1898 Glamorgan County Council election

Glamorgan County Council had been established by the 1888 Local Government Act, and the first elections held in early 1889.

This changed in 1892 with the unopposed return of David Morgan in Aberdare and the success of Isaac Evans in Resolven.

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.

The include an account of unopposed returns in the Evening Express,[1] and results from the same newspaper[2] as well as the Cambrian[3] and Pontypridd Chronicle.

Prior to the election it became apparent that Evans, the sitting councillor and the retiring alderman, David Price Davies, both coveted the seat.

This was considered to be the most significant contest in the valley but, owing to the support of colliery officials and leading tradesmen for the winning candidate, Elias Henry Davies, it was clear that Morris and been defeated before the close of the poll.

Boundary Change James Roberts had won the seat at a by-election following the death of the previous member, David Leyshon.

These comprised the eleven vacancies due to retiring alderman with the twelfth being vacant following the death of Isaac Evans.

Captain Murrell, in returning thanks for his election, said he came forward as an independent candidate as a protest against the introduction of the foreign element into the representation of the district.

Jones as an alderman, Thomas Morris, who had represented Mountain Ash on the previous council, was elected.

[10] John Williams, checkweigher at a local colliery and a future Labour MP was a possible candidate but withdrew at an early stage.

[11] A by-election was held in Dowlais ward in October 1899 following the elevation of Thomas Jenkins to the aldermanic bench.