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An election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held in March 1928. [1] It was preceded by the 1925 election and followed by the 1931 election.
The election saw the disappearance of the Conservative and Liberal parties from county elections in Carmarthenshire, and contests would henceforth be between Labour and the Independents. Labour did not make significant progress in 1928 and it was claimed that the party lacked the resources to make a significant challenge. [2]
There were no boundary changes.
Only 18 of the 53 divisions were contested, the same number as in 1925. [2]
Most of the contested elections were in the eastern part of the county. Elsewhere, there were some contests where Independent candidates faced each other. Two such contests at Llanybydder and Rhydcymerau saw two Independents who were also brothers lose their seats. [1]
In the Llanelli area there were a number of closely fought contests between Independents and Labour candidates. In Llanelli Borough, Labor held their only seat but Indepdents held off challenges in the other wards. These included Ward 4, where W.T. Morris held his seat against Tom Charles by 46 votes, having lost his borough council seat to the same opponent two years previously. The Llanelly Star considered this to be a 'great personal victory' for Morris. [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Davies* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David George* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Phillips* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Isaac Williams* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Denzil Harries* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Lewis David Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | H.S. Holmes* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Price Williams* | 552 | |||
Labour | Benjamin Charles | 429 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David George Lloyd* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ivor Elystan Campbell-Davys* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Jones* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Alfred Stephens* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | T.S.K. Morse | unpopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Stephens* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D.B. Lewis* | 1,616 | |||
Independent | Frederick Davies | 1,011 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Evan Davies | 585 | |||
Independent | John Henry James | 518 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Lord Dynevor* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Harry Vaughan Watkins* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Edward James* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T.J. Parry-Jones* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William David Davies* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Daniel Roberts* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Brinley R. Jones | 568 | |||
Independent | James Jones | 325 | |||
Labour | F. Stanley Davies | 276 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Joseph Roberts* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W.T. Morris* | 767 | |||
Labour | Thomas Charles | 721 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gwen Trubshaw* | 729 | |||
Labour | W. Douglas Hughes | 243 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Williams* | 704 | |||
Independent | D. Haddon Jones | 507 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W. Powell Rees* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Davies* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J.R. Jones | 663 | |||
Independent | David Harry* | 621 | |||
Independent | W.J. Morris | 179 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Howells* | 668 | |||
Independent | E.V. Williams | 429 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Jones* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E. Haydn Davies | 445 | |||
Independent | Mary P.A.E. Mansell | 185 | |||
Independent | John Davies | 174 | |||
Independent | W.G. Evans | 80 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mervyn Peel* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Henry Jones | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Jenkins* | 675 | |||
Labour | Gomer Evans | 638 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David J. Jones* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Edwards | 449 | |||
Independent | T. Howell Davies* | 334 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Greville* | 1,005 | |||
Labour | Rees Morgan | 978 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Evan Harris | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John James Bowen* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W.J. Williams | 643 | |||
Independent | E.M. Evans* | 408 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Davies* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Evans | 757 | |||
Labour | William Rogers* | 496 | |||
Independent | J.H. Rees | 225 | |||
Majority | 261 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Henry Williams | 897 | |||
Liberal | Gravelle | 749 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Griffith Williams* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gwyneth M. Price Price | 296 | |||
Independent | Rees Llewellyn Evans* | 210 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Roberts Rogers* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Walter Davies* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D.L. Bowen* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T.I. Phillips | 559 | |||
Henry Thomas | 305 | ||||
Majority | 254 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
In addition to the 53 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 aldermen were elected (with the number of votes in each case):
On behalf of the eastern members of the Council, Labour member D.B. Lewis of Llandybie protested against the re-election of aldermen who had not faced the electorate. However, he declared that on this occasion they had decided not to oppose the re-election of aldermen who had not been given advance notice. [4] This was not the first time this matter had been raised by Labour councillors.