1983 Llanelli Borough Council election

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
	Candidate	Votes
Alliance	Michael Willis Gimblett*	1,552
Chamber of Trade	W.H. Griffiths	1,246
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
Alliance	S.N. Hockeridge	526
Alliance hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing
Alliance hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Two (three seats)

Ward Two 1983
	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
Alliance	R.C. Rosser	434
Alliance	M. Soady	334
Alliance	M.N. Burree	328
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Three (three seats)

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

Llanelli Borough Ward Four (three seats)

Ward Four 1983
	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
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Gwilym Glanmor Jones*	1,942
Labour	F. Owens*	1,378
Labour	H.W. Jenkins*	1,337
Independent	D.D. Richards	1,243
Alliance	V. Bevan	397
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Six (three seats)

Ward Six 1983
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	R.J. James*	1,280
Labour	Vincent John Rees	1,156
Labour	A.H.P. Phillips	860
Independent	George W. West	820
Independent	G. Thomas*	771
Independent	Raymond 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
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	R.H.V. Lewis*	1,572
Labour	G.J. Jones*	1,521
Labour	Sefton Ronald 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
	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
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	A.F. Brown*	1,002
Labour	W.R. Thomas*	997
Labour	D.T. Davies	945
Independent Labour	J.E. Evans	573
Alliance	Kenneth Denver Rees	395
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Ten (three seats)

The election delayed due to death of candidate and was held some weeks later.

Ward Ten 1983
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	W.R. Jones	853
Labour	G.H. Jones	842
Labour	M. Evans	794
Independent	L. Jones	592
Independent	F. Roberts	566
Independent	K. Evans	549
Independent Labour	Dynfor Vaughan Owens	536
Independent	D. Thomas	523
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Llanelli Borough Ward Eleven (three seats)

Ward Eleven 1983
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	E.T. Morgan*	2,015
Labour	Alban William Rees*	2,006
Labour	George Malcolm Davies	1,604
Independent	Philip Brinley Davies	1,504
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing