Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council election, 1995

The first election to the Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council was held on 4 May 1995.^[1] It was followed by the 1999 election. On the same day there were elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales and community councils in Wales.

Overview

All council seats were up for election. These were the first elections held following local government reorganisation and the abolition of West Glamorgan County Council. The ward boundaries for the new authority were based on the previous Lliw Valley Borough Council, Rhondda Borough Council and Swansea City Council although the number of members elected for individual wards was reduced. Conservative candidates were heavily defeated.^[2]

Neath and Port Talbot County Borough Council election result 1995
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrat
	Plaid Cymru
	Others	5
	Social Democratic	2
	Green	0

Candidates

Most sitting members of West Glamorgan County council sought election to the new authority. A number were also members of the previous district councils but others contested a ward against a sitting district councillor.

Results

Aberavon (three seats)

Aberavon 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Democratic	Anthony Taylor	1,080
	Labour	Ken Johnson	955
	Labour	Andrew Brian Jones	898
	Social Democratic	Jeffrey Dinham	889
	Labour	John Sparks	794
	Social Democratic	Thomas John Sullivan	765
Turnout				46.9
	Social Democratic win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Aberdulais (one seat)

Aberdulais 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elwyn Jones	701
	Liberal Democrat	Bryan Cummings	86
Majority			615
Turnout				54.3
	Labour win (new seat)

Alltwen (one seat)

Alltwen 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Lewis	646
	Plaid Cymru	Dewi Evans	403
Majority			243
Turnout				60.0
	Labour win (new seat)

Baglan (three seats)

Baglan 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm David Harris	1,455
	Ratepayers	Arthur Edward Wheatley	1,370
	Ratepayers	Glenys Crompton	1,333
	Labour	Leslie Rees	1,287
	Ratepayers	John Awbery	1,262
	Labour	Marian Golding	1,212
Turnout				52.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Others win (new seat)
	Others win (new seat)

Blaengwrach (one seat)

Blaengwrach 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Hughes	510
	Plaid Cymru	Carolyn Edwards	388
Majority			122
Turnout				58.0
	Labour win (new seat)

Briton Ferry East (one seat)

Briton Ferry East 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Morgan	734
	Plaid Cymru	Sylvia Tudor	250
	Independent	Graham Thompson	142
Majority			484
Turnout				45.0
	Labour win (new seat)

Briton Ferry West (one seat)

Briton Ferry West 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stan Atherton	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Bryn and Cwmavon (three seats)

Bryn and Cwmavon 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mel John	1,711
	Labour	Gaynor Williams	1,437
	Labour	Tom Morgans	1,296
	Liberal Democrat	Marilyn Harris	942
	Independent Labour	Bryn Roblin	904
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Pursey	585
Turnout				51.8
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bryncoch North (one seat)

Bryncoch North 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Royston Jones	479
	Plaid Cymru	Philip Cockwell	444
Majority			35
Turnout				48.4
	Labour win (new seat)

Bryncoch South (two seats)

Bryncoch South 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Iris Hobbs	915
	Labour	Kenneth Palmer	819
	Plaid Cymru	Gareth Richards	509
	Plaid Cymru	Martyn Peters	485
Turnout				48.3
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Cadoxton (one seat)

Cadoxton 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Hughes	481
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Parkinson	57
Majority			424
Turnout				48.3
	Labour win (new seat)

Cimla (two seats)

Cimla 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reg Teale	921
	Liberal Democrat	John Warman	761
	Labour	David George Williams	543
	Plaid Cymru	William Havard	151
	Plaid Cymru	Raymond Pooley	120
Turnout				40.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Coedffranc Central (two seats)

Coedffranc Central 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Wales Democratic Left	Glaslyn Morgan	787
	Independent	Betsan Powell	760
	Labour	David Davies	732
	Labour	Jim Bond	501
Turnout				49.9
	Others win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Coedffranc North (one seat)

Coedffranc North 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Davies	379
	Independent	Jean Phillips	277
	Labour	Beryl Florance	248
Majority			102
Turnout				47.8
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Coedffranc West (one seat)

Coedffranc West 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ray Williams	590
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Lloyd	170
Majority			420
Turnout				46.0
	Labour win (new seat)

Crynant (one seat)

Crynant 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lyn Harper	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Cwmllynfell (one seat)

Cwmllynfell 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Idwal Griffiths	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Cymmer (one seat)

Cymmer 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Stokes	718
	Independent	Mairwen Goodridge	551
Majority			167
Turnout				51,0
	Labour win (new seat)

Dyffryn (one seat)

Dyffryn 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Stephen Absalom	759
	Labour	Norman Thomas	504
Majority			255
Turnout				51.0
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Glyncorrwg (one seat)

Glyncorrwg 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glyn Rawlins	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Glynneath (two seats)

Glynneath 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Del Morgan	977
	Labour	David Williams	976
	Labour	Jacqueline Joseph	617
	Plaid Cymru	Horace Lewis	542
Turnout				56.0
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Godre'r Graig (one seat)

Godre'rgraig 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Mainwaring	342
	Plaid Cymru	Rosalyn Davies	246
Majority			96
Turnout				49.0
	Labour win (new seat)

Gwaun Cae Gurwen (one seat)

Gwaun Cae Gurwen 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwenda Thomas	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Gwynfi (one seat)

Gwynfi 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Labour	David Evans	640
	Labour	Malcolm Reeves	263
Majority
Turnout
	Others win (new seat)

Lower Brynamman (one seat)

Lower Brynamman 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arwyn Woolcock	468
	Plaid Cymru	Will John Evans	211
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Margam (one seat)

Margam 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Mason	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Neath East (three seats)

Neath East 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Cotton	1,543
	Labour	Charles Henrywood	1,520
	Labour	Mel Pearson	1,477
	Liberal Democrat	Joyce Chambers-Rennison	293
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Neath North (two seats)

Neath North 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Evans	722
	Labour	Derek Vaughan	682
	Independent Labour	Clive Thomas	680
	Independent Labour	Margaret Williams	656
	Plaid Cymru	Janet Francis	180
	Plaid Cymru	Susan Griffiths	133
	Conservative	Gwilym Levell	96
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Neath South (two seats)

Neath South 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Gunter	1,038
	Labour	Peter Rees	927
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Moth	316
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Onllwyn (one seat)

Onllwyn 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Thomas	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Pelenna (one seat)

Pelenna 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Jones	408
	Plaid Cymru	Rosalind Thomas	206
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Pontardawe (two seats)

Pontardawe 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rhys Daniel	1,051
	Labour	Des Flook	1,036
	Plaid Cymru	John Morgan	491
	Independent	Huw Llewelyn Williams	462
	Liberal Democrat	Francis Little	137
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Port Talbot (three seats)

Port Talbot 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayers	Pamela Spender	906
	Labour	Jennifer Dando	839
	Labour	Viv Lewis	822
	Independent	Ted Miles	792
	Labour	Richard Thomas	774
	Ratepayers	David Williams	739
Turnout
	Others win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Resolven (one seat)

Resolven 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Desmond Davies	874
	Independent Labour	Dennis Williams	333
	Plaid Cymru	Trefor Jones	278
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Rhos (one seat)

Rhos 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Thomas	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Sandfields East (three seats)

Sandfields East 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Noel Crowley	1,840
	Labour	Colin Crowley	1,809
	Labour	Hilda Mears	1,800
	World's Greatest Lover	Captain Beany	262
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Sandfields West (three seats)

Sandfields West 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Olga Jones	1,461
	Labour	Eric Goodger	1,413
	Labour	William Harris	1,405
	Plaid Cymru	Kelvin Edwards	535
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Seven Sisters (one seat)

Seven Sisters 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Lloyd	765
	Independent	Stuart Jones	290
	Plaid Cymru	Alison Holloway	72
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Taibach (two seats)

Taibach 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Owen	unopposed
	Labour	John Rogers	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Tonna (one seat)

Tonna 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ronald Boulden	602
	Labour	Doreen Jones	364
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Trebanos (one seat)

Trebanos 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dan Young	334
	Plaid Cymru	Walter Conibeer	204
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Ystalyfera (one seat)

Ystalyfera 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Llywelyn	901
	Labour	Jackie Myers	647
Majority
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

References

↑ "Election Results". Western Mail. 6 May 1995.
↑ "Election Special". South Wales Evening Post. 5 May 1995.

Council elections in the preserved county of West Glamorgan

Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council	1995 1999 2004 2008 2012

City and County of Swansea Council	1995 1999 2004 2008 2012

West Glamorgan County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished

Lliw Valley Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

Neath Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

Port Talbot Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

Glamorgan County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished

(1994 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1995 (→ 1996)

Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bradford Bolton Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

Unitary authorities	Bath and North East Somerset Bristol East Riding of Yorkshire Hartlepool Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Middlesbrough North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Redcar and Cleveland South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees York

District councils	Adur Allerdale Alnwick Amber Valley Arun Ashfield Ashford Aylesbury Vale Babergh Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Bassetlaw Bedford Berwick-upon-Tweed Blaby Blackburn Blackpool Blyth Valley Bolsover Boston Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Braintree Breckland Brentwood Bridgnorth Brighton Broadland Bromsgrove Broxbourne Broxtowe Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Canterbury Caradon Carlisle Carrick Castle Morpeth Castle Point Charnwood Chelmsford Cheltenham Cherwell Chesterfield Chester-le-Street Chester Chichester Chiltern Chorley Christchurch Colchester Congleton Copeland Corby Cotswold Craven Crawley Crewe and Nantwich Dacorum Darlington Dartford Daventry Derbyshire Dales Derby Derwentside Dover Durham Easington East Cambridgeshire East Devon East Dorset East Hampshire East Hertfordshire East Lindsey East Northamptonshire East Staffordshire Eastbourne Eastleigh Eden Ellesmere Port and Neston Elmbridge Epping Forest Epsom and Ewell Erewash Exeter Fareham Fenland Forest Heath Forest of Dean Fylde Gedling Gillingham Gloucester Gosport Gravesham Great Yarmouth Guildford Halton Hambleton Harborough Harlow Harrogate Hart Hastings Havant Hereford Hertsmere High Peak Hinckley and Bosworth Horsham Hove Huntingdonshire Hyndburn Ipswich Kennet Kerrier Kettering King's Lynn and West Norfolk Lancaster Leicester Leominster Lewes Lichfield Lincoln Luton Macclesfield Maidstone Maldon Malvern Hills Mansfield Melton Mendip Mid Bedfordshire Mid Devon Mid Suffolk Mid Sussex Milton Keynes Mole Valley New Forest Newbury Newark and Sherwood Newcastle-under-Lyme North Cornwall North Devon North Dorset North East Derbyshire North Hertfordshire North Kesteven North Norfolk North Shropshire North Warwickshire North West Leicestershire North Wiltshire Northampton Norwich Nottingham Nuneaton and Bedworth Oadby and Wigston Oswestry Oxford Pendle Penwith Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Purbeck Reading Redditch Reigate and Banstead Restormel Ribble Valley Richmondshire Rochester-upon-Medway Rochford Rossendale Rother Rugby Runnymede Rushcliffe Rushmoor Rutland Ryedale Salisbury Scarborough Sedgefield Sedgemoor Selby Sevenoaks Shepway Shrewsbury and Atcham Slough Spelthorne South Bedfordshire South Bucks South Cambridgeshire South Derbyshire South Hams South Herefordshire South Holland South Lakeland South Kesteven South Norfolk South Northamptonshire South Oxfordshire South Ribble South Shropshire South Somerset South Staffordshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans St Edmundsbury Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-on-Avon Stroud Suffolk Coastal Surrey Heath Swale Tamworth Tandridge Taunton Deane Teesdale Teignbridge Tendring Test Valley Tewkesbury Thamesdown Thanet The Wrekin Three Rivers Thurrock Tonbridge and Malling Torbay Torridge Tunbridge Wells Tynedale Uttlesford Vale of White Horse Vale Royal Wansbeck Warrington Warwick Watford Waveney Waverley Wealden Wear Valley Wellingborough Welwyn Hatfield West Devon West Dorset West Lancashire West Lindsey West Oxfordshire West Somerset West Wiltshire Weymouth and Portland Windsor and Maidenhead Winchester Woking Wokingham Worcester Worthing Wychavon Wycombe Wyre Wyre Forest

Welsh councils	Blaenau Gwent Bridgend Caerphilly Cardiff Carmarthenshire Ceredigion Conwy Denbighshire Flintshire Gwynedd Isle of Anglesey Merthyr Tydfil Monmouthshire Neath Port Talbot Newport Pembrokeshire Powys Rhondda Cynon Taf Swansea Torfaen Vale of Glamorgan Wrexham

Scottish councils	Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Angus Argyll and Bute Clackmannanshire Dumfries and Galloway Dundee East Ayrshire East Dunbartonshire East Lothian East Renfrewshire Edinburgh Falkirk Fife Glasgow Highland Inverclyde Midlothian Moray North Ayrshire North Lanarkshire Perth and Kinross Renfrewshire Scottish Borders South Ayrshire South Lanarkshire Stirling West Dunbartonshire West Lothian

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, June 20, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.