1928 Cardiff City Council election

Local election in Cardiff, Wales April 2022 The 1928 Cardiff City Council election was held on Monday 1 November 1928 to elect councillors to Cardiff City Council in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales. It took place on the same day as many other local elections in Wales and England. This was the tenth annual all-Cardiff elections since the 1914-18 Great War. The previous elections were in November 1927 and the next annual all-Cardiff elections were to take place in November 1929. Background Cardiff County Borough Council had been created in 1889. Cardiff became a city in 1905. The council consisted of 39 councillors who were elected by the town's voters and thirteen aldermen who were elected by the councillors. Elections to the local authority were held annually, though not all council seats were included in each contest, because the four councillors in each ward stood down for election in three-yearly rotation. Thirteen seats were up for election in November 1928. One Labour held seat was uncontested. Labour ran candidates in all 13 wards. There were eight Conservative candidates, six Liberals, 2 Independents and one Communist. Overview of the result Turnout was 61.0%, up on 1927 (42.4%) and 1925 (56.4%). Labour won seven seats, Conservatives three, Liberals two and Independents one. Council composition Following the November 1927 election the balance on the city council was 18 Liberal, 18 Conservative, 13 Labour and 3 Others. In 1929 Labour increased their number by two, Conservative and Independent dropped by one each. The Liberals remained unchanged. Ward results * ='retiring' ward councillor for re-election Percentage changes from 1925.County Borough Elections in England and Wales, 1919-1938 Volume 2, Sam Davies & Bob Morley Adamsdown Adamsdown Labour Party (UK) John Donovan unopposed Labour Party (UK) n/a Canton Canton Labour Party (UK) John Heginbottom 1,826 40.7 +16.3 Liberal Party (UK) AJ Dyne 1,445 32.2 +9.2 Conservative Party (UK) WA Prichard 1,211 27.0 -25.5 4,482 60.3 +12.1 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +3.55 Cathays Cathays Labour Party (UK) Arthur Ernest Gough* 3,022 61.2 +10.1 Independent politician Owen T Morris 1,918 38.8 n/a 4,940 61.6 -0.3 Labour Party (UK) n/a Central Central Conservative Party (UK) Joseph Gerald Gaskell 1,682 51.1 +6.0 Labour Party (UK) James Patrick Collins 1,608 48.9 +18.2 3,290 56.9 -4.2 Conservative Party (UK) n/a Gabalfa Gabalfa Independent politician Alfred Ernest Shippobotham* 2,309 55.3 +7.1 Labour Party (UK) HJ Brown 1,870 44.7 +17.4 4,179 56.0 -6.4 Independent politician -5.15 Grangetown Grangetown Labour Party (UK) Ivor George Duddridge* 2,482 63.4 -16.4 Liberal Party (UK) TL Francis 1,435 36.6 n/a 3,917 62.1 +22.5 Labour Party (UK) n/a Llandaff Llandaff Labour Party (UK) EJ Draper 2,890 51.3 +12.3 Conservative Party (UK) Alfred Edward Lougher* 2,742 48.7 -12.3 5,632 56.8 +8.0 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +12.3 Penylan Penylan Liberal Party (UK) G Williams 2,050 49.7 -3.9 Conservative Party (UK) TR Evans 1,247 30.2 -16.2 Labour Party (UK) R Stanton 831 20.1 n/a 4,128 65.5 +6.2 Liberal Party (UK) n/a Plasnewydd Plasnewydd Conservative Party (UK) C Hoare* 1,663 37.9 -1.9 Liberal Party (UK) Edward John Sawyer 1,368 31.2 -4.6 Labour Party (UK) IT Rees 1,356 30.9 +6.5 4,387 66.6 Conservative Party (UK) n/a Riverside Riverside Conservative Party (UK) Walter Howell Parker* 1,980 62.9 n/a Labour Party (UK) Frederick Saw 1,166 37.1 n/a 3,146 46.4 n/a Conservative Party (UK) n/a Roath Roath Liberal Party (UK) George Frederick Evans* 2,470 50.7 n/a Labour Party (UK) AJ Phillips 1,353 27.8 n/a Conservative Party (UK) HE White 1,048 21.5 n/a 4,871 69.0 n/a Liberal Party (UK) n/a South South Labour Party (UK) Joshua Thomas Clatworthy 1,759 49.4 +17.4 Conservative Party (UK) Frederick Jones* 1,743 49.0 -11.7 Communist Party (UK) Reginald Cosslett 57 1.6 -5.7 3,559 62.5 +13.2 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +14.55 Splott Splott Labour Party (UK) A Lewis 3,104 53.9 +6.8 Liberal Party (UK) Edward James Wilmot 2,655 46.1 n/a 5,759 68.9 +1.0 Labour Party (UK) Independent politician n/a References Cardiff Category:Council elections in Cardiff Category:1920s in Cardiff