1995 Bridgend County Borough Council election

The first election to the Bridgend County Borough Council was held on 4 May 1995.^[1] It was followed by the 1999 election. On the same day there were elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales and community councils in Wales.

Overview

All council seats were up for election. These were the first elections held following local government reorganisation and the abolition of Mid Glamorgan County Council. The ward boundaries for the new authority were based on the previous Ogwr Borough Council although the St Brides Major ward had been transferred to the Vale of Glamorgan, reducing councillor numbers by one.

The result of the election was a strong majority for the Labour Party, who made gains across Wales.

Bridgend County Borough Council election result 1995 ^[2]
	Seats	Seats %	Votes
Labour	46	95.8
Independent	2	4.2
Conservative	0	0.0
Liberal Democrats	0	0.0
Plaid Cymru	0	0.0
Independent Labour	0	0.0	895
Green	0	0.0	81

Candidates

Most sitting members of Mid Glamorgan County council sought election to the new authority. A number were also members of the previous district council but others contested a ward against a sitting district councillor.

KEY

^o candidate previously elected to Ogwr Borough Council in 1991 ^[3]
⁺ candidate previously elected to Mid Glamorgan Council in 1993 ^[4]

Ward Results

Contests took place in only 16 of the 28 wards, with councillors in 12 wards elected unopposed.^[2]

Bettws (one seat)

Bettws 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Michaelides ^o	Unopposed

Blackmill (one seat)

Bettws 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Davies	Unopposed

Blaengarw (one seat)

Blaengarw 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	(Ms) L. Davies	490	69.3
	Independent	R. Miles	217	30.7

Brackla (one seat)

Brackla 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Sage	1,385	75.0
	Conservative	(Ms) P. Hacking ^o	461	25.0

Caerau (two seats)

Caerau 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	V. Hart ⁺	Unopposed
	Labour	D. O'Gorman	Unopposed

Cefn Cribwr (one seat)

Cefn Cribwr 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	V. Thomas ^o	Unopposed

Coity Higher (two seats)

Coity Higher 1995
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	(Ms) M. Ing	868	46.1
Labour	C. Jones	847
Conservative	D. Unwin ^o	593	31.5
Conservative	(Ms) R. Llewellyn	427
Independent	H. Jenkins	422	22.4
Independent	M. McLoughney	381

Cornelly (two seats)

Coychurch Lower (one seat)

Laleston/Merthyr Mawr (three seats)

Llangeinor (one seat)

Llangeinor 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Evans ^o	Unopposed

Llangynwyd (one seat)

Maesteg East (two seats)

Maesteg West (two seats)

Morfa (two seats)

Nantyffyllon (one seat)

Nantyffyllon 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Devine ^o	Unopposed

Nant-y-Moel (one seat)

Newcastle (two seats)

Newcastle Higher (one seat)

Ogmore Vale (one seat)

Ogmore Vale 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Thomas	Unopposed

Oldcastle (two seats)

Oldcastle 1995
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	(Ms) E. Hughes	863	68.0
Labour	R. Young	827
Conservative	(Ms) G. Griffiths ^o	406	32.0
Conservative	D. Williams ^o	379

Pencoed (three seats)

Pencoed 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	K. King ^o	Unopposed
Labour	(Ms) L. Davies	Unopposed
Labour	D. John ⁺	Unopposed

Pontycymmer (one seat)

Pontycymmer 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	(Ms) H. Griffiths ^o	Unopposed

Porthcawl East (three seats)

Porthcawl East 1995
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	J. Bunker ⁺	1,479	56.9
Labour	(Ms) A. Lake ^o	1,396
Labour	(Ms) T. Smith	1,307
Conservative	D. Anderson ^o	873	33.6
Conservative	(Ms) K. Deere	741
Conservative	(Ms) C. Middleton	681
Liberal Democrats	J. Lowes	248	9.5
Liberal Democrats	(Ms) L. Fearnley	205
Liberal Democrats	J. Paget	202

Porthcawl West (four seats)

Porthcawl West 1995
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Madeleine Moon ^o	1,425	39.1
Labour	R. Griffiths ^o	1,306
Labour	D. Evans	1,257
Labour	(Ms) A. Pendle	1,148
Conservative	Peter Hubbard-Miles ^o+	1,127	30.9
Liberal Democrats	G. Davies ^o	1,093	30.0
Conservative	T. Davies	973
Conservative	W. Lewis	968
Liberal Democrats	W. Williams	866
Conservative	C. Smart	841
Liberal Democrats	(Ms) N. Page	829
Liberal Democrats	D. Richards	794

Pyle (three seats)

Pyle 1995
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	M. Jones ⁺	Unopposed
Labour	J. Irvine ^o	Unopposed
Labour	R. Power ^o	Unopposed

St Brides Minor (two seats)

St Brides Minor 1995
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	M. Nott ⁺	1,250	75.8
Labour	J. Walters	1,206
Plaid Cymru	B. Jones	400	24.2

Ynysawdre (one seat)

Ynysawdre 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Burt ^o	Unopposed

References

^ "Election Results". Western Mail. 6 May 1995.
^ ^a ^b "Bridgend County Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 28 July 2019.
^ "Ogwr Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 28 July 2019.
^ "Mid Glamorgan Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 28 July 2019.

[WM_19950506-1] "Election Results". Western Mail. 6 May 1995.

[electionscentre-2] "Bridgend County Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 28 July 2019.

[3] "Ogwr Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 28 July 2019.

[4] "Mid Glamorgan Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 28 July 2019.

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