1895 Glamorgan County Council election

As in most parts of Wales, the Liberal Party was once again triumphant and won a majority of the seats. In 1895 there were more unopposed results than in previous elections and the Conservatives made some headway, reflecting the position in the United Kingdom as a whole where the party took power that year.

Results are drawn from the Cardiff Times.{{cite news|title=County Council Elections. Results of the Polls|url=http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3430731/ART84|accessdate=13 March 2014|newspaper=Cardiff Times|date=9 March 1895}} Results also appeared in the Celt (Bala).{{cite news|title=Etholiad Cynghor Sirol Morgannwg|url=http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3138546/ART32/|accessdate=4 March 2014|newspaper=Y Celt (Bala)|date=15 March 1895}} Some additional results are drawn from local newspapers in South Wales.

There were some boundary changes at this election. In the Aberdare area the wards were reorganised to reflect those operating for the new Aberdare Urban District Council.{{cite news|title=The County Council Election|url=http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3098644/ART21|accessdate=15 March 2014|newspaper=Merthyr Times|date=7 February 1895}}

An additional ward was created at Cadoxton following the division of the existing Barry division.

As in previous elections there were a fair number of unopposed returns, including some seats not contested by the Liberals.{{cite news|title=County Council Elections. County of Glamorgan. Nominations.|url=http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3733830/3733837/110|accessdate=11 November 2015|newspaper=South Wales Daily News|date=26 February 1895|page=7}}. A full list of nominations appears here.{{cite news|title=The New County Councils|url=http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3251627/ART54|accessdate=16 March 2014|newspaper=Evening Express|date=27 February 1895}}. This source includes a list of nominations, including unopposed returns (although some wards are missing)

Of the eleven retiring aldermen, two were Conservatives. Following the episode in 1892 when all but two aldermen did not seek re-election, only for the Council to decide that this was a pre-requisite for election as aldermen, a larger number sought re-election. Each was re-elected, including Sir John Llewelyn at Loughor and Penderry, although he faced Liberal opposition unlike in 1889.

Those who did not seek re-election included F.L. Davis at Ferndale.

There were more uncontested elections than in the previous two contests for the County Council and the vast majority of those contested were straight fights between Liberal and Conservative candidates (or in some cases Independents who were widely regarded as Conservatives). In a small number of cases, Liberals faced each other.

The sitting member, first elected at the 1889 election and re-elected in 1895 was opposed by Thomas Rees, landlord of the Swan Hotel, Aberaman and elected a member of the Aberdare Urban District Council at the inaugural 1894 election. The Merthyr Times opined that there was no necessity for a contest, and that the unsuccessful candidate had wasted his time and money.{{cite news|title=County Council Elections|url=http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3098680/ART21|accessdate=30 April 2014|newspaper=Merthyr Times|date=7 March 1895}}

{{Election box begin | title = Aberaman 1895}}

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John Morgan Smith had previously stood as an Independent, though this was commonly regarded as meaning Conservative.

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{{Election box begin | title = Aberdare Town 1895}}

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The former seat of Barry and Cadoxton was divided.

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The new Blaengwawr ward was created following boundary changes connected to the formation of the Aberdare Urban District Council.

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The election was fought on party lines and covered in detail in the Glamorgan Gazette.{{cite news|title=Nominations|url=http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3874465/ART28|accessdate=4 March 2014|newspaper=Glamorgan Gazette|date=1 March 1895}} The election was said to have attracted 'an exceptionally keen and widespread interest, not only immediately within the town boundaries, but in many an adjacent town, hamlet and village besides'.{{cite news|title=County Council Election|url=http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3874477/ART104|accessdate=22 April 2014|newspaper=Glamorgan Gazette|date=8 March 1895}} Against the tide in the county the Liberals captured Bridgend for the first time

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{{Election box begin | title = Briton Ferry 1895}}

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Boundary Changes. A new seat of Cadoxton was created.

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{{Election box begin | title = Caeharris 1895}}

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As a result of boundary changes, two sitting members opposed each other. Hill-Male admitted that he had once been a Conservative but claimed to have been converted to the Liberal cause during his twenty years in Wales.

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{{Election box begin | title = Cilfynydd 1895}}

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{{Election box begin | title = Coedffranc 1895 }}

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{{Election box begin | title = Coity 1895}}

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{{Election box begin | title = Cowbridge 1895 }}

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|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Ralph Thurstan Bassett

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It was reported that Thomas Davies, the sitting member, was expected to be returned unopposed, but he was opposed by Llewellyn Griffiths, overseer, and a fellow deacon at Penuel Baptist Church, Cwmavon.{{cite news|title=County Council Elections|url=http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3733812/3733819/162|accessdate=11 November 2015|newspaper=South Wales Daily News|date=23 February 1895|page=7}} Davies eventually withdrew.

{{Election box begin | title = Cwmavon }}

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The result was largely attributed to the fact that Thomas was a member of several public bodies and this was a difficult argument to counter.{{cite news|title=Editorial|url=http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3098682/ART40|accessdate=14 March 2014|newspaper=Merthyr Times|date=7 March 1895}}

{{Election box begin | title = Cyfarthfa 1895 }}

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|candidate = Watkin Moss

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{{Election box begin | title = Cymmer 1895}}

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{{Election box begin | title = Dinas Powys 1895 }}

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{{Election box begin | title = Dowlais 1895 }}

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{{Election box begin | title = Dulais Valley 1895 }}

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Morgan Thomas, the sitting member, was defeated by another Liberal candidate.

{{Election box begin | title = Ferndale 1895}}

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Morgan was re-elected although heavily defeated in the Aberdare Urban District Council election a short time before.

{{Election box begin | title = Gadlys 1895}}

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|candidate = David Morgan*

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{{Election box begin | title = Garw Valley 1895}}

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{{Election box begin | title = Gellifaelog 1895}}

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{{Election box begin | title = Gelligaer 1895}}

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{{Election box begin | title = Gower 1895 }}

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{{Election box begin | title = Kibbor 1895}}

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{{Election box begin | title = Llandaff 1895}}

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|candidate = Robert Forrest*

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{{Election box begin | title = Llandeilo Talybont }}

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{{Election box begin | title = Llansamlet }}

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{{Election box begin | title = Llantrisant }}

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As a result of boundary changes, the Hirwaun Ward had been abolished and the sitting member, Richard Morgan, challenged the incumbent, Rees Hopkin Rhys in the Llwydcoed Ward.

{{Election box begin | title = Llwydcoed 1895}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

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{{Election box candidate with party link

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|candidate = Rev Richard Morgan*

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{{Election box begin | title = Llwynypia and Clydach 1895 }}

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{{Election box begin | title = Lougher and Penderry 1895 }}

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James Barrow, the sitting member, was opposed by another Liberal candidate, Jenkin Jones, due to his voting against disestablishment at a council meeting. It was a lively election, with all workmen having a holiday, leaving the streets crowded throughout the day. On the following day, some of Barrow's supporters paraded through the locality on horseback but were attacked by women who threw buckets of water and ashes over them.{{cite news|title=Maesteg|url=http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3874477/ART105|accessdate=23 April 2014|newspaper=Glamorgan Gazette|date=8 March 1895}}

{{Election box begin | title = Maesteg 1895 }}

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|candidate = James Barrow*

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|candidate = Jenkin Jones

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{{Election box begin | title = Margam }}

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This result was attributed by the Merthyr Times to Liberal Party apathy and to publicans' support for the Conservative candidate.

{{Election box begin | title = Merthyr Town 1895}}

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|candidate = Alfred Edwards

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There was initially some uncertainty whether Walter Bell, who had been narrowly defeated in 1892, would oppose the sitting member.

{{Election box begin | title = Merthyr Vale 1895 }}

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{{Election box begin | title = Morriston }}

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{{Election box begin | title = Mountain Ash 1895}}

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{{Election box candidate with party link

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|candidate = Samuel Evans

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{{Election box begin | title = Neath (North) 1895 }}

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{{Election box begin | title = Neath (South) 1895}}

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{{Election box begin | title = Newcastle 1895 }}

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In this largely rural ward, J.D. Nicholl of Merthyr Mawr captured the seat, reversing the result of three years previously.{{cite news|title=Ogmore Division|url=http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3874477/ART106|accessdate=23 April 2014|newspaper=Glamorgan Gazette|date=8 March 1895}}

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|candidate = Evan Evans*

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{{Election box begin | title = Ogmore Valley 1895 }}

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{{Election box begin | title = Oystermouth 1895}}

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{{Election box begin | title = Penarth North 1895 }}

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{{Election box begin | title = Penarth South 1895 }}

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{{Election box begin | title = Penrhiwceiber }}

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{{Election box begin | title = Pentre 1895 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link

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|candidate = Richard Morris*

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{{Election box begin | title = Penydarren 1895 }}

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|votes = 516

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|party = Conservative Party (UK)

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|votes = 370

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{{Election box begin | title = Pontardawe 1895}}

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{{Election box begin | title = Plymouth 1895 }}

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Two rival Liberal candidates enabled innkeeper David Benjamin Owen to win by 23 votes from Baptist minister John Penry Williams.

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{{Election box begin | title = Pontypridd 1895 }}

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{{Election box begin | title = Porth and Penygraig 1895}}

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{{Election box begin | title = Resolven 1895 }}

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{{Election box begin | title = Sketty 1895 }}

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Boundary Change

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{{Election box begin | title = Treforest 1895}}

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|candidate = William Spickett*

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{{Election box begin | title = Treherbert 1895 }}

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{{Election box begin | title = Treorchy 1895}}

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{{Election box begin | title = Trealaw and Tonypandy 1895 }}

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{{Election box begin | title = Tylorstown and Ynyshir 1895 }}

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{{Election box begin | title = Ystalyfera }}

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{{Election box begin | title = Ystrad 1895}}

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In addition to the 66 councillors the council consisted of 22 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term. Following the 1895 election, there were twelve aldermanic vacancies (the additional one following the death of a sitting alderman).

The following aldermen were appointed by the newly elected council.{{cite news|title=Glamorganshire County Council. First Meeting|url=http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3352878/ART49|accessdate=13 March 2014|newspaper=South Wales Daily Post|date=15 March 1895}} They included three miners' agents who, together with Moses Moses, elected as alderman in 1892, made four labour members on the aldermanic bench. Conversely, following the retirement of Sir William Thomas Lewis, Sir John Llewellyn was now the only Conservative among the aldermen. Lewis and another retiring alderman, the prominent Liberal, Thomas Williams of Gwaelod y Garth, received some votes (presumably from Conservative councillors) but the liberal group held to the convention that only elected councillors could be made aldermen.

• J. T. D. Llewellyn, Conservative, retiring alderman (elected councillor at Lougher and Penderry)
• Walter H. Morgan, Liberal, retiring alderman (elected councillor at Pontypridd)
• John Jones Griffiths, Liberal, retiring alderman (elected councillor at Porth)
• Dr H. Naunton Davies, Liberal, retiring alderman (elected councillor at Cymmer)
• William Morgan, Liberal, retiring alderman (elected councillor at Treherbert)
• Evan Lewis, Liberal (elected councillor at Gellifaelog)
• Richard Lewis, Liberal (elected councillor at Llwynypia and Clydach)
• Isaac Evans, Liberal-Labour (elected councillor at Resolven)
• David Davies, Liberal (elected councillor at Penydarren)
• David Morgan, Liberal-Labour (elected councillor at Gadlys)
• John Thomas, Liberal-Labour (elected councillor at Garw Valley)

elected for three years

• James Barrow, Liberal (elected councillor at Maesteg)

{{Election box begin | title = Cymmer by-election 1895 }}

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Following the election of David Morgan as alderman, Richard Morgan, member for Hirwaun from 1889 until 1895 was selected as Liberal candidate following a well-attended public meeting.{{cite news|title=County Council Bye-Elections|url=http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3098698/ART18|accessdate=24 April 2014|newspaper=Merthyr Times|date=21 March 1895}} As a result of boundary changes, Morgan had contested Llwydcoed against Rees Hopkin Rhys and had been narrowly defeated. Richard Morgan's selection was not immediately accepted and other meetings were held to promote other candidates, including Benjamin Evans.{{cite news|title=County Council Bye-Elections. Noisy Proceedings at Aberdare.|url=http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3098707/ART13|accessdate=26 April 2014|newspaper=Merthyr Times|date=28 March 1895}} Eventually, however, Richard Morgan was comfortably elected.

{{Election box begin | title = Gadlys by-election 1895 }}

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|candidate = Richard Morgan

|votes = 763

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|votes = 199

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Following the election of John Thomas, miners' agent, as alderman, D. Johns was elected after a contest with two other Liberal candidates, including Thomas Lewis who was also unsuccessful at the initial election.

{{Election box begin | title = Garw Valley by-election 1895 }}

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|candidate = D. Johns

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|candidate = Thomas Lewis

|votes = 319

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|candidate = J. Maddocks

|votes = 134

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Following the election of Evan Lewis as alderman, concerns had been expressed that a split Liberal vote would lead to a Conservative victory. But this did not prove to be the case.

{{Election box begin | title = Gellifaelog by-election 1895 }}

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|candidate = John Evans

|votes = 281

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{{Election box candidate with party link

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|candidate = John Lloyd Atkins

|votes = 225

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|candidate = Thomas Edward Morgan

|votes = 154

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Following the election of Sir John Llewelyn as alderman, Samuel Thomas, defeated by Llewelyn at the original election, was now returned. His opponent had sought to succeed Llewelyn on his appointment as alderman in 1889 but was defeated on that occasion by Edward Rice Daniel. This can be considered a Liberal hold as Daniel had stood down at the original election in favour of Llewelyn.

{{Election box begin | title = Loughor and Penderry by-election 1895 }}

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|candidate = Samuel Thomas

|votes = 601

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|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Roper Wright

|votes = 506

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{{Election box begin | title = Llwynypia and Clydach 1895 by-election }}

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Following the election of James Barrow as alderman, Jenkin Jones, narrowly defeated in a hotly contested initial election, was on this occasion successful.{{cite news|title=Glamorgan County Council. Bye-Election Results|url=http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3340842/ART65|accessdate=28 April 2014|newspaper=Cambrian|date=5 April 1895}}

{{Election box begin | title = Maesteg by-election 1895 }}

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|candidate = Jenkin Jones

|votes = 1,024

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{{Election box candidate with party link

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|candidate = Thomas Rees

|votes = 759

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{{Election box hold with party link|

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{{Election box begin | title = Penydarren by-election 1895}}

The by-election took place following the election of David Davies, Glebeland, as alderman. Thomas Williams, Gwaelodygarth, Merthyr, vice-chairman of the previous council, did not seek re-election partly due to the desire of Davies, as the sitting councillor, to contest the seat but also because Williams himself was visiting Palestine and Egypt.{{cite news|title=County Council Elections|url=http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3098716/ART22|accessdate=15 March 2014|newspaper=Merthyr Times|date=4 April 1895}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

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|candidate = Thomas Williams**

|votes = 530

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|candidate = Dan Thomas

|votes = 372

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Following the re-election of Walter Morgan as alderman, Hopkin Smith Davies, who stood down in his favour, was returned amongst 'great enthusiasm'.{{cite news|title=Glamorgan County Council. Result of the Bye-Elections|url=http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3352953/ART60|date=2 April 1895|newspaper=South Wales Daily Post|access-date=25 April 2014}}

{{Election box begin | title = Pontypridd by-election 1895 }}

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|candidate = Hopkin Smith Davies*

|votes = 478

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{{Election box candidate with party link

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|candidate = R.l. Phillips

|votes = 381

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{{Election box candidate with party link

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|candidate = Patrick Gowan

|votes = 320

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The election followed John Jones Griffiths's re-election as alderman.

{{Election box begin | title = Porth and Penygraig by-election 1895 }}

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|candidate = J.R. Evans

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|candidate = Thomas Evans

|votes = 541

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Following the election of Isaac Evans as alderman, Daniel Evans of Abergwynfi was elected in a four-cornered contest.

{{Election box begin | title = Resolven by-election 1895}}

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|candidate = Daniel Evans

|votes = 388

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{{Election box candidate with party link

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|candidate = Llew Howell

|votes = 357

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|candidate = A. Russell Thomas

|votes = 272

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|candidate = Edmund Law

|votes = 194

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{{Election box begin | title = Treherbert by-election 1895 }}

Following the re-election of William Morgan as alderman, John Walters, who had stood down to enable Morgan to be re-elected, retained his seat.

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|candidate = W.H. Davies

|votes = 307

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{{reflist|3}}

• {{cite journal|last=Parry|first=Jon|title=Labour Leaders and Local Politics 1888-1902: The Example of Aberdare|journal=Welsh History Review|year=1989|volume=14|issue=3|pages=399–416|url=http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewobject/llgc-id:1080171/article/000016672|accessdate=24 October 2013}}
• {{cite book|last=Williams|first=Chris|title=Democratic Rhondda: Politics and society 1885-1951|year=1996|publisher=University of Wales Press|location=Cardiff}}

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