1967 Cardiff City Council election

Local election in Cardiff, Wales April 2022 The 1967 Cardiff City Council election was held on Thursday 11 May 1967 to elect councillors to Cardiff City Council in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales. It took place on the same day as several other county borough elections in Wales and England. The previous elections to this one were in May 1966 and the next elections would be in May 1968. The election saw the Conservatives taking a significant number of seats back from the Labour Party, as well as winning every new seat. Background Cardiff County Borough Council had been created in 1889. Cardiff became a city in 1905. Elections to the local authority were held annually, though not all council seats were included in each contest, because each of the three councillors in each ward stood down for election in rotation. The council also comprised aldermen who were elected for a six-year period by the councillors. The local government elections took place in the context of Harold Wilson's Labour UK government struggling with cabinet splits over their plans to join the European Common Market.Gordon Jackson Cabinet shake-up on the way South Wales Echo 12 May 1967 1 New wards Two new Cardiff electoral wards of Rhiwbina and Whitchurch were created for this election, following the transfer of these areas from Cardiff Rural. Three councillors were elected for each of these wards at this election, increasing the numbers on Cardiff City Council by six. Because each of the three councillors in every ward stood down for re-election in rotation, the winners of the Rhiwbina/Whitchurch polls would sit for three years before standing down, the second placed candidates would sit for two years and the third-placed candidates would need to stand for re-election in 12 months time.All eyes on Whitchurch and Rhiwbina - newcomers hold the key to power South Wales Echo 9 May 1967 6 For to bring the election procedure into line with that in the city's other wards, whoever tops the poll in the two new wards goes to City Hall for a full three-year term. The runners-up will serve for two years, while those in third place ...must face the electorate again in 12 months time... In this way the added areas will in future elect one member every year from 1968. Overview of the result Twenty-three seats in 19 electoral wards were up for election in May 1967. In a "landslide election" the Conservative Party gained their biggest ever majority on the council, taking 4 seats off the Labour Party, one of the Liberals and winning all six new seats in Rhiwbina and Whitchurch.18-seat lead in Cardiff for Tories South Wales Echo 12 May 1967 1 Gains included the traditionally Labour seat in the South ward, taken by 36 votes. Labour group leader, Alderman Lyons, blamed Independent candidates splitting the Labour vote. The council gained its first ever black councillor, Manuel Delgado, in the Splott ward. It also gained a brother and sister combination, with Trevor Tyrell joining his sister, Bella Brown, in the Canton Ward. Plaid Cymru were fielding a large number of candidates for the first time in Cardiff and polled well in Plasmawr and the two new Rhiwbina/Whitchurch wards. Council composition Immediately following the election the Conservatives had a majority of 18 on the council, though after aldermanic elections the balance on the city council was expected to be 50 Conservatives and 26 Labour representatives. 11 Conservative aldermen were elected on 22 May, with the two Labour aldermen standing for re-election losing their places. Conservative alderman Layton Lougher was also replaced.Alderman ousted from city council South Wales Echo 22 May 1967 1 Ward results Contests took place in every ward at this election. In most wards one council seat was up for election, but in Rhiwbina and Whitchurch three seats were available.We will win them back, say Labour - The county boroughs - Cardiff results South Wales Echo 12 May 1967 8 Adamsdown Adamsdown ward 1967 Labour Party (UK) (Alderman) J. P. Keohane 1,261 Conservative Party (UK) Lionel Pugh 762 Liberal Party (UK) Harry Edwards 251 Plaid Cymru Bran Evans 234 499 Labour Party (UK) Canton Canton ward 1967 Conservative Party (UK) Trevor Tyrell 1,948 Labour Party (UK) Olwen Parry * 1,393 Independent politician Reg Stuart 313 555 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Cathays Cathays ward 1967 Conservative Party (UK) Bernard Bateman 2,188 Labour Party (UK) John C. Edwards * 2,005 Liberal Party (UK) Vernon White 459 Plaid Cymru John Howell 318 183 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Central Central ward 1967 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Hallinan * 1,809 Labour Party (UK) Robert Dumbleton 921 888 Conservative Party (UK) Ely Ely ward 1967 Labour Party (UK) William H. Carling * 2,118 Conservative Party (UK) Keith Clode 1,481 637 Labour Party (UK) Gabalfa Gabalfa ward 1967 Labour Party (UK) Emrys Pride * 2,117 Conservative Party (UK) Wyndham Powell 2,052 65 Labour Party (UK) Grangetown Grangetown ward 1967 Conservative Party (UK) Robert McCourtney 1,457 Labour Party (UK) Albert Horle * 1,263 Independent politician Maxwell Christie 768 194 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Llandaff Llandaff ward 1967 Conservative Party (UK) Julius Hermer * 3,035 Plaid Cymru John B. Hilling 766 Labour Party (UK) J. May 628 2,407 Conservative Party (UK) Llanishen Llanishen ward 1967 Conservative Party (UK) Harvey Salter * 4,074 Labour Party (UK) (Mrs) J. Southern 1,673 2,401 Conservative Party (UK) Penylan Penylan ward 1967 Conservative Party (UK) F. W. Jones * 4,919 Labour Party (UK) R. Frew 842 4,077 Conservative Party (UK) Plasmawr Plasmawr ward 1967 Labour Party (UK) Hubert Harding * 1,974 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Meyer 1,531 Plaid Cymru Dafydd Hughes 1,024 443 Labour Party (UK) Plasnewydd Plasnewydd ward 1967 Conservative Party (UK) Olwen Watkin * 2,475 Labour Party (UK) W. J. Philips 912 Plaid Cymru E. I. Rowlands 373 Liberal Party (UK) Queenie O'Neill 250 Communist Party of Great Britain Thomas Southern [a] 1,563 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Olwen Watkin had won the previous election for the Liberal Party. Rhiwbina Rhiwbina ward 1967 Conservative Party (UK) Martin Davies 3,531 Conservative Party (UK) William Bain 3,497 Conservative Party (UK) William Davies 3,096 Plaid Cymru John Bevan 1,264 Plaid Cymru Gwilym Hughes 1,228 Labour Party (UK) (Alderman) F. G. Davies 1,030 Labour Party (UK) (Mrs) S. Williams 996 Labour Party (UK) C. Roderick 880 Liberal Party (UK) Raymond Stephens 534 1,832 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Riverside Riverside ward 1967 Conservative Party (UK) David Purnell * 2,094 Labour Party (UK) David Seligman 1,019 1,075 Conservative Party (UK) Roath Roath ward 1967 Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Richards * 3,379 Labour Party (UK) (Dr) A. Jenkins 861 2,518 Conservative Party (UK) Rumney Rumney ward 1967 Labour Party (UK) J. N. Rees * 2,570 Conservative Party (UK) Joan Taylor 1,477 93 Labour Party (UK) South South ward 1967 Conservative Party (UK) Terry Roche 1,622 Labour Party (UK) H. G. Bartlett * 1,586 36 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Splott Splott ward 1967 Labour Party (UK) Manuel Delgado 2,167 Conservative Party (UK) Ian Hermer 1,737 Plaid Cymru Donald Nicholson 704 Liberal Party (UK) Stan Sheriff 187 430 Labour Party (UK) Manuel Delgado became Cardiff's first ever black councillor. Whitchurch Whitchurch ward 1967 Conservative Party (UK) George E. Brown 3,350 Conservative Party (UK) Jack Davies 3,264 Conservative Party (UK) Rose Thomas 3,061 Liberal Party (UK) George Parsons 1,451 Labour Party (UK) A. G. Donne 1,386 Plaid Cymru Hugh Edwards 1,244 Labour Party (UK) E. Edwards 1,098 Labour Party (UK) B. A. Matthewson 980 1,610 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) * = 'retiring' ward councillor for re-election [a] = vote figure missing from results References collapsed Cardiff City Council Category:Council elections in Cardiff Category:1960s in Cardiff