1907 Carmarthen Rural District Council election

An election to the Carmarthen Rural District Council was held in March 1907.^[1] It was preceded by the 1904 election and followed by the 1910 election. The successful candidates were also elected to the Carmarthen Board of Guardians. Around half the members were returned unopposed.

Ward Results

Abergwili (two seats)

Abergwili 1907
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	John Williams	163
Independent	Benjamin Jeremy*	147
Independent	Israel Evans	106
Independent	David Davies	88
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Abernant (one seat)

Abernant 1907
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	David Williams	73
Independent	David Davies	38
Independent hold		Swing

Conwil (two seats)

Conwil 1907
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Benjamin Phillips	155
Independent	John Davies	143
Independent	David Thomas*	82
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Laugharne Parish (one seat)

Laugharne Parish 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Bedford*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Laugharne Township (one seat)

Laugharne Township 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Benjamin R. Thomas*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanarthney (two seats)

Stephen Stephens, a member of the Council since its formation, was defeated.

Llanarthney 1907
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	William J. Thomas*	330
Independent	W. Brazell	182
Independent	Stephen Stephens*	139
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Llandawke and Llansadurnen (one seat)

Llandawke and Llansadurnen 1907
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	W.R. Rees	22
Independent	J.H. Thomas	19
Independent hold		Swing

Llanddarog (one seat)

Llanddarog 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandeilo Abercowyn and Llangynog (one seat)

Llandeilo Abercowyn and Llangynog 1907
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Evan Davies*	68
Independent	W. Weeks	62
Independent hold		Swing

Llanddowror (one seat)

No candidate was nominated therefore the sitting member, Benjamin Thomas, was deemed to be re-elected.^[2]

Llanddowror 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Benjamin Thomas*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandyfaelog (one seat)

Llandyfaelog 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Bowen*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Abercowin (one seat)

Llanfihangel Abercowin 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Evan Williams	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangain (one seat)

Llangain 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Jones	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangendeirne (two seats)

Llangendeirne 1907
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	D.T. Gilbert	Unopposed
Independent	John Lewis*	Unopposed
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Llangunnor (one seat)

Llangunnor 1910
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Phillips*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangynin (one seat)

Llangynin 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J.T. Williams*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanllawddog (one seat)

Llanllawddog 1907
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Pryse Lloyd	64
Independent	Daniel Davies	49
Independent hold		Swing

Llanpumsaint (one seat)

Llanpumsaint 1907
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Griffith Morris	92
Independent	David Thomas	67
Independent hold		Swing

Llanstephan (one seat)

Llanstephan 1907
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	John Francis	150
Independent	Thomas Davies*	71
Independent hold		Swing

Llanwinio (one seat)

Llanwinio 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Phillips*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Merthyr (one seat)

Merthyr 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Davies	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Mydrim (one seat)

Mydrim 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W.H. Thomas*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Newchurch (one seat)

Newchurch 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Evans	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

St Clears (one seat)

St Clears 1907
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	David John*	110
Independent	Thomas Thomas Lloyd	95
Independent hold		Swing

St Ishmaels (one seat)

St Ishmaels 1907
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	John Jones	190
Independent	Owen Davies	78
Independent hold		Swing

Trelech a'r Betws (two seats)

Trelech a'r Betws 1907
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	D.G. Bowen	Unopposed
Independent	J. Sylvanus Williams*	Unopposed
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Carmarthen Board of Guardians

All members of the District Council also served as members of Carmarthen Board of Guardians. In addition six members were elected to represent the borough of Carmarthen.

There was a contested election which saw the five retiring members re-elected.^[1]

Carmarthen (six seats)

Carmarthen 1904
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Jonathan Phillips*	1,331
Independent	Georgina M.E. White*	1,183
Independent	Andrew Fuller-Mills*	1,135
Independent	J. Patagonia Lewis*	1,056
Independent	J.T. Lewis*	1,056
Independent	E.A Rogers	677
Independent	David Davies	462
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "Rural District Council Elections". Carmarthen Weekly Reporter. 29 March 1907. p. 3. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
^ "Carmarthen Board of Guardians. Nominations and Withdrawals". Carmarthen Weekly Reporter. 15 March 1907. p. 1. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

[CWR_results_29-3-07-1] "Rural District Council Elections". Carmarthen Weekly Reporter. 29 March 1907. p. 3. Retrieved 8 May 2019.

[CWR_noms_15-3-07-2] "Carmarthen Board of Guardians. Nominations and Withdrawals". Carmarthen Weekly Reporter. 15 March 1907. p. 1. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

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