The third election to West Glamorgan County Council was held in May 1981. [1] It was preceded by the 1977 election and followed by the 1985 election.
The Labour Party fielded candidates in every ward. A significant proportion of seats were contested by the Conservative Party and Plaid Cymru with fewer candidates fielded by the Liberal Party. A feature of the election was the number of Ratepayer candidates.
In the Neath area, Labour contested all thirteen seats, with Plaid Cymru running nine candidates. [2]
Labour retained their majority and regained some of the ground lost to Ratepayers four years earlier.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Colin Crowley* | 3,656 | |||
Labour | Cyril Lewis* | 3,434 | |||
Labour | P. Jones* | 3,287 | |||
Tenants Association | B. Thomas | 1,495 | |||
Tenants Association | W. Johnson | 1,423 | |||
Tenants Association | Jim Roberts | 1,241 | |||
Turnout | 43.1 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Malcolm Harris | 1,653 | |||
Ratepayers | R. Hubbard* | 1,590 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Ratepayers | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Llewellyn | 1,310 | |||
Ratepayers | L. Carey* | 709 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Ratepayers | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Dowdle* | 1,407 | |||
Labour | J. Adams* | 1,334 | |||
Conservative | P. Morgan | 382 | |||
Ratepayers | M. John | 348 | |||
Turnout | 43.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Jones | 945 | |||
Labour | B. Ludlam* | 893 | |||
Ratepayers | I. Williams | 558 | |||
Ratepayers | B. Matthews | 508 | |||
Conservative | S. Patriarcia | 358 | |||
Turnout | 46.0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mel John* | 1,632 | |||
Independent | A. Bevan | 122 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Bevan* | 1,292 | |||
Labour | Victor Cyril Alexander* | 1,193 | |||
Ratepayers | D. Jones | 1,115 | |||
Ratepayers | L. Evans | 1,091 | |||
Conservative | C. Andrews | 767 | |||
Conservative | E. Charles | 750 | |||
Plaid Cymru | A. Williams | 319 | |||
Plaid Cymru | D. Morton | 305 | |||
Communist | B. Lewis | 92 | |||
Turnout | 37.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Valerio* | 1,840 | |||
Ratepayers | J. Thomas | 1,383 | |||
Conservative | G. Ashmole | 1,296 | |||
Plaid Cymru | J. Thomas | 456 | |||
Liberal | S. Evans | 441 | |||
Turnout | 63.6 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Ratepayers gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Davies* | 1,839 | |||
Labour | D. Daniels* | 1,601 | |||
Ratepayers | G. James | 934 | |||
Independent | Mairwen Goodridge | 922 | |||
Turnout | 58.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Bartlett | Unopposed | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratepayers | C. Sanders | 1,660 | |||
Labour | F. Lord* | 1,407 | |||
Turnout | 64.5 | ||||
Ratepayers gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | P. Bevan | 1,565 | |||
Ratepayers | G. Beynon | 1,166 | |||
Labour | M. Thomas | 273 | |||
Turnout | 47.4 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Cox* | 1,286 | |||
Labour | S. John* | 1,237 | |||
Ratepayers | J. Lewis | 921 | |||
Ratepayers | C. Phillips | 917 | |||
Communist | R. Thomas | 97 | |||
Turnout | 43.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L. Penhaligan* | 2,471 | |||
Labour | W. Davies | 1,931 | |||
Plaid Cymru | C. Phillips | 1,181 | |||
Ratepayers | E. James | 845 | |||
Plaid Cymru | W. Smith | 779 | |||
Ratepayers | C. Stevens | 773 | |||
Conservative | J. Edgecombe | 661 | |||
Conservative | J. Holmes | 560 | |||
Turnout | 42.6 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Williams | 1,410 | |||
Independent | D. Thomas | 829 | |||
Conservative | R. Day | 576 | |||
Turnout | 62.9 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Davies* | 2,518* | |||
Labour | J. Jones* | 1,962 | |||
Plaid Cymru | E. Thomas | 1,780 | |||
Turnout | 48.6 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Thomas* | 1,835 | |||
Labour | D. Turner* | 1,697 | |||
Conservative | W. Davies | 1,301 | |||
Independent | Cled Morgan | 1,176 | |||
Conservative | M. Bevan | 1,167 | |||
Plaid Cymru | H. Price | 862 | |||
Turnout | 64.6 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Rogers | 1,252 | |||
Independent | W. Jones | 606 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Southall | 843 | |||
Independent | S. Williams* | 618 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Ratepayers | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratepayers | Edward Miles* | 1,254 | |||
Labour | E. Hayward | 541 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Ratepayers hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P. Evans | 1,996 | |||
Labour | S. Havard | 1,977 | |||
Ratepayers | C. Hadley | 1,810 | |||
Ratepayers | J. Howes | 1,295 | |||
Turnout | 35.8 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | A. Chilcot | 3,180 | |||
Conservative | M. Jones | 3,072 | |||
Labour | L. Neale | 1,757 | |||
Turnout | 38.2 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fred Kingdom* | 3,620 | |||
Labour | Dillwyn David* | 3,549 | |||
Labour | David Jeffs | 3,399 | |||
Labour | David Roberts* | 3,371 | |||
Ratepayers | Samuel Leonard Evans | 1,879 | |||
Plaid Cymru | M. Griffiths | 882 | |||
Conservative | John Leaker | 734 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Cecil Evans* | 2,086 | |||
Labour | M. Jones | 1,834 | |||
Ratepayers | Ronald Jones* | 1,318 | |||
Ratepayers | O. Phillips | 1,289 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Iris Curtis | 593 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Ratepayers | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Jones | 2,905 | |||
Independent | Martin Thomaso | 2,534 | |||
Labour | N. Thomas | 2,385 | |||
Labour | T. Thomas | 2,131 | |||
Plaid Cymru | H. Evans | 1,919 | |||
Plaid Cymru | O. Roberts | 1,629 | |||
Labour | W. Jones | 1,575 | |||
Labour | C. Jones | 1,499 | |||
Independent | T. Rees | 1,346 | |||
Labour | R. Davies | 1,300 | |||
Independent | L. Adams | 1,191 | |||
Communist | Glaslyn Morgan | 734 | |||
Plaid Cymru | T. Evans | 346 | |||
Turnout | 67.3 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | |||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Hull | 1,470 | |||
Independent | R. Rees | 1,277 | |||
Plaid Cymru | G. Dawe | 273 | |||
Turnout | 63.2 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Allison | 3,152 | |||
Labour | T. Jones | 3,090 | |||
Labour | G. Thomas | 3,032 | |||
Plaid Cymru | D. Reynon | 972 | |||
Communist | W. Jones | 584 | |||
Communist | B. Lewis | 424 | |||
Communist | H. Barrow | 280 | |||
Turnout | 29.4 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Williams | 1,151 | 62.1 | ||
Labour | G. Williams | 703 | 37.9 | ||
Turnout | 56.1 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Maunder | 2,694 | |||
Independent | M. Rees | 1,948 | |||
Labour | C. Jones | 1,836 | |||
Plaid Cymru | M. Mulcahy | 1,507 | |||
Independent | R. Jones | 1,037 | |||
Turnout | 78.9 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Lake | 4,702 | |||
Labour | W. Rees | 4,615 | |||
Labour | B. Richards | 4,464 | |||
Plaid Cymru | R. Davies | 3,305 | |||
Turnout | 65.4 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | C. Dilley | 1,741 | |||
Conservative | M. Hinds | 1,545 | |||
Labour | D. Davies | 1,067 | |||
Turnout | 49.1 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. Vaughan | 5,270 | |||
Conservative | S. Perry | 4,819 | |||
Conservative | R. Massey-Shaw | 4,477 | |||
Labour | J. Dalton | 2,372 | |||
Turnout | 47.2 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A, Morris | Unopposed | |||
Labour | H. Tabram | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Hare | Unopposed | |||
Labour | I. Morgan | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Wignall | 1,848 | |||
Labour | T. Evans | 1,748 | |||
Conservative | C. McPherson | 429 | |||
Turnout | 34.4 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratepayers | D. Jenkins | 1,390 | |||
Ratepayers | S. Jenkins | 1,132 | |||
Labour | A. Taylor | 1,051 | |||
Labour | R. Lloyd | 852 | |||
Conservative | T. Morgan | 477 | |||
Conservative | E. Burrington | 329 | |||
Turnout | 57.5 | ||||
Ratepayers win (new seat) | |||||
Ratepayers win (new seat) |
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