Pontypridd Urban District Council was a local authority in Glamorgan, Wales. It was created in 1894 as a result of the 1894 Local Government of England and Wales Act. The Council existed until 1973 and replaced the Pontypridd Local Board of Health which had functioned for some years. Its boundaries were set in 1894. Initially, the Council had eighteen members but this number was increased in the 1930s, as a result of the increase in population. There were initially six wards, namely Cilfynydd, Graig, Pontypridd Town, Rhondda, Trallwn and Treforest; a seventh ward, Rhydyfelin, was added in the 1930s.
The first councillors were elected at the December 1894 elections. Most of the first members of the authority had served on the Local Board.
In the years leading up to the First World War, representatives of the Labour Party began to gain ground.
In 1974 the authority was abolished, and together with the former rural district of Llantrisant and Llantwit Fardre, and some outlying areas, formed the Taff Ely Borough Council which, in turn, was subsumed into the unitary authority of Rhondda Cynon Taff in 1996.
The first election to Pontypridd Urban District Council was held in December 1894. Three councillors were elected in each ward. [1]
(**) indicates previous membership of the Local Board of Health. [2]
After the election, the initial composition of the council was as follows.
Party | Councillors | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Liberal | 10 | 10 | |
Conservative | 5 | 5 | |
Independent | 2 | 2 | |
Labour | 1 | 1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Williams | 276 | |||
Conservative | William Lewis | 251 | |||
Liberal | William Howell Gronow | 158 | |||
Conservative | W. H. Watkins | 127 | |||
Liberal | Isaac Davies | 87 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Leyshon** | 386 | |||
Liberal | James Spickett | 321 | |||
Liberal | Hopkin Morgan** | 302 | |||
Lib-Lab | William Morgan | 279 | |||
Independent | Samuel Evans | 274 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Patrick Gowan** | 438 | |||
Conservative | Horatio M. Rowlands** | 346 | |||
Independent | Hugh Bramwell** | 227 | |||
Liberal | Dewi Llewellyn | 214 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | D. R. Evans | 249 | |||
Liberal | William Williams | 213 | |||
Conservative | William Seaton** | 213 | |||
Independent | William R. Beith | 203 | |||
Conservative | John Snape** | 171 | |||
Liberal | Daniel Arnott | 156 | |||
Conservative | George Evans | 87 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Taylor** | 299 | |||
Labour | Frederick George Edwards | 271 | |||
Liberal | Watkin Williams | 222 | |||
Conservative | H. J. Wilshire | 218 | |||
Liberal | Daniel Griffiths | 150 | |||
Independent | David Davies | 90 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | T. R. Hamlen Williams | 402 | |||
Liberal | R. T. Richards** | 381 | |||
Liberal | James Roberts** | 212 | |||
Lib-Lab | Frederick Judd | 192 | |||
Independent | J. Gibbon | 127 | |||
Liberal | Thomas. O. Brown** | 64 |
Although no elections to Pontypridd Urban District council were scheduled for 1895, the first full year of the council's existence, the death of William Williams created a vacancy in the Town Ward. [3] There was no change to the overall composition of the council, following the by-election held on 13 May 1895. [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Donald McGregor | 215 | |||
Conservative | J. F. McClune | 195 |
In the Pontypridd Urban District Council election of 1896 there were contests in three of the six wards. [5]
(*) denotes sitting member
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Howell Gronow* | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hopkin Morgan* | 288 | |||
Conservative | Samuel Evans | 238 | |||
Liberal | W.C.M. Groves | 59 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hugh Bramwell* | unopposed |
William Seaton, elected the previous year, stood down after the council resolved that he, rather than another member elected in a by-election during the year, should seek re-election. [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Lewis Phillips | 272 | |||
Liberal | Daniel Arnott | 249 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Watkin Williams* | 326 | |||
Conservative | Edward Williams | 253 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Roberts | unopposed |
A by-election was held in Cilfynydd at the end of April 1896 to fill the vacancy left by the departure of Thomas Williams. [7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | T. B. Evans | 326 | |||
Conservative | W. H. Watkins | 206 |
In the Pontypridd Urban District Council election of 1897 there were contests in three of the six wards. [8]
(*) denotes sitting member
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
William Lewis* | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James E. Spickett* | 334 | |||
Conservative | Samuel Evans | 331 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Dewi Llewellyn | 532 | |||
Conservative | Horatio M. Rowlands* | 457 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Jones-Powell | 205 | |||
Liberal | Donald McGregor* | 190 | |||
Independent | Arthur O. Evans | 141 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick George Edwards* | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | R. T. Richards* | unopposed |
In the Pontypridd Urban District Council election of 1898 there were contests in three of the six wards. [9]
(*) denotes sitting member
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | W. R. Davies | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W. T. Leyshon | 356 | |||
Liberal | J. W. Jones | 207 | |||
Labour | Moses Severn | 83 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Patrick Gowan* | 638 | |||
T. Jones | 336 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | D. R. Evans* | 319 | |||
Independent | Edwin Phillips | 267 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Williams | 390 | |||
Liberal | Thomas Taylor | 306 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | T. R. Hamlen Williams | 424 | |||
Benjamin Rees | 302 |
In the Pontypridd Urban District Council election of 1899 there were contests in two of the six wards.
(*) denotes sitting member
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Howell Gronow | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hopkin Morgan | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hugh Bramwell | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Lewis Phillips | 350 | |||
Liberal | Thomas Rowlands | 192 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Taylor | 464 | |||
Liberal | Watkin Williams* | 314 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Roberts | unopposed |
In the Pontypridd Urban District Council election of 1900 there were contests in four of the six wards. [10]
(*) denotes sitting member
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
William Lewis* | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Evans | 364 | |||
Independent | Henry Hibbert | 289 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Thomas | 350 | |||
Conservative | Horatio M. Rowlands* | 342 | |||
Liberal | William Phillips | 270 | |||
Liberal | Benjamin Jones | 3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Jones-Powell* | 290 | |||
Liberal | Donald McGregor | 257 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick George Edwards* | 476 | |||
Liberal | William Thomas | 284 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | R. T. Richards* | unopposed |
In the Pontypridd Urban District Council election of 1901 there were contests in four of the six wards. [11]
(*) denotes sitting member
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | T. B. Evans | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Henry Hibbert | 387 | |||
Labour | Moses Severn | 195 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Thomas | 556 | ||||
Conservative | Horatio M. Rowland* | 196 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Seaton | 324 | |||
Liberal | D. R. Evans* | 299 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Williams | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Evans | 403 | ||||
J. Gibbon | 219 |
In the Pontypridd Urban District Council election of 1902 there were contests in two of the six wards. [12] [13]
(*) denotes sitting member
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Howell Gronow* | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hopkin Morgan* | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hugh Bramwell* | 681 | |||
Labour | David Thomas | 238 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Jones | 332 | |||
Conservative | Richard Lewis Phillips* | 276 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Taylor* | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Roberts* | unopposed |
In the Pontypridd Urban District Council election of 1903 there were contests in three of the six wards. [14]
(*) denotes sitting member
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
William Lewis* | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Williams | 402 | |||
Independent | Father MacManus | 156 | |||
Liberal | G. G. Jones | 147 | |||
Conservative | Frederick King | 35 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Moses Jones | 398 | |||
Conservative | John Thomas* | 388 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Daniel Arnott | 367 | |||
Conservative | William Jones-Powell* | 265 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick George Edwards* | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | R. T. Richards* | unopposed |
A by-election was held in the Town ward in May 1903 to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Arthur Seaton. [15] [16]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | D. R. Evans | 375 | |||
Conservative | R. L. Phillips | 276 |
In the Pontypridd Urban District Council election of 1904 there were contests in three of the six wards. [17]
(*) denotes sitting member
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | T. B. Evans* | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Aneurin T. Evans | 206 | |||
W. J. Davies | 199 | ||||
Independent | Henry Hibbert* | 136 | |||
J. W. John | 88 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lib-Lab | David Thomas | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | D. R. Evans* | 382 | |||
W. Jones | 268 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Edward Williams | 471 | |||
Liberal | John Lewis | 427 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Evans* | unopposed |
In the Pontypridd Urban District Council election of 1905 there was a contest in only one of the six wards. [18]
(*) denotes sitting member
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Howell Gronow* | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hopkin Morgan* | 563 | |||
Independent | Henry Hibbert | 192 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hugh Bramwell* | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Jones* | unopposed |
Note: Jones's potential opponent, H. E. Crane, dropped out of the race before election day. [19]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Taylor* | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Roberts* | unopposed |
In the Pontypridd Urban District Council election of 1906 there were contests in three of the six wards. [20]
(*) denotes sitting member
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
William Lewis* | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Williams* | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Moses Jones* | 603 | |||
W. Thomas | 480 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Daniel Arnott* | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | M. Julian | 363 | |||
Liberal | W. C. Hinckley | 315 | |||
Labour | W. Byer | 258 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | R. T. Richards* | 657 | |||
Independent | Henry Hibbert | 102 |
In the Pontypridd Urban District Council election of 1907 there were contests in four of the six wards. [21]
(*) denotes sitting member
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | T. B. Evans* | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Aneurin T. Evans* | 365 | |||
Independent | Henry Hibbert | 265 | |||
Conservative | Thomas Jones | 144 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lib-Lab | David Thomas* | 648 | |||
Liberal | E. Jenkins | 467 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | D. R. Evans* | 367 | |||
Conservative | Arthur Seaton | 315 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Edward Williams* | 469 | |||
Liberal | John Lewis | 455 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Evans* | unopposed |
In the Pontypridd Urban District Council election of 1908 there were contests in three of the six wards, most notably in Cilfynydd - the first contested election there since the by-election in 1896. [22]
(*) denotes sitting member
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lib-Lab | William Howell Gronow* | 478 | |||
Labour | Artemus Seymour | 160 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hopkin Morgan* | 344 | |||
Independent | Henry Hibbert | 221 | |||
Labour | J. Baker | 101 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hugh Bramwell* | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Seaton | 364 | |||
Liberal | William Jones* | 321 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Taylor* | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Roberts* | unopposed |
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