2012 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
Appearance
The 2012 Tameside Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other United Kingdom local elections, 2012.
One third of the council was up for election, with councillors elected in Tameside Council election, 2008 defending their seats with vote share changes calculated on that basis.
Results
An asterisk denotes an incumbent.
Ashton Hurst ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Drennan Leigh | 1,449 | 49.14 | +15.74 | |
Conservative | Richard Ambler* | 1,039 | 35.23 | −21.51 | |
UKIP | Lisa Radcliffe | 274 | 9.29 | −0.57 | |
Green | Nigel Rolland | 187 | 6.34 | N/A | |
Majority | 410 | 13.90 | |||
Turnout | 2,959 | 33.6 | −4.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Ashton St. Michaels ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Sidebottom | 1,475 | 59.79 | +21.76 | |
Conservative | Paul Buckley | 551 | 22.33 | −15.44 | |
English Democrat | David Timpson | 283 | 11.47 | N/A | |
Green | Rochelle Rolland | 158 | 6.40 | +0.78 | |
Majority | 924 | 37.45 | |||
Turnout | 2,472 | 28.5 | +0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ashton Waterloo ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Catherine Piddington* | 1,703 | 65.5 | +24.98 | |
Conservative | Lee Price | 442 | 17 | −13.39 | |
UKIP | Peter Taylor | 257 | 9.88 | N/A | |
Green | Andrew Threlfall | 198 | 7.62 | +3.25 | |
Majority | 1,261 | 48.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,613 | 30 | −4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Audenshaw ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Teresa Smith | 1,530 | 58.78 | +17.78 | |
Conservative | Gaynor Paterson | 440 | 16.90 | −15.24 | |
UKIP | Tracy Radcliffe | 416 | 15.98 | N/A | |
Green | Stuart Bennett | 217 | 8.34 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,090 | 41.87 | |||
Turnout | 2,612 | 29.4 | −7.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Denton North East ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Denise Ward | 1,601 | 63.63 | +18.18 | |
Conservative | Rachel Marshall | 397 | 15.78 | −20.61 | |
UKIP | Joanna Herod | 339 | 13.47 | N/A | |
Green | Stephen Boyd | 179 | 7.11 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,204 | 47.85 | |||
Turnout | 2,521 | 29.5 | −0.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Denton South ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Downs* | 1,369 | 51.20 | −6.33 | |
Independent | Carl Simmons | 675 | 25.24 | N/A | |
UKIP | Adrienne Bennett | 302 | 11.29 | N/A | |
Conservative | Stephen Roden | 250 | 9.35 | −33.12 | |
Green | Noel Woodhead | 78 | 2.92 | N/A | |
Majority | 694 | 25.95 | |||
Turnout | 2,682 | 31.8 | +2.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Denton West ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dawson Lane* | 2,052 | 65.90 | +15.69 | |
Conservative | Christine Marshall | 563 | 18.08 | −31.71 | |
UKIP | Michelle Harrison | 359 | 11.53 | N/A | |
Green | Simon Rollinson | 140 | 4.50 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,489 | 47.82 | |||
Turnout | 3,133 | 34 | −0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Droylsden East ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jim Middleton* | 1,640 | 61.49 | +15.42 | |
UKIP | Ted Salmon | 480 | 18.00 | N/A | |
BNP | Robert Booth | 236 | 8.85 | −23.87 | |
Conservative | Matt Holgate | 221 | 8.29 | −12.92 | |
Green | Mark Stanley | 90 | 3.37 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,160 | 43.49 | |||
Turnout | 2,681 | 30.4 | −5.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Droylsden West ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gerald Cooney* | 2,028 | 75.33 | +16.76 | |
UKIP | George Mills | 305 | 11.33 | N/A | |
Conservative | Dot Buckley | 214 | 7.95 | −13.68 | |
Green | Jennifer Ball | 145 | 5.39 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,723 | 64.00 | |||
Turnout | 2,700 | 30.2 | −4.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Dukinfield ward
In 2008, Roy West stood in this ward as a British National Party candidate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Wild* | 1,553 | 59.14 | +14.44 | |
Independent | Roy West | 325 | 12.38 | −13.54 | |
Conservative | Brenda Roden | 304 | 11.58 | −8.97 | |
UKIP | John Cooke | 248 | 9.44 | N/A | |
Green | Dylan Lancaster | 196 | 7.46 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,249 | 47.56 | |||
Turnout | 2,634 | 28 | −3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Dukinfield / Stalybridge ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Claire Reynolds | 1,528 | 55.75 | +20.65 | |
Conservative | Amanda Buckley | 483 | 17.62 | −26.61 | |
English Democrat | Gregory Shorrock | 364 | 13.28 | N/A | |
UKIP | Lyn Misell | 211 | 7.70 | N/A | |
Green | Michael Fowler | 155 | 5.65 | −2.45 | |
Majority | 1,045 | 38.12 | |||
Turnout | 2,748 | 31.4 | −2.6 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Hyde Godley ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joe Kitchen* | 1,582 | 65.29 | +22.98 | |
Conservative | Tom Welsby | 383 | 15.81 | −14.42 | |
UKIP | Duran O'Dwyer | 318 | 13.12 | +8.63 | |
Green | Melanie Roberts | 140 | 5.78 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,199 | 49.84 | |||
Turnout | 2,437 | 28.9 | −2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hyde Newton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Peter Robinson* | 1,779 | 60.84 | +24.32 | |
Conservative | Craig Halliday | 429 | 14.67 | −9.11 | |
UKIP | Ian Horton | 301 | 10.29 | N/A | |
BNP | Rosalind Gauchi | 241 | 8.24 | −19.24 | |
Green | Jacintha Manchester | 174 | 5.95 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,350 | 46.17 | |||
Turnout | 2,928 | 29.5 | −3.8 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Hyde Werneth ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Raja Miah | 1,923 | 49.79 | +14.41 | |
Conservative | Floyd Paterson | 1,470 | 38.06 | −13.98 | |
UKIP | Stephanie Misell | 243 | 6.29 | −1.11 | |
Green | June Gill | 226 | 5.85 | +0.68 | |
Majority | 453 | 11.73 | |||
Turnout | 3,870 | 44 | +3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Longdendale ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Adam White* | 1,407 | 53.76 | +8.20 | |
Conservative | Rob Adlard | 731 | 27.93 | −8.67 | |
Green | Damian Mendes-Kelly | 250 | 9.55 | −1.25 | |
UKIP | Kevin Misell | 229 | 8.75 | +1.72 | |
Majority | 676 | 25.83 | |||
Turnout | 2,630 | 33.7 | −3.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Mossley ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Ellie Shember-Critchley | 1,258 | 45.73 | +7.73 | |
Independent | Dean Aylett | 906 | 32.93 | N/A | |
Conservative | Dominic Johnson | 311 | 11.30 | −10.96 | |
Green | Christine Clark | 276 | 10.03 | +0.81 | |
Majority | 352 | 12.80 | |||
Turnout | 2,758 | 32.1 | −4.9 | ||
Labour Co-op gain from Independent | Swing |
St. Peter's ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Warren Bray* | 1,990 | 77.01 | +24.50 | |
Green | Trevor Clarke | 339 | 13.12 | +2.28 | |
Conservative | James Flynn | 255 | 9.87 | −13.79 | |
Majority | 1,651 | 63.89 | |||
Turnout | 2,600 | 28.8 | +0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Stalybridge North ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jan Jackson | 1,364 | 51.14 | +10.06 | |
Conservative | Clive Patrick | 833 | 31.23 | −11.47 | |
English Democrat | Andrew Fogg | 188 | 7.05 | N/A | |
Green | Jean Smee | 169 | 6.34 | −2.87 | |
UKIP | Emma Misell | 113 | 4.24 | −2.76 | |
Majority | 531 | 19.91 | |||
Turnout | 2,676 | 28.5 | −1.2 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Stalybridge South ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Doreen Dickinson* | 1,368 | 51.76 | −12.06 | |
Labour | Dorothy Cartwright | 935 | 35.38 | +13.90 | |
Green | John Spiller | 179 | 6.77 | −1.05 | |
UKIP | Angela McManus | 161 | 6.09 | −0.79 | |
Majority | 433 | 16.38 | |||
Turnout | 2,656 | 31.1 | −2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
- ^ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.