Llanelli Borough Council election, 1983

An election to Llanelli Borough Council was held in May 1983.^[1] It was preceded by the 1979 election and followed by the 1987 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 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Michael Willis Gimblett*	1,552
	Chamber of Trade	W.H. Griffiths	1,246
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Elinor Gem Lloyd*	1,128
	Conservative	C.S. Snee	694
	Labour	B.E. Jones	596
	Labour	A.C. Hemment	556
	Labour	A.U. Lewis	530
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	S.N. Hockeridge	526
	SDP–Liberal Alliance hold		Swing
	Independent gain from SDP–Liberal Alliance		Swing
	SDP–Liberal Alliance hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Two (three seats)

Ward Two 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R.T. Peregrine*	1,006
	Labour	W.M. Jones*	975
	Labour	D.H.R. Jones*	877
	Chamber of Trade	F. St J. Roberts	628
	Chamber of Trade	L.A. Jones	561
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	R.C. Rosser	434
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	M. Soady	334
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	M.N. Burree	328
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Three (three seats)

Ward Three 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T.G. Thomas*	1,352
	Labour	D.H. Williams*	1,228
	Labour	Keri Peter Thomas	1,108
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	I.C. Rosser	598
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Four (three seats)

Ward Four 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Tudor James*	unopposed
	Labour	R. Palmer*	unopposed
	Labour	G. Rees*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Five (three seats)

Ward Five 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G.G. Jones*	1,942
	Labour	F. Owens*	1,378
	Labour	H.W. Jenkins*	1,337
	Independent	D.D. Richards	1,243
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	V. Bevan	397
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Six (three seats)

Ward Six 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R.J. James*	1,280
	Labour	Vincent John Rees	1,156
	Labour	A.H.P. Phillips	860
	Independent	G.W. West	820
	Independent	G. Thomas*	771
	Independent	R.L. Hall	547
	Tenants/Ratepayers	D.H. Morris	434
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Seven (three seats)

Ward Seven 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R.H.V. Lewis*	1,572
	Labour	G.J. Jones*	1,521
	Labour	S.R. Coslett*	1,500
	Plaid Cymru	T.E. Sennell	1,055
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Eight (three seats)

Ward Eight 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry John Evans*	1,319
	Labour	L.R. McDonagh*	1,319
	Labour	A. Bowen*	1,292
	Communist	R.E. Hitchon	418
	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
	SDP–Liberal 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	G.M. Davies	1,604
	Independent	P.B. Davies	1,504
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. Western Mail. 6 May 1983. Missing or empty |title= (help)