The Aberdare Urban District Council was established in 1894 and covered the parish of Aberdare. Its responsibilities included public health, sanitation, roads and public works generally.
There were five wards, namely Aberaman (also known as No. 5 Ward), Blaengwawr (also known as No. 4 Ward), Gadlys (also known as No. 2 Ward), Llwydcoed (also known as No. 1 Ward), and the Town Ward (also known as No. 3 Ward). Originally, one member was elected from each ward on an annual basis, but from 1904 an additional member was granted to each ward, resulting in the election of ten members, out of a total of twenty, every three years. At the intervening election, one member continued to be elected.
An election was held in March 1907.[1] It was preceded by the 1906 election and followed by the 1908 election. The term of office of members elected at the 1904 election came to an end and those elected were to serve until 1910.
(*) denotes sitting member
Results edit
Aberaman Ward (two seats) edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmund Mills Hann* | unopposed | ||||
| Labour | Illtyd Hopkins | unopposed | |||
Blaengwawr Ward (two seats) edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Davies* | 793 | |||
| Labour | E. Stonelake* | 578 | |||
| T. Jones | 477 | ||||
| M. Parr | 407 | ||||
Gadlys Ward edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Lewis | 793 | ||||
| D. Tyssul Davies | 697 | ||||
| John Morgan Jones (Congregationalist minister) | 599 | ||||
Llwydcoed Ward (two seats) edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rees Llewellyn* | 1,034 | ||||
| T. Walter Williams* | 795 | ||||
| D. Jenkins | 456 | ||||
Town Ward (two seats) edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Morgan* | 1,104 | ||||
| David Price Davies* | 747 | ||||
| Labour | Williams | 459 | |||
References edit
- ^ "District Council Election". Aberdare Leader. 23 March 1907. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
Bibliography edit
- Jones, Ieuan Gwynedd (1981). Explorations & Explanations. Essays in the Social History of Victorian Wales. Llandysul: Gomer. ISBN 0 85088 644 9.
- Jones, Ieuan Gwynedd (1987). Communities. Essays in the Social History of Victorian Wales. Llandysul: Gomer. ISBN 0 86383 223 7.
- Morgan, Kenneth O (1991). Wales in British Politics 1868-1922. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0708311245.
- Parry, Jon (1989). "Labour Leaders and Local Politics 1888-1902: The Example of Aberdare". Welsh History Review. 14 (3): 399–416. Retrieved 24 October 2013.