1928 Cardiff City Council election
The 1928 Cardiff City Council election was held on Monday 1 November 1928 to elect councillors to
This was the tenth annual all-Cardiff elections since the 1914-18
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
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.[1]
Adamsdown
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Donovan | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | n/a |
Canton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Heginbottom | 1,826 | 40.7 | +16.3 | |
Liberal | AJ Dyne | 1,445 | 32.2 | +9.2 | |
Conservative | WA Prichard | 1,211 | 27.0 | -25.5 | |
Turnout | 4,482 | 60.3 | +12.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.55 |
Cathays
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Ernest Gough* | 3,022 | 61.2 | +10.1 | |
Independent | Owen T Morris | 1,918 | 38.8 | n/a | |
Turnout | 4,940 | 61.6 | -0.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | n/a |
Central
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Gerald Gaskell | 1,682 | 51.1 | +6.0 | |
Labour | James Patrick Collins | 1,608 | 48.9 | +18.2 | |
Turnout | 3,290 | 56.9 | -4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a |
Gabalfa
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Alfred Ernest Shippobotham* | 2,309 | 55.3 | +7.1 | |
Labour | HJ Brown | 1,870 | 44.7 | +17.4 | |
Turnout | 4,179 | 56.0 | -6.4 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | -5.15 |
Grangetown
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ivor George Duddridge* | 2,482 | 63.4 | -16.4 | |
Liberal | TL Francis | 1,435 | 36.6 | n/a | |
Turnout | 3,917 | 62.1 | +22.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | n/a |
Llandaff
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | EJ Draper | 2,890 | 51.3 | +12.3 | |
Conservative | Alfred Edward Lougher* | 2,742 | 48.7 | -12.3 | |
Turnout | 5,632 | 56.8 | +8.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.3 |
Penylan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | G Williams | 2,050 | 49.7 | -3.9 | |
Conservative | TR Evans | 1,247 | 30.2 | -16.2 | |
Labour | R Stanton | 831 | 20.1 | n/a | |
Turnout | 4,128 | 65.5 | +6.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a |
Plasnewydd
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | C Hoare* | 1,663 | 37.9 | -1.9 | |
Liberal | Edward John Sawyer | 1,368 | 31.2 | -4.6 | |
Labour | IT Rees | 1,356 | 30.9 | +6.5 | |
Turnout | 4,387 | 66.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a |
Riverside
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter Howell Parker* | 1,980 | 62.9 | n/a | |
Labour | Frederick Saw | 1,166 | 37.1 | n/a | |
Turnout | 3,146 | 46.4 | n/a | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a |
Roath
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Frederick Evans* | 2,470 | 50.7 | n/a | |
Labour | AJ Phillips | 1,353 | 27.8 | n/a | |
Conservative | HE White | 1,048 | 21.5 | n/a | |
Turnout | 4,871 | 69.0 | n/a | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a |
South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joshua Thomas Clatworthy | 1,759 | 49.4 | +17.4 | |
Conservative | Frederick Jones* | 1,743 | 49.0 | -11.7 | |
Communist
|
Reginald Cosslett | 57 | 1.6 | -5.7 | |
Turnout | 3,559 | 62.5 | +13.2 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +14.55 |
Splott
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A Lewis | 3,104 | 53.9 | +6.8 | |
Liberal | Edward James Wilmot | 2,655 | 46.1 | n/a | |
Turnout | 5,759 | 68.9 | +1.0 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | n/a |
References
- ^ County Borough Elections in England and Wales, 1919-1938 Volume 2, Sam Davies & Bob Morley