The 1985 Mid Glamorgan County Council election were held in May 1985 and were the fourth full elections to Mid Glamorgan County Council, electing 85 councillors.[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 Mervyn 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 Bertie 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 1985
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 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour N. Harris 1,735 66.8
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 1985
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 1985
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 1985
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 1985
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 (two seats)

Llantrisant and Llantwitfardre No.2 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. McDonald* 2,618
Labour W. Hall* 2,152
Plaid Cymru R. Williams 1,419
Independent B. Brinson 869
RA George Jury 698
Independent Labour A. Roberts 320
Turnout 59.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Maesteg No.1 (one seat)

Maesteg No.1 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour V. Hart* 2,207
Plaid Cymru A. Rees 375
Majority
Turnout 42.1
Labour hold Swing

Maesteg No.2 (one seat)

Maesteg No.2 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeff Jones* 1,602
Independent M. Davies 367
Majority
Turnout 45.4 -13.9
Labour hold Swing

Maesteg No.3 (one seat)

Maesteg No.3 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour L. Jenkins* 1,915
Plaid Cymru J. Jenkins 315
Conservative S. Maddern 244
Majority
Turnout 49.1 +4.3
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 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Jones* Unopposed
Labour hold Swing

Merthyr No.7 (one seat)

Merthyr No.7 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. O'Brien Unopposed
Labour hold Swing

Merthyr Park (two seats)

Merthyr Park 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Burns* 1,764
Labour J. Cleary* 1,707
Communist A. Jones 696
Conservative H. Screen 496
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Merthyr Town (one seat)

Merthyr Town 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Davies 1,234
Conservative E. Horne 271
Communist T. Roberts 173
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Mountain Ash No.1 (one seat)

Mountain Ash No.1 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Davies* 1,806
Plaid Cymru B. Evans 1,580
Conservative J. Evans 174
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Mountain Ash No.2 (one seat)

Mountain Ash No.2 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Edwards 1,156
Plaid Cymru A. Thomas 721
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Mountain Ash No.3 (two seats)

Mountain Ash No.3 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Pauline Jarman* 1,952
Labour H. Evans 1,779
Labour E. George 1,610
Conservative D. Ball 447
Turnout
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Ogmore and Garw No.1 (one seat)

Ogmore and Garw No.1 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Hughes 1,692
Ratepayers Danny Mordecai* 615
Majority
Turnout
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Ogmore and Garw No.2 (two seats)

Ogmore and Garw No.2 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Lock* 2,474
Labour L. Morgan 2,317
Plaid Cymru E. Merriman* 2,054
Plaid Cymru J. Jones 1,950
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Penybont No.1 (one seat)

Penybont No.1 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Jenkins* 1,005
Independent F. Beer 672 29.4
Conservative G. Griffiths 611 29.4
Independent Ratepayer E. Phillips 319
Majority
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Penybont No.2 (one seat)

Penybont No.2 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent D. Thomas* 1,045
Conservative R. Preston 898
Turnout 42.1
Independent hold Swing

Penybont No.3 (one seat)

Penybont No.3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Philpin* 1,821 70.7
Conservative D. Mackie 753 29.3
Majority
Turnout 38.2
Labour hold Swing

Penybont No.4 (one seat)

Penybont No.4 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Ing 1,465 48.0
Conservative David Unwin* 1,319 43.2
Plaid Cymru R. Fattorini 269 8.8
Majority
Turnout 37.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Penybont No.5 (two seats)

Penybont No.5 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Davies* 3,374
Labour M. Jones* 3,159
Independent D. Davis 1,659
Plaid Cymru K. Burnell 620
Conservative M. Powell 528
Plaid Cymru P. Tomlin 403
Turnout 54.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Penybont No.6 (two seats)

Penybont No.6 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Philip Squire* 2,024
Labour S. Gronow 1,991
Plaid Cymru B. Williams 927
Conservative J. Padmore 754
Turnout 46.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Penydarren (one seat)

Penydarren 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Mahoney* Unopposed
Labour hold Swing

Pontypridd No.1 (one seat)

Pontypridd No.1 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Williams* 1,208 73.4
Plaid Cymru J. Green 437 26.6
Turnout 43.2
Labour hold Swing

Pontypridd No.2 Town (one seat)

Pontypridd No.2 Town 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Clayton Jones 1,261 57.6
Labour B. Burford 930 42.4
Majority
Turnout 52.7
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Pontypridd No.3 (one seat)

Pontypridd No.3 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Davies 538 60.0
Independent Steve Belzak 359 40.0
Majority
Turnout 44.9
Labour hold Swing

Pontypridd No.4 Trallwn (one seat)

Pontypridd No.4 Trallwn 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal H. Thomas 649 50.3
Labour D. Boyce 403 39.0
Conservative M. Williams 137 10.6
Majority
Turnout 43.5
Liberal hold Swing

Pontypridd No.5 Rhydyfelin (one seat)

Pontypridd No.5 Rhydyfelin 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Davies* 1,456 69.1
Independent M. Powell 389 18.5
Plaid Cymru R. Thomas 262 12.4
Turnout 32.0
Labour hold Swing

Pontypridd No.6 (one seat)

Pontypridd No.6 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Weston* 1,108 57.9
Independent G. Orsie 536 28.0
Plaid Cymru G. Davies 270 14.1
Majority
Turnout 41.3
Labour hold Swing

Porthcawl No.1 (one seat)

Porthcawl No.1 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Hubbard-Miles* 1,388 41.3
Labour C. Hall 1,138 33.9
Alliance (SDP) M. Skinner 835 24.8
Majority
Turnout 45.1
Conservative hold Swing

Porthcawl No.2 (one seat)

Porthcawl No.2 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. McBride* 1,397 56.6
Conservative D. Anderson 1,073 43.4
Majority
Turnout 46.3
Labour hold Swing

Rhondda No.1 Treherbert (two seats)

Rhondda No.1 Treherbert 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Williams* 1,773
Communist Arthur True* 1,643
Labour I. Lisle 1,263
Plaid Cymru D. Rees 1,212
Plaid Cymru S. Macmillan 841
Turnout 80.5
Labour hold Swing
Communist hold Swing

Rhondda No.2 Treorchy (two seats)

Rhondda No.2 Treorchy 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Rees* 1,850
Labour K. Winter 1,767
Plaid Cymru H. Davies 1,219
Turnout 49.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Rhondda No.3 Pentre (one seat)

Rhondda No.3 Pentre 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Gough 1,176 64.2
Plaid Cymru M. Powell 657 35.8
Majority
Turnout 43.1
Labour hold Swing

Rhondda No.4 Ystrad (one seat)

Rhondda No.4 Ystrad 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent T. Hughes 1,260 53.1
Labour K. Morgan 1,112 46.9
Majority
Turnout 45.4
Independent hold Swing

Rhondda No.5 (one seat)

Rhondda No.5 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Emmanuel Unopposed
Labour hold Swing

Rhondda No.6 (one seat)

Rhondda No.6 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Harris 1,796 75.6
Alliance (SDP) P. Nicholas 579 24.4
Majority
Turnout 42.0
Labour hold Swing

Rhondda No.7 Penygraig (one seat)

Rhondda No.7 Penygraig 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. Richards* 1,102 60.3
Plaid Cymru E. Edwards 417 22.8
Communist H. Martin 309 16.9
Majority
Turnout 42.9
Labour hold Swing

Rhondda No.8 Porth (two seats)

Rhondda No.8 Porth 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Ellis* 1,935
Labour L. Rees* 1,777
Ratepayers D. Henshaw 1,539
Ratepayers D. Rowe 1,330
Turnout 42.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Rhondda No.9 (one seat)

Rhondda No.9 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Stonelake Unopposed
Labour hold Swing

Rhondda No.10, Tylorstown (one seat)

Rhondda No.10, Tylorstown 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ratepayers M.E. Chard 1,354 60.3
Labour M. Mitchell 891 39.7
Majority
Turnout 42.0
Independent hold Swing

Rhondda No.11 Ferndale (two seats)

Rhondda No.11 Ferndale 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Glyn James* 2,305
Labour P. Davies* 1,769
Labour I. Clement 1,753
Turnout 56.5
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Rhymney Lower, Middle and Upper (one seat)

Rhymney Lower, Middle and Upper 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Rist Unopposed
Labour hold Swing

Treharris (one seat)

Treharris 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Richards* 1,073 53.8
Independent E. Galsowrthy 763 38.2
Conservative F. Evans 159 8.0
Majority
Turnout 38.9
Labour hold Swing

Vaynor and Penderyn No.1 (one seat)

Vaynor and Penderyn No.1 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Thomas 1,215 85.7
Conservative D. Younie 202 14.3
Majority
Turnout 46.6
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Vaynor and Penderyn No.2 (one seat)

Vaynor and Penderyn No.2 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Chambers* Unopposed
Labour hold Swing

References

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