The 1907 Glamorgan County Council election was the seventh contest for seats on this local authority in south Wales.
The Conservatives made a slight advance, notably in the western part of the county where they also held on in a number of industrial wards where the influence of paternalism remained strong.
All eleven retiring aldermen were Liberals, or Lib-Lab members as the Conservatives and their allies had been denied any seats on the aldermanic bench since the 1901 election.
It was noted that the labour movement did not show the same interest in county elections than in those for the district council.
[1] There were only two contested elections in this area and in one of those, a candidate had withdrawn too late in the day and polled very few votes.
The contest in Maesteg was a particularly lively one and was influenced by the political struggles in Mid Glamorgan where Vernon Hartshorn was an increasingly influential figure.
Hartshorn instigated the candidacy of the local federation solicitor who defeated a candidate closely allied to the coalowners.
In these areas the Conservatives performed well, mainly at the expense of the Liberals and also holding off Labour challenges in Pontardawe and Loughor.
This was a contest in which the controversy over the education rate featured and the sitting member, a Roman Catholic, was defeated by the clerk of the former School Board.
The sitting member, a timber merchant at Pendoylan, who had captured the seat three years previously, was now returned unopposed.
[4] Griffith George was opposed by Charles Vicary who described himself as a 'progressive' and a trade union candidate.
Llewelyn, in view of his status as a landowner and employer, attracted widespread support and favourable reports of his public meetings appeared in the Cambrian newspaper.
Davies responded to attacks by describing Gibbon as the candidate of North's Navigation collieries who had not been adopted by any public meeting or organisation[7] Vernon Hartshorn played a prominent role in Davies's campaign and even brought Adela Pankhurst to address his final meeting, something which was not welcomed universally.
The Conservatives had been confident of victory and the result was said to have been witnessed by one of the largest crowds seen in Port Talbot for many years.
[4] A mass meeting of workmen at Nantymoel had decided not to field a labour candidate and to concentrate on the district elections.
James Roberts had won the seat at a by-election following the death of the previous member, David Leyshon Enoch Davies, returned in 1901 following William Morgan's re-election as alderman, was elected unopposed.
This was a contest in which the controversy over the education rate featured and the sitting member, a Roman Catholic, was defeated by the clerk of the former School Board.
The sitting member, a timber merchant at Pendoylan, who had captured the seat three years previously, was now returned unopposed.
Llewelyn, in view of his status as a landowner and employer, attracted widespread support and favourable reports of his public meetings appeared in the Cambrian newspaper.
Davies responded to attacks by describing Gibbon as the candidate of North's Navigation collieries who had not been adopted by any public meeting or organisation[7] Vernon Hartshorn played a prominent role in Davies's campaign and even brought Adela Pankhurst to address his final meeting, something which was not welcomed universally.
The Conservatives had been confident of victory and the result was said to have been witnessed by one of the largest crowds seen in Port Talbot for many years.
[4] A mass meeting of workmen at Nantymoel had decided not to field a labour candidate and to concentrate on the district elections.