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 local authorities and community councils in Wales. [1]
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in 2011 of 3,063,456 and has a total area of 20,779 km2 (8,023 sq mi). Wales has over 1,680 miles (2,700 km) of coastline and is largely mountainous, with its higher peaks in the north and central areas, including Snowdon, its highest summit. The country lies within the north temperate zone and has a changeable, maritime climate.
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.
The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom which has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The party's platform emphasises greater state intervention, social justice and strengthening workers' rights.
There were wholesale boundary changes and new wards created in place of the previous eleven three-member wards which were abolished.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | W.R. Thomas* | 676 | |||
Independent Labour | A.F. Brown* | 366 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Philip Brinley Davies | unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | L.R. McDonagh* | 616 | |||
Labour | W.D. Murphy | 467 | |||
Residents | Brian Stringer | 449 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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SDP–Liberal 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 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Henry John Evans* | 381 | |||
Chamber of Trade | P. Donoghue | 161 | |||
Residents | H. Rees | 91 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | David Tudor James* | 1,339 | |||
Labour | R. Palmer* | 1,106 | |||
Independent Labour | G. Rees* | 979 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent Labour | Dynfor Vaughan Owens | 543 | |||
Labour | G.H. Jones* | 342 | |||
Chamber of Trade | J.A.W. Protheroe | 119 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | R.H.V. Lewis* | unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | W.R. Jones* | 875 | |||
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic) | J.A.G. Antoniazzi | 747 | |||
Labour | D.K. Williams | 711 | |||
Chamber of Trade | H.J. Woolley | 421 | |||
Independent | R. Griffiths | 332 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Gwilym Glanmor Jones* | unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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SDP–Liberal 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 | |||
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic) | Margaret N. Burree | 505 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Thomas Dillwyn Bowen* | 901 | |||
Labour | L. Williams | 764 | |||
Independent Labour | J.E. Evans | 337 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Trevor Uriel Jones Thomas | 765 | |||
Plaid Cymru | D.A. Williams | 403 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Alban William Rees* | unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Chamber of Trade | R.H. Oram | 481 | |||
Labour | V.B. Hitchman* | 460 | |||
Majority | 21 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | H.W. Jenkins* | 671 | |||
Plaid Cymru | I. Beynon | 463 | |||
Majority | 208 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | J.W.V. Harris* | unopposed | |||
Labour | E.T. Morgan* | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | G.J. Jones* | unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | David Samuel Neil* | 1,026 | |||
Labour | Harry Palmer | 957 | |||
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal) | I.C. Rosser | 528 | |||
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic) | E.G. Jones | 524 | |||
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