1973 Carmarthen District Council election

The first election to Carmarthen District Council following the re-organization of local government in Wales was held in May 1973.^[1] It was followed by the 1976 election. On the same day there were elections to the other District local authorities and community councils in Wales.

Results

Abergwili and Llanllawddog (one seat)

Abergwili and Llanllawddog 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Samuel Scurlock Bowen	436	44.8
	Independent	J. Harries	372	38.2
	Independent	R. Davies	165	17.0
Majority				6.6
Turnout				82.8
	Independent win (new seat)

Abernant (one seat)

Abernant 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William David Thomas	Unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Carmarthen Town Ward One (four seats)

Carmarthen Town Ward One 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	L.V. Rice	1,248
	Labour	Cliff Dean	993
	Independent	J. Davies	991
	Labour	W. Rogers	932
	Independent	H. Dewi Evans	794
	Labour	G.B. Evans	782
	Independent	R. Morgan	756
	Plaid Cymru	Peter Hughes Griffiths	720
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Carmarthen Town Ward Two (two seats)

Carmarthen Town Ward Two 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Thomas Llewellyn Davies	579
	Independent	R. Evans	461
	Independent	J. Jones	372
	Ratepayer	T. Preece	364
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Carmarthen Town Ward Three (three seats)

Carmarthen Town Ward Three 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Thomas James Hurley	859
	Independent	Emrys Rees	796
	Independent	D. Waters	774
	Labour	Anthony Earle	615
	Independent	G. Williams	606
	Labour	E. Richards	434
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Cilymaenllwyd (one seat)

Cilymaenllwyd 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Daniel Clodwyn Thomas	Unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Cynwyl Elfed and Llanpumsaint (one seat)

Cynwyl Elfed and Llanpumsaint 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David Jones	454	45.0
	Independent	H. Bowen	430	42.6
	Independent	John Russell Davies	126	12.5
Majority			24	2.4
Turnout				85.6
	Independent win (new seat)

Henllanfallteg (one seat)

Henllanfallteg 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Gibbin*	405	51.5
	Independent	D. Jones	381	48.5
Majority			24	3.1
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Laugharne Township (two seats)

Laugharne Township 1973
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Frank Elwyn John	Unopposed
Independent	J. Rees	Unopposed
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Llanarthney and Llanddarog (three seats)

Llanarthney and Llanddarog 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Huw Voyle Williams	1,463
	Labour	Percy W. Lewis	1,400
	Labour	Thomas Henry Richards	1,292
	Labour	E. Griffiths	1,223
	Independent	B. Edwards	1,094
	Independent Labour	O. Thomas	892
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Llandyfaelog (two seats)

Llandyfaelog 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	D. Stephens	838
	Independent	J. Evans	599
	Independent	I. Rees	517
	Plaid Cymru	M. Evans	414
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Llangeler (two seats)

Llangeler 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Margaret Brynmor Williams	875
	Independent	Thomas Wilfred Davies	734
	Independent	A. Jones	496
	Independent	D. Lloyd	288
	Independent	J. Griffiths	282
	Independent	D. Jones	247
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth (one seat)

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David John Lewis	Unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Llanfihangel Rhos-y-Corn (one seat)

Llanfihangel Rhos-y-Corn 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Evan Eirwyn Jones	220	46.1
	Independent	D. Daniels	145	30.4
	Independent	K. James	112	23.5
Majority				15.7
Turnout				76.5
	Independent win (new seat)

Llangain (one seat)

Llangain 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Griffith Trevor Rees	765	72.4
	Independent	I. Williams	291	27.6
Majority				44.9
Turnout				82.8
	Independent win (new seat)

Llangynnwr (two seats)

Llangynnwr 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	David Percy Jones	1,090
	Independent	Evan James Thomas	892
	Independent	R.B.J. Gough	491
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Llangyndeyrn (two seats)

Llangyndeyrn 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Harold Albert Williams	1,054
	Labour	William D. Evans	937
	Independent	W. Williams	845
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Llanllwni (two seats)

Llanllwni 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	John Emrys Oriel Jones	1,216
	Independent	D. Lewis	819
	Independent	J. Jones	525
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Newcastle Emlyn (one seat)

Newcastle Emlyn 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Glyn E. Howell	489	43.2
	Independent	Glanville Davies	312	27.6
	Independent	A. Evans	212	18.7
	Independent	R. Owen	119	10.5
Majority				15.6
Turnout				87.3
	Independent win (new seat)

St Clears (two seats)

St Clears 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Benjamin Delwyn Royden Thomas	851
	Independent	O.J. Williams	816
	Independent	Victor Lawrence James	717
	Independent	W. Rees	548
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Whitland (one seat)

Whitland 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	I. James	Unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

References

^ "Carmarthen District Council Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

[Carmarthen_PlymEC-1] "Carmarthen District Council Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

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