1987 Llanelli Borough Council election

An election to Llanelli Borough Council was held in May 1987. It was preceded by the 1983 election and followed by the 1991 election. On the same day there were elections to the other district local authorities and community councils in Wales. ^[1]

Overview

The Labour Party continued to hold the majority of seats following the election but following the boundary changes a number of seats were lost to other political parties and to Independents.

Boundary Changes

There were wholesale boundary changes and new wards created in place of the previous eleven three-member wards which were abolished.

Results

Bigyn (three seats)

Bigyn 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W.M. Jones*	1,245
	Chamber of Trade	W.J. Marks	1,169
	Labour	D.H.R. Jones*	1,166
	Labour	Keri Peter Thomas*	1,051
	Chamber of Trade	R.C. Rosser	670
	Conservative	G.H.H. Williams	563
	Labour win (new seat)
	Chamber of Trade win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Burry Port (three seats)

Burry Port 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vincent John Rees*	970
	Independent	George W. West	783
	Labour	A.H.P. Phillips*	639
	Labour	D.H. Morris	592
	Plaid Cymru	J.F. Kelly	520
	Independent	Raymond L. Hall	483
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bynea (one seat)

Bynea 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W.R. Thomas*	676
	Independent Labour	A.F. Brown*	366
Majority
	Labour win (new seat)

Cross Hands (one seat)

Cross Hands 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Brinley Davies	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Dafen (two seats)

Dafen 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L.R. McDonagh*	616
	Labour	W.D. Murphy	467
	Residents	Brian Stringer	449
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Elli (two seats)

Elli 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance (Liberal)	Michael Willis Gimblett*	766
	Chamber of Trade	W.H. Griffiths*	706
	Labour	R.T. Peregrine*	534
	Labour	S.L. Evans	409
	Conservative	M.K. Jenkins	357
	Alliance win (new seat)
	Chamber of Trade win (new seat)

Felinfoel (one seat)

Felinfoel 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry John Evans*	381
	Chamber of Trade	P. Donoghue	161
	Residents	H. Rees	91
Majority
	Labour win (new seat)

Glanymor (two seats)

Glanymor 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Tudor James*	1,339
	Labour	R. Palmer*	1,106
	Independent Labour	G. Rees*	979
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Glyn (one seat)

Glyn 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	Dynfor Vaughan Owens	543
	Labour	G.H. Jones*	342
	Chamber of Trade	J.A.W. Protheroe	119
Majority
	Independent Labour win (new seat)

Hendy (one seat)

Hendy 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R.H.V. Lewis*	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Hengoed (two seats)

Hengoed 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W.R. Jones*	875
	Alliance (SDP)	J.A.G. Antoniazzi	747
	Labour	D.K. Williams	711
	Chamber of Trade	H.J. Woolley	421
	Independent	R. Griffiths	332
	Labour win (new seat)
	Alliance win (new seat)

Kidwelly (one seat)

Kidwelly 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwilym Glanmor Jones*	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Llangennech (two seats)

Llangennech 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sefton Ronald Coslett*	677
	Independent	Cerith David Thomas	548
	Labour	K.A. Evans	483
	Plaid Cymru	G. Coslett	443
	Plaid Cymru	T.E. Sennell	397
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Lliedi (two seats)

Lliedi 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance (Liberal)	Elinor Gem Lloyd*	1,036
	Chamber of Trade	F.St.J. Roberts	876
	Labour	T.J. Price	798
	Labour	William George Thomas	758
	Alliance (SDP)	Margaret N. Burree	505
	Alliance win (new seat)
	Chamber of Trade win (new seat)

Llwynhendy (two seats)

Llwynhendy 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Dillwyn Bowen*	901
	Labour	L. Williams	764
	Independent Labour	J.E. Evans	337
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Pembrey (one seat)

Pembrey 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trevor Uriel Jones Thomas	765
	Plaid Cymru	D.A. Williams	403
Majority
	Labour win (new seat)

Pontyberem (one seat)

Pontyberem 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alban William Rees*	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Swiss Valley (one seat)

Swiss Valley 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Chamber of Trade	R.H. Oram	481
	Labour	V.B. Hitchman*	460
Majority			21
	Chamber of Trade win (new seat)

Trimsaran (one seat)

Trimsaran 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H.W. Jenkins*	671
	Plaid Cymru	I. Beynon	463
Majority			208
	Labour win (new seat)

Tumble (two seats)

Tumble 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J.W.V. Harris*	unopposed
	Labour	E.T. Morgan*	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Tycroes (one seat)

Tycroes 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G.J. Jones*	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Tyisha (two seats)

Tyisha 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Samuel Neil*	1,026
	Labour	Harry Palmer	957
	Alliance (Liberal)	I.C. Rosser	528
	Alliance (SDP)	E.G. Jones	524
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

References

1. "How Wales went to the polls". Western Mail. 8 May 1987.