1981 Mid Glamorgan County Council election

The 1981 Mid Glamorgan County Council election was held in May 1981 and were the third elections to Mid Glamorgan County Council, electing 85 councillors.^[1] They were preceded by the 1977 elections and followed by the 1985 elections.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Powell*	2,104
	Labour	Mervyn Prowle*	1,956
	Liberal	D. Higgins	1,078
Turnout				48.2	−11.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Glyn Owen*	1,728	52.4	−7.4
	Labour	B. Fitzgerald	1,571	47.6	+7.4
Majority				4.8	− 14.8
Turnout				53.7	−11.7
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	V. Llywellyn*	852	58.5	+1.7
	Independent	L. Rosser	605	41.5
Majority				17.0	+3.5
Turnout				59.4	−20.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. Williams	743	44.6	−13.9
	Labour	W. Price	694	41.7	+0.2
	Plaid Cymru	M. Thomas	229	13.7
Majority				2.9	−14.0
Turnout				48.5	+1.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Reed	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayers	J. Davies	1,484	64.5	−11.1
	Labour	E. Wright	817	35.5	+11.1
Majority				29.0	−20.1
Turnout				43.6	+1.1
	Ratepayers hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ray Davies*	2,897
	Liberal	Angus Donaldson	2,799
	Labour	E. Gwynne	2,279
Turnout				58.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Collis	838	55.5	+9.1
	Plaid Cymru	K. Szerard*	673	44.5	−9.1
Majority
Turnout				51.7	−5.90
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Powell	1,457	76.8	+34.4
	Plaid Cymru	Bill Hyde	440	23.2	−34.4
Majority				53.6
Turnout				44.4	−13.6
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Bertorelli	1,648
	Labour	R. Bowser	1,548
	Labour	H. Davies	1,547
	Conservative	W. Rutter*	1,512
	Ratepayers	P. Roberts	1,372
	Ratepayers	B. Ellis	1,220
	Independent	R. Evans	703
Turnout				44.0	−9.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Lewis*	985	59.5	+8.5
	Plaid Cymru	A. Morgan	361	21.8	−14.6
	Liberal	N. Lewis	309	18.7	+18.7
Majority
Turnout				52.8	−12.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Colin Mann*	1,643	65.2	+14.1
	Labour	E. Piper	878	34.83	+1.5
Majority
Turnout				52.8
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bertie Rowland	1,734	46.7	+6.5
	Plaid Cymru	Lindsay Whittle*	1,212	32.6	−5.6
	Liberal	A. Lambert	477	12.8	+12.8
	Conservative	R. Bisley	291	7.8
Majority
Turnout				51.0
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Jewell*	1,035	56.1
	Plaid Cymru	Phil Bevan	810	43.9
Majority
Turnout				45.5	−1.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. Snell	798	37.5
	Independent	M. Ryland	706	33.1
	Plaid Cymru	G. Hibbert	234	11.0
	Ratepayers	P. Lewis	224	10.5
	Liberal	L. Price	168	7.9
Majority
Turnout				48.3
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Llantrisant and Llantwitfardre No.2 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. McDonald	2,776
	Labour	W. Hall	2,163
	RA	George Jury	1,101
	Independent	R. Brinson	1,060
	RA	H. Deardon	775
	Plaid Cymru	R. Williams	741
Turnout				55.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Penri Williams	1,814	63.0
	Labour	R. Toghill	1,067	37.0
Majority
Turnout				47.8
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Richards*	1,233	60.7
	Ratepayers	A. Goodchild	798	39.3
Majority
Turnout				41.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. David*	1,285	48.5
	Labour	I. Williams	873	32.9
	Plaid Cymru	Janet Davies	493	18.6
Majority
Turnout				41.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Lewis*	1,218	69.6
	Plaid Cymru	P. Jones	531	30.4
Majority
Turnout				39.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	N. Harris	1,735	66.8
	Plaid Cymru	G. Howells*	863	33.2
Majority
Turnout				48.9
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Davies*	684	48.6
	Independent	J. Bromley	619	44.0
	Plaid Cymru	G. Blenkin	103	7.3
Majority
Turnout				48.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Coleman	1,842	58.1
	Plaid Cymru	J. Jones*	1,327	41.9
Majority
Turnout				45.1
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Bowen*	2,580
	Labour	B. Lloyd	2,485
	Conservative	J. Howard	662
Turnout				59.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Bonner	4,105
	Labour	L. Lodwig*	4,090
	Labour	R. Selwood	3,747
	Labour	H. Prosser	3,735
	Ratepayers	T. John*	3,089
	Plaid Cymru	Delme Bowen	2,400
	Plaid Cymru	D. Watkins	1,730
	Plaid Cymru	J. Canning	1,609
	Plaid Cymru	G. Morris	1,566
	Conservative	R. Bunnage	1,552
	Conservative	J. Bunnage	1,534
	Conservative	L. Hunt	1,499
Turnout				51.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Ratepayers		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeff Jones	1,364
	Liberal	Jennie Gibbs*	1,171
Majority
Turnout				59.3	+5.0
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Aberdare No.1: Llwydcoed (two seats)

Aberdare No.2: Blaengwawr (one seat)

Aberdare No.3: Gadlys (one seat)

Aberdare No.4: Town (one seat)

Aberdare No.5: Aberaman (one seat)

Abertridwr and Senghennydd

Bedwas and Machen (two seats)

Bedwellty No.1 Aberbargoed (one seat)

Bedwellty No.2 Abertysswg (one seat)

Bridgend (two seats)

Caerphilly No.1 (one seat)

Caerphilly No.2 Llanbradach (one seat)

Caerphilly No.4 (one seat)

Caerphilly No.5 North (one seat)

Caerphilly No.6 South (one seat)

Caerphilly No.7 (one seat)

Cardiff Rural (one seat)

Cowbridge Rural (one seat)

Dowlais (one seat)

Gelligaer No.1 (one seat)

Gelligaer No.2 (one seat)

Gelligaer No.3 (one seat)

Gelligaer No.4 (two seats)

Llantrisant and Llantwitfardre No.1 (four seats)

Llantrisant and Llantwit Fardre No.2 (two seats)

Maesteg No.1 (one seat)

Maesteg No.2 (one seat)

Maesteg No.3 (one seat)

Merthyr, Cyfarthfa (one seat)

Merthyr No.6 (one seat)

Merthyr No.7 (one seat)

Merthyr Park (two seats)

Merthyr Town (one seat)

Mountain Ash No.1 (one seat)

Mountain Ash No.2 (one seat)

Mountain Ash No.3 (two seats)

Ogmore and Garw No.1 (one seat)

Ogmore and Garw No.2 (two seats)

Penybont No.1 (one seat)

Penybont No.2 (one seat)

Penybont No.3 (one seat)

Penybont No.4 (one seat)

Penybont No.5 (two seats)

Penybont No.6 (two seats)

Penydarren (one seat)

Pontypridd No.1 (one seat)

Pontypridd No.2 Town (one seat)

Pontypridd No.3 (one seat)

Pontypridd No.4 Trallwn (one seat)

Pontypridd No.5 Rhydyfelin (one seat)

Pontypridd No.6 (one seat)

Porthcawl No.1 (one seat)

Porthcawl No.2 (one seat)

Rhondda No.1 Treherbert (two seats)

Rhondda No.2 Treorchy (two seats)

Rhondda No.3 Pentre (one seat)

Rhondda No.4 Ystrad (one seat)

Rhondda No.5 (one seat)

Rhondda No.6 (one seat)

Rhondda No.7 Penygraig (one seat)

Rhondda No.8 Porth (two seats)

Rhondda No.9 (one seat)

Rhymney Lower, Middle and Upper (one seat)

Treharris (one seat)

Vaynor and Penderyn No.1 (one seat)

Vaynor and Penderyn No.2 (one seat)

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Fact Checks

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Jenkins	1,676
	Plaid Cymru	I. Williams	368
	Conservative	K. Rowe	198
Majority
Turnout				44.8	−5.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	M. Phillips*	1,480	57.6
	Labour	K. Thomas	1,091	42.4
Majority
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Jones	1,632
	Plaid Cymru	C. Foley	937
Majority
Turnout				61.5	−7.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	T. O'Brien*	1,154
	Plaid Cymru	E. Bartlett	1.045
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Burns*	1,810
	Labour	J. Cleary	1,615
	Plaid Cymru	G. Foster*	1,265
	Plaid Cymru	D. Thomas	822
	Communist	A. Jones	627
	Liberal	G. Cooper	495
	Communist	C. Dennett	155
	Workers Revolutionary	R. Gould	109
Turnout				45.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	T. Davies*	1,056
	Independent	R. Howells	840
	Conservative	E. Horne	252
	Communist	T. Roberts	131
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	T. Davies*	1,723
	Plaid Cymru	G. Jones	1,137
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	F. Edwards	1,215
	Plaid Cymru	N. Thomas*	953
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	H. Evans	1,870
	Plaid Cymru	Pauline Jarman	1,801
	Labour	S. Lloyd*	1,717
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ratepayers	Danny Mordecai	1,144
	Labour	G. Mackay	633
	Independent	R. Smiles	402
Majority
Turnout
	Ratepayers hold		Swing