Gelligaer Urban District Council election results, 1909–1939

Gelligaer Urban District Council was a local authority in Glamorgan, Wales. It was created in 1908 under the provisions of the 1894 Local Government of England and Wales Act and reflected the population increase in the upper Rhymney Valley. The Council existed until 1973. There were five wards.

The first councillors were elected on 30 September 1908.^[1] Most of the first members of the authority had served on the previous Rural District Council.

1908 Gelligaer Urban District council election

Fochriw Ward

Fochriw Ward 1908

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Edwards*	283
	Liberal	John Jones*	215
	Liberal	Rhys Jenkins	175
	Liberal	Thomas Kinsey	139

Hengoed Ward

Hengoed Ward 1908

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dr John Richards	258
	Conservative	Rev T.J. Jones	180
	Liberal	Edward Richards	163
	Conservative	Sydney Jones	139
	Liberal	W. Coslett Beddoe	102
		Gerald W. M'Arthur	17

Pontlottyn Ward

Pontlottyn Ward 1908

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ben Hughes	355
	Conservative	Rev T. Rees*	307
	Liberal	D. Hopkins*	304
	Conservative	W.A. Morgan*	269
	Liberal	Stephen Evans	181

Tirphil Ward

Tirphil Ward 1908

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Hammond*	225
	Liberal	Rees Davies	220
	Labour	Joseph Morgan	206
	Liberal	J. Aurelius*	135

References

1. "Gelligaer's New Urban Council. New Body Selected at the Poll". Weekly Mail. 3 October 1908. p. 2. Retrieved 23 September 2021.