# 1991 Ogwr Borough Council election

The 1991 Ogwr Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 1991 to Ogwr Borough Council, a district council in Mid Glamorgan, Wales. It took place on the same day as other council elections in Wales and England. These were to be the last elections before re-organization of local government in Wales and dissolution of the council.
The previous full election took place in 1987.

## Overview

These were the last elections to Ogwr Borough Council before local government reorganisation, which would see new unitary local authorities created in Wales from 1 April 1996. Elections to the new Bridgend County Borough Council would take place in May 1995.
Results for only fifteen of the twenty nine electoral wards were confirmed overnight, with the remainder of the wards having their results announced on the Friday. Leader of the Conservatives on the council, David Unwin, was one of the first to retain his seat, coming top of the poll in Coity Higher.
49 council seats were up for election, a similar number to the previous election in 1987.

## Election result

1991 Ogwr Borough Council election result :
| Party | Seats | Seats % |
| Labour | 39 | 79.6 |
| Conservative | 8 | 16.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 2.0 |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 2.0 |
| Independent | 0 | 0.0 |
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | 0.0 |
| Green | 0 | 0.0 |

## Ward Results

Contests took place in 21 of the 29 wards, with councillors in eight of the wards being elected unopposed.$^{(a)}$

### Bettws (one seat)

Bettws 1991 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | C. Michaelides * | 689 | 78.0 | |
| | Independent | J. Ward | 194 | 22.0 | |

### Blackmill (one seat)

Blackmill 1991 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | M. Tremellen | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

### Blaengarw (one seat)

Blaengarw 1991 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | R. Williams | 443 | 46.4 |
| Independent | D. Mordecai | 385 | 40.4 |
| Independent | R. Smiles | 126 | 13.2 |

### Brackla (one seat)

Brackla 1991 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | (Ms) P. Hacking * | 713 | 39.2 |
| Labour | A. Thomas | 694 | 38.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | R. Mathews | 412 | 22.6 |

### Caerau (two seats)

Caerau 1991 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | M. Fitzgibbon * | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Labour | J. Thomas * | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

### Cefn Cribwr (one seat)

Cefn Cribwr 1991 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | V. Thomas * | 453 | 58.1 |
| Plaid Cymru | K. Burnell | 266 | 34.1 |
| Conservative | K. Vivian | 61 | 7.8 |

### Coity Higher (two seats)

Coity Higher 1991 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | David Unwin * | 1,063 | 52.8 |
| Labour | S. Dodd | 951 | 47.2 |
| Conservative | (Ms) J. Spurgeon * | 946 | |
| Labour | N. Williams | 841 | |

### Cornelly (two seats)

Cornelly 1991 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | F. Teale * | 1,702 | 81.7 |
| Labour | A. Mason * | 1,501 | |
| Conservative | M. Powell | 381 | 18.3 |

### Coychurch Lower (one seat)

Coychurch Lower 1991 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | J. Lewis * | 502 | 48.2 |
| Independent | J. Richards | 352 | 33.8 |
| Labour | E. Davies | 187 | 18.0 |

### Laleston (three seats)

Laleston 1991 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | G. Evans * | 1,225 | 50.2 |
| Labour | D. Webb * | 1,109 | |
| Labour | (Ms) C. Westwood * | 1,098 | |
| Conservative | (Ms) G. Rowe | 738 | 30.2 |
| Conservative | (Ms) J. Phillips | 617 | |
| Conservative | (Ms) I. Robinson | 578 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Laura McAllister | 478 | 19.6 |
| Plaid Cymru | (Ms) A. McAllister | 425 | |

### Llangeinor (one seat)

Llangeinor 1991 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | C. G. Evans | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

### Llangynwyd (one seat)

Cornelly 1991 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | R. Lewis * | 528 | 57.3 | |
| | Plaid Cymru | A. Rees | 393 | 42.7 | |

### Maesteg East (two seats)

Maesteg East 1991 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. B. Evans * | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Labour | J. H. Jones | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

### Maesteg West (two seats)

Maesteg West 1991 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | T. O. Rees * | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Labour | E. V. Thomas * | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

### Morfa (two seats)

Morfa (Bridgend) 1991 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | (Ms) I. Jones * | 963 | 64.1 |
| Labour | E. Foley | 871 | |
| Conservative | (Ms) E. Chard | 539 | 35.9 |
| Conservative | W. Rutter * | 500 | |

### Nantyffyllon (one seat)

Nantyffyllon 1991 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | G. Devine * | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

### Nant-y-moel (one seat)

Nant-y-moel 1991 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | (Ms) M. Williams | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

### Newcastle (two seats)

Newcastle (Bridgend) 1991 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | H. Morris | 952 | 52.2 |
| Labour | R. Bowser | 887 | |
| Conservative | F. Bertorelli * | 873 | 47.8 |
| Conservative | K. Rowe * | 804 | |

### Newcastle Higher (one seat)

Newcastle Higher 1991 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | M. J. Thomas * | 700 | 50.7 |
| Conservative | (Ms) J. R. L. Padmore | 504 | 36.5 |
| Plaid Cymru | R. A. Fattorini | 177 | 12.8 |

### Ogmore Vale (one seat)

Ogmore Vale 1991 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | (Ms) C. Bishop * | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

### Oldcastle (two seats)

Oldcastle (Bridgend) 1991 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | D. Williams * | 722 | 56.7 |
| Conservative | (Ms) G. Griffiths * | 674 | |
| Labour | (Ms) M. Rogers | 552 | 43.3 |

### Pencoed (three seats)

Pencoed 1991 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | F. Embling * | 1,723 | 58.9 |
| Labour | D. Davies * | 1,598 | |
| Labour | K. King * | 1,469 | |
| Conservative | (Ms) L. Mackie | 1,200 | 41.1 |
| Conservative | (Ms) N. Prentice | 1,165 | |
| Conservative | B. Rice | 978 | |

### Pontycymmer (one seat)

Pontycymmer 1991 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | (Ms) H. Griffiths | 568 | 68.9 | |
| | Independent | (Ms) M. Hawkins * | 256 | 31.1 | |

### Porthcawl East (three seats)

Porthcawl East 1991 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | A. Anthony | 1,292 | 51.3 |
| Conservative | D. Anderson * | 1,228 | 48.7 |
| Labour | (Ms) A. Lake | 1,183 | |
| Labour | P. Jones | 1,164 | |
| Conservative | (Ms) K. Deere * | 1,116 | |
| Conservative | J. Pritchard * | 1,000 | |

### Porthcawl West (four seats)

Porthcawl West 1991 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Peter Hubbard-Miles | 1,385 | 32.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | G. Davies | 1,159 | 26.7 |
| Labour | R. Griffiths * | 1,137 | 26.2 |
| Labour | Madeleine Moon | 1,060 | |
| Conservative | G. Fairley * | 979 | |
| Conservative | (Ms) R. Garrett | 978 | |
| Labour | (Ms) J. Ryan | 924 | |
| Conservative | D. John | 885 | |
| Labour | M. Hooper | 883 | |
| Liberal Democrats | J. Williams | 880 | |
| Conservative | C. Smart | 827 | |
| Conservative | D. Newton-Williams | 781 | |
| Conservative | (Ms) D. De Laroque * | 674 | |
| Plaid Cymru | E. Merriman | 653 | 15.1 |
The Conservatives in Porthcawl had fallen out with one another, leading to seven candidates vying for the four seats.

### Pyle (three seats)

Pyle 1991 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | J. Irvine * | 1,835 | 84.1 |
| Labour | R. Power * | 1,746 | |
| Labour | (Ms) M. Butcher | 1,738 | |
| Conservative | R. Preston | 347 | 15.9 |

### St Brides Major (one seat)

St Brides Major 1991 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | (Ms) A. J. Preston * | 701 | 62.0 | |
| | Labour | E. A. Bowers | 429 | 38.0 | |

### St Brides Minor (two seats)

St Brides Minor 1991 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Glan Walters * | 1,157 | 44.9 |
| Independent Labour | Mel Winter * | 1,021 | 39.6 |
| Labour | Melvyn E. G. Nott | 871 | |
| Conservative | M. G. Butler | 401 | 15.5 |
Mel Winter, a ward councillor since 1983, had been de-selected as a Labour candidate. He stood and won as an independent.

### Ynysawdre (one seat)

Ynysawdre 1991 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. Burt * | 828 | 84.8 | |
| | Conservative | (Ms) H. Evans | 148 | 15.2 | |
(a) Elections Centre source compares the percentage vote of the lead candidate for each party in the ward. It also indicates which candidates are female. It indicates which candidates are sitting councillors standing for re-election
* retiring councillor in the ward standing for re-election