The twelfth election to Cardiganshire County Council took place in March 1925. It was preceded by the 1922 election and followed by the 1928 election. While the previous election had been held in the shadow of bitter Liberal infighting at parliamentary level, the temperature had cooled and only ten seats were contested.
Candidates
The election saw only ten contests, compared with 24 three years previously.[1] With hindsight this can be seen as the start of half century of Independent domination in the local politics of Cardiganshire.[n 1] Although political affiliations were no longer a feature of most contests the split in the Liberal ranks between Coalition and Asquithian Liberals had largely disappeared and some individuals had drifted away from Liberalism towards the Conservatives (one example being Morgan Lloyd Williams at Ysbyty Ystwyth).
Retiring aldermen
Eight aldermen retired, seven of whom were Liberals and one Conservative, R.S. Rowland of Gareth, Llangybi.[2] Two of their number, D.C. Roberts (who had previously contested his seat at Aberystwyth) and the sole Conservative sought election.
The other retiring aldermen were the Rev. John Williams, Cardigan, who had not faced the electorate for many years; the Rev William Griffiths (New Quay), the Rev T. Mason Jones, (Devil's Bridge) and R.J.R. Loxdale (Llanilar) who last faced an election in 1913; and John Morgan Howell (Aberaeron) and Thomas Davies (Newcastle Emlyn) who had been elected to fill vacancies in recent years.
Contested elections
Only ten seats were contested and these were largely fought on non-political lines.[3] Two seats can be said to have changed hands but in both cases this resulted in the sitting member not seeking re-election. At Lampeter, J.C. Harford's seat was won by a Liberal and at Llangybi, the sitting Liberal stood down allowing Alderman R.S. Rowland, the Garth, to be returned unopposed.
Outcome
Very little change resulted from the election of 1925. Three members of the originally elected council in 1889 remained as members, namely Aldermen John Morgan Howell, Peter Jones and C.M. Williams.
Results
Aberaeron
Aberaeron 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Dr David Morgan Davies* | Unopposed |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Aberbanc
Aberbanc 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Rev Evan James Davies* | Unopposed |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Aberporth
Aberporth 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Samuel Griffiths Davies* | Unopposed |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Aberystwyth Division 1
Aberystwyth Division 1 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | William Edwards* | Unopposed |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Aberystwyth Division 2
Aberystwyth Division 2 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Mrs E.K. Jones* | Unopposed |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Aberystwyth Division 3
Aberystwyth Division 3 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | J. Barclay Jenkins* | Unopposed |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Aberystwyth Division 4
Aberystwyth Division 4 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | D.C. Roberts** | Unopposed |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Aberystwyth Division 5
Aberystwyth Division 5 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | John Evans* | Unopposed |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Aberystwyth Division 6
Aberystwyth Division 6 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Llewellyn Samuel* | 203 | | |
| Liberal | T.H. Edwards | 171 | | |
Majority | 32 | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Aeron
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Aeron 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Evan Thomas Davies | Unopposed |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Borth
Borth 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | R.E. Jones* | Unopposed |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Bow Street
Bow Street 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | David Rees Morgan* | Unopposed |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Cardigan North
Cardigan North 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | William Edward Matthews* | Unopposed |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Cardigan South
Cardigan South 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Evans* | Unopposed |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Cilcennin
Cilcennin 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Evan Evans | Unopposed |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Cwmrheidol
Cwmrheidol 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | John Morgan* | Unopposed |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Devil's Bridge
Devil's Bridge 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | J.G. Morris Davies* | Unopposed |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Felinfach
Felinfach 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Simon Davies* | Unopposed |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Goginan
Goginan 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | William Griffiths* | Unopposed |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Lampeter Borough
Lampeter Borough 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Walter Davies | 417 | | |
| Independent | Rev T. Oswald Williams | 325 | | |
Majority | 92 | | |
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Llanarth
Llanarth 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Evan Lloyd* | Unopposed |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Llanbadarn Fawr
Llanbadarn Fawr 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Henry Bonsall* | Unopposed |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Llanddewi Brefi
Llanddewi Brefi 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | R.S. Rowland** | Unopposed |
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
Llandygwydd
Llandygwydd 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | David James* | Unopposed |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Llandysul North
Llandysul North 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | William Davies | Unopposed |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Llandysul South
Llandysul South 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Rev Thomas Arthur Thomas* | 430 | | |
| Conservative | William Jones | 289 | | |
Majority | 141 | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Llansysiliogogo
Llandysiliogogo 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | James Elias Jones* | Unopposed |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Llanfair Clydogau
Llanfair Clydogau 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Tom Davies* | Unopposed |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Llanfarian
Llanfarian 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Richard Jones | Unopposed |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Llanfihangel y Creuddyn
Llangoedmor
Llangoedmor 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Evan Davies* | 254 | | |
| Independent | Rev Evan Lewis | 212 | | |
Majority | 42 | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Llangeitho
Llangeitho 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Dr David Davies* | Unopposed |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Llangrannog
Llangrannog 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Samuel Jones* | Unopposed |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Llanilar
Llanilar 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | D.W. Lewis | 317 | | |
| Liberal | Isaac Jones* | 141 | | |
Majority | 176 | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Llanrhystyd
Llanrhystyd 1922 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | D. Morgan James* | 205 | | |
| Liberal | David Lewis | 146 | | |
| Independent | David Lewis | 96 | | |
Majority | 59 | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Llanllwchaiarn
Llanllwchaiarn 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Evan Lewis* | Unopposed |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Llansantffraed
Llansantffraed 1922 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Frederick Jones | 192 | | |
| Liberal | Henry Lewis | 187 | | |
| Liberal | D. Alban Lloyd | 9 | | |
Majority | 5 | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Llanwnen
Llanwnen 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Dr Evan Evans* | Unopposed |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Llanwenog
Llanwenog 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Dr Evan Jones* | 312 | | |
| Independent | J.J. Thomas | 264 | | |
Majority | 48 | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Lledrod
Lledrod 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Richard Daniel Herbert* | Unopposed |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Nantcwnlle
Nantcwnlle 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Daniel Lewis Herbert* | Unopposed |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
New Quay
New Quay 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Evan James Davies* | Unopposed |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Penbryn
Penbryn 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | John William Lewis* | Unopposed |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Strata Florida
Strata Florida 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Dr John Morgan* | Unopposed |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Taliesin
Taliesin 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Audry Dorothy Loxdale Jones | Unopposed |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Talybont
Talybont 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Jenkin Evan Evans* | Unopposed |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Trefeurig
Trefeurig 1922 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | David James | 160 | | |
| Liberal | J. Owen Jones | 59 | | |
Majority | 101 | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Tregaron
Tregaron 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Mary Lloyd* | Unopposed |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Troedyraur
Troedyraur 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | David Evans* | Unopposed |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Ysbyty Ystwyth
Ysbyty Ystwyth 1925 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Morgan Lloyd Williams | 151 | | |
| Liberal | Joshua Williams | 124 | | |
Majority | 27 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Election of Aldermen
Eight aldermen were elected, including one Conservative, Dr John Morgan, who replaced R.S. Rowland.[4] As well as Dr Morgan, Evan Lewis, Samuel Jones and D. Morgan James became new aldermen, while retiring alderman D.C. Roberts had yet again been returned unopposed at Aberystwyth.
Of the three retiring aldermen re-appointed without facing the electorate, J.M. Howell had fought a contested election in 1922 and was re-appointed as alderman after the death of E. Lima Jones. Loxdale had last been returned unopposed in 1910 while the Rev. John Williams had not stood as a candidate since 1898.
- Evan Lewis, Llanllwchaiarn, 48
- Rev. John Williams, Cardigan, 47
- D.C. Roberts, Aberystwyth, 48
- R.J.R. Loxdale, Llanilar, 47
- John Morgan Howell, Aberaeron, 47
- Dr John Morgan, Pontrhydygroes, 46
- Samuel Jones, Llangrannog, 45
- D. Morgan James, Llanrhystud, 37
By-elections
Aberystwyth, Division 4 by-election
E.J. Evans, Cwncybarcud, who previously represented Llanrhystud from 1901 until 1904 was returned unopposed following the appointment of R.J.R. Loxdale as alderman.
Llanilar by-election 1910 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | E.J. Evans | unopposed | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Llangrannog by-election
A Liberal candidate was returned unopposed for Lledrod following the appointment of Daniel L. Jones as alderman.[5]
Lledrod by-election 1910 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Rev T.R. Morgan | unopposed | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Llanllwchaiarn by-election
Following the appointment of E.J. Davies as alderman no valid nomination was initially received.
New Quay by-election 1910 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Evan James Davies* | unopposed | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Llanrhystud by-election
Troedyraur by-election 1910 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Rev Daniel Evans* | unopposed | | |
| Independent | Rev. Evan Lewis | 204 | | |
| Independent | Rev. Evan Lewis | 204 | | |
Majority | 260 | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Strata Florida by-election
Troedyraur by-election 1910 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Rev Daniel Evans* | unopposed | | |
| Independent | Rev. Evan Lewis | 204 | | |
| Independent | Rev. Evan Lewis | 204 | | |
Majority | 260 | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Notes
- ^ Although political affiliations were not included in press coverage of the election, the affiliations noted at the 1928 election have been used in this article
References
- ^ "Cardiganshire County Council. Only Ten Contests. Forty Unopposed Returns". Welsh Gazette. 5 March 1925. p. 5. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ "The Retiring Aldermen". Welsh Gazette. 19 February 1925. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Results of the Elections". Welsh Gazette. 12 March 1925. p. 2. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ "Cardiganshire County Council. First Meeting of New Body". Welsh Gazette. 26 March 1925. p. 6.
- ^ "Cardiganshire County Council Bye-Election". Cambrian News. 8 April 1910. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
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