The second election to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council was held on 6 May 1999.[1] It was preceded by the 1995 election and followed by the 2004 election. On the same day there were elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales and community councils in Wales and the first elections to the National Assembly for Wales were held.
Boundary Changes edit
An additional seat was created in the Pontyclun ward while the Rhydfelen Lower ward was abolished.
Overview edit
All 75 council seats were up for election. Plaid Cymru won control of the authority from Labour.[2]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 26 | ||||||||
Conservative | 0 | ||||||||
Liberal Democrats | 4 | ||||||||
Plaid Cymru | 38 | ||||||||
Independent | 0 | ||||||||
Green | 0 | ||||||||
Independent Labour | |||||||||
Other parties | 7 |
Ward Results edit
Aberaman North (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Christopher* | 1,106 | |||
Labour | Bryan Fitzgerald* | 926 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Graham Lewis | 651 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Clive M. Badham | 619 | |||
Green | Ian Headford | 112 | |||
Turnout | 48.3 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Aberaman South (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Julie P. Williams | 1,135 | |||
Plaid Cymru | B. John Walter Codd* | 1,120 | |||
Labour | Elaine O'Sullivan | 770 | |||
Labour | John Rosser | 724 | |||
Turnout | 52.2 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Abercynon (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Labour | Stuart G. Gregory* | 1,722 | |||
Labour | Albert L. Davies* | 1,007 | |||
Labour | Philip C. Brown | 651 | |||
Plaid Cymru | John Horsman | 503 | |||
Green | John Matthews | 195 | |||
Turnout | 71.6 | ||||
Independent Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Aberdare East (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shah M. Imtiaz* | 1,104 | |||
Labour | Michael Forey* | 1,027 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Raymond Davies | 710 | |||
Plaid Cymru | David A. Walters | 839 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Colin D. Evans | 397 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David M. Gee | 240 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Aberdare West, Llwydcoed (three seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Elizabeth Walters | 1,728 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Nuzhat Imtiaz | 1,348 | |||
Plaid Cymru | W. John Daniel* | 1,283 | |||
Labour | Christine Griffiths | 1,245 | |||
Labour | Kenneth J. Hawkins | 1,026 | |||
Labour | Felicity A. Williams | 961 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Beddau (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Daniel I. Williams* | 533 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Diana Watkins | 410 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Verity Belzak | 220 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Brynna (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Anthony D. Hughes* | 785 | |||
Labour | Teresa Bates | 322 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Church Village (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Graham Stacey* | 562 | 52.1 | ||
Plaid Cymru | John Edwards | 517 | 47.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 46.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cilfynydd (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Steve Belzak | 433 | 42.0 | ||
Labour | W.E. Morgan* | 354 | 34.4 | ||
Plaid Cymru | G.R. Davies | 243 | 23.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Cwmbach (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | I. Jones | 728 | 54.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru | E.L. Smith | 604 | 45.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cwm Clydach (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | K. Roberts | 798 | 68.9 | ||
Labour | E.T. Jones* | 326 | 28.1 | ||
Green | K. Jakeway | 35 | 3.0 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Cymmer (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Y. Caple | 1,135 | |||
Labour | E. Davies* | 913 | |||
Plaid Cymru | S. Inkpen | 803 | |||
Liberal Democrats | A. Skates | 432 | |||
Green | S. Pritchard | 221 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ferndale (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Davies* | 1,213 | |||
Plaid Cymru | V. Thomas | 955 | |||
Labour | K. Rees* | 539 | |||
Liberal Democrats | C. Evans | 335 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Gilfach Goch (one seat) edit
Roberts had been elected as a Residents' candidate in 1995
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Aurfron Roberts* | 930 | 64.4 | ||
Independent | G. Jury | 514 | 35.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Glyncoch (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J.G. Burford* | 564 | |||
Plaid Cymru | A. Cotton | 198 | |||
Liberal Democrats | S. Thornton | 56 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Graig (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Cass* | 366 | |||
Independent | R.G. Fox | 284 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Geraint Day | 178 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hawthorn (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | B. Gooch | 384 | |||
Liberal Democrats | R. Hillard | 327 | |||
Plaid Cymru | E. Francis | 250 | |||
Independent | A.J. Wells* | 219 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Hirwaun (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | L.M. Lewis | 780 | 54.8 | ||
Labour | W.A. Myring* | 643 | 45.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Llanharan (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | G. Powell | 405 | 42.6 | ||
Labour | T. Morgan | 378 | 39.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | R. Wewell | 167 | 17.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Llanharry (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | V. Williams | 577 | 64.2 | ||
Labour | J. Beecher | 322 | 35.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Llantrisant (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | I. Wilkins* | 1,106 | 65.8 | ||
Labour | G. Holmes | 575 | 34.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Llantwit Fardre (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | B.P. Channon | 802 | |||
Plaid Cymru | D.R. Watkins | 775 | |||
Liberal Democrats | G. Orsi | 649 | |||
Labour | M.W. Kear* | 502 | |||
Liberal Democrats | L. Orsi | 485 | |||
Labour | D.F. Stone* | 436 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Llwynypia (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | P. Lewis | 556 | 61.3 | ||
Labour | S. Jones | 351 | 38.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Maerdy (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Gerwyn Evans | 763 | 59.5 | ||
Labour | Bryn Jones* | 519 | 40.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Mountain Ash East (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Pauline Jarman* | 880 | 78.3 | ||
Labour | P. Dower | 244 | 21.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Mountain Ash West (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | C.T. Benney* | 879 | |||
Plaid Cymru | A. Davies | 777 | |||
Labour | K. Morgan | 598 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Penrhiwceiber (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | K. Evans | 925 | |||
Labour | J. Ward | 914 | |||
Labour | T. Dower* | 849 | |||
Independent | N. Thomas | 758 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pentre (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | L. Jones | 1,271 | |||
Labour | E. Jenkins | 859 | |||
Labour | J. Jenkins* | 723 | |||
Independent | A. Thomas | 604 | |||
Green | J. Williams | 213 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Penygraig (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | D. Davies | 1,129 | |||
Plaid Cymru | C. Hughes | 1,066 | |||
Labour | W. Weeks | 938 | |||
Labour | K. Privett | 933 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Penywaun (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | H. James | 435 | 51.2 | ||
Labour | D. Barnsley* | 415 | 48.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Pontyclun (two seats) edit
An additional seat was created in this ward.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Jonathan Huish* | 1,031 | |||
Independent | Gordon Norman | 766 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Merfyn Rea | 658 | |||
Independent | J. Dilworth | 520 | |||
Labour | C. Thomas | 360 | |||
Labour | C. Morgan | 340 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Pontypridd (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | D. O'Farrell | 645 | 47.9 | ||
Labour | P.G. James* | 538 | 39.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | S. Howell | 164 | 12.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Porth (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | D. Rogers | 1,136 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Julie Williams | 987 | |||
Labour | G. Abbott | 831 | |||
Labour | N.G. Stonelake* | 775 | |||
Green | K. Pritchard | 183 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Rhigos (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | R. Moses* | unopposed | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Rhondda (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | C. Beard | 865 | |||
Labour | C. Leyshon | 699 | |||
Labour | W. Leyshon | 661 | |||
Plaid Cymru | D. Summers | 653 | |||
Liberal Democrats | T. Hoppery | 370 | |||
Liberal Democrats | G. Williams | 299 | |||
Green | H O'Callaghan | 81 | |||
Turnout | 3,628 | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Rhydfelen Central / Ilan (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H.J. Cox* | 453 | 41.9 | ||
Plaid Cymru | C. Salisbury | 315 | 29.2 | ||
Independent | R. Baldwin | 237 | 21.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | G. Williams | 75 | 6.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Taffs Well (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | A. Hobson | 802 | 62.2 | ||
Labour | J.D. Lintern* | 487 | 37.8 | ||
Majority | 24.4 | ||||
Turnout | 47.0 | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Talbot Green (one seat) edit
Thorngate had been elected as a Labour candidate in 1995.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | C.R. Thorngate* | 533 | 54.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | W. Owen | 213 | 21.9 | ||
Labour | K. Bates | 147 | 15.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | S. Ruddick | 80 | 8.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Tonteg (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | J. Bunn | 913 | |||
Labour | W.J. David* | 789 | |||
Plaid Cymru | C. Jones | 741 | |||
Labour | M. Lloyd* | 710 | |||
Liberal Democrats | A. Denton | 542 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Tonypandy (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | K. Jones | 748 | 52.3 | ||
Labour | A. Edwards* | 509 | 35.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | W. Allsop | 172 | 12.0 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Tonyrefail East (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Roberts* | 891 | |||
Labour | R. B. McDonald* | 861 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Helen Prosser | 763 | |||
Liberal Democrats | M. Southgate | 421 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Tonyrefail West (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. Hanagan | 943 | 80.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | H. Bruton | 231 | 19.7 | ||
Majority | 60.6 | ||||
Turnout | 33.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Trallwn (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mike Powell | 823 | 53.2 | ||
Labour | A.W. Bevan* | 468 | 30.3 | ||
Plaid Cymru | C. Gregory | 256 | 16.5 | ||
Majority | 22.9 | ||||
Turnout | 51.4 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Trealaw (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | R. Winter | 574 | 41.1 | ||
Labour | S. Carnell | 541 | 38.7 | ||
Independent | A. Tree | 283 | 20.2 | ||
Majority | 2.4 | ||||
Turnout | 44.3 | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Treforest (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Webber | 392 | 35.5 | ||
Plaid Cymru | A.W. Richards | 327 | 29.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | A. Southgate | 264 | 23.9 | ||
Independent | A.O. Otley | 121 | 11.0 | ||
Majority | 5.9 | ||||
Turnout | 35.5 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Treherbert (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Geraint Rhys Davies* | 1,972 | |||
Plaid Cymru | L. Jones | 1,591 | |||
Labour | R.J. Bundock* | 777 | |||
Labour | M.A. Phillips | 620 | |||
Independent | M. Lewis | 220 | |||
Green | C. Jakeway | 72 | |||
Green | S. Latham | 47 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Treorchy (three seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Cennard Davies | 1,963 | |||
Plaid Cymru | E. Hancock | 1,765 | |||
Plaid Cymru | R. Ashton | 1,761 | |||
Labour | R. Davies | 1,426 | |||
Labour | M. Williams* | 1,224 | |||
Labour | D.M. Lewis* | 1,080 | |||
Green | N. Phillips | 226 | |||
Green | C. Headford | 193 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Tylorstown (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D.R. Bevan* | 1,014 | |||
Plaid Cymru | M. Brittain | 977 | |||
Labour | L. Adams | 908 | |||
Turnout | 53.9 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Tyn-y-Nant (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C.J. Willis* | 890 | 75.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru | R. Humphreys | 285 | 24.3 | ||
Majority | 51.5 | ||||
Turnout | 43.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ynyshir (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Langford | 870 | 62.1 | ||
Plaid Cymru | D. James | 530 | 37.9 | ||
Majority | 24.3 | ||||
Turnout | 51.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ynysybwl (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | D. Arnold | 745 | 45.7 | ||
Labour | G. Crocker | 504 | 30.9 | ||
Independent | D.S. Breeze | 380 | 22.3 | ||
Majority | 14.8 | ||||
Turnout | 44.6 | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Ystrad (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Syd Morgan* | 1,775 | |||
Plaid Cymru | J. Jones | 1,687 | |||
Labour | Chris Evans | 694 | |||
Labour | J. Scobie | 500 | |||
Turnout | 51.3 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
References edit
- ^ "Results". Western Mail. 8 May 1999.
- ^ "Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 6 May 2016.