1995 Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council election

The first election to the Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council was held on 4 May 1995.^[1] 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 West Glamorgan County Council. The ward boundaries for the new authority were based on the previous Lliw Valley Borough Council, Neath Borough Council and Swansea City Council although the number of members elected for individual wards was reduced. Conservative candidates were heavily defeated.^[2]

Neath and Port Talbot County Borough Council election result 1995

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Plaid Cymru
	Other parties	5
	SDP	2
	Green	0

Candidates

Most sitting members of West 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

Aberavon (three seats)

Aberavon 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP	Anthony Taylor	1,080
	Labour	Ken Johnson	955
	Labour	Andrew Brian Jones	898
	SDP	Jeffrey Dinham	889
	Labour	John Sparks	794
	SDP	Thomas John Sullivan	765
Turnout				46.9
	SDP win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Aberdulais (one seat)

Aberdulais 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elwyn Jones	701
	Liberal Democrats	Bryan Cummings	86
Majority			615
Turnout				54.3
	Labour win (new seat)

Alltwen (one seat)

Alltwen 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Lewis	646
	Plaid Cymru	Dewi Evans	403
Majority			243
Turnout				60.0
	Labour win (new seat)

Baglan (three seats)

Baglan 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Harris+	1,455
	Ratepayers	Arthur Edward Wheatley	1,370
	Ratepayers	Glenys Crompton	1,333
	Labour	Leslie Rees	1,287
	Ratepayers	John Awbery	1,262
	Labour	Marian Golding	1,212
Turnout				52.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Ratepayers win (new seat)
	Ratepayers win (new seat)

Blaengwrach (one seat)

Blaengwrach 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Hughes	510
	Plaid Cymru	Carolyn Edwards	388
Majority			122
Turnout				58.0
	Labour win (new seat)

Briton Ferry East (one seat)

Briton Ferry East 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Morgan	734
	Plaid Cymru	Sylvia Tudor	250
	Independent	Graham Thompson	142
Majority			484
Turnout				45.0
	Labour win (new seat)

Briton Ferry West (one seat)

Briton Ferry West 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stan Atherton	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Bryn and Cwmavon (three seats)

Bryn and Cwmavon 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mel John+	1,711
	Labour	Gaynor Williams	1,437
	Labour	Tom Morgans	1,296
	Liberal Democrats	Marilyn Harris	942
	Independent Labour	Bryn Roblin	904
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Pursey	585
Turnout				51.8
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bryncoch North (one seat)

Bryncoch North 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Royston Jones	479
	Plaid Cymru	Philip Cockwell	444
Majority			35
Turnout				48.4
	Labour win (new seat)

Bryncoch South (two seats)

Bryncoch South 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Iris Hobbs	915
	Labour	Kenneth Palmer	819
	Plaid Cymru	Gareth Richards	509
	Plaid Cymru	Martyn Peters	485
Turnout				48.3
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Cadoxton (one seat)

Cadoxton 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Hughes	481
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Parkinson	57
Majority			424
Turnout				48.3
	Labour win (new seat)

Cimla (two seats)

Cimla 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reg Teale	921
	Liberal Democrats	John Warman	761
	Labour	David George Williams	543
	Plaid Cymru	William Havard	151
	Plaid Cymru	Raymond Pooley	120
Turnout				40.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Coedffranc Central (two seats)

Coedffranc Central 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Wales Democratic Left	Glaslyn Morgan	787
	Independent	Betsan Powell	760
	Labour	David Davies	732
	Labour	Jim Bond	501
Turnout				49.9
	Others win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Coedffranc North (one seat)

Coedffranc North 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Davies	379
	Independent	Jean Phillips	277
	Labour	Beryl Florance	248
Majority			102
Turnout				47.8
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Coedffranc West (one seat)

Coedffranc West 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ray Williams	590
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Lloyd	170
Majority			420
Turnout				46.0
	Labour win (new seat)

Crynant (one seat)

Crynant 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lyn Harper	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Cwmllynfell (one seat)

Cwmllynfell 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Idwal Griffiths	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Cymmer (one seat)

Cymmer 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Stokes	718
	Independent	Mairwen Goodridge	551
Majority			167
Turnout				51,0
	Labour win (new seat)

Dyffryn (one seat)

Dyffryn 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Stephen Absalom	759
	Labour	Norman Thomas	504
Majority			255
Turnout				51.0
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Glyncorrwg (one seat)

Glyncorrwg 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glyn Rawlins	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Glynneath (two seats)

Glynneath 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Del Morgan	977
	Labour	David Williams	976
	Labour	Jacqueline Joseph	617
	Plaid Cymru	Horace Lewis	542
Turnout				56.0
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Godre'r Graig (one seat)

Godre'rgraig 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Mainwaring	342
	Plaid Cymru	Rosalyn Davies	246
Majority			96
Turnout				49.0
	Labour win (new seat)

Gwaun Cae Gurwen (one seat)

Gwaun Cae Gurwen 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwenda Thomas	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Gwynfi (one seat)

Gwynfi 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Labour	David Evans	640
	Labour	Malcolm Reeves	263
Majority
Turnout
	Others win (new seat)

Lower Brynamman (one seat)

Lower Brynamman 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arwyn Woolcock	468
	Plaid Cymru	Will John Evans	211
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Margam (one seat)

Margam 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Mason	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Neath East (three seats)

Neath East 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Cotton	1,543
	Labour	Charles Henrywood	1,520
	Labour	Mel Pearson	1,477
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Chambers-Rennison	293
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Neath North (two seats)

Neath North 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Evans	722
	Labour	Derek Vaughan	682
	Independent Labour	Clive Thomas	680
	Independent Labour	Margaret Williams	656
	Plaid Cymru	Janet Francis	180
	Plaid Cymru	Susan Griffiths	133
	Conservative	Gwilym Levell	96
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Neath South (two seats)

Neath South 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Gunter	1,038
	Labour	Peter Rees	927
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Moth	316
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Onllwyn (one seat)

Onllwyn 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Thomas	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Pelenna (one seat)

Pelenna 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Jones	408
	Plaid Cymru	Rosalind Thomas	206
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Pontardawe (two seats)

Pontardawe 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rhys Daniel	1,051
	Labour	Des Flook	1,036
	Plaid Cymru	John Morgan	491
	Independent	Huw Llewelyn Williams	462
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Little	137
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Port Talbot (three seats)

Port Talbot 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayers	Pamela Spender	906
	Labour	Jennifer Dando	839
	Labour	Viv Lewis	822
	Independent	Ted Miles	792
	Labour	Richard Thomas	774
	Ratepayers	David Williams	739
Turnout
	Others win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Resolven (one seat)

Resolven 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Desmond Davies	874
	Independent Labour	Dennis Williams	333
	Plaid Cymru	Trefor Jones	278
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Rhos (one seat)

Rhos 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Thomas	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Sandfields East (three seats)

Sandfields East 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Noel Crowley	1,840
	Labour	Colin Crowley	1,809
	Labour	Hilda Mears	1,800
	World's Greatest Lover	Captain Beany	262
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Sandfields West (three seats)

Sandfields West 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Olga Jones	1,461
	Labour	Eric Goodger	1,413
	Labour	William Harris	1,405
	Plaid Cymru	Kelvin Edwards	535
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Seven Sisters (one seat)

Seven Sisters 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Lloyd	765
	Independent	Stuart Jones	290
	Plaid Cymru	Alison Holloway	72
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Taibach (two seats)

Taibach 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Owen	unopposed
	Labour	John Rogers	unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Tonna (one seat)

Tonna 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ronald Boulden	602
	Labour	Doreen Jones	364
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Trebanos (one seat)

Trebanos 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dan Young	334
	Plaid Cymru	Walter Conibeer	204
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Ystalyfera (one seat)

Ystalyfera 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Llywelyn	901
	Labour	Jackie Myers	647
Majority
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

References

1. "Election Results". Western Mail. 6 May 1995.
2. "Election Special". South Wales Evening Post. 5 May 1995.