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[edit]

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[edit]

There were no boundary changes at this election.

Retiring aldermen[edit]

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[edit]

There were fewer contested elections than three years before.

Aberdare, Mountain Ash and Merthyr districts[edit]

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.^[1]

Bridgend and Maesteg districts[edit]

There were only two contested elections in this area and in one of those, a candidate had withdrawn too late in the day and polled very few votes.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[edit]

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[edit]

Aberaman[edit]

Aberaman 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Luther Davies*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Aberavon[edit]

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.^[2]

Aberavon 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	John Morgan Smith*	710
	Labour	Frank B. Smith	450
Majority			260
	Independent hold		Swing

Aberdare Town[edit]

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.^[3]

Aberdare Town 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Hughes*	677
	Liberal	Edward Morgan	632
Majority			45
	Liberal hold		Swing

Barry[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Randall was returned unopposed.^[4]

Bridgend 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Morgan Randall*	558
	Conservative hold		Swing

Briton Ferry[edit]

Jenkin Hill recaptured the seat he lost three years previously.

Briton Ferry 1901
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jenkin Hill*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Caeharris[edit]

Caeharris 1898
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Edward Pritchard Martin	unopposed

Caerphilly[edit]

Caerphilly 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Edward Evans	1,391
	Conservative	H.E. Morgan Lindsay	982
Majority			409
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cilfynydd[edit]

Cilfynydd 1901
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W.R. Davies*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Coedffranc[edit]

Coedffranc 1901
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Howell	unopposed
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Coity[edit]

On completion of his aldermanic term, William Howell was again returned.^[4]

Coity 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Howell*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cowbridge[edit]

The sitting member, a timber merchant at Pendoylan, who had captured the seat three years previously, was now returned unopposed.^[4]

Cowbridge 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas William David*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cwmavon[edit]

Cwmavon 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Henry Davies	652
	Liberal	Griffith C. Jenkins	275
Majority			377
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Cyfarthfa[edit]

Cyfarthfa 1898
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Lib-Lab	Thomas Thomas*	515
	Liberal	Thomas Davies	266
Majority
	Lib-Lab gain from Liberal		Swing

Cymmer[edit]

Cymmer 1901
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Morgan Williams*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Dinas Powys[edit]

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

Dowlais[edit]

Dowlais 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Lib-Lab	John Davies*	410
	Liberal	D. Jenkins	397
Majority			13
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dulais Valley[edit]

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

Ferndale[edit]

Ferndale 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Samuel*	1,224
	Conservative	E. Nelmes	546
Majority			678
	Liberal hold		Swing

Gadlys[edit]

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.^[5] George, first elected in 1904, held the seat by a far more comfortable majority than at his initial election.^[3]

Gadlys 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Griffith George	663
	Progressive	Charles R. Vicary	389
Majority			274
	Liberal hold		Swing

Garw Valley[edit]

Garw Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Thomas*	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*

Gellifaelog[edit]

Gellifaelog
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Evan Lewis*	unopposed

Gelligaer[edit]

Gelligaer 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Evan Thomas	739
	Conservative	D.S. Jones*	494
Majority			245
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Gower[edit]

Gower 1901
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George E. Gordon*	unopposed

Kibbor[edit]

Kibbor 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Henry Lewis*	757
	Liberal	Eli Rees	517
Majority			240
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llandaff[edit]

Llandaff
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Forrest*	unopposed

Llandeilo Talybont[edit]

Llandeilo Talybont 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Samuel Williams	581
	Labour	David Evans	324
Majority			257
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llansamlet[edit]

Llansamlet 1901
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Jordan*	unopposed

Llantrisant[edit]

Blandy Jenkins was again returned unopposed.^[4]

Llantrisant 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Blandy Jenkins*	unopposed

Llwydcoed[edit]

Rees Llewellyn was again returned unopposed.

Llwydcoed 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rees Llewellyn*	unopposed

Llwynypia and Clydach[edit]

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[edit]

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.^[6] 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.^[2]

Loughor and Penderry 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	J. T. D. Llewellyn*	687
	Labour	W. E. Morgan	457
Majority			230
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maesteg[edit]

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^[7] 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.^[8]

Maesteg 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Evan Davies	1,444
		J.P. Gibbon	1,207

Margam[edit]

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.^[2]

Margam 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edward T. Evans*	892
	Independent	Gordon Lipscombe	867
Majority			25
	Liberal hold		Swing

Merthyr Town[edit]

Merthyr Town 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	D.D. Jones	663
	Conservative	Dan Thomas	297
Majority			366
	Liberal hold		Swing

Merthyr Vale[edit]

Merthyr Vale 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Prosser*	880
	Liberal	Rowland Evans	729
Majority			151
	Liberal hold		Swing

Morriston[edit]

Morriston 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William John Percy Player	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Mountain Ash[edit]

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

Neath (North)[edit]

Neath (North) 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Hopkin Morgan	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Unionist hold

Neath (South)[edit]

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[edit]

John Thomas switched to Newcastle.

Newcastle 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Thomas**	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Liberal hold

Ogmore[edit]

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.^[4]

Ogmore 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Sibbering Jones*	521
	Liberal hold		Swing

Ogmore Valley[edit]

David John Thomas, surgeon of Nantymoel, was returned unopposed.^[4] A mass meeting of workmen at Nantymoel had decided not to field a labour candidate and to concentrate on the district elections.^[9]

Ogmore Valley 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David John Thomas*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Oystermouth[edit]

Oystermouth 1901
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		T.W. James	unopposed
			Swing

Penarth North[edit]

Penarth North 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Rev E.S. Roberts	387
	Liberal	Jenkin Llewellyn	385
Majority			2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penarth South[edit]

Penarth South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Frederick Henry Jotham	unopposed

Penrhiwceiber[edit]

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

Pentre[edit]

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[edit]

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

Pontardawe[edit]

Having defeated the Liberal candidate by 1 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[edit]

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

Pontlottyn[edit]

Pontlottyn 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	D.B. Owen	572
	Liberal	John Griffiths	372
Majority			200
	Liberal hold		Swing

Pontypridd[edit]

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[edit]

The sitting member was defeated.^[10]

Penygraig 1907
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Dr Llewellyn	519
Liberal	Rees Lloyd*	340
Independent gain from Liberal		Swing

Porth[edit]

Porth and Penygraig 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Lib-Lab	D. Watts Morgan	967
	Liberal	W.T. Davies	862
Majority			105
	Liberal hold		Swing

Resolven[edit]

Resolven 1901
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daniel Evans**	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sketty[edit]

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[edit]

Swansea Valley 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	E. Lewis*	825
	Liberal	Dr J. Jones	364
Majority			461
	Liberal hold		Swing

Treforest[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Treorchy 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Jones*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Trealaw and Tonypandy[edit]

D.W. Davies, the member since 1898, was again returned.^[10]

Tonypandy 1907
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	D.W. Davies*	738
Conservative	William Morgan	523
	William Richards	28
Liberal hold		Swing

Tylorstown and Ynyshir[edit]

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[edit]

Ystalyfera 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John Griffiths	453
	Liberal	James Williams*	380
Majority			73
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Ystrad[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Aberaman[edit]

Aberaman 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Luther Davies*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Aberavon[edit]

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.^[2]

Aberavon 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	John Morgan Smith*	710
	Labour	Frank B. Smith	450
Majority			260
	Independent hold		Swing

Aberdare Town[edit]

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.^[3]

Aberdare Town 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Hughes*	677
	Liberal	Edward Morgan	632
Majority			45
	Liberal hold		Swing

Barry[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Randall was returned unopposed (check political affiliation).^[4]

Bridgend 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Morgan Randall*	558
	Conservative hold		Swing

Briton Ferry[edit]

Jenkin Hill recaptured the seat he lost three years previously.

Briton Ferry 1901
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jenkin Hill*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Caeharris[edit]

Caeharris 1898
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Edward Pritchard Martin	unopposed

Caerphilly[edit]

Caerphilly 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Edward Evans	1,391
	Conservative	H,B.M. Lindsay	982
Majority			409
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cilfynydd[edit]

Cilfynydd 1901
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W.R. Davies*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Coedffranc[edit]

Coedffranc 1901
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Howell	unopposed
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Coity[edit]

On completion of his aldermanic term, William Howell was again returned.^[4]

Coity 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Howell*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cowbridge[edit]

The sitting member, a timber merchant at Pendoylan, who had captured the seat three years previously, was now returned unopposed.^[4]

Cowbridge 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas William David*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cwmavon[edit]

Cwmavon 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Henry Davies	652
	Liberal	Griffith C. Jenkins	275
Majority			377
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Cyfarthfa[edit]

Cyfarthfa 1898
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Lib-Lab	Thomas Thomas*	515
	Liberal	Thomas Davies	266
Majority
	Lib-Lab gain from Liberal		Swing

Cymmer[edit]

Cymmer 1901
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Morgan Williams*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Dinas Powys[edit]

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

Dowlais[edit]

Dowlais 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	J. Davies*	410
	Liberal	D. Jenkins	397
Majority			13
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dulais Valley[edit]

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

Ferndale[edit]

Ferndale 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Samuel*	1,224
	Conservative	E. Nelmes	546
Majority			678
	Liberal hold		Swing

Gadlys[edit]

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.^[5] George, first elected in 1904, held the seat by a far more comfortable majority than at his initial election.^[3]

Gadlys 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Griffith George	663
	Progressive	Charles R. Vicary	389
Majority			274
	Liberal hold		Swing

Garw Valley[edit]

Garw Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Thomas*	unopposed

Gellifaelog[edit]

Gellifaelog
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Evan Lewis*	unopposed

Gelligaer[edit]

Gelligaer 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Evan Thomas	739
	Conservative	D.S. Jones*	494
Majority			245
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Gower[edit]

Gower 1901
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George E. Gordon*	unopposed

Kibbor[edit]

Kibbor 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Henry Lewis*	757
	Liberal	Eli Rees	517
Majority			240
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llandaff[edit]

Llandaff
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Forrest*	unopposed

Llandeilo Talybont[edit]

Llandeilo Talybont 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Samuel Williams	581
	Labour	David Evans	324
Majority			257
	Liberal hold		Swing

Llansamlet[edit]

Llansamlet 1901
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Jordan*	unopposed

Llantrisant[edit]

Blandy Jenkins was again returned unopposed.^[4]

Llantrisant 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Blandy Jenkins*	unopposed

Llwydcoed[edit]

Rees Llewellyn was again returned unopposed.

Llwydcoed 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rees Llewellyn*	unopposed

Llwynypia and Clydach[edit]

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[edit]

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.^[6] 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.^[2]

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[edit]

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^[7] 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.^[8]

Maesteg 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Evan E. Davies	1,444
		J.P. Gibbon	1,207

Margam[edit]

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.^[2]

Margam 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edward T. Evans*	892
	Independent	Gordon Lipscombe	867
Majority			25
	Liberal hold		Swing

Merthyr Town[edit]

Merthyr Town 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	D.D. Jones	663
	Conservative	Dan Thomas	297
Majority			366
	Liberal hold		Swing

Merthyr Vale[edit]

Merthyr Vale 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Prosser*	880
	Liberal	Rowland Evans	729
Majority			151
	Liberal hold		Swing

Morriston[edit]

Morriston 1901
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William John Percy Player	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Mountain Ash[edit]

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

Neath (North)[edit]

Neath (North)1898
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Hopkin Morgan	unopposed
	Unionist hold		Swing

Neath (South)[edit]

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[edit]

The Conservative won a surprising victory in an election largely fought on the issue of education.^[11]

Newcastle by-election 1907
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	E.F. Lynch-Blosse	657
Liberal	John Matthews	559
Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Ogmore[edit]

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.^[4]

Ogmore 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Sibbering Jones*	521
	Liberal hold		Swing

Ogmore Valley[edit]

David John Thomas, surgeon of Nantymoel, was returned unopposed.^[4] A mass meeting of workmen at Nantymoel had decided not to field a labour candidate and to concentrate on the district elections.^[9]

Ogmore Valley 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David John Thomas*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Oystermouth[edit]

Oystermouth 1901
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		T.W. James	unopposed
			Swing

Penarth North[edit]

Penarth North 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Rev E.S. Roberts	387
	Liberal	Jenkin Llewellyn	385
Majority			2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penarth South[edit]

Penarth South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Frederick Henry Jotham	unopposed

Penrhiwceiber[edit]

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

Pentre[edit]

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[edit]

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

Pontardawe[edit]

Having defeated the Liberal candidate by 1 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[edit]

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

Pontlottyn[edit]

Pontlottyn 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	D.B. Owen	572
	Liberal	John Griffiths	372
Majority			200
	Liberal hold		Swing

Pontypridd[edit]

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[edit]

Penygraig appears to be a new ward.

Penygraig 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rees Lloyd	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Porth[edit]

Porth and Penygraig 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Lib-Lab	D. Watts Morgan	967
	Liberal	W.T. Davies	862
Majority			105
	Liberal hold		Swing

Resolven[edit]

Resolven 1901
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daniel Evans**	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sketty[edit]

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[edit]

Swansea Valley 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	E. Lewis*	825
	Liberal	Dr J. Jones	364
Majority			461
	Liberal hold		Swing

Treforest[edit]

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[edit]

Enoch Davies, originally returned in 1901 following William Morgan's re-election as alderman, was re-elected after a close fight with another Liberal.^[12]

Treherbert by-election 1907
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Enoch Davies*	787
Liberal	Evan Watkins	611
Liberal hold		Swing

Treorchy[edit]

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

Treorchy 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Jones*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Trealaw and Tonypandy[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Ystalyfera 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John Griffiths	453
	Liberal	James Williams*	380
Majority			73
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Ystrad[edit]

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

Ystrad 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Clifford John Cory*	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

References[edit]

^ "Forthcoming Elections". Aberdare Leader. 23 February 1907. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "County Council Elections. Conservative Gains". Cambrian. 15 March 1907. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "County Council Election. Declaration of the Poll at Aberdare". Aberdare Leader. 16 March 1907. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "County Council Elections. Nominations". Glamorgan Gazette. 1 March 1907. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
^ ^a ^b "County Council Election. Mr Vicary's Candidature". Aberdare Leader. 9 March 1907. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Sir John Llewelyn at Gorseinion". Cambrian. 8 March 1907. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Mr Davies's Candidature. Attack on Mr Gibbon". Glamorgan Gazette. 8 March 1907. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Miss Pankhurst at Maesteg". Glamorgan Gazette. 15 March 1907. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Nantymoel". Glamorgan Gazette. 1 March 1907. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
^ ^a ^b "County Council Election. Local Results". Rhondda Leader. 16 March 1907. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
^ "Glamorgan Bye-Election. Mr Lynch-Blosse Elected for the Newcastle Division". Glamorgan Gazette. 19 April 1907. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
^ "County Council Election. Treherbert Division". Rhondda Leader. 6 April 1907. Retrieved 16 June 2014.

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

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