The 1985 Mid Glamorgan County Council election was held in May 1985 and were the fourth full elections to Mid Glamorgan County Council, electing 85 councillors.^[1] They were preceded by the 1981 elections and followed by the 1989 elections.

Ward Results

Aberdare No.1: Llwydcoed (two seats)

Aberdare No.1: Llwydcoed 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Davies	1,906
	Labour	Mervyn Prowle *	1,820
	Plaid Cymru	G. Jones	1,309
	Conservative	E. Evans	422
Turnout				42.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Aberdare No.2: Blaengwawr (one seat)

Aberdare No.2: Blaengwawr 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	B. Fitzgerald	1,738
	Plaid Cymru	P. Davies	1,264
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Aberdare No.3: Gadlys (one seat)

Aberdare No.3: Gadlys 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	V. Llywellyn*	913
	Conservative	R. Pittard	387
Majority
Turnout				34.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Aberdare No.4: Town (one seat)

Aberdare No.4: Town 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	P. Williams*	818
	Labour	T. Llewellyn	659
Majority
Turnout				43.9
	Independent hold		Swing

Aberdare No.5: Aberaman (one seat)

Aberdare No.5: Aberaman 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	R. Reed*	1,458
	Plaid Cymru	H. Davies	859
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Abertridwr and Senghennydd

Abertridwr and Senghennydd 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Phillips	905
	Ratepayers	J. Davies	877
	Plaid Cymru	A. Whittle	281
	Liberal	M. Cooper	276
Majority
Turnout				42.3
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Bedwas and Machen (two seats)

Bedwas and Machen 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Angus Donaldson	2,454
	Labour	Ray Davies*	2,358
	Independent	C. Powell	1,817
	Labour	R. Woodyatt	1,516
	Plaid Cymru	J. Bradbury	485
Turnout				73.7
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bedwellty No.1 Aberbargoed (one seat)

Bedwellty No.1 Aberbargoed 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	K. Szerard	753	50.7
	Labour	M. Collis*	732	49.3
Majority			21
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Bedwellty No.2 Abertysswg (one seat)

Bedwellty No.2 Abertysswg 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Powell	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Bridgend (two seats)

Bridgend 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Davies	1,931
	Labour	R. Bowser*	1,773
	Conservative	W. Rutter	1,484
	Conservative	J. Spurgeon	1,385
	Alliance (SDP)	B. Ellis	1,110
	Alliance (SDP)	J. Dickens	961
	Plaid Cymru	M. Russell	353
Turnout				39.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Caerphilly No.1 (one seat)

Caerphilly No.1 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Lewis*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Caerphilly No.2 Llanbradach (one seat)

Caerphilly No.2 Llanbradach 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Colin Mann*	1,092	49.3
	Labour	J. Lewis	798	36.1
	Liberal	K. Comeston	323	14.6
Majority
Turnout				46.6
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Caerphilly No.4 (one seat)

Caerphilly No.4 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bertie Rowland*	2,006	66.7
	Plaid Cymru	N. Owen	1,002	33.3
Majority
Turnout				39.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Caerphilly No.5 North (one seat)

Caerphilly No.5 North 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	John Gwynne	966	46.9
	Labour	R. Jewell*	808	39.3
	Liberal	T. Henderson	284	13.8
Majority
Turnout				49.5	+4.0
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Caerphilly No.6 South (one seat)

Caerphilly No.6 South 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. Snell*	1,023	55.0
	Conservative	F. Howells	477	25.7
	Plaid Cymru	G. Hibbert	359	19.3
Majority
Turnout				42.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Caerphilly No.7 (one seat)

Caerphilly No.7 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Penri Williams*	1,438	45.3
	Labour	M. Verrinder	1,014	31.9
	Conservative	A. Babbage	723	22.8
Majority
Turnout				52.8
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Cardiff Rural (one seat)

Cardiff Rural 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Richards*	1,027	66.5
	Liberal	H. Morgan	607	33.5
Majority
Turnout				36.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Cowbridge Rural (one seat)

Cowbridge Rural 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. David*	1,285	48.5
	Labour	G. Waters	1,387	67.7
	Plaid Cymru	Janet Davies	663	32.3
Majority
Turnout				41.0
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Dowlais (one seat)

Dowlais 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Lewis*	1,218	69.6
	Plaid Cymru	P. Jones	531	30.4
Majority
Turnout				39.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Gelligaer No.1 (one seat)

Gelligaer No.1 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	N. Harris	1,735	66.8
	Plaid Cymru	G. Howells*	863	33.2
Majority
Turnout				48.9
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Gelligaer No.2 (one seat)

Gelligaer No.2 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Davies*	684	48.6
	Independent	J. Bromley	619	44.0
	Plaid Cymru	G. Blenkin	103	7.3
Majority
Turnout				48.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Gelligaer No.3 (one seat)

Gelligaer No.3 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Coleman	1,842	58.1
	Plaid Cymru	J. Jones*	1,327	41.9
Majority
Turnout				45.1
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Gelligaer No.4 (two seats)

Gelligaer No.4 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Bowen*	2,580
	Labour	B. Lloyd	2,485
	Conservative	J. Howard	662
Turnout				59.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llantrisant and Llantwitfardre No.1 (four seats)

Llantrisant and Llantwitfardre No.1 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Bonner	4,105
	Labour	L. Lodwig*	4,090
	Labour	R. Selwood	3,747
	Labour	H. Prosser	3,735
	Ratepayers	T. John*	3,089
	Plaid Cymru	Delme Bowen	2,400
	Plaid Cymru	D. Watkins	1,730
	Plaid Cymru	J. Canning	1,609
	Plaid Cymru	G. Morris	1,566
	Conservative	R. Bunnage	1,552
	Conservative	J. Bunnage	1,534
	Conservative	L. Hunt	1,499
Turnout				51.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Llantrisant and Llantwitfardre No.2 (two seats)

Llantrisant and Llantwitfardre No.2 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. McDonald*	2,618
	Labour	W. Hall*	2,152
	Plaid Cymru	R. Williams	1,419
	Independent	B. Brinson	869
	RA	George Jury	698
	Independent Labour	A. Roberts	320
Turnout				59.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Maesteg No.1 (one seat)

Maesteg No.1 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	V. Hart*	2,207
	Plaid Cymru	A. Rees	375
Majority
Turnout				42.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Maesteg No.2 (one seat)

Maesteg No.2 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeff Jones*	1,602
	Independent	M. Davies	367
Majority
Turnout				45.4	-13.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Maesteg No.3 (one seat)

Maesteg No.3 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Jenkins*	1,915
	Plaid Cymru	J. Jenkins	315
	Conservative	S. Maddern	244
Majority
Turnout				49.1	+4.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Merthyr, Cyfarthfa (one seat)

Phillips had been elected as a Plaid Cymru candidate at both the 1977 and 1981 elections.

Merthyr, Cyfarthfa 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	M. Phillips*	1,552	58.6
	Labour	P. Rees	951	35.9
	Plaid Cymru	T. Barry	145	5.5
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Merthyr No.6 (one seat)

Merthyr No.6 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Jones*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Merthyr No.7 (one seat)

Merthyr No.7 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. O'Brien	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Merthyr Park (two seats)

Merthyr Park 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	J. Burns*	1,764
	Labour	J. Cleary*	1,707
	Communist	A. Jones	696
	Conservative	H. Screen	496
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Merthyr Town (one seat)

Merthyr Town 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	G. Davies	1,234
	Conservative	E. Horne	271
	Communist	T. Roberts	173
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Mountain Ash No.1 (one seat)

Mountain Ash No.1 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	T. Davies*	1,806
	Plaid Cymru	B. Evans	1,580
	Conservative	J. Evans	174
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Mountain Ash No.2 (one seat)

Mountain Ash No.2 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	D. Edwards	1,156
	Plaid Cymru	A. Thomas	721
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Mountain Ash No.3 (two seats)

Mountain Ash No.3 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Pauline Jarman*	1,952
	Labour	H. Evans	1,779
	Labour	E. George	1,610
	Conservative	D. Ball	447
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ogmore and Garw No.1 (one seat)

Ogmore and Garw No.1 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	M. Hughes	1,692
	Ratepayers	Danny Mordecai*	615
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Ogmore and Garw No.2 (two seats)

Ogmore and Garw No.2 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	A. Lock*	2,474
	Labour	L. Morgan	2,317
	Plaid Cymru	E. Merriman*	2,054
	Plaid Cymru	J. Jones	1,950
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Penybont No.1 (one seat)

Penybont No.1 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Jenkins*	1,005	38.5
	Independent	F. Beer	672	25.6
	Conservative	G. Griffiths	611	23.4
	Independent Ratepayer	E. Phillips	319	12.2
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Penybont No.2 (one seat)

Penybont No.2 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	D. Thomas*	1,045
	Conservative	R. Preston	898
Turnout				42.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Penybont No.3 (one seat)

Penybont No.3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Philpin*	1,821	70.7
	Conservative	D. Mackie	753	29.3
Majority
Turnout				38.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Penybont No.4 (one seat)

Penybont No.4 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Ing	1,465	48.0
	Conservative	David Unwin*	1,319	43.2
	Plaid Cymru	R. Fattorini	269	8.8
Majority
Turnout				37.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Penybont No.5 (two seats)

Penybont No.5 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Davies*	3,374
	Labour	M. Jones*	3,159
	Independent	D. Davis	1,659
	Plaid Cymru	K. Burnell	620
	Conservative	M. Powell	528
	Plaid Cymru	P. Tomlin	403
Turnout				54.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Penybont No.6 (two seats)

Penybont No.6 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Philip Squire*	2,024
	Labour	S. Gronow	1,991
	Plaid Cymru	B. Williams	927
	Conservative	J. Padmore	754
Turnout				46.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Penydarren (one seat)

Penydarren 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Mahoney*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Pontypridd No.1 (one seat)

Pontypridd No.1 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Williams*	1,208	73.4
	Plaid Cymru	J. Green	437	26.6
Turnout				43.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Pontypridd No.2 Town (one seat)

Pontypridd No.2 Town 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Clayton Jones	1,261	57.6
	Labour	B. Burford	930	42.4
Majority
Turnout				52.7
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Pontypridd No.3 (one seat)

Pontypridd No.3 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Davies	538	60.0
	Independent	Steve Belzak	359	40.0
Majority
Turnout				44.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Pontypridd No.4 Trallwn (one seat)

Pontypridd No.4 Trallwn 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	H. Thomas	649	50.3
	Labour	D. Boyce	403	39.0
	Conservative	M. Williams	137	10.6
Majority
Turnout				43.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Pontypridd No.5 Rhydyfelin (one seat)

Pontypridd No.5 Rhydyfelin 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Davies*	1,456	69.1
	Independent	M. Powell	389	18.5
	Plaid Cymru	R. Thomas	262	12.4
Turnout				32.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Pontypridd No.6 (one seat)

Pontypridd No.6 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Weston*	1,108	57.9
	Independent	G. Orsie	536	28.0
	Plaid Cymru	G. Davies	270	14.1
Majority
Turnout				41.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Porthcawl No.1 (one seat)

Porthcawl No.1 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Hubbard-Miles*	1,388	41.3
	Labour	C. Hall	1,138	33.9
	Alliance (SDP)	M. Skinner	835	24.8
Majority
Turnout				45.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Porthcawl No.2 (one seat)

Porthcawl No.2 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. McBride*	1,397	56.6
	Conservative	D. Anderson	1,073	43.4
Majority
Turnout				46.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Rhondda No.1 Treherbert (two seats)

Rhondda No.1 Treherbert 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Williams*	1,773
	Communist	Arthur True*	1,643
	Labour	I. Lisle	1,263
	Plaid Cymru	D. Rees	1,212
	Plaid Cymru	S. Macmillan	841
Turnout				80.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Communist hold		Swing

Rhondda No.2 Treorchy (two seats)

Rhondda No.2 Treorchy 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. Rees*	1,850
	Labour	K. Winter	1,767
	Plaid Cymru	H. Davies	1,219
Turnout				49.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Rhondda No.3 Pentre (one seat)

Rhondda No.3 Pentre 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Gough	1,176	64.2
	Plaid Cymru	M. Powell	657	35.8
Majority
Turnout				43.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Rhondda No.4 Ystrad (one seat)

Rhondda No.4 Ystrad 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	T. Hughes	1,260	53.1
	Labour	K. Morgan	1,112	46.9
Majority
Turnout				45.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Rhondda No.5 (one seat)

Rhondda No.5 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Emmanuel	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Rhondda No.6 (one seat)

Rhondda No.6 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Harris	1,796	75.6
	Alliance (SDP)	P. Nicholas	579	24.4
Majority
Turnout				42.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Rhondda No.7 Penygraig (one seat)

Rhondda No.7 Penygraig 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Richards*	1,102	60.3
	Plaid Cymru	E. Edwards	417	22.8
	Communist	H. Martin	309	16.9
Majority
Turnout				42.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Rhondda No.8 Porth (two seats)

Rhondda No.8 Porth 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Ellis*	1,935
	Labour	L. Rees*	1,777
	Ratepayers	D. Henshaw	1,539
	Ratepayers	D. Rowe	1,330
Turnout				42.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Rhondda No.9 (one seat)

Rhondda No.9 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Stonelake	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Rhondda No.10, Tylorstown (one seat)

Rhondda No.10, Tylorstown 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ratepayers	M.E. Chard	1,354	60.3
	Labour	M. Mitchell	891	39.7
Majority
Turnout				42.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Rhondda No.11 Ferndale (two seats)

Rhondda No.11 Ferndale 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Glyn James*	2,305
	Labour	P. Davies*	1,769
	Labour	I. Clement	1,753
Turnout				56.5
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Rhymney Lower, Middle and Upper (one seat)

Rhymney Lower, Middle and Upper 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Rist	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Treharris (one seat)

Treharris 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Richards*	1,073	53.8
	Independent	E. Galsowrthy	763	38.2
	Conservative	F. Evans	159	8.0
Majority
Turnout				38.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Vaynor and Penderyn No.1 (one seat)

Vaynor and Penderyn No.1 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. Thomas	1,215	85.7
	Conservative	D. Younie	202	14.3
Majority
Turnout				46.6
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Vaynor and Penderyn No.2 (one seat)

Vaynor and Penderyn No.2 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Chambers*	Unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "Mid Glamorgan County Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 17 October 2016.

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