An election to the Neath Rural District Council in West Glamorgan, Wales was held in May 1955. It was preceded by the 1952 election, and followed by the 1958 election. [1]
The election resulted in relatively few changes in personnel as Labour comfortably upheld its majority. [2] Around half of the wards saw Labour candidates returned unopposed. [3]
The profile of candidates was similar to three years previously with a number of long-serving Labour councillors returned unopposed.
Labour maintained in full control of the authority, gaining an additional three seats at the expense of the Independents. One of these was the seat at Crynant, lost at a by-election the previous year following the death of John James.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Albert Vowles* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J.T. Evans* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David John Davies* | 386 | |||
Independent | Daniel Jones | 294 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Albert Mansel Davies* | 274 | |||
Independent | Thomas Edward Rees | 185 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas G. Allen* | 347 | |||
Independent | Wilfrid Rees | 217 | |||
Majority | 230 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William David* | 2,717 | |||
Labour | Thomas Lewis Thomas* | 1,820 | |||
Labour | Thomas Rees* | 1,747 | |||
Labour | Clarence Gwyn Pope | 1,721 | |||
Labour | Ivor L. Evans | 1,684 | |||
Labour | Wilfred Edgar Jones | 1,355 | |||
Communist | Glaslyn Morgan | 954 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles H. Button | Unopposed | |||
Labour | William John Griffiths* | Unopposed | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Emlyn Davies | Unopposed | |||
Independent | Daniel Crynant Williams* | 291 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Communist | William John Davies* | 660 | |||
Independent Labour | Tom Llewellyn | 582 | |||
Majority | 78 | ||||
Communist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Joseph Smith | 1,029 | |||
Labour | Edith Jones* | 845 | |||
Independent | William Morris | 759 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J.S. George* | 462 | |||
Independent | Richard Davies Douglas Rees | 289 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gwilym Thomas Morgan | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Arthur* | Unopposed | |||
Labour | Blodwen May Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Labour | Joseph James Lunn* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Henry Evans | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward John Ateyo* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Hull* | Unopposed | |||
Labour | William John Powell | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas G. Powell* | 705 | |||
Labour | Iorwerth Williams* | 568 | |||
Independent | Clifford Lionel Smith | 439 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David J. Daymond | 636 | |||
Independent | Howard P. Thomas | 455 | |||
Majority | 181 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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