1937 Neath Rural District Council election

1937 Welsh local government election An election to the Neath Rural District Council in West Glamorgan, Wales was held in April 1937. It was preceded by the 1934 election and was followed, as the 1940 and 1943 elections were postponed due to the Second World War, by the 1946 election.Socialist Party Triumphs in Rural Council Elections. Sweeping Victories All Over Area. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003431/19370409/004/0001?browse=False 7 December 2022 Neath Guardian 9 April 1937 1 Overview of the results Having won control of the authority for the first time in 1934, Labour consolidated their position by winning a number of additional seats across the area with the Independent group, which previously controlled the authority, reduced to only six members. Candidates Most seats were contested although a number of Labour candidates were returned unopposed including former chairmen William Jones (Tonmawr) and John James (Onllwyn) even though they had fallen out with their own party a few months earlier.Neath Rural Council Election Prospects. Many Old Faces To Disappear. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003431/19370325/012/0001?browse=False 8 December 2022 Neath Guardian 25 March 1937 1 A feature of the election was the decision of a number of long-serving Independent members not to seek re-election. These included Ogley David, father of the Council and a member for many years, who had also recently stood down from the Glamorgan County Council. His brother, Isaac David, also stood down. Outcome Labour captured a number of seats from the Independents, including two vacated by Independents at Blaenrhonddan, another two at Skewen (where the former Glamorgan county councillor W.P. Jenkins headed the poll), and a further seat at Crynant. Labour also regained the seat of Resolven lost at a by-election a few years previously. Ward results Baglan Higher (one seat) Baglan Higher 1937 Labour Party (UK) William Jones* Labour Party (UK) Blaengwrach (one seats) Blaengwrach 1937 Labour Party (UK) Albert Vowles* Labour Party (UK) Blaenrhonddan (three seats) Blaenrhonddan 1937 Labour Party (UK) J.T. Evans* 1.055 Labour Party (UK) William R. Griffiths 701 Labour Party (UK) Albert John 616 Independent (politician) Daniel Jones 602 Independent (politician) David Peregrine Richards 402 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Independent (politician) Labour Party (UK) Independent (politician) Clyne (one seats) Clyne 1937 Labour Party (UK) Charles R. Kimber* 225 Independent (politician) Thomas A. Davies 188 37 Labour Party (UK) Coedffranc (five seats) Coedffranc 1937 Labour Party (UK) W.P. Jenkins 1,764 Independent Labour Mary Elizabeth Davies* 1,617 Independent (politician) Amy Jones* 1,519 Labour Party (UK) David Jenkins* 1,382 Labour Party (UK) William Davies 1,377 Labour Party (UK) C.W. Rushby 1,275 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Lovering 1,083 Independent (politician) Mary Jane Reid 1,013 Independent (politician) W.T.A. Macamara 1,009 Labour Party (UK) Independent (politician) Independent Labour Labour Party (UK) Independent (politician) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Independent (politician) Dyffryn Clydach (two seats) Dyffryn Clydach 1937 Communist Party of Great Britain Alun C. Thomas 436 Independent (politician) David Williams 387 Independent (politician) Joseph Thomas* 274 Labour Party (UK) Percy Cantle 265 Independent (politician) David Johns 122 Communist Party of Great Britain Labour Party (UK) Independent (politician) Dulais Higher, Crynant Ward (one seat) Dulais Higher, Crynant Ward 1937 Labour Party (UK) John James 334 Independent (politician) Daniel Davies 255 79 Labour Party (UK) Independent (politician) Dulais Higher, Onllwyn Ward (one seat) Dulais Higher, Onllwyn Ward 1937 Labour Party (UK) John James* Labour Party (UK) Dulais Higher, Seven Sisters Ward (two seats) Dulais Higher, Seven Sisters Ward 1937 Labour Party (UK) George Jones* 747 Independent (politician) W.P. Harries* 554 Labour Party (UK) George Adams 450 Labour Party (UK) Independent (politician) Dulais Lower (one seat) Dulais Lower 1937 Labour Party (UK) J.S. George* 396 Independent (politician) Llewellyn Davies 183 213 Labour Party (UK) Michaelstone Higher (one seat) Michaelstone Higher 1937 Labour Party (UK) Patrick Boyle 272 Independent (politician) William H. Crouch 165 107 Labour Party (UK) Neath Higher (three seats) Neath Higher 1937 Independent (politician) David Arthur* 947 Labour Party (UK) Cliff Protheroe* 931 Labour Party (UK) Morgan Morgan* 861 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Jeffreys 573 Independent (politician) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Neath Lower (one seat) Neath Lower 1937 Labour Party (UK) Samuel Burnard* 174 Labour Party (UK) Resolven, Cwmgwrach Ward (one seat) Resolven, Cwmgwrach Ward 1937 Labour Party (UK) Edward John Ateyo 351 Labour Party (UK) Resolven, Resolven Ward (two seats) Resolven, Resolven Ward 1937 Labour Party (UK) Richard Geary 718 Independent (politician) David John Evans* 517 Independent (politician) Mary Jenkins* 378 Independent (politician) Benjamin Jones 344 Independent (politician) John William Davies 109 Labour Party (UK) Independent (politician) Resolven, Rhigos Ward (two seats) Resolven, Rhigos Ward 1937 Independent (politician) Rees Morgan Smith* 396 Labour Party (UK) Richard George Norman 323 Labour Party (UK) Henry Walters 317 Independent (politician) Labour Party (UK) Independent (politician) Resolven, Tonna Ward (one seat) Resolven, Tonna Ward 1937 Labour Party (UK) Gethin Thomas 362 Independent (politician) Haydn Evans 358 4 Labour Party (UK) Independent (politician) References collapsed Category:1937 Welsh local elections