1937 Llandeilo Rural District Council election

An election to the Llandeilo Rural District Council in Wales was held on 5 April 1937.

It was preceded by the 1934 election but some wards had been contested in 1935 following the amalgamation of Llandovery RDC. Due to the Second World War it was followed by the 1946 election.

Candidates

Independents continued to be the only candidates nominated in the rural wards; many of whom were returned unopposed. Labour contested all of the industrial area wards and won the majority of them. Seventeen members were returned unopposed; fourteen of whom were Independents.

Outcome

A similar pattern to recent elections was observed at the election, with Labour candidates contesting the urban wards but Independents being returned for the rural areas.

Labour lost two seats, at Glynamman and in the Llandeilo South Ward, where Robert Allan lost the seat he capturedvfrom long-standing member Thomas Morris three years earlier.

Ward results

Betws Lower (one seat)

Betws Lower 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Bowen*	146
	Independent	D. Glyn Jenkins	128
	Labour win (new seat)

Betws Upper (one seat)

Betws Upper 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Daniel Thomas	70
	Labour	George David	63
	Independent win (new seat)

Brechfa (one seat)

Brechfa 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Davies	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Cilycwm (one seat)

Cilycwm 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ivor Elystan Campbell-Davys	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Conwil Caio (two seats)

Conwil Caio 1935

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent	Jane Williams*	Unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Glynamman (one seat)

Glynamman 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John George*	Unopposed
	Labour	William Connick	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Heolddu (one seat)

Heolddu 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Olney Morgan Bevan	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanddeusant (one seat)

Llanddeusant 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Evans*	119
	Independent	John Thomas	61
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandebie (two seats)

Llandebie 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Bowen Thomas*	776
	Labour	William Morris*	648
	Independent	David Harries	534
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llandeilo Fawr North Ward (three seats)

Llandeilo Fawr North Ward 1934

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Morgan*	Unopposed
	Independent	James Thomas*	Unopposed
	Independent	William Williams*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandeilo Fawr South Ward (two seats)

Llandeilo Fawr South Ward 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William John Thomas	506
	Independent	Thomas John Jones	407
	Labour	Robert A. Allan*	230
	Independent	A. Thomas	139
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Llandingat Without (one seat)

Llandingat Without 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Douglas T.M. Jones	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandyfeisant (one seat)

Llandyfeisant 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Henry Brookshaw*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanegwad (three seats)

Llanegwad 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ben Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent	Dan Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfair-ar-y-Bryn (one seat)

Llanfair-ar-y-Bryn 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rees Evans	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Aberbythych North Ward (one seat)

Llanfihangel Aberbythych North Ward 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tom Hopkins	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Aberbythych South Ward (one seat)

Llanfihangel Aberbythych South Ward 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Jones*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfynydd (two seats)

Llanfynydd 1919

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Daniel Lloyd	Unopposed
	Independent	David Thomas*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangadock (two seats)

Llangadock 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Jones	268
	Independent	Joseph Llewelleyn Evans*	299
	Independent	David John Daniel	246
	Independent	Willam Jones	242
	Independent	Henry William Seale*	42
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangathen (one seat)

Llangathen 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nurse E.A. Olley	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llansadwrn (one seat)

Llansadwrn 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Benjamin Tudor Lewis	166
	Independent	Rachel M. Rees*	141
	Independent hold		Swing

Llansawel (two seats)

Llansawel 1934

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John James Thomas	142
	Independent	Thomas Humphreys*	123
	Independent	David Morgan*	116
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanwrda (one seat)

Llanwrda 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Rees Griffiths	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Myddfai (one seat)

Myddfai 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Penygroes (two seats)

Penygroes 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Williams*	776
	Labour	Rees Rees*	597
	Labour	John Evans	541
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Quarter Bach No.1 (one seat)

Quarter Bach No.1 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Enoch Isaac*	374
	Independent	Walter Howells	314
	Labour	Henry J. Thomas	264
	Independent	Mrs C.M. Jones	190
	Independent	David John Bowen	111
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Quarter Bach No.2 (two seats)

Quarter Bach No.2 1934

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Davies*	Unopposed
	Labour	Ioan Pugh*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Talley (one seat)

Talley 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Daniel Williams*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Saron (two seats)

Saron 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Evan Bevan*	Unopposed
	Labour	John Bevan*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing