1949 Glamorgan County Council election

1949 Welsh local government election

The eighteenth election to Glamorgan County Council , south Wales, took place in April 1949. It was preceded by the 1946 election and followed by the 1952 election.

Overview

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Labour's comfortable majority on the council, including the aldermanic bench, remained unchanged.

Boundary changes

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There were no boundary changes at this election.

Candidates

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Many candidates were returned unopposed.

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.^[1]

Outcome

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Labour retained their majority as comfortably as in all previous elections, and captured both the Garw Valley ward^[2] and the Coedffranc ward^[3] from the Communists.

Results

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Aberaman

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Aberaman 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Florence Rose Davies**
Labour hold		Swing

Aberavon

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Aberavon 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Edward Lewis Hare*	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Abercynon

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Abercynon 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Joseph Dicks**	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Aberdare Town

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Aberdare Town 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Independent	Thomas Alwyn John	1,292
Labour	Tom Williams	977
Independent	Henry Cohen	242
Majority			315
Independent hold		Swing

Bargoed

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Bargoed 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	William John Kedward*	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Barry

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Dudley Howe had previously represented Cadoxton and gained the neighbouring Barry ward from Labour. However, Labour won Cadoxton for the first time against the new candidate.

Barry 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Independent	Dudley Thomas Howe*	2,304
Labour	W. East*	2,004
Majority			300
Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Barry Dock

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Barry Dock 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Labour	Dorothy Rees**	1,965
Independent	G. Edward Smith	1,762
Majority			203
Labour hold		Swing

Blaengwawr

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Blaengwawr 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	William J. Edwards*	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Bridgend

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Bridgend 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Independent	H.P. Williams	1,808
Labour	W.T. Ellis	1,344
Conservative	H.D. Bellew	945
Majority			464
Independent hold		Swing

Briton Ferry

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Briton Ferry 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	John Shea	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Cadoxton

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Cadoxton 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Labour	Digby Smith	1,499
Independent	A.L. Davies	1,158
Majority			341
Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Caerphilly

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Caerphilly 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Evan Phillips*	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Castell Coch

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Castell Coch 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Independent	Sir Lewis Lougher*	1,458
Labour	Edward Harry Follis	606
Majority			852
Independent hold		Swing

Cilfynydd

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Cilfynydd 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	W. Edryd Lewis	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Coedffranc

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Coedffranc 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Labour	D.T. Jenkins	3,278
Communist	Alun Thomas*	1,456
Independent	Bessie Davies	908
Majority			1,822
Labour gain from Communist		Swing

Cowbridge

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Cowbridge 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Labour	D.I. Morgan	2,770
Independent	D.H. Hopkin	2,410
Majority			360
Labour hold		Swing

Cwm Aber

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Cwm Aber 1949
Party		Candidate
Labour	Rev David M. Jones*	Unopposed
Majority
Labour hold		Swing

Cwmavon

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Cwmavon 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	John Jones Edwards*	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Cymmer

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Cymmer 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Labour	John James Garwood*	1,167
Independent	Evan Thomas	485
Majority			682
Labour hold		Swing

Dinas Powys

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Dinas Powys 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Independent	Ivor Broadbent Thomas*	Unopposed
Independent hold		Swing

Dulais Valley

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Dulais Valley 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	George Adams*	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Ferndale

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Ferndale 1934
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Alfred Evans*	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Gadlys

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Gadlys 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Independent	Thomas Phillips*	1,802
Labour	David Idris Bruton	796
Majority			1,006
Independent hold		Swing

Garw Valley

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Garw Valley 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Charles Gunter*	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Glyncorrwg

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Glyncorrwg 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Sir William Jenkins**	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Gower

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Gower 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Independent	Fredrick William Davies	2,083
Labour	Stanley Jones	1,480
Majority			603
Independent hold		Swing

Hengoed

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Hengoed 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Frank Loveday*	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Hopkinstown

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Hopkinstown 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Tom Waite	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Kibbor

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Kibbor 1931
Party		Candidate	Votes
Independent	Edgar L. Chappell	1,769
Independent	John Kane	1,400
Majority			369
Independent hold		Swing

Llandeilo Talybont

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Llandeilo Talybont 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Caradoc Jones**	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Llanfabon

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Llanfabon 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	William Bowen**	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Llwydcoed

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Llwydcoed 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Independent	Martha Emma Jones*	Unopposed
Independent hold		Swing

Llwynypia

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Llwynypia 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Philip Haines Rowlands*	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Loughor

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Loughor 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	David John Davies	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Maesteg, Caerau and Nantyffyllon

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Maesteg, Caerau and Nantyffyllon 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	E.D. Evans*	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Maesteg, East and West

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Maesteg East and West 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Tom Jenkins*	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Mountain Ash

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Mountain Ash 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Justin Lewis	Unopposed
Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Neath (North)

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Neath (North) 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Independent	W.K. Owen*	2,072
Labour	J.W. Morgan	1,462
Majority			610
Independent hold		Swing

Neath (South)

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Neath (South) 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Reg Francis*	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Newcastle

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Newcastle 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Labour	Philip Squire*	3,081
Conservative	W.T. Baker	530
Majority			2,551
Labour hold		Swing

Ogmore Valley

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Ogmore Valley 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Communist	Frederick Arthur Llewellyn*	1,963
Labour	Stanley James Moore	833
Majority			1,130
Communist hold		Swing

Penarth North

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Penarth North 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Labour	H.J. Cook	1,001
Independent	F.R. Cratchley	801
Majority			200
Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Penarth South

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Penarth South 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Independent	D.B. Jones	Unopposed
Independent hold		Swing

Pencoed

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Pencoed 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Mervyn W. Paine*	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Penrhiwceiber

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Penrhiwceiber 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	John William Bath*	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Pentre

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Pentre 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Independent	Glyn L. Wales	2,530
Labour	Glyn Evans	978
Communist	Thomas Evans	414
Majority			1,552
Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Penygraig

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Penygraig 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Labour	Thomas Churchill*	2,148
Independent	William John Gribble	981
Majority			1,267
Labour hold		Swing

Pontardawe

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Pontardawe 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	David Daniel Davies**	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Pontlottyn

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Pontlottyn 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	W.A. Hancock*	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Pontyclun

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Pontyclun 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Labour	Johnson Miles**	2,483
Independent	Annie Mary Russell	1,554
Majority			929
Labour hold		Swing

Pontypridd Town

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Pontypridd Town 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Labour	Ivor M. Jenkins	1,458
Independent	Cyril R. Morgan	1,450
Majority			308^{[dubious – discuss ]}
Labour hold		Swing

Port Talbot East

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Port Talbot East 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	John Thomas**	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Port Talbot West

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Port Talbot West 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Rees L. Matthews	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Porth

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Porth 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Labour	Thomas Griffiths	976
Independent	Daniel Jones*	974
Communist	Murray Williams	868
Majority			2
Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Porthcawl

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Porthcawl 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Labour	Jenkin Francis John*	3,634
Independent	Bruce Cameron	2,287
Majority			1,347
Labour hold		Swing

Swansea Valley

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Swansea Valley 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	David Jenkins*
Labour hold		Swing

Tonyrefail and Gilfach Goch

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Tonyrefail and Gilfach Goch 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Labour	Thomas Rogers*	1,484
Communist	David John Griffiths	711
Independent	Harold Whitton Davies	584
Independent	Evan Jones	97
Majority			773
Labour hold		Swing

Trealaw

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Trealaw 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Communist	Lewis Jones	1,945
Labour	Richard Jones	1,315
Majority			630
Communist hold		Swing

Treforest

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Treforest 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Labour	Arthur W. Harris	2,507
Independent	Ceiriog Williams	1,029
Majority			1,478
Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Treherbert

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Treherbert 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Labour	William Llewellyn*	3,345
Communist	George Thomas	1,964
Majority			1,391
Labour hold		Swing

Treorchy

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Treorchy 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Labour	Rhys Evans**	4,401
Communist	Ivor Williams	1,077
Majority			3,324
Labour hold		Swing

Tylorstown

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Tylorstown 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Labour	Llewellyn Jones	1,984
Communist	Frederick J. Morton	942
Majority			1,042
Labour hold		Swing

Vale of Neath

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Vale of Neath 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Frances Handy*	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Ynyshir

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Ynyshir 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Labour	Ivor Jones	1,855
Independent	Morgan Benjamin	1,418
Majority			437
Labour hold		Swing

Ystalyfera

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Ystalyfera 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Labour	Alice Williams*	2,051
Plaid Cymru	Wynne Samuel	873
Majority			1,176
Labour hold		Swing

Ystrad

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Ystrad 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Labour	Sidney Cadogan**	1,931
Communist	Annie Powell	1,189
Independent	Thomas Aldridge	853
Majority			742
Labour hold		Swing

Election of Aldermen

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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 1928 election, there were eleven Aldermanic vacancies, all of which all of which were filled by Labour nominees despite the protestations of their opponents.^[4]

The following retiring aldermen were re-elected:

Sidney Cadogan (Lab, Rhondda)
W.H. Davies (Lab, Gower)
Alfred Evans (Lab, Rhondda)
Rhys Evans (Lab, Treorchy)
Tom Evans (Lab, Pengam)
Daniel T. Jones (Lab, Ystalyfera)
W. Arthur Jones (Lab, Tonyrefail)
Evan Phillips (Lab, Caerphilly)
Rev W. Degwel Thomas (Lab, Neath)

The following new aldermen were elected:

H.J. Cook (Lab, Penarth)
Mervyn Payne (Lab, Pencoed)

By-elections

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Eleven vacancies were caused by the election of aldermen.

Aberaman by-election

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Aberaman by-election 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Sydney Herbert Stephens*
Labour hold		Swing

Abercynon by-election

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour
Independent
Majority
Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Barry Dock by-election

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Labour lost the by-election held following the re-election of Dorothy Rees to the aldermanic bench.^[5]^{[dubious – discuss ]} The Labour candidate had been elected following Rees's original election as alderman three years previously and at the recent election had unsuccessfully contested the neighbouring Barry ward.

Barry Dock by-election 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Independent	J. Edward Smith	2,080
Labour	W. East*	1,783
Majority			297
Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Glyncorrwg by-election

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour
Independent
Majority
Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Hopkinstown by-election

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour
Independent
Majority
Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Llandeilo Talybont by-election

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Llandeilo Talybont
Party		Candidate
Independent	Llewellyn Davies	1,501
Labour	J. Powell	1,378
Majority
Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Llanfabon by-election

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Llanfabon by-election 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
Labour	Charles Herbert Davies	1,387
Independent	Rev. Henry Withers	798
Majority			589
Labour hold		Swing

Maesteg by-election

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour
Independent
Majority
Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Pontardawe by-election

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Pontardawe by-election 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Charles Williams	Unopposed
Labour hold		Swing

Port Talbot by-election

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Tylorstown by-election

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Tylorstown by-election 1947
Party		Candidate	Votes
Labour	John Mardy Evans*	1,977
Communist	George Edward Maslin	584
Independent	David John	284
Majority			1,393
Labour hold		Swing

References

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↑ "County Council Election Candidates". Neath Guardian. 4 March 1949. p. 6. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
↑ "County Council Election Results. Mid Glamorgan Area". Glamorgan Gazette. 8 April 1949. p. 1. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
↑ "Labour Regains Skewen By Big Majority. County Council Election Results". Glamorgan Gazette. 8 April 1949. p. 1. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
↑ "Seniority Ignored in Selection of Chairman". Western Mail. 15 March 1946. p. 3. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
↑ "County Council By-Elections". Western Mail. 20 April 1937. p. 10. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

Bibliography

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Williams, Chris (1996). Democratic Rhondda: Politics and society 1885-1951. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.

v t e Wales Council elections in the administrative county of Glamorgan
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