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1981 South Glamorgan County Council Election
The third election to South Glamorgan County Council and was held in May 1977. It was preceded by the 1977 election and followed by the 1985 election. Boundary changes There were no boundary changes at this election. Candidates As in previous elections, Conservative and Labour candidates contested the vast majority of seats, with an increased number of Liberal candidates. There were a smaller number of Plaid Cymru and Ecology Party The Green Party, also known as the Green Party UK, was a Green political party in the United Kingdom. Prior to 1985 it was called the Ecology Party, and before that PEOPLE. In 1990, it separated into three political parties: * the Green Part ... candidates and a few Independents. Outcome Having lost control of the authority in 1977, Labour regained control with sweeping gains across the wards. The Liberals also made some advances in central Cardiff. Ward Results Adamsdown (two seats) Barry, Baruc (one seat) Barry, Buttril ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Glamorgan County Council
South Glamorgan County Council ( cy, Cyngor Sir De Morgannwg) was the local government authority that administered the county of South Glamorgan, Wales from its creation in 1974 until its abolition in 1996. History Local government in England and Wales was reorganised in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. The old administrative county of Glamorgan was divided into three new counties and Glamorgan County Council was abolished. The new county of South Glamorgan was created covering the former county borough of Cardiff, (which had been independent from Glamorgan County Council), together with the southern parts of Glamorgan and the parish of St Mellons from Monmouthshire. South Glamorgan County Council came into existence on 1 April 1974. There were two lower-tier districts of Wales, district councils within South Glamorgan: Cardiff City Council (later Cardiff Council) and the Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council (later the Vale of Glamorgan Council). Ahead of the 1970 United King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central (Cardiff Electoral Ward)
Central was the name of an original electoral ward in the centre of the county borough and, from 1905, city of Cardiff, Wales. It elected representatives to the Cardiff County Borough Council and, from 1974, South Glamorgan County Council. The ward ceased to exist in 1996. Description and background In July 1890, following the creation of Cardiff County Borough Council, Central was a new electoral ward created, one of the ten in the county borough. The ward was bordered to the west by the River Taff, to the east by the Taff Vale Railway and to the south by the Great Western Railway line. The Riverside ward lay on the other side of the River Taff, the Cathays ward to the northeast (of the Taff Vale Railway) and the South ward lay to the south. Before the electoral reforms of the 20th century, councillors were elected by burgesses i.e. ratepayers in the ward. The electorate of the Central ward in 1985 was 4217, increasing to 4908 in 1993. The Cathays ward was expanded to incorpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Brooks (Welsh Politician)
John Edward "Jack" Brooks, Baron Brooks of Tremorfa DL (12 April 1927 – 4 March 2016) was a Welsh politician and boxing functionary. Early life The son of Edward George Brooks and Rachel White, he was born in 1927 and educated at Coleg Harlech. Career Between 1966 and 1984, Brooks was Secretary of the Labour party for Cardiff South-East constituency. In the February 1974 and October 1974 general election, he contested Barry for Labour. Brooks was an elected Cardiff councillor for the Splott ward."Jack Brooks" '''', 25 February 2005. Retrieved 2013-05-04. He became leader of |
Rumney, Cardiff
Rumney ( cy, Tredelerch) is a district and community in the east of the city of Cardiff, Wales. It lies east of the Rhymney River, and is historically part of Monmouthshire. On 1 April 1938 the Cardiff Extension Act 1937 incorporated it into the county borough of Cardiff, although it remained part of Monmouthshire, and England until the Local Government Act 1972 made Monmouthshire a part of Wales. Description This is a predominantly residential area with a variety of social and private housing. There a many places of worship in the area, local shops, beauty salons and Café's, Rumney has a community charity based at Brachdy House called Rumney Forum, which is also home to the charity A Better Fit-School Uniform Donation.There are many shopping outlets on Newport Road as well as local shops at the top of Rumney Hill. New industrial and business estates have been developed alongside existing ones on Lamby Way providing employment opportunities. Within the older sectors of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Hutt
Jane Elizabeth Hutt MS (born 15 December 1949) is a Welsh Labour Party politician serving as Minister for Social Justice since 2021. She has served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for the Vale of Glamorgan since 1999. A member of the Parliament since its creation, Hutt holds the record for the longest serving Welsh Government minister and has served in every administration to date. She served continually in government from May 1999 until the November 2017 reshuffle, returning in December 2018. Hutt has held several of the most senior government offices, including Minister for Finance, Minister for Health and Social Services, and Minister for Education. Early years Born in Epsom, Surrey, on 15 December 1949, Hutt's Welsh-speaking grandparents are from North Wales, and her father was the pathologist Michael Hutt. Hutt was educated at Surbiton High School and graduated from the University of Kent, Canterbury in 1970 with a BA (Hons), gained a Certificate of Qualification in So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen John Thomas
Owen John Thomas (born 3 October 1939) is a former Plaid Cymru politician who was a Member of the Welsh Assembly (AM) for the South Wales Central region from 1999 to 2007. Early life and education Owen John Thomas was born in Albany Road, Cardiff, where his father, John Owen Thomas, had a pharmacy. John Owen Thomas was from Treorchy and the brother of the Alderman Reverend Degwel Thomas, the Chairman of Glamorgan Council for 19 years. On his paternal side both his grandparents spoke Welsh and came from a prominent family of Welsh Baptists in North Pembrokeshire, including the poet preacher Myfyr Emlyn. Thomas' mother, Evelyn Jane Thomas, came from Marros in Carmarthenshire, and her father was Welsh speaking. Despite having Welsh speaking grandparents Thomas' parents did not speak Welsh as adults, and therefore, he and his two sisters were raised in an English language home. Thomas was a pupil at Marlborough Road School, Cardiff, and at Howardian Grammar School. He left ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caerwyn Roderick
Caerwyn Eifion Roderick (15 July 1927 – 16 October 2011) was a British Labour Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Brecon and Radnor from 1970 to 1979, when he lost to the Conservative candidate Tom Hooson. Early life Roderick was the son of David Morgan Roderick of Ystradgynlais, Powys. A Welsh-speaker, he was educated locally and at the University College of North Wales, Bangor. In 1949, he took up a teaching post at Caterham, Surrey and later taught at Brecon boys' grammar school (1954–57) and Hartridge high school, Newport (1960–69). From 1954 until 1957 he worked for the National Coal Board. Parliamentary career In 1969, Roderick was chosen as Labour candidate for Brecon and Radnor, in succession to Tudor Watkins, who had held the seat since 1945. At the 1970 General Election, Roderick had a majority of 4,844, little more than half that obtained by his predecessor four years previously. Roderick proved to be an assiduous and active constituency ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Terlezki
Stefan Terlezki, (29 October 1927 – 21 February 2006) was a British Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff West from 1983 to 1987. Terlezki was born in Antonivka, a village near the town of Tlumach in what is now western Ukraine but was then part of Poland. Terlezki experienced life in both Nazi Germany, and the Soviet Union, which made him a powerful voice against totalitarian governments. Early life Terlezki was brought up in the nearby farming community of Antonivka, where his first teacher at the village school was the Ukrainian poet Mariyka Pidhiryanka. His father Oleksa Terletskyj was a peasant farmer who also worked at a brickworks, where he organised a sit-in protest for shorter working hours. This led to a period of imprisonment by the Polish authorities. Wartime experiences Western Ukraine was occupied by Russian forces in 1939 and then annexed to the Soviet Union. One of Terlezki's uncles was classified as a kulak after pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emyr Currie-Jones
Emyr Currie-Jones CBE (1917–2008) was a local Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician in Cardiff, Wales. He was Chairman of South Glamorgan County Council and known for his role in introducing Welsh-language education in Cardiff. He has been described as "an outstanding example of a local councillor who steered Welsh-medium education through many a political storm." Background Currie-Jones was born on 17 January 1917 in Caernarfon, North Wales, to Grace Currie and Lewis Jones. He was a fluent Welsh language, Welsh-speaker and went to the Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen, Caernarvon County School before graduating from University College, Aberystwyth, where he shared accommodation with Emyr Humphreys. Currie-Jones subsequently became a solicitor in Cardiff. He married Mary Catherine Jones. Legal career Currie-Jones became a solicitor in Cardiff and was prosecuting solicitor for the Cardiff City Council, 1905-1974, Cardiff City Council from 1950 to 1955. He became a partner in the lega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Morgan (priest And Politician)
Reverend Robert (Bob) Harman Morgan (28 October 1928 – 23 November 2011) was a Church in Wales vicar and Labour Party politician, who became leader of South Glamorgan County Council. He was the father of Labour politician Eluned Morgan. Early life and education Morgan was born on 28 October 1928 and grew up in Tremorfa, Cardiff, until the Second World War forced his family to evacuate to Aberdare where he went to the local grammar school. After the war he returned to Cardiff and, after spending National Service in the RAF, got a job as an insurance clerk. With ambitions to become a social worker he took two A-levels in six months, before graduating in Politics and Economics at University College, Cardiff. He went on to the theological college at Mirfield in Yorkshire before being ordained in 1957 to a curacy at St Augustine's Church, Penarth where he served until 1961. He married his wife, Elaine, in 1963. Career In 1961 Morgan became curate on the large Cardiff housing es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Franks
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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 Plaid Cymru ( ; ; officially Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales, often referred to simply as Plaid) is a centre-left to left-wing, Welsh nationalist political party in Wales, committed to Welsh independence from the United Kingdom. Plaid wa ... 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 electio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
