The sixteenth election to Glamorgan County Council, south Wales, took place in March 1937. It was preceded by the 1934 election and followed, due to the Second World War by the 1946 election.
Overview edit
Labour's comfortable majority on the council, including the aldermanic bench, remained unchanged.
Boundary changes edit
There were no boundary changes at this election.
Candidates edit
Many candidates were returned unopposed.[1]
Contested elections edit
Labour contested almost every seat on the council, with a significant proportion of candidates returned unopposed.
Of the eleven aldermen retiring at the end of their sixth year term, the ten Labour aldermen all sought re-election while Rev D.H. Williams (Ind) stood down from the Council after over thirty years. Alderman Dorothy Rees (Lab), who was elected for three years to fill a vacancy in 1934, also sought re-election.
Outcome edit
Labour retained their majority, losing two seats but gaining three.[2]
Results edit
Aberaman edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Florence Rose Davies** | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold |
Aberavon edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Lewis Hare* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Abercynon edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Dicks** | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Aberdare Town edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Alwyn John | 1,292 | |||
Labour | Tom Williams | 977 | |||
Independent | Henry Cohen | 242 | |||
Majority | 315 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Bargoed edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William John Kedward* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Barry edit
Dudley Howe had previously represented Cadoxton and gained the neighbouring Barry ward from Labour. However, Labour won Cadoxton for the first time against the new candidate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dudley Thomas Howe* | 2,304 | |||
Labour | W. East* | 2,004 | |||
Majority | 300 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Barry Dock edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dorothy Rees** | 1,965 | |||
Independent | G. Edward Smith | 1,762 | |||
Majority | 203 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Blaengwawr edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William J. Edwards* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Bridgend edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William W. Phillips* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Briton Ferry edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Gethin* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cadoxton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Digby Smith | 1,499 | |||
Independent | A.L. Davies | 1,158 | |||
Majority | 341 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Caerphilly edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Evan Phillips* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cilfynydd edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Pearson* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Coedffranc edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D.T. Jenkins | 2,916 | |||
Independent | Isaac David | 1,798 | |||
Majority | 1,118 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Cowbridge edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P. John Smith | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cwm Aber edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rev David M. Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cwmavon edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Jones Edwards* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cymmer edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John James Garwood* | 1,167 | |||
Independent | Evan Thomas | 485 | |||
Majority | 682 | ||||
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 | Alfred Evans* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Gadlys edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Phillips* | 1,802 | |||
Labour | David Idris Bruton | 796 | |||
Majority | 1,006 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Garw Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Gunter* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Glyncorrwg edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sir William Jenkins** | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Gower edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Fredrick William Davies | 2,083 | |||
Labour | Stanley Jones | 1,480 | |||
Majority | 603 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Hengoed edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Loveday* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hopkinstown edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E.H. Fleming** | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Kibbor edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Edgar L. Chappell | 1,769 | |||
Independent | John Kane | 1,400 | |||
Majority | 369 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Castell Coch edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sir Lewis Lougher* | 1,458 | |||
Labour | Edward Harry Follis | 606 | |||
Majority | 852 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandeilo Talybont edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Caradoc Jones** | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Llanfabon edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Bowen** | Unopposed | |||
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* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Loughor edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David John Davies | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Maesteg, Caerau and Nantyffyllon edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Evans** | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Maesteg, East and West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Jenkins* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Mountain Ash edit
The sitting member, the Hon. John Bruce (Ind) stood down and Labour gained the seat without a contest.[1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Justin Lewis | Unopposed | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Neath (North) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Griffith Davies* | 1,336 | |||
Labour | J.W. Morgan | 1,042 | |||
Majority | 294 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Neath (South) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles P. Huins | 1,679 | |||
Independent | Col. R.G. Llewellyn | 912 | |||
Majority | 767 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Newcastle edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rev Horatio R. Protheroe* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ogmore Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Communist | Frederick Arthur Llewellyn* | 1,963 | |||
Labour | Stanley James Moore | 833 | |||
Majority | 1,130 | ||||
Communist hold | Swing |
Penarth North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H.J. Cook | 1,001 | |||
Independent | F.R. Cratchley | 801 | |||
Majority | 200 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Penarth South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D.B. Jones | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Pencoed edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mervyn W. Paine* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Penrhiwceiber edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John William Bath* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pentre edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Tye Andrews* | 1,609 | |||
Communist | Abigail Evans | 765 | |||
Majority | 844 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pontardawe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Daniel Davies** | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pontyclun edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Johnson Miles* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Port Talbot East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Thomas** | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Port Talbot West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Llewelyn David* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Porthcawl edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W.A. Howell* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Pontlottyn edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W.A. Hancock* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pontypridd Town edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jesse Powderhill* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Penygraig edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Churchill* | 2,148 | |||
Independent | William John Gribble | 981 | |||
Majority | 1,267 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Porth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
People's Candidate | Daniel Jones | 1,067 | |||
Labour | John Talfryn Llewellyn | 1,008 | |||
Majority | 59 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Swansea Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Jenkins* | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold |
Tonyrefail and Gilfach Goch edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Rogers* | 1,484 | |||
Communist | David John Griffiths | 711 | |||
Independent | Harold Whitton Davies | 584 | |||
Independent | Evan Jones | 97 | |||
Majority | 773 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Trealaw edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Communist | Lewis Jones | 1,945 | |||
Labour | Richard Jones | 1,315 | |||
Majority | 630 | ||||
Communist hold | Swing |
Treforest edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Hopkin J. Smith | 1,840 | |||
Labour | Arthur James Chick* | 1,836 | |||
Majority | 4 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | 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 | David Hughes* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Tylorstown edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Lewis** | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Vale of Neath edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William A. Betty* | 2,557 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Oliver J. Evans | 1,083 | |||
Independent | J.W. Davies | 659 | |||
Majority | 1,474 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ynyshir edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Walter Robins | 1,192 | |||
People's Candidate | Morgan Benjamin | 1,177 | |||
Majority | 15 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ystalyfera edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alice Williams* | 2,051 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Wynne Samuel | 873 | |||
Majority | 1,176 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ystrad edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Walter Henry Winter* | 1,235 | |||
Communist | Edwin Brinley Roberts | 881 | |||
Independent | David Jenkins | 871 | |||
Majority | 354 | ||||
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 1937 election, there were eleven Aldermanic vacancies, and the retiring aldermen were all re-elected.[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)
- Dorothy Rees (Lab, Barry Dock)
- John Thomas (Lab, Port Talbot)
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 Dock by-election edit
Labour lost the by-election held following the re-election of Dorothy Rees to the aldermanic bench.[4] The Labour candidate had been elected following Rees's original election as alderman three years previously and at the recent election had unsuccessfully contested the neighbouring Barry ward.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Edward Smith | 2,080 | |||
Labour | W. East* | 1,783 | |||
Majority | 297 | ||||
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 Herbert Davies | 1,387 | |||
Independent | Rev. Henry Withers | 798 | |||
Majority | 589 | ||||
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
Joe Brown, former agent to Ramsay Macdonald when he was MP for Abervaron, failed to gain the Labour nomination and ran as an Independent.[5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Llewellyn Heycock | 1,817 | |||
Independent | Joseph A. Brown | 1,248 | |||
Majority | 569 | ||||
Labour hold | 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 |
References edit
- ^ a b "Nominations for County Council Elections. Many Unopposed Returns in Glamorgan and Gwent". Western Mail. 16 February 1937. p. 6. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ^ "Glamorgan and Gwent Elections. Little Change in Position of Parties". Western Mail. 2 March 1937. p. 5. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "County Councillors's Plea to Boycott "Western Mail"". Western Mail. 19 March 1937. p. 12. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "County Council By-Elections". Western Mail. 20 April 1937. p. 10. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "Councillor J.A. Brown Leaves Labour Party". Port Talbot Guardian. 14 April 1937. p. 1. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
Bibliography edit
- Williams, Chris (1996). Democratic Rhondda: Politics and society 1885-1951. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.