1922 Carmarthenshire County Council election

1922 Carmarthenshire County Council election

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All 53 seats to Carmarthenshire County Council 27 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Liberal Conservative Labour Seats won 0/53 0/53 0/53   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent Liberal Unionist Seats won 1/51 0/51
Council control after election TBD

An election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held in March 1922.^[1] It was preceded by the 1919 election and followed by the 1925 election.

The election saw a reduction in the number of candidates openly supporting the Liberal Party as an increasing number stood as Independents. Labour continued to gain some ground in the Llanelli and Ammanford districts.

There were no boundary changes.

22 of the 53 divisions were uncontested, with the majority of the unopposed returns being in the rural parts of the county.

Contests in Llanelli town and in the surrounding areas saw a significant campaign by the Labour Party, but its success remained limited.^[2]

The aldermen who retired at the election were

Abergwili 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Williams	290
	Liberal	John Williams	265
		David Williams	165
Majority
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Ammanford 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David George*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Bettws 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Morris**	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Caio 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Isaac Williams	324
		Mabel Davies*	282
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Carmarthen Eastern Ward (Lower Division) 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Denzil Harries*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Carmarthen Eastern Ward (Upper Division) 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lewis David Thomas	unopposed
	Independent gain from Other parties

Carmarthen Western Ward (Lower Division) 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H.S. Holmes*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Carmarthen Eastern Ward (Lower Division) 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Price Williams	583
	Independent	Thomas Jenkins	295
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cenarth 1919

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D.C. Lloyd	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cilycwm 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ivor Elystan Campbell-Davys*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Conwil 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Phillips*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Kidwelly 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Stephens*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Laugharne 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	T.S.K. Morse	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanarthney 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Stephens	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanboidy 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Thomas*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llandebie 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D.B. Lewis	955
	Liberal	D.W. Thomas	870
Majority
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Llandilo Rural 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	L.N. Powell*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llandilo Urban 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lord Dynevor*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold

Llandovery 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Vaughan Watkins*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llandyssilio 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal		unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanedy 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T.J. Parry-Jones*	629
		G. Evans	520
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanegwad 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William David Davies	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 1 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Daniel Roberts	676
	Independent	Lady Howard*	247
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 2 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. Hayton Williams	478
	Liberal	William David*	408
Majority
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing

Llanelly Division 3 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joseph Roberts	563
	Labour	J.R. Jones*	194
Majority
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Llanelly Division 4 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Thomas*	669
	Labour	D.T. Jones	307
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 5 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gwen Trubshaw	438
	Labour	T.D.J. Dolling	206
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 6 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Williams*	500
	Independent	T.P. Jones	452
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 7 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W. Powell Rees	731
	Independent	Hugh Jones*	396
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 8 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Davies	512
	Labour	H.W. Bowen*	403
Majority
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Llanelly Rural, Berwick 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Harry*	659
	Labour	William Morgan	313
Majority			346
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelly Rural, Hengoed 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Howells	499
	Independent	David John*	450
Majority
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Llanelly Rural, Westfa and Glyn 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Jones*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Aberbythick 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Thomas*	359
	Liberal	William Harris	319
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Rees Jones*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llangadock 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter Tudor Lewis*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llangeler 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Jones	804
	Liberal	Robert G. Owen	408
Majority			396
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llangendeirne 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	R.H. Jones	408
	Labour	Thomas Jones	377
Majority			31
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llangennech 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D.J. Jones*	481
	Labour	Philip Foster Owen	327
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llangunnor 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	T. Howell Davies	371
	Liberal	John Richards*	282
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanon 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Greville*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llansawel 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Evan Harris	277
		Thomas Evans*	145
Majority
			Swing

Llanstephan 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J.J. Bowen	353
	Liberal	G. Barrett Evans*	328
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanybyther 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Edward Lloyd	334
	Conservative	Lady Mansel	240
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing

Mothvey 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Davies*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Pembrey North 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Rogers	520
		E.T. Davies	368
Majority			152
	Liberal hold		Swing

Pembrey South 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Henry Williams	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold

Quarter Bach 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Griffith Williams*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Rhydcymmerai 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Rees Llewellyn Evans	333
		David Samuel Jones	158
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing

St Clears 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W.R. Rogers*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

St Ishmael 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Jones*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Trelech 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Philip Phillips*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Whitland 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		R.L. Thomas	391
		Thomas Phillips	319
Majority			72
			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, and from the formation of the council aldermen had not been obliged to face an election before being re-appointed.

Some Welsh councils, notably Glamorgan, had required aldermen to seek re-election and demands for a similar process in Carmarthenshire had been made from time to time. At a private meeting of the council held on 9 March it was resolved that, in future, retiring aldermen in Carmarthenshire would be required to seek re-election. It was, however, decided that this policy would not be immediately implemented as retiring aldermen had not been given sufficient notice.^[3] Only one of the retiring members, namely Tom Morris, the Labour member for Betws, has sought election (and had been returned unopposed).

At the statutory meeting held on 16 March, a list on names selected by the western and eastern members respectively were submitted. L.D. Thomas, the Mayor of Carmarthen and a new member, protested against this approach but the majority of councillors overwhelmingly supported the nine nominations.^[4]

Consequently, the following eight aldermen were elected (with the number of votes in each case).

• Thomas Thomas, retiring alderman (45)
• Tom Morris, retiring alderman (43)
• H Jones-Thomas, retiring alderman (43)
• W.J. Williams, retiring alderman (43)
• Ben Evans, retiring alderman (42)
• F.D.W. Williams-Drummond, retiring alderman (39)
• H.E. Blagdon-Richards, retiring alderman (35)
• John Lewis, retiring alderman