The first election to Mid Glamorgan County Council was held in April 1973.[1] It was followed by the 1977 election.
The new authority came into effect from 1 April 1974 following the division of the former Glamorgan County Council into three new authorities.
Candidates edit
The Labour Party fielded candidates in every ward. A significant proportion of seats were contested by the Conservative Party and Plaid Cymru with fewer candidates fielded by the Liberal Party.
Numerous members of the former Glamorgan County Council stood for election, notably for Labour. These included Alfred Bowen (Bridgend) and Bertie Rowland (Caerphilly).
Fred Riddiford, former Labour councillor for Aberaman on the former Glamorgan authority, contested the seat for Plaid Cymru.
Ward Results edit
Aberdare No.1: Llwydcoed (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | D. Davies | 2,984 | |||
Labour | J. Powell | 2,132 | |||
Labour | Mervyn Prowle | 1,936 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Riddiford | 1,250 | |||
Communist | Alastair Wilson | 1,222 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Aberdare No.2: Blaengwawr (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Glyn Owen | 2,405 | 63.0 | ||
Labour | W. Parfitt | 1,410 | 37.0 | ||
Majority | 26.1 | ||||
Turnout | 65.5 | ||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |
Aberdare No.3: Gadlys (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | D. Roberts | 1,402 | 59.5 | ||
Labour | A. Jones | 955 | 40.5 | ||
Majority | 19.0 | ||||
Turnout | 59.4 | ||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |
Aberdare No.4: Town (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | P. Williams | 1,083 | 55.1 | ||
Labour | W. Richards | 884 | 44.9 | ||
Majority | 10.1 | ||||
Turnout | 56.6 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Aberdare No.5: Aberaman (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Reed | 2,050 | 62.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Fred Riddiford | 1,259 | 38.0 | ||
Majority | 23.9 | ||||
Turnout | 54.3 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Abertridwr and Senghennydd edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratepayers | J. Davies | 1,823 | 69.2 | ||
Labour | T. Mantle | 813 | 30.8 | ||
Majority | 38.3 | ||||
Turnout | 50.7 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Bedwas and Machen (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ray Davies | 2.994 | |||
Labour | C. Hobbs | 2.701 | |||
Ratepayers | A. Underwood | 1,682 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Bedwellty No.1 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Forbes | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Bedwellty No.2 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | S. Powell | 1,648 | 67.2 | ||
Independent | M. Lancaster | 803 | 32.8 | ||
Majority | 34.5 | ||||
Turnout | 57.6 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Bridgend (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Bowen | 2,447 | |||
Conservative | A. Parker | 2,447 | |||
Labour | D. Evans | 1,711 | |||
Conservative | A. Walters | 1,643 | |||
Independent | E. King | 1,319 | |||
Independent | W. Davies | 1,091 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Caerphilly No.1 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. Phillips | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Caerphilly No.2 Llanbradach (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | S. Morgan | 1,945 | 74.8 | ||
Labour | S. Hawthorn | 657 | 25.2 | ||
Majority | 49.5 | ||||
Turnout | 58.9 | ||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |
Caerphilly No.4 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bertie Rowland | 1,733 | 61.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Colin Palfrey | 1,069 | 38.2 | ||
Majority | 23.7 | ||||
Turnout | 41.5 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Caerphilly No.5 North (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Jewell | 914 | 51.8 | ||
Independent | L. Waddon | 852 | 48.2 | ||
Majority | 3.5 | ||||
Turnout | 41.6 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Caerphilly No.6 South (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | H. Richards | 1,182 | 53.5 | ||
Labour | G. Snell | 1,027 | 46.5 | ||
Majority | 7.0 | ||||
Turnout | 50.0 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Caerphilly No.7 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | R. Davies | 921 | 32.7 | ||
Conservative | H. Paulley | 780 | 27.7 | ||
Labour | G. Lewis | 618 | 22.0 | ||
Independent Labour | E. Dobbs | 496 | 17.6 | ||
Majority | 5.0 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |
Cardiff Rural (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. Richards | 780 | 54.4 | ||
Plaid Cymru | P. Enticott | 654 | 45.6 | ||
Majority | 8.8 | ||||
Turnout | 40.0 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Cowbridge Rural (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. David | 1,491 | 52.7 | ||
Labour | T. Williams | 1,340 | 47.3 | ||
Majority | 5.3 | ||||
Turnout | 52.1 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Dowlais (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Williams | 1,222 | 50.3 | ||
Ratepayers | W. Healey | 1,209 | 49.7 | ||
Majority | 13 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 51.6 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Gelligaer No.1 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | B. Williams | 2,095 | 68.4 | ||
Plaid Cymru | G. Thomas | 970 | 31.6 | ||
Majority | 36.7 | ||||
Turnout | 55.8 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Gelligaer No.2 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Labour | J. Davies | 1,036 | 58.6 | ||
Labour | J. Hawke | 732 | 41.4 | ||
Majority | 17.2 | ||||
Turnout | 60.9 | ||||
Independent Labour win (new seat) |
Gelligaer No.3 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Kedward | 1,510 | 51.4 | ||
Plaid Cymru | M. Jones | 1,426 | 48.6 | ||
Majority | 2.9 | ||||
Turnout | 43.4 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Gelligaer No.4 (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Rogers | 2,314 | |||
Labour | W. Bowen | 2,160 | |||
Plaid Cymru | M. Smiga | 1,202 | |||
Plaid Cymru | G. Phillips | 1,147 | |||
Turnout | 35.4 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Llantrisant and Llantwitfardre No.1 (four seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | K. Eason | 3,231 | |||
Labour | L. Lodwig | 2,925 | |||
Labour | E. Tyrrell | 2,716 | |||
Ratepayers | T. John | 2,692 | |||
Labour | D. Powell | 2,669 | |||
Ratepayers | W. Taylor | 2,351 | |||
Ratepayers | J. Bolt | 2,100 | |||
Ratepayers | D. Pearse | 1,944 | |||
Plaid Cymru | T. Morgan | 1,697 | |||
Residents | A. Williams | 1,584 | |||
Residents | J. Johnson | 1,337 | |||
Residents | A. Pictor | 1,111 | |||
Turnout | 47.7 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Llantrisant and Llantwitfardre No.2 (four seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. McDonald | Unopposed | |||
Labour | J. Thomas | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Maesteg No.1 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | V. Hart | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Maesteg No.2 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jennie Gibbs | 1,659 | 65.9 | ||
Labour | W. Evans | 857 | 34.1 | ||
Majority | 31.9 | ||||
Turnout | 59.6 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Maesteg No.3 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Venner | 1,718 | 74.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru | K. Davies | 605 | 26.0 | ||
Majority | 47.9 | ||||
Turnout | 45.9 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Merthyr, Cyfarthfa (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Jones | 1,374 | 60.4 | ||
Plaid Cymru | M. Llewellyn | 901 | 39.6 | ||
Majority | 20.8 | ||||
Turnout | 45.5 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Merthyr No.6 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. Stanfield | 1,614 | 51.6 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Emrys Roberts | 1,515 | 48.4 | ||
Majority | 3.2 | ||||
Turnout | 74.4 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Merthyr No.7 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. O'Brien | 1,468 | 65.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | A. Williams | 764 | 34.2 | ||
Majority | 31.5 | ||||
Turnout | 69.2 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Merthyr Park (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | G. Foster | 1,977 | |||
Labour | J. Burns | 1,682 | |||
Labour | D. Williams | 1,619 | |||
Communist | A. Jones | 1,442 | |||
Communist | C. Dennett | 404 | |||
Turnout | 56.9 | ||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Merthyr Town (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | B. Watkins | 1,510 | 60.3 | ||
Plaid Cymru | P. Williams | 811 | 32.4 | ||
Communist | T. Roberts | 184 | 7.4 | ||
Majority | 27.9 | ||||
Turnout | 51.4 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Mountain Ash No.1 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Davies | 1,557 | 53.6 | ||
Communist | A. Williams | 1,348 | 46.4 | ||
Majority | 7.2 | ||||
Turnout | 47.3 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Mountain Ash No.2 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. Bath | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Mountain Ash No.3 (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Communist | M. Lewis | 2,426 | |||
Plaid Cymru | R. Humphreys | 2,332 | |||
Labour | E. Pritchard | 1,544 | |||
Labour | T. Bowden | 1,210 | |||
Turnout | 74.3 | ||||
Communist win (new seat) | |||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |
Ogmore and Garw No.1 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Sant | 1,291 | 50.5 | ||
Ratepayers | D. Fox | 1,264 | 49.5 | ||
Majority | 27 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 76.1 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Ogmore and Garw No.2 (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | E. Merriman | 4,122 | |||
Labour | T. Price | 3,312 | |||
Labour | M. Jenkins | 2,748 | |||
Turnout | 71.9 | ||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Penybont No.1 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. Hayball | 1,561 | 70.6 | ||
Conservative | K. Morrell | 651 | 29.4 | ||
Majority | 41.1 | ||||
Turnout | 40.5 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Penybont No.2 (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W. Board | 958 | |||
Labour | A. Evans | 609 | |||
Labour | F. Speed | 448 | |||
Turnout | 46.9 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Penybont No.3 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Cattie | 981 | 41.9 | ||
Independent | T. Williams | 681 | 29.2 | ||
Independent | R. Hanson | 673 | 28.9 | ||
Majority | 12.7 | ||||
Turnout | 37.6 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Penybont No.4 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | I. Rawle | 1,306 | 55.5 | ||
Conservative | B. Smart | 1,049 | 45.5 | ||
Majority | 10.9 | ||||
Turnout | 36.7 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Penybont No.5 (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Jones | 4,647 | |||
Labour | E. Davies | 4,617 | |||
Conservative | H. Eastment | 1,190 | |||
Turnout | 54.4 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Penybont No.6 (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Squire | 2,724 | |||
Independent | W. Barnett | 2,102 | |||
Labour | W. Bowcher | 2,024 | |||
Independent | G. Walters | 1,528 | |||
Turnout | 63.7 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Penydarren (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Mahoney | 1,540 | 56.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru | B. Walters | 777 | 28.3 | ||
Ratepayers | G. Kiley | 431 | 15.7 | ||
Majority | 27.8 | ||||
Turnout | 58.4 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Pontypridd No.1 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Williams | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Pontypridd No.2 Town (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Came | 895 | 58.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru | A. Withey | 631 | 41.3 | ||
Majority | 17.3 | ||||
Turnout | 34.7 | ||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |
Pontypridd No.3 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. Peck | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Pontypridd No.4 Trallwn (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Meriel Murphy | 1,145 | 61.8 | ||
Labour | R. Evans | 708 | 38.2 | ||
Majority | 23.6 | ||||
Turnout | 58.7 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Pontypridd No.5 Rhydyfelin (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Davies | 1,262 | |||
Labour | W. Griffiths | 870 | |||
Independent Labour | E. Smith | 736 | |||
Turnout | 41.5 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Pontypridd No.6 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Weston | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Porthcawl No.1 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Hubbard-Miles | 1,648 | |||
Labour | W. Williams | 1,114 | |||
Majority | 19.3 | ||||
Turnout | 39.7 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Porthcawl No.2 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. McBride | 1,102 | 44.3 | ||
Independent | M. Pope | 734 | 32.1 | ||
Independent | R. Fry | 538 | 23.6 | ||
Majority | 12.2 | ||||
Turnout | 44.8 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Rhondda No.1 Treherbert (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Williams | 1,988 | |||
Communist | Arthur True | 1,865 | |||
Labour | W. Llewellyn | 1,616 | |||
Communist | C. True | 1,315 | |||
Turnout | 63.2 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Communist win (new seat) |
Rhondda No.2 Treorchy (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Jones | Unopposed | |||
Labour | G. Rees | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Rhondda No.3 Pentre (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. Jenkins | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Rhondda No.4 Ystrad (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Thomas | 1,787 | 73.1 | ||
Communist | A. Price | 656 | 26.9 | ||
Majority | 46.3 | ||||
Turnout | 49.1 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Rhondda No.5 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Parry | 1,727 | 57.5 | ||
Plaid Cymru | D. Morgan | 1,279 | 42.5 | ||
Majority | 14.9 | ||||
Turnout | 54.2 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Rhondda No.6 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. Winter | 2,012 | 62.5 | ||
Conservative | P. Leyshon | 1,208 | 37.5 | ||
Majority | 25.0 | ||||
Turnout | 54.7 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Rhondda No.7 Penygraig (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. Richards | 1,343 | 52.2 | ||
Communist | Annie Powell | 1,232 | 47.8 | ||
Majority | 111 | 4.3 | |||
Turnout | 46.7 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Rhondda No.8 Porth (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Ellis | 2,252 | |||
Labour | E. Westwood | 2,098 | |||
Ratepayers | D. Austin | 1,903 | |||
Turnout | 51.1 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Rhondda No.9 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | S. McElstrim | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Rhymney Lower, Middle and Upper (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Williams | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Treharris (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Richards | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Vaynor and Penderyn No.1 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Byrne | 1,042 | 60.2 | ||
Independent | A. Williams | 690 | 39.8 | ||
Majority | 20.3 | ||||
Turnout | 57.2 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Vaynor and Penderyn No.2 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. Davies | 1,348 | 90.6 | ||
Communist | G. Thomas | 140 | 9.4 | ||
Majority | 81.2 | ||||
Turnout | 56.1 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
References edit
- ^ "Mid Glamorgan County Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 17 October 2016.