Caerphilly County Borough Council election, 2012
The 2012 Caerphilly Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Caerphilly County Borough Council in Wales.[1] This was on the same day as other United Kingdom local elections.
Election results
The Labour Party won control of the council from Plaid Cymru, after gaining an additional 18 seats.[2] Among the notable Plaid Cymru defeated councillors were the current mayor, Vera Jenkins (Crumlin ward) and Ron Davies, the ex-Labour Secretary of State for Wales (Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen ward).[2]
| Caerphilly County Borough Council Election 2012[2][3] | ||||||||||
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| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
| Labour | 50 | +18 | 68.5 | 51.0 | 23,886 | +13.7 | ||||
| Plaid Cymru | 20 | -12 | 27.4 | 29.8 | 13,970 | -6.5 | ||||
| Independent | 3 | -6 | 4.1 | 14.7 | 6,906 | -2.9 | ||||
| TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 174 | N/A | |||||
| Liberal Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 121 | -1.9 | |||||
| Communist | - | - | - | - | - | -0.2 | ||||
References
- ↑ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
- 1 2 3 Novaczyk, Wayne (5 May 2012). "Ron's gone with Plaid". South Wales Echo (2012 elections special supplement). pp. 4–5.
- ↑ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2012: Caerffili - Caerphilly". Retrieved 2016-11-15. line feed character in
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