The 1928 Cardiff City Council election was held on Monday 1 November 1928 to elect councillors to Cardiff City Council in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales. It took place on the same day as many other local elections in Wales and England.
This was the tenth annual all-Cardiff elections since the 1914-18 Great War. The previous elections were in November 1927 and the next annual all-Cardiff elections were to take place in November 1929.
Background edit
Cardiff County Borough Council had been created in 1889. Cardiff became a city in 1905. The council consisted of 39 councillors who were elected by the town's voters and thirteen aldermen who were elected by the councillors. Elections to the local authority were held annually, though not all council seats were included in each contest, because the four councillors in each ward stood down for election in three-yearly rotation.
Thirteen seats were up for election in November 1928. One Labour held seat was uncontested. Labour ran candidates in all 13 wards. There were eight Conservative candidates, six Liberals, 2 Independents and one Communist.
Overview of the result edit
Turnout was 61.0%, up on 1927 (42.4%) and 1925 (56.4%). Labour won seven seats, Conservatives three, Liberals two and Independents one.
Council composition edit
Following the November 1927 election the balance on the city council was 18 Liberal, 18 Conservative, 13 Labour and 3 Others. In 1929 Labour increased their number by two, Conservative and Independent dropped by one each. The Liberals remained unchanged.
Ward results edit
* ='retiring' ward councillor for re-election Percentage changes from 1925.[1]
Adamsdown edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Donovan | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | n/a |
Canton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Heginbottom | 1,826 | 40.7 | +16.3 | |
Liberal | AJ Dyne | 1,445 | 32.2 | +9.2 | |
Conservative | WA Prichard | 1,211 | 27.0 | -25.5 | |
Turnout | 4,482 | 60.3 | +12.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.55 |
Cathays edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Ernest Gough* | 3,022 | 61.2 | +10.1 | |
Independent | Owen T Morris | 1,918 | 38.8 | n/a | |
Turnout | 4,940 | 61.6 | -0.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | n/a |
Central edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Gerald Gaskell | 1,682 | 51.1 | +6.0 | |
Labour | James Patrick Collins | 1,608 | 48.9 | +18.2 | |
Turnout | 3,290 | 56.9 | -4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a |
Gabalfa edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Alfred Ernest Shippobotham* | 2,309 | 55.3 | +7.1 | |
Labour | HJ Brown | 1,870 | 44.7 | +17.4 | |
Turnout | 4,179 | 56.0 | -6.4 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | -5.15 |
Grangetown edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ivor George Duddridge* | 2,482 | 63.4 | -16.4 | |
Liberal | TL Francis | 1,435 | 36.6 | n/a | |
Turnout | 3,917 | 62.1 | +22.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | n/a |
Llandaff edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | EJ Draper | 2,890 | 51.3 | +12.3 | |
Conservative | Alfred Edward Lougher* | 2,742 | 48.7 | -12.3 | |
Turnout | 5,632 | 56.8 | +8.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.3 |
Penylan edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | G Williams | 2,050 | 49.7 | -3.9 | |
Conservative | TR Evans | 1,247 | 30.2 | -16.2 | |
Labour | R Stanton | 831 | 20.1 | n/a | |
Turnout | 4,128 | 65.5 | +6.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a |
Plasnewydd edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | C Hoare* | 1,663 | 37.9 | -1.9 | |
Liberal | Edward John Sawyer | 1,368 | 31.2 | -4.6 | |
Labour | IT Rees | 1,356 | 30.9 | +6.5 | |
Turnout | 4,387 | 66.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a |
Riverside edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter Howell Parker* | 1,980 | 62.9 | n/a | |
Labour | Frederick Saw | 1,166 | 37.1 | n/a | |
Turnout | 3,146 | 46.4 | n/a | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a |
Roath edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Frederick Evans* | 2,470 | 50.7 | n/a | |
Labour | AJ Phillips | 1,353 | 27.8 | n/a | |
Conservative | HE White | 1,048 | 21.5 | n/a | |
Turnout | 4,871 | 69.0 | n/a | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a |
South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joshua Thomas Clatworthy | 1,759 | 49.4 | +17.4 | |
Conservative | Frederick Jones* | 1,743 | 49.0 | -11.7 | |
Communist | Reginald Cosslett | 57 | 1.6 | -5.7 | |
Turnout | 3,559 | 62.5 | +13.2 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +14.55 |
Splott edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A Lewis | 3,104 | 53.9 | +6.8 | |
Liberal | Edward James Wilmot | 2,655 | 46.1 | n/a | |
Turnout | 5,759 | 68.9 | +1.0 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | n/a |
References edit
- ^ County Borough Elections in England and Wales, 1919-1938 Volume 2, Sam Davies & Bob Morley