1931 Glamorgan County Council election
The fourteenth election to Glamorgan County Council, south Wales, took place in March 1931. It was preceded by the 1928 election and followed by the 1934 election.
Overview of the Result[]
Labour was defending a secure majority in an election where they faced opposition from the left in the form of the Communist Party, as well as more traditional opponents. The result showed little change from previous years.
Boundary Changes[]
There were no boundary changes at this election.
Candidates[]
13 candidates were returned unopposed.[1]
Contested Elections[]
Most of the retiring aldermen were returned.
Outcome[]
Labour retains their majority.[2] The party won some additional seats, such as Pentre in the Rhondda where T.A. Thomas had held on against several previous Labour challenges.
In the Cymmer ward, David Thomas, who had failed to hold the seat in 1928 after David Watts-Morgan was elected alderman, was successful after the sitting Independent stood down.
Results[]
Aberaman[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Florence Rose Davies** | 2,408 | |||
Independent | T.Ll. Davies | 1,833 | |||
Majority | 575 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Aberavon[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Lewis Hare* | 2,292 | |||
Independent | Horace Hyde Macey | 1,408 | |||
Majority | 884 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Abercynon[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Dicks** | 2,434 | |||
Liberal | Edward J. Thomas | 1,063 | |||
Majority | 1,381 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Aberdare Town[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Bargoed[]
The sitting member had been elected as the official Labour candidate in 1928.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Labour | William Henry Hopkins* | 2,434 | |||
Independent | T.C. Jones | 1,204 | |||
Labour | Moses C. Price | 550 | |||
Majority | 1,230 | ||||
Independent Labour hold | Swing |
Barry[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rev D.H. Williams** | 1,953 | |||
Labour | Rev R.H. Lomas* | 1,494 | |||
Majority | 459 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Barry Dock[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | W.M. Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Blaengwawr[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William J. Edwards* | 1,156 | |||
Independent | Henry Vause | 518 | |||
Communist | Trevor Williams | 152 | |||
Majority | 638 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Bridgend[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Liberal | Dapho Llewellyn Powell* | 1,713 | |||
Ind. Conservative | William W. Phillips | 1,227 | |||
Majority | 486 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Briton Ferry[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Gethin* | 2,068 | |||
Conservative | J.M. Bevan | 1,500 | |||
Majority | 568 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cadoxton[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dudley Thomas Howe | 1,631 | |||
Labour | Frederick Cook | 1,160 | |||
Majority | 471 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Caerphilly[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Evan Phillips | 2,183 | |||
Independent | Joseph Howells** | 2,119 | |||
Communist | Edward Withers | 101 | |||
Majority | 64 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Cilfynydd[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Pearson* | 2,306 | |||
Independent | Ivor W. Thomas | 1,358 | |||
Majority | 948 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Coedffranc[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ogley L. David | 2,170 | |||
Labour | W. Phillip Jenkins* | 2,170 | |||
Majority | 303 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Cowbridge[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | George Lougher | 2,147 | |||
Labour | Emily Jones | 1,487 | |||
Majority | 660 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Cwm Aber[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rev David M. Jones* | 2,462 | |||
Independent | Griffith H. Lloyd | 845 | |||
Communist | F. Parrish | 95 | |||
Majority | 1,617 | ||||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cwmavon[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Jones Edwards* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cymmer[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Thomas | 997 | |||
Independent | Brinley Ithel Rowlands | 775 | |||
Majority | 222 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Dinas Powys[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ivor Broadbent Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Dulais Valley[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gwilym Davies* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ferndale[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Alfred Evans* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Gadlys[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Prowle | 1,328 | |||
Independent | T. Marchant Harries* | 1,000 | |||
Majority | 328 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Glyncorrwg[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sir William Jenkins** | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Gower[]
W.H. Davies had won the seat in 1919, and was elected alderman. He failed to be re-elected in 1925 and 1928.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Henry Davies | 1,761 | |||
Independent | Frederick W. Davies* | 1,602 | |||
Majority | 159 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Hengoed[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Evans* | 1,900 | |||
Independent | T.B. Fisher | 1,551 | |||
Majority | 349 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hopkinstown[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E.H. Fleming** | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Kibbor[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Edgar L. Chappell | 1,769 | |||
Independent | John Kane | 1,400 | |||
Majority | 369 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandaff[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Conservative | Sir Lewis Lougher* | 862 | |||
Independent Liberal | Mary Annie Powell | 440 | |||
Majority | 422 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandeilo Talybont[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Caradoc Jones** | 1,885 | |||
Independent | Alfred Morgan | 1,153 | |||
Majority | 732 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Llanfabon[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Bowen* | 1,596 | |||
Independent | Arthur Hopkins | 966 | |||
Majority | 630 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Llwydcoed[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Martha Emma Jones* | 1,563 | |||
Labour | Owen Powell | 926 | |||
Majority | 637 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llwynypia[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Haines Rowlands* | 2,241 | |||
Communist | Lewis R. Jones | 154 | |||
Majority | 2,067 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Loughor[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas J. Thomas* | 2,245 | |||
Labour | David J. Davies | 1,854 | |||
Communist | Sarah Edith Williams | 143 | |||
Majority | 391 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Maesteg, Caerau and Nantyffyllon[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Evans** | 2,162 | |||
Independent | Brinley Richards | 984 | |||
Communist | Benjamin Francis | 914 | |||
Majority | 1,172 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Maesteg, East and West[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Albert E. Lockyer | 2,863 | |||
Labour | Tom Jenkins | 1,746 | |||
Majority | 1,117 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Mountain Ash[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Hon. John H. Bruce* | 1,836 | |||
Labour | Justin Lewis | 1,727 | |||
Majority | 109 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Neath (North)[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Liberal | David Griffith Davies | 1,382 | |||
Labour | John William Morgan | 1,234 | |||
Communist | Frank Roper | 77 | |||
Majority | 148 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Neath (South)[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rev W. Degwel Thomas* | 1,934 | |||
Independent | Theodore Gibbins | 1,907 | |||
Majority | 27 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Newcastle[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rev H.R. Protheroe* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ogmore Valley[]
The sitting Independent Labour councillor had recently died.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Lucas | 2,337 | |||
Independent | Thomas Llewellyn | 2,152 | |||
Majority | 349 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent Labour | Swing |
Penarth North[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Frank L. Nicholls | 1,261 | |||
Labour | Ernest Edwards | 615 | |||
Majority | 646 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Penarth South[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Samuel Thomas* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Pencoed[]
The sitting member, W.A. Howell, switched to contest the Porthcawl ward and Labour won the seat.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mervyn W. Paine | 1,819 | |||
Independent | David Bayliss | 938 | |||
Majority | 881 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Penrhiwceiber[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John William Bath | 3,130 | |||
Independent | Mrs Alice Phillips | 1,343 | |||
Majority | 1,787 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pentre[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Jenkin Lewis | 2,061 | |||
Independent | Thomas Alfred Thomas* | 1,208 | |||
Majority | 853 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Pontardawe[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Daniel Davies** | 2,787 | |||
Independent | Rev T.M. Roderick | 1,342 | |||
Majority | 1,445 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Pontyclun[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Johnson Miles | 2,093 | |||
Independent | Rev. Benjamin Salmon | 1,778 | |||
Majority | 315 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Port Talbot East[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Thomas** | 1,481 | |||
Independent | William Arthur Davies | 1,226 | |||
Majority | 255 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Port Talbot West[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Llewelyn David* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Porthcawl[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W.A. Howell* | 2,277 | |||
Labour | Jenkin Jones | 1,414 | |||
Majority | 863 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Pontlottyn[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W.A. Hancock* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pontycymmer[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ted Williams* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pontypridd Town[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gwilym Seaton | 1,438 | |||
Labour | Myra O'Brien | 1,407 | |||
Majority | 29 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Penygraig[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Job | 2,019 | |||
Independent | John Picton Davies* | 1,378 | |||
Communist | Vivian Howard James | 231 | |||
Majority | 641 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Porth[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Evans* | Unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Swansea Valley[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Jenkins | 2,903 | |||
Independent | Richard Thomas* | 2,058 | |||
Majority | 945 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Tonyrefail and Gilfach Goch[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Dicks* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Trealaw[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Atkins | 1,649 | |||
Independent | Edwin Jenkins | 993 | |||
Communist | John James Townsend | 213 | |||
Majority | 656 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Treforest[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur James Chick* | 2,104 | |||
Independent | Zenos Thomas | 1,968 | |||
Majority | 136 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Treherbert[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Edward Williams* | 2,674 | |||
Independent | Frederick George Dingley | 715 | |||
Majority | 1,959 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Treorchy[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Hughes* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Tylorstown[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Lewis** | 1,907 | |||
Communist | George Edward Maslin | 872 | |||
Majority | 935 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Vale of Neath[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William A. Betty* | 3,169 | |||
Independent | Rees Howells | 2.229 | |||
Communist | W.J. Sherlock | 129 | |||
Majority | 940 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ynyshir[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Daniel Jones | 1,744 | |||
Labour | Thomas Henry Matthews | 1,594 | |||
Majority | 150 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Ystalyfera[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Daniel T. Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ystrad[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sidney Cadogan* | 2,417 | |||
Independent | Henry Harris | 951 | |||
Majority | 1,466 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Election of Aldermen[]
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 1931 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)
- John Thomas (Lab, Port Talbot)
- Rev D.H. Williams (Ind, Barry)
By-elections[]
Eleven vacancies were caused by the election of aldermen.
Aberaman by-election[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sydney Herbert Stephens* | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Abercynon by-election[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | |||||
Independent | |||||
Majority | |||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Barry by-election[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | L.P. Griffiths | 2,032 | |||
Labour | Rev R.H. Lomas | 1,624 | |||
Majority | 408 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Glyncorrwg by-election[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | |||||
Independent | |||||
Majority | |||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Hopkinstown by-election[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | |||||
Independent | |||||
Majority | |||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Llandeilo Talybont by-election[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Llewellyn Davies | 1,501 | |||
Labour | J. Powell | 1,378 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Llanfabon by-election[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Herbert Davies | 1,212 | |||
Independent | William Jones | 1,169 | |||
Majority | 43 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Maesteg by-election[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | |||||
Independent | |||||
Majority | |||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Pontardawe by-election[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Williams | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Port Talbot by-election[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | |||||
Independent | |||||
Majority | |||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Tylorstown by-election[]
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[]
- ^ "Glamorgan Contests. Eleven Aldermen Seek Election". Western Mail. 24 February 1931. p. 11. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "County Council Elections. Small Polls in Monmouth and Glamorgan". Western Mail. 3 March 1931. p. 5. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "Expenses of Members. Another Glamorgan Council "Storm"". Western Mail. 13 March 1931. p. 5. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
Bibliography[]
- Williams, Chris (1996). Democratic Rhondda: Politics and society 1885-1951. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
- Glamorgan County Council elections
- 1931 Welsh local elections
- 1930s in Glamorgan