The first election to Neath Borough Council was held in April 1973. [1] It was followed by the 1976 election. On the same day there were elections to the other local authorities and community councils in Wales.
The election resulted in an overwhelming Labour majority. [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Thomas | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Brown | 1,866 | |||
Labour | William John Davies | 1,785 | |||
Labour | Mary Anne Moule | 1,766 | |||
Labour | Arthur Powell | 1,709 | |||
Plaid Cymru | D. Evans | 1,214 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Iris Hobbs | 1,031 | |||
Labour | Gwyn Gower | 808 | |||
Independent | Trevor Rees Matthews | 723 | |||
Independent | Meyric Thomas | 662 | |||
Plaid Cymru | David Huw John | 577 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David John Davies | 336 | 55.2 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Ivor Thomas Morgan | 273 | 44.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 54.9 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Myrddin Morris | 386 | 46.7 | ||
Independent | Thomas Edward Rees | 252 | 30.5 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Janet Beatrice Anne Thomas | 188 | 22.8 | ||
Majority | 16.2 | ||||
Turnout | 73.8 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Martin Thomas* | 2,465 | |||
Labour | Leslie Ball | 1,618 | |||
Labour | R. Bennett | 1,363 | |||
Labour | R. Day | 1,320 | |||
Communist | Glaslyn Morgan | 1,277 | |||
Labour | Arthur Williams | 1,196 | |||
Independent | Eric Vernon Matthews* | 1,185 | |||
Independent | J. Wilsher | 1,150 | |||
Plaid Cymru | T. Phillips | 974 | |||
Independent Socialist | A. Hames | 511 | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. James | 573 | 51.6 | ||
Independent Labour | D. Davies | 538 | 48.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 54.9 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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