The sixteenth election to Cardiganshire County Council took place in March 1937. It was preceded by the 1934 election and, after those scheduled for 1940 and 1943 were postponed due to the Second World War, by the 1946 election.
Candidates edit
36 of the 50 councillors were returned unopposed and this resulted in fourteen contests, one fewer than three years previously[1] Political affiliations did not feature in the election.
Retiring aldermen edit
Eight aldermen retired, of whom four sought election.
Contested elections edit
Following the fourteen contests, three retiring members (including one who withdrew too late to be removed from the ballot paper) were defeated while two retiring aldermen were defeated by incumbent councillors.[2]
Outcome edit
Very little change took place as a result of an election in which only one sitting member lost his seat.
Results edit
Aberaeron edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mary Nesta Poulgrain* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Aberbanc edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ieuan John Luke | 501 | |||
Independent | Benjamin John Davies* | 423 | |||
Majority | 78 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Aberporth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rev Evan Melinfab Lewis | 453 | |||
Independent | Thomas Rhys Williams | 179 | |||
Majority | 274 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Aberystwyth Division 1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Edwards* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Aberystwyth Division 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Capt. B. Taylor Lloyd | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Aberystwyth Division 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Barclay Jenkins* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Aberystwyth Division 4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T.C. Jenkins* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Aberystwyth Division 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mrs M.E. Roberts* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Aberystwyth Division 6 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Llewellyn Samuel* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Aeron edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Evan Thomas Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Borth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Bow Street edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Edward James* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Cardigan North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Hubert Maxwell Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Cardigan South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Evans* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Cilcennin edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Evan Evans | 262 | |||
Independent | Henry Lewis* | 205 | |||
Majority | 57 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Cwmrheidol edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Llew J. Lewis | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Devil's Bridge edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J.G. Morris Davies** | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Felinfach edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mrs Gladys Mary Douglas* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Goginan edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Williams* | 204 | |||
Independent | William Thomas* | 192 | |||
Majority | 12 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Lampeter Borough edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Lewis* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanarth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rev J.M. Lloyd Thomas* | 368 | |||
Independent | David Christmas Evans | 214 | |||
Majority | 154 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanbadarn Fawr edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Emile Thomas Evans* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanddewi Brefi edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rev John Ellis Williams* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandygwydd edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David James* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandysul North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Josiah Richard Jones* | 323 | |||
Independent | Griffith Davies | 250 | |||
Majority | 73 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandysul South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Lewis* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llansysiliogogo edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rees Williams* | 285 | |||
Independent | James Elias Jones+ | 220 | |||
Majority | 65 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanfair Clydogau edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Joseph Gwyn Evans* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanfarian edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Richard Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanfihangel y Creuddyn edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Daniel Evans* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llangoedmor edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Evan Davies* | 314 | |||
Independent | T.D. Roberts | 174 | |||
Majority | 140 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llangeitho edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Daniel Lodwick Herbert* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llangrannog edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Williams* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanilar edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R.J.R. Loxdale+ | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanrhystyd edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rowland Hugh Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanllwchaiarn edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Evan Parry Jenkins* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llansantffraed edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Capt. David Morgan* | 304 | |||
Independent | Isaac Frederick Jones | 190 | |||
Majority | 114 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanwnen edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Evans* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanwenog edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Meredith Ll. Gwarnant Williams* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Lledrod edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Richard David Herbert** | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Nantcwnlle edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Edwardes Rogers Lewis | 160 | |||
Independent | John Lloyd Edwardes | 134 | |||
Majority | 26 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
New Quay edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Oswald Davies | 318 | |||
Independent | Jack Evans | 287 | |||
Majority | 31 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Penbryn edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Lloyd Thomas | 259 | |||
Independent | John William Lewis+ | 235 | |||
Majority | 24 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Strata Florida edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Morgan Jones* | 239 | |||
Independent | William James Jones | 159 | |||
Majority | 80 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Taliesin edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Basil Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Talybont edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rev Fred Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Trefeurig edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Richard R. Davies | 113 | |||
Independent | John Thomas | 110 | |||
Independent | William James* | 5 | |||
Majority | 3 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Tregaron edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Roderick Lloyd* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Troedyraur edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Evans* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Ysbyty Ystwyth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Joshua Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Election of Aldermen edit
In addition to the 50 councillors the council consisted of 16 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term. Following the 1937 election, there were eight aldermanic vacancies which were filled at the annual meeting.[3] There was some controversy due to the fact that the principle did seniority was not observed in the selection of aldermen. The following retiring aldermen were re-elected:
- Sir D.C. Roberts, Aberystwyth
- R.J.R. Loxdale, Llanilar
- J.G. Morris Davies, Devil's Bridge
- E.J. Davies, New Quay
- W.E. Matthews, Cardigan
In addition, the following four new aldermen were elected:
- David Evans, Troeduraur
- Meredydd Ll.G. Williams, Llanwenog
- Rev John Ellis Williams, Llanddewi Brefi
The following retiring aldermen had been re-elected as members of the council but were not re-elected as aldermen:
- R.D. Herbert, Lledrod
The five re-elected aldermen had served at least two previous terms while Meredith Gwarnant Williams had been an alderman from 1922 until 1928.
By-elections edit
Five by-elections were held following the election of aldermen.[4] Morgan Davies was returned unopposed at Llanddewi Brefi as was the incumbent councillor at Llanilar, James Isaac, who had stood down in favour of Alderman Loxdale. New members were elected for the three other divisions, including Devil's Bridge where the veteran member T. Mason Jones, who had returned to the council in 1934 after fifteen years absence did not stand due to ill health.
Devil's Bridge by-election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rev T. Noah Jones | 180 | |||
Independent | Morgan Morgan | 129 | |||
Majority | 51 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanddewi Brefi by-election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Morgan Davies | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanilar by-election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Isaac* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanwenog by-election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Lloyd James | 391 | |||
Independent | J. Elias Jones | 213 | |||
Majority | 178 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Troedyraur by-election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Jenkins Davies | 484 | |||
Independent | Owen Evans | 331 | |||
Majority | 153 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
References edit
- ^ "Cardiganshire County Council. The Triennial Elections. Contests in 14 Divisions". Welsh Gazette. 25 February 1937. p. 5. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Cardiganshire County Council. Election Results". Welsh Gazette. 11 March 1937. p. 5. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ "Cardiganshire County Council. New Chairman's Advice". Welsh Gazette. 18 March 1934. p. 5. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ^ "Cardiganshire County Council. Results of By-Elections". Welsh Gazette. 22 April 1934. p. 4. Retrieved 25 May 2022.