1934 Llandeilo Rural District Council election

An election to the Llandeilo Rural District Council was held on 26 March 1934. It was preceded by the 1931 election and followed by the 1937 election.

This was the last election conducted prior to the implementation of a review into district boundaries in Carmarthenshire. Following a recommendation made in 1932, it was decided that the rural districts of Llandeilo and Llandovery would be merged.

A partial election would be held in 1935 in seats where wards would be amalgamated or the number of seats reduced as a result of re-organization. Members unaffected by the changes would remain in post. The 1937 election would be the first time that a whole council would be elected for the merged authority.

There were unopposed returns in eleven wards.

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 mahority of them. No nominations were initially received for the Heolddu ward.

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.

The only change was in the Betws ward where Labour lost a seat to an Independent candidate. In Llandeilo South Ward, Thomas Morris lost his seat after over twenty years.

Ward results

Betws (three seats)

Betws 1934

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Emrys Harries	240
	Independent	David Daniel Thomas*	193
	Independent Labour	D. Glyn Jenkins*	187
	Labour	David Bowen*	181
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent Labour hold		Swing

Brechfa (one seat)

Brechfa 1934

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joseph Sivell	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Glynamman (one seat)

Glynamman 1934

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John George*	401
	Labour	William Connick	350
	Independent	John Walters	179
	Labour	Jeffrey H. Moses	132
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Heolddu (one seat)

Heolddu 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Moses Williams	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandebie (three seats)

Llandebie 1934

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Benjamin Bevan*	Unopposed
	Independent	Frederick Davies*	Unopposed
	Labour	William Morris	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llandeilo Fawr North Ward (two 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 1934

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Lewis Evans	325
	Independent	Robert A. Allan	295
	Independent	Thomas Morris*	260
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandyfeisant (one seat)

Llandyfeisant 1934

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

Llanegwad (three seats)

Llanegwad 1934

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

Llanfihangel Aberbythych North Ward (one seat)

Llanfihangel Aberbythych North Ward 1934

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

Llanfihangel Aberbythych South Ward (two seats)

Llanfihangel Aberbythych South Ward 1934

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

Llanfihangel Cilfragen (one seat)

Llanfihangel Cilfragen 1934

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T.W. Griffiths*	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

Llangathen (two seats)

Llangathen 1934

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T.J. Williams	165
	Independent	Nurse E.A. Olley	161
	Independent	Thomas Lewis	131
	Independent hold		Swing
	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

Penygroes (two seats)

Penygroes 1934

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Williams*	594
	Labour	Rees Rees*	464
	Labour	David Davies	407
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Quarter Bach No.1 (one seat)

Quarter Bach 1934

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William W. Davies*	Unopposed
	Labour	Enoch Isaac*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		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 (two seats)

Talley 1934

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Davies	Unopposed
	Independent	Simon M. Jones	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Saron (two seats)

Saron 1934

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