1958 Cardiganshire County Council election

41 candidates were returned unopposed resulting in only nine contests.^[1]

Eight aldermen retired, of whom four sought election. Retiring councillors stood down in favour of aldermen in Aberystwyth, Llanllwchaiarn and at Bow Street, where D.R. Morgan, first elected in 1922, was again returned. At Aberporth, however, retiring alderman the Rev. Evan Melinfab Lewis was opposed by the retiring councillor, the Rev. Tegryn Davies.

With only nine contests, attention focused entirely on the contest at Aberporth between the retiring alderman and councillor, both of whom were nonconformist ministers. Evan Melinfab Lewis, Baptist minister at Penparc, was a previous chairman of the council and a member since 1937, while Tegryn Davies was the Congregational minister at Aberporth. Denominationlism featured prominently in the contest and on a turnout of 88%, Davies was returned. It was reported that the crowd that gathered at Aberporth to hear the result was among the largest ever seen at a Cardiganshire local authority election. Two other sitting members were also defeated.^[2]

Aberaeron 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Evan John Thomas*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Aberbanc 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dr Stanley George Budd*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Aberporth 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rev Tegryn Davies*	668
	Independent	Rev Evan Melinfab Lewis+	477
Majority			191
	Independent hold		Swing

Aberystwyth Division 1 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Caleb Edwards	422
	Independent	William Williams	317
Majority			105
	Labour hold		Swing

Aberystwyth Division 2 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gwendoline Calan Evans+	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Aberystwyth Division 3 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ryland Kenneth Clues*	386
	Independent hold		Swing

Aberystwyth Division 4 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Rowlands	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Aberystwyth Division 5 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Jenkin Ellis*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Aberystwyth Division 6 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gwendolen Eluned Jones*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Aeron 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Evan Hughes*	Unopposed
	Independent	Lewis Phillips	223
Majority			112
	Independent hold		Swing

Borth 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W. Jones Morris	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Bow Street 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Rees Morgan+	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Cardigan North 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Arthur Thomas*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Cardigan South 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Albert Hallam*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Cilcennin 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	L.E. Jones	298
	Independent	William Jenkin Jones*	238
Majority			60
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Cwmrheidol 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Geraint Wyn Howells*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Devil's Bridge 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ivor Charles Williams	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Felinfach 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Goginan 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Isaac Richard Lewis*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Lampeter Borough 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rev T. Oswald Williams*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanarth 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rev. Edwin Pryce Jones*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanbadarn Fawr 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Percy Ewart Davies	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanddewi Brefi 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Morgan Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandygwydd 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Melbourne Evan Griffiths*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandysul North 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Griffith Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandysul South 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Edward Lewis*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandysiliogogo 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ben Thomas*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfair Clydogau 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Daniel Owen Morgan*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfarian 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Herbert Daniel Matthews*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel y Creuddyn 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Howell Jones*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangoedmor 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Evan Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangeitho 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Lloyd*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangrannog 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Benjamin Griffiths*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanilar 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Charles Morgan*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanrhystyd 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Idwal James	Unopposed
	Independent	Jenkin Griffiths*	241
Majority			25
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Llanllwchaiarn 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Owen Williams+	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llansantffraed 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	G.T. Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent	Brinley Jenkins Jones	178
Majority			176
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanwnen 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Grey Hughes*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanwenog 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Donald Gwarnant Williams*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Lledrod 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John David Herbert*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Nantcwnlle 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Edwardes Rogers Lewis*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

New Quay 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Owen Williams*	Unopposed

Penbryn 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Morgan Lloyd Jenkins*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Strata Florida 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Owen Davies	Unopposed
	Independent	J.G. Williams	194
Majority			81
	Independent hold		Swing

Taliesin 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gwilym Caradog Jones*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Talybont 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Isaac Richard Jenkins*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Trefeurig 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jenkin Davies*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Tregaron 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Lewis	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Troedyraur 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hywel Heulyn Roberts*	Unopposed
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Ysbyty Ystwyth 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Caradog Edwards*	Unopposed
	Independent	John Jones	157
Majority			31
	Independent hold		Swing