Jump to content

2012 Cardiff Council election

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by FriendlyDataNerd (talk | contribs) at 22:56, 3 December 2016 (→Election result). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

The 2012 Cardiff Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect members of Cardiff Council in Wales. This was the same day as other United Kingdom local elections.

Election result

Labour gained control of the council from the Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru, after gaining 32 seats.[1] The Liberal Democrat leader of the council, Rodney Berman, lost his seat by 51 votes after two recounts,[2] bringing Labour's gains to 33. Sixty-one-year-old Labour councillor Heather Joyce, nicknamed 'Supernan' by the local newspaper, became the new council leader.[3]

Cardiff Council Election 2012[4][5]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 46 +33 61.3 37.3 36,148 +10.5
  Conservative 7 -10 9.3 18.5 17,886 -8.0
  Liberal Democrats 16 -19 21.3 16.4 15,878 -8.3
  Plaid Cymru 2 -5 2.7 12.8 12,397 -0.6
  Green 0 6.5 6,307 +4.3
  Independent 3 0 4.0 4.7 4,581 -0.3
  Heath/Birchgrove Ind. 0 1.5 1,500 N/A
  Llandaff North Ind. 0 0.6 607 N/A
  TUSC 0 0.5 456 N/A
  UKIP 0 0.5 445 +0.1
  Communist 0 0.3 335 +/-0
  Christian 0 0.2 205 N/A
  Socialist Labour 0 0.1 106 N/A
  Socialist Alternative - - - - - - - -0.6
  Left List - - - - - - - -0.1

References

  1. ^ "Cardiff council elections: The story in each ward". Your Cardiff (WalesOnline). 3 May 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
  2. ^ "Cardiff council's Rodney Berman toppled in cull of leaders". BBC News. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
  3. ^ Shipton, Martin (5 May 2012). "Supernan Leads Labour Victory". South Wales Echo. p. 1,4.
  4. ^ Law, Peter (5 May 2012). "Triumph before hard reality". South Wales Echo. p. 7.
  5. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2012: Cardiff". Retrieved 2016-11-15.


Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This Elections in Wales related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2012_Cardiff_Council_election&oldid=752881513"