Pontypridd Urban District Council
# Pontypridd Urban District Council

Pontypridd Urban District Council was a local authority in Glamorgan, Wales. It was created in 1894 as a result of the 1894 Local Government of England and Wales Act. The Council existed until 1973 and replaced the Pontypridd Local Board of Health which had functioned for some years. Its boundaries were set in 1894. Initially, the Council had eighteen members but this number was increased in the 1930s, as a result of the increase in population. There were initially six wards, namely Cilfynydd, Graig, Pontypridd Town, Rhondda, Trallwn and Treforest; a seventh ward, Rhydyfelin, was added in the 1930s.

The first councillors were elected at the December 1894 elections. Most of the first members of the authority had served on the Local Board.

In the years leading up to the First World War, representatives of the Labour Party began to gain ground.

In 1974 the authority was abolished, and together with the former rural district of Llantrisant and some outlying areas, formed the Taff Ely Borough Council which, in turn, was subsumed into the unitary authority of Rhondda Cynon Taff in 1996.

## Pontypridd Urban District Council, Chairpersons

* James F. Roberts, 1895-1898
* Patrick Gowan, 1898-1899
* R. T. Richards, 1899-1900
* Hugh Bramwell, 1900-1901
* Hopkin Morgan, 1901-1902
* Frederick George Edwards, 1902-1903
* William Lewis, 1903-1904
* William Howell Gronow, 1904-1905
* Edward Williams, 1906-1907
* David Evans, 1908-1909
* Moses Jones, 1909-1910
* David Williams, 1910-1911
* D. R. Evans, 1912-1913
* Hopkin Morgan, 1914-1915
* David Jenkins, 1915-1916
* William Phillips, 1917-1918
* David Lewis Davies, 1918-1919
* Arthur Seaton, 1920-1921
* David Williams, 1921-1922
* Moses Jones, 1922-1923
* Thomas Taylor, 1923-1924
* W. J. Davies, 1924-1925
* David Lewis Davies, 1925-1926
* (Rev) D. G. Hughes, 1927-1928
* Dan Evans, 1928-1929
* Evan Morgan, 1929-1930
* Robert Roper, 1931-1932
* Artemus Seymour, 1933-1934
* George Paget, 1934-1935
* William Jones, 1935-1936
* Jack Jones, 1936-1937
* Arthur Pearson, 1937-1938
* Walter Collier, 1938-1939
* F. Morgan Phillips, 1939-1940
* Jesse Powderhill, 1940-1941
* Evan Morgan, 1941-1942
* Edwin Rowbotham, 1942-1943
* C. H. James, 1943-1945
* Hopkin Smith, 1945-1946
* H. Gardner, 1946-1947
* George Paget, 1947-1948
* David J. Richards, 1948-1949
* H. G. Joshua, 1949-1950
* Blodwen Randall, 1950-1951
* Arthur R. Watkins, 1951-1952
* H. G. A. Darke, 1952-1953
* Arthur Brown, 1953-1954
* John Stallard, 1954-1955
* J. R. Clayton, 1955-1956
* D. G. Ball, 1956-1957
* S. Jones, 1957-1958
* Llewellyn Hopkin, 1958-1959
* J. Howell Davies, 1959-1960
* F. J. C. Warner, 1960-1961
* Emrys W. Peck. 1961-1962
* A. W. B. Higgins, 1962-1963
* Gwladys May Williams, 1963-1964
* J. Ll. Williams, 1964-1965
* Richard Evans, 1965-1966
* Norman J. Randell, 1966-1967
* John Davies, 1967-1968
* William John Cheesman, 1968-1969
* J. C. Anzani, 1969-1970
* Reginald Price, 1970-1971
* Mary G. Murphy, 1971-1972
* G. H. Paget, 1972-1973

## Pontypridd Urban District council election, 1894

The first election to Pontypridd Urban District Council was held in December 1894. Three councillors were elected in each ward.

(**) indicates previous membership of the Local Board of Health.

After the election, the initial composition of the council was as follows.

| Party | Councillors | Total |
| - | - | - |
| Liberal | 10 | 10 |
| Conservative | 5 | 5 |
| Independent | 2 | 2 |
| Labour | 1 | 1 |

### Cilfynydd Ward

Cilfynydd Ward 1894 :

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| Liberal | Thomas Williams | 276 |
| Conservative | William Lewis | 251 |
| Liberal | William Howell Gronow | 158 |
| Conservative | W. H. Watkins | 127 |
| Liberal | Isaac Davies | 87 |

### Graig

Graig Ward 1894 :

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| Conservative | David Leyshon** | 386 |
| Liberal | James Spickett | 321 |
| Liberal | Hopkin Morgan** | 302 |
| Lib-Lab | William Morgan | 279 |
| Independent | Samuel Evans | 274 |

### Rhondda Ward

Rhondda Ward 1894 :

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| Liberal | Patrick Gowan** | 438 |
| Conservative | Horatio M. Rowlands** | 346 |
| Independent | Hugh Bramwell** | 227 |
| Liberal | Dewi Llewellyn | 214 |

### Town Ward

Town Ward 1894 :

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| Liberal | D. R. Evans | 249 |
| Liberal | William Williams | 213 |
| Conservative | William Seaton** | 213 |
| Independent | William R. Beith | 203 |
| Conservative | John Snape** | 171 |
| Liberal | Daniel Arnott | 156 |
| Conservative | George Evans | 87 |

### Trallwn Ward

Trallwn Ward 1894 :

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| Independent | Thomas Taylor** | 299 |
| Labour | Frederick George Edwards | 271 |
| Liberal | Watkin Williams | 222 |
| Conservative | H. J. Wilshire | 218 |
| Liberal | Daniel Griffiths | 150 |
| Independent | David Davies | 90 |

### Treforest Ward

Treforest Ward 1894 :

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| Conservative | T. R. Hamlen Williams | 402 |
| Liberal | R. T. Richards** | 381 |
| Liberal | James Roberts** | 212 |
| Lib-Lab | Frederick Judd | 192 |
| Independent | J. Gibbon | 127 |
| Liberal | Thomas. O. Brown** | 64 |

## Pontypridd Urban District council by-election, 1895

Although no elections to Pontypridd Urban District council were scheduled for 1895, the first full year of the council's existence, the death of William Williams created a vacancy in the Town Ward. There was no change to the overall composition of the council, following the by-election held on 13 May 1895.

Town Ward By-Election 1895 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Donald McGregor | 215 | | |
| | Conservative | J. F. McClune | 195 | | |

## Pontypridd Urban District council election, 1896

In the Pontypridd Urban District Council election of 1896 there were contests in three of the six wards.

(*) denotes sitting member

### Cilfynydd Ward

Cilfynydd Ward 1896 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | William Howell Gronow* | unopposed | | |

### Graig Ward

Graig Ward 1896 :

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| Liberal | Hopkin Morgan* | 288 |
| Conservative | Samuel Evans | 238 |
| Liberal | W.C.M. Groves | 59 |

### Rhondda Ward

Rhondda Ward 1896 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Hugh Bramwell* | unopposed | | |

### Town Ward

William Seaton, elected the previous year, stood down after the council resolved that he, rather than another member elected in a by-election during the year, should seek re-election.

Town Ward 1896 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Richard Lewis Phillips | 272 | | |
| | Liberal | Daniel Arnott | 249 | | |

### Trallwn Ward

Trallwn Ward :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Watkin Williams* | 326 | | |
| | Conservative | Edward Williams | 253 | | |

### Treforest Ward

Treforest Ward 1896 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | James Roberts | unopposed | | |

## Pontypridd Urban District council by-election, 1896

A by-election was held in Cilfynydd at the end of April 1896 to fill the vacancy left by the departure of Thomas Williams.

Cilfynydd Ward By-Election 1896 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | T. B. Evans | 326 | | |
| | Conservative | W. H. Watkins | 206 | | |

## Pontypridd Urban District council election, 1897

In the Pontypridd Urban District Council election of 1897 there were contests in three of the six wards.

(*) denotes sitting member

### Cilfynydd Ward

Cilfynydd Ward 1897 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | William Lewis* | unopposed | | |

### Graig Ward

Graig Ward 1897 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | James E. Spickett* | 334 | | |
| | Conservative | Samuel Evans | 331 | | |

### Rhondda Ward

Rhondda Ward 1897 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Dewi Llewellyn | 532 | | |
| | Conservative | Horatio M. Rowlands* | 457 | | |

### Town Ward

Town Ward 1897 :

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| Conservative | William Jones-Powell | 205 |
| Liberal | Donald McGregor* | 190 |
| Independent | Arthur O. Evans | 141 |

### Trallwn Ward

Trallwn Ward 1897 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Frederick George Edwards* | unopposed | | |

### Treforest Ward

Treforest Ward 1897 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | R. T. Richards* | unopposed | | |

## Pontypridd Urban District council election, 1898

In the Pontypridd Urban District Council election of 1898 there were contests in three of the six wards.

(*) denotes sitting member

### Cilfynydd Ward

Cilfynydd Ward 1898 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | W. R. Davies | unopposed | | |

### Graig Ward

Graig Ward 1898 :

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| Conservative | W. T. Leyshon | 356 |
| Liberal | J. W. Jones | 207 |
| Labour | Moses Severn | 83 |

### Rhondda Ward

Rhondda Ward 1898 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Patrick Gowan* | 638 | | |
| | | T. Jones | 336 | | |

### Town Ward

Town Ward 1898 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | D. R. Evans* | 319 | | |
| | Independent | Edwin Phillips | 267 | | |

### Trallwn Ward

Trallwn Ward 1898 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Edward Williams | 390 | | |
| | Liberal | Thomas Taylor | 306 | | |

### Treforest Ward

Treforest Ward 1898 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | T. R. Hamlen Williams | 424 | | |
| | | Benjamin Rees | 302 | | |

## Pontypridd Urban District council election, 1899

In the Pontypridd Urban District Council election of 1899 there were contests in two of the six wards.

(*) denotes sitting member

### Cilfynydd Ward

Cilfynydd Ward 1899 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | William Howell Gronow | unopposed | | |

### Graig Ward

Graig Ward 1899 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Hopkin Morgan | unopposed | | |

### Rhondda Ward

Rhondda Ward 1899 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Hugh Bramwell | unopposed | | |

### Town Ward

Town Ward 1899 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Richard Lewis Phillips | 350 | | |
| | Liberal | Thomas Rowlands | 192 | | |

### Trallwn Ward

Trallwn Ward 1899 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Thomas Taylor | 464 | | |
| | Liberal | Watkin Williams* | 314 | | |

### Treforest Ward

Treforest Ward 1899 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | James Roberts | unopposed | | |

## Pontypridd Urban District council election, 1900

In the Pontypridd Urban District Council election of 1900 there were contests in four of the six wards.

(*) denotes sitting member

### Cilfynydd Ward

Cilfynydd Ward 1900 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | William Lewis* | unopposed | | |

### Graig Ward

Graig Ward 1900 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Samuel Evans | 364 | | |
| | Independent | Henry Hibbert | 289 | | |

### Rhondda Ward

Rhondda Ward 1900 :

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| Conservative | John Thomas | 350 |
| Conservative | Horatio M. Rowlands* | 342 |
| Liberal | William Phillips | 270 |
| Liberal | Benjamin Jones | 3 |

### Town Ward

Town Ward 1900 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | William Jones-Powell* | 290 | | |
| | Liberal | Donald McGregor | 257 | | |

### Trallwn Ward

Trallwn Ward 1900 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Frederick George Edwards* | 476 | | |
| | Liberal | William Thomas | 284 | | |

### Treforest Ward

Treforest Ward 1900 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | R. T. Richards* | unopposed | | |

## Pontypridd Urban District council election, 1901

In the Pontypridd Urban District Council election of 1901 there were contests in four of the six wards.

(*) denotes sitting member

### Cilfynydd Ward

Cilfynydd Ward 1901 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | T. B. Evans | unopposed | | |

### Graig

Graig Ward 1901 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Independent | Henry Hibbert | 387 | | |
| | Labour | Moses Severn | 195 | | |

### Rhondda Ward

Rhondda Ward 1901 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | David Thomas | 556 | | |
| | Conservative | Horatio M. Rowland* | 196 | | |

### Town Ward

Town Ward 1901 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Arthur Seaton | 324 | | |
| | Liberal | D. R. Evans* | 299 | | |

### Trallwn Ward

Trallwn Ward 1901 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Edward Williams | unopposed | | |

### Treforest Ward

Treforest Ward 1901 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | D. Evans | 403 | | |
| | | J. Gibbon | 219 | | |

## Pontypridd Urban District council election, 1902

In the Pontypridd Urban District Council election of 1902 there were contests in two of the six wards.

(*) denotes sitting member

### Cilfynydd Ward

Cilfynydd Ward 1902 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | William Howell Gronow* | unopposed | | |

### Graig

Graig Ward 1902 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Hopkin Morgan* | unopposed | | |

### Rhondda Ward

Rhondda Ward 1902 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Hugh Bramwell* | 681 | | |
| | Labour | David Thomas | 238 | | |

### Town Ward

Town Ward 1902 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | William Jones | 332 | | |
| | Conservative | Richard Lewis Phillips* | 276 | | |

### Trallwn Ward

Trallwn Ward 1902 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Thomas Taylor* | unopposed | | |

### Treforest Ward

Treforest Ward 1902 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | James Roberts* | unopposed | | |

## Pontypridd Urban District council election, 1903

In the Pontypridd Urban District Council election of 1903 there were contests in three of the six wards.

(*) denotes sitting member

### Cilfynydd Ward

Cilfynydd Ward 1903 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | William Lewis* | unopposed | | |

### Graig Ward

Graig Ward 1903 :

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| Liberal | David Williams | 402 |
| Independent | Father MacManus | 156 |
| Liberal | G. G. Jones | 147 |
| Conservative | Frederick King | 35 |

### Rhondda Ward

Rhondda Ward 1903 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Moses Jones | 398 | | |
| | Conservative | John Thomas* | 388 | | |

### Town Ward

Town Ward 1903 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Daniel Arnott | 367 | | |
| | Conservative | William Jones-Powell* | 265 | | |

### Trallwn Ward

Trallwn Ward 1903 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Frederick George Edwards* | unopposed | | |

### Treforest Ward

Treforest Ward 1903 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | R. T. Richards* | unopposed | | |

## Pontypridd Urban District council by-election, 1903

A by-election was held in the Town ward in May 1903 to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Arthur Seaton.

Town Ward By-election 1903 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | D. R. Evans | 375 | | |
| | Conservative | R. L. Phillips | 276 | | |

## Pontypridd Urban District council election, 1904

In the Pontypridd Urban District Council election of 1904 there were contests in three of the six wards.

(*) denotes sitting member

### Cilfynydd Ward

Cilfynydd Ward 1904 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | T. B. Evans* | unopposed | | |

### Graig Ward

Graig Ward 1904 :

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| Liberal | Aneurin T. Evans | 206 |
| | W. J. Davies | 199 |
| Independent | Henry Hibbert* | 136 |
| | J. W. John | 88 |

### Rhondda Ward

Rhondda Ward 1904 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Lib-Lab | David Thomas | unopposed | | |

### Town Ward

Town Ward 1904 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | D. R. Evans* | 382 | | |
| | | W. Jones | 268 | | |

### Trallwn Ward

Trallwn Ward 1904 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Independent | Edward Williams | 471 | | |
| | Liberal | John Lewis | 427 | | |

### Treforest Ward

Treforest Ward 1904 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | D. Evans* | unopposed | | |

## Pontypridd Urban District council election, 1905

In the Pontypridd Urban District Council election of 1905 there was a contest in only one of the six wards.

(*) denotes sitting member

### Cilfynydd Ward

Cilfynydd Ward 1905 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | William Howell Gronow* | unopposed | | |

### Graig Ward

Graig Ward 1905 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Hopkin Morgan* | 563 | | |
| | Independent | Henry Hibbert | 192 | | |

### Rhondda Ward

Rhondda Ward 1905 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Hugh Bramwell* | unopposed | | |

### Town Ward

Town Ward 1905 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | William Jones* | unopposed | | |

Note: Jones's potential opponent, H. E. Crane, dropped out of the race before election day.

### Trallwn Ward

Trallwn Ward 1905 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Thomas Taylor* | unopposed | | |

### Treforest Ward

Treforest Ward 1905 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | James Roberts* | unopposed | | |

## Pontypridd Urban District council election, 1906

In the Pontypridd Urban District Council election of 1906 there were contests in three of the six wards.

(*) denotes sitting member

### Cilfynydd Ward

Cilfynydd Ward 1906 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | William Lewis* | unopposed | | |

### Graig Ward

Graig Ward 1906 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | David Williams* | unopposed | | |

### Rhondda Ward

Rhondda Ward 1906 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Moses Jones* | 603 | | |
| | | W. Thomas | 480 | | |

### Town Ward

Town Ward 1906 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Daniel Arnott* | unopposed | | |

### Trallwn Ward

Trallwn Ward 1906 :

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| Liberal | M. Julian | 363 |
| Liberal | W. C. Hinckley | 315 |
| Labour | W. Byer | 258 |

### Treforest Ward

Treforest Ward 1906 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | R. T. Richards* | 657 | | |
| | Independent | Henry Hibbert | 102 | | |

## Pontypridd Urban District council election, 1907

In the Pontypridd Urban District Council election of 1907 there were contests in four of the six wards.

(*) denotes sitting member

### Cilfynydd Ward

Cilfynydd Ward 1907 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | T. B. Evans* | unopposed | | |

### Graig Ward

Graig Ward 1907 :

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| Liberal | Aneurin T. Evans* | 365 |
| Independent | Henry Hibbert | 265 |
| Conservative | Thomas Jones | 144 |

### Rhondda Ward

Rhondda Ward 1907 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Lib-Lab | David Thomas* | 648 | | |
| | Liberal | E. Jenkins | 467 | | |

### Town Ward

Town Ward 1907 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | D. R. Evans* | 367 | | |
| | Conservative | Arthur Seaton | 315 | | |

### Trallwn Ward

Trallwn Ward 1907 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Independent | Edward Williams* | 469 | | |
| | Liberal | John Lewis | 455 | | |

### Treforest Ward

Treforest Ward 1907 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | D. Evans* | unopposed | | |

## Pontypridd Urban District council election, 1908

In the Pontypridd Urban District Council election of 1908 there were contests in three of the six wards, most notably in Cilfynydd - the first contested election there since the by-election in 1896.

(*) denotes sitting member

### Cilfynydd Ward

Cilfynydd Ward 1908 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Lib-Lab | William Howell Gronow* | 478 | | |
| | Labour | Artemus Seymour | 160 | | |

### Graig Ward

Graig Ward 1908 :

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| Liberal | Hopkin Morgan* | 344 |
| Independent | Henry Hibbert | 221 |
| Labour | J. Baker | 101 |

### Rhondda Ward

Rhondda Ward 1908 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Hugh Bramwell* | unopposed | | |

### Town Ward

Town Ward 1908 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Arthur Seaton | 364 | | |
| | Liberal | William Jones* | 321 | | |

### Trallwn Ward

Trallwn Ward 1908 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Thomas Taylor* | unopposed | | |

### Treforest Ward

Treforest Ward 1908 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | James Roberts* | unopposed | | |

## Notable members of the Council

* Walter Morgan, solicitor
* Arthur Pearson, Member of Parliament.
* David Lewis Davies, Member of Parliament
