# 1895 Glamorgan County Council election

The third election to Glamorgan County Council was held on 4 March 1895. It was preceded by the 1892 election and followed by the 1898 election.
Glamorgan County Council had been established by the Local Government Act 1888, and the first elections held in early 1889. The county of Glamorgan was at this time becoming heavily industrialised, although some areas such as the Vale of Glamorgan remained essentially rural. The rise of nonconformist liberalism, especially since the 1860s, throughout Wales, had challenged the prevailing influence of the landed gentry. However, even in 1889, the traditional forces remained influential and no working men were elected to the Council. This changed in 1892 with the unopposed return of David Morgan in Aberdare and the success of Isaac Evans in Resolven.

## Overview of the result

As in most parts of Wales, the Liberal Party was once again triumphant and won a majority of the seats. In 1895 there were more unopposed results than in previous elections and the Conservatives made some headway, reflecting the position in the United Kingdom as a whole where the party took power that year.
Results are drawn from the Cardiff Times. Results also appeared in the Celt (Bala). Some additional results are drawn from local newspapers in South Wales.

## Boundary changes

There were some boundary changes at this election. In the Aberdare area the wards were reorganised to reflect those operating for the new Aberdare Urban District Council.
An additional ward was created at Cadoxton following the division of the existing Barry division.

## Unopposed returns

As in previous elections there were a fair number of unopposed returns, including some seats not contested by the Liberals.

## Retiring aldermen

Of the eleven retiring aldermen, two were Conservatives. Following the episode in 1892 when all but two aldermen did not seek re-election, only for the Council to decide that this was a pre-requisite for election as aldermen, a larger number sought re-election. Each was re-elected, including Sir John Llewelyn at Loughor and Penderry, although he faced Liberal opposition unlike in 1889.
Those who did not seek re-election included F.L. Davis at Ferndale.

## Contested elections

There were more uncontested elections than in the previous two contests for the County Council and the vast majority of those contested were straight fights between Liberal and Conservative candidates (or in some cases Independents who were widely regarded as Conservatives). In a small number of cases, Liberals faced each other.

## Results
### Aberaman

The sitting member, first elected at the 1889 election and re-elected in 1895 was opposed by Thomas Rees, landlord of the Swan Hotel, Aberaman and elected a member of the Aberdare Urban District Council at the inaugural 1894 election. The Merthyr Times opined that there was no necessity for a contest, and that the unsuccessful candidate had wasted his time and money.
Aberaman 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Thomas Davies* | 481 |
| | Independent | Thomas Rees | 375 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 106 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Aberavon

John Morgan Smith had previously stood as an Independent, though this was commonly regarded as meaning Conservative.
Aberavon 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Morgan Smith* | unopposed | | |

### Aberdare Town

Aberdare Town 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | John William Evans* | 586 |
| | Liberal | Thomas Thomas* | 376 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 210 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Barry

The former seat of Barry and Cadoxton was divided.
Barry 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | John Cory* | unopposed | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Blaengwawr

The new Blaengwawr ward was created following boundary changes connected to the formation of the Aberdare Urban District Council.
Blaengwawr 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | John Howell | unopposed | | |

### Bridgend

The election was fought on party lines and covered in detail in the Glamorgan Gazette. The election was said to have attracted 'an exceptionally keen and widespread interest, not only immediately within the town boundaries, but in many an adjacent town, hamlet and village besides'. Against the tide in the county the Liberals captured Bridgend for the first time
Bridgend 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | William Powell | 447 |
| | Conservative | W.M. O'Gaull | 399 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 48 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Briton Ferry

Briton Ferry 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Dr E.V. Pegge | 425 |
| | Liberal | Jenkin Hill* | 404 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 21 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |

### Cadoxton

Boundary Changes. A new seat of Cadoxton was created.
Cadoxton 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dr Edward Treharne | 367 | | |
| | Liberal | Rev William Williams | 318 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 49 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Caeharris

Caeharris 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Edward Pritchard Martin | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |

### Caerphilly

As a result of boundary changes, two sitting members opposed each other. Hill-Male admitted that he had once been a Conservative but claimed to have been converted to the Liberal cause during his twenty years in Wales.
Caerphilly 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Henry Edzell Morgan Lindsay* | 864 |
| | Liberal | Richard Hill Male* | 489 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 365 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |

### Cilfynydd

Cilfynydd 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Henry Lewis | unopposed | | |
| | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) |

### Coedffranc

Coedffranc 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Newell Moore* | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Coity

Coity 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | William Howell* | unopposed | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Cowbridge

Cowbridge 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ralph Thurstan Bassett | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Cwmavon

It was reported that Thomas Davies, the sitting member, was expected to be returned unopposed, but he was opposed by Llewellyn Griffiths, overseer, and a fellow deacon at Penuel Baptist Church, Cwmavon. Davies eventually withdrew.
Cwmavon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Llewellyn Griffiths | unopposed | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Cyfarthfa

The result was largely attributed to the fact that Thomas was a member of several public bodies and this was a difficult argument to counter.
Cyfarthfa 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Watkin Moss | 547 |
| | Lib-Lab | Thomas Thomas* | 540 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7 |
| | Lib-Lab hold | Lib-Lab hold | Swing |

### Cymmer

Cymmer 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Dr Naunton Davies** | unopposed | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Dinas Powys

Dinas Powys 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Oliver Henry Jones* | unopposed | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Dowlais

Dowlais 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Thomas Jenkins* | unopposed | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Dulais Valley

Dulais Valley 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Evan Evans Bevan* | unopposed | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Ferndale

Morgan Thomas, the sitting member, was defeated by another Liberal candidate.
Ferndale 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | D. Thomas | 643 |
| | Liberal | Morgan Thomas* | 597 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 46 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Gadlys

Morgan was re-elected although heavily defeated in the Aberdare Urban District Council election a short time before.
Gadlys 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Lib-Lab | David Morgan* | 770 |
| | Liberal | William Thomas | 355 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 415 |
| | Lib-Lab hold | Lib-Lab hold | Swing |

### Garw Valley

Garw Valley 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | John Thomas* | unopposed | | |

### Gellifaelog 1895

Gellifaelog 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Evan Lewis* | unopposed | | |

### Gelligaer

Gelligaer 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Henry William Martin | unopposed | | |

### Gower

Gower 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Frank Cory Yeo* | unopposed | | |

### Kibbor

Kibbor 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Henry Lewis* | unopposed | | |

### Llandaff

Llandaff 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Forrest* | unopposed | | |

### Llandeilo Talybont

Llandeilo Talybont :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Rees Harries* | unopposed | | |

### Llansamlet

Llansamlet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | William Sims | unoppposed | | |

### Llantrisant

Llantrisant :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | J. Blandy Jenkins* | unopposed | | |

### Llwydcoed

As a result of boundary changes, the Hirwaun Ward had been abolished and the sitting member, Richard Morgan, challenged the incumbent, Rees Hopkin Rhys in the Llwydcoed Ward.
Llwydcoed 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Rees Hopkin Rhys* | 577 | | |
| | Liberal | Rev Richard Morgan* | 561 | | |

### Llwynypia and Clydach

Llwynypia and Clydach 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Richard Lewis | unopposed | | |

### Lougher and Penderry

Lougher and Penderry 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sir John Llewellyn** | 636 | | |
| | Liberal | S. Thomas | 433 | | |

### Maesteg

James Barrow, the sitting member, was opposed by another Liberal candidate, Jenkin Jones, due to his voting against disestablishment at a council meeting. It was a lively election, with all workmen having a holiday, leaving the streets crowded throughout the day. On the following day, some of Barrow's supporters paraded through the locality on horseback but were attacked by women who threw buckets of water and ashes over them.
Maesteg 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | James Barrow* | 938 | | |
| | Liberal | Jenkin Jones | 883 | | |

### Margam

Margam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Arthur Pendarves Vivian* | unopposed | | |

### Merthyr Town

This result was attributed by the Merthyr Times to Liberal Party apathy and to publicans' support for the Conservative candidate.
Merthyr Town 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J.W. Lewis | 706 | | |
| | Liberal | Alfred Edwards | 597 | | |

### Merthyr Vale

There was initially some uncertainty whether Walter Bell, who had been narrowly defeated in 1892, would oppose the sitting member.
Merthyr Vale 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Walter Bell | 721 |
| | Liberal | David Prosser* | 587 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 134 |

### Morriston

Morriston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | William Williams | unopposed | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Mountain Ash

Mountain Ash 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Thomas Morris | 549 |
| | Liberal | Samuel Evans | 459 |
| | Liberal | John Lewis | 316 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 90 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Neath (North)

Neath (North) 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Unionist | John Henry Rowland* | unopposed | | |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | | |

### Neath (South)

Neath (South) 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W.B. Trick | unopposed | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### Newcastle

Newcastle 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Thomas J. Hughes | unopposed | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Ogmore

In this largely rural ward, J.D. Nicholl of Merthyr Mawr captured the seat, reversing the result of three years previously.
Ogmore 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | J.D. Nicholl | 458 |
| | Liberal | Evan Evans* | 372 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 86 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |

### Ogmore Valley

Ogmore Valley 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | William Llewellyn* | unopposed | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Oystermouth

Oystermouth 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Unionist | Sir John Jones Jenkins | unopposed | | |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | | |

### Penarth North

Penarth North 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | W.B. Shepherd* | unopposed | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Penarth South

Penarth South 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Frederick Henry Jotham | unopposed | | |

### Penrhiwceiber

Penrhiwceiber :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Dr. R. W. Jones | unopposed | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Pentre

Pentre 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Richard Morris* | 473 |
| | Lib-Lab | Howell Price | 348 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Penydarren

Penydarren 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | David Davies* | 516 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Edward Morgan | 370 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 146 |

### Pontardawe

Pontardawe 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Ernest Hall Hedley* | 578 |
| | Liberal | W.D. Thomas | 143 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 435 |

### Plymouth

Plymouth 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Henry Watkin Lewis* | 603 |
| | Conservative | Arthur Daniel | 440 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 163 |

### Pontlottyn

Two rival Liberal candidates enabled innkeeper David Benjamin Owen to win by 23 votes from Baptist minister John Penry Williams.
Pontlottyn 1895 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | David Benjamin Owen | 280 |
| Liberal | Rev John Penry Williams | 257 |
| Liberal | R. Williams | 178 |
| Conservative | Alfed Phillips | 7 |
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |

### Pontypridd

Pontypridd 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Walter T. Morgan** | unopposed | | |

### Porth and Penygraig

Porth and Penygraig 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | John Jones Griffiths** | 779 |
| | Conservative | J.W. Jones | 224 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 555 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Resolven

Resolven 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Lib-Lab | Isaac Evans* | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Lib-Lab hold | Lib-Lab hold | Swing | | |

### Sketty

Sketty 1895 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | Sir Robert Armine Morris | 433 |
| Liberal | Rev John Davies | 395 |
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |

### Swansea Valley

Boundary Change
Swansea Valley 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Llewellyn Davies | unopposed | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Treforest

Treforest 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | David Leyshon | 684 |
| | Liberal | William Spickett* | 520 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 164 |

### Treherbert

Treherbert 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | William Morgan** | unopposed | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Treorchy

Treorchy 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Lib-Lab | Daronwy Isaac* | unopposed | | |
| | Lib-Lab hold | Lib-Lab hold | Swing | | |

### Trealaw and Tonypandy

Trealaw and Tonypandy 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | William Williams* | 497 |
| | Liberal | D. Thomas | 400 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 97 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Tylorstown and Ynyshir

Tylorstown and Ynyshir 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | T.H. Morris | unopposed | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Ystalyfera

Ystalyfera :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dr David Thomas* | unopposed | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Ystrad

Ystrad 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Clifford J. Cory* | 804 |
| | | J.B. Price | 133 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 671 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

## Election of aldermen

In addition to the 66 councillors the council consisted of 22 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term. Following the 1895 election, there were twelve aldermanic vacancies (the additional one following the death of a sitting alderman).
The following aldermen were appointed by the newly elected council. They included three miners' agents who, together with Moses Moses, elected as alderman in 1892, made four labour members on the aldermanic bench. Conversely, following the retirement of Sir William Thomas Lewis, Sir John Llewellyn was now the only Conservative among the aldermen. Lewis and another retiring alderman, the prominent Liberal, Thomas Williams of Gwaelod y Garth, received some votes (presumably from Conservative councillors) but the liberal group held to the convention that only elected councillors could be made aldermen.
* J. T. D. Llewellyn, Conservative, retiring alderman (elected councillor at Lougher and Penderry)
* Walter H. Morgan, Liberal, retiring alderman (elected councillor at Pontypridd)
* John Jones Griffiths, Liberal, retiring alderman (elected councillor at Porth)
* Dr H. Naunton Davies, Liberal, retiring alderman (elected councillor at Cymmer)
* William Morgan, Liberal, retiring alderman (elected councillor at Treherbert)
* Evan Lewis, Liberal (elected councillor at Gellifaelog)
* Richard Lewis, Liberal (elected councillor at Llwynypia and Clydach)
* Isaac Evans, Liberal-Labour (elected councillor at Resolven)
* David Davies, Liberal (elected councillor at Penydarren)
* David Morgan, Liberal-Labour (elected councillor at Gadlys)
* John Thomas, Liberal-Labour (elected councillor at Garw Valley)
elected for three years
* James Barrow, Liberal (elected councillor at Maesteg)

## By-elections
### Cymmer

Cymmer by-election 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Dr Naunton Davies** | unopposed | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Gadlys by-election

Following the election of David Morgan as alderman, Richard Morgan, member for Hirwaun from 1889 until 1895 was selected as Liberal candidate following a well-attended public meeting. As a result of boundary changes, Morgan had contested Llwydcoed against Rees Hopkin Rhys and had been narrowly defeated. Richard Morgan's selection was not immediately accepted and other meetings were held to promote other candidates, including Benjamin Evans. Eventually, however, Richard Morgan was comfortably elected.
Gadlys by-election 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Richard Morgan | 763 |
| | | T. Whitty Evans | 199 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 564 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Garw Valley by-election

Following the election of John Thomas, miners' agent, as alderman, D. Johns was elected after a contest with two other Liberal candidates, including Thomas Lewis who was also unsuccessful at the initial election.
Garw Valley by-election 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | D. Johns | 469 |
| | Liberal | Thomas Lewis | 319 |
| | Liberal | J. Maddocks | 134 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 150 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Gellifaelog by-election

Following the election of Evan Lewis as alderman, concerns had been expressed that a split Liberal vote would lead to a Conservative victory. But this did not prove to be the case.
Gellifaelog by-election 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | John Evans | 281 |
| | Liberal | John Lloyd Atkins | 225 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Edward Morgan | 154 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 56 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Loughor and Penderry by-election

Following the election of Sir John Llewelyn as alderman, Samuel Thomas, defeated by Llewelyn at the original election, was now returned. His opponent had sought to succeed Llewelyn on his appointment as alderman in 1889 but was defeated on that occasion by Edward Rice Daniel. This can be considered a Liberal hold as Daniel had stood down at the original election in favour of Llewelyn.
Loughor and Penderry by-election 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Samuel Thomas | 601 |
| | Conservative | John Roper Wright | 506 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 95 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Llwynypia and Clydach by-election

Llwynypia and Clydach 1895 by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | | | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Maesteg by-election

Following the election of James Barrow as alderman, Jenkin Jones, narrowly defeated in a hotly contested initial election, was on this occasion successful.
Maesteg by-election 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Jenkin Jones | 1,024 |
| | Liberal | Thomas Rees | 759 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 265 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Penydarren by-election

The by-election took place following the election of David Davies, Glebeland, as alderman. Thomas Williams, Gwaelodygarth, Merthyr, vice-chairman of the previous council, did not seek re-election partly due to the desire of Davies, as the sitting councillor, to contest the seat but also because Williams himself was visiting Palestine and Egypt.
Penydarren by-election 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Thomas Williams** | 530 |
| | Conservative | Dan Thomas | 372 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 158 |

### Pontypridd by-election

Following the re-election of Walter Morgan as alderman, Hopkin Smith Davies, who stood down in his favour, was returned amongst 'great enthusiasm'.
Pontypridd by-election 1895 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Hopkin Smith Davies* | 478 |
| Conservative | R.l. Phillips | 381 |
| Liberal | Patrick Gowan | 320 |

### Porth and Penygraig by-election

The election followed John Jones Griffiths's re-election as alderman.
Porth and Penygraig by-election 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | J.R. Evans | 641 |
| | Lib-Lab | Thomas Evans | 541 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 100 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Resolven by-election

Following the election of Isaac Evans as alderman, Daniel Evans of Abergwynfi was elected in a four-cornered contest.
Resolven by-election 1895 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Daniel Evans | 388 |
| | Liberal | Llew Howell | 357 |
| | Liberal | A. Russell Thomas | 272 |
| | Liberal | Edmund Law | 194 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 31 |
| | Lib-Lab hold | Lib-Lab hold | Swing |

### Treherbert by-election

Following the re-election of William Morgan as alderman, John Walters, who had stood down to enable Morgan to be re-elected, retained his seat.
Treherbert by-election 1895 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | John Walters* | 600 |
| Independent | W.H. Davies | 307 |
| Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |