1922 Carmarthenshire County Council election

An election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held in March 1922.^[1] It was preceded by the 1919 election and followed by the 1925 election.

Overview of the result[edit]

The election saw a reduction in the number of candidates openly supporting the Liberal Party as an increasing number stood as Independents. Labour continued to gain some ground in the Llanelli and Ammanford districts.

Boundary changes[edit]

There were no boundary changes.

Unopposed returns[edit]

22 of the 53 divisions were uncontested, with the majority of the unopposed returns being in the rural parts of the county.

Contested elections[edit]

Contests in Llanelli town and in the surrounding areas saw a significant campaign by the Labour Party, but its success remained limited.^[2]

Retiring aldermen[edit]

The aldermen who retired at the election were

Summary of results[edit]

This section summarises the detailed results which are noted in the following sections. As noted, there was ambiguity in some cases over the party affiliation.

This table summarises the result of the elections in all wards. 53 councillors were elected.

Carmarthesnhire County Council 1922: elected members
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal
	Conservative
	Labour
	Independent

Carmarthenshire County Council 1922 : following election of new aldermen
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal
	Conservative
	Labour
	Independent

Carmarthenshire County Council 1922 : following election of new aldermen and by-elections
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal
	Conservative
	Labour
	Independent

Ward results[edit]

Abergwili[edit]

Abergwili 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Williams	290
	Liberal	John Williams	265
		David Williams	165
Majority
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Ammanford[edit]

Ammanford 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David George*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Bettws[edit]

Bettws 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Morris**	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Caio[edit]

Caio 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
		Isaac Williams	324
		Mabel Davies*	282
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Carmarthen Eastern Ward (Lower Division)[edit]

Carmarthen Eastern Ward (Lower Division) 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Denzil Harries*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Carmarthen Eastern Ward (Upper Division)[edit]

Carmarthen Eastern Ward (Upper Division) 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lewis David Thomas	unopposed
	Independent gain from Other parties

Carmarthen Western Ward (Lower Division)[edit]

Carmarthen Western Ward (Lower Division) 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H.S. Holmes*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Carmarthen Western Ward (Upper Division)[edit]

Carmarthen Eastern Ward (Lower Division) 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Price Williams	583
	Independent	Thomas Jenkins	295
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cenarth[edit]

Cenarth 1919
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D.C. Lloyd	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cilycwm[edit]

Cilycwm 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ivor Elystan Campbell-Davys*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Conwil[edit]

Conwil 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Phillips*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Kidwelly[edit]

Kidwelly 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Stephens*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Laugharne[edit]

Laugharne 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	T.S.K. Morse	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanarthney[edit]

Llanarthney 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Stephens	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanboidy[edit]

Llanboidy 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Thomas*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llandebie[edit]

Llandebie 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	D.B. Lewis	955
	Liberal	D.W. Thomas	870
Majority
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Llandilo Rural[edit]

Llandilo Rural 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	L.N. Powell*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llandilo Urban[edit]

Llandilo Urban 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lord Dynevor*	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Conservative hold

Llandovery[edit]

Llandovery 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Vaughan Watkins*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llandyssilio[edit]

Llandyssilio 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal		unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanedy[edit]

Llanedy 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	T.J. Parry-Jones*	629
		G. Evans	520
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanegwad[edit]

Llanegwad 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William David Davies	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 1[edit]

Llanelly Division 1 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Daniel Roberts	676
	Independent	Lady Howard*	247
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 2[edit]

Llanelly Division 2 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	H. Hayton Williams	478
	Liberal	William David*	408
Majority
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing

Llanelly Division 3[edit]

Llanelly Division 3 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Joseph Roberts	563
	Labour	J.R. Jones*	194
Majority
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Llanelly Division 4[edit]

Llanelly Division 4 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	John Thomas*	669
	Labour	D.T. Jones	307
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 5[edit]

Llanelly Division 5 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Gwen Trubshaw	438
	Labour	T.D.J. Dolling	206
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 7[edit]

Llanelly Division 6 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Thomas Williams*	500
	Independent	T.P. Jones	452
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 7[edit]

Llanelly Division 7 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	W. Powell Rees	731
	Independent	Hugh Jones*	396
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelly Division 8[edit]

Llanelly Division 8 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	William Davies	512
	Labour	H.W. Bowen*	403
Majority
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Llanelly Rural, Berwick[edit]

Llanelly Rural, Berwick 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	David Harry*	659
	Labour	William Morgan	313
Majority			346
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelly Rural, Hengoed[edit]

Llanelly Rural, Hengoed 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Joseph Howells	499
	Independent	David John*	450
Majority
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Llanelly Rural, Westfa and Glyn[edit]

Llanelly Rural, Westfa and Glyn 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Jones*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Aberbythick[edit]

Llanfihangel Aberbythick 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Thomas*	359
	Liberal	William Harris	319
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth[edit]

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Rees Jones*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llangadock[edit]

Llangadock 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter Tudor Lewis*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llangeler[edit]

Llangeler 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Henry Jones	804
	Liberal	Robert G. Owen	408
Majority			396
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llangendeirne[edit]

Llangendeirne 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	R.H. Jones	408
	Labour	Thomas Jones	377
Majority			31
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llangennech[edit]

Llangennech 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	D.J. Jones*	481
	Labour	Philip Foster Owen	327
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llangunnor[edit]

Llangunnor 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	T. Howell Davies	371
	Liberal	John Richards*	282
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanon[edit]

Llanon 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Greville*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llansawel[edit]

Llansawel 1922
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Evan Harris	277
	Thomas Evans*	145
Majority
		Swing

Llanstephan[edit]

Llanstephan 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	J.J. Bowen	353
	Liberal	G. Barrett Evans*	328
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llanybyther[edit]

Llanybyther 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Edward Lloyd	334
	Conservative	Lady Mansel	240
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing

Mothvey[edit]

Mothvey 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Davies*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Pembrey North[edit]

Pembrey North 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Rogers	520
		E.T. Davies	368
Majority			152
	Liberal hold		Swing

Pembrey South[edit]

Pembrey South 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Henry Williams	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Labour hold

Quarter Bach[edit]

Quarter Bach 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Griffith Williams*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Rhydcymmerai[edit]

Rhydcymmerai 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
		Rees Llewellyn Evans	333
		David Samuel Jones	158
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing

St Clears[edit]

St Clears 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W.R. Rogers*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

St Ishmael[edit]

St Ishmael 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Jones*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Trelech[edit]

Trelech 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Philip Phillips*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Whitland[edit]

Whitland 1922
Party	Candidate	Votes
	R.L. Thomas	391
	Thomas Phillips	319
Majority		72
		Swing

Election of aldermen[edit]

In addition to the 53 councillors the council consisted of 17 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term. Following the elections the following nine aldermen were elected (with the number of votes in each case).

References[edit]

^ "County Council Elections". Carmarthen Journal. 11 March 1922.
^ "Labour fails to make headway". Llanelly Mercury. 9 March 1922.

[CJ_12-3-22_CarmsRes-1] "County Council Elections". Carmarthen Journal. 11 March 1922.

[LM_9-3-22_Carms_res-2] "Labour fails to make headway". Llanelly Mercury. 9 March 1922.

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