An election to the Neath Rural District Council in West Glamorgan, Wales was held in April 1937. It was preceded by the 1934 election and was followed, as the 1940 and 1943 elections were postponed due to the Second World War, by the 1946 election.[1]
Overview of the results edit
Having won control of the authority for the first time in 1934, Labour consolidated their position by winning a number of additional seats across the area with the Independent group, which previously controlled the authority, reduced to only six members.[1]
Candidates edit
Most seats were contested although a number of Labour candidates were returned unopposed including former chairmen William Jones (Tonmawr) and John James (Onllwyn) even though they had fallen out with their own party a few months earlier.[2]
A feature of the election was the decision of a number of long-serving Independent members not to seek re-election. These included Ogley David, father of the Council and a member for many years, who had also recently stood down from the Glamorgan County Council. His brother, Isaac David, also stood down.[2]
Outcome edit
Labour captured a number of seats from the Independents, including two vacated by Independents at Blaenrhonddan, another two at Skewen (where the former Glamorgan county councillor W.P. Jenkins headed the poll), and a further seat at Crynant. Labour also regained the seat of Resolven lost at a by-election a few years previously.[1]
Ward Results edit
Baglan Higher (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Blaengwrach (one seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Albert Vowles* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Blaenrhonddan (three seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J.T. Evans* | 1.055 | |||
Labour | William R. Griffiths | 701 | |||
Labour | Albert John | 616 | |||
Independent | Daniel Jones | 602 | |||
Independent | David Peregrine Richards | 402 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Clyne (one seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles R. Kimber* | 225 | |||
Independent | Thomas A. Davies | 188 | |||
Majority | 37 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Coedffranc (five seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W.P. Jenkins | 1,764 | |||
Independent Labour | Mary Elizabeth Davies* | 1,617 | |||
Independent | Amy Jones* | 1,519 | |||
Labour | David Jenkins* | 1,382 | |||
Labour | William Davies | 1,377 | |||
Labour | C.W. Rushby | 1,275 | |||
Labour | Thomas Lovering | 1,083 | |||
Independent | Mary Jane Reid | 1,013 | |||
Independent | W.T.A. Macamara | 1,009 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Independent Labour gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Dyffryn Clydach (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Communist | Alun C. Thomas | 436 | |||
Independent | David Williams | 387 | |||
Independent | Joseph Thomas* | 274 | |||
Labour | Percy Cantle | 265 | |||
Independent | David Johns | 122 | |||
Communist gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Dulais Higher, Crynant Ward (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John James | 334 | |||
Independent | Daniel Davies | 255 | |||
Majority | 79 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Dulais Higher, Onllwyn Ward (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John James* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Dulais Higher, Seven Sisters Ward (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Jones* | 747 | |||
Independent | W.P. Harries* | 554 | |||
Labour | George Adams | 450 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Dulais Lower (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J.S. George* | 396 | |||
Independent | Llewellyn Davies | 183 | |||
Majority | 213 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Michaelstone Higher (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick Boyle | 272 | |||
Independent | William H. Crouch | 165 | |||
Majority | 107 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Neath Higher (three seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Arthur* | 947 | |||
Labour | Cliff Protheroe* | 931 | |||
Labour | Morgan Morgan* | 861 | |||
Labour | Stephen Jeffreys | 573 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Neath Lower (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Samuel Burnard* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Resolven, Cwmgwrach Ward (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward John Ateyo | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Resolven, Resolven Ward (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Geary | 718 | |||
Independent | David John Evans* | 517 | |||
Independent | Mary Jenkins* | 378 | |||
Independent | Benjamin Jones | 344 | |||
Independent | John William Davies | 109 | |||
Labour gain from | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Resolven, Rhigos Ward (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rees Morgan Smith* | 396 | |||
Labour | Richard George Norman | 323 | |||
Labour | Henry Walters | 317 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Resolven, Tonna Ward (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gethin Thomas | 362 | |||
Independent | Haydn Evans | 358 | |||
Majority | 4 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
References edit
- ^ a b c "Socialist Party Triumphs in Rural Council Elections. Sweeping Victories All Over Area". Neath Guardian. 9 April 1937. p. 1. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Neath Rural Council Election Prospects. Many Old Faces To Disappear". Neath Guardian. 25 March 1937. p. 1. Retrieved 8 December 2022.