The fifteenth election to Glamorgan County Council, south Wales, took place in March 1934. It was preceded by the 1931 election and followed by the 1937 election.
Overview of the Result edit
By the 1930s, Labour had secured a comfortable majority on the council, and dominated the aldermanic bench. The 1934 election saw little change.
Boundary Changes edit
There were no boundary changes at this election.
Candidates edit
Many candidates were returned unopposed.[1]
Contested Elections edit
Most of the retiring aldermen were returned. However, two conflicts arose when retiring councillors sought the nomination at the expense of retiring aldermen, at Hopkinstown and Newcastle.
Outcome edit
Labour retained their majority, losing only one seat, at Pencoed.[2] Their victory in the rural Cowbridge ward reflected their domination of county politics.
Results edit
Aberaman edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sydney Herbert Stephens* | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Aberavon edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Lewis Hare* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Abercynon edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R.A. Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Aberdare Town edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Bargoed edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William John Kedward* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Barry edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | L.P. Griffiths* | 2,158 | |||
Labour | W. East | 2,103 | |||
Majority | 55 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Barry Dock edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dorothy Rees | 2,194 | |||
Independent | E. Irfon Griffiths* | 1,690 | |||
Majority | 504 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Blaengwawr edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W.J. Edwards* | 1,091 | |||
Communist | Trevor Williams | 624 | |||
Independent | Henry Vause | 358 | |||
Majority | 467 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Bridgend edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dapho Llewellyn Powell* | 1,988 | |||
Ind. Conservative | R.H. Thomas | 1,204 | |||
Majority | 784 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Briton Ferry edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Gethin* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cadoxton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dudley Thomas Howe | 1,631 | |||
Labour | Frederick Cook | 1,160 | |||
Majority | 471 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Caerphilly edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Evan Phillips* | 2,618 | |||
Independent | Arthur Hopkins | 1,445 | |||
Majority | 1,173 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cilfynydd edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Pearson* | 2,779 | |||
Communist | T.L. Jenkins | 504 | |||
Majority | 2,275 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Coedffranc edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ogley L. David* | 2,609 | |||
Labour | D.T. Jenkins | 2,440 | |||
Majority | 169 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Cowbridge edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P.J. Smith | 1,847 | |||
Independent | George Lougher* | 1,643 | |||
Majority | 204 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Cwm Aber edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hubert Jenkins** | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cwmavon edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Jones Edwards* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cymmer edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Thomas* | 1,446 | |||
Independent | Brinley Ithel Rowlands | 868 | |||
Majority | 578 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Dinas Powys edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ivor Broadbent Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Dulais Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gwilym Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ferndale edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jabez Davies** | Unopposed | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Gadlys edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Phillips | 2,068 | |||
Labour | Tom Davies | 924 | |||
Majority | 1,144 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Glyncorrwg edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sir William Jenkins** | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Gower edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Henry Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hengoed edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Evans* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hopkinstown edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rhys Thomas Williams | 2,203 | |||
Labour | John Tristram** | 1,050 | |||
Majority | 1,053 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Kibbor edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Edgar L. Chappell | 1,769 | |||
Independent | John Kane | 1,400 | |||
Majority | 369 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandaff edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Conservative | Sir Lewis Lougher* | 862 | |||
Independent Liberal | Mary Annie Powell | 440 | |||
Majority | 422 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandeilo Talybont edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Jones* | 2,405 | |||
Independent | Josiah Jones | 1,661 | |||
Majority | 744 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Llanfabon edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles H. Davies* | 1,534 | |||
Independent | William Jones | 1,030 | |||
Independent Labour | Charles Fournier | 129 | |||
Majority | 504 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Llwydcoed edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Martha Emma Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llwynypia edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Haines Rowlands* | 2,152 | |||
Communist | John Jones | 708 | |||
Majority | 1,444 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Loughor edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David John Davies | 2,245 | |||
Independent | Moses Thomas* | 1,854 | |||
Majority | 1,073 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Maesteg, Caerau and Nantyffyllon edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E.D. Evans | 1,570 | |||
Communist | Idris Cox | 1,348 | |||
Independent | Brinley Richards | 1,043 | |||
Majority | 232 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Maesteg, East and West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Jenkins | 1,930 | |||
Independent | T. Evans | 1,716 | |||
Communist | R. Davies | 488 | |||
Majority | 214 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Mountain Ash edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Hon. John H. Bruce* | 2,152 | |||
Labour | Miss M. Nicholls | 1,757 | |||
Majority | 396 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Neath (North) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Griffith Davies | 1,538 | |||
Labour | Charles P. Huins | 1,474 | |||
Majority | 64 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Neath (South) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rev W. Degwel Thomas* | 2,117 | |||
Independent | Mrs M.L. Lloyd | 861 | |||
Majority | 1,256 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Newcastle edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rev H.R. Protheroe* | 2,093 | |||
Independent Labour | Edward Horace Mole** | 1,512 | |||
Majority | 581 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ogmore Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Communist | Frederick Arthur Llewellyn | 1,987 | |||
Labour | Rev J.E. Rees | 1,118 | |||
Labour | E.L. Howells | 1,116 | |||
Independent | S. Moore | 440 | |||
Majority | 869 | ||||
Communist gain from Labour | Swing |
Penarth North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Frank L. Nicholls | 1,215 | |||
Labour | H.J. Cook | 819 | |||
Majority | 306 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Penarth South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Samuel Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Pencoed edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Trevor David | 1,744 | |||
Labour | Mervyn W. Paine* | 1,670 | |||
Majority | 74 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Penrhiwceiber edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John William Bath* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pentre edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Jenkin Lewis* | 2,053 | |||
Independent | Thomas Alfred Thomas | 1,482 | |||
Majority | 571 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pontardawe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Griffith H. Davies | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pontyclun edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Johnson Miles* | 2,574 | |||
Independent | John Williams | 1,562 | |||
Majority | 1,012 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Port Talbot East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tal Mainwaring* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Port Talbot West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Llewelyn David* | 1,584 | |||
Labour | Maurice Leonardo Bonvonni | 1,225 | |||
Majority | 359 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Porthcawl edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W.A. Howell* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Pontlottyn edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Hammond** | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pontycymmer edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rev William Saunders** | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pontypridd Town edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Myra O'Brien | 1,687 | |||
Independent | Gwilym Seaton* | 1,243 | |||
Majority | 444 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Penygraig edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Job* | 2,312 | |||
Communist | Frederick James Howard | 656 | |||
Majority | 1,666 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Porth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Evans* | 1,940 | |||
Communist | Will Paynter | 541 | |||
Majority | 1,399 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Swansea Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D.T. Williams** | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Tonyrefail and Gilfach Goch edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Jones** | 2,515 | |||
Independent | Isaac Christmas Morgan | 1,448 | |||
Majority | 1,067 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Trealaw edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Atkins* | 1,414 | |||
Communist | Lewis Jones | 853 | |||
Plaid Cymru | James Kitchener Davies | 428 | |||
Majority | 561 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Treforest edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur James Chick* | 2,428 | |||
Independent | Zenos Thomas | 1,380 | |||
Communist | J.A. Cox | 472 | |||
Majority | 1,048 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Treherbert edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Edward Williams* | 2,856 | |||
Independent | Edwin Jenkins | 402 | |||
Majority | 2,454 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Treorchy edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rhys Evans** | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Tylorstown edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Mardy Evans* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Vale of Neath edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William A. Betty* | 2,871 | |||
Independent | David Arthur | 1,824 | |||
Majority | 1,047 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ynyshir edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Howell | 1,852 | |||
Independent | Daniel Jones* | 1,595 | |||
Communist | Gwen Ray Evans | 334 | |||
Majority | 257 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Ystalyfera edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John David Brazell** | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ystrad edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sidney Cadogan* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Election of Aldermen edit
In addition to the 66 councillors the council consisted of 22 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term. Following the 1934 election, there were twelve Aldermanic vacancies (one vacancy due to the recent death of a sitting alderman).[3]
The following retiring aldermen were re-elected:
- William Bowen (Lab, Llanfabon)
- David Daniel Davies (Lab, Pontardawe)
- Rose Davies (Lab, Aberaman)
- John Evans (Lab, Maesteg)
- Johnson Dicks (Lab, Abercynon)
- E.H. Fleming (Lab, Hopkinstown)
- William Jenkins (Lab, Glyncorrwg)
- Caradoc Jones (Lab, Llandeilo Talybont)
- David Lewis (Lab, Tylorstown)
- John Thomas (Lab, Port Talbot)
- Rev D.H. Williams (Ind, Barry)
By-elections edit
Eleven vacancies were caused by the election of aldermen.
Aberaman by-election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sydney Herbert Stephens* | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Abercynon by-election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | |||||
Independent | |||||
Majority | |||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Barry by-election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | L.P. Griffiths | 2,032 | |||
Labour | Rev R.H. Lomas | 1,624 | |||
Majority | 408 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Glyncorrwg by-election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | |||||
Independent | |||||
Majority | |||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Hopkinstown by-election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | |||||
Independent | |||||
Majority | |||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Llandeilo Talybont by-election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Llewellyn Davies | 1,501 | |||
Labour | J. Powell | 1,378 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Llanfabon by-election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles H. Davies | 1,212 | |||
Independent | William Jones | 1,169 | |||
Majority | 43 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Maesteg by-election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | |||||
Independent | |||||
Majority | |||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Pontardawe by-election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Williams | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Port Talbot by-election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | |||||
Independent | |||||
Majority | |||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Tylorstown by-election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Mardy Evans* | 1,977 | |||
Communist | George Edward Maslin | 584 | |||
Independent | David John | 284 | |||
Majority | 1,393 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
By-elections 1934-37 edit
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Neath South by-election 1935 edit
A by-election was held following the elevation of the Rev. Degwel Thomas to fill a vacancy on the aldermanic bench. Charles Percival Huins, a pioneer of the Labour movement in the Neath area and a former national president of the Shop Assistants Union[4] comfortably held the seat by an unexpectedly large majority.[5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles P. Huins | 2.024 | |||
Independent | Thomas Cole | 975 | |||
Majority | 1,049 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
References edit
- ^ "Nominations for Glamorgan. Many Retiring Members Not Opposed". Western Mail. 27 February 1934. p. 5. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Glamorgan and Gwent Election Results". Western Mail. 6 March 1934. p. 5. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "The Burden of Public Assistance. County Council Chairman's Plea". Western Mail. 16 March 1934. p. 7. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ "Labour Pioneer Passes. Death Of County Councillor C.P. Huins". Neath Guardian. 13 June 1947. p. 6. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ "South Ward By-Election. Socialists Win Seat". Neath Guardian. 6 December 1935. p. 8. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
Bibliography edit
- Williams, Chris (1996). Democratic Rhondda: Politics and society 1885-1951. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.