1928 Cardiff City Council election

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The 1928 Cardiff City Council election was held on Monday 1 November 1928 to elect councillors to Cardiff City Council in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales. It took place on the same day as many other local elections in Wales and England.

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This was the tenth annual all-Cardiff elections since the 1914-18 Great War. The previous elections were in November 1927 and the next annual all-Cardiff elections were to take place in November 1929.

Background

Cardiff County Borough Council had been created in 1889. Cardiff became a city in 1905. The council consisted of 39 councillors who were elected by the town's voters and thirteen aldermen who were elected by the councillors. Elections to the local authority were held annually, though not all council seats were included in each contest, because the four councillors in each ward stood down for election in three-yearly rotation.

Thirteen seats were up for election in November 1928. One Labour held seat was uncontested. Labour ran candidates in all 13 wards. There were eight Conservative candidates, six Liberals, 2 Independents and one Communist.

Overview of the result

Turnout was 61.0%, up on 1927 (42.4%) and 1925 (56.4%). Labour won seven seats, Conservatives three, Liberals two and Independents one.

Council composition

Following the November 1927 election the balance on the city council was 18 Liberal, 18 Conservative, 13 Labour and 3 Others. In 1929 Labour increased their number by two, Conservative and Independent dropped by one each. The Liberals remained unchanged.

Ward results

*='retiring' ward councillor for re-election Percentage changes from 1925. [1]

Adamsdown

Adamsdown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Donovanunopposed
Labour hold Swing n/a

Canton

Canton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Heginbottom 1,826 40.7 +16.3
Liberal AJ Dyne1,44532.2+9.2
Conservative WA Prichard1,21127.0-25.5
Turnout 4,48260.3+12.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +3.55

Cathays

Cathays
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Ernest Gough* 3,022 61.2 +10.1
Independent Owen T Morris1,91838.8n/a
Turnout 4,94061.6-0.3
Labour hold Swing n/a

Central

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Gerald Gaskell 1,682 51.1 +6.0
Labour James Patrick Collins1,60848.9+18.2
Turnout 3,29056.9-4.2
Conservative hold Swing n/a

Gabalfa

Gabalfa
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Alfred Ernest Shippobotham* 2,309 55.3 +7.1
Labour HJ Brown1,87044.7+17.4
Turnout 4,17956.0-6.4
Independent hold Swing -5.15

Grangetown

Grangetown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ivor George Duddridge* 2,482 63.4 -16.4
Liberal TL Francis1,43536.6n/a
Turnout 3,91762.1+22.5
Labour hold Swing n/a

Llandaff

Llandaff
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour EJ Draper 2,890 51.3 +12.3
Conservative Alfred Edward Lougher*2,74248.7-12.3
Turnout 5,63256.8+8.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +12.3

Penylan

Penylan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal G Williams 2,050 49.7 -3.9
Conservative TR Evans1,24730.2-16.2
Labour R Stanton83120.1n/a
Turnout 4,12865.5+6.2
Liberal hold Swing n/a

Plasnewydd

Plasnewydd
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative C Hoare* 1,663 37.9 -1.9
Liberal Edward John Sawyer1,36831.2-4.6
Labour IT Rees1,35630.9+6.5
Turnout 4,38766.6
Conservative hold Swing n/a

Riverside

Riverside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Walter Howell Parker* 1,980 62.9 n/a
Labour Frederick Saw1,16637.1n/a
Turnout 3,14646.4n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a

Roath

Roath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Frederick Evans* 2,470 50.7 n/a
Labour AJ Phillips1,35327.8n/a
Conservative HE White1,04821.5n/a
Turnout 4,87169.0n/a
Liberal hold Swing n/a

South

South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joshua Thomas Clatworthy 1,759 49.4 +17.4
Conservative Frederick Jones*1,74349.0-11.7
Communist Reginald Cosslett571.6-5.7
Turnout 3,55962.5+13.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +14.55

Splott

Splott
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A Lewis 3,104 53.9 +6.8
Liberal Edward James Wilmot2,65546.1n/a
Turnout 5,75968.9+1.0
Labour gain from Independent Swing n/a

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  1. ↑ County Borough Elections in England and Wales, 1919-1938 Volume 2, Sam Davies & Bob Morley
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