Pontypridd Urban District Council

Pontypridd Urban District Council was a local authority in Glamorgan, Wales. It was created in 1894 as a result of the 1894 Local Government of England and Wales Act and the Pontypridd Urban District Council election, 1894 saw the election of the first members of the authority. The Council existed until 1973 and replaced the Pontypridd Local Board of Health which had functioned for some years. Its boundaries were set in 1894. Initially, the Council had eighteen members but this was increased some years later, as a result of the increase in population. There were six wards, namely Cilfynydd, Graig, Pontypridd Town, Rhondda, Trallwn and Treforest.

The first councillors were elected at the 1894 elections. Most of the first members of the authority had served on the Local Board.

In the years leading up to the First World War, representatives of the Labour Party began to gain ground.

In 1974 the authority was abolished, and together with the former rural district of Llantrisant and some outlying areas, formed the Taff Ely Borough Council which, in turn, was subsumed into the unitary authority of Rhondda Cynon Taff in 1996.

Pontypridd Urban District council election, 1896

In the Pontypridd Urban District Council election of 1896 there were contests in three of the six wards.[1]

(*) denotes sitting member

Cilfynydd Ward

Cilfynydd Ward 1896
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal W.H. Gronow* unopposed

Graig

Graig Ward 1896
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Hopkin Morgan* 288
Conservative Samuel Evans 238
Liberal W.C.M. Groves 59

Rhondda Ward

Rhondda Ward 1896
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Hugh Bramwell* unopposed

Town Ward

W. Seaton, elected the previous year, stood down after the council resolved that he, rather than another member elected in a by-election during the year, should seek re-election.[2]

Town Ward 1896
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative R.L. Phillips 272
Liberal D. Arnott 249

Trallwn Ward

Trallwn Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Watkin Williams* 326
Labour Edward Williams 253

Treforest

Treforest Ward 1896
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Party (UK) James Roberts* unopposed

Pontypridd Urban District council election, 1898

In the Pontypridd Urban District Council election of 1898 there were contests in three of the six wards.[3]

(*) denotes sitting member

Cilfynydd Ward

Cilfynydd Ward 1898
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Graig

Graig Ward 1898
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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Rhondda Ward

Rhondda Ward 1898
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal T.R. Hamlen-Williams 424
B. Rees 305

Town Ward

Town Ward 1898
Party Candidate Votes % ±
D.R. Evans 319
E. Phillips 267

Trallwn Ward

Trallwn Ward 1898
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Williams 390
Taylor 306

Treforest

Treforest Ward 1898
Party Candidate Votes % ±

Notable members of the Council

References

  1. "Pontypridd District Council Election". Pontypridd Chronicle. 2 April 1896. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  2. "The Forthcoming District Council Election". Pontypridd Chronicle. 28 February 1896. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  3. "Election Results". Pontypridd Chronicle. 8 April 1898. Retrieved 22 July 2014.

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