1919 Cardiff City Council election

Local election in Cardiff, Wales April 2022 The 1919 Cardiff City Council election was held on Saturday 1 November 1919 to elect councillors to Cardiff City Council in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales. This was the first all-Cardiff elections for six years, due to the occurrence of 1914-18 Great War.26 Labour gains - Features of South Wales Elections https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4111059/4111062 South Wales Weekly Post 6 8 November 1919 Welsh Newspapers Online The previous elections were in November 1913 and the next annual all-Cardiff elections were to take place as normal on 1 November 1920. The election saw control of the council transfer from the Conservative Party to the Liberals. 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 the three councillors in each ward stood down for election in three-yearly rotation. The council consisted of 30 councillors who were elected by the town's voters and ten aldermen who were elected by the councillors.B. W. Row, F. G. Squire Cardiff 1889-1974 - The Story of the County Borough 1974 14–16 The Corporation of Cardiff, City Hall, Cardiff Ten seats were up for election in November 1919. Overview of the result Contests took place in all ten of the Cardiff electoral wards in November 1919. In addition to candidates standing under the Conservative, Liberal and Labour tickets, there were men standing from discharged soldiers' organisations, as Ex-Service men candidates.Municipal Contests The Western Mail 27 October 1919 4 Press interest was also raised by a 'lady candidate' in the Roath ward, who was standing for the Women's Council. Mrs Janet Price Williams was unsuccessful in her bid to be Cardiff's first woman councillor.In South Wales - Labour Successes - Woman Candidate Defeated - Cardiff - Seven Seats Go To Labour And Ex-Service Men The Western Mail 3 November 1919 7 The election news was dominated by the successes of the Labour and Ex-Servicemen candidates in South Wales. Four Labour and three Ex-Servicemen won seats in Cardiff. Council composition The composition of the council immediately prior to these elections as Conservatives 20, Liberals 19, Independent 1. Following the November 1919 election the balance had changed, to 17 Liberal, 15 Conservative, 4 Labour, 3 Ex-Servicemen, 1 Independent. Cardiff Council - Balance Of Power Transferred South Wales Echo 3 November 1919 5 Ward results Adamsdown Adamsdown ward 1919 Labour Party (UK) J. Donovan 1,597 Liberal Party (UK) William Jones * 889 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Canton Canton ward 1919 Ex-Servicemen T. L. Francis 1,549 Liberal Party (UK) William Grey 1,407 Railway Clerks T. H. Spence 1,089 Ex-Servicemen Liberal Party (UK) Cathays Cathays ward 1919 N. U. R. A. E. Gough 2,066 Liberal Party (UK) W. R. Williams * 1,627 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Central Central ward 1919 Ex-Servicemen Capt. Thomas W. Langman 983 Conservative Party (UK) F. W. Blower * 444 Ex-Servicemen Conservative Party (UK) Grangetown Grangetown ward 1919 N. U. R. Ivor George Dudderidge 1,753 Conservative Party (UK) W. R. Smith * 1,219 Liberal Party (UK) A. B. Sessions 478 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Park Park ward 1919 Liberal Party (UK) Robert Gerard Hill Snook * 1,087 Allotment Federation D. Skelly 1,027 Independent politician A. H. Teague 152 Liberal Party (UK) Riverside Riverside ward 1919 Ex-Servicemen R. C. Brittan 1,518 Liberal Party (UK) S. Instone 698 Railway Clerks William Alfred Plummer 674 Ex-Servicemen Liberal Party (UK) Roath Roath ward 1919 Liberal Party (UK) G. Fred Evans 1,446 Labour Party (UK) John W. Pickles 1,159 Conservative Party (UK) William Henry Lever 880 Women's Council Mrs Janet Price Williams 835 Liberal Party (UK) South South ward 1919 Conservative Party (UK) John Ash Thompson 784 Seaman Capt. Jaines Griffiths 229 Conservative Party (UK) Splott Splott ward 1919 Labour Party (UK) G. B. Smith 1,964 Liberal Party (UK) T. Williams 1,550 Conservative Party (UK) George Francis Willett * 572 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) * = 'retiring' ward councillor for re-election References collapsed Category:1910s in Cardiff Cardiff Category:Council elections in Cardiff