1931 Carmarthenshire County Council election

An election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held in March 1931. It was preceded by the 1928 election and followed by the 1934 election.

Overview of the result
The Independent group remained the majority grouping on the Council. In the Llanelli area the potential for Labour to win further ground was complicated by the appearance of Communist Party candidates.

Boundary changes
There was one boundary change, namely the division of the existing Llandybie ward into two divisions, each of which was won by Labour.

Summary of results
Only a minority of the 53 divisions were contested. 53 councillors were elected.

Llandebie North
Boundary Change

Llandebie South
Boundary Change

Llanelly Rural, Hengoed
Joe Howells stood as an Independent against the official Labour candidate and won by a very narrow margin.

Election of aldermen
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. Eight were retiring aldermen (some of whom had not fought an election for many years) while Joseph Roberts had been re-elected in Llanelly Division 3.


 * T.R. Jones, Cross Hall
 * James Phillips, St Clears
 * Philip Phillips, Pencraig
 * W.R. Rogers, Closyfran
 * Rev William Thomas, Llanboidy
 * David Davies, Rhyblid
 * John Thomas, Llanelli
 * Joseph Roberts, Llanelli
 * W.N.Jones, Ammanford

In addition, W.D. Davies, recently re-elected unopposed for the Llanegwad division, was elevated to the aldermanic bench following the death of L.N. Powell.

1931 Llanegwad by-election
Following the elevation of W.D. Davies to the aldermanic bench, B. Davies of Glancothi was elected unopposed in his place.

1931 Llanelly Division 3 by-election
A by-election was held due to the elevation of Joseph Roberts to the aldermanic bench. Strong objections were raised in the local press to the prospect of several Independent candidates contesting the vacancy, and these fears were realised when Labour candidate Percy Evans headed the poll with around a third of the votes cast. Gomer Thomas, chosen as an official candidate by the Ratepayers' Association, polled only 89 votes.