1973 Llanelli Borough Council election

The first election to Llanelli Borough Council was held in April 1973. It was followed by the 1976 election. On the same day there were elections to the other local authorities and community councils in Wales.

Results

Llanelli Borough Ward One (three seats)

Ward One 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Harry J. Richards	1,413
	Labour	R. Palmer	1,276
	Labour	D. Thomas	1,229
	Labour	D. Williams	1,083
	Liberal	E. Clarke	920
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Llanelli Borough Ward Two (three seats)

Ward Two 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W.M. Jones	1,437
	Labour	D.H.R. Jones	1,347
	Labour	R.T. Peregrine	1,263
	Plaid Cymru	E. Jones	620
	Plaid Cymru	Dyfrig Thomas	466
	Plaid Cymru	P. Davies	437
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Llanelli Borough Ward Three (three seats)

Ward Three 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T.G. Thomas	1,295
	Labour	John Gladwyn Hill	1,166
	Labour	T. Evans	1,152
	Liberal	W. Tilleke	739
	Democratic Labour	I.C. Rosser	564
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Llanelli Borough Ward Four (three seats)

Ward Four 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G, Every	1,274
	Labour	W. Griffiths	1,193
	Independent Labour	I. Roberts	1,164
	Labour	C. Edwards	1,025
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent Labour win (new seat)

Llanelli Borough Ward Five (three seats)

This ward included Kidwelly and Trimsaran

Ward Five 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwilym Glanmor Jones	1,686
	Labour	H. Hughes	1,601
	Labour	F. Owens	1,558
	Independent	W. King	1,129
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Llanelli Borough Ward Six (three seats)

This ward covered Burry Port.

Ward Six 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R.J. James	1,353
	Independent	G. Thomas	1,125
	Labour	J. Gething	969
	Independent	A. Phillips	872
	Labour	I. Jones	712
	Independent	G. West	632
	Plaid Cymru	F. Morgan	259
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Llanelli Borough Ward Seven (three seats)

This ward covered Llanedi and Llangennech

Ward Seven 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R.H.V. Lewis	2,108
	Labour	G.J. Jones*	1,968
	Labour	L. Davies	1,948
	Independent	F. Price	1,099
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Llanelli Borough Ward Eight (three seats)

Ward Eight 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Bowen	1,989
	Labour	Henry John Evans	1,970
	Labour	L.R. McDonagh	1,915
	Communist	R.E. Hitchon	744
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Llanelli Borough Ward Nine (three seats)

Ward Nine 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Davies	unopposed
	Labour	N. Jenkins	unopposed
	Labour	E. Thomas	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Llanelli Borough Ward Ten (three seats)

Ward Ten 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Lewis	unopposed
	Labour	D. Thomas	unopposed
	Labour	E. Thomas	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Llanelli Borough Ward Eleven (three seats)

Ward Eleven 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Davies	2,843
	Ratepayers	T. Morris	2,510
	Labour	Chris McLoughlin	2,414
	Labour	F. Davies	2,035
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)