1979 Llanelli Borough Council election

An election to Llanelli Borough Council was held in May 1979.^[1] It was preceded by the 1976 election and followed by the 1983 election. On the same day there was a UK general election and were elections to the other district local authorities and community councils in Wales. The leader of the council was again Michael Willis Gimblett, who had held the role from the previous election.

Results

Llanelli Borough Ward One (three seats)

Ward One 1979
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Michael Willis Gimblett*	2,515
Liberal	Elinor Gem Lloyd*	2,053
Independent	Harry J. Richards*	1,972
Labour	E. Davies	1,662
Labour	R. Thorpe	1,439
Labour	J. Smith	1,388
Plaid Cymru	G. Morris	1,106
Liberal hold		Swing
Liberal hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Two (three seats)

Ward Two 1979
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	W.M. Jones*	2,121
Labour	R.T. Peregrine*	1,991
Labour	D.H.R. Jones*	1,974
Conservative	W. Bates	1,141
Plaid Cymru	P. Davies	751
Plaid Cymru	W. Phillips	656
Plaid Cymru	Dyfrig Thomas	599
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Three (three seats)

Ward Three 1979
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	T.G. Thomas*	2,581
Labour	D.H. Williams*	2,267
Labour	T. Evans*	2,257
Liberal	I.C. Rosser	1,062
Liberal	J. Phillips	959
Liberal	S.I. Chrinowsky	807
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Four (three seats)

Ward Four 1979
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	G. Rees*	2,153
Labour	David Tudor James	1,882
Independent Labour	I. Roberts*	1,515
Labour	R. Palmer	1,439
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Independent Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Five (three seats)

Ward Five 1979
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Gwilym Glanmor Jones*	2,631
Labour	H.W. Jenkins	2,069
Labour	F. Owens	2,040
Ratepayers	P. Morris	1,440
Independent	V. Bevan	598
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Six (three seats)

Ward Six 1979
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	R.J. James*	2,190
Independent	D. George*	1,968
Independent	G. Thomas*	1,549
Labour	E. Richards	1,194
Independent	G. West	1,182
Plaid Cymru	M. Clement	714
Labour hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Seven (three seats)

Ward Seven 1979
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	G.J. Jones	2,627
Labour	Sefton Ronald Coslett	2,439
Labour	R.H.V. Lewis*	2,392
Plaid Cymru	T.E. Sennell	1,735
SWP	John Willock	736
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Eight (three seats)

Bowen had been elected as a Labour candidate in 1973 and 1976.

Ward Eight 1979
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Henry John Evans*	2,953
Labour	L.R. McDonagh*	2,897
Independent	A. Bowen*	2,541
Labour	L. Murphy	2,218
Conservative	T. Howells	1,813
Communist	R.E. Hitchon	844
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Nine (three seats)

Ward Nine 1979
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	A.F. Brown	1,871
Labour	W.R. Thomas*	1,852
Labour	E. Thomas*	1,547
Liberal	Kenneth Denver Rees	1,007
Plaid Cymru	T. Davies	553
Plaid Cymru	B. Marke	441
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Ten (three seats)

Ward Ten 1979
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	D. Lewis*	2,750
Labour	E. Thomas*	2,712
Labour	D. White	2,517
Conservative	H. Williams	1,787
Plaid Cymru	B. Lane	1,510
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Eleven (three seats)

Ward Eleven 1979
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	S. Davies*	2,645
Labour	E.T. Morgan*	2,538
Labour	Alban William Rees	2,456
Ratepayers	T. Morris*	2,384
Independent Labour	Philip Brinley Davies	1,965
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour gain from Ratepayers		Swing

References

^ "Llanelli Borough Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 8 May 2016.

[Llanelli_PlymEC-1] "Llanelli Borough Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 8 May 2016.

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