1976 Llanelli Borough Council election

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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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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

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

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

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