1991 Ogwr Borough Council election

April 2022 The 1991 Ogwr Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 1991 to Ogwr Borough Council, a district council in Mid Glamorgan, Wales. It took place on the same day as other council elections in Wales and England. These were to be the last elections before re-organization of local government in Wales and dissolution of the council. The previous full election took place in 1987. Overview These were the last elections to Ogwr Borough Council before local government reorganisation, which would see new unitary local authorities created in Wales from 1 April 1996. Elections to the new Bridgend County Borough Council would take place in May 1995. Results for only fifteen of the twenty nine electoral wards were confirmed overnight, with the remainder of the wards having their results announced on the Friday. Leader of the Conservatives on the council, David Unwin, was one of the first to retain his seat, coming top of the poll in Coity Higher.Labour tip scales to take control in Cardiff Western Mail 3 May 1991 6 49 council seats were up for election, a similar number to the previous election in 1987.Ogwr Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991 http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Ogwr-1973-1991.pdf The Elections Centre (Plymouth University) 24 July 2019 Election result 1991 Ogwr Borough Council election result Labour Party (UK) 39 79.6 Conservative Party (UK) 8 16.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) 1 2.0 Independent Labour 1 2.0 Independent politician 0 0.0 Plaid Cymru 0 0.0 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0.0 |} Ward results Contests took place in 21 of the 29 wards, with councillors in eight of the wards being elected unopposed.(a) Bettws (one seat) Bettws 1991 Welsh Labour Party C. Michaelides * 689 78.0 Independent politician J. Ward 194 22.0 Blackmill (one seat) Blackmill 1991 Welsh Labour Party M. Tremellen Blaengarw (one seat) Blaengarw 1991 Welsh Labour Party R. Williams 443 46.4 Independent politician D. Mordecai 385 40.4 Independent politician R. Smiles 126 13.2 Brackla (one seat) Brackla 1991 Welsh Conservative Party (Ms) P. Hacking * 713 39.2 Welsh Labour Party A. Thomas 694 38.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) R. Mathews 412 22.6 Caerau (two seats) Caerau 1991 Welsh Labour Party M. Fitzgibbon * Welsh Labour Party J. Thomas * Cefn Cribwr (one seat) Cefn Cribwr 1991 Welsh Labour Party V. Thomas * 453 58.1 Plaid Cymru K. Burnell 266 34.1 Welsh Conservative Party K. Vivian 61 7.8 Coity Higher (two seats) Coity Higher 1991 Welsh Conservative Party David Unwin * 1,063 52.8 Welsh Labour Party S. Dodd 951 47.2 Welsh Conservative Party (Ms) J. Spurgeon * 946 Welsh Labour Party N. Williams 841 Cornelly (two seats) Cornelly 1991 Welsh Labour Party F. Teale * 1,702 81.7 Welsh Labour Party A. Mason * 1,501 Welsh Conservative Party M. Powell 381 18.3 Coychurch Lower (one seat) Coychurch Lower 1991 Welsh Conservative Party J. Lewis * 502 48.2 Independent politician J. Richards 352 33.8 Welsh Labour Party E. Davies 187 18.0 Laleston (three seats) Laleston 1991 Welsh Labour Party G. Evans * 1,225 50.2 Welsh Labour Party D. Webb * 1,109 Welsh Labour Party (Ms) C. Westwood * 1,098 Welsh Conservative Party (Ms) G. Rowe 738 30.2 Welsh Conservative Party (Ms) J. Phillips 617 Welsh Conservative Party (Ms) I. Robinson 578 Plaid Cymru Laura McAllister 478 19.6 Plaid Cymru (Ms) A. McAllister 425 Llangeinor (one seat) Llangeinor 1991 Labour tip scales to take control in Cardiff - Results - Mid Glam Western Mail 3 May 1991 6 Welsh Labour Party C. G. Evans Llangynwyd (one seat) Cornelly 1991 Welsh Labour Party R. Lewis * 528 57.3 Plaid Cymru A. Rees 393 42.7 Maesteg East (two seats) Maesteg East 1991 Welsh Labour Party W. B. Evans * Welsh Labour Party J. H. Jones Maesteg West (two seats) Maesteg West 1991 Welsh Labour Party T. O. Rees * Welsh Labour Party E. V. Thomas * Morfa (two seats) Morfa (Bridgend) 1991 Welsh Labour Party (Ms) I. Jones * 963 64.1 Welsh Labour Party E. Foley 871 Welsh Conservative Party (Ms) E. Chard 539 35.9 Welsh Conservative Party W. Rutter * 500 Nantyffyllon (one seat) Nantyffyllon 1991 Welsh Labour Party G. Devine * Nant-y-moel (one seat) Nant-y-moel 1991 Welsh Labour Party (Ms) M. Williams Newcastle (two seats) Newcastle (Bridgend) 1991 Welsh Labour Party H. Morris 952 52.2 Welsh Labour Party R. Bowser 887 Welsh Conservative Party F. Bertorelli * 873 47.8 Welsh Conservative Party K. Rowe * 804 Newcastle Higher (one seat) Newcastle Higher 1991 Welsh Labour Party M. J. Thomas * 700 50.7 Welsh Conservative Party (Ms) J. R. L. Padmore 504 36.5 Plaid Cymru R. A. Fattorini 177 12.8 Ogmore Vale (one seat) Ogmore Vale 1991 Welsh Labour Party (Ms) C. Bishop * Oldcastle (two seats) Oldcastle (Bridgend) 1991 Welsh Conservative Party D. Williams * 722 56.7 Welsh Conservative Party (Ms) G. Griffiths * 674 Welsh Labour Party (Ms) M. Rogers 552 43.3 Pencoed (three seats) Pencoed 1991 Welsh Labour Party F. Embling * 1,723 58.9 Welsh Labour Party D. Davies * 1,598 Welsh Labour Party K. King * 1,469 Welsh Conservative Party (Ms) L. Mackie 1,200 41.1 Welsh Conservative Party (Ms) N. Prentice 1,165 Welsh Conservative Party B. Rice 978 Pontycymmer (one seat) Pontycymmer 1991 Welsh Labour Party (Ms) H. Griffiths 568 68.9 Independent politician (Ms) M. Hawkins * 256 31.1 Porthcawl East (three seats) Porthcawl East 1991 Welsh Labour Party A. Anthony 1,292 51.3 Welsh Conservative Party D. Anderson * 1,228 48.7 Welsh Labour Party (Ms) A. Lake 1,183 Welsh Labour Party P. Jones 1,164 Welsh Conservative Party (Ms) K. Deere * 1,116 Welsh Conservative Party J. Pritchard * 1,000 Porthcawl West (four seats) Porthcawl West 1991 Welsh Conservative Party Peter Hubbard-Miles 1,385 32.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) G. Davies 1,159 26.7 Welsh Labour Party R. Griffiths * 1,137 26.2 Welsh Labour Party Madeleine Moon 1,060 Welsh Conservative Party G. Fairley * 979 Welsh Conservative Party (Ms) R. Garrett 978 Welsh Labour Party (Ms) J. Ryan 924 Welsh Conservative Party D. John 885 Welsh Labour Party M. Hooper 883 Liberal Democrats (UK) J. Williams 880 Welsh Conservative Party C. Smart 827 Welsh Conservative Party D. Newton-Williams 781 Welsh Conservative Party (Ms) D. De Laroque * 674 Plaid Cymru E. Merriman 653 15.1 The Conservatives in Porthcawl had fallen out with one another, leading to seven candidates vying for the four seats. Pyle (three seats) Pyle 1991 Welsh Labour Party J. Irvine * 1,835 84.1 Welsh Labour Party R. Power * 1,746 Welsh Labour Party (Ms) M. Butcher 1,738 Welsh Conservative Party R. Preston 347 15.9 St Brides Major (one seat) St Brides Major 1991 Welsh Conservative Party (Ms) A. J. Preston * 701 62.0 Welsh Labour Party E. A. Bowers 429 38.0 St Brides Minor (two seats) St Brides Minor 1991 Welsh Labour Party Glan Walters * 1,157 44.9 Independent Labour Mel Winter * 1,021 39.6 Welsh Labour Party Melvyn E. G. Nott 871 Welsh Conservative Party M. G. Butler 401 15.5 Mel Winter, a ward councillor since 1983, had been de-selected as a Labour candidate. He stood and won as an independent. Ynysawdre (one seat) Ynysawdre 1991 Welsh Labour Party W. Burt * 828 84.8 Welsh Conservative Party (Ms) H. Evans 148 15.2 (a) Elections Centre source compares the percentage vote of the lead candidate for each party in the ward. It also indicates which candidates are female. It indicates which candidates are sitting councillors standing for re-election * retiring councillor in the ward standing for re-election References Ogwr 1991 Ogwr