2012 United Kingdom local elections

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2012 United Kingdom local elections
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  2011 3 May 2012 2013  

All 36 metropolitan boroughs, 18 out of 55 unitary authorities,
74 out of 201 district councils, all 32 Scottish council areas,
21 out of 22 Welsh principal councils, and 3 directly elected mayors
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Ed Miliband election infobox.jpg David Cameron official.jpg Nick Clegg official portrait.jpg
Leader Ed Miliband David Cameron Nick Clegg
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since25 September 20106 December 200518 December 2007
SwingIncrease2.svg1%Decrease2.svg4%Increase2.svg1%
Projected vote-share38%31%16%
Councils75426
Councils +/–Increase2.svg32Decrease2.svg12Decrease2.svg1
Councillors2,1581,005431
Councillors +/–Increase2.svg823Decrease2.svg405Decrease2.svg336

 Fourth partyFifth party
  Alex Salmond, First Minister of Scotland (cropped).jpg Leanne Wood 2011 (cropped).tif
Leader Alex Salmond Leanne Wood
Party SNP Plaid Cymru
Leader since3 September 200416 March 2012
Projected vote-share20
CouncilsIncrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg1
Councils +/–424158
CouncillorsIncrease2.svg57Decrease2.svg41

United Kingdom local elections, 2012.svg
Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

The 2012 United Kingdom local elections were held across England, Scotland and Wales on 3 May 2012. [1] Elections were held in 128 English local authorities, [2] all 32 Scottish local authorities and 21 of the 22 Welsh unitary authorities, alongside three mayoral elections including the London mayoralty and the London Assembly. Referendums were also held in 11 English cities to determine whether or not to introduce directly elected mayors. [3]

Contents

The BBC's projected national vote share put Labour on 38%, the Conservatives on 31%, the Liberal Democrats on 16% and others on 15%. [4] Rallings and Thrasher of Plymouth University estimated 39% for Labour, 33% for the Conservatives, 15% for the Liberal Democrats, and 13% for others. [5]

The inaugural election of police and crime commissioners for 41 of the 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales took place separately, in November 2012.

Electoral process

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 3 May 2012 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, [6] although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election. [7]

The deadline to register to vote in the election was midnight on Wednesday 18 April 2012, [8] though anyone who qualified as an anonymous elector had until midnight on Thursday 26 April 2012 to register. [9]

Results

Overall results - Great Britain

PartyCouncils [10] Councillors
NumberChangeNumberChange
Labour 75Increase2.svg322,158Increase2.svg823
Conservative 32Decrease2.svg121,005Decrease2.svg405
Liberal Democrats 6Decrease2.svg1431Decrease2.svg336
SNP 2Increase2.svg2424Increase2.svg57
Plaid Cymru 0Decrease2.svg1158Decrease2.svg41
Green 0Steady2.svg26Increase2.svg5
Residents 0Steady2.svg21Increase2.svg5
Scottish Green 0Steady2.svg14Increase2.svg6
UKIP 0Steady2.svg9Steady2.svg
Health Concern 0Steady2.svg5Increase2.svg3
Respect 0Steady2.svg5Increase2.svg5
Liberal 0Steady2.svg4Decrease2.svg6
Others5Decrease2.svg2596Decrease2.svg151
No overall control 51Decrease2.svg18n/an/a

England

Map of the results following the elections in England. Black indicates a council in no overall control, whilst white indicates area where no elections took place. English council results 2012.svg
Map of the results following the elections in England. Black indicates a council in no overall control, whilst white indicates area where no elections took place.

The local authorities having elections in 2012 (excluding mayoral elections) covered about 40% of the total English electorate, with 15.9 million electors entitled to vote. Turnout overall was 31.0%. [2]

In summary, the accumulated local authority vote and seats won by political party was:

English National vote and seat share [2]
PartyVoteSeats
Labour 43.1%49.4%
Conservative 27.5%32.5%
Liberal Democrats 14.0%11.9%
Green 4.2%1.1%
Independent 3.2%2.8%
Other8.0%2.3%

Note the equivalent of these figures may not be commonly available for other election years. They represent the actual numbers of votes cast and should not be falsely compared to the more commonly available figures based on the projections for the whole of Great Britain.

Metropolitan boroughs

All 36 Metropolitan boroughs had one third of their seats up for election.

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetails
Barnsley Labour Labour hold Details
Birmingham No overall control Labour gain Details
Bolton Labour Labour hold Details
Bradford No overall control No overall control hold (Labour Minority with Green support) Details
Bury Labour Labour hold Details
Calderdale No overall control No overall control hold Details
Coventry Labour Labour hold Details
Doncaster Labour Labour hold Details
Dudley Conservative Labour gain Details
Gateshead Labour Labour hold Details
Kirklees No overall control No overall control hold Details
Knowsley Labour Labour hold Details
Leeds Labour Labour hold Details
Liverpool Labour Labour hold Details
Manchester Labour Labour hold Details
Newcastle upon Tyne Labour Labour hold Details
North Tyneside Labour Labour hold Details
Oldham Labour Labour hold Details
Rochdale Labour Labour hold Details
Rotherham Labour Labour hold Details
St Helens Labour Labour hold Details
Salford Labour Labour hold Details
Sandwell Labour Labour hold Details
Sefton No overall control Labour gain Details
Sheffield Labour Labour hold Details
Solihull Conservative Conservative hold Details
South Tyneside Labour Labour hold Details
Stockport No overall control No overall control hold (Lib Dem Minority) Details
Sunderland Labour Labour hold Details
Tameside Labour Labour hold Details
Trafford Conservative Conservative hold Details
Wakefield Labour Labour hold Details
Walsall No overall control No overall control hold (Conservative Minority with Lib Dem Support) Details
Wigan Labour Labour hold Details
Wirral No overall control Labour gain Details
Wolverhampton Labour Labour hold Details

Unitary authorities

Whole council up for election

Two unitary authorities that would usually have had a third of their seats up for election, actually had elections for all their seats because of the implementation of boundary changes.

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetails
Hartlepool [11] Labour Labour hold Details
Swindon [12] Conservative Conservative hold Details

One third of council up for election

In 16 English unitary authorities, one third of the council was up for election.

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetails
Blackburn with Darwen Labour Labour hold Details
Derby No overall control Labour gain Details
Halton Labour Labour hold Details
Kingston upon Hull Labour Labour hold Details
Milton Keynes No overall control No overall control hold Details
North East Lincolnshire No overall control Labour gain Details
Peterborough Conservative Conservative hold Details
Plymouth Conservative Labour gain Details
Portsmouth Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold Details
Reading No overall control Labour gain Details
Slough Labour Labour hold Details
Southampton Conservative Labour gain Details
Southend-on-Sea Conservative No overall control gain Details
Thurrock No overall control Labour gain Details
Warrington Labour Labour hold Details
Wokingham Conservative Conservative hold Details

District councils

Whole council up for election

Four district councils that would usually have had one-third of their seats due for election, actually had full council elections as a result of the implementation of new ward boundaries.

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetails
Broxbourne [13] Conservative Conservative hold Details
Daventry [14] Conservative Conservative hold Details
Rugby [15] Conservative Conservative hold Details
Rushmoor [16] Conservative Conservative hold Details

Half of council up for election

7 district councils had half of their seats up for election.

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetails
Adur Conservative Conservative hold Details
Cheltenham Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold Details
Fareham Conservative Conservative hold Details
Gosport Conservative Conservative hold Details
Hastings Labour Labour hold Details
Nuneaton and Bedworth No overall control Labour gain Details
Oxford Labour Labour hold Details

One third of council up for election

In 63 district authorities, one third of the seats were up for election.

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetails
Amber Valley Conservative Conservative hold Details
Basildon Conservative Conservative hold Details
Basingstoke and Deane Conservative Conservative hold Details
Bassetlaw Labour Labour hold Details
Brentwood Conservative Conservative hold Details
Burnley No overall control Labour gain Details
Cambridge Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold (casting vote of the Mayor) Details
Cannock Chase No overall control Labour gain Details
Carlisle No overall control Labour gain Details
Castle Point Conservative Conservative hold Details
Cherwell Conservative Conservative hold Details
Chorley No overall control Labour gain Details
Colchester No overall control No overall control hold Details
Craven Conservative Conservative hold Details
Crawley Conservative Conservative hold Details
Eastleigh Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold Details
Elmbridge Conservative Conservative hold Details
Epping Forest Conservative Conservative hold Details
Exeter No overall control Labour gain Details
Gloucester Conservative No overall control gain Details
Great Yarmouth Conservative Labour gain Details
Harlow Conservative Labour gain Details
Harrogate Conservative Conservative hold Details
Hart Conservative No overall control gain Details
Havant Conservative Conservative hold Details
Hertsmere Conservative Conservative hold Details
Huntingdonshire Conservative Conservative hold Details
Hyndburn Labour Labour hold Details
Ipswich Labour Labour hold Details
Lincoln Labour Labour hold Details
Maidstone Conservative Conservative hold Details
Mole Valley No overall control No overall control hold Details
Newcastle-under-Lyme No overall control Labour gain Details
North Hertfordshire Conservative Conservative hold Details
Norwich No overall control Labour gain Details
Pendle No overall control No overall control hold Details
Preston Labour Labour hold Details
Purbeck No overall control No overall control hold Details
Redditch Conservative Labour gain Details
Reigate and Banstead Conservative Conservative hold Details
Rochford Conservative Conservative hold Details
Rossendale No overall control Labour gain Details
Runnymede Conservative Conservative hold Details
St Albans No overall control No overall control hold Details
South Cambridgeshire Conservative Conservative hold Details
South Lakeland Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold Details
Stevenage Labour Labour hold Details
Stratford-on-Avon Conservative Conservative hold Details
Stroud No overall control No overall control hold Details
Tamworth Conservative Conservative hold Details
Tandridge Conservative Conservative hold Details
Three Rivers Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold Details
Tunbridge Wells Conservative Conservative hold Details
Watford Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold Details
Welwyn Hatfield Conservative Conservative hold Details
West Lancashire Conservative Conservative hold Details
West Oxfordshire Conservative Conservative hold Details
Weymouth and Portland No overall control No overall control hold Details
Winchester No overall control Conservative gain Details
Woking Conservative Conservative hold Details
Worcester Conservative No overall control gain Details
Worthing Conservative Conservative hold Details
Wyre Forest Conservative No overall control gain Details

Mayoral elections

Three direct mayoral elections were held.

Local AuthorityPrevious MayorMayor-electDetails
London Boris Johnson (Conservative) Boris Johnson (Conservative) Details
Salford [17] none Ian Stewart (Labour) Details
Liverpool [18] none Joe Anderson (Labour) Details

Mayoral referendums

Referendums were also held in 11 English cities to determine whether or not to introduce the position of a directly elected mayor. These polls took place in Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Coventry, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham, Sheffield and Wakefield. [3] Of these 11 cities, only Bristol chose direct election (rather than council appointment) of a mayor. In addition, the citizens of Doncaster voted on the same day to continue electing their mayors directly.

Scotland

Map of the control of Scottish councils following the 2012 council elections. Black indicates no overall control, red indicates majority Scottish Labour control, and yellow indicates majority Scottish National Party control. Scottish local elections 2012.svg
Map of the control of Scottish councils following the 2012 council elections. Black indicates no overall control, red indicates majority Scottish Labour control, and yellow indicates majority Scottish National Party control.
Map of the largest party on each Scottish council following the 2012 council elections. Red indicates Scottish Labour, yellow Scottish National Party, white Independents and blue Scottish Conservatives. Patterned areas indicate a council where two parties have the same number of seats. Scottish local elections 2012 (largest party).svg
Map of the largest party on each Scottish council following the 2012 council elections. Red indicates Scottish Labour, yellow Scottish National Party, white Independents and blue Scottish Conservatives. Patterned areas indicate a council where two parties have the same number of seats.

All council seats were up for election in the 32 Scottish authorities.

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetails
Aberdeen City No overall control No overall control hold Details
Aberdeenshire No overall control No overall control hold Details
Angus No overall control SNP gain Details
Argyll and Bute No overall control No overall control hold Details
Clackmannanshire No overall control No overall control hold Details
Dumfries and Galloway No overall control No overall control hold Details
Dundee City No overall control SNP gain Details
East Ayrshire No overall control No overall control hold Details
East Dunbartonshire No overall control No overall control hold Details
East Lothian No overall control No overall control hold Details
East Renfrewshire No overall control No overall control Details
City of Edinburgh No overall control No overall control hold Details
Falkirk No overall control No overall control hold Details
Fife No overall control No overall control hold Details
Glasgow City Labour Labour hold Details
Highland No overall control No overall control hold Details
Inverclyde No overall control No overall control hold Details
Midlothian Labour No overall control gain Details
Moray No overall control No overall control Details
Na h-Eileanan Siar Independent Independent hold Details
North Ayrshire No overall control No overall control hold Details
North Lanarkshire Labour Labour hold Details
Orkney Independent Independent hold Details
Perth and Kinross No overall control No overall control hold Details
Renfrewshire No overall control Labour gain Details
Scottish Borders No overall control No overall control hold Details
Shetland Independent Independent hold Details
South Ayrshire No overall control No overall control hold Details
South Lanarkshire No overall control No overall control hold Details
Stirling No overall control No overall control hold Details
West Dunbartonshire No overall control Labour gain Details
West Lothian No overall control No overall control hold Details

Wales

Map showing the results of the elections in Wales
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Labour control
Independent control
No Overall Control
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Map showing the results of the elections in Wales
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  Independent control
  No election held
PartyVotes [19]  %+/-Councils+/-Seats+/-
Labour 304,29636.0%Increase2.svg9.4%10Increase2.svg 8577Increase2.svg237
Plaid Cymru 133,96115.8%Decrease2.svg1.1%0Steady2.svg158Decrease2.svg39
Conservative 108,36512.8%Decrease2.svg2.8%0Decrease2.svg 2105Decrease2.svg67
Liberal Democrats 68,6198.1%Decrease2.svg4.8%0Steady2.svg72Decrease2.svg92
Independent/Others231,02627.3%Decrease2.svg0.7%2Decrease2.svg 1329Decrease2.svg 40
No overall control n/an/an/a9Decrease2.svg 5n/an/a

In 21 out of 22 Welsh authorities, the whole council was up for election. On 17 January 2012, the Welsh Government announced that elections for Anglesey council have been postponed to May 2013. [20]

Council2008 Result2012 ResultDetails
Blaenau Gwent No overall control Labour gain Details
Bridgend No overall control Labour gain Details
Caerphilly No overall control Labour gain Details
Cardiff No overall control Labour gain Details
Carmarthenshire No overall control No overall control hold Details
Ceredigion No overall control No overall control hold Details
Conwy No overall control No overall control hold Details
Denbighshire No overall control No overall control hold Details
Flintshire No overall control No overall control hold Details
Gwynedd No overall control No overall control hold Details
Merthyr Tydfil Independent Labour gain Details
Monmouthshire Conservative No overall control gain Details
Neath Port Talbot Labour Labour hold Details
Newport No overall control Labour gain Details
Pembrokeshire Independent Independent hold Details
Powys Independent Independent hold Details
Rhondda Cynon Taff Labour Labour hold Details
Swansea No overall control Labour gain Details
Torfaen No overall control Labour gain Details
Vale of Glamorgan Conservative No overall control gain Details
Wrexham No overall control No overall control hold Details

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