Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council

The Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council was a local authority in South Glamorgan, Wales, which was replaced in 1996 by the Vale of Glamorgan Council unitary authority. The Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council was created in 1974, composed of representatives elected from wards in the Borough of the Vale of Glamorgan.[1] It was a second tier (district) authority to South Glamorgan County Council.

Background

Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council and Cardiff City Council were created as district authorities, upon the creation of the county of South Glamorgan on 1 April 1974. They replaced nine district councils which existed prior to 1974.[2] Prior to 1974 the eight councils governing the area which became the Vale of Glamorgan included Cardiff Rural Council, Barry Borough Council, Penarth Urban Council, Cowbridge Urban Council and Cowbridge Rural Council.[3]

Composition

In 1973, 41 councillors were elected from fourteen wards, in preparation for the new council. This increased to 49 councillors elected from 18 wards at the next election, in 1976.[4]

At the 1983 election, the number of councillors reduced to 46 though the number of wards increased to twenty-one.[4]

The council elected a mayor annually.

The Conservative Party had a strong majority on the council throughout its existence.[4]

Electoral divisions

As a result of The Borough of Vale of Glamorgan (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1982, between 1983 and 1996 the borough was divided into 21 electoral wards returning 46 councillors:

Ward Councillors Communities/wards included
Alexandra 5 Plymouth and St Augustines (Penarth town wards)
Baruc 2 Baruc (Barry town ward)
Buttrills 2 Buttrills (Barry town ward)
Cadoc 3 Cadoc (Barry town ward)
Castleland 2 Castleland (Barry town ward)
Cornerswell 2 Cornerswell (Penarth town ward)
Court 2 Court (Barry town ward)
Cowbridge 3
Dinas Powys 4
Dyfan 2 Dyfan (Barry town ward)
Gibbonsdown 2 Gibbonsdown (Barry town ward)
Illtyd 3 Illtyd (Barry town ward)
Llandough 1 Llandough (community)
Llandow 1
Llantwit Major 4
Peterston-super-Ely 1
Rhoose 2
St Athan 1 St Athan (community)
Stanwell 2 Stanwell (Penarth town ward)
Sully 1 Sully (community)
Wenvoe 1 Wenvoe (community)

References
  1. Michael Thomas (6 May 1983). "Cardiff is back in Tory hands". South Wales Echo. p. 1.
  2. Stewart Williams (Ed.), The Cardiff Book: Volume I., Stewart Williams Publishers (1973), p. 8. ISBN 0-900807-05-9.
  3. "Labour whoop for joy on poll triumph - How the voting went". South Wales Echo. 8 May 1970. p. 13.
  4. "Vale of Glamorgan Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 11 July 2019.
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