Mid Glamorgan County Council election, 1985

The fourth elections to Mid Glamorgan County Council were held in May 1985.[1] They were preceded by the 1981 elections and followed by the 1989 elections.

Ward Results

Aberdare No.1: Llwydcoed (two seats)

Aberdare No.1: Llwydcoed 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour D. Davies 1,906
Labour M. Prowle * 1,820
Plaid Cymru G. Jones 1,309
Conservative E. Evans 422
Turnout 42.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Aberdare No.2: Blaengwawr (one seat)

Aberdare No.2: Blaengwawr 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour B. Fitzgerald 1,738
Plaid Cymru P. Davies 1,264
Majority
Turnout
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Aberdare No.3: Gadlys (one seat)

Aberdare No.3: Gadlys 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour V. Llywellyn* 913
Conservative R. Pittard 387
Majority
Turnout 34.0
Labour hold Swing

Aberdare No.4: Town (one seat)

Aberdare No.4: Town 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent P. Williams* 818
Labour T. Llewellyn 659
Majority
Turnout 43.9
Independent hold Swing

Aberdare No.5: Aberaman (one seat)

Aberdare No.5: Aberaman 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour R. Reed* 1,458
Plaid Cymru H. Davies 859
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Abertridwr and Senghennydd

Abertridwr and Senghennydd 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour R. Phillips 905
Ratepayers J. Davies 877
Plaid Cymru A. Whittle 281
Liberal M. Cooper 276
Majority
Turnout 42.3
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Bedwas and Machen (two seats)

Bedwas and Machen 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Angus Donaldson 2,454
Labour Ray Davies* 2,358
Independent C. Powell 1,817
Labour R. Woodyatt 1,516
Plaid Cymru J. Bradbury 485
Turnout 73.7
Liberal hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Bedwellty No.1 Aberbargoed (one seat)

Bedwellty No.1 Aberbargoed 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Plaid Cymru K. Szerard 753 50.7
Labour M. Collis* 732 49.3
Majority 21
Turnout
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour Swing

Bedwellty No.2 Abertysswg (one seat)

Bedwellty No.2 Abertysswg 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour S. Powell Unopposed
Labour hold Swing

Bridgend (two seats)

Bridgend 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour H. Davies 1,931
Labour R. Bowser* 1,773
Conservative W. Rutter 1,484
Conservative J. Spurgeon 1,385
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic) B. Ellis 1,110
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic) J. Dickens 961
Plaid Cymru M. Russell 353
Turnout 39.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing

Caerphilly No.1 (one seat)

Caerphilly No.1 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour L. Lewis* Unopposed
Labour hold Swing

Caerphilly No.2 Llanbradach (one seat)

Caerphilly No.2 Llanbradach 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Plaid Cymru Colin Mann* 1,092 49.3
Labour J. Lewis 798 36.1
Liberal K. Comeston 323 14.6
Majority
Turnout 46.6
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Caerphilly No.4 (one seat)

Caerphilly No.4 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour B. Rowland* 2,006 66.7
Plaid Cymru N. Owen 1,002 33.3
Majority
Turnout 39.7
Labour hold Swing

Caerphilly No.5 North (one seat)

Caerphilly No.5 North 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Plaid Cymru John Gwynne 966 46.9
Labour R. Jewell* 808 39.3
Liberal T. Henderson 284
Majority
Turnout 49.5 +4.0
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour Swing

Caerphilly No.6 South (one seat)

Caerphilly No.6 South 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour G. Snell* 1,023 55.0
Conservative F. Howells 477 25.7
Plaid Cymru G. Hibbert 359 19.3
Majority
Turnout 42.1
Labour hold Swing

Caerphilly No.7 (one seat)

Caerphilly No.7 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Plaid Cymru Penri Williams* 1,438 45.3
Labour M. Verrinder 1,014 31.9
Conservative A. Babbage 723 22.8
Majority
Turnout 52.8
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Cardiff Rural (one seat)

Cardiff Rural 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour C. Richards* 1,027 66.5
Liberal H. Morgan 607 33.5
Majority
Turnout 36.4
Labour hold Swing

Cowbridge Rural (one seat)

Cowbridge Rural 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent J. David* 1,285 48.5
Labour G. Waters 1,387 67.7
Plaid Cymru Janet Davies 663 32.3
Majority
Turnout 41.0
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Dowlais (one seat)

Dowlais 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour T. Lewis* 1,218 69.6
Plaid Cymru P. Jones 531 30.4
Majority
Turnout 39.3
Labour hold Swing

Gelligaer No.1 (one seat)

Gelligaer No.1 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour N. Harris 1,735
Plaid Cymru G. Howells* 863 33.2
Majority
Turnout 48.9
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Gelligaer No.2 (one seat)

Gelligaer No.2 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour J. Davies* 684 48.6
Independent J. Bromley 619 44.0
Plaid Cymru G. Blenkin 103 7.3
Majority
Turnout 48.4
Labour hold Swing

Gelligaer No.3 (one seat)

Gelligaer No.3 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour W. Coleman 1,842 58.1
Plaid Cymru J. Jones* 1,327 41.9
Majority
Turnout 45.1
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Gelligaer No.4 (two seats)

Gelligaer No.4 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour W. Bowen* 2,580
Labour B. Lloyd 2,485
Conservative J. Howard 662
Turnout 59.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Llantrisant and Llantwitfardre No.1 (four seats)

Llantrisant and Llantwitfardre No.1 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour D. Bonner 4,105
Labour L. Lodwig* 4,090
Labour R. Selwood 3,747
Labour H. Prosser 3,735
Ratepayers T. John* 3,089
Plaid Cymru Delme Bowen 2,400
Plaid Cymru D. Watkins 1,730
Plaid Cymru J. Canning 1,609
Plaid Cymru G. Morris 1,566
Conservative R. Bunnage 1,552
Conservative J. Bunnage 1,534
Conservative L. Hunt 1,499
Turnout 51.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Llantrisant and Llantwitfardre No.2 (four seats)

Llantrisant and Llantwitfardre No.2 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour D. McDonald 2,867
Labour J. Thomas 2,167
Independent E. Brinson 1,357
Plaid Cymru D. Davies 1,305
Plaid Cymru J. Jones 1,199
Conservative A. Farnworth 368
Turnout 58.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Maesteg No.1 (one seat)

Maesteg No.1 1977
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour V. Hart Unopposed
Plaid Cymru D. Lewis 678 23.3
Conservative M. Rixon 203
Majority 46.3
Turnout 54.3
Labour hold Swing

Maesteg No.2 (one seat)

Maesteg No.2 1977
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Jennie Gibbs 1,365 59.5 -6.4
Labour W. Hayes 758 33.0 -1.1
Conservative K. Rowe 172 7.5
Majority 26.4 -5.5
Turnout 54.3 -5.3
Liberal hold Swing

Maesteg No.3 (one seat)

Maesteg No.3 1977
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour W. Venner 1,428 56.5 -17.5
Plaid Cymru T. Pearson 720 28.5 +2.5
Conservative G. Jones 378 15.0
Majority 28.0 -19.9
Turnout 49.8 +3.9
Labour hold Swing

Merthyr, Cyfarthfa (one seat)

Phillips had been elected as a Plaid Cymru candidate at both the 1977 and 1981 elections.

Merthyr, Cyfarthfa 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent M. Phillips* 1,552 58.6
Labour P. Rees 951 35.9
Plaid Cymru T. Barry 145 5.5
Majority
Turnout
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Merthyr No.6 (one seat)

Merthyr No.6 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour C. Stanfield 1,614 51.6
Plaid Cymru Emrys Roberts 1,515 48.4
Majority 3.2
Turnout 74.4
Labour win (new seat)

Merthyr No.7 (one seat)

Merthyr No.7 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour T. O,Brien 1,468 65.8
Plaid Cymru A. Williams 764 34.2
Majority 31.5
Turnout 69.2
Labour win (new seat)

Merthyr Park (two seats)

Merthyr Park 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Plaid Cymru G. Foster 1,977
Labour J. Burns 1,682
Labour D. Williams 1,619
Communist A. Jones 1,442
Communist C. Dennett 404
Turnout 56.9
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Merthyr Town (one seat)

Merthyr Town 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour B. Watkins 1,510 60.3
Plaid Cymru P. Williams 811 32.4
Communist T. Roberts 184 7.4
Majority 27.9
Turnout 51.4
Labour win (new seat)

Mountain Ash No.1 (one seat)

Mountain Ash No.1 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour T. Davies 1,557 53.6
Communist A. Williams 1,348 46.4
Majority 7.2
Turnout 47.3
Labour win (new seat)

Mountain Ash No.2 (one seat)

Mountain Ash No.2 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour E. Bath Unopposed
Labour win (new seat)

Mountain Ash No.3 (two seats)

Mountain Ash No.3 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Communist M. Lewis 2,426
Plaid Cymru R. Humphreys 2,332
Labour E. Pritchard 1,544
Labour T. Bowden 1,210
Turnout 74.3
Communist win (new seat)
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Ogmore and Garw No.1 (one seat)

Ogmore and Garw No.1 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour R. Sant 1,291 50.5
Ratepayers D. Fox 1,264 49.5
Majority 27 1.0
Turnout 76.1
Labour win (new seat)

Ogmore and Garw No.2 (two seats)

Ogmore and Garw No.2 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Plaid Cymru E. Merriman 4,122
Labour T. Price 3,312
Labour M. Jenkins 2,748
Turnout 71.9
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Penybont No.1 (one seat)

Penybont No.1
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour E. Hayball 1,561 70.6
Conservative K. Morrell 651 29.4
Majority 41.1
Turnout 40.5
Labour win (new seat)

Penybont No.2 (two seats)

Penybont No.2 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative W. Board 958
Labour A. Evans 609
Labour F. Speed 448
Turnout 46.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Penybont No.3 (one seat)

Penybont No.3
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour A. Cattie 981 41.9
Independent T. Williams 681 29.2
Independent R. Hanson 673 28.9
Majority 12.7
Turnout 37.6
Labour win (new seat)

Penybont No.4 (one seat)

Penybont No.4
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour I. Rawle 1,306 55.5
Conservative B. Smart 1,049 45.5
Majority 10.9
Turnout 36.7
Labour win (new seat)

Penybont No.5 (two seats)

Penybont No.5 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour M. Jones 4,647
Labour E. Davies 4,617
Conservative H. Eastment 1,190
Turnout 54.4
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Penybont No.6 (two seats)

Penybont No.6 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Philip Squire 2,724
Independent W. Barnett 2,102
Labour W. Bowcher 2,024
Independent G. Walters 1,528
Turnout 63.7
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Penydarren(one seat)

Penydarren 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour T. Mahoney 1,540 56.0
Plaid Cymru B. Walters 777 28.3
Ratepayers G. Kiley 431 15.7
Majority 27.8
Turnout 58.4
Labour win (new seat)

Pontypridd No.1 (one seat)

Pontypridd No.1 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour W. Williams Unopposed
Labour win (new seat)

Pontypridd No.2 Town (one seat)

Pontypridd No.2 Town 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour M. Came 895 58.7
Plaid Cymru A. Withey 631 41.3
Majority 17.3
Turnout 34.7
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Pontypridd No.3 (one seat)

Pontypridd No.3 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour E. Peck Unopposed
Labour win (new seat)

Pontypridd No.4 Trallwn (one seat)

Pontypridd No.4 Trallwn 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Meriel Murphy 1,145 61.8
Labour R. Evans 708 38.2
Majority 23.6
Turnout 58.7
Liberal win (new seat)

Pontypridd No.5 Rhydyfelin (two seats)

Pontypridd No.5 Rhydyfelin 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour J. Davies 1,262
Labour W. Griffiths 870
Independent Labour E. Smith 736
Turnout 41.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Pontypridd No.6 (one seat)

Pontypridd No.6 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour H. Weston Unopposed
Labour win (new seat)

Porthcawl No.1 (one seat)

Porthcawl No.1 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Peter Hubbard-Miles 1,648
Labour W. Williams 1,114
Majority 19.3
Turnout 39.7
Conservative win (new seat)

Porthcawl No.2 (one seat)

Porthcawl No.2
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour G. McBride 1,102 44.3
Independent M. Pope 734 32.1
Independent R. Fry 538 23.6
Majority 12.2
Turnout 44.8
Labour win (new seat)

Rhondda No.1 Treherbert (two seats)

Rhondda No.1 Treherbert 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour G. Williams 1,988
Communist Arthur True 1,865
Labour W. Llewellyn 1,616
Communist C. True 1,315
Turnout 63.2
Labour win (new seat)
Communist win (new seat)

Rhondda No.2 Treorchy (two seats)

Rhondda No.2 Treorchy 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour H. Jones Unopposed
Labour G. Rees Unopposed
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Rhondda No.3 Pentre (one seat)

Rhondda No.3 Pentre 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour E. Jenkins Unopposed
Labour win (new seat)

Rhondda No.4 Ystrad (one seat)

Rhondda No.4 Ystrad
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour D. Thomas 1,787 73.1
Communist A. Price 656 26.9
Majority 46.3
Turnout 49.1
Labour win (new seat)

Rhondda No.5 (one seat)

Rhondda No.5
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour T. Parry 1,727 57.5
Plaid Cymru D. Morgan 1,279 42.5
Majority 14.9
Turnout 54.2
Labour win (new seat)

Rhondda No.6 (one seat)

Rhondda No.6
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour C. Winter 2,012 62.5
Conservative P. Leyshon 1,208 37.5
Majority 25.0
Turnout 54.7
Labour win (new seat)

Rhondda No.7 Penygraig (one seat)

Rhondda No.7 Penygraig
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour C. Richardds 1,343 52.2
Communist Annie Powell 1,232 47.8
Majority 111 4.3
Turnout 46.7
Labour win (new seat)

Rhondda No.8 Porth (two seats)

Rhondda No.8 Porth 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour M. Ellis 2,252
Labour E. Westwood 2,098
Ratepayers D. Austin 1,903
Turnout 51.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Rhymney Lower, Middle and Upper (one seat)

Rhymney Lower, Middle and Upper 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour J. Williams Unopposed
Labour win (new seat)

Treharris (one seat)

Treharris 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour T. Richards Unopposed
Labour win (new seat)

Vaynor and Penderyn No.1 (one seat)

Vaynor and Penderyn No.1
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour M. Byrne 1,042 60.2
Independent A. Williams 690 39.8
Majority 20.3
Turnout 57.2
Labour win (new seat)

Vaynor and Penderyn No.2 (one seat)

Vaynor and Penderyn No.2
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour C. Davies 1,348 90.6
Communist G. Thomas 140 9.4
Majority 81.2
Turnout 56.1
Labour win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ "Mid Glamorgan County Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
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