1995 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council election

The first election to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council was held on 4 May 1995. 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 Mid Glamorgan County Council. The ward boundaries for the new authority were based on the previous Cynon Valley Borough Council, Rhondda Borough Council and Taff Ely Borough Council although the number of members elected for individual wards was reduced.

Labour won a majority of the seats.

Rhondda Cynon Taf County BoroughCouncil election result 1995

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	54
	Conservative	0
	Liberal Democrats	1
	Plaid Cymru	14
	Independent	3
	Green	0
	Independent Labour	1
	Other parties	1

Previous members of Mid Glamorgan Council

Most sitting members of Mid 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

Aberaman North (two seats)

The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Cynon Valley Borough Council.

Aberaman North 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Fitzgerald*	1,399	38.01%
	Labour	Anthony Christopher*	1,364	37.06%
	Plaid Cymru	C.M. Badham	459	12.47%
	Plaid Cymru	G. Lewis	458	12.44%
Majority			905	24.59%
Turnout			3680	49%
Registered electors			3,975
	Labour hold		Swing

Aberaman South (two seats)

The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Cynon Valley Borough Council.

Aberaman South 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	A.D. Griffiths*	958	24.56%
	Plaid Cymru	B.J. Walter Codd*	936	24%
	Labour	B.R. Loveridge	731	18.74%
	Labour	J. Rosser	725	18.59%
	Independent Plaid	H.E. Davies*	550	14.10%
Majority			205	5.26%
Turnout			3900	55.9%
Registered electors			3,731
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Abercynon (two seats)

The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Cynon Valley Borough Council.

Abercynon 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alby .L. Davies*	1,288	29.06%
	Independent Labour	Stuart .G. Gregory*	1,088	24.54%
	Labour	P.C. Brown*	971	21.91%
	Plaid Cymru	B. Hicks	624	14.08%
	Plaid Cymru	D. Surfield	367	8.28%
	Green	John Matthews	94	2.12%
Majority			117	2.64%
Turnout			4432	49.1%
Registered electors			4,846
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent Labour win (new seat)

Aberdare East (two seats)

The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Cynon Valley Borough Council.

Aberdare East 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shah .M. Imtiaz*	1,437	34.29%
	Labour	Mike Forey*	1,292	31%
	Plaid Cymru	D.A. Walters	728	17.47%
	Plaid Cymru	S. Thomas	710	17.04%
Majority			564	13.53%
Turnout			4167	44%
Registered electors			5,044
	Labour hold		Swing

Aberdare West, Llwydcoed (three seats)

Aberdare West, Llwydcoed 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	W. John Daniel*	1,369	18.14%
	Labour	J.A. Evans*	1,347	17.85%
	Plaid Cymru	E.A. Daniel	1,316	17.44%
	Plaid Cymru	A. Mason*	1,307	17.32%
	Labour	M. James*	1,114	14.76%
	Labour	D.E. Morgan*	1,092	14.47%
Majority			9	0.12%
Turnout			7545	42.5%
Registered electors			6,626
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Beddau (one seat)

The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Taff Ely Borough Council.

Beddau 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Ifor Williams	830	74.57
	Plaid Cymru	M. Eileen Dobbin*	283	25.43
Majority			547	49.14
Turnout			1113	34.2
Registered electors			2,706
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Brynna (one seat)

Brynna 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A.D. Hughes	472	51.47%
	Labour	S.M. Harry*	445	48.53%
Majority			27	2.94%
Turnout			917	35.6%
Registered electors			2,593
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Church Village (one seat)

The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Taff Ely Borough Council.

Church Village 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Stacey*	609	59.07%
	Plaid Cymru	R.D. Boundford	422	40.93%
Majority			187	18.14%
Turnout			1031	46.7%
Registered electors			2,256
	Labour hold		Swing

Cilfynydd (one seat)

Cilfynydd 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy .E. Morgan	496	48.44%
	Independent	Steve Belzak*	393	38.38%
	Plaid Cymru	G.R. Davies	135	13.08%
Majority			103	10.06%
Turnout			1024	48.5%
Registered electors			2,111
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Cwmbach (one seat)

Cwmbach 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M.M. Evans*	922	73.58%
	Plaid Cymru	E.L. Smith	331	26.42%
Majority			591	47.17%
Turnout			1253	38.7%
Registered electors			3,500
	Labour hold		Swing

Cwm Clydach (one seat)

Cwm Clydach 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E.T. Jones*	796	62.14%
	Plaid Cymru	R.W. Jones	439	34.27%
	Green	S. Davies	46	3.59%
Majority			357	27.87%
Turnout			1,281	53%
Registered electors			2,418
	Labour hold		Swing

Cymmer (two seats)

Cymmer 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eurwen Davies*	1,241	33.6%
	Labour	A.M. Ellis*	1,199	32.47%
	Plaid Cymru	I. Griffiths	720	19.5%
	Independent	M.D. Simons	313	8.48%
	Green	R. Gair	220	5.96%
Majority			479	12.97%
Turnout			3,693	43.7%
Registered electors			4,779
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ferndale (two seats)

Ferndale 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Annette Davies	1,511	42.88%
	Labour	K. Rees	1,105	31.36%
	Plaid Cymru	V. Thomas	734	20.83%
	Green	K. Franks	174	4.94%
Majority			371	10.58%
Turnout			3,524	52.8%
Registered electors			3,628
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Gilfach Goch (one seat)

Gilfach Goch 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Aurfron Roberts	878	62.94%
	Labour	C.E. Cowley*	517	37.06%
Majority			361	25.88%
Turnout			1,395	54%
Registered electors			2,601
	Residents gain from Labour

Glyncoch (one seat)

Glyncoch 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith G. Burford*	756	73.04%
	Plaid Cymru	M.A. Wiley	279	26.96%
Majority			477	46.09%
Turnout			1,035	48.3%
Registered electors			2,172
	Labour hold		Swing

Graig (one seat)

Graig 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joyce Cass*	708	69.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert .G. Fox*	316	30.9%
Majority			392	38.28%
Turnout			1,024	53.8%
Registered electors			1,910
	Labour win (new seat)

Hawthorn (one seat)

Hawthorn 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A.J. Wells	327	47.88%
	Labour	A.J. Jenkins	288	42.17%
	Plaid Cymru	G.E. Rees*	68	9.96%
Majority			39	5.71%
Turnout			683	43.8%
Registered electors			1,609
	Independent win (new seat)

Hirwaun (one seat)

Hirwaun 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W.A. Myring*	922	65.81%
	Plaid Cymru	L.M. Lewis	479	34.19%
Majority			443	31.62%
Turnout			1401	44.1%
Registered electors			3,172
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanharan (one seat)

Llanharan 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Waters*	497	61.06%
	Plaid Cymru	J.R. Dilworth	317	38.94%
Majority			180	22.11%
Turnout			814	35.2%
Registered electors			2,311
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanharry (one seat)

Janet Davies, leader of the Taff Ely Borough Council since 1991, was defeated by a Labour opponent.

Llanharry 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W.R. Thomas	659	63.67%
	Plaid Cymru	Janet Davies*	376	36.33%
Majority			283	27.34%
Turnout			1,035	57.3%
Registered electors			1,810
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Llantrisant (one seat)

Llantrisant 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Islwyn Wilkins	714	50.57
	Labour	Eddie J. Thomas*	698	49.43
Majority			16	1.14	N/A
Turnout			1412	46.6
Registered electors			3,110
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Llantwit Fardre (two seats)

Llantwit Fardre 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David .F. Stone*	741	26.86%
	Labour	Mike .W. Kear	729	26.42%
	Plaid Cymru	Dennis .R. Watkins	661	23.96%
	Plaid Cymru	Bernard .P. Channon	628	22.76%
Majority			68	2.46%
Turnout			2,759	35%
Registered electors			4,196
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour win (new seat)

Llwynypia (one seat)

Llwynypia 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Emanuel*	663	65.3
	Plaid Cymru	C. Coombe	353	34.7
Majority			310	30.6
Turnout			1,016	54.0
Registered electors			1,882
	Labour hold		Swing

Maerdy (one seat)

Maerdy 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bryn Jones*	1,057	64.14%
	Plaid Cymru	Gerwyn Evans	591	35.86%
Majority			466	28.28%
Turnout			1,648	55.2%
Registered electors			2,998
	Labour hold		Swing

Mountain Ash East (one seat)

Mountain Ash East 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Pauline Jarman*	764	66.78
	Labour	E. Rose	380	33.22
Majority			384	33.56
Turnout			1,144	49.33
Registered electors			2,319
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Mountain Ash West (two seats)

Mountain Ash West 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Davies	719	27.6%
	Plaid Cymru	C.T. Benney*	709	27.22%
	Plaid Cymru	J.I. Lordac*	670	25.72%
	Labour	I. Jones	507	19.46%
Turnout			2,605	40.1%
Registered electors			3,571
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Penrhiwceiber (two seats)

Penrhiwceiber 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Dower*	1,114
	Plaid Cymru	P.A.M. Butler*	1,032
	Labour	J. Lewis	999
	Plaid Cymru	D.M. Lewis*	792
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Pentre (two seats)

Pentre 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Jenkins	1,177
	Labour	D. Thomas	1,083
	Plaid Cymru	R. Davey	674
	Plaid Cymru	M. Davey	623
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Penygraig (two seats)

Penygraig 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Leanne Wood	1,427
	Labour	B. Rowland*	1,204
	Labour	D.M. Davies*	1,135
	Plaid Cymru	D.J. Davies	1,071
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Penywaun (one seat)

Penywaun 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Barnsley*	833
	Plaid Cymru	G.R. Benney	205
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Pontyclun (one seat)

Pontyclun 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Jonathan Huish*	585
	Labour	Mike .A. Hayes	551
	Independent Plaid	Gordon Norman	523
Majority
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Pontypridd (one seat)

Pontypridd 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P.G. James	753
	Plaid Cymru	Clayton F. Jones*	530
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Porth (two seats)

Porth 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N.G. Stonelake*	1,274
	Labour	L.J. Rees	1,232
	Plaid Cymru	M. Jenkins*	749
	Green	C. Jakeway	274
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Rhigos (one seat)

Rhigos 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	R. Moses*	612
	Labour	J.B. Price	204
Majority
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Rhondda (two seats)

Rhondda 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G.J. Beard	1,035
	Labour	W.J. Williams	943
	Plaid Cymru	R.M. James	535
	Plaid Cymru	C.J. Pritchard	423
	Liberal Democrats	R.M. Deacon	241
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Rhydfelen Central / Ilan (one seat)

Rhydfelen Central / Ilan 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry J. Cox*	697
	Independent	V.J. Thomas	184
	Plaid Cymru	W.J. Daniel	90
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Rhydfelen Lower (one seat)

Rhydfelen Lower 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. John Chessman	443
	Independent Labour	I. Thomas	108
	Plaid Cymru	A, Carter*	48
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Taffs Well (one seat)

Taffs Well 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeff .D. Lintern	845
	Plaid Cymru	J.E. Williams	615
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Talbot Green (one seat)

Talbot Green 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin .R. Thorngate	342
	Plaid Cymru	Wayne Owen	255
	Liberal Democrats	M.K. Marchant	244
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Tonteg (two seats)

The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Taff Ely Borough Council.

Tonteg 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W.John David	923	27.84%
	Labour	Mary Lloyd*	901	27.18%
	Plaid Cymru	D.E. Jones	776	23.41%
	Plaid Cymru	D.R. Reilly	715	21.57%
Majority			125	3.77%
Turnout			3315	100%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour win (new seat)

Tonypandy (one seat)

Tonypandy 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Edwards*	778
	Independent Labour	D. Morgan*	501
	Plaid Cymru	S. Morris	332
	Green	L. Thomas	43
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Tonyrefail East (two seats)

Tonyrefail East 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Russel Roberts*	1,186
	Labour	R. B. McDonald*	1,038
	Residents	J.R. Hughes	505
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Tonyrefail West (one seat)

Tonyrefail West 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D.McDonald	932
	Residents	J.R. Hughes	505
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Trallwn (one seat)

Trallwn 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Allen .W. Bevan	803
	Liberal Democrats	A. Southgate	508
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Trealaw (one seat)

Trealaw 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W.J. Murphy*	1,075
	Plaid Cymru	D.M. James	280
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Trefforest (one seat)

Trefforest 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L.S. Whitehead	494
	Plaid Cymru	A.W. Richards	402
	Independent	A.O. Otley*	220
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Treherbert (two seats)

Treherbert 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Geraint Rhys Davies*	1,487
	Labour	R.J. Bundock	1,371
	Plaid Cymru	D.H. Rees*	1,357
	Labour	M.A. Phillips	1,311
	Green	K.G. Morris	101
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Treorchy (three seats)

Treorchy 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Winter	2,036
	Labour	D.M. Lewis*	1,704
	Labour	M. Williams*	1,679
	Plaid Cymru	P.J. Jones	1,497
	Plaid Cymru	L. Jones*	1,369
	Plaid Cymru	I.M. Price	1,179
	Green	Kevin Jakeway	160
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Tylorstown (two seats)

Tylorstown 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D.R. Bevan*	1,324
	Labour	J. Scobie*	1,173
	Plaid Cymru	M.G.H. Williams	472
	Independent Labour	I.M. Jenkins*	405
	Green	J.A. Powderhill	80
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Tyn-y-Nant (one seat)

The boundaries were identical to those of the same ward on the previous Taff Ely Borough Council.

Tyn-y-Nant 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clayton .J. Willis	1,018	86.05%
	Plaid Cymru	Diana Watkins	165	13.95%
Majority			853	72.10%
Turnout			1183	100%
	Labour hold		Swing

Ynyshir (one seat)

Ynyshir 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Davies*	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)
Majority
Turnout

Ynysybwl (one seat)

Ynysybwl 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Chapman	696
	Plaid Cymru	G.I. Jones*	695
	Independent	D.S. Breeze*	204
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Ystrad (two seats)

Ystrad 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Jill Evans*	1,656
	Plaid Cymru	Syd Morgan*	1,299
	Labour	I. Brace	1,122
	Labour	R. David	940
	Natural Law	G.B. Duguay	48
	Green	R.K. Greenhill	46
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)