The eighteenth election to Glamorgan County Council, south Wales, took place in April 1949.
Labour's comfortable majority on the council, including the aldermanic bench, remained unchanged.
Among the Labour candidates returned unopposed was John Shea (Briton Ferry) who had been selected in a 'referendum' to succeed George Gethin, who had died some months before the election.
Dudley Howe had previously represented Cadoxton and gained the neighbouring Barry ward from Labour.
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.