1952 Glamorgan County Council election[edit]

The nineteenth election to Glamorgan County Council, south Wales, took place in April 1952. It was preceded by the 1949 election and followed by the 1955 election.

Overview[edit]

Labour's comfortable majority on the council, including the aldermanic bench, remained unchanged.

Candidates[edit]

Labour fielded 63 candidates for the 66 seats, 45 of whom were returned unopposed. Three Independent councillors were also unopposed resulting in only eighteen contested elections.^[1]

Among the Labour candidates returned unopposed. For instance, in the Neath area, Labour candidates were returned unopposed in four of the five wards.^[2]

Outcome[edit]

Labour retained their majority as comfortably as in all previous elections, and captured both the Garw Valley ward^[3] and the Coedffranc ward^[4] from the Communists.

Results[edit]

Aberaman[edit]

Aberaman 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Florence Rose Davies**
	Labour hold		Swing

Aberavon[edit]

Aberavon 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Lewis Hare*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Abercynon[edit]

Abercynon 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Dicks**	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Aberdare Town[edit]

Aberdare Town 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Thomas Alwyn John	1,292
	Labour	Tom Williams	977
	Independent	Henry Cohen	242
Majority			315
	Independent hold		Swing

Bargoed[edit]

Bargoed 1937
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.

Barry 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Dudley Thomas Howe*	2,304
	Labour	W. East*	2,004
Majority			300
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Barry Dock[edit]

Barry Dock 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Dorothy Rees**	1,965
	Independent	G. Edward Smith	1,762
Majority			203
	Labour hold		Swing

Blaengwawr[edit]

Blaengwawr 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William J. Edwards*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Bridgend[edit]

Bridgend 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Henry Percy Williams*	2,310
	Labour	W.T. Ellis	1,845
Majority			465
	Independent hold		Swing

Briton Ferry[edit]

Briton Ferry 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Shea*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Cadoxton[edit]

Cadoxton 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Digby Smith	1,499
	Independent	A.L. Davies	1,158
Majority			341
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Caerphilly[edit]

Caerphilly 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Evan Phillips*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Cilfynydd[edit]

Cilfynydd 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Edryd Lewis	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Coedffranc[edit]

Coedffranc 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D.T. Jenkins*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Cowbridge[edit]

Cowbridge 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	D.I. Morgan	2,770
	Independent	D.H. Hopkin	2,410
Majority			360
	Labour hold		Swing

Cwm Aber[edit]

Cwm Aber 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Rev David M. Jones*	Unopposed
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Cwmavon[edit]

Cwmavon 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Jones Edwards*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Cymmer[edit]

Cymmer 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John James Garwood*	1,167
	Independent	Evan Thomas	485
Majority			682
	Labour hold		Swing

Dinas Powys[edit]

Dinas Powys 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ivor Broadbent Thomas*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Dulais Valley[edit]

Dulais Valley 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Adams*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Ferndale[edit]

Ferndale 1934
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Evans*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Gadlys[edit]

Gadlys 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Thomas Phillips*	1,802
	Labour	David Idris Bruton	796
Majority			1,006
	Independent hold		Swing

Garw Valley[edit]

Garw Valley 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Gunter*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Glyncorrwg[edit]

Glyncorrwg 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sir William Jenkins**	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Gower[edit]

Gower 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Fredrick William Davies	2,083
	Labour	Stanley Jones	1,480
Majority			603
	Independent hold		Swing

Hengoed[edit]

Hengoed 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Evans**	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Hopkinstown[edit]

Hopkinstown 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Waite	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Kibbor[edit]

Kibbor 1931
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Edgar L. Chappell	1,769
	Independent	John Kane	1,400
Majority			369
	Independent hold		Swing

Castell Coch[edit]

Castell Coch 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Sir Lewis Lougher*	1,458
	Labour	Edward Harry Follis	606
Majority			852
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandeilo Talybont[edit]

Llandeilo Talybont 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caradoc Jones**	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanfabon[edit]

Llanfabon 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Bowen**	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Llwydcoed[edit]

Llwydcoed 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Martha Emma Jones*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llwynypia[edit]

Llwynypia 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Haines Rowlands*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Loughor[edit]

Loughor 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David John Davies	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Maesteg, Caerau and Nantyffyllon[edit]

Maesteg, Caerau and Nantyffyllon 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E.D. Evans*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Maesteg, East and West[edit]

Maesteg East and West 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Jenkins*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Mountain Ash[edit]

Mountain Ash 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Justin Lewis	Unopposed
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Neath (North)[edit]

Neath (North) 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	William Powell
	Labour	William Kingdon Owen*
Majority
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Neath (South)[edit]

Neath (South) 1955
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reg Francis*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Newcastle[edit]

Newcastle 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Philip Squire*	3,081
	Conservative	W.T. Baker	530
Majority			2,551
	Labour hold		Swing

Ogmore Valley[edit]

Ogmore Valley 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Communist	Frederick Arthur Llewellyn*	1,963
	Labour	Stanley James Moore	833
Majority			1,130
	Communist hold		Swing

Penarth North[edit]

Penarth North 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	H.J. Cook	1,001
	Independent	F.R. Cratchley	801
Majority			200
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Penarth South[edit]

Penarth South 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D.B. Jones	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Pencoed[edit]

Pencoed 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Mervyn W. Payne*	2,983
	Independent	Trefor David	659
Majority			2,324
	Labour hold		Swing

Penrhiwceiber[edit]

Penrhiwceiber 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John William Bath*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Pentre[edit]

Pentre 1946
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]

Pontardawe 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Daniel Davies**	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Pontyclun[edit]

Pontyclun 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Johnson Miles**	2,483
	Independent	Annie Mary Russell	1,554
Majority			929
	Labour hold		Swing

Port Talbot East[edit]

Port Talbot East 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Thomas**	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Port Talbot West[edit]

Port Talbot West 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Rees L. Matthews*	Unopposed
	Independent	Ivor Nicholas	1,564
Majority			555
	Labour hold		Swing

Porthcawl[edit]

Porthcawl 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Jenkin Francis John*	3,850
	Independent	Bruce Cameron	2,011
Majority			1,839
	Labour hold		Swing

Pontlottyn[edit]

Pontlottyn 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W.A. Hancock*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Pontypridd Town[edit]

Pontypridd Town 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Ivor M. Jenkins	1,458
	Independent	Cyril R. Morgan	1,450
Majority			308
	Labour hold		Swing

Penygraig[edit]

Penygraig 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Thomas Churchill*	2,148
	Independent	William John Gribble	981
Majority			1,267
	Labour hold		Swing

Porth[edit]

Porth 1946
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]

Swansea Valley 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jenkins*
	Labour hold		Swing

Tonyrefail and Gilfach Goch[edit]

Tonyrefail and Gilfach Goch 1937
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]

Trealaw 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Communist	Lewis Jones	1,945
	Labour	Richard Jones	1,315
Majority			630
	Communist hold		Swing

Treforest[edit]

Treforest 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Arthur W. Harris	2,507
	Independent	Ceiriog Williams	1,029
Majority			1,478
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Treherbert[edit]

Treherbert 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	William Llewellyn*	3,345
	Communist	George Thomas	1,964
Majority			1,391
	Labour hold		Swing

Treorchy[edit]

Treorchy 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Rhys Evans**	4,401
	Communist	Ivor Williams	1,077
Majority			3,324
	Labour hold		Swing

Tylorstown[edit]

Tylorstown 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Llewellyn Jones	1,984
	Communist	Frederick J. Morton	942
Majority			1,042
	Labour hold		Swing

Vale of Neath[edit]

Vale of Neath 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frances Handy*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Ynyshir[edit]

Ynyshir 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Ivor Jones	1,855
	Independent	Morgan Benjamin	1,418
Majority			437
	Labour hold		Swing

Ystalyfera[edit]

Ystalyfera 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Alice Williams*	2,051
	Plaid Cymru	Wynne Samuel	873
Majority			1,176
	Labour hold		Swing

Ystrad[edit]

Ystrad 1946
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.^[5]

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]

Aberaman by-election 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sydney Herbert Stephens*
	Labour hold		Swing

Abercynon by-election[edit]


Party		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.^[6] 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.

Barry Dock by-election 1946
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		Votes
	Labour
	Independent
Majority
	Labour gain from Independent	Swing

Hopkinstown by-election[edit]


Party		Votes
	Labour
	Independent
Majority
	Labour gain from Independent	Swing

Llandeilo Talybont by-election[edit]

Llandeilo Talybont
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Llewellyn Davies	1,501
	Labour	J. Powell	1,378
Majority
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Llanfabon by-election[edit]

Llanfabon by-election 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Charles Herbert Davies	1,387
	Independent	Rev. Henry Withers	798
Majority			589
	Labour hold		Swing

Maesteg by-election[edit]


Party		Votes
	Labour
	Independent
Majority
	Labour gain from Independent	Swing

Pontardawe by-election[edit]

Pontardawe by-election 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Williams	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Port Talbot by-election[edit]

Tylorstown by-election[edit]

Tylorstown by-election 1947
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]

^ "The County Elections (editorial)". Pontypridd Observer. 29 March 1952. p. 8. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
^ "County Council Elections. Only One Fight in Neath". Neath Guardian. 28 March 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
^ "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.

1949 Category:1949 Welsh local elections Category:1940s in Glamorgan

1955 Glamorgan County Council election[edit]

The twentieth election to Glamorgan County Council, south Wales, took place in April 1955. It was preceded by the 1952 election and followed by the 1958 election.

Overview[edit]

Labour's comfortable majority on the council, including the aldermanic bench, remained unchanged.

Candidates[edit]

Many candidates were returned unopposed.

Among the Labour candidates returned unopposed. For instance, in the Neath area, Labour candidates were returned unopposed in three of the five wards.^[1]

Outcome[edit]

Labour retained their majority as comfortably as in all previous elections, andlthough lost a seat at Neath where William Kingdon Owen recaptured the seat he had lost three years previously^[2]|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003431/19550415/041/0005%7Caccess-date=9 February 2023|newspaper=Neath Guardian |date=15 April 1955|page=16}}</ref>

Results[edit]

Aberaman[edit]

Aberaman 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Florence Rose Davies**
	Labour hold		Swing

Aberavon[edit]

Aberavon 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Lewis Hare*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Abercynon[edit]

Abercynon 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Dicks**	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Aberdare Town[edit]

Aberdare Town 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Thomas Alwyn John	1,292
	Labour	Tom Williams	977
	Independent	Henry Cohen	242
Majority			315
	Independent hold		Swing

Bargoed[edit]

Bargoed 1937
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.

Barry 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Dudley Thomas Howe*	2,304
	Labour	W. East*	2,004
Majority			300
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Barry Dock[edit]

Barry Dock 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Dorothy Rees**	1,965
	Independent	G. Edward Smith	1,762
Majority			203
	Labour hold		Swing

Blaengwawr[edit]

Blaengwawr 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William J. Edwards*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Bridgend[edit]

Bridgend 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Henry Percy Williams*	2,310
	Labour	W.T. Ellis	1,845
Majority			465
	Independent hold		Swing

Briton Ferry[edit]

Briton Ferry 1955
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Shea*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Cadoxton[edit]

Cadoxton 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Digby Smith	1,499
	Independent	A.L. Davies	1,158
Majority			341
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Caerphilly[edit]

Caerphilly 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Evan Phillips*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Cilfynydd[edit]

Cilfynydd 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Edryd Lewis	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Coedffranc[edit]

Coedffranc 1955
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David James Vibert	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Cowbridge[edit]

Cowbridge 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	D.I. Morgan	2,770
	Independent	D.H. Hopkin	2,410
Majority			360
	Labour hold		Swing

Cwm Aber[edit]

Cwm Aber 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Rev David M. Jones*	Unopposed
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Cwmavon[edit]

Cwmavon 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Jones Edwards*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Cymmer[edit]

Cymmer 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John James Garwood*	1,167
	Independent	Evan Thomas	485
Majority			682
	Labour hold		Swing

Dinas Powys[edit]

Dinas Powys 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ivor Broadbent Thomas*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Dulais Valley[edit]

Dulais Valley 1955
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	George Adams*	2,677
	Communist	Chris Evans	1,347
Majority			1,330
	Labour hold		Swing

Ferndale[edit]

Ferndale 1934
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Evans*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Gadlys[edit]

Gadlys 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Thomas Phillips*	1,802
	Labour	David Idris Bruton	796
Majority			1,006
	Independent hold		Swing

Garw Valley[edit]

Garw Valley 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Gunter*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Glyncorrwg[edit]

Glyncorrwg 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sir William Jenkins**	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Gower[edit]

Gower 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Fredrick William Davies	2,083
	Labour	Stanley Jones	1,480
Majority			603
	Independent hold		Swing

Hengoed[edit]

Hengoed 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Evans**	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Hopkinstown[edit]

Hopkinstown 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Waite	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Kibbor[edit]

Kibbor 1931
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Edgar L. Chappell	1,769
	Independent	John Kane	1,400
Majority			369
	Independent hold		Swing

Castell Coch[edit]

Castell Coch 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Sir Lewis Lougher*	1,458
	Labour	Edward Harry Follis	606
Majority			852
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandeilo Talybont[edit]

Llandeilo Talybont 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caradoc Jones**	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanfabon[edit]

Llanfabon 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Bowen**	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Llwydcoed[edit]

Llwydcoed 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Martha Emma Jones*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llwynypia[edit]

Llwynypia 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Haines Rowlands*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Loughor[edit]

Loughor 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David John Davies	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Maesteg, Caerau and Nantyffyllon[edit]

Maesteg, Caerau and Nantyffyllon 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E.D. Evans*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Maesteg, East and West[edit]

Maesteg East and West 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Jenkins*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Mountain Ash[edit]

Mountain Ash 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Justin Lewis	Unopposed
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Neath (North)[edit]

Neath (North) 1955
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	William Kingdon Owen	1,835
	Labour	William Powell*	1,525
Majority			310
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Neath (South)[edit]

Neath (South) 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Degwel Thomas**	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Newcastle[edit]

Newcastle 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Philip Squire*	3,081
	Conservative	W.T. Baker	530
Majority			2,551
	Labour hold		Swing

Ogmore Valley[edit]

Ogmore Valley 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Communist	Frederick Arthur Llewellyn*	1,963
	Labour	Stanley James Moore	833
Majority			1,130
	Communist hold		Swing

Penarth North[edit]

Penarth North 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	H.J. Cook	1,001
	Independent	F.R. Cratchley	801
Majority			200
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Penarth South[edit]

Penarth South 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D.B. Jones	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Pencoed[edit]

Pencoed 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Mervyn W. Payne*	2,983
	Independent	Trefor David	659
Majority			2,324
	Labour hold		Swing

Penrhiwceiber[edit]

Penrhiwceiber 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John William Bath*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Pentre[edit]

Pentre 1946
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]

Pontardawe 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Daniel Davies**	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Pontyclun[edit]

Pontyclun 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Johnson Miles**	2,483
	Independent	Annie Mary Russell	1,554
Majority			929
	Labour hold		Swing

Port Talbot East[edit]

Port Talbot East 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Thomas**	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Port Talbot West[edit]

Port Talbot West 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Rees L. Matthews*	Unopposed
	Independent	Ivor Nicholas	1,564
Majority			555
	Labour hold		Swing

Porthcawl[edit]

Porthcawl 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Jenkin Francis John*	3,850
	Independent	Bruce Cameron	2,011
Majority			1,839
	Labour hold		Swing

Pontlottyn[edit]

Pontlottyn 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W.A. Hancock*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Pontypridd Town[edit]

Pontypridd Town 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Ivor M. Jenkins	1,458
	Independent	Cyril R. Morgan	1,450
Majority			308
	Labour hold		Swing

Penygraig[edit]

Penygraig 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Thomas Churchill*	2,148
	Independent	William John Gribble	981
Majority			1,267
	Labour hold		Swing

Porth[edit]

Porth 1946
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]

Swansea Valley 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jenkins*
	Labour hold		Swing

Tonyrefail and Gilfach Goch[edit]

Tonyrefail and Gilfach Goch 1937
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]

Trealaw 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Communist	Lewis Jones	1,945
	Labour	Richard Jones	1,315
Majority			630
	Communist hold		Swing

Treforest[edit]

Treforest 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Arthur W. Harris	2,507
	Independent	Ceiriog Williams	1,029
Majority			1,478
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Treherbert[edit]

Treherbert 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	William Llewellyn*	3,345
	Communist	George Thomas	1,964
Majority			1,391
	Labour hold		Swing

Treorchy[edit]

Treorchy 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Rhys Evans**	4,401
	Communist	Ivor Williams	1,077
Majority			3,324
	Labour hold		Swing

Tylorstown[edit]

Tylorstown 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Llewellyn Jones	1,984
	Communist	Frederick J. Morton	942
Majority			1,042
	Labour hold		Swing

Vale of Neath[edit]

Vale of Neath 1955
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frances Handy*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Ynyshir[edit]

Ynyshir 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Ivor Jones	1,855
	Independent	Morgan Benjamin	1,418
Majority			437
	Labour hold		Swing

Ystalyfera[edit]

Ystalyfera 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Alice Williams*	2,051
	Plaid Cymru	Wynne Samuel	873
Majority			1,176
	Labour hold		Swing

Ystrad[edit]

Ystrad 1946
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.^[3]

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]

Aberaman by-election 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sydney Herbert Stephens*
	Labour hold		Swing

Abercynon by-election[edit]


Party		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.^[4] 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.

Barry Dock by-election 1946
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		Votes
	Labour
	Independent
Majority
	Labour gain from Independent	Swing

Hopkinstown by-election[edit]


Party		Votes
	Labour
	Independent
Majority
	Labour gain from Independent	Swing

Llandeilo Talybont by-election[edit]

Llandeilo Talybont
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Llewellyn Davies	1,501
	Labour	J. Powell	1,378
Majority
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Llanfabon by-election[edit]

Llanfabon by-election 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Charles Herbert Davies	1,387
	Independent	Rev. Henry Withers	798
Majority			589
	Labour hold		Swing

Maesteg by-election[edit]


Party		Votes
	Labour
	Independent
Majority
	Labour gain from Independent	Swing

Pontardawe by-election[edit]

Pontardawe by-election 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Williams	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Port Talbot by-election[edit]

Tylorstown by-election[edit]

Tylorstown by-election 1947
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 Nominations". Neath Guardian. 25 March 1955. p. 16. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
^ {{cite news |title=Kingdon Owen Tipped the Balance Again
^ "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.

1949 Category:1949 Welsh local elections Category:1940s in Glamorgan

New article[edit]

This is a list of Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by Welsh constituencies for the Fifty-Eighth Parliament of the United Kingdom (1945–50).

It includes both MPs elected at the 1945 general election, held on 12 December 2019, and those subsequently elected in by-elections.

The list is sorted by the name of the MP, and MPs who did not serve throughout the Parliament are italicised. New MPs elected after the general election are noted at the bottom of the page.

Composition[edit]

Affiliation		Members
	Labour Party	22
	Conservative Party	14
	Plaid Cymru	3
	Independent politician	1
Total		40

Number of seats by party (at election)

Labour (55%)

Conservative (35%)

Plaid Cymru (10%)

MPs[edit]

MP	Constituency		In constituency since	Majority
Tonia Antoniazzi	Gower	Labour	2017	1,837
Sarah Atherton	Wrexham	Conservative	2019	2,131
Simon Baynes	Clwyd South	Conservative	2019	1,239
Kevin Brennan	Cardiff West	Labour	2001	10,986
Chris Bryant	Rhondda	Labour	2001	11,440
Alun Cairns	Vale of Glamorgan	Conservative	2010	3,562
Stephen Crabb	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Conservative	2005	5,062
Virginia Crosbie	Ynys Môn	Conservative	2019	1,968
Wayne David	Caerphilly	Labour	2001	6,833
David Davies	Monmouth	Conservative	2005	9,982
Geraint Davies	Swansea West	Labour Co-op	2010	8,116
James Davies	Vale of Clwyd	Conservative	2019	1,827
Alex Davies-Jones	Pontypridd	Labour	2019	5,890
Stephen Doughty	Cardiff South and Penarth	Labour Co-op	2012 by-election	12,737
Jonathan Edwards	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Independent	2010	1,809
Chris Elmore	Ogmore	Labour Co-op	2016 by-election	7,805
Chris Evans	Islwyn	Labour Co-op	2010	5,464
Nia Griffith	Llanelli	Labour	2005	4,670
Carolyn Harris	Swansea East	Labour	2015	7,970
Simon Hart	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	Conservative	2010	7,745
David Jones	Clwyd West	Conservative	2005	6,747
Fay Jones	Brecon and Radnorshire	Conservative	2019	7,131
Gerald Jones	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Labour	2015	10,606
Ruth Jones	Newport West	Labour	2019 by-election	902
William Cove	Aberavon	Labour	1929	10,490
Ben Lake	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	2017	6,329
Anna McMorrin	Cardiff North	Labour	2017	6,982	@AnnaMcMorrin
Robin Millar	Aberconwy	Conservative	2019	2,034	@RobinMillar8
Jessica Morden	Newport East	Labour	2005	1,992	@jessicamordenmp
Christina Rees	Neath	Labour	2015	5,637	@Rees4Neath
Rob Roberts	Delyn	Conservative	2019	865	@RobDelyn
Liz Saville Roberts	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Plaid Cymru	2015	4,740
Nick Smith	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	2010	8,647
Jo Stevens	Cardiff Central	Labour	2015	17,179
Mark Tami	Alyn and Deeside	Labour	2001	213
Nick Thomas-Symonds	Torfaen	Labour	2015	3,742
Jamie Wallis	Bridgend	Conservative	2019	1,157
Craig Williams	Montgomeryshire	Conservative	2019	12,138
Hywel Williams	Arfon	Plaid Cymru	2001	2,781
Beth Winter	Cynon Valley	Labour	2019	8,822

References[edit]

Wales 2019 MPs

Hywel Heulyn Roberts[edit]

Hywel Heulyn Roberts (16 March 1919 - 30 April 2010) was a Welsh businessman and public figure, who served for many decades as an Independent councillor in Cardiganshire (1952-74) and Dyfed (1973-89). ^[1]

References[edit]

^ Stevens, Meic (5 June 2010). "Hywel Heulyn Roberts: Veteran Welsh nationalist and county councillor". Independent. Retrieved 4 July 2022.

[PO_edit_29-3-52-1] "The County Elections (editorial)". Pontypridd Observer. 29 March 1952. p. 8. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

[NG_28-3-52-2] "County Council Elections. Only One Fight in Neath". Neath Guardian. 28 March 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 1 February 2023.

[GG_8-4-49-3] "County Council Election Results. Mid Glamorgan Area". Glamorgan Gazette. 8 April 1949. p. 1. Retrieved 9 June 2021.

[NG_8-4-49-4] "Labour Regains Skewen By Big Majority. County Council Election Results". Glamorgan Gazette. 8 April 1949. p. 1. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

[WM_15-3-46-5] "Seniority Ignored in Selection of Chairman". Western Mail. 15 March 1946. p. 3. Retrieved 22 April 2021.

[WM_20-4-37-6] "County Council By-Elections". Western Mail. 20 April 1937. p. 10. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

[NG_28-3-52-7] "County Council Nominations". Neath Guardian. 25 March 1955. p. 16. Retrieved 9 February 2023.

[NG_15-4-55-8] {{cite news |title=Kingdon Owen Tipped the Balance Again

[WM_15-3-46-9] "Seniority Ignored in Selection of Chairman". Western Mail. 15 March 1946. p. 3. Retrieved 22 April 2021.

[WM_20-4-37-10] "County Council By-Elections". Western Mail. 20 April 1937. p. 10. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

[Ind_obit-11] Stevens, Meic (5 June 2010). "Hywel Heulyn Roberts: Veteran Welsh nationalist and county councillor". Independent. Retrieved 4 July 2022.

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