1931 Neath Rural District Council election

An election to the Neath Rural District Council in Wales was held on 29 March 1931. It was preceded by the 1928 election and was followed by the 1934 election.^[1]

Overview of the results

Many seats were closely contested and resulted in one Labour gain.

Ward Results

Baglan Higher (one seat)

Baglan Higher 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Jones*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Blaengwrach (one seats)

Blaengwrach 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rosser Jenkins	165
	Labour	Thomas Davies	155
	Independent hold		Swing

Blaenrhonddan (three seats)

Blaenrhonddan 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J.T. Evans*	801
	Independent	Llew Jones	715
	Independent	W.A. Leyson	709
	Independent	Edward Bowen	623
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Clyne (one seats)

Clyne 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles. R. Kimber*	211
	Independent	J.R. Morgan	190
	Labour hold		Swing

Coedffranc (five seats)

Coedffranc 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jenkins	1,926
	Independent	Ogley Lewis David*	1,875
	Independent	Amy Jones*	1,645
	Labour	Mary Elizabeth Davies*	1,361
	Independent	Thomas Lloyd*	1,146
	Independent	John Harris Evans	1,053
	Labour	David Thomas	912
	Labour	William Davies*	655
	Independent	William George Long	486
	Labour	Philip Evans	462
	Communist	David John Jones	285
	Independent	David John Evans	247
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Dyffryn Clydach (two seats)

Dyffryn Clydach 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Thomas	309
	Independent	D.G. Davies	271
	Labour	A.H. Saunders*	236
	Independent	David Williams	229
	Labour	T. Cantle	155
	Independent	Tom Williams*	107
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Dulais Higher, Crynant Ward (one seats)

Dulais Higher, Crynant Ward 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Jeffreys	274
	Labour	Jenkin Morgan	267
	Independent hold		Swing

Dulais Higher, Onllwyn Ward (one seats)

Dulais Higher, Onllwyn Ward 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John James*	491
	Independent	Gwladys Thomas	386
	Labour	Walter Evans	6
	Labour hold		Swing

Dulais Higher, Seven Sisters Ward (two seats)

Dulais Higher, Seven Sisters Ward 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Jones	541
	Independent	William Prosser	527
	Independent	Robert Brown	365
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Dulais Lower (one seat)

Dulais Lower 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W. Haydn Rees	183
	Labour	Elizabeth F.J. Griffiths	131
	Independent hold		Swing

Michaelstone Higher (one seat)

Michaelstone Higher 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W.J. Lewis*	255
	Independent	H.W. Crouch	212
	Labour hold		Swing

Neath Higher (three seats)

Neath Higher 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Arthur*	842
	Labour	Cliff Protheroe	763
	Labour	Morgan Morgan	756
	Labour	R.H. Taylor	644
	Independent	William Rees	578
	Conservative	E. Williams	225
	Communist	T. Williams	58
	Communist	E. Thomas	43
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Neath Lower (one seat)

Neath Lower 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Llewellyn Edwards*	101
	Labour	Thomas Jones	83
	Independent hold		Swing

Resolven, Cwmgwrach Ward (one seat)

Resolven, Cwmgwrach Ward 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trevor Lewis	173
	Labour	W. Powell	133
	Independent	C.A. Purchase	79
	Communist	E. Sherlock	21
	Labour hold		Swing

Resolven, Resolven Ward (two seats)

Resolven, Resolven Ward 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D.J.Evans*	801
	Labour	Fred Thomas	484
	Independent	Arthur Davies*	379
	Labour	Llew Davies	290
	Independent	J.H. Pitts	232
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Resolven, Rhigos Ward (two seats)

Resolven, Rhigos Ward 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Evans*	350
	Independent	J.T. Jones*	325
	Labour	H. Walters	132
	Labour	R.J. Douglas	99
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Resolven, Tonna Ward (one seat)

Resolven, Tonna Ward 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W.G. Harrington	348
	Labour	William Thomas	314
	Independent hold		Swing

Ystradfellte (two seats)

Ystradfellte 1931

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jenkin Davies	Unopposed
	Independent	James Matthews	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

References

1. "Neath RDC Elections. One Socialist Gain". Neath Guardian. 2 April 1931. p. 2. Retrieved 15 November 2022.