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{{Short description|Former district of Mid Glamorgan, Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{distinguish|Ogmore (disambiguation){{!}}Ogmore}}
{{Infobox historic subdivision|
   |Name=              Ogwr
   |HQ=                [[Bridgend]]
   |Status=            [[Districts of Wales|Borough]]
   |Start=             1974
   |End=               1996
   |Replace=           [[Bridgend County Borough]]
   |Civic=             
   |image_map=          Ogwr au pays de Galles (1974-1996).svg
   |image_map_caption=  Ogwr shown within Wales
}}
The '''[[Borough status in the United Kingdom|Borough]] of Ogwr''' was one of six [[districts of Wales|districts]] of [[Mid Glamorgan]] in [[Wales]], which existed from 1974 to 1996.

==History==
It was formed under the [[Local Government Act 1972]] from the [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]]s of [[Bridgend]], [[Maesteg]], [[Ogmore and Garw]] and [[Porthcawl]], along with [[Penybont Rural District]] from the [[Administrative counties of Wales|administrative county]] of [[Glamorgan]].<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government Act 1972|year=1972|chapter=70|accessdate=6 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/wales_current.html |title=Bridgend County Borough Council |publisher=Civic Heraldry of England and Wales |access-date=17 July 2019 }}</ref> The district took its name from the Welsh name of the main river through the district, the [[River Ogmore]] ({{langx|cy|Afon Ogwr}}).<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Districts in Wales (Names) Order 1973|year=1973|number=34|accessdate=4 October 2022}}</ref>

In 1996 most of Ogwr became part of [[Bridgend County Borough]], with the [[Vale of Glamorgan]] taking the communities of [[Wick, Vale of Glamorgan|Wick]], [[St Brides Major]] and [[Ewenny]].<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government (Wales) Act 1994|year=1994|chapter=19|accessdate=23 October 2022}}</ref>

==Ogwr Borough Council==
Ogwr Borough Council was a second tier district council of [[Mid Glamorgan]]. County councillors were elected from the borough to [[Mid Glamorgan County Council]].

The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council from 1974 until its abolition in 1996 was as follows:<ref name=compositions>{{cite web |title=Compositions Calculator |url=https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/composition_calc.html |access-date=21 May 2025 |website=The Elections Centre |publisher=University of Exeter}} (Put "Ogwr" in search box to see specific results.)</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Party in control!!Years
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Welsh Labour}} || 1974–1976
|-
| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 1976–1987
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Welsh Labour}} || 1987–1996
|}

Ogwr Borough Council comprised 58 councillors at its first elections in 1973, elected from 25 wards.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ogwr Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991|url=http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Ogwr-1973-1991.pdf |publisher=The Elections Centre ([[Plymouth University]]) |access-date=17 July 2019}}</ref> The final full elections were [[1991 Ogwr Borough Council election|in May 1991]].

===Premises===
[[File:Town crests, Bridgend - geograph.org.uk - 2275192.jpg|thumb|Civic Offices, Angel Street, Bridgend]]
When the council was created in 1974 it was initially based at new offices called the Municipal Buildings, which had been built as part of The Rhiw shopping centre on Queen Street in [[Bridgend]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Ogwr offices a 'shambles' and an 'unholy mess' |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=24 October 2022 |work=Glamorgan Gazette |date=7 December 1973 |location=Bridgend |page=1}}</ref> In 1986 it moved to a new building called the Civic Offices on Angel Street in Bridgend, on the banks of the river which gave the district its name.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=50745|page=16177|date=15 December 1986}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Pillar of the community' former Mayor of Ogwr 'Bill' Burt dies aged 94 |url=https://www.cowbridge-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=102101&headline=%E2%80%98Pillar%20of%20the%20Community%E2%80%99%20Former%20Mayor%20of%20Ogwr%20%E2%80%98Bill%E2%80%99%20Burt%20dies%20aged%2094&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2015 |access-date=24 October 2022 |work=The Cowbridge Gem |date=25 November 2015}}</ref> Following the council's abolition in 1996 the Civic Offices became the headquarters for the new [[Bridgend County Borough Council]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Wales Districts}}
{{Mid Glamorgan elections}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Mid Glamorgan]]
[[Category:Districts of Wales abolished in 1996]]
[[Category:1974 establishments in Wales]]


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