2012 Welsh local elections

Welsh local elections, 2012
All 1,224 seats to 21 of 22 Welsh councils
	Colours denote the winning party with outright control; Key: Labour control Independent control No Overall Control No election held

The 2012 Welsh local elections, were held on 3 May, in 21 out of 22 local authorities. The Labour Party made gains at the expense of the other 3 major parties and of independents. Labour won majority control of 10 councils, up 8 from the 2008 local elections, while 2 remained under the control of independents and 9 councils had no overall control.

On 17 January 2012, the Welsh Government announced that elections for Anglesey council had been postponed to May 2013.^[3]

Wales-Wide Results

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #005B54;" data-sort-value="Plaid Cymru" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #006400;" data-sort-value="Llais Gwynedd" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DDDDBB;" data-sort-value="Other" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |

Party		Votes^[4]	%	+/-	Councils	+/-	Seats
Labour	304,296	36.0%	9.0%	10	8	577	237
Independent	190,425	22.5%	0.5%	2	1	284	27
Plaid Cymru	133,961	15.8%	1.0%	0		158	41
Conservative	108,365	12.8%	3.1%	0	2	105	66
Liberal Democrats	68,619	8.1%	5.0%	0		72	91
Green	10,310	1.2%	0.5%	0		0
Llais Gwynedd	7,326	0.9%	0.1%	0		13
Other	30,291	2.7%	1.0%	0		28	12
No overall control	n/a	n/a	n/a	9	5	n/a	n/a

Above table uses information sourced from the Welsh Assembly's summary of the 2012 local elections, the Electoral Commission's summary of the 2008 elections, as well as voting totals sourced from the Local Elections Archive Project

Individual Council Results

Council	2008 Result		2012 Result
Blaenau Gwent style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour gain	Details
Bridgend style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour gain	Details
Caerphilly style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour gain	Details
Cardiff style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour gain	Details
Carmarthenshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Ceredigion style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Conwy style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Denbighshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Flintshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Gwynedd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Merthyr Tydfil style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour gain	Details
Monmouthshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Neath Port Talbot style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Newport style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour gain	Details
Pembrokeshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
Powys style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
Rhondda Cynon Taff style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Swansea style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour gain	Details
Torfaen style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour gain	Details
Vale of Glamorgan style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Wrexham style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details

Notes

References

^ "Local Election Results 2012" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. May 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
^ "Local Election Results 2008" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. May 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
^ "Anglesey council election postponed for year to 2013". BBC News. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012. Local government elections on Anglesey have been delayed for a year. It will mean people on the island will elect their new council in May 2013, 12 months later than in the rest of Wales.
^ Excludes Anglesey in vote and seat data. See individual detailed articles below for the breakdown; this is a summary of the overall result.

External Links

[1] "Local Election Results 2012" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. May 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2016.

[2] "Local Election Results 2008" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. May 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2016.

[ynsmon-3] "Anglesey council election postponed for year to 2013". BBC News. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012. Local government elections on Anglesey have been delayed for a year. It will mean people on the island will elect their new council in May 2013, 12 months later than in the rest of Wales.

[4] Excludes Anglesey in vote and seat data. See individual detailed articles below for the breakdown; this is a summary of the overall result.

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