The administrative county of Carmarthen and the first Carmarthenshire County Council was established in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888. The first elections were held in January 1889. The council was headquartered in Llandovery until it moved to Carmarthen in 1907. Construction of a new County Hall started in 1939 but, due to the World War, was not completed until 1955.

Elections

1889 Carmarthenshire County Council election The first election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held in January 1889. It was followed by the 1892 election. Overview of the result 1889 was one of those landmark years in the history of Welsh Liberalism, a coming of age symbo ...

1892 Carmarthenshire County Council election The second election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held in March 1892. It was preceded by the 1889 Carmarthenshire County Council election, 1889 election and followed by the 1895 Carmarthenshire County Council election, 1895 electi ...

1895 Carmarthenshire County Council election The third election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held in March 1895. It was preceded by the 1892 election and followed by the 1898 election. Overview of the result The Liberals retained a strong majority. Candidates 37 memb ...

1898 Carmarthenshire County Council election The fourth election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held in March 1898. It was preceded by the 1895 election and followed by the 1901 election. Overview of the result The Liberal Party once again retained a strong majority. Can ...

1901 Carmarthenshire County Council election The fifth election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held in March 1901. It was preceded by the 1898 election and followed by the 1904 election. Overview of the result The Liberals retained a strong majority. With a few exceptions, me ...

1904 Carmarthenshire County Council election The sixth election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held in March 1904. It was preceded by the 1901 election and followed by the 1907 election. Overview of the result The Liberals retained a strong majority with a majority of me ...

1907 Carmarthenshire County Council election The seventh election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held in March 1907. It was preceded by the 1904 election and followed by the 1910 election. Overview of the result The Conservatives made a conscious attempt to contest far mo ...

1910 Carmarthenshire County Council election The eighth election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held in March 1910. It was preceded by the 1907 election and followed by the 1913 election. Overview of the result The Liberals retained a strong majority although the elections we ...

1913 Carmarthenshire County Council election The ninth election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held in March 1913. It was preceded by the 1910 election and followed, due to the First World War and the postponement of the 1916 elections, by the 1919 election. Overview of ...

1946 Carmarthenshire County Council election An election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held in March 1946. The 1940 and 1943 elections were postponed due to the Second World War, therefore the election was preceded by the 1937 election and followed, by the 1949 election. Ov ...

Dissolution

The county council was abolished under the

Local Government Act 1972 The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974. It was one of the most significant Acts of Parliament to be passed by the Heath Gov ...

on 1 April 1974, with the creation of Dyfed. A new unitary authority of Carmarthenshire was later established, as a result of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, which came into force on 1 April 1996.

References

County councils of Wales Local government in Carmarthenshire 1889 establishments in Wales 1974 disestablishments in Wales {{Wales-stub