1993 South Glamorgan County Council election

The sixth and last election to South Glamorgan County Council was held in May 1993. It was preceded by the 1989 election. Following local government re-organization the authority was abolished in 1996 and its powers transferred to two unitary authorities, Cardiff Council and the Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council. Elections for the two shadow authorities were held in 1995.

Boundary changes

There were no boundary changes at this election.

Candidates

Conservative and Labour candidates contested all seats. Most seats were also contested by the Liberal Democrats. There were a smaller number of Plaid Cymru and Green Party candidates and a few Independents.

Outcome

Since the previous election two SDP councilors joined Labour. Labour retained control with a small number of seats changing hands.

This table summarises the result of the elections in all wards. 62 councillors were elected.^[1]

1993 South Glamorgan County Council: elected members

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	40	1	3	-2
	Conservative	12	0	2	-2
	Liberal Democrats	8	3	0	+3
	Plaid Cymru	1	0	0	0
	Independent Labour	1	1	0	+1

Ward Results

Adamsdown

Adamsdown 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Hutchings*	1,141	60.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Dixon	578	30.8
	Conservative	K. Evans	111	5.9
	Communist	F. Rawling	47	2.5
Majority
Turnout				34.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Baruc

Baruc 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Donovan*	724	34.7
	Plaid Cymru	Nic Hodges	626	30.0
	Labour	B. Sharp	610	29.3
	Liberal Democrats	S. O'Brien	124	6.0
Majority
Turnout				47.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Butetown

Butetown 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Foday	663	76.0
	Independent	Manuel Dossantos	112	12.8
	Conservative	F. Arnold	63	7.2
	Liberal Democrats	P. Doody	34	3.9
Majority
Turnout				52.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Buttrills

Buttrills 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Lane*	993	66.3
	Conservative	T. Sparks	297	19.8
	Liberal Democrats	D. Connell	137	9.1
	Plaid Cymru	G. Richards	71	4.7
Majority
Turnout				35.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Cadoc

Cadoc 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. Johnson	905	68.9
	Conservative	C. Lambert	225	17.1
	Plaid Cymru	J. Lawrence	109	8.3
	Green	I. Gooderson	75	5.7
Majority
Turnout				62.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Canton

Canton 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Reed	1,044	55.2
	Conservative	A. Delamain	507	26.8
	Liberal Democrats	C. Warren	339	17.9
Majority
Turnout				39.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Castleland

Castleland 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Sharp*	798	77.9
	Conservative	S. Newman	181	17.7
	Plaid Cymru	A. Dearing	45	4.4
Majority
Turnout				36.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Central

Central 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Rowland	704	43.1
	Labour	C. Champion*	642	39.3
	Conservative	C. Baker	119	7.3
	Green	N. Clark	86	5.3
	Plaid Cymru	Terence O'Neill	83	5.1
Majority			62
Turnout				33.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Cornerswell

Labour had won the seat four years previously but lost it to the Conservatives at a subsequent by-election.

Cornerswell 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Rees	1,200	50.7
	Conservative	J. Flanigan*	1,168	49.3
Majority
Turnout				40.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Court

Court 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Parsons*	866	75.8
	Conservative	C. Lambert	149	13.0
	Liberal Democrats	K. Bowden	56	4.9
	Plaid Cymru	R. Hughes	46	4.0
	Green	K. Simpson	26	2.3
Majority
Turnout				31.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Cowbridge

Cowbridge 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Thomas*	1,247	47.4
	Labour	J. Baty	883	33.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Sain Ley Berry	325	12.4
	Plaid Cymru	H. Llewellyn-Morgan	174	6.6
Majority
Turnout				44.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cyncoed Village

Cyncoed Village 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Holiday*	1,290	46.6
	Conservative	C. Baker	807	35.7
	Labour	C. Bonnett	161	7.1
Majority
Turnout				54.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cyntwell

Cyntwell 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Burley	593	45.9
	Labour	B. Phillips*	538	45.2
	Conservative	J. Courtis	58	4.9
Majority
Turnout				32.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Deri

Deri 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Davies*	862	47.2
	Labour	F. John	539	29.5
	Liberal Democrats	G. Hallett	347	19.0
	Green	G. Jones	79	4.3
Majority
Turnout				40.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dinas Powys North

Dinas Powys North 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Chris Franks*	1,403	59.3
	Conservative	M. Pound	502	21.2
	Labour	J. Davies	366	15.5
	Liberal Democrats	B. Southwell	96	4.1
Majority
Turnout				48.3
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Dinas Powys South

Dinas Powys South 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Ernest	798	36.9
	Labour	R. Cox	636	29.4
	Plaid Cymru	David Haswell	493	22.8
	Liberal Democrats	C. Southwell	236	10.9
Majority
Turnout				39.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dyfan

Dyfan 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Watkins*	933	58.0
	Conservative	K. Wright	441	27.4
	Liberal Democrats	K. Matthews	191	11.9
	Plaid Cymru	M. Storm	45	2.8
Majority
Turnout				41.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Eglwys Wen

Eglwys Wen 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Fennessy*	1,498	51.3
	Conservative	D. Porter	894	30.6
	Liberal Democrats	G. Mellem	318	10.9
	Plaid Cymru	Harri Pritchard-Jones	211	7.2
Majority
Turnout				47.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Fairwater

Fairwater 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Rees	1,034	61.0
	Conservative	R. Trigg	419	24.7
	Liberal Democrats	P. Gemson	241	14.2
Majority
Turnout				31.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Gabalfa

Gabalfa 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Campbell*	1,153	70.8
	Conservative	E. Morgan	250	15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Cathy Pearcy	225	13.8
Majority
Turnout				33.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Gibbonsdown

Gibbonsdown 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Murray*	1,084	82.1
	Conservative	W. Nunn	131	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	S. Bowden	61	4.6
	Plaid Cymru	O. Phillips	44	3.3
Majority
Turnout				34.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Glan Ely

Glan Ely 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Russell Goodway^o	1,082	78.4
	Conservative	N. Durbin	145	10.5
	Liberal Democrats	R. Hewlett	106	4.6
	BNP	A. Morgan	47	3.4
Majority
Turnout				25.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Heath Park

Heath Park 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony John*	789	43.2
	Labour	M. Harries	594	32.5
	Liberal Democrats	W. Monkley	444	24.3
Majority
Turnout				34.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Highmead

Highmead 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Finn	1,020	74.2
	Conservative	W. Clarke	216	15.7
	Liberal Democrats	H. Gemson	138	10.0
Majority
Turnout				25.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Illtyd

Illtyd 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Griffiths*	1,068	46.4
	Conservative	E. Williams	1,002	43.5
	Liberal Democrats	E. Maw	132	5.7
	Plaid Cymru	E. Rees	101	4.4
Majority
Turnout				70.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Lakeside

Lakeside 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	T. Pickets	1,342	67.6
	Conservative	K. Fisher	496	23.4
	Labour	D. Owen	221	10.4
	Green	D. Corker	57	2.7
Majority
Turnout				47.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Landsdowne

Landsdowne 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cherry Short	1,199	67.6
	Conservative	C. Trigg	295	16.6
	Liberal Democrats	A. Burns	179	10.1
	Green	V. Turner	101	5.7
Majority
Turnout				30.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Lisvane with St Mellons

Lisvane with St Mellons 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Campbell*	858	46.2
	Liberal Democrats	A. Holland	677	36.5
	Labour	S. Pantak	270	14.5
	Green	H. O'Connor	51	2.7
Majority
Turnout				39.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llandaff

Llandaff 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julius Hermer*	1,217	48.0
	Labour	J. Sheppard	763	30.1
	Liberal Democrats	E. Williams	299	11.8
	Plaid Cymru	Eluned Bush	164	6.5
	Green	F. James	93	3.7
Majority
Turnout				36.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llandaff North

Llandaff North 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. A'Hearne*	1,554	72.3
	Conservative	J. Marshall	346	16.1
	Liberal Democrats	J. Reece	248	11.5
Majority
Turnout				35.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanedeyrn

Vita Jones was elected as an SDP candidate in 1987 but subsequently rejoined the Labour Party.

Llanedeyrn 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vita Jones*	1,469	78.4
	Liberal Democrats	S. Wakefield	204	10.9
	Conservative	J. Munton	200	10.7
Majority
Turnout				28.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanrumney North

Llanrumney North 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Lawes*	1,005	84.6
	Conservative	A. Price	112	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	A. Khan	71	6.0
Majority
Turnout				26.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanrumney South

Llanrumney South 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Francis*	946	70.6
	Conservative	S. Woods	290	21.6
	Green	L. Davey	104	7.8
Majority
Turnout				29.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Mackintosh

Mackintosh 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Morgan*	1,464	67.4
	Conservative	J. Evans	278	12.8
	Liberal Democrats	M. Morris	225	10.4
	Plaid Cymru	E. Parish	121	5.6
	Green	P. Ward	84	3.9
Majority
Turnout				37.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Maindy

Maindy 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Rees	1,106	46.4
	Labour	Reginald Surridge	966	40.5
	Conservative	E. Dibble	127	5.3
	Plaid Cymru	Fflur Roberts	93	3.9
	Green	D. Beasely	91	3.8
Majority
Turnout				41.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

North Whitchurch with Tongwynlais

North Whitchurch with Tongwynlais 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Salmon	1,502	52.2
	Conservative	W. Griffiths	1,165	40.5
	Liberal Democrats	P. Brightman	210	7.3
Majority
Turnout				51.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Pantllacca

Labour had won the seat from the Liberal Democrats in a by-election

Pantllacca 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Hinchey*	762	52.7
	Liberal Democrats	G. Venning	462	32.0
	Conservative	J. Dickson	191	13.2
	Green	M. Duddy	31	2.1
Majority
Turnout				28.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Pantmawr

Pantmawr 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gareth Neale*	917	45.0
	Labour	S. Williams	652	32.0
	Liberal Democrats	J. Brent	338	16.6
	Plaid Cymru	F. Griffiths	131	6.4
Majority
Turnout				41.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park

Park 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Lent*	1,218	60.6
	Liberal Democrats	D. Powell	328	16.3
	Conservative	R. Evans	259	12.9
	Plaid Cymru	D. Jones	122	6.1
	Green	C. Von Ruhland	84	4.2
Majority
Turnout				29.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Pentre Bane

Pentre Bane 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caerwyn Roderick*	970	76.7
	Conservative	C. Davison-Sebry	167	13.2
	Liberal Democrats	C. Ceaton	127	10.0
Majority
Turnout				25.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Penylan

Penylan 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Michaelis	1,192	57.7
	Conservative	G. Hughes*	575	27.8
	Labour	W. Matthews	300	14.5
Majority
Turnout				41.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Plymouth

Plymouth 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Turner*	977	57.0
	Labour	P. McGarrigle	495	28.9
	Plaid Cymru	M. Harries	131	7.6
	Green	K. Hooper	112	6.5
Majority
Turnout				40.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pontcanna

Pontcanna 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Pearson	892	55.7
	Conservative	W. Donaldson	282	17.6
	Plaid Cymru	Penni Bestic	171	10.7
	Liberal Democrats	K. Blackburn	145	9.1
	Green	R. Wood	111	6.9
Majority
Turnout				32.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Radyr with St Fagans

Marion Drake, elected as an SDP candidate in 1987, subsequently joined Labour.

Radyr with St Fagans 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marian Drake*	1,158	59.1
	Conservative	P. Davison-Sebry	645	32.9
	Liberal Democrats	N. Roberts	157	8.0
Majority
Turnout				49.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Rhoose with Llancarfan

Rhoose with Llancarfan 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. James*	1,009	61.8
	Labour	B. Goodway	625	38.2
Majority
Turnout				42.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Riverside South

Riverside South 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Singh	886	71.6
	Liberal Democrats	K. Hammacott	124	10.0
	Conservative	A. Walker	124	10.0
	Plaid Cymru	P. Daley	103	8.3
Majority
Turnout				27.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Rumney

Rumney 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Payne*	1,484	67.0
	Conservative	S. Whiting	597	27.0
	Plaid Cymru	D. Reeves	133	6.0
Majority
Turnout				32.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Saltmead

Saltmead 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Richards*	1,116	68.6
	Conservative	W. Selwood	274	16.8
	Plaid Cymru	D. Williams	146	9.0
	Liberal Democrats	M. Verma	91	5.6
Majority
Turnout				31.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Splott

Splott 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	M. Cook	1,181	54.1
	Labour	John Brooks*	765	35.1
	Conservative	A. McCarthy	122	5.6
	Liberal Democrats	K. Chubb	83	3.8
	Communist	D. Macaskill	31	1.4
Majority				19.0
Turnout				43.2
	Independent Labour gain from Labour		Swing

St Athan with Boverton

St Athan with Boverton 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Doughty*	1,063	56.5
	Conservative	T. Crowther	613	32.6
	Liberal Democrats	B. Van Rooyen	126	6.7
	Plaid Cymru	S. Stephens	78	4.1
Majority
Turnout				38.9
	Labour hold		Swing

St Augustines

St Augustines 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Gray*	852	54.9
	Conservative	B. Chapple	431	27.8
	Plaid Cymru	D. Harries	179	6.7
	Green	P. Kinnersley	91	5.9
Majority
Turnout				36.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Stanwell

Stanwell 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Rees	660	57.1
	Conservative	A. Williams	402	34.8
	Plaid Cymru	S. Fford	93	8.1
Majority
Turnout				36.6
	Labour hold		Swing

The Marl

The Marl 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Perkins*	861	74.4
	Conservative	J. Summerhayes	213	18.4
	Liberal Democrats	R. Pye	51	4.4
	Plaid Cymru	Emyr Phillips	33	2.8
Majority
Turnout				27.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Thornhill

Thornhill 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicholas Butler*	1,791	58.4
	Conservative	M. Voisey	755	24.6
	Liberal Democrats	V. Hallet	520	17.0
Majority
Turnout				42.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Ton-yr-Ywen

Ton-yr-Ywen 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Rees*	644	39.4
	Labour	P. Owen	584	35.7
	Liberal Democrats	J. James	313	19.1
	Green	M. Evans	94	5.7
Majority
Turnout				39.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Trelai

Trelai 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqui Gasson*	903	59.3
	Labour	Julie Mawn	621	40.7
Majority
Turnout				39.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tremorfa

Tremorfa 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Houlston*	869	78.0
	Plaid Cymru	A. O'Neill	142	12.7
	Conservative	J. McCarthy	79	7.1
	Liberal Democrats	J. Febbo	24	2.2
Majority
Turnout				38.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Trowbridge

Trowbridge 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Bowen*	1,531	74.3
	Conservative	R. Price	337	16.4
	Liberal Democrats	S. Sinha	120	5.8
	Plaid Cymru	S. Parry	73	3.5
Majority
Turnout				22.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Ty Glas

Ty Glas 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Bettinson	931	50.4
	Conservative	P. Tatham	662	35.9
	Liberal Democrats	D. Wright	253	13.7
Majority
Turnout				49.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Vale of Glamorgan North East

Vale of Glamorgan North East 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Prior*	749	50.5
	Labour	J. Evans	331	22.3
	Liberal Democrats	S. Campbell	287	19.3
	Plaid Cymru	N. Williams	117	7.9
Majority
Turnout				40.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vale of Glamorgan South West

Vale of Glamorgan South West 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Hughes*	1,451	67.3
	Conservative	E. Bryant	504	23.4
	Plaid Cymru	M. Gill	79	3.7
	Liberal Democrats	D. Van Rooyen	79	3.7
	Green	A. Markey	42	1.9
Majority
Turnout				46.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Waterloo

Waterloo 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	L. Kelloway*	1,392	62.3
	Labour	R. Rees	412	18.4
	Conservative	A. Baker	329	14.7
	Plaid Cymru	Huw Marshall	102	4.6
Majority
Turnout				47.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

KEY

* existing councillor, for the same ward
^o existing councillor, but for a different ward

Notes

References

1. "South Glamorgan County Council Election Results 1973–1993" (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 16 May 2019.