The first election to Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council was held on 4 May 1995. [1] It was followed by the 1999 election. On the same day there were elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales and community councils in Wales.
All council seats were up for election. These were the first elections held following local government reorganisation and the abolition of West Glamorgan County Council. The ward boundaries for the new authority were based on the previous Lliw Valley Borough Council, Neath Borough Council and Swansea City Council although the number of members elected for individual wards was reduced. Conservative candidates were heavily defeated. [2]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | |||||||||
Conservative | |||||||||
Liberal Democrats | |||||||||
Plaid Cymru | |||||||||
Other parties | 5 | ||||||||
SDP | 2 | ||||||||
Green | 0 |
Most sitting members of West Glamorgan County council sought election to the new authority. A number were also members of the previous district councils but others contested a ward against a sitting district councillor.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SDP | Anthony Taylor | 1,080 | |||
Labour | Ken Johnson | 955 | |||
Labour | Andrew Brian Jones | 898 | |||
SDP | Jeffrey Dinham | 889 | |||
Labour | John Sparks | 794 | |||
SDP | Thomas John Sullivan | 765 | |||
Turnout | 46.9 | ||||
SDP win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Elwyn Jones | 701 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Bryan Cummings | 86 | |||
Majority | 615 | ||||
Turnout | 54.3 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Lewis | 646 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Dewi Evans | 403 | |||
Majority | 243 | ||||
Turnout | 60.0 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Malcolm Harris+ | 1,455 | |||
Ratepayers | Arthur Edward Wheatley | 1,370 | |||
Ratepayers | Glenys Crompton | 1,333 | |||
Labour | Leslie Rees | 1,287 | |||
Ratepayers | John Awbery | 1,262 | |||
Labour | Marian Golding | 1,212 | |||
Turnout | 52.0 | ||||
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Ratepayers win (new seat) | |||||
Ratepayers win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Hughes | 510 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Carolyn Edwards | 388 | |||
Majority | 122 | ||||
Turnout | 58.0 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Colin Morgan | 734 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Sylvia Tudor | 250 | |||
Independent | Graham Thompson | 142 | |||
Majority | 484 | ||||
Turnout | 45.0 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stan Atherton | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mel John+ | 1,711 | |||
Labour | Gaynor Williams | 1,437 | |||
Labour | Tom Morgans | 1,296 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Marilyn Harris | 942 | |||
Independent Labour | Bryn Roblin | 904 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Raymond Pursey | 585 | |||
Turnout | 51.8 | ||||
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Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Royston Jones | 479 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Philip Cockwell | 444 | |||
Majority | 35 | ||||
Turnout | 48.4 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Iris Hobbs | 915 | |||
Labour | Kenneth Palmer | 819 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Gareth Richards | 509 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Martyn Peters | 485 | |||
Turnout | 48.3 | ||||
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Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Graham Hughes | 481 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Roger Parkinson | 57 | |||
Majority | 424 | ||||
Turnout | 48.3 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reg Teale | 921 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Warman | 761 | |||
Labour | David George Williams | 543 | |||
Plaid Cymru | William Havard | 151 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Raymond Pooley | 120 | |||
Turnout | 40.5 | ||||
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Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wales Democratic Left | Glaslyn Morgan | 787 | |||
Independent | Betsan Powell | 760 | |||
Labour | David Davies | 732 | |||
Labour | Jim Bond | 501 | |||
Turnout | 49.9 | ||||
Others win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Keith Davies | 379 | |||
Independent | Jean Phillips | 277 | |||
Labour | Beryl Florance | 248 | |||
Majority | 102 | ||||
Turnout | 47.8 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ray Williams | 590 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Lloyd | 170 | |||
Majority | 420 | ||||
Turnout | 46.0 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lyn Harper | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Idwal Griffiths | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Stokes | 718 | |||
Independent | Mairwen Goodridge | 551 | |||
Majority | 167 | ||||
Turnout | 51.0 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Stephen Absalom | 759 | |||
Labour | Norman Thomas | 504 | |||
Majority | 255 | ||||
Turnout | 51.0 | ||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Glyn Rawlins | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Del Morgan | 977 | |||
Labour | David Williams | 976 | |||
Labour | Jacqueline Joseph | 617 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Horace Lewis | 542 | |||
Turnout | 56.0 | ||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sharon Mainwaring | 342 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Rosalyn Davies | 246 | |||
Majority | 96 | ||||
Turnout | 49.0 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gwenda Thomas | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive Labour | David Evans | 640 | |||
Labour | Malcolm Reeves | 263 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Others win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arwyn Woolcock | 468 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Will John Evans | 211 | |||
Majority | |||||
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Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stanley Mason | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Cotton | 1,543 | |||
Labour | Charles Henrywood | 1,520 | |||
Labour | Mel Pearson | 1,477 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Joyce Chambers-Rennison | 293 | |||
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Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Evans | 722 | |||
Labour | Derek Vaughan | 682 | |||
Independent Labour | Clive Thomas | 680 | |||
Independent Labour | Margaret Williams | 656 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Janet Francis | 180 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Susan Griffiths | 133 | |||
Conservative | Gwilym Levell | 96 | |||
Turnout | |||||
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Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Malcolm Gunter | 1,038 | |||
Labour | Peter Rees | 927 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Moth | 316 | |||
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Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Thomas | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Malcolm Jones | 408 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Rosalind Thomas | 206 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rhys Daniel | 1,051 | |||
Labour | Des Flook | 1,036 | |||
Plaid Cymru | John Morgan | 491 | |||
Independent | Huw Llewelyn Williams | 462 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Francis Little | 137 | |||
Turnout | |||||
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Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratepayers | Pamela Spender | 906 | |||
Labour | Jennifer Dando | 839 | |||
Labour | Viv Lewis | 822 | |||
Independent | Ted Miles | 792 | |||
Labour | Richard Thomas | 774 | |||
Ratepayers | David Williams | 739 | |||
Turnout | |||||
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Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Desmond Davies | 874 | |||
Independent Labour | Dennis Williams | 333 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Trefor Jones | 278 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Thomas | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Noel Crowley | 1,840 | |||
Labour | Colin Crowley | 1,809 | |||
Labour | Hilda Mears | 1,800 | |||
World's Greatest Lover | Captain Beany | 262 | |||
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Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Olga Jones | 1,461 | |||
Labour | Eric Goodger | 1,413 | |||
Labour | William Harris | 1,405 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Kelvin Edwards | 535 | |||
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Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Lloyd | 765 | |||
Independent | Stuart Jones | 290 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Alison Holloway | 72 | |||
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Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clive Owen | unopposed | |||
Labour | John Rogers | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ronald Boulden | 602 | |||
Labour | Doreen Jones | 364 | |||
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Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dan Young | 334 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Walter Conibeer | 204 | |||
Majority | |||||
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Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Plaid Cymru | Alun Llywelyn | 901 | |||
Labour | Jackie Myers | 647 | |||
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