Llanelli Borough Council election, 1987
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An election to Llanelli Borough Council was held in May 1987. It was preceded by the 1983 election and followed by the 1991 election. On the same day there were elections to the other local authorities and community councils in Wales.[1]
Contents
- 1 Overview
- 2 Boundary Changes
- 3 Results
- 3.1 Bigyn (three seats)
- 3.2 Burry Port (three seats)
- 3.3 Bynea (one seat)
- 3.4 Cross Hands (one seat)
- 3.5 Dafen (two seats)
- 3.6 Elli (two seats)
- 3.7 Felinfoel (one seat)
- 3.8 Glanymor (two seats)
- 3.9 Glyn (one seat)
- 3.10 Hendy (one seat)
- 3.11 Hengoed (two seats)
- 3.12 Kidwelly (one seat)
- 3.13 Llangennech (two seats)
- 3.14 Lliedi (two seats)
- 3.15 Llwynhendy (two seats)
- 3.16 Pembrey (one seat)
- 3.17 Pontyberem (one seat)
- 3.18 Swiss Valley (one seat)
- 3.19 Trimsaran (one seat)
- 3.20 Tumble (two seats)
- 3.21 Tycroes (one seat)
- 3.22 Tyisha (two seats)
- 4 References
Overview
The Labour Party continued to hold the majority of seats following the election but following the boundary changes a number of seats were lost to other political parties and to Independents.
Boundary Changes
There were wholesale boundary changes and new wards created in place of the previous eleven three-member wards which were abolished.
Results
Bigyn (three seats)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W.M. Jones* | 1,245 | |||
Chamber of Trade | W.J. Marks | 1,169 | |||
Labour | D.H.R. Jones* | 1,166 | |||
Labour | Keri Peter Thomas* | 1,051 | |||
Chamber of Trade | R.C. Rosser | 670 | |||
Conservative | G.H.H. Williams | 563 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Burry Port (three seats)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Vincent John Rees* | 970 | |||
Independent | G.W. West | 783 | |||
Labour | A.H.P. Phillips* | 639 | |||
Labour | D.H. Morris | 592 | |||
Plaid Cymru | J.F. Kelly | 520 | |||
Independent | R.L. Hall | 483 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Bynea (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W.R. Thomas* | 676 | |||
Independent Labour | A.F. Brown* | 366 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Cross Hands (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P.B. Davies | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Dafen (two seats)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L.R. McDonagh* | 616 | |||
Labour | W.D. Murphy | 467 | |||
Residents | Brian Stringer | 449 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Elli (two seats)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal) | Michael Willis Gimblett* | 766 | |||
Chamber of Trade | W.H. Griffiths* | 706 | |||
Labour | R.T. Peregrine* | 534 | |||
Labour | S.L. Evans | 409 | |||
Conservative | M.K. Jenkins | 357 | |||
SDP–Liberal Alliance win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Felinfoel (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Henry John Evans* | 381 | |||
Chamber of Trade | P. Donoghue | 161 | |||
Residents | H. Rees | 91 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Glanymor (two seats)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Tudor James* | 1,339 | |||
Labour | R. Palmer* | 1,106 | |||
Independent Labour | G. Rees* | 979 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Glyn (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Labour | Dynfor Vaughan Owens | 543 | |||
Labour | G.H. Jones* | 342 | |||
Chamber of Trade | J.A.W. Protheroe | 119 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent Labour win (new seat) |
Hendy (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R.H.V. Lewis* | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Hengoed (two seats)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W.R. Jones* | 875 | |||
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic) | J.A.G. Antoniazzi | 747 | |||
Labour | D.K. Williams | 711 | |||
Chamber of Trade | H.J. Woolley | 421 | |||
Independent | R. Griffiths | 332 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
SDP–Liberal Alliance win (new seat) |
Kidwelly (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G.G. Jones* | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Llangennech (two seats)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | S.R. Coslett* | 677 | |||
Independent | C.D. Thomas | 548 | |||
Labour | K.A. Evans | 483 | |||
Plaid Cymru | G. Coslett | 443 | |||
Plaid Cymru | T.E. Sennell | 397 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Lliedi (two seats)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal) | Elinor Gem Lloyd* | 1,036 | |||
Chamber of Trade | F.St.J. Roberts | 876 | |||
Labour | T.J. Price | 798 | |||
Labour | W.G. Thomas | 758 | |||
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic) | M.N. Burree | 505 | |||
SDP–Liberal Alliance win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Llwynhendy (two seats)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Dillwyn Bowen* | 901 | |||
Labour | L. Williams | 764 | |||
Independent Labour | J.E. Evans | 337 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Pembrey (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T.U.J. Thomas | 765 | |||
Plaid Cymru | D.A. Williams | 403 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Pontyberem (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A.W. Rees* | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Swiss Valley (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chamber of Trade | R.H. Oram | 481 | |||
Labour | V.B. Hitchman* | 460 | |||
Majority | 21 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Trimsaran (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H.W. Jenkins* | 671 | |||
Plaid Cymru | I. Beynon | 463 | |||
Majority | 208 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Tumble (two seats)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J.W.V. Harris* | unopposed | |||
Labour | E.T. Morgan* | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Tycroes (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G.J. Jones* | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Tyisha (two seats)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D.S. Neil* | 1,026 | |||
Labour | H. Palmer | 957 | |||
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal) | I.C. Rosser | 528 | |||
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic) | E.G. Jones | 524 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
References
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