The 1967 Glamorgan County Council election was held on Thursday 13 April 1967 in the county of Glamorgan, Wales, to elect members to Glamorgan County Council. The previous full council elections were in 1964[1] and the final elections to the council would come in 1970.
Overview of the result edit
The Labour Party lost nine seats at this election but retained a strong majority with 50 councillors, as well as the support of 22 Labour aldermen.[1] Plaid Cymru representation returned to the council after their candidates beat Labour in two seats, with the victorious candidate in Ferndale being afterwards carried down the road by supporters.[1] The Liberal Party won two seats, their first on the council. One seat was won by Ratepayers, also their first on the council.[1] The Conservative Party won two seats, as did the Communist Party. In Hengoed, the previously sitting Labour councillor, who had been expelled from the party prior to the election, was returned as an Independent Labour councillor.[1]
Both the Labour and Conservative spokespersons described the swing against Labour as being a result of national issues, with the UK Labour government at that time becoming less popular.[1]
Ward results edit
Contests took place in thirty electoral wards:[2]
Aberaman edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fred Riddiford * | 989 | |||
Communist | D.P. Bletchley | 366 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Aberavon edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratepayer | William Arthur Jenkins | 1,667 | |||
Labour | Joseph Treharne * | 1,633 | |||
Ratepayer gain from Labour | Swing |
Blaengwawr edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Communist | Trevor Williams * | 979 | |||
Labour | Michael Goldberg | 773 | |||
Communist hold | Swing |
Bridgend edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred John Bowen * | 1,715 | |||
Conservative | John Nigel Baty | 1,698 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Caerphilly edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bertie Alex Rowland * | 2,728 | |||
Independent | Herbert Protheroe | 2,484 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Castell Coch edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Nelson Stuart East | 2,000 | |||
Labour | Gerald Bailey | 1,286 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Cilfynydd edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Edryd Lewis * | 1,821 | |||
Liberal | Mary Gwyneth Murphy | 1,544 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Coedffranc edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Martin Thomas | 3,381 | |||
Labour | Thomas Lewis Thomas | 2,046 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Coity edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Householders | William Vernon Barnett | 1,367 | |||
Labour | Harry Davis | 1,314 | |||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Cowbridge edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Joseph A. David | 2,728 | |||
Labour | Terence Williams | 2,138 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Cwmavon edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Gwynfryn Davies * | 2,290 | |||
Ratepayer | William Edward Ebley | 1,697 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ferndale edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Glyn Powell James | 2,325 | |||
Labour | Dan Walter Jeffreys * | 1,694 | |||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Councillor James had lost the seat to Labour at the 1964 elections. Following his victory he was carried down the street outside the North Road School polling station by "excited" supporters.[1]
Gadlys edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rhys James * | 903 | |||
Plaid Cymru | John Eaton Williams | 856 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Garw Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rhys Edward Sant * | 2,118 | |||
Ratepayer | Derek Dillwyn Stephens | 1,743 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Gower edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Brian Ernest Keal | 2,399 | |||
Labour | Frank Lord * | 2,102 | |||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing |
Councillor Keal became the first Liberal councillor in the area since World War II.[1]
Hengoed edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Labour | David Samuel Blatchford * | 2,925 | |||
Labour | Hopkin Lewis | 1,692 | |||
Independent Labour gain from Labour | Swing |
Councillor Blatchford had represented the seat for 7 years for the Labour Party, but was expelled for opposing the official candidate, so stood and won as an Independent.[1]
Hopkinstown edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Davies * | 1,350 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Brian John | 708 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Laleston edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Evan Board | 882 | |||
Labour | Glyndwr Evans | 809 | |||
Independent | Trevor David | 539 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Llwydcoed edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mervyn Prowle * | 1,243 | |||
Communist | Stanley Rees | 336 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Maesteg edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | (Mrs) Jennie Thomas Gibbs | 2,472 | |||
Labour | Robert John Williams | 2,247 | |||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing |
Gibbs had missed winning the seat, by only 3 votes, in the 1964 election.[1]
Mountain Ash (Penrhiwceiber ward) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eleanor Mary Bath | 2,005 | |||
Independent | Graham F. Davies * | 1,188 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Neath North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Leitz | 1,561 | |||
Labour | William Powell * | 1,432 | |||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Ogmore Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Edward John Merriman | 1,906 | |||
Labour | Ivor Owen Thomas * | 1,870 | |||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Pontypridd edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Alfred Stevens * | 1,515 | |||
Liberal | Derek Gwyn Lewis | 1,125 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Porthcawl edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Charles Hubbard-Miles | 1,701 | |||
Labour | George McBride | 1,289 | |||
Independent | Llewellyn Rees Lewis | 671 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Port Talbot East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Llewellyn Heycock | 2,906 | |||
Ratepayer | John Allen | 1,667 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Port Talbot West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Albert Morgan * | 1,623 | |||
Ratepayer | Douglas Albert Weaver Charles | 1,309 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pyle edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mostyn Jones * | 2,158 | |||
Independent | Christopher Johnson | 1,803 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Sandfields (Port Talbot) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cyril Lewis * | 2,458 | |||
Ratepayer | Barrie Morgan Larkworthy | 1,535 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ystrad (Rhondda) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David John Davies * | 1,122 | |||
Communist | George Baker | 828 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |