Aberdare Urban District Council election, 1894

The first election to the Aberdare Urban District Council was held in December 1894.^[1] It was followed by the 1896 election.

Members of the first Aberdare Urban District Council, 1894

There were five wards, namely Aberaman (also known as No. 5 Ward), Blaengwawr (also known as No. 4 Ward), Gadlys (also known as No. 2 Ward), Llwydcoed (also known as No. 1 Ward), and the Town Ward (also known as No. 3 Ward). Three members were elected from each ward making a total of fifteen members on the authority. In subsequent elections a third of the council would be elected each year. Therefore, the members returned at the head of the poll would serve until 1898, those in second place until 1897 and those in third place until 1896. Rhys Hopkin Rhys, chair of the previous Local Board of Health became the first chairman of the Urban District Council.

Aberaman Ward

Aberaman Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edmund Mills Hann	697
		Rev Thomas Humphreys	645
		Thomas Rees	428
	Lib-Lab	Phillip Daniel Rees	368

Blaengwawr Ward

Blaengwawr Ward 1894
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Morgan John	767
		David Price Davies	600
		John Howell	549
		John Simon	422

Gadlys Ward

Gadlys Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Thomas	721
		Rev Benjamin Evans	503
		Griffith George	458
		John David Rees	419
		David Davies	334
		Daniel Tudor Williams	311
		William Walker	302
		Evan Hopkins	198
		John Thomas	134

Llwydcoed Ward

Llwydcoed Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Rees Hopkin Rhys	684
		Rees Llewellyn	640
		Owen Harris	623
		John William Evans	525
	Labour	David Morgan	198

Town Ward

Town Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edward Morgan	837
		David Williams	639
		Thomas Thomas	618
		David Davies	493
		Joseph Price	474

References

1. "The Elections". Aberdare Times. 22 December 1894. Retrieved 23 October 2013.