1976 Llanelli Borough Council election

An election to Llanelli Borough Council was held in May 1976.^[1] It was preceded by the 1973 election and followed by the 1979 election. On the same day there were elections to the other district local authorities and community councils in Wales.

Results

Llanelli Borough Ward One (three seats)

Ward One 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Willis Gimblett	1,603
	Independent	Harry J. Richards*	1,520
	Liberal	Elinor Gem Lloyd	1,382
	Labour	R. Palmer*	1,280
	Labour	D. Thomas*	1,113
	Labour	N. Price	889
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Michael Willis Gimblett, served as mayor and leader of the Llanelli borough council during 1976. As the liberal candidate for the Llanelli parliamentary seat in 1974, he is known to be the only liberal candidate during that general election to increase the liberal percentage of the vote, whilst all other liberal vote percentages across all other constituencies in the country decreased.

Llanelli Borough Ward Two (three seats)

Ward Two 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W.M. Jones*	1,198
	Labour	R.T. Peregrine*	1,057
	Labour	D.H.R. Jones*	1,057
	Liberal	W. Williams	746
	Liberal	C. Rosser	704
	Liberal	W. Bates	576
	Plaid Cymru	P. Davies	489
	Plaid Cymru	Dyfrig Thomas	439
	Plaid Cymru	W. Davies	415
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Three (three seats)

Ward Three 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T.G. Thomas*	1,364
	Labour	D.H. Williams	1,020
	Labour	T. Evans*	1,012
	Independent Labour	John Gladwyn Hill	976
	Liberal	D. Phillips	687
	Liberal	E. Clarke	629
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Four (three seats)

Ward Four 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Griffiths*	936
	Independent Labour	I. Roberts*	849
	Labour	G. Rees	789
	Labour	L. Hickman	788
	Liberal	R. Bates	624
	Liberal	H. Owens	554
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Five (three seats)

Ward Five 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwilym Glanmor Jones*	1,506
	Independent	H. Howells	1,220
	Labour	H. Hughes*	1,114
	Labour	F. Owens*	1,098
	Independent	D. Morgan	638
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Six (three seats)

Ward Six 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R.J. James*	1,286
	Independent	D. George	1,128
	Independent	G. Thomas*	1,005
	Labour	A. Phillips	859
	Plaid Cymru	M. Clement	424
	Labour	S. Howell	393
	Plaid Cymru	R. Williams	353
	Plaid Cymru	E. Morgan	322
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Seven (three seats)

Ward Seven 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Davies*	1,577
	Labour	R.H.V. Lewis*	1,408
	Plaid Cymru	E. Bowen	1,349
	Labour	G.J. Jones*	1,336
	Plaid Cymru	F. Davies	1,266
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Eight (three seats)

Ward Eight 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Bowen*	1,409
	Labour	L.R. McDonagh*	1,392
	Labour	Henry John Evans*	1,280
	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	W.R. Thomas	1,295
	Labour	W. Jenkins	1,168
	Labour	E. Thomas*	1,075
	Liberal	I. Buckley	568
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Ten (three seats)

Ward Ten 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Thomas*	1,962
	Labour	D. Lewis*	1,734
	Labour	D. Thomas*	1,683
	Plaid Cymru	H. Davies	875
	Liberal	O. Jones	852
	Plaid Cymru	B. Lane	761
	Liberal	L. Edington	627
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Eleven (three seats)

Ward Eleven 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Davies*	2,230
	Ratepayers	T. Morris	2,193
	Labour	E.T. Morgan	2,135
	Labour	C. McLoughlin*	1,644
	Labour hold		Swing
	Ratepayers hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References

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