2012_Merthyr_Tydfil_County_Borough_Council_election
The 2012 Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council in Wales.[1] This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. The Council shifted from Independent to Labour.
More information Party, Seats ...
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 23 | +15 | 69.7 | 45.5 | 8,145 | +12.5 | |||
| Independent | 7 | -9 | 21.2 | 35.4 | 6,343 | -7.0 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | -6 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 910 | -10.9 | |||
| Merthyr Independents | 2 | -1 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 797 | -1.1 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 703 | +1.2 | |||
| UKIP | 1 | +1 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 588 | New | |||
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 383 | +1.7 | |||
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 50 | New | |||
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The Liberal Democrats lost all the gains they had made in 2008. The Independent coalition council leader also lost his seat.[3]
Bedlinog
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | L. Smart* | 534 | 54.8 | ||
| Independent | G. Jones* | 517 | |||
| Labour | O. Thomas | 292 | 30.0 | ||
| Labour | D. Thomas | 224 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | B. Setters | 92 | 9.4 | ||
| Communist | C. Ashton | 56 | 5.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | J. Pappas | 33 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 37.1 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Cyfarthfa
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | L. Elliott* | 797 | 44.3 | ||
| Independent | P. Brown* | 760 | |||
| Labour | T. Chaplin | 683 | 38.0 | ||
| Independent | M. Jenkins | 655 | |||
| Labour | M. Davies | 640 | |||
| Labour | D. Chaplin | 601 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | M. Evans | 318 | 17.7 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 33.1 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Dowlais
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | P. Williams* | 971 | 58.0 | ||
| Labour | R. Thomas* | 948 | |||
| Labour | P. Williams | 863 | |||
| Labour | T. Lewis | 806 | |||
| Independent | T. Rogers* | 703 | 42.0 | ||
| Independent | J. Amos* | 591 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 33.1 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Gurnos
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | R. Braithwaite | 591 | 54.2 | ||
| Labour | B. Smith* | 586 | |||
| Independent | C. Tovey* | 500 | 45.8 | ||
| Labour | D. Jarrett | 496 | |||
| Labour | S. Bevan | 492 | |||
| Independent | R. Llewellyn | 419 | |||
| Independent | G. Canavan | 417 | |||
| Independent | A. Brown* | 408 | |||
| Turnout | 33.2 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Merthyr Vale
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | B. Mansbridge* | 905 | 63.7 | ||
| Labour | D. Roberts | 770 | |||
| Independent | Jeff Edwards* | 516 | 36.3 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 46.2 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Independent coalition leader of the council, Jeff Edwards, lost his seat at this election.[3]
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Penydarren
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | A. Jones* | 656 | 36.2 | ||
| UKIP | N. Greer* | 588 | 32.4 | ||
| Labour | D. Issac | 569 | 31.4 | ||
| Independent | C. Barsi | 438 | |||
| Labour | J. McCarthy | 435 | |||
| Labour | J. Johal | 337 | |||
| Independent | K. Baker | 315 | |||
| Independent | M. Regan | 230 | |||
| Turnout | 36.2 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| UKIP gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Plymouth
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | H. Jones | 949 | 47.8 | ||
| Labour | B. Carter* | 830 | |||
| Labour | G. Lewis | 803 | |||
| Independent | D. Games* | 738 | 37.2 | ||
| Independent | P. Watkins | 523 | |||
| Independent | S. Thomas | 414 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | K. O'Connor* | 247 | 12.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | A. Sims | 117 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | C. Lambourne | 112 | |||
| Conservative | H. Kumar | 50 | 2.5 | ||
| Turnout | 44.1 | ||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Town
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | D. Jones | 1,192 | 41.6 | ||
| Labour | D. Davies | 986 | |||
| Labour | G. Davies | 926 | |||
| Labour | L. Matthews | 907 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | A. Kitcher* | 571 | 19.9 | ||
| Independent | I. Clark | 458 | 16.0 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | V. Pugh | 385 | 13.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | B. Griffin* | 363 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | D. Griffiths | 356 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | A. Austin | 324 | |||
| Independent | M. Thomas | 323 | |||
| Independent | S. Taylor | 316 | |||
| Independent | G. Powles | 305 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | L. Heritage | 271 | |||
| Communist | T. Roberts | 261 | 9.1 | ||
| Turnout | 38.8 | ||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
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Treharris
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | K. Moran | 829 | 50.2 | ||
| Independent | R. Thomas* | 821 | 49.8 | ||
| Labour | E. Galsworthy | 808 | |||
| Labour | G. Watkins | 782 | |||
| Independent | G. Price* | 611 | |||
| Independent | P. Smithers* | 583 | |||
| Turnout | 44.1 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Vaynor
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | L. Mytton* | 885 | 73.6 | ||
| Independent | H. Barrett* | 883 | |||
| Labour | T. Reid | 251 | 20.9 | ||
| Labour | A. Barry | 222 | |||
| Communist | R. Evans | 66 | 5.5 | ||
| Turnout | 44.2 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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- "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- "Local Election Results 2012: Merthyr Tydfil". Andrew Teale. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- "Merthyr Tydfil: Full results, Labour gain". ITV News. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University.