1985 Mid Glamorgan County Council election

The fourth elections to Mid Glamorgan County Council were held in May 1985.^[1] They were preceded by the 1981 elections and followed by the 1989 elections.

Ward Results

Aberdare No.1: Llwydcoed (two seats)

Aberdare No.1: Llwydcoed 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Davies	1,906
	Labour	M. Prowle *	1,820
	Plaid Cymru	G. Jones	1,309
	Conservative	E. Evans	422
Turnout				42.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Aberdare No.2: Blaengwawr (one seat)

Aberdare No.2: Blaengwawr 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	B. Fitzgerald	1,738
	Plaid Cymru	P. Davies	1,264
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Aberdare No.3: Gadlys (one seat)

Aberdare No.3: Gadlys 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	V. Llywellyn*	913
	Conservative	R. Pittard	387
Majority
Turnout				34.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Aberdare No.4: Town (one seat)

Aberdare No.4: Town 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	P. Williams*	818
	Labour	T. Llewellyn	659
Majority
Turnout				43.9
	Independent hold		Swing

Aberdare No.5: Aberaman (one seat)

Aberdare No.5: Aberaman 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	R. Reed*	1,458
	Plaid Cymru	H. Davies	859
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Abertridwr and Senghennydd

Abertridwr and Senghennydd 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Phillips	905
	Ratepayers	J. Davies	877
	Plaid Cymru	A. Whittle	281
	Liberal	M. Cooper	276
Majority
Turnout				42.3
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Bedwas and Machen (two seats)

Bedwas and Machen 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Angus Donaldson	2,454
	Labour	Ray Davies*	2,358
	Independent	C. Powell	1,817
	Labour	R. Woodyatt	1,516
	Plaid Cymru	J. Bradbury	485
Turnout				73.7
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bedwellty No.1 Aberbargoed (one seat)

Bedwellty No.1 Aberbargoed 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	K. Szerard	753	50.7
	Labour	M. Collis*	732	49.3
Majority			21
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Bedwellty No.2 Abertysswg (one seat)

Bedwellty No.2 Abertysswg 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Powell	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Bridgend (two seats)

Bridgend 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Davies	1,931
	Labour	R. Bowser*	1,773
	Conservative	W. Rutter	1,484
	Conservative	J. Spurgeon	1,385
	Alliance (SDP)	B. Ellis	1,110
	Alliance (SDP)	J. Dickens	961
	Plaid Cymru	M. Russell	353
Turnout				39.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Caerphilly No.1 (one seat)

Caerphilly No.1 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Lewis*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Caerphilly No.2 Llanbradach (one seat)

Caerphilly No.2 Llanbradach 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Colin Mann*	1,092	49.3
	Labour	J. Lewis	798	36.1
	Liberal	K. Comeston	323	14.6
Majority
Turnout				46.6
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Caerphilly No.4 (one seat)

Caerphilly No.4 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Rowland*	2,006	66.7
	Plaid Cymru	N. Owen	1,002	33.3
Majority
Turnout				39.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Caerphilly No.5 North (one seat)

Caerphilly No.5 North 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	John Gwynne	966	46.9
	Labour	R. Jewell*	808	39.3
	Liberal	T. Henderson	284
Majority
Turnout				49.5	+4.0
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Caerphilly No.6 South (one seat)

Caerphilly No.6 South 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. Snell*	1,023	55.0
	Conservative	F. Howells	477	25.7
	Plaid Cymru	G. Hibbert	359	19.3
Majority
Turnout				42.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Caerphilly No.7 (one seat)

Caerphilly No.7 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Penri Williams*	1,438	45.3
	Labour	M. Verrinder	1,014	31.9
	Conservative	A. Babbage	723	22.8
Majority
Turnout				52.8
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Cardiff Rural (one seat)

Cardiff Rural 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Richards*	1,027	66.5
	Liberal	H. Morgan	607	33.5
Majority
Turnout				36.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Cowbridge Rural (one seat)

Cowbridge Rural 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. David*	1,285	48.5
	Labour	G. Waters	1,387	67.7
	Plaid Cymru	Janet Davies	663	32.3
Majority
Turnout				41.0
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Dowlais (one seat)

Dowlais 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Lewis*	1,218	69.6
	Plaid Cymru	P. Jones	531	30.4
Majority
Turnout				39.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Gelligaer No.1 (one seat)

Gelligaer No.1 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	N. Harris	1,735
	Plaid Cymru	G. Howells*	863	33.2
Majority
Turnout				48.9
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Gelligaer No.2 (one seat)

Gelligaer No.2 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Davies*	684	48.6
	Independent	J. Bromley	619	44.0
	Plaid Cymru	G. Blenkin	103	7.3
Majority
Turnout				48.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Gelligaer No.3 (one seat)

Gelligaer No.3 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Coleman	1,842	58.1
	Plaid Cymru	J. Jones*	1,327	41.9
Majority
Turnout				45.1
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Gelligaer No.4 (two seats)

Gelligaer No.4 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Bowen*	2,580
	Labour	B. Lloyd	2,485
	Conservative	J. Howard	662
Turnout				59.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llantrisant and Llantwitfardre No.1 (four seats)

Llantrisant and Llantwitfardre No.1 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Bonner	4,105
	Labour	L. Lodwig*	4,090
	Labour	R. Selwood	3,747
	Labour	H. Prosser	3,735
	Ratepayers	T. John*	3,089
	Plaid Cymru	Delme Bowen	2,400
	Plaid Cymru	D. Watkins	1,730
	Plaid Cymru	J. Canning	1,609
	Plaid Cymru	G. Morris	1,566
	Conservative	R. Bunnage	1,552
	Conservative	J. Bunnage	1,534
	Conservative	L. Hunt	1,499
Turnout				51.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Llantrisant and Llantwitfardre No.2 (four seats)

Llantrisant and Llantwitfardre No.2 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. McDonald	2,867
	Labour	J. Thomas	2,167
	Independent	E. Brinson	1,357
	Plaid Cymru	D. Davies	1,305
	Plaid Cymru	J. Jones	1,199
	Conservative	A. Farnworth	368
Turnout				58.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Maesteg No.1 (one seat)

Maesteg No.1 1977
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	V. Hart	Unopposed
	Plaid Cymru	D. Lewis	678	23.3
	Conservative	M. Rixon	203
Majority				46.3
Turnout				54.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Maesteg No.2 (one seat)

Maesteg No.2 1977
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jennie Gibbs	1,365	59.5	−6.4
	Labour	W. Hayes	758	33.0	−1.1
	Conservative	K. Rowe	172	7.5
Majority				26.4	−5.5
Turnout				54.3	−5.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

Maesteg No.3 (one seat)

Maesteg No.3 1977
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Venner	1,428	56.5	−17.5
	Plaid Cymru	T. Pearson	720	28.5	+2.5
	Conservative	G. Jones	378	15.0
Majority				28.0	−19.9
Turnout				49.8	+3.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Merthyr, Cyfarthfa (one seat)

Phillips had been elected as a Plaid Cymru candidate at both the 1977 and 1981 elections.

Merthyr, Cyfarthfa 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	M. Phillips*	1,552	58.6
	Labour	P. Rees	951	35.9
	Plaid Cymru	T. Barry	145	5.5
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Merthyr No.6 (one seat)

Merthyr No.6 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Stanfield	1,614	51.6
	Plaid Cymru	Emrys Roberts	1,515	48.4
Majority				3.2
Turnout				74.4
	Labour win (new seat)

Merthyr No.7 (one seat)

Merthyr No.7 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. O,Brien	1,468	65.8
	Plaid Cymru	A. Williams	764	34.2
Majority				31.5
Turnout				69.2
	Labour win (new seat)

Merthyr Park (two seats)

Merthyr Park 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	G. Foster	1,977
	Labour	J. Burns	1,682
	Labour	D. Williams	1,619
	Communist	A. Jones	1,442
	Communist	C. Dennett	404
Turnout				56.9
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Merthyr Town (one seat)

Merthyr Town 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Watkins	1,510	60.3
	Plaid Cymru	P. Williams	811	32.4
	Communist	T. Roberts	184	7.4
Majority				27.9
Turnout				51.4
	Labour win (new seat)

Mountain Ash No.1 (one seat)

Mountain Ash No.1 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Davies	1,557	53.6
	Communist	A. Williams	1,348	46.4
Majority				7.2
Turnout				47.3
	Labour win (new seat)

Mountain Ash No.2 (one seat)

Mountain Ash No.2 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Bath	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Mountain Ash No.3 (two seats)

Mountain Ash No.3 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Communist	M. Lewis	2,426
	Plaid Cymru	R. Humphreys	2,332
	Labour	E. Pritchard	1,544
	Labour	T. Bowden	1,210
Turnout				74.3
	Communist win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Ogmore and Garw No.1 (one seat)

Ogmore and Garw No.1 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Sant	1,291	50.5
	Ratepayers	D. Fox	1,264	49.5
Majority			27	1.0
Turnout				76.1
	Labour win (new seat)

Ogmore and Garw No.2 (two seats)

Ogmore and Garw No.2 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	E. Merriman	4,122
	Labour	T. Price	3,312
	Labour	M. Jenkins	2,748
Turnout				71.9
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Penybont No.1 (one seat)

Penybont No.1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Hayball	1,561	70.6
	Conservative	K. Morrell	651	29.4
Majority				41.1
Turnout				40.5
	Labour win (new seat)

Penybont No.2 (two seats)

Penybont No.2 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W. Board	958
	Labour	A. Evans	609
	Labour	F. Speed	448
Turnout				46.9
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Penybont No.3 (one seat)

Penybont No.3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Cattie	981	41.9
	Independent	T. Williams	681	29.2
	Independent	R. Hanson	673	28.9
Majority				12.7
Turnout				37.6
	Labour win (new seat)

Penybont No.4 (one seat)

Penybont No.4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	I. Rawle	1,306	55.5
	Conservative	B. Smart	1,049	45.5
Majority				10.9
Turnout				36.7
	Labour win (new seat)

Penybont No.5 (two seats)

Penybont No.5 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Jones	4,647
	Labour	E. Davies	4,617
	Conservative	H. Eastment	1,190
Turnout				54.4
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Penybont No.6 (two seats)

Penybont No.6 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Philip Squire	2,724
	Independent	W. Barnett	2,102
	Labour	W. Bowcher	2,024
	Independent	G. Walters	1,528
Turnout				63.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Penydarren(one seat)

Penydarren 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Mahoney	1,540	56.0
	Plaid Cymru	B. Walters	777	28.3
	Ratepayers	G. Kiley	431	15.7
Majority				27.8
Turnout				58.4
	Labour win (new seat)

Pontypridd No.1 (one seat)

Pontypridd No.1 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Williams	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Pontypridd No.2 Town (one seat)

Pontypridd No.2 Town 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Came	895	58.7
	Plaid Cymru	A. Withey	631	41.3
Majority				17.3
Turnout				34.7
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Pontypridd No.3 (one seat)

Pontypridd No.3 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Peck	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Pontypridd No.4 Trallwn (one seat)

Pontypridd No.4 Trallwn 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Meriel Murphy	1,145	61.8
	Labour	R. Evans	708	38.2
Majority				23.6
Turnout				58.7
	Liberal win (new seat)

Pontypridd No.5 Rhydyfelin (two seats)

Pontypridd No.5 Rhydyfelin 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Davies	1,262
	Labour	W. Griffiths	870
	Independent Labour	E. Smith	736
Turnout				41.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Pontypridd No.6 (one seat)

Pontypridd No.6 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Weston	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Porthcawl No.1 (one seat)

Porthcawl No.1 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Hubbard-Miles	1,648
	Labour	W. Williams	1,114
Majority				19.3
Turnout				39.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Porthcawl No.2 (one seat)

Porthcawl No.2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. McBride	1,102	44.3
	Independent	M. Pope	734	32.1
	Independent	R. Fry	538	23.6
Majority				12.2
Turnout				44.8
	Labour win (new seat)

Rhondda No.1 Treherbert (two seats)

Rhondda No.1 Treherbert 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. Williams	1,988
	Communist	Arthur True	1,865
	Labour	W. Llewellyn	1,616
	Communist	C. True	1,315
Turnout				63.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Communist win (new seat)

Rhondda No.2 Treorchy (two seats)

Rhondda No.2 Treorchy 1973
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	H. Jones	Unopposed
Labour	G. Rees	Unopposed
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Rhondda No.3 Pentre (one seat)

Rhondda No.3 Pentre 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Jenkins	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Rhondda No.4 Ystrad (one seat)

Rhondda No.4 Ystrad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Thomas	1,787	73.1
	Communist	A. Price	656	26.9
Majority				46.3
Turnout				49.1
	Labour win (new seat)

Rhondda No.5 (one seat)

Rhondda No.5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Parry	1,727	57.5
	Plaid Cymru	D. Morgan	1,279	42.5
Majority				14.9
Turnout				54.2
	Labour win (new seat)

Rhondda No.6 (one seat)

Rhondda No.6
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Winter	2,012	62.5
	Conservative	P. Leyshon	1,208	37.5
Majority				25.0
Turnout				54.7
	Labour win (new seat)

Rhondda No.7 Penygraig (one seat)

Rhondda No.7 Penygraig
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Richardds	1,343	52.2
	Communist	Annie Powell	1,232	47.8
Majority			111	4.3
Turnout				46.7
	Labour win (new seat)

Rhondda No.8 Porth (two seats)

Rhondda No.8 Porth 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Ellis	2,252
	Labour	E. Westwood	2,098
	Ratepayers	D. Austin	1,903
Turnout				51.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Rhymney Lower, Middle and Upper (one seat)

Rhymney Lower, Middle and Upper 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Williams	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Treharris (one seat)

Treharris 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Richards	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Vaynor and Penderyn No.1 (one seat)

Vaynor and Penderyn No.1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Byrne	1,042	60.2
	Independent	A. Williams	690	39.8
Majority				20.3
Turnout				57.2
	Labour win (new seat)

Vaynor and Penderyn No.2 (one seat)

Vaynor and Penderyn No.2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Davies	1,348	90.6
	Communist	G. Thomas	140	9.4
Majority				81.2
Turnout				56.1
	Labour win (new seat)

References

^ "Mid Glamorgan County Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 17 October 2016.

[Mid_Glam_PlymEC-1] "Mid Glamorgan County Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 17 October 2016.

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