An election to the Neath Rural District Council in Wales was held in March 1934. It was preceded by the 1931 election and was followed by the 1937 election. [1]
Labour won control of the authority for the first time, winning sixteen seats as opposed to thirteen for the Independents.
Ystradfellte ward was removed to Breconshire, reducing the number of councillors from 31 to 29. [2] This rural ward had long been represented by Independent councillors who were usually returned unopposed.
All seats were contested apart from Tonmawr, where the longest serving Labour member, William Jones, was returned unopposed, and Clyne, which was also taken without opposition by Labour. Most of the other seats saw Labour candidates face Independent nominees, with a small number of Independent Labour and Communist candidates. [2]
Having won a majority for the first time, Labour councillors moved swiftly to impose their authority. Independent councillors had for the past six years denied Labour any significant roles within the council, so this was taken as a reason for Labour to reverse this position. William Jones, Tonmawr, the senior Labour councillor on the authority, who had been proposed many times as chairman, without success, was elected by fifteen votes to thirteen, with John James of Crynant elected vice-chairman by a similar margin. [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Albert Vowles | 226 | |||
Independent | Rosser Jenkins* | 134 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J.T. Evans* | 975 | |||
Independent | Edward Bowen | 641 | |||
Independent | Llew Jones* | 514 | |||
Labour | William R. Griffiths | 472 | |||
Labour | Albert John | 374 | |||
Independent | John Morgan | 349 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles R. Kimber | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ogley Lewis David* | 1,881 | |||
Independent | Isaac David | 1,831 | |||
Independent | Amy Jones* | 1,830 | |||
Labour | David Jenkins* | 1,739 | |||
Labour | Mary Elizabeth Davies* | 1,378 | |||
Independent | Thomas Lloyd* | 1,239 | |||
Independent | W.T.A. Macamara | 906 | |||
Labour | David Thomas | 891 | |||
Labour | Thomas Lovering | 802 | |||
Labour | Isaac William Evans | 599 | |||
Independent | Mary Jane Reid | 593 | |||
Independent Labour | Philip Evans | 393 | |||
Independent | John Harris Evans | 359 | |||
Independent Labour | Christopher Jones | 328 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Thomas* | 353 | |||
Independent | David Williams | 330 | |||
Independent Labour | Percy Cantle | 285 | |||
Labour | A.T. Rogers | 237 | |||
Independent Labour | Ben Jones | 233 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Jeffreys* | 367 | |||
Labour | Jenkin Morgan | 263 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John James* | 605 | |||
Independent | J.T. Lewis | 293 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Jones* | 697 | |||
Independent | W.P. Harries | 539 | |||
Labour | George Adams | 436 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J.S. George | 169 | |||
Independent | Morgan Thomas Richards | 109 | |||
Independent | Llewellyn Davies | 104 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W.J. Lewis* | 305 | |||
Independent | H.W. Crouch | 147 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Morgan Morgan* | 925 | |||
Independent | David Arthur* | 878 | |||
Labour | Cliff Protheroe* | 863 | |||
Labour | R.H. Taylor | 654 | |||
Communist | E. Williams | 247 | |||
Communist | W.J. Jones | 90 | |||
Communist | T. Williams | 89 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Samuel Burnard* | 174 | |||
Independent | T.D. Herbert | 90 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Trevor Lewis* | 351 | |||
Independent | R.H. Snook | 52 | |||
Communist | Edward Sherlock | 23 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D.J.Evans* | 657 | |||
Labour | Fred Thomas* | 651 | |||
Independent | Benjamin Jones | 474 | |||
Labour | R. Geary | 349 | |||
Independent | A. Howell | 121 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R.M. Smith* | 348 | |||
Independent | James Evans* | 338 | |||
Labour | T. Williams | 268 | |||
Communist | R.J. Douglas | 66 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W.G. Harrington* | 386 | |||
Labour | William Thomas | 301 | |||
Majority | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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