The third election to Glamorgan County Council election was held on 4 March 1895. [1] It was preceded by the 1892 election and followed by the 1898 election.
Glamorgan County Council had been established by the 1888 Local Government Act, and the first elections held in early 1889. The county of Glamorgan was at this time becoming heavily industrialised, although some areas such as the Vale of Glamorgan remained essentially rural. The rise of nonconformist liberalism, especially since the 1860s, throughout Wales, had challenged the prevailing influence of the landed gentry. However, even in 1889, the traditional forces remained influential and no working men were elected to the Council. This changed in 1892 with the unopposed return of David Morgan in Aberdare and the success of Isaac Evans in Resolven.
The Vale of Glamorgan, often referred to as The Vale, is a county borough in Wales, bordering Bridgend, Cardiff, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. With an economy based largely on agriculture and chemicals, it is the southernmost unitary authority in Wales. Attractions include Barry Island Pleasure Park, the Barry Tourist Railway, Porthkerry Park, St Donat's Castle, Cosmeston Lakes Country Park and Cosmeston Medieval Village. It is also the location of Atlantic College, one of the United World Colleges.
As in most parts of Wales, the Liberal Party was once again triumphant and won a majority of the seats. In 1895 there were more unopposed results than in previous elections and the Conservatives made some headway, reflecting the position in the United Kingdom as a whole where the party took power that year.
Results are drawn from the Cardiff Times. [2] Results also appeared in the Celt (Bala). [3] Some additional results are drawn from local newspapers in South Wales.
There were some boundary changes at this election. In the Aberdare area the wards were reorganised too reflect those operating for the new Aberdare Urban District Council. [4]
Aberdare Urban District Council was a local authority in Aberdare, Wales. It was created in 1894 as a result of the 1894 Local Government of England and Wales Act and the Aberdare Urban District Council election, 1894 saw the election of the first members of the authority. The Council existed until 1973 and replaced the Aberdare Local Board of Health which had functioned since the 1840s. Its boundaries were identical to those of the original parish of Aberdare. Initially, the Council had fifteen members but this was increased to twenty in 1906, as a result of the increase in population. There were five wards, namely Aberaman, Blaengwawr, Gadlys, Llwydcoed, and the Town Ward.
An additional ward was created at Cadoxton following the division of the existing Barry division.
As in previous elections there were a fair number of unopposed returns, including some seats not contested by the Liberals. [5] [6]
Of the eleven retiring aldermen, two were Conservatives. Following the episode in 1892 when all but two aldermen did not seek re-election, only for the Council to decide that this was a pre-requisite for election as aldermen, a larger number sought re-election. Each was re-elected, including Sir John Llewelyn at Loughor and Penderry, although he faced Liberal opposition unlike in 1889.
Those who did not seek re-election included F.L. Davis at Ferndale.
There were more uncontested elections than in the previous two contests for the County Council and the vast majority of those contested were straight fights between Liberal and Conservative candidates (or in some cases Independents who were widely regarded as Conseravtives). In a small number of cases, Liberals faced each other.
The sitting member, first elected at the 1889 election and re-elected in 1895 was opposed by Thomas Rees, landlord of the Swan Hotel, Aberaman and elected a member of the Aberdare Urban District Council at the inaugural 1894 election. The Merthyr Times opined that there was no necessity for a contest, and that the unsuccessful candidate had wasted his time and money. [7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Davies* | 481 | |||
Independent | Thomas Rees | 375 | |||
Majority | 106 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
John Morgan Smith had previously stood as an Independent, though this was commonly regarded as meaning Conservative.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Morgan Smith* | unopposed | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John William Evans* | 586 | |||
Liberal | Thomas Thomas* | 376 | |||
Majority | 210 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
The former seat of Barry and Cadoxton was divided.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Cory* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
The new Blaengwawr ward was created following boundary changes connected to the formation of the Aberdare Urban District Council.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Howell | unopposed | |||
The election was fought on party lines and covered in detail in the Glamorgan Gazette. [8] The election was said to have attracted 'an exceptionally keen and widespread interest, not only immediately within the town boundaries, but in many an adjacent town, hamlet and village besides'. [9] Against the tide in the county the Liberals captured Bridgend for the first time
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Powell | 447 | |||
Conservative | W.M. O'Gaull | 399 | |||
Majority | 48 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr E.V. Pegge | 425 | |||
Liberal | Jenkin Hill* | 404 | |||
Majority | 21 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Boundary Changes. A new seat of Cadoxton was created.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr Edward Treharne | 367 | |||
Liberal | Rev William Williams | 318 | |||
Majority | 49 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Edward Pritchard Martin | unopposed | |||
As a result of boundary changes, two sitting members opposed each other. Hill-Male admitted that he had once been a Conservative but claimed to have been converted to the Liberal cause during his twenty years in Wales. [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Edsell Morgan Lindsay | 864 | |||
Liberal | Richard Hill Male* | 489 | |||
Majority | 365 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Lewis | unopposed | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Newell Moore* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Howell* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ralph Thurstan Bassett | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
It was reported that Thomas Davies, the sitting member, was expected to be returned unopposed, but he was opposed by Llewellyn Griffiths, overseer, and a fellow deacon at Penuel Baptist Church, Cwmavon. [10] Davies eventually withdrew.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Llewellyn Griffiths | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
The result was largely attributed to the fact that Thomas was a member of several public bodies and this was a difficult arguemnet to counter. [11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Watkin Moss | 547 | |||
Lib-Lab | Thomas Thomas* | 540 | |||
Majority | 7 | ||||
Lib-Lab hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Dr Naunton Davies** | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver Henry Jones* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Jenkins* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Evan Evans Bevan* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Morgan Thomas, the sitting member, was defeated by another Liberal candidate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | D. Thomas | 643 | |||
Liberal | Morgan Thomas* | 597 | |||
Majority | 46 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Morgan was re-elected although heavily defeated in the Aberdare Urban District Council election a short time before.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lib-Lab | David Morgan* | 770 | |||
Liberal | William Thomas | 355 | |||
Majority | 415 | ||||
Lib-Lab hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Evan Lewis* | unopposed | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Henry William Martin | unopposed | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank Cory Yeo* | unopposed | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Lewis* | unopposed | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Forrest* | unopposed | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Rees Harries* | unopposed | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Sims | unoppposed | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | J. Blandy Jenkins* | unopposed | |||
As a result of boundary changes, the Hirwaun Ward had been abolished and the sitting member, Richard Morgan, challenged the incumbent, Rees Hopkin Rhys in the Llwydcoed Ward.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Rees Hopkin Rhys* | 577 | |||
Liberal | Rev Richard Morgan* | 561 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Lewis | unopposed | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir John Llewellyn** | 636 | |||
Liberal | S. Thomas | 433 | |||
James Barrow, the sitting member, was opposed by another Liberal candidate, Jenkin Jones, due to his voting against disestablishment at a council meeting. It was a lively election, with all workmen having a holiday, leaving the streets crowded throughout the day. On the following day, some od Barrow's supporters paraded through the locality on horseback but were attacked by women who threw buckets of water and ashes over them. [12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Barrow* | 938 | |||
Liberal | Jenkin Jones | 883 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Arthur Pendarves Vivian* | unopposed | |||
This result was attributed by the Merthyr Times to Liberal Party apathy and to publicans' support for the Conservative candidate. [11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J.W. Lewis | 706 | |||
Liberal | Alfred Edwards | 597 | |||
There was initially some uncertainty whether Walter Bell, who had been narrowly defeated in 1892, would oppose the sitting member. [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter Bell | 721 | |||
Liberal | David Prosser* | 587 | |||
Majority | 134 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Williams | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Morris | 549 | |||
Liberal | Samuel Evans | 459 | |||
Liberal | John Lewis | 316 | |||
Majority | 90 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | John Henry Rowland* | unopposed | |||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W.B. Trick | unopposed | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas J. Hughes | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
In this largely rural ward, J.D. Nicholl of Merthyr Mawr captured the seat, reversing the result of three years previously. [13]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J.D. Nicholl | 458 | |||
Liberal | Evan Evans* | 372 | |||
Majority | 86 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Llewellyn* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Sir John Jones Jenkins | unopposed | |||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | W.B. Shepherd* | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frederick Henry Jotham | unopposed | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr. R. W. Jones | unopposed | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Morris* | 473 | |||
Lib-Lab | Howell Price | 348 | |||
Majority | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Davies* | 516 | |||
Conservative | Thomas Edward Morgan | 370 | |||
Majority | 146 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ernest Hall Hedley* | 578 | |||
Liberal | W.D. Thomas | 143 | |||
Majority | 435 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Watkin Lewis* | 603 | |||
Conservative | Arthur Daniel | 440 | |||
Majority | 163 | ||||
Two rival Liberal candidates enabled innkeeper David Benjamin Owen to win by 23 votes from Baptist minister John Penry Williams. [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Benjamin Owen | 280 | |||
Liberal | Rev John Penry Williams | 257 | |||
Liberal | R. Williams | 178 | |||
Conservative | Alfed Phillips | 7 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Walter T. Morgan** | unopposed | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Jones Griffiths** | 779 | |||
Conservative | J.W. Jones | 224 | |||
Majority | 555 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lib-Lab | Isaac Evans* | unopposed | |||
Lib-Lab hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Robert Armine Morris | 433 | |||
Liberal | Rev John Davies | 395 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Boundary Change
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Llewellyn Davies | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Leyshon | 684 | |||
Liberal | William Spickett* | 520 | |||
Majority | 164 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Morgan** | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lib-Lab | T. Daronwy Isaac* | unopposed | |||
Lib-Lab hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Williams* | 497 | |||
Liberal | D. Thomas | 400 | |||
Majority | 97 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | T.H. Morris | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr David Thomas* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Clifford J. Cory* | 804 | |||
J.B. Price | 133 | ||||
Majority | 671 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
In addition to the 66 councillors the council consisted of 22 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term. Following the 1895 election, there were twelve Aldermanic vacancies (the additional one following the death of a sitting alderman).
The following aldermen were appointed by the newly elected council. [14] They included three miners' agents who, together with Moses Moses, elected as alderman in 1892, made four labour members on the aldermanic bench. Conversely, following the retirement of Sir William Thomas Lewis, Sir John Llewellyn was now the only Conservative among the aldermen. Lewis and another retiring alderman, the prominent Liberal, Thomas Williams of Gwaelod y Garth, received some votes (presumably from Conservative councillors) but the liberal group held to the convention that only elected councillors could be made aldermen. [14]
elected for three years
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Dr Naunton Davies** | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Following the election of David Morgan as alderman, Richard Morgan, member for Hirwaun from 1889 until 1895 was selected as Liberal candidate following a well-attended public meeting. [15] As a result of boundary changes, Morgan had contested Llwydcoed against Rees Hopkin Rhys and had been narrowly defeated. Richard Morgan's selection was not immediately accepted and other meetings were held to promote other candidates, including Benjamin Evans. [16] Eventually, however, Richard Morgan was comfortably elected. [17]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Morgan | 763 | |||
T. Whitty Evans | 199 | ||||
Majority | 564 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Following the election of John Thomas, miners' agent, as alderman, D. Johns was elected after a contest with two other Liberal candidates, including Thomas Lewis who was also unsuccessful at the initial election. [18]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | D. Johns | 469 | |||
Liberal | Thomas Lewis | 319 | |||
Liberal | J. Maddocks | 134 | |||
Majority | 150 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Following the election of Evan Lewis as alderman, concerns had been expressed that a split Liberal vote would lead to a Conservative victory. [15] But this did not prove to be the case. [17]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Evans | 281 | |||
Liberal | John Lloyd Atkins | 225 | |||
Conservative | Thomas Edward Morgan | 154 | |||
Majority | 56 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Following the election of Sir John Llewelyn as alderman, Samuel Thomas, defeated by Llewelyn at the original election, was now returned. His opponent had sought to succeed Llewelyn on his appointment as alderman in 1889 but was defeated on that occasion by Edward Rice Daniel. [19] This can be considered a Liberal hold as Daniel had stood down at the original election in favour of Llewelyn.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Samuel Thomas | 601 | |||
Conservative | John Roper Wright | 506 | |||
Majority | 95 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Following the election of James Barrow as alderman, Jenkin Jones, narrowly defeated in a hotly contested initial election, was on this occasion successful. [18]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jenkin Jones | 1,024 | |||
Liberal | Thomas Rees | 759 | |||
Majority | 265 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election took place following the election of David Davies, Glebeland, as alderman. Thomas Williams, Gwaelodygarth, Merthyr, vice-chairman of the previous council, did not seek re-election partly due to the desire of Davies, as the sitting councillor, to contest the seat but also because Williams himself was visiting Palestine and Egypt. [17]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Williams** | 530 | |||
Conservative | Dan Thomas | 372 | |||
Majority | 158 | ||||
Following the re-election of Walter Morgan as alderman, Hopkin Smith Davies, who stood down in his favour, was returned amongst 'great enthusiasm'. [19]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hopkin Smith Davies* | 478 | |||
Conservative | R.l. Phillips | 381 | |||
Liberal | Patrick Gowan | 320 | |||
The election followed John Jones Griffiths's re-election as alderman. [19]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | J.R. Evans | 641 | |||
Lib-Lab | Thomas Evans | 541 | |||
Majority | 100 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Following the election of Isaac Evans as alderman, Daniel Evans of Abergwynfi was elected in a four-cornered contest. [18]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Daniel Evans | 388 | |||
Liberal | Llew Howell | 357 | |||
Liberal | A. Russell Thomas | 272 | |||
Liberal | Edmund Law | 194 | |||
Majority | 31 | ||||
Lib-Lab hold | Swing | ||||
Following the re-election of William Morgan as alderman, John Walters, who had stood down to enable Morgan to be re-elected, retained his seat. [19]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Walters* | 600 | |||
Independent | W.H. Davies | 307 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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The second election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held in March 1892. It was preceded by the 1889 election and followed by the 1895 election.
The second election to the Merionethshire County Council was held in March 1892. They were preceded by the 1889 election and followed by the 1895 election.
The Glamorgan County Council election, 1913 was the ninth contest for seats on this authority. It was preceded by the 1910 election and followed, due to the First World War, by the 1919 election.
An election to Glamorgan County Council took place in March 1919. It was preceded by the 1913 election and followed by the 1922 election.