Labour won control of the authority for the first time, winning sixteen seats as opposed to thirteen for the Independents.
Boundary changes
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.
Candidates
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]
Outcome
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]
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