1977_Mid_Glamorgan_County_Council_election

1977 Mid Glamorgan County Council election

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The 1977 Mid Glamorgan County Council election was held in May 1977 and were the second elections to Mid Glamorgan County Council, electing 85 councillors.^[1] It was preceded by the 1973 election and followed by the 1981 election.

Ward Results

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

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Powell*	2,009
	Labour	Mervyn Prowle	1,925
	Plaid Cymru	G. Edwards	1,917
	Plaid Cymru	S. Edwards	1,741
	Independent	M. Winter	285
Turnout				48.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Glyn Owen*	2,320	59.8	-3.2
	Labour	H. Cole	1,558	40.2	+3.2
Majority				19.6	-6.5
Turnout				65.4	-0.1
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	V. Llywelyn	955	56.8	+16.3
	Plaid Cymru	A. Skitt	753	43.2	-16.3
Majority				13.5
Turnout				59.4	-15.6
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. Williams	968	58.5	+3.4
	Labour	W. Price	681	41.5	-3.4
Majority				16.9	+6.8
Turnout				47.0	-9.6
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Reed	1,836	58.9	-3.1
	Plaid Cymru	D. Barnett	1,281	41.1	+3.1
Majority				17.8	-61.1
Turnout				51.0	-3.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayers	J. Davies	1,650	74.6	+5.4
	Labour	E. Wright	563	25.4	-5.4
Majority				49.1	+10.8
Turnout				42.5	-8.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Ray Davies	2,580
	Labour	C. Hobbs	2,117
	Liberal	Angus Donaldson	2,088
	Plaid Cymru	T. Davies	1,129
	Conservative	E. Haines	902
	Plaid Cymru	E. Lewis	783
	Independent	I. Edwards	542
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	K. Szerard	908	53.6
	Labour	W. Forbes*	785	46.4
Majority				7.3
Turnout				56.7	-0.1
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	I. Evans	1,440	57.6	+57.6
	Labour	S. Powell*	1,062	42.4	-24.8
Majority				15.1
Turnout				58.0	+0.3
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Parker*	2,747
	Conservative	W. Rutter	2,346
	Labour	Alfred Bowen*	1,616
	Labour	K. Morgan	1,474
	Ratepayers	E. King	1,281
	Ratepayers	G. Morris	980
	Plaid Cymru	D. Jones	491
	Plaid Cymru	E. Lewis	467
Turnout				53.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Lewis	1,040	51.0	+51.0
	Plaid Cymru	A. Jewell	742	36.4	+36.4
	Conservative	E. Evans	257	12.6	+12.6
Majority				14.6
Turnout				64.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Colin Mann	1,249	51.0	-23.8
	Labour	E. White	815	33.3	+8.1
	Conservative	E. Edwards	387	15.8	+15.8
Majority				17.7	-31.8
Turnout				55.4	-3.5
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Lindsay Whittle	1,340	38.2	+2.3
	Labour	Bertie Rowland*	1,331	40.2	-21.6
	Conservative	R. Lea	640	19.3	+19.3
Majority			9	0.3
Turnout				48.9	+7.4
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Jewell	1,012	51.2	-0.6
	Plaid Cymru	A. Hallett	674	34.1	+34.1
	Conservative	B. Williams	146	7.4	+7.4
	Ratepayers	V. Evans	146	7.4	+7.4
Majority				17.1	+13.6
Turnout				46.5	+4.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. Richards	781	33.4	-20.1
	Labour	G. Snell	652	27.9	-18.6
	Ratepayers	A. Goodchild	465	19.9	+19.9
	Independent	M. Ryland	443	18.9	+18.9
Majority				5.5	-1.5
Turnout				52.8	+2.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Cardiff Rural 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Richards	701	36.3	-18.1
	Plaid Cymru	P. Enticott	622	32.2	-13.4
	Conservative	P. Dawkins	347	18.0	+18.0
	Ratepayers	A. Skelhorne	260	13.5	+13.5
Majority				4.1	-4.7
Turnout				53.7	+13.7
	Labour hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	R. Davies	921	32.7
	Conservative	H. Paulley	780	27.7
	Labour	G. Lewis	618	22.0
	Independent Labour	E. Dobbs	496	17.6
Majority				5.0
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. David	1,618	62.6	+9.9
	Plaid Cymru	Janet Davies	966	37.4	+37.4
Majority				25.2	+19.9
Turnout				47.5	-4.6
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Lewis	1,245	47.9	-2.4
	Plaid Cymru	P. Jones	1,214	46.7	+46.7
	Liberal	D. Smith	140	5.4	+5.4
Majority			31	1.2	+0.6
Turnout				55.0	+3.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	G. Howells	1,492	47.4	+15.8
	Labour	B. Williams*	1,449	46.0	-22.4
	Conservative	W. Morgan	210	6.7	+6.7
Majority				1.4
Turnout				57.2	+1.4
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Davies	1,087	68.1	+26.7
	Plaid Cymru	G. Roberts	509	31.9	+31.9
Majority				36.2
Turnout				54.9	-6.0
	Labour gain from Independent Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	J. Jones	1,710	48.2	-0.4
	Labour	I. Jenkins	1,490	42.0	-9.4
	Conservative	B. Newman	351	9.9	+9.9
Majority				6.2
Turnout				52.3	+8.9
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Rogers*	2,803
	Labour	W. Bowen*	2,693
	Plaid Cymru	A. Evans	1,533
	Plaid Cymru	N. Turner	1,441
	Conservative	C. Collins	550
	Conservative	R. Owen	529
Turnout				49.0	+13.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	K. Eason*	3,398
	Ratepayers	T. John*	3,098
	Labour	L. Lodwig*	3,067
	Labour	A. Tyrrell*	2,801
	Labour	N. James	2,747
	Conservative	R. Bunnage	2,636
	Conservative	D. Pearse	2,594
	Ratepayers	D. Brown	2,446
	Plaid Cymru	T. Jones	2,332
	Plaid Cymru	T. Phillips	2,252
	Plaid Cymru	D. Morris	2,130
	Plaid Cymru	R. Kennard	2,038
	Liberal	R. Verallo	884
Turnout				63.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	V. Hart	2,023	69.7
	Plaid Cymru	D. Lewis	678	23.3
	Conservative	M. Rixon	203	7.0
Majority				46.3
Turnout				54.3
	Labour hold		Swing

1977_Mid_Glamorgan_County_Council_election

Ward Results

Aberdare No.1: Llwydcoed (two seats)

Aberdare No.2: Blaengwawr (one seat)

Aberdare No.3: Gadlys (one seat)

Aberdare No.4: Town (one seat)

Aberdare No.5: Aberaman (one seat)

Abertridwr and Senghennydd

Bedwas and Machen (two seats)

Bedwellty No.1 Aberbargoed (one seat)

Bedwellty No.2 Abertysswg (one seat)

Bridgend (two seats)

Caerphilly No.1 (one seat)

Caerphilly No.2 Llanbradach (one seat)

Caerphilly No.4 (one seat)

Caerphilly No.5 North (one seat)

Caerphilly No.6 South (one seat)

Caerphilly No.7 (one seat)

Cardiff Rural (one seat)

Cowbridge Rural (one seat)

Dowlais (one seat)

Gelligaer No.1 (one seat)

Gelligaer No.2 (one seat)

Gelligaer No.3 (one seat)

Gelligaer No.4 (two seats)

Llantrisant and Llantwitfardre No.1 (four seats)

Llantrisant and Llantwitfardre No.2 (two seats)

Maesteg No.1 (one seat)

Maesteg No.2 (one seat)

Maesteg No.3 (one seat)

Merthyr, Cyfarthfa (one seat)

Merthyr No.6 (one seat)

Merthyr No.7 (one seat)

Merthyr Park (two seats)

Merthyr Town (one seat)

Mountain Ash No.1 (one seat)

Mountain Ash No.2 (one seat)

Mountain Ash No.3 (two seats)

Ogmore and Garw No.1 (one seat)

Ogmore and Garw No.2 (two seats)

Penybont No.1 (one seat)

Penybont No.2 (one seat)

Penybont No.3 (one seat)

Penybont No.4 (one seat)

Penybont No.5 (two seats)

Penybont No.6 (two seats)

Penydarren (one seat)

Pontypridd No.1 (one seat)

Pontypridd No.2 Town (one seat)

Pontypridd No.3 (one seat)

Pontypridd No.4 Trallwn (one seat)

Pontypridd No.5 Rhydyfelin (one seat)

Pontypridd No.6 (one seat)

Porthcawl No.1 (one seat)

Porthcawl No.2 (one seat)

Rhondda No.1 Treherbert (two seats)

Rhondda No.2 Treorchy (two seats)

Rhondda No.3 Pentre (one seat)

Rhondda No.4 Ystrad (one seat)

Rhondda No.5 (one seat)

Rhondda No.6 (one seat)

Rhondda No.7 Penygraig (one seat)

Rhondda No.8 Porth (two seats)

Rhondda No.9 (one seat)

Rhymney Lower, Middle and Upper (one seat)

Treharris (one seat)

Vaynor and Penderyn No.1 (one seat)

Vaynor and Penderyn No.2 (one seat)

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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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	M. Phillips	1,474	53.9
	Labour	D. Jones*	1,083	39.6
	Liberal	D. Williams	165	6.5
Majority
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Griffiths	1,614
	Plaid Cymru	B. Richards	1,192
	Communist	R. Evans	106
Majority
Turnout				69.1	-5.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	T. O'Brien	1,344
	Plaid Cymru	J. Gough	980
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Burns*	1,956
	Plaid Cymru	G. Foster*	1,840
	Labour	D. Williams	1,584
	Plaid Cymru	C. Mathews	1,521
	Conservative	C. Thomas	620
	Communist	A. Jones	539
	Liberal	G. Cooper	288
	Communist	C. Dennett	161
	Liberal	D. Bettel-Higgins	152
Turnout				60.1	+3.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	T. Davies	1,277
	Plaid Cymru	L. Smith	813
	Conservative	D. Davies	582
	Communist	T. Roberts	112
	Liberal	O. Bettel-Higgins	35
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	T. Davies*	1,662
	Plaid Cymru	C. Jones	1,086
	Communist	A. Williams	974
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	N. Thomas	1,066
	Independent	P. Brocklebank	877
	Labour	F. Brooks	789
Majority
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	S. Lloyd	1,940
	Plaid Cymru	R. Humphreys*	1,797
	Plaid Cymru	G. Owens	1,736
	Labour	H. Evans	1,734
Turnout
	Labour gain from Communist		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ratepayers	Danny Mordecai	1,263
	Labour	M. David	948
	Plaid Cymru	G. Jones	148
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing