1967 Cardiff City Council election

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The 1967 Cardiff City Council election was held on Thursday 11 May 1967 to elect councillors to Cardiff City Council in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales. It took place on the same day as several other county borough elections in Wales and England.

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The previous elections to this one were in May 1966 and the next elections would be in May 1968.

The election saw the Conservatives taking a significant number of seats back from the Labour Party, as well as winning every new seat.

Background

Cardiff County Borough Council had been created in 1889. Cardiff became a city in 1905. Elections to the local authority were held annually, though not all council seats were included in each contest, because each of the three councillors in each ward stood down for election in rotation.

The council also comprised aldermen who were elected for a six-year period by the councillors.

The local government elections took place in the context of Harold Wilson's Labour UK government struggling with cabinet splits over their plans to join the European Common Market. [1]

New wards

Two new Cardiff electoral wards of Rhiwbina and Whitchurch were created for this election, following the transfer of these areas from Cardiff Rural.

Three councillors were elected for each of these wards at this election, increasing the numbers on Cardiff City Council by six. Because each of the three councillors in every ward stood down for re-election in rotation, the winners of the Rhiwbina/Whitchurch polls would sit for three years before standing down, the second placed candidates would sit for two years and the third-placed candidates would need to stand for re-election in 12 months time. [2]

Overview of the result

Twenty-three seats in 19 electoral wards were up for election in May 1967. In a "landslide election" the Conservative Party gained their biggest ever majority on the council, taking 4 seats off the Labour Party, one of the Liberals and winning all six new seats in Rhiwbina and Whitchurch. [3] Gains included the traditionally Labour seat in the South ward, taken by 36 votes. Labour group leader, Alderman Lyons, blamed Independent candidates splitting the Labour vote. [3] The council gained its first ever black councillor, Manuel Delgado, in the Splott ward. It also gained a brother and sister combination, with Trevor Tyrell joining his sister, Bella Brown, in the Canton Ward. [3]

Plaid Cymru were fielding a large number of candidates for the first time in Cardiff and polled well in Plasmawr and the two new Rhiwbina/Whitchurch wards. [3]

Council composition

Immediately following the election the Conservatives had a majority of 18 on the council, though after aldermanic elections the balance on the city council was expected to be 50 Conservatives and 26 Labour representatives. [3] 11 Conservative aldermen were elected on 22 May, with the two Labour aldermen standing for re-election losing their places. Conservative alderman Layton Lougher was also replaced. [4]

Ward results

Contests took place in every ward at this election. In most wards one council seat was up for election, but in Rhiwbina and Whitchurch three seats were available. [5]

Adamsdown

Adamsdown ward 1967
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour (Alderman) J. P. Keohane 1,261
Conservative Lionel Pugh762
Liberal Harry Edwards251
Plaid Cymru Bran Evans234
Majority499
Labour hold Swing

Canton

Canton ward 1967
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Trevor Tyrell 1,948
Labour Olwen Parry *1,393
Independent Reg Stuart313
Majority555
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Cathays

Cathays ward 1967
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bernard Bateman 2,188
Labour John C. Edwards *2,005
Liberal Vernon White459
Plaid Cymru John Howell318
Majority183
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Central

Central ward 1967
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mary Hallinan * 1,809
Labour Robert Dumbleton921
Majority888
Conservative hold Swing

Ely

Ely ward 1967
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William H. Carling * 2,118
Conservative Keith Clode1,481
Majority637
Labour hold Swing

Gabalfa

Gabalfa ward 1967
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Emrys Pride * 2,117
Conservative Wyndham Powell2,052
Majority65
Labour hold Swing

Grangetown

Grangetown ward 1967
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert McCourtney 1,457
Labour Albert Horle *1,263
Independent Maxwell Christie768
Majority194
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Llandaff

Llandaff ward 1967
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julius Hermer * 3,035
Plaid Cymru John B. Hilling766
Labour J. May628
Majority2,407
Conservative hold Swing

Llanishen

Llanishen ward 1967
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harvey Salter * 4,074
Labour (Mrs) J. Southern1,673
Majority2,401
Conservative hold Swing

Penylan

Penylan ward 1967
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative F. W. Jones * 4,919
Labour R. Frew842
Majority4,077
Conservative hold Swing

Plasmawr

Plasmawr ward 1967
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hubert Harding * 1,974
Conservative Peter Meyer1,531
Plaid Cymru Dafydd Hughes1,024
Majority443
Labour hold Swing

Plasnewydd

Plasnewydd ward 1967
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Olwen Watkin * 2,475
Labour W. J. Philips912
Plaid Cymru E. I. Rowlands373
Liberal Queenie O'Neill250
Communist Thomas Southern[a]
Majority1,563
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

Olwen Watkin had won the previous election for the Liberal Party. [3]

Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina ward 1967
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Davies 3,531
Conservative William Bain 3,497
Conservative William Davies 3,096
Plaid Cymru John Bevan1,264
Plaid Cymru Gwilym Hughes1,228
Labour (Alderman) F. G. Davies1,030
Labour (Mrs) S. Williams996
Labour C. Roderick880
Liberal Raymond Stephens534
Majority1,832
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Riverside

Riverside ward 1967
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Purnell * 2,094
Labour David Seligman1,019
Majority1,075
Conservative hold Swing

Roath

Roath ward 1967
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald Richards * 3,379
Labour (Dr) A. Jenkins861
Majority2,518
Conservative hold Swing

Rumney

Rumney ward 1967
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. N. Rees * 2,570
Conservative Joan Taylor1,477
Majority93
Labour hold Swing

South

South ward 1967
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terry Roche 1,622
Labour H. G. Bartlett *1,586
Majority36
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Splott

Splott ward 1967
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Manuel Delgado 2,167
Conservative Ian Hermer1,737
Plaid Cymru Donald Nicholson704
Liberal Stan Sheriff187
Majority430
Labour hold Swing

Manuel Delgado became Cardiff's first ever black councillor. [3]

Whitchurch

Whitchurch ward 1967
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George E. Brown 3,350
Conservative Jack Davies 3,264
Conservative Rose Thomas 3,061
Liberal George Parsons1,451
Labour A. G. Donne1,386
Plaid Cymru Hugh Edwards1,244
Labour E. Edwards1,098
Labour B. A. Matthewson980
Majority1,610
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

*= 'retiring' ward councillor for re-election
[a] = vote figure missing from results

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References

  1. ↑ Gordon Jackson (12 May 1967). "Cabinet shake-up on the way". South Wales Echo . p. 1.
  2. ↑ "All eyes on Whitchurch and Rhiwbina - newcomers hold the key to power". South Wales Echo. 9 May 1967. p. 6. For to bring the election procedure into line with that in the city's other wards, whoever tops the poll in the two new wards goes to City Hall for a full three-year term. The runners-up will serve for two years, while those in third place ...must face the electorate again in 12 months time... In this way the added areas will in future elect one member every year from 1968.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "18-seat lead in Cardiff for Tories". South Wales Echo. 12 May 1967. p. 1.
  4. ↑ "Alderman ousted from city council". South Wales Echo. 22 May 1967. p. 1.
  5. ↑ "We will win them back, say Labour - The county boroughs - Cardiff results". South Wales Echo. 12 May 1967. p. 8.
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