An election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held in April 1964.[1] It was preceded by the 1961 election and followed by the 1967 election.
As in previous years there was a close run election. Labour had increased their majority by taking up 15 of the 19 aldermanic seats following the previous two elections.
There were no boundary changes at this election.
A number of retiring Labour councillors stood down to allow retiring aldermen to be returned unopposed.[2]
A large number of members were again returned unopposed.
Of the contests that took place, the most heated was in Llanarthney, where Labour Alderman Edgar Lewis, a member of the authority since 1931 (and who had not faced a contested election since the 1930s) was opposed by Ratepayer Austin Griffiths, a retired colonial officer who had captured the seat at a by-election.
In St Ishmaels, Labour councillor C.J. Burgess, who had won the seat by a narrow margin at the previous election, had left the Labour group shortly before the election, but narrowly held the seat against another labour candidate.[3]
This section summarises the detailed results which are noted in the following sections. This table summarises the result of the elections in all wards. 59 councillors were elected.
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Labour had won the seat in a by-election the previous October.
Burgess had been elected as a Labour candidate in 1961
In addition to the 59 councillors the council consisted of 19 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term. Following the elections, the majority of the aldermanic seats were taken by Labour.