1995 Vale of Glamorgan Council election

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The 1995 Vale of Glamorgan Council election was held on 4 May 1995 to the new Vale of Glamorgan Council unitary authority in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It took place on the same day as other council elections in Wales and England. These were the first elections since the re-organization of local government in Wales.

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Though the Conservative Party had led the previous council, their representation was decimated at the 1995 election, with Labour winning a majority. [1]

The next full elections took place in 1999.

Overview

These were the first elections held following local government reorganisation, which created new 'super authorities' and would lead to the abolition of South Glamorgan County Council on 1 April 1996. Vale of Glamorgan councillors would act in a shadow capacity to the new Vale of Glamorgan Council, until the following April. [2]

47 council seats across 22 electoral wards were up for election. [3] The ward boundaries for the new authority were based primarily on the previous Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council, though there were some boundary changes. Ewenny transferred to the Vale, with the Llandow ward becoming Llandow/Ewenny. The St Brides Major and Wick communities, was which was previously within the Borough of Ogwr, transferred to become a new Vale ward of St Brides Major, increasing the number of Vale councillors by one.

Election result

Twenty Conservative councillors had been elected at the 1991 election. [4] At the 1995 election their number was reduced to six, in what the South Wales Echo described as an unanticipated "annihilation" at the hands of the Labour Party. [1] All five seats in the previously 'safe' Conservative Alexandra ward were won by Labour, as were two of the three 'safe' Conservative seats in Cowbridge. [1] Plaid Cymru also took seats from the Conservatives, increasing their numbers to five.

Vale of Glamorgan Council election result 1995 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 36+1576.5
  Conservative 6-1412.7
  Plaid Cymru 5+210.6
  Liberal Democrats 00.0
  Independent 0-20.0
  Green 00.0

Ward Results

Contests took place in every ward, [3] (a) the first time this had happened in the Vale since 1973. [4]

Alexandra (five seats)

Alexandra (Penarth) 1995
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour (Ms) Lorraine Barrett 2,059 34.5
Labour J. Birch 1,848
Labour P. Gray +1,847
Labour (Ms) G. Emmerson 1,732
Labour N. Fogg 1,649
Conservative A. Ernest o+1,58028.8
Conservative A. Wicks o1,357
Conservative C. Osborne o1,348
Conservative (Ms) D. Turner +1,334
Independent M. Cranfield-Adams1,30023.7
Conservative A. Williams o1,282
Plaid Cymru D. Harries5449.9
Plaid Cymru (Ms) M. Harries514

Baruc (two seats)

Baruc (Barry) 1995
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Nicholas Hodges 810 35.4
Labour (Ms) B. Griffiths 734 32.1
Labour (Ms) B. Sharp721
Plaid Cymru (Ms) M. Corp703
Conservative J. Donovan +63427.7
Conservative B. Edmunds o524
Conservative G. Grant o178
Liberal Democrats (Ms) S. O'Brien1114.8

Buttrills (two seats)

Buttrills (Barry) 1995
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour (Ms) M. Alexander 907 36.1
Labour S. Egan 789
Independent Labour B. Lane +61624.5
Conservative J. Connell34013.5
Independent B. Dixon o2459.8
Plaid Cymru W. Landry2259.0
Liberal Democrats J, Cornwall1787.1

Cadoc (three seats)

Cadoc (Barry) 1983
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour F. Johnson +1,273 55.5
Labour (Ms) A. Moore 1,245
Labour N. Moore o1,220
Independent Labour S. James39617.3
Independent Labour B. Lewis310
Independent Labour J. Murphy303
Conservative A. James2159.4
Conservative W. Nunn198
Plaid Cymru (Ms) R. Joseph1888.2
Conservative J. Parker184
Plaid Cymru K. Stockdale176
Plaid Cymru J. Lawrence166
Green I. Gooderson1215.3
Liberal Democrats J. Mock1004.4

Castleland (two seats)

Castleland 1995
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M. Sharp +831 74.8
Labour C. Short o815
Conservative J. Williams14813.3
Conservative S. Newman143
Plaid Cymru B. Shaw13211.9
Plaid Cymru A. Dearing132

Cornerswell (two seats)

Cornerswell (Penarth) 1995
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour (Ms) A. Rees +1,196 49.8
Labour N. Gibbs o1,153
Conservative J. Flanigan o74331.0
Conservative K. Land482
Liberal Democrats D. Elston29512.3
Plaid Cymru G. Ap-Sion166

Court (two seats)

Court (Barry) 1995
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shaun Stringer o1,120 65.5
Labour J. Thompson o1,068
Plaid Cymru R. Salter21712.7
Conservative K. Wright17610.3
Conservative R. Suchorzeloski144
Liberal Democrats (Ms) M. Lupton1005.8
Green (Ms) J. Gooderson A'Court965.7

Cowbridge (three seats)

Cowbridge 1995
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Baty 1,187 45.0
Conservative R. Davies o1,088 41.2
Labour G. Hughes 1,042
Conservative T. Jarvie o1,041
Conservative B. Rees955
Labour A. Price875
Plaid Cymru H. Llewellyn-Morgan36413.8
Plaid Cymru H. Lewis196

Dinas Powys (four seats)

Dinas Powys 1995
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Christopher Franks o+1,891 45.9
Plaid Cymru M. Thomas o1,433
Plaid Cymru (Ms) J. Jones o1,376
Plaid Cymru R. Bowen 1,303
Conservative B. McParlin o98724.0
Labour (Ms) S. Collins98123.8
Labour (Ms) J. Davies951
Labour P. Evans824
Labour J. Harvey769
Conservative M. Pound759
Conservative (Ms) C. Wilcock591
Conservative H. Stephens580
Liberal Democrats (Ms) C. Southwell2626.4

Dyfan (two seats)

Dyfan (Barry) 1995
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour C. Watkins +1,115 61.9
Labour A. Dobbinson o1,073
Conservative B. Mepham35719.8
Conservative S. Rogers317
Plaid Cymru P. Donovan19410.8
Liberal Democrats (Ms) S. Boundy1357.5
Plaid Cymru O. Phillips122

Gibbonsdown (two seats)

Gibbonsdown (Barry) 1995 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour B. Murray +1,168 73.3
Labour R. Wilkinson o1,111
Plaid Cymru T. Morgan16710.5
Conservative C. R. Lambert1539.6
Conservative C. E. Lambert152
Liberal Democrats H. Lupton1066.6

Illtyd (three seats)

Illtyd (Barry) 1995
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour C. Dunkley o1,514 48.1
Labour N. Brown o1,438
Labour M. Nugent 1,266
Conservative A. Hampton o1,13936.2
Conservative K. Williams911
Conservative (Ms) V. Lloyd676
Plaid Cymru (Ms) S. Baker2628.3
Liberal Democrats A. Matthews2357.5
Plaid Cymru J. Chedgzoy233
Plaid Cymru D. Roberts216

Llandough (one seat)

Llandough 1983
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour D. Eastwood 394 60.5
Independent (Ms) E. Hanley14121.7
Conservative T. Roche11617.8

Llandow/Ewenny (one seat)

Llandow/Ewenny 1995
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R. Thomas o+532 41.0
Labour (Ms) C. Price50538.9
Liberal Democrats (Ms) S. Wilson937.2
Independent (Ms) J. Horton876.7
Plaid Cymru J. Bellin806.2

Llantwit Major (four seats)

Llantwit Major 1995
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour (Ms) L. Hughes o+2,661 58.2
Labour (Ms) J. Pearce o2,118
Labour M. Pearce o1,988
Labour G. Williams 1,475
Conservative E. Bryant82618.1
Conservative J. Jones809
Conservative A. Readman765
Conservative A. Preddy621
Liberal Democrats (Ms) D. Van-Rooyen4038.8
Plaid Cymru S. Stephens3808.3
Green (Ms) A. Markey3026.6

Peterston-super-Ely (one seat)

Peterston-super-Ely 1995
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A. Williams 490 63.2
Liberal Democrats (Ms) S. Willey28536.8

Rhoose (two seats)

Rhoose 1995
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative (Ms) H. James o+949 42.8
Conservative H. James o616
Labour (Ms) R. Bowen55625.1
Labour J. King504
Ind. Conservative (Ms) A. Matthews42219.0
Liberal Democrats D. Stevens1677.5
Plaid Cymru J. Evans1225.5

St Athan (one seat)

St Athan 1995
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour B. Doughty +611 60.1
Independent J. James o29328.8
Conservative (Ms) V. Rees797.8
Liberal Democrats B. Van Rooyen343.3

St Brides Major (one seat)

St Brides Major 1995
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M. Lalis 589 49.6
Conservative (Ms) A. Preston44937.8
Liberal Democrats A. Wilson15012.6

Stanwell (two seats)

Stanwell 1995
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour H. Rees +945 62.1
Labour (Ms) M. Birch o929
Conservative D. Webb34122.4
Plaid Cymru N. ap Glyn23615.5

Sully (one seat)

Sully 1995
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. Cox 693 47.0
Conservative C. Aynge58339.6
Liberal Democrats B. Southwell1248.4
Plaid Cymru D. Haswell745.0

Wenvoe (one seat)

Wenvoe 1995
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Harvey 470 44.0
Labour M. Stringer26825.1
Liberal Democrats (Ms) S. Campbell22220.8
Plaid Cymru (Ms) E. Jones10810.1

(a) Elections Centre source compares the percentage vote of the lead candidate for each party in the ward. It also indicates which candidates are female.

ocouncillor elected to the Borough Council in 1991, standing for re-election
+councillor elected to South Glamorgan County Council in 1993 [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Peter Collins (5 May 1995). "Disaster for Tories". South Wales Echo . p. 8. The Conservatives could not have anticipated the anihilation they received at the hands of Labour in the Vale of Glamorgan...
  2. ↑ "Voters go to the polls". South Wales Echo. 4 May 1995. p. 3. Voters went to the polls today as local government in Wales undergoes its biggest shake up for 21 years. Twenty two new super-councils will take over the functions of 37 district and eight county authorities, which are being abolished from April next year... Until April next year, the councillors will act in a shadow capacity and many will serve on two or three authorities at the same time.
  3. 1 2 "Vale of Glamorgan Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Vale of Glamorgan Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "Disaster for Tories - Results". South Wales Echo. 5 May 1995. p. 8.
  6. ↑ "South Glamorgan County Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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