1979 Llanelli Borough Council election

An election to Llanelli Borough Council was held in May 1979. It was preceded by the 1976 election and followed by the 1983 election. On the same day there was a UK general election and were elections to the other district local authorities and community councils in Wales. The leader of the council was again Michael Willis Gimblett, who had held the role from the previous election.

Results

Llanelli Borough Ward One (three seats)

Ward One 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Willis Gimblett*	2,515
	Liberal	Elinor Gem Lloyd*	2,053
	Independent	Harry J. Richards*	1,972
	Labour	E. Davies	1,662
	Labour	R. Thorpe	1,439
	Labour	J. Smith	1,388
	Plaid Cymru	G. Morris	1,106
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Two (three seats)

Ward Two 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W.M. Jones*	2,121
	Labour	R.T. Peregrine*	1,991
	Labour	D.H.R. Jones*	1,974
	Conservative	W. Bates	1,141
	Plaid Cymru	P. Davies	751
	Plaid Cymru	W. Phillips	656
	Plaid Cymru	Dyfrig Thomas	599
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Three (three seats)

Ward Three 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T.G. Thomas*	2,581
	Labour	D.H. Williams*	2,267
	Labour	T. Evans*	2,257
	Liberal	I.C. Rosser	1,062
	Liberal	J. Phillips	959
	Liberal	S.I. Chrinowsky	807
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Four (three seats)

Ward Four 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Rees*	2,153
	Labour	David Tudor James	1,882
	Independent Labour	I. Roberts*	1,515
	Labour	R. Palmer	1,439
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Five (three seats)

Ward Five 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwilym Glanmor Jones*	2,631
	Labour	H.W. Jenkins	2,069
	Labour	F. Owens	2,040
	Ratepayers	P. Morris	1,440
	Independent	V. Bevan	598
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Six (three seats)

Ward Six 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R.J. James*	2,190
	Independent	D. George*	1,968
	Independent	G. Thomas*	1,549
	Labour	E. Richards	1,194
	Independent	G. West	1,182
	Plaid Cymru	M. Clement	714
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Seven (three seats)

Ward Seven 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G.J. Jones	2,627
	Labour	Sefton Ronald Coslett	2,439
	Labour	R.H.V. Lewis*	2,392
	Plaid Cymru	T.E. Sennell	1,735
	SWP	John Willock	736
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Eight (three seats)

Bowen had been elected as a Labour candidate in 1973 and 1976.

Ward Eight 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry John Evans*	2,953
	Labour	L.R. McDonagh*	2,897
	Independent	A. Bowen*	2,541
	Labour	L. Murphy	2,218
	Conservative	T. Howells	1,813
	Communist	R.E. Hitchon	844
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Nine (three seats)

Ward Nine 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A.F. Brown	1,871
	Labour	W.R. Thomas*	1,852
	Labour	E. Thomas*	1,547
	Liberal	Kenneth Denver Rees	1,007
	Plaid Cymru	T. Davies	553
	Plaid Cymru	B. Marke	441
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Ten (three seats)

Ward Ten 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Lewis*	2,750
	Labour	E. Thomas*	2,712
	Labour	D. White	2,517
	Conservative	H. Williams	1,787
	Plaid Cymru	B. Lane	1,510
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Eleven (three seats)

Ward Eleven 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Davies*	2,645
	Labour	E.T. Morgan*	2,538
	Labour	Alban William Rees	2,456
	Ratepayers	T. Morris*	2,384
	Independent Labour	Philip Brinley Davies	1,965
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Ratepayers		Swing