1925 Carmarthenshire County Council election

An election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held in March 1925. It was preceded by the 1922 election and followed by the 1928 election.

Overview of the result

The election saw a reduction in the number of candidates openly supporting the Liberal Party as an increasing number stood as Independents. Labour continued to gain some ground in the Llanelli and Ammanford districts.

Boundary changes

There were no boundary changes.

Unopposed returns

All but eighteen of the 53 divisions were uncontested, with the majority of the unopposed returns being in the rural parts of the county. All three seats in Carmarthen town were uncontested after the local Labour Party held a meeting to consider the question but decided to put no candidates forward.

Contested elections

Conservatives and Liberals increasingly stood as Independents in those contests that took place. One local newspaper commented that a lack of interest on the part of the electorate was a feature of most of the eighteen contests that took place. Labour once again failed to make any real advance in Llanelli town.

Retiring aldermen

The aldermen who retired at the election were

Summary of results

This section summarises the detailed results which are noted in the following sections. As noted, there was ambiguity in some cases over the party affiliation.

This table summarises the result of the elections in all wards. 53 councillors were elected.

Carmarthesnhire County Council 1922: elected members

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal
	Conservative
	Labour
	Independent

Carmarthenshire County Council 1922 : following election of new aldermen

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal
	Conservative
	Labour
	Independent

Carmarthenshire County Council 1922 : following election of new aldermen and by-elections

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal
	Conservative
	Labour
	Independent

Ward results

Abergwili

Abergwili 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Davies	446
	Conservative	William Williams	309
Majority
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Ammanford

Ammanford 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David George*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Bettws

Bettws 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Phillips*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Caio

Caio 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Isaac Williams*	415
	Independent	David Jones	230
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Carmarthen Eastern Ward (Lower Division)

Carmarthen Eastern Ward (Lower Division) 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Denzil Harries*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Carmarthen Eastern Ward (Upper Division)

Carmarthen Eastern Ward (Upper Division) 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lewis David Thomas	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Carmarthen Western Ward (Lower Division)

Carmarthen Western Ward (Lower Division) 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H.S. Holmes*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Carmarthen Western Ward (Upper Division)

Carmarthen Eastern Ward (Lower Division) 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Price Williams*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cenarth

Cenarth 1919

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		D.C. Lloyd	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cilycwm

Cilycwm 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ivor Elystan Campbell-Davys*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Conwil

Conwil 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Thomas Jones*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Kidwelly

Kidwelly 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Stephens*	561
	Labour	T.R. Griffiths	535
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Laugharne

Laugharne 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	T.S.K. Morse	unpopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanarthney

Llanarthney 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Stephens*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanboidy

Llanboidy 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Thomas*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llandebie

Llandebie 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D.B. Lewis*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Llandilo Rural

Llandilo Rural 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	L.N. Powell*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llandilo Urban

Llandilo Urban 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lord Dynevor*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llandovery

Llandovery 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Vaughan Watkins*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llandyssilio

Llandyssilio 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edward James*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanedy

Llanedy 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T.J. Parry-Jones*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanegwad

Llanegwad 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William David Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelly Division.1

Llanelly Division.1 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Daniel Roberts*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 2

Llanelly Division 2 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. Hayton Williams*	477
	Labour	J.R. Jones	274
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 3

Llanelly Division 3 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joseph Roberts*	563
	Labour	R. Neft	149
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 4

Llanelly Division 4 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W.T. Morris	713
	Labour	Ben Griffiths	484
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 5

Llanelly Division 5 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gwen Trubshaw*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 7

Llanelly Division 6 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Williams*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 7

Llanelly Division 7 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W. Powell Rees*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 8

Llanelly Division 8 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Davies*	591
	Labour	J.J. Winter	276
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelly Rural, Berwick

Llanelly Rural, Berwick 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Harry*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelly Rural, Hengoed

Llanelly Rural, Hengoed 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Howells*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelly Rural, Westfa and Glyn

Llanelly Rural, Westfa and Glyn 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Jones*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Aberbythick

Llanfihangel Aberbythick 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Thomas*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		J.D. Evans	529
		Lady Mansell*	332
Majority
			Swing

Llangadock

Llangadock 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Walter Tudor Lewis*	563
	Independent	William Jones	325
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangeler

Llangeler 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Teilo Owen
	Conservative	Henry Jones*
Majority			38
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Llangendeirne

Llangendeirne 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Jenkins	503
	Labour	R.H. Jones*	296
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llangennech

Llangennech 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D.J. Jones*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llangunnor

Llangunnor 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	T. Howell Davies*	391
	Liberal	Daniel Rees	320
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanon

Llanon 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Greville*	996
	Labour	John Jones	482
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llansawel

Llansawel 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Evan Harris	unopposed
			Swing

Llanstephan

Llanstephan 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John James Bowen*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanybyther

Llanybyther 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		E.M. Evans	542
		D.I. Rees	407
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing

Mothvey

Mothvey 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Davies*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Pembrey North

Pembrey North 1919

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Rogers	520
		E.T. Davies	368
Majority			152
	Liberal hold		Swing

Pembrey South

Pembrey South 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Henry Williams	765
	Liberal	John Eager	388
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Quarter Bach

Quarter Bach 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Griffith Williams*	982
	Liberal	Gomer Harries	394
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Rhydcymmerai

Rhydcymmerai 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Rees Llewellyn Evans*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

St Clears

St Clears 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W.R. Rogers*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

St Ishmael

St Ishmael 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Walter Davies	315
		J. Beynon	307
		David Thomas	298
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing

Trelech

Trelech 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Philip Phillips*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Whitland

Whitland 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		T.I. Phillips	398
		Henry Thomas	363
Majority			72
			Swing

Election of aldermen

In addition to the 53 councillors the council consisted of 17 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term. Following the elections the following nine aldermen were elected (with the number of votes in each case).

• John Phillips 48
• Thomas Jones 47
• T.R. Jones 47
• W.N. Jones 47
• John Lloyd 46
• J. Thomas 46
• Rev E.B. Lloyd 45
• Philip Phillips 44
• Tudor Lewis 31

It was suggested that the precedent of electing the local MP, if a member of the Council, be adhered to in the case of Dr J.H. Williams, but Williams gained only 18 votes and was a not elected.