1989_Mid_Glamorgan_County_Council_election
The 1989 Mid Glamorgan County Council election was held in May 1989 and was the fifth full election to Mid Glamorgan County Council.[1] It was preceded by the 1985 election and followed by the 1993 election.
There were extensive boundary changes at this election, following The County of Mid Glamorgan (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1988. The number of wards were increased to 74,[2] each electing one councillor.
The Labour Party retained overall control winning 65 of the 74 seats.[1]
* existing councillor, for the same ward
o existing councillor, though because of boundary changes not for the same ward
Aberaman North
Aberaman South
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. Reed° | 841 | 54.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | P. Richards | 635 | 41.4 | ||
Democrat | Ms M. Gee | 58 | 3.8 | ||
Majority | 13.4 | ||||
Turnout | 40.5 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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Abercynon
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | T. Davies° | 855 | 59.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | D. Morgan | 574 | 40.2 | ||
Majority | 19.7 | ||||
Turnout | 28.8 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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Aberdare East
Aberdare West
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mervyn Prowle° | 1,143 | 55.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru | W. Daniel | 643 | 30.9 | ||
Conservative | E. Evans | 293 | 14.1 | ||
Majority | 24.1 | ||||
Turnout | 31.6 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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Aber Valley
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. Phillips° | 1,065 | 49.8 | ||
Ratepayers | J. Davies | 574 | 26.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Ms E. Prendergast | 500 | 23.4 | ||
Majority | 23.0 | ||||
Turnout | 44.7 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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Bargoed
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. Coleman° | 1,901 | 75.3 | ||
Plaid Cymru | W. Hyde | 622 | 24.7 | ||
Majority | 50.7 | ||||
Turnout | 36.0 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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Bedwas
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. Woodyatt | 1,329 | 42.8 | ||
Independent | Angus Donaldson° | 1,068 | 34.4 | ||
Plaid Cymru | P. Bevan | 635 | 20.5 | ||
Green | J. Grayland | 70 | 2.3 | ||
Majority | 8.4 | ||||
Turnout | 43.9 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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Bedwellty
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | M. Collis | 1,569 | 65.5 | ||
Independent | T. Evans | 825 | 34.5 | ||
Majority | 31.0 | ||||
Turnout | 40.9 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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Bettws
Brackla
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SLD | R. Matthews | 617 | 51.5 | ||
Conservative | Ms P. Hacking | 576 | 48.3 | ||
Majority | 3.2 | ||||
Turnout | 23.5 | ||||
SLD win (new seat) |
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Caerau
Cascade
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | D. Morgan° | 994 | 59.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru | D. Smith | 671 | 40.3 | ||
Majority | 19.4 | ||||
Turnout | 38.3 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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Cornelly
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | E. Davies° | 1,947 | 88.3 | ||
Conservative | M. Powell | 258 | 11.7 | ||
Majority | 76.6 | ||||
Turnout | 44.3 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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Cwm Garw
Cwm Ogwr
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | A. Lock° | 1,656 | 54.4 | ||
Plaid Cymru | J. Jones | 1,388 | 45.6 | ||
Majority | 8.8 | ||||
Turnout | 46.8 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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Cwmbach
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | I. Jones | 1,050 | 61.3 | ||
Plaid Cymru | T. Jones | 662 | 38.7 | ||
Majority | 22.6 | ||||
Turnout | 45.1 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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Cyfarthfa
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Ms M. Phillips* | 1,416 | 69.4 | ||
Labour | D. Morrison | 623 | 30.6 | ||
Majority | 38.8 | ||||
Turnout | 42.6 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
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Cymmer
Darren Valley
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. Edwards° | 1,866 | 76.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru | G. Howells | 588 | 24.0 | ||
Majority | 52.0 | ||||
Turnout | 41.6 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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Dowlais
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | T. Lewis | 1,113 | 48.5 | ||
Ratepayers | W. Healy | 1,018 | 44.3 | ||
Independent | A. Cowdell | 165 | 7.2 | ||
Majority | 95 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 42.2 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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Ferndale
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | P. Davies* | 1,923 | 52.5 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Glyn James* | 1,738 | 47.5 | ||
Majority | 5.0 | ||||
Turnout | 53.3 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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Gurnos
Hirwaun
Laleston
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. Jenkins° | 1,302 | 58.4 | ||
Conservative | G. Down | 642 | 28.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Laura McAllister | 285 | 12.8 | ||
Majority | 29.6 | ||||
Turnout | 40.0 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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Litchard
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | M. Ing | 1,959 | 58.1 | ||
Conservative | David Unwin | 1,410 | 41.9 | ||
Majority | 16.3 | ||||
Turnout | 43.9 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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Llanbradach
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Plaid Cymru | Colin Mann | 959 | 49.5 | ||
Labour | R. Dancock | 841 | 43.4 | ||
Green | G. Brown | 137 | 7.1 | ||
Majority | 6.1 | ||||
Turnout | 41.8 | ||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |
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Llanharan
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | G. Waters° | 1,431 | 70.6 | ||
Plaid Cymru | V. Williams | 595 | 29.4 | ||
Majority | 41.2 | ||||
Turnout | 33.9 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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Llantrisant Town
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | E. Thomas° | 1,052 | 58.3 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Janet Davies | 542 | 30.0 | ||
SLD | D. Morgan | 212 | 11.7 | ||
Majority | 28.3 | ||||
Turnout | 36.5 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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Llantwit Fardre
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | L. Lodwig° | 922 | 55.9 | ||
Plaid Cymru | D. Watkins | 430 | 26.1 | ||
Independent | R. Bunnage | 198 | 12.0 | ||
SLD | D. Ball | 100 | 6.1 | ||
Majority | 29.8 | ||||
Turnout | 28.1 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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Machen
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ray Davies° | 1,625 | 64.9 | ||
Independent | H. Morgan | 880 | 35.1 | ||
Majority | 29.8 | ||||
Turnout | 48.9 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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Maesteg East
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jeff Jones° | unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
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Maesteg West
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | L. Jenkins° | 1,703 | 86.6 | ||
Conservative | S. Maddern | 263 | 13.4 | ||
Majority | 73.2 | ||||
Turnout | 40.0 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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Merthyr Vale
Mountain Ash
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Plaid Cymru | Pauline Jarman° | 1,759 | 67.7 | ||
Labour | P. Bowen | 838 | 32.2 | ||
Majority | 35.5 | ||||
Turnout | 44.2 | ||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |
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Nelson
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | L. Lewis° | 1,508 | 71.4 | ||
Plaid Cymru | P. Williams | 604 | 28.6 | ||
Majority | 42.8 | ||||
Turnout | 38.4 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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Newcastle
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | H. Davies° | 1,678 | 54.1 | ||
Conservative | F. Bertorelli | 1,421 | 45.9 | ||
Majority | 8.3 | ||||
Turnout | 39.3 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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Newcastle Higher
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. Gronow° | 1,287 | 61.3 | ||
Conservative | J. Padmore | 519 | 24.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru | B. Williams | 292 | 13.9 | ||
Majority | 36.6 | ||||
Turnout | 43.2 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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Park
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | M. Chambers* | 1,463 | 50.7 | ||
Ratepayers | Eddie Thomas | 1,070 | 37.1 | ||
Plaid Cymru | G. Leyshon | 353 | 12.2 | ||
Majority | 13.6 | ||||
Turnout | 49.2 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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Pencoed
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. Philpin° | 1,957 | 72.1 | ||
Conservative | B. Rice | 756 | 27.9 | ||
Majority | 44.2 | ||||
Turnout | 39.1 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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Penrhiwceiber
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | D. Edwards° | 1,104 | 61.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | S. Watts | 681 | 38.2 | ||
Majority | 23.6 | ||||
Turnout | 35.2 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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Pentre
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | D. Thomas | 1,111 | 58.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru | M. Powell | 782 | 41.3 | ||
Majority | 17.4 | ||||
Turnout | 45.0 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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- "Mid Glamorgan County Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- "The County of Mid Glamorgan (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1988". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. 2 March 1988. Retrieved 8 April 2019.