1961 Carmarthenshire County Council election

An election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held in April 1961.^[1] It was preceded by the 1958 election and followed, by the 1964 election.

Overview of the result[]

A close run election resulted in Labour increasing its majority by two after capturing an additional two seats. In addition, Labour took the majority of the aldermanic vacancies.^[2]

Boundary changes[]

There were no boundary changes at this election.

Retiring aldermen[]

A number of retiring councilors stood down to allow retiring aldermen to be returned unopposed. These included D.T. Williams at Llangadog, who stood down in favour of Gwynfor Evans.^[3]

Unopposed returns[]

39 members were returned unopposed, including six of the nine members in Llanelli town.

Contested elections[]

20 contests took place.

Summary of results[]

59 councillors were elected.

Ward results[]

Abergwili[]

Abergwili 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William John Phillips*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Ammanford No.1[]

Ammanford No.1 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Haydn Lewis*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Ammanford No.2[]

Ammanford No.2 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas E. Evans*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Berwick[]

Berwick 1961
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	William Isaac Daniel*
Plaid Cymru	David Hubert Evans
Labour hold		Swing

Burry Port East[]

Burry Port East 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Lewis*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Burry Port West[]

Burry Port West 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Labor Dennis*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Caio[]

Caio 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Carmarthen Division 1[]

Carmarthen Division 1 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G.V. Davies*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Carmarthen Division 2[]

Carmarthen Division 2 1961
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	David Mansel Thomas*	656
Labour	David Owen	626
Independent hold		Swing

Carmarthen Division 3[]

Carmarthen Division 3 1961
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	D. Denzil Harries	748
Ratepayers	Graham Jones*	562
Independent gain from Other parties		Swing

Cenarth[]

Cenarth 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D.G. James Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Cilycwm[]

Cilycwm 1961
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	James James	331
Independent	Thomas L. Jones	300
Independent hold		Swing

Conwil[]

Conwil 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W.A. Phillips**	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Cwmamman[]

Cwmamman 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rev. Oswald Rees Davies*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Felinfoel[]

Felinfoel 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Cledwyn Francis*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Hengoed[]

Hengoed 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edgar S. Samuel*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Kidwelly[]

Kidwelly 1961
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	G.O. Williams*	880
Plaid Cymru	W. Morris	507
Labour hold		Swing

Laugharne[]

Laugharne 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tudor H. Fleming Williams*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanarthney[]

Llanarthney 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D.M. Davies*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanboidy[]

Llanboidy 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Joshua Phillips*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandebie North[]

Llandebie North 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Morris*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Llandebie South[]

Llandebie South 1961
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Idris Evans*	1,242
Independent	J.R. Griffiths	372
Labour hold		Swing

Llandilo Rural[]

Llandilo Rural 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Marlais Humphreys*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandilo Urban[]

Llandilo Urban 1961
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	D'Arcy Lewis Duckfield*	499
Labour	W.D. Watkins	488
Independent hold		Swing

Llandovery[]

Llandovery 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William J. Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandyssilio[]

Llandyssilio 1961
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Daniel Clodwyn Thomas	448
Independent	H.H. Harries*
Labour	Ifor Walter Morgan	85
Independent hold		Swing

Llanedy[]

Llanedy 1961
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	W. John Evans*	1,635
Independent	Rev D. Cynddylan Jones	673
Labour hold		Swing

Llanegwad[]

Llanegwad 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M.I. Griffiths*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelly Division.1[]

Llanelly Division.1 1961
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Dr H.D. Llewellyn*	1,471
Independent	W. John Thomas	993
Labour hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 2[]

Llanelly Division 2 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brinley Owen*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 3[]

Llanelly Division 3 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs Claudia R. Rees*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 4[]

Llanelly Division 4 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs Loti Rees Hughes*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 5[]

Llanelly Division 5 1961
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Sidney Lewis*
Independent	Gwilym Gibby	288
Labour hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 6[]

Llanelly Division 6 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Douglas Hughes**	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 7[]

Llanelly Division 7 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D.J. Williams*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 8[]

Llanelly Division 8 1961
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	George M. McConkey*	667
Independent	Fred Howells	498
Labour hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 9[]

Llanelly Division 8 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sidney Ivor Thomas*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Aberbythych[]

Llanfihangel Aberbythych 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Ivor James Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth[]

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth 1961
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	William Harry	586
Independent	Ivor Thomas Davies*	487
Independent hold		Swing

Llangadog[]

Llangadog 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Gwynfor Richard Evans**	unopposed
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Llangeler[]

Llangeler 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Evans	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangendeirne[]

Llangendeirne 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rev R.G. James*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Llangennech[]

Llangennech 1961
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	John William Boyles*	1,117
Plaid Cymru	Mrs C.E. Beasley	526
Labour hold		Swing

Llangunnor[]

Llangunnor 1961
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	John Dobson Phelps*	909
Ratepayers	John S. Thomas	214
Independent hold		Swing

Llanon[]

Labour had lost this ward in a by-election.

Llanon 1961
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	David William Jenkins	1,379
Independent	Clifford Jenkins*	1,228
Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Llansawel[]

Llansawel 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Morgan*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanstephan[]

Llanstephan 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J.H. Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanybyther[]

Llanybyther 1961
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Benjamin Edward Davies*	792
Independent Labour	Thomas Davies	580
Independent hold		Swing

Myddfai[]

Myddfai 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Morgan Lewis Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembrey[]

Pembrey 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon John Elwyn Samuel*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Pontyberem[]

Pontyberem 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David John Jones*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Quarter Bach[]

Quarter Bach 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Josiah Jones*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Rhydcymerau[]

Rhydcymerau 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Arthur Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

St Clears[]

St Clears 1961
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Rev W.J. Rees*	769
Independent	Tudor N. Evans	707
Independent hold		Swing

St Ishmaels[]

St Ishmaels 1961
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	C.J. Burgess	648
Independent	Major J.R.P. Thomas	639
Independent hold		Swing

Trelech[]

Trelech 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S.O. Thomas**	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Trimsaran[]

Trimsaran 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel T. Hughes*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Westfa[]

Westfa 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emrys Aubrey**	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitland[]

Whitland 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Election of aldermen[]

In addition to the 59 councillors the council consisted of 19 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term. Following the elections, the majority of the aldermanic seats were taken by Labour.

References[]

^ "County Council Elections". Carmarthen Journal. 14 April 1961.
^ "Election of Aldermen". Carmarthen Journal. 28 April 1961.
^ "Nominations". Carmarthen Journal. 24 March 1961.

[CJ_14-4-61_CarmsRes-1] "County Council Elections". Carmarthen Journal. 14 April 1961.

[CJ_28-4-61_CarmsAldermen-2] "Election of Aldermen". Carmarthen Journal. 28 April 1961.

[CJ_24-3-61_Carms_noms-3] "Nominations". Carmarthen Journal. 24 March 1961.

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