llanelly and County Guardian|date=30 March 1911 |page=3}}
=Ward One=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward One 1911}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =John Simlett
|votes = 864
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =Independent (politician)
|candidate = Roland P. Thomas
|votes = 812
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate =Arthur Evans
|votes = 416
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Ward Two=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Two 1911}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = W. Bramwell Jones*
|votes = 887
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =Frank G. Vivian*
|votes =868
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =G.H. Stacey
|votes = 574
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Ward Three=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Three 1911}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =Independent (politician)
|candidate = David Richards
|votes = 468
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =Independent (politician)
|candidate = J.L. Jones
|votes = 358
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =J. Walter Thomas*
|votes =329
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =G. James
|votes =156
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
1912 Llanelly Urban District Council election
All three wards were contested and a heavy poll was expected owing to workmen being on strike.{{cite news |title=Polling on Monday. Contests in the Three Wards. Heavy Poll Expected. |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004711/19120330/001/0001|access-date=27 September 2024|newspaper=Llanelly Star|date=30 March 1912 |page=1}} Five of the six members seeking re-election were successful.{{cite news |title=District Council Elections.|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003036/19120406/012/0012?browse=False|access-date=27 September 2024|newspaper=Herald of Wales|date=6 April 1912 |page=12}}
=Ward One=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward One 1912}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Roberts*
|votes = 849
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = E.T. Jones*
|votes = 783
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = W.T. Davies
|votes = 758
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Ward Two=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Two 1912}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Thomas Jones*
|votes = 1,189
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = D.J. Jones*
|votes = 787
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Sam Jones
|votes = 651
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = J. Vaughan Evans
|votes = 277
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Ward Three=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Three 1912}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Nathan Griffiths*
|votes = 483
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = J. Walter Thomas
|votes = 479
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = John Waters
|votes = 430
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = John Smith*
|votes = 210
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
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.{{cite news |title=The Election. Urban Council.|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004711/19130315/003/0003|access-date=30 September 2024 |newspaper=Llanelly Star |date=15 March 1913 |page=3}} The contested election saw the loss of one labour seat in Ward One.{{cite news |title=Local Elections. Result of the Pollings.|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003036/19130412/010/0010|access-date=3 October 2024 |newspaper=Herald of Wales |date=12 April 1913 |page=10}}
=Ward One=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward One 1913}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =W.H. Samuel*
|votes = 1,004
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate =W.T. Davies
|votes = 814
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate =Gwilym R. Price
|votes = 810
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =W. Vivian*
|votes = 603
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate =J.P. Hughes
|votes = 547
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Ward Two=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Two 1913}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =E. Willis Jones*
|votes = 920
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =D.R. Jones*
|votes =844
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =Sam Jones
|votes = 706
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate =T. Hay Samuel
|votes = 88
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Ward Three=
{{Election box begin | title= Ward Three 1913}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =Herbert D. Rees*
|votes =612
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =Morgan Morgan
|percentage =
|votes = 366
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}