The fourth election to West Glamorgan County Council was held in May 1985.[1] It was preceded by the 1981 election and followed by the 1989 election.
Candidates edit
Once again, the Labour Party fielded candidates in every ward. In addition to the Conservative Party and Plaid Cymru, a significant number of seats were contested by the SDP/Liberal Alliance. There were fewer Ratepayer candidates than at previous elections.
In the Neath area, Labour contested all thirteen seats, with Plaid Cymru running nine candidates.[2]
Outcome edit
Labour retained their majority.
Results edit
- indicates sitting councillor
Ward Results edit
Aberavon East and West (three seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Colin Crowley* | 3,703 | |||
Labour | Cyril Lewis* | 3,389 | |||
Labour | Pat Jones* | 3,310 | |||
Alliance | T. Johnston | 1,090 | |||
Alliance | E. Prescott | 1,050 | |||
Alliance | B. Makinson | 783 | |||
Turnout | 43.1 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Aberavon North (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Malcolm Harris | 2,063 | |||
Ratepayers | L. Griffiths | 937 | |||
Alliance | J. Larsen | 419 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Aberavon South (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Llewellyn | 1,183 | |||
Alliance | A. Taylor | 641 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Brynmelyn (two seats) edit
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) edit
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) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mel John* | 1,586 | |||
Alliance | M. Harris | 434 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Fforest Fach (two seats) edit
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) edit
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) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Jones | 1,699 | |||
Labour | R. Eckett | 1,180 | |||
Independent Labour | D. Daniels* | 1,068 | |||
Independent | Mairwen Goodridge | 872 | |||
Turnout | 58.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Gower No.1 (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Bartlett | Unopposed | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Gower No.2 (one seat) edit
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) edit
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) edit
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) edit
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) edit
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) edit
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) edit
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) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Rogers | 1,642 | |||
Alliance | W. Rees | 334 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Margam North (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Southall | 735 | |||
Independent | W. Charles | 561 | |||
Turnout | 75.1 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Margam West (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratepayers | Edward Miles* | 1,079 | |||
Labour | B. Davis | 743 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Ratepayers hold | Swing |
Morriston (two seats) edit
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) edit
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) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dillwyn David* | Unopposed | |||
Labour | David Jeffs* | Unopposed | |||
Labour | Fred Kingdom* | Unopposed | |||
Labour | David Roberts* | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Neath No.2, North, Pontrhydyfen and Tonmawr (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Cecil Evans* | 2,174 | |||
Labour | M. Jones* | 2,062 | |||
Conservative | J. Lloyd | 878 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Neath Rural (six seats) edit
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) edit
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) edit
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) edit
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) edit
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) edit
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) edit
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 (two seats) edit
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) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A, Morris | Unopposed | |||
Labour | H. Tabram | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
St Thomas (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Hare | Unopposed | |||
Labour | I. Morgan | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Townhill (two seats) edit
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) edit
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 edit
- ^ "West Glamorgan County Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ Thomas, Wally (13 April 1981). "It's a Fight All the Way". Neath Guardian. p. 1. Retrieved 10 October 2022.