An election to the Neath Rural District Council in West Glamorgan, Wales was held on 7 May 1970.[1] It was preceded by the 1967 election, and was the last election to the authority as the Rural District Council was abolished at the 1974 re-organization of local government in Wales
The election was held shortly before the 1970 General Election, which Labour was at the time tipped to win. A Plaid Cymru challenge did not materialize.
At these final elections to the RDC, the profile of candidates was similar to three years previously with a number of long-serving Labour councillors again returned unopposed.[2] While the Communist Party contested Seven Sisters, there was no candidate in their former stronghold of Onllwyn. At Rhigos, Independent councillor Henry Walters was returned unopposed as a Labour councillor.
Independents gained two seats at the expense of Labour while losing another two, resulting in an unchanged representation overall.