Mountain Ash Urban District was a local authorityinMountain Ash, in the Cynon Valley, Glamorgan, Wales. It was created in 1894 as a result of the 1894 Local Government of England and Wales Act. The council replaced the Mountain Ash Local Board of Health which had been established in 1867.[1] Initially, the Council had fifteen members, but this was increased to eighteen in 1898. The council was based at Mountain Ash Town Hall.[2] The urban district was abolished in 1974, becoming part of the borough of Cynon Valley, which was in turn abolished in 1996 to become part of Rhondda Cynon Taf.
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The inaugural election was held in December 1894.[3] Among those elected were two checkweighers at local collieries, John Powell and John Williams. Williams later served as MP for Gower from 1906 until 1922.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rees Price | 437 | ||||
| Gwilym Jones | 399 | ||||
| Jabez Long | 381 | ||||
| Morgan Morgan | 355 | ||||
| William Little | 352 | ||||
| John Powell | 317 | ||||
| Henry Eynon | 293 | ||||
| Isaac George | 213 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Morgan | 480 | ||||
| John Williams | 444 | ||||
| Rev J.F. Williams | 289 | ||||
| Cornelius Williams | 106 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.W. Jones | 770 | ||||
| Evan Morgan | 608 | ||||
| James Davies | 598 | ||||
| Adam Clark | 546 | ||||
| Thomas Edmunds | 542 | ||||
| Thomas Jones | 521 | ||||
| William James | 516 | ||||
| W. Phillips Bowden | 438 | ||||
| D.T. Phillips | 361 | ||||
| William A. Jenkins | 260 | ||||
In two of the three wards candidates were returned unopposed.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Little* | Unopposed | ||||
| John Powell* | Unopposed | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rev J.F. Williams* | Unopposed | ||||
The only contested election in the West Ward was contested by four Liberals.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Thomas Jones* | 711 | |||
| Liberal | Isaac George | 615 | |||
| Liberal | James James | 557 | |||
| Liberal | Thomas Edmunds* | 556 | |||
Following significant growth in the population of the locality the wards were redrawn for this election and all members were obliged to seek re-election for six new wards, each of which returned three members.[6] A number of nominated candidates withdrew before the election. Several retiring councillors were defeated.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Joseph Williams | 324 | ||||
| Evan Jones | 245 | ||||
| William Evans | 221 | ||||
| Llewelyn Rees Powell | 152 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evan Morgan* | 317 | ||||
| Thomas Edmunds | 307 | ||||
| Morgan Morgan* | 285 | ||||
| David Williams | 239 | ||||
| Jabez Long* | 190 | ||||
| William Lamburn | 171 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Davies* | 324 | ||||
| Rees Price* | 298 | ||||
| William Little* | 269 | ||||
| Gwilym Jones* | 257 | ||||
| William P. Bowden | 185 | ||||
| William Probert | 151 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Powell* | 291 | ||||
| Fred Noel Gray | 212 | ||||
| James James | 237 | ||||
| Adam Clark* | 217 | ||||
| Isaac George* | 170 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Phillips | 373 | ||||
| William Lewis | 275 | ||||
| Thomas Bevan | 269 | ||||
| Thomas Jones* | 214 | ||||
| William James* | 173 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhys David Morgan* | 451 | ||||
| David Rogers | 323 | ||||
| David William Howell | 276 | ||||
| Gomer Jones | 234 | ||||
Only one ward was contested, namely Miskin, where Adam Clark regained a seat he has lost the previous year.[8] In Duffryn Ward the sitting councillor William Litle was nominated but withdrew in favour of Gwilym Jones, a former member defeated in 1898.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Evans* | Unopposed | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Morgan* | Unopposed | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gwilym Jones | Unopposed | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Clark | 290 | ||||
| James James* | 189 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Bevan* | Unopposed | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David William Howell* | Unopposed | ||||
There were elections in all four wards.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | W. Lamburn | 510 | |||
| Conservative | Major Morgan | 343 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Griffith Evans | 417 | |||
| Labour | Richard Parsons* | 381 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | George Henry Hall | 506 | |||
| Liberal | J.P. Davies* | 475 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | W. Evans | 443 | |||
| Liberal | W. Fenwick* | 364 | |||
| Labour | W. Jenkins | 331 | |||
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| Aberdare Urban District Council |
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| Neath Rural District Council |
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| Mountain Ash Urban District |
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| Ogmore and Garw Urban District Council |
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| Pontypridd Urban District Council |
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| Rhondda Urban District Council |
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| Urban District Councils (Wales) |
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| Urban District Councils (England) |
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| Rural District Councils (England) |
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| Municipal Councils (Scotland) |
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