1931 Llandeilo Rural District Council election

An election to the Llandeilo Rural District Council was held in April 1931. It was preceded by the 1928 election and followed by the 1934 election. There were unopposed retrns in eight wards.

The Llandeilo Board of Guardians had been abolished in 1930.

Candidates

The vast majority of candidates were either Independent or Labour (the latter all in the rural areas). Some Independent Labour candidates contested seats,usually as a result of disagreements between trade unions. In Glynamman, the two retiring members stood on different platforms to three years earlier, with former Independent William Watkin Davies running as a Labour candidate and D.J. Pritchard, elected as a British Legion candis=date, defending his seat as an Independent.

Overview of the result

A similar pattern to recent elections was observed at the election, with Labour candidates contesting the urban wards but Independents being returned for the rural areas.

Ward results

Betws (three seats)

Betws 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Bowen*	Unopposed
	Independent Labour	D. Glyn Jenkins*	Unopposed
	Independent	David Daniel Thomas*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Brechfa (one seat)

Brechfa 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joseph Sivell	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Glynamman (one seat)

Glynamman 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John George*	417
	Labour	William Connick	276
	Independent	Rhys Thomas	244
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Heolddu (one seat)

Heolddu 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Moses Williams	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandebie (three seats)

Llandebie 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dr J. Shibko	595
	Independent	Frederick Davies*	510
	Labour	Benjamin Bevan	508
	Independent	David Lewis Thomas*	448
	Independent	Theophilus Harris	385
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Llandeilo Fawr North Ward (two seats)

Llandeilo Fawr North Ward 1928

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. Morgan*	444
	Independent	W. Williams*	433
	Independent	James Thomas	350
	Independent	Roderick Evans	246
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandeilo Fawr South Ward (two seats)

Llandeilo Fawr South Ward 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Morris*	295
	Independent	David G. Williams	260
	Independent	Robert A. Allan	230
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandyfeisant (one seat)

Llandyfeisant 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lord Dynevor*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanegwad (three seats)

Llanegwad 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ben Davies	Unopposed
	Independent	Dan Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent	Richard Thomas*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Aberbythych (two seats)

Llanfihangel Aberbythych 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Jones*	231
	Independent	Henry Jones	206
	Independent	William A. Jones*	197
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Cilfragen (one seat)

Llanfihangel Cilfragen 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T.W. Griffiths	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfynydd (two seats)

Llanfynydd 1919

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Daniel Lloyd	Unopposed
	Independent	David Thomas*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangathen (two seats)

Llangathen 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nurse E.A. Olley	Unopposed
	Independent	T.J. Williams	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Llansawel (two seats)

Llansawel 1919

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Thomas	119
	Independent	Thomas Humphreys*	195
	Independent	John Morgan	85
	Independent	J. Jones	37
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Penygroes (two seats)

Penygroes 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Williams*	603
	Labour	Rees Rees*	391
	Labour	William H. Williams	334
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Quarter Bach No.1 (one seat)

Quarter Bach 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William W. Davies*	391
	Labour	Enoch Isaac	374
	Independent	Daniel Bowen	190
	Independent	D.J. Pritchard*	75
	Labour gain from British Legion		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Quarter Bach No.2 (two seats)

Quarter Bach No.2 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Davies*	Unopposed
	Labour	Ioan Pugh	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Talley (two seats)

Talley 1919

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Thomas Morgan	Unopposed
	Independent	David Edwin Thomas	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Saron (two seats)

Saron 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Evan Bevan*	Unopposed
	Labour	John Bevan*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing