1977 South Glamorgan County Council election

The second election to South Glamorgan County Council was held in May 1977. It was preceded by the 1973 election and followed by the 1981 election.

Boundary changes

There were no boundary changes but the balance of representation in the Penarth wards appears to have changed with the North/Central ward gaining a seat and the West ward losing one.

Candidates

Conservative and Labour candidates contested the vast majority of seats. In contrast with four years previously there were more Liberal candidates together with a smaller number of Plaid Cymru candidates and Independents.

Outcome

When the authority was established the Conservatives had hoped to win control but failed to do so in 1973. However, they won control at this election, with sweeping gains across Cardiff and the Vale, including some seats which the party had not fully contested at the previous election. Defeated candidates included the leader of the council, Jack Leonard.

Ward Results

Adamsdown (two seats)

Adamsdown 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Evans*	1,011
	Labour	John Iorwerth Jones*	929
	Conservative	B. Jones	763
	Conservative	D. Jones	647
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Barry, Baruc (one seat)

Barry, Baruc 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Jones	1,651
	Labour	J. Davies*	854
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Barry, Buttrills (one seat)

Barry, Buttrills 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Evans	691
	Labour	R. Williams*	345
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Barry, Cadoc (one seat)

Barry, Cadoc 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Whitchurch	1,015
	Labour	C. Price	750
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Barry, Castleland (one seat)

Barry, Castleland 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Williams	729
	Labour	T. Thompson	609
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Barry, Court (two seats)

Barry, Court 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Davies	1,211
	Conservative	M. Walnycki	998
	Labour	M. Webber*	907
	Labour	T. Cornwall	901
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Barry, Dyfan (two seats)

Barry, Dyfan 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Hinds*
	Labour	C. Watkins
	Conservative	Ronnie Boon
	Conservative	W. Woodham
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Barry, Illtyd (one seat)

Councillor Tresize had sat for the Cadoc Ward at the previous election.

Barry, Castleland 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Mackillican*	1,427
	Labour	H. Tresize*	904
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Canton (two seats)

Canton 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bella Brown*	1,756
	Conservative	Trevor Tyrrell*	1,540
	Labour	P. Thomas	813
	Labour	A. Davis	647
	Plaid Cymru	R. Lee	365
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cardiff Rural No.1 (one seat)

Cardiff Rural No.1 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	C. Chedzey
	Conservative	W. Clarke
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru gain from Conservative		Swing

Cardiff Rural No.3, Dinas Powys (two seats)

Cardiff Rural No.3, Dinas Powys 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Jones*	2,197
	Conservative	M. Box	2,019
	Plaid Cymru	John Dixon	1,413
	Plaid Cymru	Chris Franks	1,012
	Liberal	J. Baker	391
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cardiff Rural No.4, Wenvoe (one seat)

Cardiff Rural No.4, Wenvoe 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Rush*	Unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cardiff Rural No.5, Rhoose (one seat)

Cardiff Rural No.5, Rhoose 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Lewis	1,087
	Independent	J. Howell*	602
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Cardiff South (two seats)

Cardiff South 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Dunleavy*	1,360
	Labour	J. Smith*	1,289
	Conservative	E. Williams	1,024
	Conservative	E. Canning	960
	Ratepayers	E. Shelley	960
	Plaid Cymru	E. Roberts	317
	Communist	J. Richards	192
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Cathays (three seats)

Cathays 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Chichister	2,109
	Conservative	J. Jones	2,100
	Conservative	S. Taylor	1,971
	Labour	Emyr Currie-Jones*	1,618
	Labour	John Charles Edwards*	1,560
	Labour	D. Dixon	1,382
	Ratepayers	R. Castle	548
	Plaid Cymru	T. O'Neill	430
	Liberal	G. Snell	412
	Plaid Cymru	R. Wilson	367
	Liberal	D. Giles	350
	Liberal	D. Rees	320
	Plaid Cymru	B. Smith	305
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Central (two seats)

Central 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Marles	1,043
	Conservative	C. Thomas	989
	Labour	Gordon William Fish*	937
	Labour	William Herbert*	863
	Plaid Cymru	R. Griffiths	273
	Plaid Cymru	P. Riley	266
	Liberal	P. Davies	125
	Liberal	J. Blaine	120
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Cowbridge No.1 (one seat)

Cowbridge No.1 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Thomas	2,018
	Liberal	R. Carden	673
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cowbridge No.2 (two seats)

Cowbridge No.2 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Barrat	1,822
	Independent	J. George*	1,718
	Conservative	N. Barker	1,546
	Labour	D. Percy*	1,019
	Labour	J. Jordon	688
	Independent	G. Rees	575
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Ely (four seats)

Ely 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Carling*	2,660
	Labour	Robert Morgan*	2,492
	Labour	Albert Buttle*	2,470
	Labour	H. Gough	2,401
	Conservative	W. Clode	1,987
	Conservative	S. Jose	1,773
	Conservative	R. Symes	1,726
	Conservative	J. Bushrod	1,702
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Gabalfa (three seats)

Gabalfa 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Merridew	2,002
	Labour	Michael Parry*	1,982
	Conservative	C. Saunders	1,850
	Labour	Emrys Pride*	1,826
	Conservative	G. Tatham	1,708
	Labour	M. Mathewson	1,522
	Ratepayers	V. Kempton	668
	Plaid Cymru	L. Hayden	354
	Plaid Cymru	B. Wilson	351
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Grangetown (two seats)

Grangetown 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Mountstephen	1,538
	Conservative	L. Quinn	1,334
	Labour	D. Lydiard	1,313
	Labour	B. Matthewson*	1,197
	Plaid Cymru	S. Crouch	325
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Lisvane, Llanedeyrn and St Mellons (one seat)

Lisvane, Llanedeyrn and St Mellons 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Lysaght*
	Plaid Cymru	M. Nightingale
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llandaff (three seats)

Llandaff 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Jones*	2,937
	Conservative	Julius Hermer*	2,889
	Conservative	H. Ferguson-Jones*	2,801
	Plaid Cymru	G. Petty	937
	Labour	G. Rhoden	774
	Labour	H. Rhoden	758
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llanishen (four seats)

Llanishen 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Cronin*	4,382
	Conservative	B. Rees	4,368
	Conservative	G. Tathem	4,357
	Conservative	G. Scott-Dickens	4,314
	Labour	V. Davies	1,194
	Labour	B. Williams	1,145
	Labour	E. Williams	1,024
	Liberal	J. Thomas	894
	Plaid Cymru	R. Edwards	559
	Plaid Cymru	J. May	536
	Plaid Cymru	S. Doyle	527
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penarth North/Central (one seat)

Penarth North/Central 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Kelly-Owen	919
	Labour	D. Foulkes*	660
	Plaid Cymru	R. Davies	600
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Penarth South Ward (two seats)

Penarth South Ward 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Sanders	2,086
	Conservative	W. Goddard	2,072
	Labour	H. Rees	420
	Labour	P. Gray	419
	Liberal	S. Baker	279
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Penarth West (one seat)

Penarth West 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Lloyd	2,193
	Conservative	S. Thomas	2,175
	Labour	D. Foulkes	1,432
	Labour	A. Rees	1,251
	Plaid Cymru	R. Davies	600
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Penylan (five seats)

Penylan 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stefan Terlezki*	7,308
	Conservative	C. Peterson	7,237
	Conservative	Peter Meyer	7,167
	Conservative	M. Hallinan	6,917
	Conservative	A. Thomas	6,791
	Labour	M. Jones	1,702
	Labour	C. O'Brien	1,667
	Labour	S. Simpson	1,579
	Labour	L. Green	1,577
	Labour	P. Wing	1,559
	Ratepayers	A. Dickson	1,441
	Liberal	D. Thomas	1,184
	Liberal	P. Linsey	868
	Plaid Cymru	A. Couch	838
	Plaid Cymru	A. Morgan	831
	Liberal	D. Hill	812
	Plaid Cymru	P. Cravos	798
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Ogwen	767
	Liberal	C. Mitchell	742
	Plaid Cymru	H. Phillips	724
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing	99

Plas Mawr (four seats)

Plas Mawr 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Tyrrell*
	Conservative	R. Wheeler
	Conservative	B. Hall
	Plaid Cymru	D. Davies
	Conservative	J. Phillips
	Labour	Hubert Harding*
	Conservative	W. Jones
	Labour	John Leonard*
	Labour	Albert Huish*
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Plasnewydd (two seats)

Plasnewydd 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Olwen Watkin*	2,031
	Conservative	S. James*	1,799
	Labour	T. Richards	872
	Labour	R. Harrod	866
	Plaid Cymru	G. Evans	480
	Plaid Cymru	J. Cadwaladr	419
	Liberal	K. James	246
	Ratepayers	C. Braygrove	207
	Liberal	P. Jarma	182
	Communist	R. Spencer	91
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rhiwbina (three seats)

Rhiwbina 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Davies*	3,738
	Conservative	W. Bain*	3,696
	Conservative	Gareth Neale*	3,620
	Ratepayers	E. Penfold	1,018
	Labour	C. Beach	691
	Labour	R. Woolfe	640
	Labour	W. Walker	573
	Plaid Cymru	E. Davies	549
	Plaid Cymru	W. Hughes	513
	Plaid Cymru	R. Williams	459
	Liberal	G. White	430
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Riverside (two seats)

Riverside 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. McAndrews	1,554
	Conservative	R. Souza	1,548
	Labour	G. Odgers	1,100
	Labour	D. Toogood	1,054
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Roath (three seats)

Roath 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. Hermer*	2,936
	Conservative	F. McCarthy*	2,889
	Conservative	R. Richards*	2,831
	Labour	T. Tucker	932
	Liberal	R. Thomas	757
	Plaid Cymru	G. Bowman	641
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rumney (five seats)

Rumney 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Llewellyn	3,275
	Labour	J. Jones	3,016
	Conservative	C. Nicholson	2,965
	Conservative	S. Woods	2,933
	Conservative	N. Smith	2,930
	Labour	M. Mullins	2,844
	Labour	D. Evans*	2,822
	Conservative	T. Fitzgerald	2,805
	Labour	David Seligman*	2,648
	Conservative	J. Wright	2,573
	Ratepayers	J. Walker	1,154
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Splott (three seats)

Splott 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Manuel Delgado*	1,457
	Labour	Gordon Houlston	1,353
	Labour	John Brooks*	1,349
	Conservative	F. Chichister	1,252
	Conservative	A. Kelly	1,247
	Conservative	K. Wilcox	1,127
	Ratepayers	R. Warburton	520
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitchurch (three seats)

Whitchurch 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Purnell*	3,779
	Conservative	R. Evans*	3,718
	Conservative	W. Richards	3,588
	Labour	H. Davies	1,035
	Labour	H. Bartlett	1,016
	Labour	W. Davies	1,005
	Ratepayers	P. Dyer	911
	Plaid Cymru	H. Davies	554
	Liberal	S. Davies	509
	Liberal	S. Soffa	333
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

KEY

• indicates sitting councillor for the ward

+ indicates sitting councillor but for different ward