1904 Aberdare Urban District Council election

1904 Welsh local government election November 2019 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. An election was held in April 1904.Aberdare District Council Election. Result of the Poll http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3575993/ART11/ 13 June 2014 Aberdare Leader 2 April 1904 It was preceded by the 1903 election and followed by the 1905 election. The term of office of members elected at the 1901 election came to an end and those elected were to serve until 1907. In line with an increase in the population a number of additional seats had been granted by the County Council. (*) denotes sitting member Results by ward Aberaman Ward (two seats) Aberaman Ward Edmund Mills Hann* 1,156 Labour Party (UK) Charles B. Stanton 796 Morgan Powell 565 Blaengwawr Ward (two seats) Blaengwawr Ward 1904 Labour Party (UK) David Davies unopposed Labour Party (UK) Edmund Stonelake unopposed Gadlys Ward Gadlys Ward 1904 Rev J. Morgan Jones 688 William Thomas 487 W. Harper 480 A.S. Pleace 290 Llwydcoed Ward (two seats) Llwydcoed Ward Rees Llewellyn* 872 T. Walter Williams 866 William Williams 238 Joseph Morgan 177 James Berry 125 Town Ward (two seats) Town Ward Edward Morgan* 933 David Price Davies 932 David Phillips 380 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. Morgan Wales in British Politics 1868-1922 1991 University of Wales Press Cardiff 0708311245 Parry Jon Labour Leaders and Local Politics 1888-1902: The Example of Aberdare Welsh History Review 1989 14 3 399–416 http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewobject/llgc-id:1080171/article/000016672 24 October 2013 uncollapsed 1904 Category:1904 Welsh local elections