1989 Mid Glamorgan County Council election
The 1989 Mid Glamorgan County Council election was held in May 1989 and was the fifth full election to Mid Glamorgan County Council.[1] It was preceded by the 1985 election and followed by the .
There were extensive boundary changes at this election, following The County of Mid Glamorgan (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1988. The number of wards were increased to 74,[2] each electing one councillor.
Overview[]
The Labour Party retained overall control winning 65 of the 74 seats.[1]
* existing councillor, for the same ward
o existing councillor, though because of boundary changes not for the same ward
Ward Results[]
Aberaman North[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | B. Fitzgerald° | 1,369 | 85.5 | ||
Democrat | K. Gray | 233 | 14.5 | ||
Majority | 70.9 | ||||
Turnout | 39.7 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Aberaman South[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Reed° | 841 | 54.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | P. Richards | 635 | 41.4 | ||
Democrat | Ms M. Gee | 58 | 3.8 | ||
Majority | 13.4 | ||||
Turnout | 40.5 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Abercynon[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Davies° | 855 | 59.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | D. Morgan | 574 | 40.2 | ||
Majority | 19.7 | ||||
Turnout | 28.8 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Aberdare East[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | V. Llywellyn° | 1,145 | 75.5 | ||
Democrat | D. Gee | 372 | 24.5 | ||
Majority | 51.0 | ||||
Turnout | 28.8 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Aberdare West[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mervyn Prowle° | 1,143 | 55.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru | W. Daniel | 643 | 30.9 | ||
Conservative | E. Evans | 293 | 14.1 | ||
Majority | 24.1 | ||||
Turnout | 31.6 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Aber Valley[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Phillips° | 1,065 | 49.8 | ||
Ratepayers | J. Davies | 574 | 26.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Ms E. Prendergast | 500 | 23.4 | ||
Majority | 23.0 | ||||
Turnout | 44.7 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Bargoed[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Coleman° | 1,901 | 75.3 | ||
Plaid Cymru | W. Hyde | 622 | 24.7 | ||
Majority | 50.7 | ||||
Turnout | 36.0 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Bedwas[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Woodyatt | 1,329 | 42.8 | ||
Independent | Angus Donaldson° | 1,068 | 34.4 | ||
Plaid Cymru | P. Bevan | 635 | 20.5 | ||
Green (UK) | J. Grayland | 70 | 2.3 | ||
Majority | 8.4 | ||||
Turnout | 43.9 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Bedwellty[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Collis | 1,569 | 65.5 | ||
Independent | T. Evans | 825 | 34.5 | ||
Majority | 31.0 | ||||
Turnout | 40.9 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Bettws[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L. Morgan° | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Brackla[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SLD | R. Matthews | 617 | 51.5 | ||
Conservative | Ms P. Hacking | 576 | 48.3 | ||
Majority | 3.2 | ||||
Turnout | 23.5 | ||||
SLD win (new seat) |
Caerau[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | V. Hart° | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Cascade[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Morgan° | 994 | 59.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru | D. Smith | 671 | 40.3 | ||
Majority | 19.4 | ||||
Turnout | 38.3 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Cornelly[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. Davies° | 1,947 | 88.3 | ||
Conservative | M. Powell | 258 | 11.7 | ||
Majority | 76.6 | ||||
Turnout | 44.3 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Cwm Garw[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Hughes° | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Cwm Ogwr[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Lock° | 1,656 | 54.4 | ||
Plaid Cymru | J. Jones | 1,388 | 45.6 | ||
Majority | 8.8 | ||||
Turnout | 46.8 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Cwmbach[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | I. Jones | 1,050 | 61.3 | ||
Plaid Cymru | T. Jones | 662 | 38.7 | ||
Majority | 22.6 | ||||
Turnout | 45.1 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Cyfarthfa[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ms M. Phillips* | 1,416 | 69.4 | ||
Labour | D. Morrison | 623 | 30.6 | ||
Majority | 38.8 | ||||
Turnout | 42.6 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Cymmer[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Ellis* | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Darren Valley[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Edwards° | 1,866 | 76.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru | G. Howells | 588 | 24.0 | ||
Majority | 52.0 | ||||
Turnout | 41.6 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Dowlais[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Lewis | 1,113 | 48.5 | ||
Ratepayers | W. Healy | 1,018 | 44.3 | ||
Independent | A. Cowdell | 165 | 7.2 | ||
Majority | 95 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 42.2 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Ferndale[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P. Davies* | 1,923 | 52.5 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Glyn James* | 1,738 | 47.5 | ||
Majority | 5.0 | ||||
Turnout | 53.3 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Gurnos[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Cleary* | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Hirwaun[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Thomas° | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Laleston[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Jenkins° | 1,302 | 58.4 | ||
Conservative | G. Down | 642 | 28.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Laura McAllister | 285 | 12.8 | ||
Majority | 29.6 | ||||
Turnout | 40.0 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Litchard[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Ing | 1,959 | 58.1 | ||
Conservative | David Unwin | 1,410 | 41.9 | ||
Majority | 16.3 | ||||
Turnout | 43.9 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Llanbradach[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Colin Mann | 959 | 49.5 | ||
Labour | R. Dancock | 841 | 43.4 | ||
Green (UK) | G. Brown | 137 | 7.1 | ||
Majority | 6.1 | ||||
Turnout | 41.8 | ||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |
Llanharan[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Waters° | 1,431 | 70.6 | ||
Plaid Cymru | V. Williams | 595 | 29.4 | ||
Majority | 41.2 | ||||
Turnout | 33.9 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Llantrisant Town[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. Thomas° | 1,052 | 58.3 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Janet Davies | 542 | 30.0 | ||
SLD | D. Morgan | 212 | 11.7 | ||
Majority | 28.3 | ||||
Turnout | 36.5 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Llantwit Fardre[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L. Lodwig° | 922 | 55.9 | ||
Plaid Cymru | D. Watkins | 430 | 26.1 | ||
Independent | R. Bunnage | 198 | 12.0 | ||
SLD | D. Ball | 100 | 6.1 | ||
Majority | 29.8 | ||||
Turnout | 28.1 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Machen[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ray Davies° | 1,625 | 64.9 | ||
Independent | H. Morgan | 880 | 35.1 | ||
Majority | 29.8 | ||||
Turnout | 48.9 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Maesteg East[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jeff Jones° | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Maesteg West[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L. Jenkins° | 1,703 | 86.6 | ||
Conservative | S. Maddern | 263 | 13.4 | ||
Majority | 73.2 | ||||
Turnout | 40.0 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Merthyr Vale[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. O'Brien° | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Mountain Ash[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Pauline Jarman° | 1,759 | 67.7 | ||
Labour | P. Bowen | 838 | 32.2 | ||
Majority | 35.5 | ||||
Turnout | 44.2 | ||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |
Nelson[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L. Lewis° | 1,508 | 71.4 | ||
Plaid Cymru | P. Williams | 604 | 28.6 | ||
Majority | 42.8 | ||||
Turnout | 38.4 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Newcastle[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Davies° | 1,678 | 54.1 | ||
Conservative | F. Bertorelli | 1,421 | 45.9 | ||
Majority | 8.3 | ||||
Turnout | 39.3 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Newcastle Higher[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | S. Gronow° | 1,287 | 61.3 | ||
Conservative | J. Padmore | 519 | 24.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru | B. Williams | 292 | 13.9 | ||
Majority | 36.6 | ||||
Turnout | 43.2 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Park[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Chambers* | 1,463 | 50.7 | ||
Ratepayers | Eddie Thomas | 1,070 | 37.1 | ||
Plaid Cymru | G. Leyshon | 353 | 12.2 | ||
Majority | 13.6 | ||||
Turnout | 49.2 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Pencoed[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Philpin° | 1,957 | 72.1 | ||
Conservative | B. Rice | 756 | 27.9 | ||
Majority | 44.2 | ||||
Turnout | 39.1 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Penrhiwceiber[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Edwards° | 1,104 | 61.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | S. Watts | 681 | 38.2 | ||
Majority | 23.6 | ||||
Turnout | 35.2 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Pentre[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Thomas | 1,111 | 58.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru | M. Powell | 782 | 41.3 | ||
Majority | 17.4 | ||||
Turnout | 45.0 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
References[]
- ^ a b "Mid Glamorgan County Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ^ "The County of Mid Glamorgan (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1988". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. 2 March 1988. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
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- Mid Glamorgan County Council elections
- 1989 Welsh local elections