Carmarthenshire County Council election, 1895

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.

The Liberals retained a strong majority.

There were no boundary changes at this election.

Nine aldermen retired at the election.

There were a large number of contested elections and the majorities were small in most instances.

This section summarises the detailed results which are noted in the following sections. This was the inaugural county election and therefore no comparison can be made with the previous elections. In some cases there is an ambiguity in the sources over the party affiliations and this is explained below where relevant.

This table summarises the result of the elections in all wards. 48 councillors were elected.

Wilson had been elected as an Independent in 1892, defeating Gwilym Evans

Buckley, the prospective Unionist candidate for West Carmarthenshire, had been returned as an Independent Liberal in 1892.

Marsh was returned as a Liberal in 1892

An unsuccessful attempt was made to select aldermen from among sitting members only.

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