1977 West Glamorgan County Council election
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1977 Welsh local government election
The second election to West Glamorgan County Council was held in May 1977.[1] It was preceded by the 1973 election and followed by the 1981 election.
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.
A feature of the election was the number of Ratepayer candidates.
Outcome
Labour retained their majority but lost a number of seats, mainly to the Ratepayers but also to Plaid Cymru and Independents.
In the Neath area, three retiring Labour councillors were defeated.[2]
Results
- indicates sitting councillor
Ward results
Aberavon East and West (three seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Colin Crowley* | 2,769 | |||
| Labour | Cyril Lewis* | 2,600 | |||
| Labour | P. Jones | 2,397 | |||
| Ratepayers | A. Stanton | 2,365 | |||
| Ratepayers | R. Thomas | 2,209 | |||
| Ratepayers | V. Jones | 2,126 | |||
| Turnout | 43.1 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Aberavon North (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratepayers | R. Hubbard | 1,981 | |||
| Labour | Douglas Heatley* | 1,571 | |||
| Independent | P. Walford | 396 | |||
| Turnout | 60.3 | ||||
| Ratepayers gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Aberavon South (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratepayers | L. Carey | 1,001 | |||
| Labour | Idwal Hopkin* | 951 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | S. Bowen | 232 | |||
| Turnout | 50.5 | ||||
| Ratepayers gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Brynmelyn (two seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | R. Dowdle* | 1,407 | |||
| Labour | J. Adams* | 1,334 | |||
| Conservative | P. Morgan | 382 | |||
| Ratepayers | M. John | 348 | |||
| Turnout | 43.8 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Castle (two seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | D. Jones | 945 | |||
| Labour | B. Ludlam* | 893 | |||
| Ratepayers | I. Williams | 558 | |||
| Ratepayers | B. Matthews | 508 | |||
| Conservative | S. Patriarcia | 358 | |||
| Turnout | 46.0 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Cwmafan (one seat)
John was elected as a Progressive candidate in 1973.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mel John* | 1,522 | |||
| Ratepayers | Leslie Richards | 716 | |||
| Turnout | 67.9 | ||||
| Labour gain from Progressive | Swing | ||||
Fforest Fach (two seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | D. Bevan* | 1,292 | |||
| Labour | Victor Cyril Alexander* | 1,193 | |||
| Ratepayers | D. Jones | 1,115 | |||
| Ratepayers | L. Evans | 1,091 | |||
| Conservative | C. Andrews | 767 | |||
| Conservative | E. Charles | 750 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | A. Williams | 319 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | D. Morton | 305 | |||
| Communist | B. Lewis | 92 | |||
| Turnout | 37.4 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Ffynone (two seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Paul Valerio* | 1,840 | |||
| Ratepayers | J. Thomas | 1,383 | |||
| Conservative | G. Ashmole | 1,296 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | J. Thomas | 456 | |||
| Liberal | S. Evans | 441 | |||
| Turnout | 63.6 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Ratepayers gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Glyncorrwg (two seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | G. Davies* | 1,916 | |||
| Labour | D. Daniels* | 1,733 | |||
| Ratepayers | G. James | 1,411 | |||
| Turnout | 58.8 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Gower No.1 (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Bartlett | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Gower No.2 (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratepayers | C. Sanders | 1,660 | |||
| Labour | F. Lord* | 1,407 | |||
| Turnout | 64.5 | ||||
| Ratepayers gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Gower No.3 (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | P. Bevan | 1,565 | |||
| Ratepayers | G. Beynon | 1,166 | |||
| Labour | M. Thomas | 273 | |||
| Turnout | 47.4 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Landore (two seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | D. Cox* | 1,286 | |||
| Labour | S. John* | 1,237 | |||
| Ratepayers | J. Lewis | 921 | |||
| Ratepayers | C. Phillips | 917 | |||
| Communist | R. Thomas | 97 | |||
| Turnout | 43.4 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Llansamlet (two seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | L. Penhaligan* | 2,471 | |||
| Labour | W. Davies | 1,931 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | C. Phillips | 1,181 | |||
| Ratepayers | E. James | 845 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | W. Smith | 779 | |||
| Ratepayers | C. Stevens | 773 | |||
| Conservative | J. Edgecombe | 661 | |||
| Conservative | J. Holmes | 560 | |||
| Turnout | 42.6 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Llwchwr No.1 (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | G. Williams | 1,410 | |||
| Independent | D. Thomas | 829 | |||
| Conservative | R. Day | 576 | |||
| Turnout | 62.9 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Llwchwr No.2 (two seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | D. Davies* | 2,518 | |||
| Labour | J. Jones* | 1,962 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | E. Thomas | 1,780 | |||
| Turnout | 48.6 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Llwchwr No.3 (two seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J. Thomas* | 1,835 | |||
| Labour | D. Turner* | 1,697 | |||
| Conservative | W. Davies | 1,301 | |||
| Independent | Cled Morgan | 1,176 | |||
| Conservative | M. Bevan | 1,167 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | H. Price | 862 | |||
| Turnout | 64.6 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Margam Central (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | R. James | 1,146 | |||
| Ratepayers | W. Jones | 1,006 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | D. Thomas | 218 | |||
| Turnout | 60.8 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Margam North (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratepayers | S. Williams | 842 | |||
| Independent | T. Morgans | 789 | |||
| Labour | K. Johnston | 204 | |||
| Turnout | 75.1 | ||||
| Ratepayers gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Margam West (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratepayers | Edward Miles* | 1,659 | |||
| Labour | L. Johnson | 462 | |||
| Independent | P. Greaves | 204 | |||
| Turnout | 57.6 | ||||
| Ratepayers hold | Swing | ||||
Morriston (two seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | P. Evans | 1,996 | |||
| Labour | S. Havard | 1,977 | |||
| Ratepayers | C. Hadley | 1,810 | |||
| Ratepayers | J. Howes | 1,295 | |||
| Turnout | 35.8 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Mumbles (two seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | A. Chilcot | 3,180 | |||
| Conservative | M. Jones | 3,072 | |||
| Labour | L. Neale | 1,757 | |||
| Turnout | 38.2 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Neath No.1, South and Briton Ferry (four seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Fred Kingdom* | 3,003 | |||
| Labour | Bill Phillips* | 2,996 | |||
| Labour | Dillwyn David* | 2,604 | |||
| Labour | David Roberts | 2,546 | |||
| Ratepayers | Samuel Leonard Evans | 2,143 | |||
| Ratepayers | William Williams | 1,954 | |||
| Ratepayers | Denis Rees | 1,905 | |||
| Liberal | Caroline Chapman | 1,184 | |||
| Communist | Gordon Jenkins | 942 | |||
| Communist | Bill Pritchard | 561 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Neath No.2, North, Pontrhydyfen and Tonmawr (two seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Frank Cecil Evans* | 2,285 | |||
| Ratepayers | Ronald Jones | 1,541 | |||
| Labour | Lillian Jones* | 1,700 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Iris Curtis | 1,375 | |||
| Turnout | 53.7 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Ratepayers gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Neath Rural (six seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | R. Jones | 2,905 | |||
| Independent | Martin Thomaso | 2,534 | |||
| Labour | N. Thomas | 2,385 | |||
| Labour | T. Thomas | 2,131 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | H. Evans | 1,919 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | O. Roberts | 1,629 | |||
| Labour | W. Jones | 1,575 | |||
| Labour | C. Jones | 1,499 | |||
| Independent | T. Rees | 1,346 | |||
| Labour | R. Davies | 1,300 | |||
| Independent | L. Adams | 1,191 | |||
| Communist | Glaslyn Morgan | 734 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | T. Evans | 346 | |||
| Turnout | 67.3 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | |||||
| Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | |||||
Neath Rural No.5 (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | D. Hull | 1,470 | |||
| Independent | R. Rees | 1,277 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | G. Dawe | 273 | |||
| Turnout | 63.2 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Penderry (three seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Allison | 3,152 | |||
| Labour | T. Jones | 3,090 | |||
| Labour | G. Thomas | 3,032 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | D. Reynon | 972 | |||
| Communist | W. Jones | 584 | |||
| Communist | B. Lewis | 424 | |||
| Communist | H. Barrow | 280 | |||
| Turnout | 29.4 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Pontardawe No.1 (one seat)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | J. Williams | 1,151 | 62.1 | ||
| Labour | G. Williams | 703 | 37.9 | ||
| Turnout | 56.1 | ||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Pontardawe No.2 (two seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J. Maunder | 2,694 | |||
| Independent | M. Rees | 1,948 | |||
| Labour | C. Jones | 1,836 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | M. Mulcahy | 1,507 | |||
| Independent | R. Jones | 1,037 | |||
| Turnout | 78.9 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Pontardawe No.3 (three seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | G. Lake | 4,702 | |||
| Labour | W. Rees | 4,615 | |||
| Labour | B. Richards | 4,464 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | R. Davies | 3,305 | |||
| Turnout | 65.4 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
St Helens (two seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | C. Dilley | 1,741 | |||
| Conservative | M. Hinds | 1,545 | |||
| Labour | D. Davies | 1,067 | |||
| Turnout | 49.1 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Sketty (three seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | M. Vaughan | 5,270 | |||
| Conservative | S. Perry | 4,819 | |||
| Conservative | R. Massey-Shaw | 4,477 | |||
| Labour | J. Dalton | 2,372 | |||
| Turnout | 47.2 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
St Johns (two seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | A, Morris | Unopposed | |||
| Labour | H. Tabram | Unopposed | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
St Thomas (two seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | A. Hare | Unopposed | |||
| Labour | I. Morgan | Unopposed | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Townhill (two seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | T. Wignall | 1,848 | |||
| Labour | T. Evans | 1,748 | |||
| Conservative | C. McPherson | 429 | |||
| Turnout | 34.4 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Victoria (two seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratepayers | D. Jenkins | 1,390 | |||
| Ratepayers | S. Jenkins | 1,132 | |||
| Labour | A. Taylor | 1,051 | |||
| Labour | R. Lloyd | 852 | |||
| Conservative | T. Morgan | 477 | |||
| Conservative | E. Burrington | 329 | |||
| Turnout | 57.5 | ||||
| Ratepayers win (new seat) | |||||
| Ratepayers win (new seat) | |||||
References
- ↑ "West Glamorgan County Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ↑ "1 - 2 - 3 - Now for Coleman, say Plaid". Neath Guardian. 12 May 1977. p. 1. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
