The eighteenth election to Glamorgan County Council, south Wales, took place in April 1949. It was preceded by the 1946 election and followed by the 1952 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.
Among the Labour candidates returned unopposed was John Shea (Briton Ferry) who had been selected in a 'referendum' to succeed George Gethin, who had died some months before the election.[1]
Outcome edit
Labour retained their majority as comfortably as in all previous elections, and captured both the Garw Valley ward[2] and the Coedffranc ward[3] from the Communists.
Results edit
Aberaman edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Florence Rose Davies** | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
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 | H.P. Williams | 1,808 | |||
Labour | W.T. Ellis | 1,344 | |||
Conservative | H.D. Bellew | 945 | |||
Majority | 464 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Briton Ferry edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Shea | 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 | W. Edryd Lewis | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Coedffranc edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D.T. Jenkins | 3,278 | |||
Communist | Alun Thomas* | 1,456 | |||
Independent | Bessie Davies | 908 | |||
Majority | 1,822 | ||||
Labour gain from Communist | Swing |
Cowbridge edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D.I. Morgan | 2,770 | |||
Independent | D.H. Hopkin | 2,410 | |||
Majority | 360 | ||||
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 | George Adams* | 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 | Swing |
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 | Tom Waite | 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 | E.D. Evans* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Maesteg, East and West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Jenkins* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Mountain Ash edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Justin Lewis | Unopposed | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Neath (North) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W.K. Owen* | 2,072 | |||
Labour | J.W. Morgan | 1,462 | |||
Majority | 610 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Neath (South) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reg Francis* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Newcastle edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Squire* | 3,081 | |||
Conservative | W.T. Baker | 530 | |||
Majority | 2,551 | ||||
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Glyn L. Wales | 2,530 | |||
Labour | Glyn Evans | 978 | |||
Communist | Thomas Evans | 414 | |||
Majority | 1,552 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Pontardawe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Daniel Davies** | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pontyclun edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Johnson Miles** | 2,483 | |||
Independent | Annie Mary Russell | 1,554 | |||
Majority | 929 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Port Talbot East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Thomas** | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Port Talbot West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rees L. Matthews | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Porthcawl edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jenkin Francis John* | 3,634 | |||
Independent | Bruce Cameron | 2,287 | |||
Majority | 1,347 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pontlottyn edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W.A. Hancock* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pontypridd Town edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ivor M. Jenkins | 1,458 | |||
Independent | Cyril R. Morgan | 1,450 | |||
Majority | 308 | ||||
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Griffiths | 976 | |||
Independent | Daniel Jones* | 974 | |||
Communist | Murray Williams | 868 | |||
Majority | 2 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Swansea Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Jenkins* | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur W. Harris | 2,507 | |||
Independent | Ceiriog Williams | 1,029 | |||
Majority | 1,478 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Treherbert edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Llewellyn* | 3,345 | |||
Communist | George Thomas | 1,964 | |||
Majority | 1,391 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Treorchy edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rhys Evans** | 4,401 | |||
Communist | Ivor Williams | 1,077 | |||
Majority | 3,324 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Tylorstown edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Llewellyn Jones | 1,984 | |||
Communist | Frederick J. Morton | 942 | |||
Majority | 1,042 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Vale of Neath edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frances Handy* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ynyshir edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ivor Jones | 1,855 | |||
Independent | Morgan Benjamin | 1,418 | |||
Majority | 437 | ||||
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 | Sidney Cadogan** | 1,931 | |||
Communist | Annie Powell | 1,189 | |||
Independent | Thomas Aldridge | 853 | |||
Majority | 742 | ||||
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 1928 election, there were eleven Aldermanic vacancies, all of which all of which were filled by Labour nominees despite the protestations of their opponents.[4]
The following retiring aldermen were re-elected:
- Sidney Cadogan (Lab, Rhondda)
- W.H. Davies (Lab, Gower)
- Alfred Evans (Lab, Rhondda)
- Rhys Evans (Lab, Treorchy)
- Tom Evans (Lab, Pengam)
- Daniel T. Jones (Lab, Ystalyfera)
- W. Arthur Jones (Lab, Tonyrefail)
- Evan Phillips (Lab, Caerphilly)
- Rev W. Degwel Thomas (Lab, Neath)
The following new aldermen were elected:
- H.J. Cook (Lab, Penarth)
- Mervyn Payne (Lab, Pencoed)
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.[5] 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
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
- ^ "County Council Election Candidates". Neath Guardian. 4 March 1949. p. 6. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "County Council Election Results. Mid Glamorgan Area". Glamorgan Gazette. 8 April 1949. p. 1. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Labour Regains Skewen By Big Majority. County Council Election Results". Glamorgan Gazette. 8 April 1949. p. 1. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "Seniority Ignored in Selection of Chairman". Western Mail. 15 March 1946. p. 3. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "County Council By-Elections". Western Mail. 20 April 1937. p. 10. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
Bibliography edit
- Williams, Chris (1996). Democratic Rhondda: Politics and society 1885-1951. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.