1973 Mid Glamorgan County Council election

The first election to Mid Glamorgan County Council was held in April 1973.[1] It was followed by the 1977 election.

The new authority came into effect from 1 April 1974 following the division of the former Glamorgan County Council into three new authorities.

Candidates

The Labour Party fielded candidates in every ward. A significant proportion of seats were contested by the Conservative Party and Plaid Cymru with fewer candidates fielded by the Liberal Party.

Numerous members of the former Glamorgan County Council stood for election, notably for Labour. These included Alfred Bowen (Bridgend) and Bertie Rowland (Caerphilly).

Fred Riddiford, former Labour councillor for Aberaman on the former Glamorgan authority, contested the seat for Plaid Cymru.

Ward Results

Aberdare No.1: Llwydcoed (two seats)

Aberdare No.1: Llwydcoed 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	D. Davies	2,984
	Labour	J. Powell	2,132
	Labour	Mervyn Prowle	1,936
	Plaid Cymru	Riddiford	1,250
	Communist	Alastair Wilson	1,222
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Aberdare No.2: Blaengwawr (one seat)

Aberdare No.2: Blaengwawr 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Glyn Owen	2,405	63.0
	Labour	W. Parfitt	1,410	37.0
Majority				26.1
Turnout				65.5
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Aberdare No.3: Gadlys (one seat)

Aberdare No.3: Gadlys 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	D. Roberts	1,402	59.5
	Labour	A. Jones	955	40.5
Majority				19.0
Turnout				59.4
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Aberdare No.4: Town (one seat)

Aberdare No.4: Town 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. Williams	1,083	55.1
	Labour	W. Richards	884	44.9
Majority				10.1
Turnout				56.6
	Independent win (new seat)

Aberdare No.5: Aberaman (one seat)

Aberdare No.5: Aberaman 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Reed	2,050	62.0
	Plaid Cymru	Fred Riddiford	1,259	38.0
Majority				23.9
Turnout				54.3
	Labour win (new seat)

Abertridwr and Senghennydd

Abertridwr and Senghennydd 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayers	J. Davies	1,823	69.2
	Labour	T. Mantle	813	30.8
Majority				38.3
Turnout				50.7
	Independent win (new seat)

Bedwas and Machen (two seats)

Bedwas and Machen 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ray Davies	2.994
	Labour	C. Hobbs	2.701
	Ratepayers	A. Underwood	1,682
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bedwellty No.1 (one seat)

Bedwellty No.1 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Forbes	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Bedwellty No.2 (one seat)

Bedwellty No.2 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Powell	1,648	67.2
	Independent	M. Lancaster	803	32.8
Majority				34.5
Turnout				57.6
	Labour win (new seat)

Bridgend (two seats)

Bridgend 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Bowen	2,447
	Conservative	A. Parker	2,447
	Labour	D. Evans	1,711
	Conservative	A. Walters	1,643
	Independent	E. King	1,319
	Independent	W. Davies	1,091
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Caerphilly No.1 (one seat)

Caerphilly No.1 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Phillips	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Caerphilly No.2 Llanbradach (one seat)

Caerphilly No.2 Llanbradach 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	S. Morgan	1,945	74.8
	Labour	S. Hawthorn	657	25.2
Majority				49.5
Turnout				58.9
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Caerphilly No.4 (one seat)

Caerphilly No.4 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bertie Rowland	1,733	61.8
	Plaid Cymru	Colin Palfrey	1,069	38.2
Majority				23.7
Turnout				41.5
	Labour win (new seat)

Caerphilly No.5 North (one seat)

Caerphilly No.5 North 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Jewell	914	51.8
	Independent	L. Waddon	852	48.2
Majority				3.5
Turnout				41.6
	Labour win (new seat)

Caerphilly No.6 South (one seat)

Caerphilly No.6 South 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. Richards	1,182	53.5
	Labour	G. Snell	1,027	46.5
Majority				7.0
Turnout				50.0
	Independent win (new seat)

Caerphilly No.7 (one seat)

Caerphilly No.7 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	R. Davies	921	32.7
	Conservative	H. Paulley	780	27.7
	Labour	G. Lewis	618	22.0
	Independent Labour	E. Dobbs	496	17.6
Majority				5.0
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Cardiff Rural (one seat)

Cardiff Rural 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Richards	780	54.4
	Plaid Cymru	P. Enticott	654	45.6
Majority				8.8
Turnout				40.0
	Labour win (new seat)

Cowbridge Rural (one seat)

Cowbridge Rural 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. David	1,491	52.7
	Labour	T. Williams	1,340	47.3
Majority				5.3
Turnout				52.1
	Independent win (new seat)

Dowlais (one seat)

Dowlais 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Williams	1,222	50.3
	Ratepayers	W. Healey	1,209	49.7
Majority			13	0.6
Turnout				51.6
	Labour win (new seat)

Gelligaer No.1 (one seat)

Gelligaer No.1 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Williams	2,095	68.4
	Plaid Cymru	G. Thomas	970	31.6
Majority				36.7
Turnout				55.8
	Labour win (new seat)

Gelligaer No.2 (one seat)

Gelligaer No.2 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	J. Davies	1,036	58.6
	Labour	J. Hawke	732	41.4
Majority				17.2
Turnout				60.9
	Independent Labour win (new seat)

Gelligaer No.3 (one seat)

Gelligaer No.3 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Kedward	1,510	51.4
	Plaid Cymru	M. Jones	1,426	48.6
Majority				2.9
Turnout				43.4
	Labour win (new seat)

Gelligaer No.4 (two seats)

Gelligaer No.4 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Rogers	2,314
	Labour	W. Bowen	2,160
	Plaid Cymru	M. Smiga	1,202
	Plaid Cymru	G. Phillips	1,147
Turnout				35.4
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Llantrisant and Llantwitfardre No.1 (four seats)

Llantrisant and Llantwitfardre No.1 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Eason	3,231
	Labour	L. Lodwig	2,925
	Labour	E. Tyrrell	2,716
	Ratepayers	T. John	2,692
	Labour	D. Powell	2,669
	Ratepayers	W. Taylor	2,351
	Ratepayers	J. Bolt	2,100
	Ratepayers	D. Pearse	1,944
	Plaid Cymru	T. Morgan	1,697
	Residents	A. Williams	1,584
	Residents	J. Johnson	1,337
	Residents	A. Pictor	1,111
Turnout				47.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Llantrisant and Llantwitfardre No.2 (four seats)

Llantrisant and Llantwitfardre No.2 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. McDonald	Unopposed
	Labour	J. Thomas	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Maesteg No.1 (one seat)

Maesteg No.1 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	V. Hart	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Maesteg No.2 (one seat)

Maesteg No.2 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jennie Gibbs	1,659	65.9
	Labour	W. Evans	857	34.1
Majority				31.9
Turnout				59.6
	Liberal win (new seat)

Maesteg No.3 (one seat)

Maesteg No.3 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Venner	1,718	74.0
	Plaid Cymru	K. Davies	605	26.0
Majority				47.9
Turnout				45.9
	Labour win (new seat)

Merthyr, Cyfarthfa (one seat)

Merthyr, Cyfarthfa 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Jones	1,374	60.4
	Plaid Cymru	M. Llewellyn	901	39.6
Majority				20.8
Turnout				45.5
	Labour win (new seat)

Merthyr No.6 (one seat)

Merthyr No.6 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Stanfield	1,614	51.6
	Plaid Cymru	Emrys Roberts	1,515	48.4
Majority				3.2
Turnout				74.4
	Labour win (new seat)

Merthyr No.7 (one seat)

Merthyr No.7 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. O'Brien	1,468	65.8
	Plaid Cymru	A. Williams	764	34.2
Majority				31.5
Turnout				69.2
	Labour win (new seat)

Merthyr Park (two seats)

Merthyr Park 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	G. Foster	1,977
	Labour	J. Burns	1,682
	Labour	D. Williams	1,619
	Communist	A. Jones	1,442
	Communist	C. Dennett	404
Turnout				56.9
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Merthyr Town (one seat)

Merthyr Town 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Watkins	1,510	60.3
	Plaid Cymru	P. Williams	811	32.4
	Communist	T. Roberts	184	7.4
Majority				27.9
Turnout				51.4
	Labour win (new seat)

Mountain Ash No.1 (one seat)

Mountain Ash No.1 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Davies	1,557	53.6
	Communist	A. Williams	1,348	46.4
Majority				7.2
Turnout				47.3
	Labour win (new seat)

Mountain Ash No.2 (one seat)

Mountain Ash No.2 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Bath	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Mountain Ash No.3 (two seats)

Mountain Ash No.3 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Communist	M. Lewis	2,426
	Plaid Cymru	R. Humphreys	2,332
	Labour	E. Pritchard	1,544
	Labour	T. Bowden	1,210
Turnout				74.3
	Communist win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Ogmore and Garw No.1 (one seat)

Ogmore and Garw No.1 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Sant	1,291	50.5
	Ratepayers	D. Fox	1,264	49.5
Majority			27	1.0
Turnout				76.1
	Labour win (new seat)

Ogmore and Garw No.2 (two seats)

Ogmore and Garw No.2 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	E. Merriman	4,122
	Labour	T. Price	3,312
	Labour	M. Jenkins	2,748
Turnout				71.9
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Penybont No.1 (one seat)

Penybont No.1 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Hayball	1,561	70.6
	Conservative	K. Morrell	651	29.4
Majority				41.1
Turnout				40.5
	Labour win (new seat)

Penybont No.2 (two seats)

Penybont No.2 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Board	958
	Labour	A. Evans	609
	Labour	F. Speed	448
Turnout				46.9
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Penybont No.3 (one seat)

Penybont No.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Cattie	981	41.9
	Independent	T. Williams	681	29.2
	Independent	R. Hanson	673	28.9
Majority				12.7
Turnout				37.6
	Labour win (new seat)

Penybont No.4 (one seat)

Penybont No.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I. Rawle	1,306	55.5
	Conservative	B. Smart	1,049	45.5
Majority				10.0
Turnout				36.7
	Labour win (new seat)

Penybont No.5 (two seats)

Penybont No.5 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Jones	4,647
	Labour	E. Davies	4,617
	Conservative	H. Eastment	1,190
Turnout				54.4
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Penybont No.6 (two seats)

Penybont No.6 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Squire	2,724
	Independent	W. Barnett	2,102
	Labour	W. Bowcher	2,024
	Independent	G. Walters	1,528
Turnout				63.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Penydarren (one seat)

Penydarren 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Mahoney	1,540	56.0
	Plaid Cymru	B. Walters	777	28.3
	Ratepayers	G. Kiley	431	15.7
Majority				27.8
Turnout				58.4
	Labour win (new seat)

Pontypridd No.1 (one seat)

Pontypridd No.1 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Williams	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Pontypridd No.2 Town (one seat)

Pontypridd No.2 Town 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Came	895	58.7
	Plaid Cymru	A. Withey	631	41.3
Majority				17.3
Turnout				34.7
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Pontypridd No.3 (one seat)

Pontypridd No.3 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Peck	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Pontypridd No.4 Trallwn (one seat)

Pontypridd No.4 Trallwn 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Meriel Murphy	1,145	61.8
	Labour	R. Evans	708	38.2
Majority				23.6
Turnout				58.7
	Liberal win (new seat)

Pontypridd No.5 Rhydyfelin (two seats)

Pontypridd No.5 Rhydyfelin 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Davies	1,262
	Labour	W. Griffiths	870
	Independent Labour	E. Smith	736
Turnout				41.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Pontypridd No.6 (one seat)

Pontypridd No.6 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Weston	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Porthcawl No.1 (one seat)

Porthcawl No.1 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Hubbard-Miles	1,648
	Labour	W. Williams	1,114
Majority				19.3
Turnout				39.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Porthcawl No.2 (one seat)

Porthcawl No.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. McBride	1,102	44.3
	Independent	M. Pope	734	32.1
	Independent	R. Fry	538	23.6
Majority				12.2
Turnout				44.8
	Labour win (new seat)

Rhondda No.1 Treherbert (two seats)

Rhondda No.1 Treherbert 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Williams	1,988
	Communist	Arthur True	1,865
	Labour	W. Llewellyn	1,616
	Communist	C. True	1,315
Turnout				63.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Communist win (new seat)

Rhondda No.2 Treorchy (two seats)

Rhondda No.2 Treorchy 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Jones	Unopposed
	Labour	G. Rees	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Rhondda No.3 Pentre (one seat)

Rhondda No.3 Pentre 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Jenkins	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Rhondda No.4 Ystrad (one seat)

Rhondda No.4 Ystrad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Thomas	1,787	73.1
	Communist	A. Price	656	26.9
Majority				46.3
Turnout				49.1
	Labour win (new seat)

Rhondda No.5 (one seat)

Rhondda No.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Parry	1,727	57.5
	Plaid Cymru	D. Morgan	1,279	42.5
Majority				14.9
Turnout				54.2
	Labour win (new seat)

Rhondda No.6 (one seat)

Rhondda No.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Winter	2,012	62.5
	Conservative	P. Leyshon	1,208	37.5
Majority				25.0
Turnout				54.7
	Labour win (new seat)

Rhondda No.7 Penygraig (one seat)

Rhondda No.7 Penygraig

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Richards	1,343	52.2
	Communist	Annie Powell	1,232	47.8
Majority			111	4.3
Turnout				46.7
	Labour win (new seat)

Rhondda No.8 Porth (two seats)

Rhondda No.8 Porth 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Ellis	2,252
	Labour	E. Westwood	2,098
	Ratepayers	D. Austin	1,903
Turnout				51.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Rhondda No.9 (one seat)

Rhondda No.9 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. McElstrim	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Rhymney Lower, Middle and Upper (one seat)

Rhymney Lower, Middle and Upper 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Williams	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Treharris (one seat)

Treharris 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Richards	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Vaynor and Penderyn No.1 (one seat)

Vaynor and Penderyn No.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Byrne	1,042	60.2
	Independent	A. Williams	690	39.8
Majority				20.3
Turnout				57.2
	Labour win (new seat)

Vaynor and Penderyn No.2 (one seat)

Vaynor and Penderyn No.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Davies	1,348	90.6
	Communist	G. Thomas	140	9.4
Majority				81.2
Turnout				56.1
	Labour win (new seat)

References

1. "Mid Glamorgan County Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 17 October 2016.