1907 Glamorgan County Council election

The 1907 Glamorgan County Council election was the seventh contest for seats on this local authority in south Wales. It was preceded by the 1904 election and followed by the 1910 election.

Overview of the result

As in most parts of Wales, the Liberal Party again won a majority of the seats. The Conservatives made a slight advance, notably in the western part of the county where they also held on in a number of industrial wards where the influence of paternalism remained strong. A more striking factor was the advance of Labour candidates in several areas and there were also Liberal members who were returned under a 'progressive' banner with support from the labour movement.

Boundary changes

There were no boundary changes at this election.

Retiring aldermen

All eleven retiring aldermen were Liberals, or Lib-Lab members as the Conservatives and their allies had been denied any seats on the aldermanic bench since the 1901 election.

Contested elections

There were fewer contested elections than three years before.

Aberdare, Mountain Ash and Merthyr districts

There were only two contested elections in the Aberdare district, and both were more personal than political. It was noted that the labour movement did not show the same interest in county elections than in those for the district council.

Bridgend and Maesteg districts

There were only two contested elections in this area and in one of those, a candidate had withdrawn too late in the day and polled very few votes. The contest in Maesteg was a particularly lively one and was influenced by the political struggles in Mid Glamorgan where Vernon Hartshorn was an increasingly influential figure. Hartshorn instigated the candidacy of the local federation solicitor who defeated a candidate closely allied to the coalowners.

Swansea, Pontardawe and Port Talbot districts

In these areas the Conservatives performed well, mainly at the expense of the Liberals and also holding off Labour challenges in Pontardawe and Loughor. Labour took Cwmavon from the Liberals by a substantial majority.

Results

Aberaman

Aberaman 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Luther Davies*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Aberavon

J.M. Smith held on to the seat he had held since 1889 by a far more comfortable majority than three years previously. His opponent, a Liberal in 1904, now stood as a Labour candidate. The result was greeted by what was said to be the liveliest crowd seen in Aberavon for many years.

Aberavon 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Morgan Smith*	710
	Labour	Frank B. Smith	450
Majority			260
	Independent hold		Swing

Aberdare Town

David Hughes, first elected in 1901 when he ousted David Price Davies, and re-elected in 1904 at a by-election following John William Evans's re-election as alderman, was again returned.

Aberdare Town 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Hughes*	677
	Liberal	Edward Morgan	632
Majority			45
	Liberal hold		Swing

Barry

J.C. Meggitt stood down after fifteen years.

Barry 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rev D.H. Williams	899
	Conservative	F.P. Jones-Lloyd	629
Majority			270
	Liberal hold		Swing

Blaengwawr

John Howell, first elected in 1895, was returned unopposed after G.A.Treharne withdrew.

Blaengwawr 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Howell*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cadoxton

This was a contest in which the controversy over the education rate featured and the sitting member, a Roman Catholic, was defeated by the clerk of the former School Board.

Cadoxton 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gwyn Morris	729
	Liberal	P.J. O' Donnell*	492
Majority			237
	Liberal hold		Swing

Bridgend

Randall was returned unopposed.

Bridgend 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Morgan Randall*	558
	Conservative hold		Swing

Briton Ferry

Jenkin Hill recaptured the seat he lost three years previously.

Briton Ferry 1901

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jenkin Hill*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Caeharris

Caeharris 1898

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Edward Pritchard Martin	unopposed

Caerphilly

Caerphilly 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Edward Evans	1,391
	Conservative	H.E. Morgan Lindsay	982
Majority			409
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cilfynydd

Cilfynydd 1901

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W.R. Davies*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Coedffranc

Coedffranc 1901

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Howell	unopposed
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Coity

On completion of his aldermanic term, William Howell was again returned.

Coity 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Howell*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cowbridge

The sitting member, a timber merchant at Pendoylan, who had captured the seat three years previously, was now returned unopposed.

Cowbridge 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas William David*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cwmavon

Cwmavon 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Davies	652
	Liberal	Griffith C. Jenkins	275
Majority			377
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Cyfarthfa

Cyfarthfa 1898

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lib-Lab	Thomas Thomas*	515
	Liberal	Thomas Davies	266
Majority
	Lib-Lab gain from Liberal		Swing

Cymmer

Cymmer 1901

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Morgan Williams*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Dinas Powys

Dinas Powys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oliver Henry Jones*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dowlais

Dowlais 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lib-Lab	John Davies*	410
	Liberal	D. Jenkins	397
Majority			13
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dulais Valley

Dulais Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Evan Evans Bevan*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ferndale

Ferndale 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Samuel*	1,224
	Conservative	E. Nelmes	546
Majority			678
	Liberal hold		Swing

Gadlys

Griffith George was opposed by Charles Vicary who described himself as a 'progressive' and a trade union candidate. Vicary claimed that there were no differences between him and George on a number of issues and denied George's claims that the contest was a sectarian one owing to Vicary being a churchman. George, first elected in 1904, held the seat by a far more comfortable majority than at his initial election.

Gadlys 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Griffith George	663
	Progressive	Charles R. Vicary	389
Majority			274
	Liberal hold		Swing

Garw Valley

Garw Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Thomas*	unopposed

Gellifaelog

Gellifaelog

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Evan Lewis*	unopposed

Gelligaer

Gelligaer 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Evan Thomas	739
	Conservative	D.S. Jones*	494
Majority			245
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Gower

Gower 1901

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George E. Gordon*	unopposed

Kibbor

Kibbor 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Lewis*	757
	Liberal	Eli Rees	517
Majority			240
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llandaff

Llandaff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Forrest*	unopposed

Llandeilo Talybont

Llandeilo Talybont 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel Williams	581
	Labour	David Evans	324
Majority			257
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llansamlet

Llansamlet 1901

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Jordan*	unopposed

Llantrisant

Blandy Jenkins was again returned unopposed.

Llantrisant 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Blandy Jenkins*	unopposed

Llwydcoed

Rees Llewellyn was again returned unopposed.

Llwydcoed 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rees Llewellyn*	unopposed

Llwynypia and Clydach

James Evans, grocer, elected following Richard Lewis's election as alderman in 1901, was returned unopposed.

Llwynypia and Clydach 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Evans*	unopposed

Loughor and Penderry

Llewelyn, sitting member and a member of the authority since its formation, was opposed by W. E. Morgan, miners' agent in the Western District of the South Wales Miners' Federation and a well known labour leader. Llewelyn, in view of his status as a landowner and employer, attracted widespread support and favourable reports of his public meetings appeared in the Cambrian newspaper. At the election, Llewelyn was said to have majority support in Gorseinon and Gowerton, although Tirdeunaw was said to favour Llewelyn. After his defeat, Morgan stated that as a working man he had only been campaigning for a week.

Loughor and Penderry 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. T. D. Llewellyn*	687
	Labour	W. E. Morgan	457
Majority			230
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maesteg

This was a fierce contest between Evan Davies, solicitor to the local miners' union and described by opponents as the Federation candidate and J.P. Gibbon, chairman of Maesteg Urban District Council and a local mineral agent. Davies responded to attacks by describing Gibbon as the candidate of North's Navigation collieries who had not been adopted by any public meeting or organisation Vernon Hartshorn played a prominent role in Davies's campaign and even brought Adela Pankhurst to address his final meeting, something which was not welcomed universally.

Maesteg 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Evan Davies	1,444
		J.P. Gibbon	1,207

Margam

The Liberal candidate, who captured the seat three years previously, narrowly held on. The Conservatives had been confident of victory and the result was said to have been witnessed by one of the largest crowds seen in Port Talbot for many years.

Margam 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward T. Evans*	892
	Independent	Gordon Lipscombe	867
Majority			25
	Liberal hold		Swing

Merthyr Town

Merthyr Town 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D.D. Jones	663
	Conservative	Dan Thomas	297
Majority			366
	Liberal hold		Swing

Merthyr Vale

Merthyr Vale 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Prosser*	880
	Liberal	Rowland Evans	729
Majority			151
	Liberal hold		Swing

Morriston

Morriston 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William John Percy Player	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Mountain Ash

Mountain Ash

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Morris	549
	Liberal	Samuel Evans	459
	Liberal	John Lewis	316
Majority			90
	Liberal hold		Swing

Neath (North)

Neath (North)1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Hopkin Morgan	unopposed
	Unionist hold		Swing

Neath (South)

At the previous election, Trick had stood as a Conservative.

Neath (South) 1898

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W.B. Trick	unopposed
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing

Newcastle

John Thomas switched to Newcastle.

Newcastle 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Thomas**	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Ogmore

The sitting member, a timber merchant of Porthcawl, was returned unopposed after the former member, J.D. Nicholl of Merthyr Mawr, declined to oppose him.

Ogmore 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Sibbering Jones*	521
	Liberal hold		Swing

Ogmore Valley

David John Thomas, surgeon of Nantymoel, was returned unopposed. A mass meeting of workmen at Nantymoel had decided not to field a labour candidate and to concentrate on the district elections.

Ogmore Valley 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David John Thomas*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Oystermouth

Oystermouth 1901

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		T.W. James	unopposed
			Swing

Penarth North

Penarth North 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rev E.S. Roberts	387
	Liberal	Jenkin Llewellyn	385
Majority			2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penarth South

Penarth South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Frederick Henry Jotham	unopposed

Penrhiwceiber

Penrhiwceiber

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dr. R. W. Jones	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Pentre

E.T. Davies, auctioneer, had been elected at a by-election following Elias Henry Davies's appointment as alderman in 1902. He was now returned unopposed.

Pentre 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	E.T. Davies	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Penydarren

Penydarren

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Davies*	516
	Conservative	T.E. Morgan	270
Majority			146

Pontardawe

Having defeated the Liberal candidate by won vote only in 1904, the sitting member, Frank Gilbertson was now opposed by a Labour candidate, Johnny James, check weigher at Cwmgors Colliery. James fared less well than his predecessor, however, in seeking to oust Gilbertson.

Pontardawe 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank W. Gilbertson*	922
	Labour	Johnny James	710
Majority			212
	Conservative hold		Swing

Plymouth

Plymouth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry W. Lewis*	603
	Conservative	A. Daniel	440

Pontlottyn

Pontlottyn 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D.B. Owen	572
	Liberal	John Griffiths	372
Majority			200
	Liberal hold		Swing

Pontypridd

The seat was now known as Pontypridd and Rhondda

Pontypridd 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fleming	602
	Liberal	James Roberts*	398
	Conservative	H.M. Gregory	383
Majority			204
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Penygraig

The sitting member was defeated.

Penygraig 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dr Llewellyn	519
	Liberal	Rees Lloyd*	340
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing

Porth

Porth and Penygraig 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lib-Lab	D. Watts Morgan	967
	Liberal	W.T. Davies	862
Majority			105
	Liberal hold		Swing

Resolven

Resolven 1901

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daniel Evans**	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sketty

John Davies had been defeated in the two previous elections but was now returned unopposed.

Sketty 1901

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rev John Davies	unopposed
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Swansea Valley

Swansea Valley 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	E. Lewis*	825
	Liberal	Dr J. Jones	364
Majority			461
	Liberal hold		Swing

Treforest

James Roberts had won the seat at a by-election following the death of the previous member, David Leyshon

Treforest 1898

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Samuel Evans	671
	Liberal	James Roberts*	614
Majority			57

Treherbert

Enoch Davies, returned in 1901 following William Morgan's re-election as alderman, was elected unopposed.

Treherbert 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Enoch Davies*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Treorchy

Thomas Jones, Co-operative stores manager, was returned unopposed.

Treorchy 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Jones*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Trealaw and Tonypandy

D.W. Davies, the member since 1898, was again returned.

Tonypandy 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D.W. Davies*	738
	Conservative	William Morgan	523
		William Richards	28
	Liberal hold		Swing

Tylorstown and Ynyshir

Sitting councillor Dr T.H. Morris stood down to allow Alderman W.H. Mathias to be returned unopposed.

Tylorstown and Ynyshir 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W.H. Mathias**	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Ystalyfera

Ystalyfera 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Griffiths	453
	Liberal	James Williams*	380
Majority			73
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Ystrad

Clifford Cory, the member since 1892, was once again returned unopposed.

Ystrad 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Clifford John Cory*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Election of aldermen

In addition to the 66 councillors the council consisted of 22 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term. Following the 1907 election, there were twelve Aldermanic vacancies.

The following aldermen were appointed by the newly elected council.

elected for six years

• W.R. Davies, Liberal (elected councillor at Cilfynydd)
• J.E. Evans
• Jenkin Hill, Liberal, retiring alderman (elected councillor at Briton Ferry)
• John Thomas, Liberal-Labour, retiring alderman, (elected councillor at Newcastle)
• E.H. Davies
• Richard Lewis, Liberal, retiring alderman (elected councillor at Llwynypia and Clydach)
• William Morgan, Liberal, retiring alderman (elected councillor at Treherbert)
• Morgan Williams, Liberal, retiring alderman Ynyshir
• John Davies
• John Morgan
• Thomas Jones, Liberal, Swansea Valley
• Rees Llewellyn

elected for three years

Results

Aberaman

Aberaman 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Luther Davies*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Aberavon

J.M. Smith held on to the seat he had held since 1889 by a far more comfortable majority than three years previously. His opponent, a Liberal in 1904, now stood as a Labour candidate. The result was greeted by what was said to be the liveliest crowd seen in Aberavon for many years.

Aberavon 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Morgan Smith*	710
	Labour	Frank B. Smith	450
Majority			260
	Independent hold		Swing

Aberdare Town

David Hughes, first elected in 1901 when he ousted David Price Davies, and re-elected in 1904 at a by-election following John William Evans's re-election as alderman, was again returned.

Aberdare Town 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Hughes*	677
	Liberal	Edward Morgan	632
Majority			45
	Liberal hold		Swing

Barry

J.C. Meggitt stood down after fifteen years.

Barry 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rev D.H. Williams	899
	Conservative	F.P. Jones-Lloyd	629
Majority			270
	Liberal hold		Swing

Blaengwawr

John Howell, first elected in 1895, was returned unopposed after G.A.Treharne withdrew.

Blaengwawr 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Howell*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cadoxton

This was a contest in which the controversy over the education rate featured and the sitting member, a Roman Catholic, was defeated by the clerk of the former School Board.

Cadoxton 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gwyn Morris	729
	Liberal	P.J. O' Donnell*	492
Majority			237
	Liberal hold		Swing

Bridgend

Randall was returned unopposed (check political affiliation).

Bridgend 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Morgan Randall*	558
	Conservative hold		Swing

Briton Ferry

Jenkin Hill recaptured the seat he lost three years previously.

Briton Ferry 1901

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jenkin Hill*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Caeharris

Caeharris 1898

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Edward Pritchard Martin	unopposed

Caerphilly

Caerphilly 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Edward Evans	1,391
	Conservative	H,B.M. Lindsay	982
Majority			409
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cilfynydd

Cilfynydd 1901

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W.R. Davies*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Coedffranc

Coedffranc 1901

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Howell	unopposed
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Coity

On completion of his aldermanic term, William Howell was again returned.

Coity 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Howell*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cowbridge

The sitting member, a timber merchant at Pendoylan, who had captured the seat three years previously, was now returned unopposed.

Cowbridge 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas William David*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cwmavon

Cwmavon 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Davies	652
	Liberal	Griffith C. Jenkins	275
Majority			377
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Cyfarthfa

Cyfarthfa 1898

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lib-Lab	Thomas Thomas*	515
	Liberal	Thomas Davies	266
Majority
	Lib-Lab gain from Liberal		Swing

Cymmer

Cymmer 1901

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Morgan Williams*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Dinas Powys

Dinas Powys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oliver Henry Jones*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dowlais

Dowlais 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Davies*	410
	Liberal	D. Jenkins	397
Majority			13
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dulais Valley

Dulais Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Evan Evans Bevan*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ferndale

Ferndale 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Samuel*	1,224
	Conservative	E. Nelmes	546
Majority			678
	Liberal hold		Swing

Gadlys

Griffith George was opposed by Charles Vicary who described himself as a 'progressive' and a trade union candidate. Vicary claimed that there were no differences between him and George on a number of issues and denied George's claims that the contest was a sectarian one owing to Vicary being a churchman. George, first elected in 1904, held the seat by a far more comfortable majority than at his initial election.

Gadlys 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Griffith George	663
	Progressive	Charles R. Vicary	389
Majority			274
	Liberal hold		Swing

Garw Valley

Garw Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Thomas*	unopposed

Gellifaelog

Gellifaelog

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Evan Lewis*	unopposed

Gelligaer

Gelligaer 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Evan Thomas	739
	Conservative	D.S. Jones*	494
Majority			245
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Gower

Gower 1901

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George E. Gordon*	unopposed

Kibbor

Kibbor 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Lewis*	757
	Liberal	Eli Rees	517
Majority			240
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llandaff

Llandaff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Forrest*	unopposed

Llandeilo Talybont

Llandeilo Talybont 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel Williams	581
	Labour	David Evans	324
Majority			257
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llansamlet

Llansamlet 1901

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Jordan*	unopposed

Llantrisant

Blandy Jenkins was again returned unopposed.

Llantrisant 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Blandy Jenkins*	unopposed

Llwydcoed

Rees Llewellyn was again returned unopposed.

Llwydcoed 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rees Llewellyn*	unopposed

Llwynypia and Clydach

James Evans, grocer, elected following Richard Lewis's election as alderman in 1901, was returned unopposed.

Llwynypia and Clydach 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Evans*	unopposed

Loughor and Penderry

Llewelyn, sitting member and a member of the authority since its formation, was opposed by W.E. Morgan, miners' agent in the Western District of the South Wales Miners' Federation and a well known labour leader. Llewelyn, in view of his status as a landowner and employer, attracted widespread support and favourable reports of his public meetings appeared in the Cambrian newspaper. At the election, Llewelyn was said to have majority support in Gorseinon and Gowerton, although Tirdeunaw was said to favour Llewelyn. After his defeat, Morgan stated that as a working man he had only been campaigning for a week.

Loughor and Penderry 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir J.T.D. Llewellyn*	687
	Labour	W.E. Morgan	457
Majority			230
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maesteg

This was a fierce contest between Evan Davies, solicitor to the local miners' union and described by opponents as the Federation candidate and J.P. Gibbon, chairman of Maesteg Urban District Council and a local mineral agent. Davies responded to attacks by describing Gibbon as the candidate of North's Navigation collieries who had not been adopted by any public meeting or organisation Vernon Hartshorn played a prominent role in Davies's campaign and even brought Adela Pankhurst to address his final meeting, something which was not welcomed universally.

Maesteg 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Evan E. Davies	1,444
		J.P. Gibbon	1,207

Margam

The Liberal candidate, who captured the seat three years previously, narrowly held on. The Conservatives had been confident of victory and the result was said to have been witnessed by one of the largest crowds seen in Port Talbot for many years.

Margam 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward T. Evans*	892
	Independent	Gordon Lipscombe	867
Majority			25
	Liberal hold		Swing

Merthyr Town

Merthyr Town 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D.D. Jones	663
	Conservative	Dan Thomas	297
Majority			366
	Liberal hold		Swing

Merthyr Vale

Merthyr Vale 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Prosser*	880
	Liberal	Rowland Evans	729
Majority			151
	Liberal hold		Swing

Morriston

Morriston 1901

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William John Percy Player	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Mountain Ash

Mountain Ash

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Morris	549
	Liberal	Samuel Evans	459
	Liberal	John Lewis	316
Majority			90
	Liberal hold		Swing

Neath (North)

Neath (North)1898

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Hopkin Morgan	unopposed
	Unionist hold		Swing

Neath (South)

At the previous election, Trick had stood as a Conservative.

Neath (South) 1898

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W.B. Trick	unopposed
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Newcastle by-election

The Conservative won a surprising victory in an election largely fought on the issue of education.

Newcastle by-election 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E.F. Lynch-Blosse	657
	Liberal	John Matthews	559
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Ogmore

The sitting member, a timber merchant of Porthcawl, was returned unopposed after the former member, J.D. Nicholl of Merthyr Mawr, declined to oppose him.

Ogmore 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Sibbering Jones*	521
	Liberal hold		Swing

Ogmore Valley

David John Thomas, surgeon of Nantymoel, was returned unopposed. A mass meeting of workmen at Nantymoel had decided not to field a labour candidate and to concentrate on the district elections.

Ogmore Valley 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David John Thomas*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Oystermouth

Oystermouth 1901

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		T.W. James	unopposed
			Swing

Penarth North

Penarth North 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rev E.S. Roberts	387
	Liberal	Jenkin Llewellyn	385
Majority			2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penarth South

Penarth South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Frederick Henry Jotham	unopposed

Penrhiwceiber

Penrhiwceiber

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Dr. R. W. Jones	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Pentre

E.T. Davies, auctioneer, had been elected at a by-election following Elias Henry Davies's appointment as alderman in 1902. He was now returned unopposed.

Pentre 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	E.T. Davies	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Penydarren

Penydarren

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Davies*	516
	Conservative	T.E. Morgan	270
Majority			146

Pontardawe

Having defeated the Liberal candidate by won vote only in 1904, the sitting member, Frank Gilbertson was now opposed by a Labour candidate, Johnny James, check weigher at Cwmgors Colliery. James fared less well than his predecessor, however, in seeking to oust Gilbertson.

Pontardawe 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank W. Gilbertson*	922
	Labour	Johnny James	710
Majority			212
	Conservative hold		Swing

Plymouth

Plymouth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry W. Lewis*	603
	Conservative	A. Daniel	440

Pontlottyn

Pontlottyn 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D.B. Owen	572
	Liberal	John Griffiths	372
Majority			200
	Liberal hold		Swing

Pontypridd

The seat was now known as Pontypridd and Rhondda

Pontypridd 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fleming	602
	Liberal	James Roberts*	398
	Conservative	H.M. Gregory	383
Majority			204
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Penygraig

Penygraig appears to be a new ward.

Penygraig 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rees Lloyd	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Porth

Porth and Penygraig 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lib-Lab	D. Watts Morgan	967
	Liberal	W.T. Davies	862
Majority			105
	Liberal hold		Swing

Resolven

Resolven 1901

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daniel Evans**	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sketty

John Davies had been defeated in the two previous elections but was now returned unopposed.

Sketty 1901

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rev John Davies	unopposed
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Swansea Valley

Swansea Valley 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	E. Lewis*	825
	Liberal	Dr J. Jones	364
Majority			461
	Liberal hold		Swing

Treforest

James Roberts had won the seat at a by-election following the death of the previous member, David Leyshon

Treforest 1898

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Samuel Evans	671
	Liberal	James Roberts*	614
Majority			57

Treherbert by-election

Enoch Davies, originally returned in 1901 following William Morgan's re-election as alderman, was re-elected after a close fight with another Liberal.

Treherbert by-election 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Enoch Davies*	787
	Liberal	Evan Watkins	611
	Liberal hold		Swing

Treorchy

Thomas Jones, Co-operative stores manager, was returned unopposed.

Treorchy 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Jones*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Trealaw and Tonypandy

D.W. Davies, the member since 1898, was returned unopposed for the second successive election.

Tonypandy 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D.W. Davies*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Tylorstown and Ynyshir

Sitting councillor Dr T.H. Morris stood down to allow Alderman W.H. Mathias to be returned unopposed.

Tylorstown and Ynyshir 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W.H. Mathias**	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Ystalyfera

Ystalyfera 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Griffiths	453
	Liberal	James Williams*	380
Majority			73
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Ystrad

Clifford Cory, the member since 1892, was once again returned unopposed.

Ystrad 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Clifford John Cory*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Bibliography

• Williams, Chris (1996). Democratic Rhondda: Politics and society 1885-1951. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.