The 1985 Mid Glamorgan County Council election were held in May 1985 and were the fourth full elections to Mid Glamorgan County Council, electing 85 councillors. [1] They were preceded by the 1981 elections and followed by the 1989 elections.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Davies | 1,906 | |||
Labour | Mervyn Prowle * | 1,820 | |||
Plaid Cymru | G. Jones | 1,309 | |||
Conservative | E. Evans | 422 | |||
Turnout | 42.5 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | B. Fitzgerald | 1,738 | |||
Plaid Cymru | P. Davies | 1,264 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | V. Llywellyn* | 913 | |||
Conservative | R. Pittard | 387 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 34.0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | P. Williams* | 818 | |||
Labour | T. Llewellyn | 659 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 43.9 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Reed* | 1,458 | |||
Plaid Cymru | H. Davies | 859 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Phillips | 905 | |||
Ratepayers | J. Davies | 877 | |||
Plaid Cymru | A. Whittle | 281 | |||
Liberal | M. Cooper | 276 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 42.3 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Angus Donaldson | 2,454 | |||
Labour | Ray Davies* | 2,358 | |||
Independent | C. Powell | 1,817 | |||
Labour | R. Woodyatt | 1,516 | |||
Plaid Cymru | J. Bradbury | 485 | |||
Turnout | 73.7 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | K. Szerard | 753 | 50.7 | ||
Labour | M. Collis* | 732 | 49.3 | ||
Majority | 21 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | S. Powell | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Davies | 1,931 | |||
Labour | R. Bowser* | 1,773 | |||
Conservative | W. Rutter | 1,484 | |||
Conservative | J. Spurgeon | 1,385 | |||
Alliance (SDP) | B. Ellis | 1,110 | |||
Alliance (SDP) | J. Dickens | 961 | |||
Plaid Cymru | M. Russell | 353 | |||
Turnout | 39.3 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L. Lewis* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Colin Mann* | 1,092 | 49.3 | ||
Labour | J. Lewis | 798 | 36.1 | ||
Liberal | K. Comeston | 323 | 14.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 46.6 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bertie Rowland* | 2,006 | 66.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru | N. Owen | 1,002 | 33.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 39.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | John Gwynne | 966 | 46.9 | ||
Labour | R. Jewell* | 808 | 39.3 | ||
Liberal | T. Henderson | 284 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 49.5 | +4.0 | |||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Snell* | 1,023 | 55.0 | ||
Conservative | F. Howells | 477 | 25.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru | G. Hibbert | 359 | 19.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 42.1 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Penri Williams* | 1,438 | 45.3 | ||
Labour | M. Verrinder | 1,014 | 31.9 | ||
Conservative | A. Babbage | 723 | 22.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 52.8 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. Richards* | 1,027 | 66.5 | ||
Liberal | H. Morgan | 607 | 33.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 36.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. David* | 1,285 | 48.5 | ||
Labour | G. Waters | 1,387 | 67.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Janet Davies | 663 | 32.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 41.0 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Lewis* | 1,218 | 69.6 | ||
Plaid Cymru | P. Jones | 531 | 30.4 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 39.3 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | N. Harris | 1,735 | |||
Plaid Cymru | G. Howells* | 863 | 33.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 48.9 | ||||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Davies* | 684 | 48.6 | ||
Independent | J. Bromley | 619 | 44.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru | G. Blenkin | 103 | 7.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 48.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Coleman | 1,842 | 58.1 | ||
Plaid Cymru | J. Jones* | 1,327 | 41.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 45.1 | ||||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Bowen* | 2,580 | |||
Labour | B. Lloyd | 2,485 | |||
Conservative | J. Howard | 662 | |||
Turnout | 59.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Bonner | 4,105 | |||
Labour | L. Lodwig* | 4,090 | |||
Labour | R. Selwood | 3,747 | |||
Labour | H. Prosser | 3,735 | |||
Ratepayers | T. John* | 3,089 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Delme Bowen | 2,400 | |||
Plaid Cymru | D. Watkins | 1,730 | |||
Plaid Cymru | J. Canning | 1,609 | |||
Plaid Cymru | G. Morris | 1,566 | |||
Conservative | R. Bunnage | 1,552 | |||
Conservative | J. Bunnage | 1,534 | |||
Conservative | L. Hunt | 1,499 | |||
Turnout | 51.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. McDonald* | 2,618 | |||
Labour | W. Hall* | 2,152 | |||
Plaid Cymru | R. Williams | 1,419 | |||
Independent | B. Brinson | 869 | |||
RA | George Jury | 698 | |||
Independent Labour | A. Roberts | 320 | |||
Turnout | 59.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | V. Hart* | Unopposed | |||
Plaid Cymru | A. Rees | 375 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 42.1 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jeff Jones* | 1,602 | |||
Independent | M. Davies | 367 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 45.4 | -13.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L. Jenkins* | 1,915 | |||
Plaid Cymru | J. Jenkins | 315 | |||
Conservative | S. Maddern | 244 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 49.1 | +4.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Phillips had been elected as a Plaid Cymru candidate at both the 1977 and 1981 elections.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M. Phillips* | 1,552 | 58.6 | ||
Labour | P. Rees | 951 | 35.9 | ||
Plaid Cymru | T. Barry | 145 | 5.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. O'Brien | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Burns* | 1,764 | |||
Labour | J. Cleary* | 1,707 | |||
Communist | A. Jones | 696 | |||
Conservative | H. Screen | 496 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Davies | 1,234 | |||
Conservative | E. Horne | 271 | |||
Communist | T. Roberts | 173 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Davies* | 1,580 | |||
Plaid Cymru | B. Evans | 1,806 | |||
Conservative | J. Evans | 174 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Edwards | 1,156 | |||
Plaid Cymru | A. Thomas | 721 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Pauline Jarman* | 1,952 | |||
Labour | H. Evans | 1,779 | |||
Labour | E. George | 1,610 | |||
Conservative | D. Ball | 447 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Hughes | 1,692 | |||
Ratepayers | Danny Mordecai* | 615 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Lock* | 2,474 | |||
Labour | L. Morgan | 2,317 | |||
Plaid Cymru | E. Merriman* | 2,054 | |||
Plaid Cymru | J. Jones | 1,950 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Jenkins* | 1,005 | |||
Independent | F. Beer | 672 | 29.4 | ||
Conservative | G. Griffiths | 611 | 29.4 | ||
Independent Ratepayer | E. Phillips | 319 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D. Thomas* | 1,045 | |||
Conservative | R. Preston | 898 | |||
Turnout | 42.1 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Philpin* | 1,821 | 70.7 | ||
Conservative | D. Mackie | 753 | 29.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 38.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Ing | 1,465 | 48.0 | ||
Conservative | David Unwin* | 1,319 | 43.2 | ||
Plaid Cymru | R. Fattorini | 269 | 8.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 37.1 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. Davies* | 3,374 | |||
Labour | M. Jones* | 3,159 | |||
Independent | D. Davis | 1,659 | |||
Plaid Cymru | K. Burnell | 620 | |||
Conservative | M. Powell | 528 | |||
Plaid Cymru | P. Tomlin | 403 | |||
Turnout | 54.9 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Squire* | 2,024 | |||
Labour | S. Gronow | 1,991 | |||
Plaid Cymru | B. Williams | 927 | |||
Conservative | J. Padmore | 754 | |||
Turnout | 46.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Mahoney* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Williams* | 1,208 | 73.4 | ||
Plaid Cymru | J. Green | 437 | 26.6 | ||
Turnout | 43.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Clayton Jones | 1,261 | 57.6 | ||
Labour | B. Burford | 930 | 42.4 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 52.7 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Davies | 538 | 60.0 | ||
Independent | Steve Belzak | 359 | 40.0 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 44.9 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | H. Thomas | 649 | 50.3 | ||
Labour | D. Boyce | 403 | 39.0 | ||
Conservative | M. Williams | 137 | 10.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 43.5 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Davies* | 1,456 | 69.1 | ||
Independent | M. Powell | 389 | 18.5 | ||
Plaid Cymru | R. Thomas | 262 | 12.4 | ||
Turnout | 32.0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Weston* | 1,108 | 57.9 | ||
Independent | G. Orsie | 536 | 28.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru | G. Davies | 270 | 14.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 41.3 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Hubbard-Miles* | 1,388 | 41.3 | ||
Labour | C. Hall | 1,138 | 33.9 | ||
Alliance (SDP) | M. Skinner | 835 | 24.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 45.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. McBride* | 1,397 | 56.6 | ||
Conservative | D. Anderson | 1,073 | 43.4 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 46.3 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Williams* | 1,773 | |||
Communist | Arthur True* | 1,643 | |||
Labour | I. Lisle | 1,263 | |||
Plaid Cymru | D. Rees | 1,212 | |||
Plaid Cymru | S. Macmillan | 841 | |||
Turnout | 80.5 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Communist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Rees* | 1,850 | |||
Labour | K. Winter | 1,767 | |||
Plaid Cymru | H. Davies | 1,219 | |||
Turnout | 49.9 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Gough | 1,176 | 64.2 | ||
Plaid Cymru | M. Powell | 657 | 35.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 43.1 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T. Hughes | 1,260 | 53.1 | ||
Labour | K. Morgan | 1,112 | 46.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 45.4 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. Emmanuel | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. Harris | 1,796 | 75.6 | ||
Alliance (SDP) | P. Nicholas | 579 | 24.4 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 42.0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. Richards* | 1,102 | 60.3 | ||
Plaid Cymru | E. Edwards | 417 | 22.8 | ||
Communist | H. Martin | 309 | 16.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 42.9 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Ellis* | 1,935 | |||
Labour | L. Rees* | 1,777 | |||
Ratepayers | D. Henshaw | 1,539 | |||
Ratepayers | D. Rowe | 1,330 | |||
Turnout | 42.9 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Stonelake | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratepayers | M.E. Chard | 1,354 | 60.3 | ||
Labour | M. Mitchell | 891 | 39.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 42.o | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Glyn James* | 2,305 | |||
Labour | P. Davies* | 1,769 | |||
Labour | I. Clement | 1,753 | |||
Turnout | 56.5 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. Rist | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Richards* | 1,073 | 53.8 | ||
Independent | E. Galsowrthy | 763 | 38.2 | ||
Conservative | F. Evans | 159 | 8.0 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 38.9 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Thomas | 1,215 | 85.7 | ||
Conservative | D. Younie | 202 | 14.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 46.6 | ||||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Chambers* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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