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1981 Mid Glamorgan County Council election

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The 1981 Mid Glamorgan County Council election was held in May 1981 and were the third elections to Mid Glamorgan County Council, electing 85 councillors.[1] They were preceded by the 1977 elections and followed by the 1985 elections.

Ward Results

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Aberdare No.1: Llwydcoed (two seats)

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Labour comfortably held both seats. Plaid Cymru, who held a seat in the ward from 1973 to 1977, did not field a candidate.

Aberdare No.1: Llwydcoed 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Powell* 2,104
Labour Mervyn Prowle* 1,956
Liberal D. Higgins 1,078
Turnout 48.2 −11.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Aberdare No.2: Blaengwawr (one seat)

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Aberdare No.2: Blaengwawr 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Glyn Owen* 1,728 52.4 −7.4
Labour B. Fitzgerald 1,571 47.6 +7.4
Majority 4.8 − 14.8
Turnout 53.7 −11.7
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Aberdare No.3: Gadlys 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour V. Llywellyn* 852 58.5 +1.7
Independent L. Rosser 605 41.5
Majority 17.0 +3.5
Turnout 59.4 −20.8
Labour hold Swing

Aberdare No.4: Town (one seat)

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Aberdare No.4: Town 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent P. Williams 743 44.6 −13.9
Labour W. Price 694 41.7 +0.2
Plaid Cymru M. Thomas 229 13.7
Majority 2.9 −14.0
Turnout 48.5 +1.5
Independent hold Swing

Aberdare No.5: Aberaman (one seat)

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Aberdare No.5: Aberaman 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Reed Unopposed
Labour hold Swing

Abertridwr and Senghennydd

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Abertridwr and Senghennydd 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ratepayers J. Davies 1,484 64.5 −11.1
Labour E. Wright 817 35.5 +11.1
Majority 29.0 −20.1
Turnout 43.6 +1.1
Ratepayers hold Swing

Bedwas and Machen (two seats)

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Bedwas and Machen 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ray Davies* 2,897
Liberal Angus Donaldson 2,799
Labour E. Gwynne 2,279
Turnout 58.5
Labour hold Swing
Liberal gain from Labour Swing

Bedwellty No.1 Aberbargoed (one seat)

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Bedwellty No.1 Aberbargoed 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Collis 838 55.5 +9.1
Plaid Cymru K. Szerard* 673 44.5 −9.1
Majority
Turnout 51.7 −5.90
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Bedwellty No.2 Abertysswg (one seat)

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Bedwellty No.2 Abertysswg 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Powell 1,457 76.8 +34.4
Plaid Cymru Bill Hyde 440 23.2 −34.4
Majority 53.6
Turnout 44.4 −13.6
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Bridgend (two seats)

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Bridgend 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F. Bertorelli 1,648
Labour R. Bowser 1,548
Labour H. Davies 1,547
Conservative W. Rutter* 1,512
Ratepayers P. Roberts 1,372
Ratepayers B. Ellis 1,220
Independent R. Evans 703
Turnout 44.0 −9.8
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Caerphilly No.1 (one seat)

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Caerphilly No.1 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour L. Lewis* 985 59.5 +8.5
Plaid Cymru A. Morgan 361 21.8 −14.6
Liberal N. Lewis 309 18.7 +18.7
Majority
Turnout 52.8 −12.0
Labour hold Swing

Caerphilly No.2 Llanbradach (one seat)

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Caerphilly No.2 Llanbradach 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Colin Mann* 1,643 65.2 +14.1
Labour E. Piper 878 34.83 +1.5
Majority
Turnout 52.8
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Caerphilly No.4 (one seat)

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Bertie Rowland, a long-serving Labour councilor on the former Glamorgan County Council, regained the seat that he narrowly lost four years previously.

Caerphilly No.4 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bertie Rowland 1,734 46.7 +6.5
Plaid Cymru Lindsay Whittle* 1,212 32.6 −5.6
Liberal A. Lambert 477 12.8 +12.8
Conservative R. Bisley 291 7.8
Majority
Turnout 51.0
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Caerphilly No.5 North (one seat)

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Caerphilly No.5 North 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Jewell* 1,035 56.1
Plaid Cymru Phil Bevan 810 43.9
Majority
Turnout 45.5 −1.0
Labour hold Swing

Caerphilly No.6 South (one seat)

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Caerphilly No.6 South 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Snell 798 37.5
Independent M. Ryland 706 33.1
Plaid Cymru G. Hibbert 234 11.0
Ratepayers P. Lewis 224 10.5
Liberal L. Price 168 7.9
Majority
Turnout 48.3
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Caerphilly No.7 (one seat)

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Caerphilly No.7 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Penri Williams 1,814 63.0
Labour R. Toghill 1,067 37.0
Majority
Turnout 47.8
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Cardiff Rural (one seat)

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Cardiff Rural 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. Richards* 1,233 60.7
Ratepayers A. Goodchild 798 39.3
Majority
Turnout 41.8
Labour hold Swing

Cowbridge Rural (one seat)

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Cowbridge Rural 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent J. David* 1,285 48.5
Labour I. Williams 873 32.9
Plaid Cymru Janet Davies 493 18.6
Majority
Turnout 41.0
Independent hold Swing

Dowlais (one seat)

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Dowlais 1981
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)

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Gelligaer No.1 1981
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)

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Gelligaer No.2 1981
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)

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Gelligaer No.3 1981
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)

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Gelligaer No.4 1981
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)

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Llantrisant and Llantwitfardre No.1 1981
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 Ratepayers Swing

Llantrisant and Llantwit Fardre No.2 (two seats)

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Llantrisant and Llantwitfardre No.2 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. McDonald 2,776
Labour W. Hall 2,163
RA George Jury 1,101
Independent R. Brinson 1,060
RA H. Deardon 775
Plaid Cymru R. Williams 741
Turnout 55.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Maesteg No.1 (one seat)

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Maesteg No.1 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour V. Hart Unopposed
Labour hold Swing

Maesteg No.2 (one seat)

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Maesteg No.2 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeff Jones 1,364
Liberal Jennie Gibbs* 1,171
Majority
Turnout 59.3 +5.0
Labour gain from Liberal Swing

Maesteg No.3 (one seat)

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Maesteg No.3 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour L. Jenkins 1,676
Plaid Cymru I. Williams 368
Conservative K. Rowe 198
Majority
Turnout 44.8 −5.0
Labour hold Swing

Merthyr, Cyfarthfa (one seat)

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Merthyr, Cyfarthfa 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru M. Phillips* 1,480 57.6
Labour K. Thomas 1,091 42.4
Majority
Turnout
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Merthyr No.6 (one seat)

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Merthyr No.6 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Jones 1,632
Plaid Cymru C. Foley 937
Majority
Turnout 61.5 −7.6
Labour hold Swing

Merthyr No.7 (one seat)

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Merthyr No.7 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. O'Brien* 1,154
Plaid Cymru E. Bartlett 1.045
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Merthyr Park (two seats)

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Merthyr Park 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Burns* 1,810
Labour J. Cleary 1,615
Plaid Cymru G. Foster* 1,265
Plaid Cymru D. Thomas 822
Communist A. Jones 627
Liberal G. Cooper 495
Communist C. Dennett 155
Workers Revolutionary R. Gould 109
Turnout 45.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Merthyr Town (one seat)

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Merthyr Town 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Davies* 1,056
Independent R. Howells 840
Conservative E. Horne 252
Communist T. Roberts 131
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Mountain Ash No.1 (one seat)

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Mountain Ash No.1 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Davies* 1,723
Plaid Cymru G. Jones 1,137
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Mountain Ash No.2 (one seat)

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Mountain Ash No.2 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F. Edwards 1,215
Plaid Cymru N. Thomas* 953
Majority
Turnout
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Mountain Ash No.3 (two seats)

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Mountain Ash No.3 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Evans 1,870
Plaid Cymru Pauline Jarman 1,801
Labour S. Lloyd* 1,717
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Ogmore and Garw No.1 (one seat)

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Ogmore and Garw No.1 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ratepayers Danny Mordecai 1,144
Labour G. Mackay 633
Independent R. Smiles 402
Majority
Turnout
Ratepayers hold Swing

Ogmore and Garw No.2 (two seats)

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Ogmore and Garw No.2 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru E. Merriman* 2,670
Labour A. Lock 2,474
Labour D. Hughes 2,364
Plaid Cymru J. Jones 1,855
Conservative S. Thomas 261
Conservative R. Cave 190
Turnout
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Penybont No.1 (one seat)

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Penybont No.1 1981
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)

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Walters had previously represented the neighbouring Penybont No.1 Ward which was also lost by the Conservatives.

Penybont No.2 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent D. Thomas 1,112
Conservative L. Walters* 873
Turnout 44.4
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Penybont No.3 (one seat)

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Penybont No.3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Philpin 1,775 57.7
Conservative J. Spurgeon* 826 26.8
Independent J. Ogden 304 9.9
Plaid Cymru B. Williams 173 5.6
Majority
Turnout 47.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Penybont No.4 (one seat)

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Penybont No.4 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Unwin 1,407 51.3
Labour G. Stevens 1,044 38.1
Plaid Cymru R. Fattorini 291 10.6
Majority
Turnout 42.6
Conservative hold Swing

Penybont No.5 (two seats)

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Penybont No.5 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Davies* 3,579
Labour M. Jones* 3,463
Conservative M. Eade 725
Plaid Cymru K. Burnell 677
Conservative W. Jones 672
Plaid Cymru P. Tomlin 623
Turnout 44.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Penybont No.6 (two seats)

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Penybont No.6 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Philip Squire* 2,334
Labour G. Walters 2,229
Plaid Cymru D. Jones 492
Independent D. Thomas 479
Conservative M. Powell 476
Plaid Cymru A. Rees 458
Conservative Chris Smart 355
Turnout 47.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Penydarren (one seat)

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Penydarren 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Mahoney* Unopposed
Labour hold Swing

Pontypridd No.1 (one seat)

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Pontypridd No.1 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Williams* 1,129 55.4
Plaid Cymru S. Holcombe 503 24.7
Independent K. James 405 19.9
Turnout 52.1
Labour hold Swing

Pontypridd No.2 Town (one seat)

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Pontypridd No.2 Town 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Clayton Jones 986 39.5
Labour W. Jones* 950 38.1
Liberal B. Murphy 560 22.4
Majority
Turnout 57.1
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour Swing

Pontypridd No.3 (one seat)

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Pontypridd No.3 1977
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Davies 723 68.4
Plaid Cymru G. Watkins 229 21.7
Conservative Steve Belzak 105 9.9
Majority
Turnout 48.9
Labour hold Swing

Pontypridd No.4 Trallwn (one seat)

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Pontypridd No.4 Trallwn 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Meriel Murphy* 1,001 65.2
Labour P. Hill 369 24.0
Plaid Cymru G. Gregory 166 10.8
Majority
Turnout 48.6
Liberal hold Swing

Pontypridd No.5 Rhydyfelin (one seat)

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Pontypridd No.5 Rhydyfelin 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Davies* 1,495 70.4
Plaid Cymru Joseph Biddulph 368 17.3
Conservative B. Morgan-Lewis 261 12.3
Turnout 30.7
Labour hold Swing

Pontypridd No.6 (one seat)

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Pontypridd No.6 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Weston* 1,255 64.7
Plaid Cymru E. Watkins 516 26.6
Conservative L. Jarman 168 8.7
Majority
Turnout 37.2
Labour hold Swing

Porthcawl No.1 (one seat)

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Porthcawl No.1 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Hubbard-Miles* 1,927 60.5
Labour A. Thomas 1,260 39.5
Majority
Turnout 44.4
Conservative hold Swing

Porthcawl No.2 (one seat)

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Porthcawl No.2 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. McBride 1,279 53.6
Conservative G. Fairley 1,109 46.4
Majority
Turnout 45.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Rhondda No.1 Treherbert (two seats)

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Rhondda No.1 Treherbert 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Williams* 1,980
Communist Arthur True* 1,818
Labour I. Lisle 1,395
Plaid Cymru Geraint Davies 1,254
Plaid Cymru S. Macmillan 553
Turnout 85.7
Labour hold Swing
Communist hold Swing

Rhondda No.2 Treorchy (two seats)

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Rhondda No.2 Treorchy 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Jones* Unopposed
Labour G. Rees* Unopposed
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Rhondda No.3 Pentre (one seat)

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Rhondda No.3 Pentre 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Gough 1,240 63.3
Plaid Cymru M. Powell 720 36.7
Majority
Turnout 44.4
Labour hold Swing

Rhondda No.4 Ystrad (one seat)

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Rhondda No.4 Ystrad 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent T. Hughes 1,718 61.2
Labour D. Thomas* 1,091 38.8
Majority
Turnout 55.3
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Rhondda No.5 (one seat)

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Rhondda No.5 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Emmanuel 1,899 63.6
Plaid Cymru D. Morgan* 1,085 36.4
Majority
Turnout 56.2
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Rhondda No.6 (one seat)

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Rhondda No.6 1977
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Harris 1,941 68.2
Conservative P. Leyshon 648 22.8
Plaid Cymru C. Pugh 255 9.0
Majority
Turnout 50.2
Labour hold Swing

Rhondda No.7 Penygraig (one seat)

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Rhondda No.7 Penygraig 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. Richards* Unopposed
Labour hold Swing

Rhondda No.8 Porth (two seats)

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Rhondda No.8 Porth 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Ellis* 2,123
Labour L. Rees 2,046
Ratepayers T. Rees 1,494
Ratepayers R. Dentus 1,469
Turnout 45.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Rhondda No.9 (one seat)

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Rhondda No.9 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Williams 1,475 56.1
Ratepayers D. May* 1,155 43.9
Majority
Turnout 56.5
Labour gain from Ratepayers Swing

Rhymney Lower, Middle and Upper (one seat)

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Rhymney Lower, Middle and Upper 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Williams* 1,679 90.8
Plaid Cymru A. Cosh 170 9.2
Majority
Turnout 41.4
Labour hold Swing

Treharris (one seat)

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Treharris 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Richards* Unopposed
Labour hold Swing

Vaynor and Penderyn No.1 (one seat)

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Vaynor and Penderyn No.1 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru C. Harris 972 53.8
Labour I. Holt 834 46.2
Majority
Turnout 53.9
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Vaynor and Penderyn No.2 (one seat)

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Vaynor and Penderyn No.2 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Chambers 804 55.8
Independent T. Smith 636 44.2
Majority
Turnout 55.3
Labour hold Swing

References

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