Gelligaer Urban District Council election results, 1909-1939
# Gelligaer Urban District Council election results, 1909-1939

Gelligaer Urban District Council was a local authority in Glamorgan, Wales. It was created in 1908 under the provisions of the 1894 Local Government of England and Wales Act and reflected the population increase in the upper Rhymney Valley. The Council existed until 1973. There were five wards.

The first councillors were elected on 30 September 1908. Most of the first members of the authority had served on the previous Rural District Council.

## 1908 Gelligaer Urban District council election

### Fochriw Ward

Fochriw Ward 1908 :

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| Labour | John Edwards* | 283 |
| Liberal | John Jones* | 215 |
| Liberal | Rhys Jenkins | 175 |
| Liberal | Thomas Kinsey | 139 |

### Hengoed Ward

Hengoed Ward 1908 :

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| Liberal | Dr John Richards | 258 |
| Conservative | Rev T.J. Jones | 180 |
| Liberal | Edward Richards | 163 |
| Conservative | Sydney Jones | 139 |
| Liberal | W. Coslett Beddoe | 102 |
| | Gerald W. M'Arthur | 17 |

### Pontlottyn Ward

Pontlottyn Ward 1908 :

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| Liberal | Ben Hughes | 355 |
| Conservative | Rev T. Rees* | 307 |
| Liberal | D. Hopkins* | 304 |
| Conservative | W.A. Morgan* | 269 |
| Liberal | Stephen Evans | 181 |

### Tirphil Ward

Tirphil Ward 1908 :

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| Labour | William Hammond* | 225 |
| Liberal | Rees Davies | 220 |
| Labour | Joseph Morgan | 206 |
| Liberal | J. Aurelius* | 135 |
