1979 Llanelli Borough Council election

An election to Llanelli Borough Council was held in May 1979. It was preceded by the 1976 election and followed by the 1983 election. On the same day there were elections to the other local authorities and community councils in Wales.

Results

Llanelli Borough Ward One (three seats)

Ward One 1979

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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)

Ward Eight 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry John Evans*	2,953
	Labour	L.R. McDonagh*	2,897
	Independent	A. Bowen*	2,541
	Liberal	J. Thomas	987
	Plaid Cymru	W. Hopkin	840
	Liberal	V. Evans	773
	Liberal	J. Jones	758
	Communist	R.E. Hitchon	381
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Nine (three seats)

Ward Nine 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A.F. Brown*	1,002
	Labour	W.R. Thomas*	997
	Labour	D.T. Davies	945
	Independent Labour	J.E. Evans	573
	Alliance	Kenneth Denver Rees	395
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Ten (three seats)

Election delayed due to death of candidate.

Llanelli Borough Ward Eleven (three seats)

Ward Eleven 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E.T. Morgan*	2,015
	Labour	A.W. Rees*	2,006
	Labour	George Malcolm Davies	1,604
	Independent	Philip Brinley Davies	1,504
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing