The thirteenth election to Glamorgan County Council, south Wales, took place in March 1928.
Labour was defending a secure majority in an election that was more bitterly fought than in previous year, in the wake of divisions persisting after the General Strike and lockout of 1926.
Non-Labour candidates largely coalesced under an Independent banner but lost further ground as Labour won additional seats There were no boundary changes at this election.
Daniels had not been re-elected as an alderman three years previously and the result came after a series of disputes in the mining industry.
In the Cilfynydd ward, Labour candidate Arthur Pearson defeated Alderman W.R. Davies, first elected to the council in 1898.
The decision to oppose him reflected the increasingly partisan politics of the mining valleys and Davies was narrowly defeated.
[4] The latter was significant as it was also represented by Alderman Dan Dai Davies, jailed for his role in the anthracite strike and disturbances of 1925.
Following the 1928 election, there were eleven Aldermanic vacancies, all of which all of which were filled by Labour nominees despite the protestations of their opponents.
Chalke, headmaster of Porth Grammar School and the prospective Liberal candidate for Rhondda East, when he was due to oppose Watts-Morgan.