1934 Glamorgan County Council election

The fifteenth election to Glamorgan County Council, south Wales, took place in March 1934. It was preceded by the 1931 election and followed by the 1937 election.

Overview of the Result
By the 1930s, Labour had secured a comfortable majority on the council, and dominated the aldermanic bench. The 1934 election saw little change.

Boundary Changes
There were no boundary changes at this election.

Candidates
Many candidates were returned unopposed.

Contested Elections
Most of the retiring aldermen were returned. However, two conflicts arose when retiring councillors sought the nomination at the expense of retiring aldermen, at Hopkinstown and Newcastle.

Outcome
Labour retained their majority, losing only one seat, at Pencoed. Their victory in the rural Cowbridge ward reflected their domination of county politics.

Election of Aldermen
In addition to the 66 councillors the council consisted of 22 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term. Following the 1934 election, there were twelve Aldermanic vacancies (one vacancy due to the recent death of a sitting alderman).

The following retiring aldermen were re-elected:
 * William Bowen (Lab, Llanfabon)
 * David Daniel Davies (Lab, Pontardawe)
 * Rose Davies (Lab, Aberaman)
 * John Evans (Lab, Maesteg)
 * Johnson Dicks (Lab, Abercynon)
 * E.H. Fleming (Lab, Hopkinstown)
 * William Jenkins (Lab, Glyncorrwg)
 * Caradoc Jones (Lab, Llandeilo Talybont)
 * David Lewis (Lab, Tylorstown)
 * John Thomas (Lab, Port Talbot)
 * Rev D.H. Williams (Ind, Barry)

By-elections
Eleven vacancies were caused by the election of aldermen.

Neath South by-election 1935
A by-election was held following the elevation of the Rev. Degwel Thomas to fill a vacancy on the aldermanic bench. Charles Percival Huins, a pioneer of the Labour movement in the Neath area and a former national president of the Shop Assistants Union comfortably held the seat by an unexpectedly large majority.