2012 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election
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The 2012 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect one third of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections.
The Labour Party retained its control of the council with an increased majority after increasing its vote share by 21.7% and gaining three seats from the Liberal Democrats and five from various independents. The Conservatives held the three seats it was defending with a reduced vote share. After the election, the composition of the council was:[2]
- Labour 50
- Conservative 9
- Liberal Democrats 3
- Others 1
Result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 16 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 50.9 | 34,603 | |||
Conservative | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 12,247 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 8.3 | 5,621 | |||
Community Group | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 1,618 | |||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 10.2 | 6,949 | |||
English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 | 5,276 | |||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 643 | |||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 575 | |||
Democratic Nationalists | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 410 |
Ward results
The results in each ward are shown below. Changes are compared with the previous election in 2008. Spoilt ballots are not included in the below results.[3]
Adwick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ted Kitchen | 2,058 | 76.2 | +24.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dave Farrell | 358 | 13.2 | −12.6 | |
Conservative | Kerry Wood | 286 | 10.6 | −5.2 | |
Majority | 1,700 | 62.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,702 | 25.3 | −4.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Armthorpe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sue McGuinness | 1,677 | 52.5 | +23.3 | |
Independent | Scott Pickles | 1,289 | 40.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Chris Allen | 226 | 7.1 | −5.9 | |
Majority | 388 | 12.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,192 | 29.2 | −2.1 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Askern Spa
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Austen White | 2,269 | 70.4 | +38.3 | |
Conservative | Martin Greenhalgh | 954 | 29.6 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 1,315 | 40.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,223 | 33.3 | −4.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Balby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nuala Fennelly | 1,436 | 45.7 | +17.3 | |
Independent | Mark Thompson | 1,136 | 36.2 | −7.5 | |
Conservative | Richard Eaton | 435 | 13.8 | −2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Edwin Simpson | 135 | 4.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 300 | 9.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,142 | 28.3 | −3.7 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Bentley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jane Nightingale | 1,750 | 64.5 | +26.4 | |
English Democrat | Barbara Hewitt | 681 | 25.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Alexandra Allen | 282 | 10.4 | −6.4 | |
Majority | 1,069 | 39.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,713 | 27.4 | −4.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Bessacarr & Cantley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Monty Cuthbert | 1,764 | 42.5 | −9.9 | |
Labour | Paul Bissett | 1,230 | 29.6 | +15.2 | |
Conservative | Mark Wells | 623 | 15.0 | −13.5 | |
English Democrat | Glenn Bluff | 535 | 12.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 534 | 12.9 | |||
Turnout | 4,152 | 36.8 | −4.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Central
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Glyn Jones | 1,957 | 64.5 | +21.6 | |
English Democrat | Howard Dove | 533 | 17.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ian Hutchinson | 297 | 9.8 | −4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Bell | 226 | 7.5 | −25.9 | |
Majority | 1,424 | 47.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,033 | 26.0 | −6.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Conisbrough & Denaby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christine Mills | 2,420 | 87.3 | +26.9 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Broughton | 352 | 12.7 | −7.0 | |
Majority | 2,068 | 74.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,772 | 26.8 | −3.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Edenthorpe, Kirk Sandall & Barnby Dun
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Pat Hall | 1,409 | 38.4 | +16.4 | |
English Democrat | Keith Hewitt | 731 | 19.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Karen Hampson | 579 | 15.8 | −39.2 | |
Conservative | Barbara Fletcher | 518 | 14.1 | −9.0 | |
Independent | Karl Goodman | 437 | 11.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 678 | 18.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,674 | 34.6 | −2.9 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Edlington & Warmsworth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Phil Cole | 1,830 | 53.1 | +12.7 | |
Independent | Ray Mullis | 1,356 | 39.3 | −4.4 | |
Conservative | Liz Jones | 261 | 7.6 | −8.3 | |
Majority | 474 | 13.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,447 | 33.2 | −1.2 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Finningley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Yvonne Woodcock | 1,803 | 40.3 | −8.4 | |
Labour | Thomas Scott-Chambers | 1,237 | 27.7 | +15.9 | |
English Democrat | Nigel Berry | 1,163 | 26.0 | +4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Brown | 270 | 6.0 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 566 | 12.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,473 | 37.3 | −4.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Great North Road
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Debbie Hutchinson | 2,378 | 62.2 | +34.5 | |
Conservative | Frank Calladine | 643 | 16.8 | −3.8 | |
Green | Stephen Platt | 575 | 15.0 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Butterfield | 227 | 5.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,735 | 45.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,823 | 32.8 | −3.6 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Hatfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Pat Haith | 1,049 | 32.9 | ? | |
English Democrat | Mick Glynn | 827 | 26.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Jessie Credland | 791 | 24.8 | −1.4 | |
Conservative | James Hart | 343 | 10.8 | −17.6 | |
Community Group | Stewart Rayner | 176 | 5.5 | −9.1 | |
Majority | 222 | 7.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,186 | 37.7 | +2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Mexborough
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tracey Leyland-Jepson | 1,577 | 55.6 | +23.1 | |
Independent | Andrew Pickering | 687 | 24.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Jevons | 472 | 16.7 | −38.8 | |
Conservative | Phyllis Calladine | 98 | 3.5 | −8.5 | |
Majority | 890 | 31.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,834 | 24.6 | −5.9 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Rossington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Cooper-Holmes | 1,581 | 56.3 | +30.5 | |
Independent | Terry Wilde | 880 | 31.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Kathleen Beard | 240 | 8.5 | −5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Johnson | 108 | 3.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 701 | 25.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,809 | 28.5 | −4.9 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Sprotbrough
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jonathan Wood | 1,637 | 46.6 | −7.8 | |
Labour | Peter Millar | 1,565 | 44.5 | +26.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Diana Simpson | 312 | 8.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 72 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,514 | 37.9 | −2.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Stainforth & Moorends
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ken Keegan | 1,627 | 65.8 | +30.1 | |
Conservative | Martin Drake | 436 | 17.6 | −4.6 | |
Democratic Nationalists | Dave Owen | 410 | 16.6 | New | |
Majority | 1,191 | 48.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,473 | 25.4 | −3.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Thorne
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Community Group | Martin Williams | 1,442 | 46.7 | −3.6 | |
Labour | Susan Durant | 1,176 | 38.1 | +24.8 | |
Conservative | Richard Walker | 467 | 15.1 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 266 | 8.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,085 | 28.8 | −5.7 | ||
Community Group hold | Swing |
Torne Valley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bob Ford | 1,563 | 42.7 | −8.8 | |
Labour | Shane McAleavey | 1,112 | 30.4 | +16.0 | |
UKIP | Rebecca Walters | 643 | 17.6 | +10.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Adgar | 339 | 9.3 | −3.7 | |
Majority | 451 | 12.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,657 | 37.1 | −5.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Town Moor
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Wray | 1,569 | 49.0 | +20.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Cliff Hampson | 831 | 25.9 | −12.5 | |
Conservative | Stephen Cox | 432 | 13.5 | −5.6 | |
Independent | Michelle Goodman | 373 | 11.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 738 | 23.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,205 | 31.4 | −3.3 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Wheatley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eva Hughes | 1,696 | 59.4 | +22.0 | |
English Democrat | Roy Penketh | 806 | 28.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Malcolm Knight | 351 | 12.3 | −7.6 | |
Majority | 890 | 31.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,853 | 29.1 | −4.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Mayoral referendum
Alongside the council election, an election took place to decide whether to have an elected mayor in Doncaster. Doncaster was one of the two cities on the night to vote 'Yes'.
Choice | Votes | % |
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42,196 | 61.7 |
No | 25,879 | 37.8 |
Total votes | 68,075 | 100.00 |
References
- ^ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ "Vote 2012 - Doncaster". BBC News. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "Local Election results 2012". Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 27 July 2017.