1967 Glamorgan County Council election

The 1967 Glamorgan County Council election was held on Thursday 13 April 1967 in the county of Glamorgan, Wales, to elect members to Glamorgan County Council. The previous full council elections were in 1964 and the final elections to the council would come in 1970.

Overview of the result

The Labour Party lost nine seats at this election but retained a strong majority with 50 councillors, as well as the support of 22 Labour aldermen. Plaid Cymru representation returned to the council after their candidates beat Labour in two seats, with the victorious candidate in Ferndale being afterwards carried down the road by supporters. The Liberal Party won two seats, their first on the council. One seat was won by Ratepayers, also their first on the council. The Conservative Party won two seats, as did the Communist Party. In Hengoed, the previously sitting Labour councillor, who had been expelled from the party prior to the election, was returned as an Independent Labour councillor.

Both the Labour and Conservative spokespersons described the swing against Labour as being a result of national issues, with the UK Labour government at that time becoming less popular.

Ward results

Contests took place in thirty electoral wards:

Aberaman

Aberaman 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Riddiford *	989
	Communist	D.P. Bletchley	366
	Labour hold		Swing

Aberavon

Aberavon 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayer	William Arthur Jenkins	1,667
	Labour	Joseph Treharne *	1,633
	Ratepayer gain from Labour		Swing

Blaengwawr

Blaengwawr 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Communist	Trevor Williams *	979
	Labour	Michael Goldberg	773
	Communist hold		Swing

Bridgend

Bridgend 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred John Bowen *	1,715
	Conservative	John Nigel Baty	1,698
	Labour hold		Swing

Caerphilly

Caerphilly 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bertie Alex Rowland *	2,728
	Independent	Herbert Protheroe	2,484
	Labour hold		Swing

Castell Coch

Castell Coch 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nelson Stuart East	2,000
	Labour	Gerald Bailey	1,286
	Independent hold		Swing

Cilfynydd

Cilfynydd 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Edryd Lewis *	1,821
	Liberal	Mary Gwyneth Murphy	1,544
	Labour hold		Swing

Coedffranc

Coedffranc 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Martin Thomas	3,381
	Labour	Thomas Lewis Thomas	2,046
	Independent hold		Swing

Coity

Coity 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Householders	William Vernon Barnett	1,367
	Labour	Harry Davis	1,314
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Cowbridge

Cowbridge 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joseph A. David	2,728
	Labour	Terence Williams	2,138
	Independent hold		Swing

Cwmavon

Cwmavon 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Gwynfryn Davies *	2,290
	Ratepayer	William Edward Ebley	1,697
	Labour hold		Swing

Ferndale

Ferndale 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Glyn Powell James	2,325
	Labour	Dan Walter Jeffreys *	1,694
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Councillor James had lost the seat to Labour at the 1964 elections. Following his victory he was carried down the street outside the North Road School polling station by "excited" supporters.

Gadlys

Gadlys 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rhys James *	903
	Plaid Cymru	John Eaton Williams	856
	Labour hold		Swing

Garw Valley

Garw Valley 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rhys Edward Sant *	2,118
	Ratepayer	Derek Dillwyn Stephens	1,743
	Labour hold		Swing

Gower

Gower 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brian Ernest Keal	2,399
	Labour	Frank Lord *	2,102
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Councillor Keal became the first Liberal councillor in the area since World War II.

Hengoed

Hengoed 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	David Samuel Blatchford *	2,925
	Labour	Hopkin Lewis	1,692
	Independent Labour gain from Labour		Swing

Councillor Blatchford had represented the seat for 7 years for the Labour Party, but was expelled for opposing the official candidate, so stood and won as an Independent.

Hopkinstown

Hopkinstown 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Davies *	1,350
	Plaid Cymru	Brian John	708
	Labour hold		Swing

Laleston

Laleston 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Evan Board	882
	Labour	Glyndwr Evans	809
	Independent	Trevor David	539
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Llwydcoed

Llwydcoed 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mervyn Prowle *	1,243
	Communist	Stanley Rees	336
	Labour hold		Swing

Maesteg

Maesteg 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	(Mrs) Jennie Thomas Gibbs	2,472
	Labour	Robert John Williams	2,247
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Gibbs had missed winning the seat, by only 3 votes, in the 1964 election.

Mountain Ash (Penrhiwceiber ward)

Mountain Ash (Penrhiwceiber ward) 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eleanor Mary Bath	2,005
	Independent	Graham F. Davies *	1,188
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Neath North

Neath North 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Leitz	1,561
	Labour	William Powell *	1,432
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Ogmore Valley

Ogmore Valley 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Edward John Merriman	1,906
	Labour	Ivor Owen Thomas *	1,870
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Pontypridd

Pontypridd 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Alfred Stevens *	1,515
	Liberal	Derek Gwyn Lewis	1,125
	Labour hold		Swing

Porthcawl

Porthcawl 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Charles Hubbard-Miles	1,701
	Labour	George McBride	1,289
	Independent	Llewellyn Rees Lewis	671
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Port Talbot East

Port Talbot East 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Llewellyn Heycock	2,906
	Ratepayer	John Allen	1,667
	Labour hold		Swing

Port Talbot West

Port Talbot West 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Albert Morgan *	1,623
	Ratepayer	Douglas Albert Weaver Charles	1,309
	Labour hold		Swing

Pyle

Pyle 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mostyn Jones *	2,158
	Independent	Christopher Johnson	1,803
	Labour hold		Swing

Sandfields (Port Talbot)

Sandfields (Port Talbot) 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cyril Lewis *	2,458
	Ratepayer	Barrie Morgan Larkworthy	1,535
	Labour hold		Swing

Ystrad (Rhondda)

Ystrad (Rhondda) 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David John Davies *	1,122
	Communist	George Baker	828
	Labour hold		Swing