1910–1914 Aberdare Urban District Council elections

1910 Welsh local government election November 2019 1919-45 Aberdare Urban District Council elections The Aberdare Urban District Council was established in 1894 and covered the parish of Aberdare. Its responsibilities included public health, sanitation, roads and public works generally. There were five wards, namely Aberaman (also known as No. 5 Ward), Blaengwawr (also known as No. 4 Ward), Gadlys (also known as No. 2 Ward), Llwydcoed (also known as No. 1 Ward), and the Town Ward (also known as No. 3 Ward). Originally, one member was elected from each ward on an annual basis, but from 1904 an additional member was granted to each ward, resulting in the election of ten members, out of a total of twenty, every three years. At the intervening election, one member continued to be elected. In 1914, on the eve of the Great War, elections took place for an additional seven seats on the council, taking the total membership of the council to 27.Aberdare District Council Elections. Every Ward to be Contested. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003610/19140718/006/0006?browse=False 9 April 2025 Aberdare Leader 18 July 1914 6 No further elections were held until 1919 1910 Aberdare Urban District Council election An election was held in April 1910.Aberdare District Council http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3646211/ART90/ 14 July 2014 Aberdare Leader 9 April 1910 It was preceded by the 1909 election and followed by the 1911 election. The term of office of members elected at the 1907 election came to an end and those elected were to serve until 1913. (*) denotes sitting member Aberaman Ward (two seats) Aberaman Ward 1910 Edmund Mills Hann* 1,226 Labour Party (UK) Illtyd Hopkins* 1,022 Labour Party (UK) Joseph Wigley 644 Blaengwawr Ward (two seats) Blaengwawr Ward 1910 Labour Party (UK) David Davies* unopposed Labour Party (UK) E. Stonelake* unopposed Gadlys Ward Gadlys Ward 1910 Thomas Lewis* 852 Henry Evans 812 Labour Party (UK) Idwal Thomas 597 Independent Labour Party (UK) Evan Parker 345 Llwydcoed Ward (two seats) Llwydcoed Ward 1910 T. Walter Williams* 1,155 Rees Llewellyn* 1,034 W.T. Harries 244 Town Ward (two seats) Town Ward 1910 A.P. Jones 1,109 David Price Davies* 986 Labour Party (UK) W.T. James 414 1911 Aberdare Urban District Council election An election was held in April 1911. The retiring members had been elected in 1908. There were contested elections in two of the five wards.The Elections. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003610/19110401/006/0006 20 February 2025 Aberdare Leader 1 April 1911 6 Aberaman Ward Aberaman Ward 1911 Labour Party (UK) John Davies* unopposed Blaengwawr Ward Blaengwawr Ward 1911 Liberal Party (UK) John Howell 790 Labour Party (UK) Tom Bowen* 592 Gadlys Ward Gadlys Ward 1911 Liberal Party (UK) George Powell 747 Labour Party (UK) Idwal Thomas 642 Llwydcoed Ward Llwydcoed Ward 1911 M.J. Harries* unopposed Town Ward Town Ward 1911 Lewis Noah Williams* unopposed 1912 Aberdare Urban District Council election Three of the five wards were contested with Labour retaining two seats and the Independents one.District Council Elections. Aberdare Contests. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003610/19120406/004/0004 6 March 2025 Aberdare Leader 6 April 1912 4 Aberaman Ward Aberaman Ward 1912 Labour Party (UK) William Rees* unopposed Blaengwawr Ward Blaengwawr Ward 1912 Labour Party (UK) D. Jackson Thomas* unopposed Gadlys Ward Gadlys Ward 1912 Labour Party (UK) Idwal Thomas 709 James H. James* 537 Llwydcoed Ward Llwydcoed Ward 1912 J.O. George unopposed Town Ward Town Ward 1912 W. Thomas* unopposed 1913 Aberdare Urban District Council election An election was held on 7 April 1913.Aberdare District Council. Labour Gain and Lose a Seat https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003610/19130412/003/0003 14 March 2025 Aberdare Leader 12 April 1913 3 In Gadlys, Thomas Lewis, recently elected unopposed to Glamorgan County Council, lost his seat to Labour after Edmund Stonelake, who previously represeneted Blaengwawr, switched wards. Lewis's defeat was attributed not only to a feeling that he could not effectively serve as a county and district councillor but also the fact that he was estranged from many of his fellow members at Ebenezer chapel, who refused to support him. Aberaman Ward (two seats) Aberaman Ward 1913 Independent (politician) Edmund Mills Hann* 1,333 Labour Party (UK) Illtyd Hopkins* 550 Liberal Party (UK) Philip Rees 464 Labour Party (UK) J.T. Norman 435 Conservative Party (UK) Henry Davies 427 Blaengwawr Ward (two seats) Blaengwawr Ward 1913 Liberal Party (UK) Evan Jones 822 Labour Party (UK) David Davies* 632 Labour Party (UK) D.E. Davies 630 Gadlys Ward Gadlys Ward 1913 Liberal Party (UK) E. Ogwen Williams 709 Labour Party (UK) Edmund Stonelake* 649 Liberal Party (UK) Thomas Lewis* 584 Llwydcoed Ward (two seats) Llwydcoed Ward 1913 Independent (politician) T. Walter Williams* 1,155 Independent (politician) Rees Llewellyn* 1,034 Town Ward (two seats) Town Ward 1913 Independent (politician) A.P. Jones* 1,109 Independent (politician) David Price Davies* 986 1914 Aberdare Urban District Council election An election was held in April 1914. The retiring members had been elected in 1908. There were contested elections in two of the five wards.The Elections. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003610/19110401/006/0006 20 February 2025 Aberdare Leader 1 April 1911 6 Aberaman Ward Aberaman Ward 1911 Labour Party (UK) John Davies* unopposed Blaengwawr Ward Blaengwawr Ward 1911 Liberal Party (UK) John Howell 790 Labour Party (UK) Tom Bowen* 592 Gadlys Ward Gadlys Ward 1911 Liberal Party (UK) George Powell 747 Labour Party (UK) Idwal Thomas 642 Llwydcoed Ward Llwydcoed Ward 1911 M.J. Harries* unopposed Town Ward Town Ward 1911 Lewis Noah Williams* unopposed 1914 Aberdare Urban District Council by-elections Elections for seven additional members; three in the Aberaman Ward and one in each of the other four wards, were held a few days before the outbreak of the Great War.Aberdare District Council Elections. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003610/19140801/002/0002?browse=False 11 April 2025 Aberdare Leader 1 August 1914 2 Aberaman Ward Aberaman Ward 1914 by-election (three seats) Independent (politician) Joseph Martin 1,260 Labour Party (UK) Evan Jones 961 Labour Party (UK) John Evans 700 Independent (politician) Henry Williams 655 Labour Party (UK) John Davies 630 Blaengwawr Ward Blaengwawr Ward 1914 by-election Independent (politician) W.R. Morgan 784 Labour Party (UK) William Lawrence 438 Gadlys Ward Gadlys Ward 1914 by-election Liberal Party (UK) T.W. Griffiths 718 Labour Party (UK) Enoch Jones 555 Llwydcoed Ward Llwydcoed Ward 1914 Labour Party (UK) John Griffiths 626 Liberal Party (UK) Thomas Lewis 531 Town Ward Town Ward 1914 by-election Independent (politician) William Haggar 438 Independent (politician) Richard Morgan 364 Labour Party (UK) J.H. Bruton 258 Independent (politician) Mrs Richards 207 References Bibliography Jones Ieuan Gwynedd Explorations & Explanations. Essays in the Social History of Victorian Wales 1981 Gomer Llandysul 0 85088 644 9 Jones Ieuan Gwynedd Communities. Essays in the Social History of Victorian Wales 1987 Gomer Llandysul 0 86383 223 7 Morgan Kenneth O Kenneth O. 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