The 2012 election to Ceredigion County Council was held on 3 May 2012 [1] along with elections to 20 of the other 21 local authorities in Wales (all except Anglesey), community council elections in Wales and other elections elsewhere in the United Kingdom. It was followed by the 2017 election.
All 42 council seats were up for election. The previous council was controlled by Independents in coalition with the Liberal Democrat group and the single Labour member. [2] Since 2008, there had been two by-elections in Aberystwyth, Rheidol and Ciliau Aeron which were both won by Plaid Cymru. The composition of the council prior to the elections was:
Councillors elected in this election were to serve an extended five-year term, after local government minister Carl Sargeant announced the next elections would be moved from 2016 to 2017 to avoid clashing with the next Welsh Assembly election in 2016 (which in turn had been delayed a year to avoid clashing with the next general election). [4]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | 19 | 0 | 45.2 | 39.15 | 10,461 | -4.65 | |||
Independent | 15 | +3 | 35.7 | 28.62 | 7,647 | +7.59 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 7 | -3 | 16.7 | 25.40 | 6,787 | +1.54 | |||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.66 | 979 | +0.73 | |||
Labour | 1 | 0 | 2.4 | 3.16 | 884 | +0.23 | |||
Green | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -0.51 | |
Total | 42 | 26,718 |
Following the election, no party was left with a majority (22 seats) on the council. Plaid Cymru won a total of 19 seats, the Liberal Democrats won 7, Labour retained their single member, and the remaining seats were won by Independent candidates.
The leader of the Independent group on the council - Keith Evans - lost his seat to Plaid Cymru. As a result, Ray Quant (Councillor for Borth) was elected as the leader of a group of 12 of the independent councillors. Negotiations were held between the various groups, and eventually a coalition between Plaid Cymru, the one Labour councillor and a number of independent councillors was agreed upon. The Liberal Democrat group now form the opposition.
For a total of 42 seats, Plaid Cymru were fielding 34 candidates, the Liberal Democrats were fielding 28 candidates, 22 candidates were standing as Independents, the Conservatives were fielding 21 candidates, while Labour were fielding just one. The Green Party were not fielding any candidates in this election, compared to two candidates in 2008.
Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Vote share changes compared with corresponding 2008 election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Evans* | 651 | 91.30 | +24.58 | |
Plaid Cymru | Gwenllian Mair | 62 | 8.70 | +8.70 | |
Majority | 589 | 82.60 | +49.37 | ||
Turnout | 713 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gethin James* | 500 | 61.27 | -9.57 | |
Plaid Cymru | Des Davies | 218 | 26.72 | +26.72 | |
Conservative | Graham Howard Dean | 98 | 12.01 | -17.14 | |
Majority | 282 | 34.55 | |||
Turnout | 816 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Alun John Wiliams* | 405 | 89.40 | +11.88 | |
Conservative | Christopher Richard Owens Newcombe | 48 | 10.60 | +3.79 | |
Majority | 357 | 78.80 | |||
Turnout | 453 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ceredig Wyn Davies* | 231 | 62.43 | -1.64 | |
Plaid Cymru | Christopher MacKenzie Grieve | 117 | 31.62 | +0.89 | |
Conservative | James Forrest | 22 | 5.95 | +0.75 | |
Majority | 114 | 30.81 | |||
Turnout | 370 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Mark Antony Strong | 215 | 41.43 | -3.02 | |
Liberal Democrats | Edgar Carl Williams* | 168 | 32.37 | -16.13 | |
Independent | Lisa Francis | 107 | 20.62 | +20.62 | |
Conservative | Sophie Fuller | 29 | 5.59 | -1.47 | |
Majority | 47 | 9.06 | |||
Turnout | 519 | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Steve Davies | 370 | 28.03 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Lol Jones-Southgate | 323 | 24.47 | ||
Independent | Dylan Paul Lewis | 247 | 18.71 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mair Benjamin | 177 | 13.41 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Brenda Haines | 134 | 10.15 | ||
Conservative | Mark William Mainwaring | 53 | 4.02 | ||
Conservative | Sophie Davies | 16 | 1.21 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,320 | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Aled Davies* | 207 | 32.91 | +32.91 | |
Plaid Cymru | Mark Endaf Edwards | 143 | 22.73 | -4.44 | |
Liberal Democrats | Wendy Morris-Twiddy | 137 | 21.78 | -45.81 | |
Independent | Martin Wyn Shewring | 120 | 19.08 | +19.08 | |
Conservative | Harry Saville | 22 | 3.50 | -1.74 | |
Majority | 64 | 10.18 | |||
Turnout | 629 | ||||
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | William David Lyndon Lloyd* | 586 | 82.54 | -2.54 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steph Flower | 85 | 11.97 | -2.95 | |
Conservative | Robert Hatfield | 39 | 5.49 | +5.49 | |
Majority | 501 | 70.57 | |||
Turnout | 710 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ray Quant* | 358 | 49.58 | -7.11 | |
Independent | James Whitlock Davies | 292 | 40.44 | -2.86 | |
Conservative | Shaun Bailey | 72 | 9.97 | +9.97 | |
Majority | 66 | 9.14 | |||
Turnout | 722 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Peter Lloyd Davies* | 363 | 57.35 | +57.35 | |
Plaid Cymru | John Gethin Jones | 270 | 42.65 | +42.65 | |
Majority | 93 | 14.70 | |||
Turnout | 633 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Thomas John Adams-Lewis* | 476 | 65.93 | -1.23 | |
Liberal Democrats | Neal Jones | 200 | 27.70 | +27.55 | |
Conservative | Nigel Moore | 50 | 6.93 | +0.51 | |
Majority | 276 | 38.23 | |||
Turnout | 722 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mark Cole* | 320 | 75.83 | -10.22 | |
Plaid Cymru | Graham Evans | 102 | 24.17 | +10.22 | |
Majority | 218 | 51.66 | |||
Turnout | 422 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Catrin Miles* | 163 | 63.42 | +36.58 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Greenhalgh | 94 | 36.58 | +6.04 | |
Majority | 69 | 26.84 | |||
Turnout | 257 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Ellen ap Gwynn* | 469 | 61.71 | -13.68 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Allan Joseph | 291 | 38.29 | +13.68 | |
Majority | 178 | 23.42 | |||
Turnout | 760 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | John Edward Charles Lumley* | 405 | 50.63 | -16.37 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sonia Rose Williams | 324 | 40.50 | +21.9 | |
Conservative | Lauren Evetts | 71 | 8.88 | +8.88 | |
Majority | 81 | 10.13 | |||
Turnout | 800 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Roberts* | 515 | 65.36 | -1.09 | |
Plaid Cymru | Terry Lambden | 245 | 31.09 | +2.58 | |
Conservative | David Goddard | 28 | 3.55 | -1.49 | |
Majority | 270 | 34.27 | |||
Turnout | 788 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert George (Hag) Harris* | 884 | 45.03 | +7.76 | |
Independent | John Ivor Williams* | 637 | 32.48 | +5.36 | |
Plaid Cymru | Robert Phillips | 262 | 13.36 | +0.95 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alex George Bashford | 130 | 6.63 | +0.83 | |
Conservative | Reece Fox | 49 | 2.5 | -0.10 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1962 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Bryan Gareth Davies | 284 | 48.38 | +48.38 | |
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Eurfyl Evans* | 251 | 42.76 | +42.76 | |
Conservative | Joan Joyce Thomas | 52 | 8.86 | +8.86 | |
Majority | 33 | 5.62 | |||
Turnout | 587 | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Gareth Davies* | 229 | 79.79 | +17.79 | |
Liberal Democrats | Linden Parker | 39 | 13.59 | +1.59 | |
Conservative | Jessica Carr | 19 | 6.62 | +6.62 | |
Majority | 190 | 66.20 | +30.2 | ||
Turnout | 287 | 34.58 | -20.52 | ||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Paul James* | 338 | 83.87 | +1.49 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Thornton | 46 | 11.41 | -6.20 | |
Conservative | Nathaniel Hayward | 19 | 4.71 | +4.71 | |
Majority | 292 | 72.46 | |||
Turnout | 403 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Benjamin Towyn Evans* | 485 | 82.06 | +6.05 | |
Conservative | Jane Kelsey | 106 | 17.94 | +17.94 | |
Majority | 379 | 64.12 | |||
Turnout | 591 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gareth Lloyd* | 735 | 91.65 | +25.38 | |
Conservative | William Evetts | 67 | 8.35 | +8.35 | |
Majority | 668 | 83.30 | |||
Turnout | 802 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Peter Godfrey Evans | 373 | 57.92 | +21.04 | |
Independent | Evan John Keith Evans* | 271 | 42.08 | -21.04 | |
Majority | 102 | 15.84 | |||
Turnout | 644 | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Alun Lloyd Jones* | 391 | 67.18 | +11.64 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sian Kingscott-Smith | 164 | 28.18 | -9.98 | |
Conservative | Martin Fletcher | 27 | 4.64 | -1.67 | |
Majority | 227 | 39.00 | |||
Turnout | 582 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | William Lynford Thomas | 550 | 64.48 | -1.12 | |
Liberal Democrats | Angela Lewes-Gee | 303 | 35.52 | +1.12 | |
Majority | 247 | 28.96 | |||
Turnout | 853 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Rhodri Wyn Evans' | 361 | 53.72 | +53.72 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mary Pearce | 248 | 36.90 | +36.90 | |
Independent | Paul Adrian Davison | 63 | 9.38 | +9.38 | |
Majority | 113 | 16.82 | |||
Turnout | 672 | ||||
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | John Timothy Odwyn Davies* | 419 | 74.42 | +7.43 | |
Liberal Democrats | Derek Wilson | 144 | 25.58 | -7.43 | |
Majority | 275 | 48.84 | |||
Turnout | 563 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Rowland Rees-Evans* | 504 | 75.34 | +10.06 | |
Independent | Alan Durrant | 165 | 24.66 | +24.66 | |
Majority | 339 | 50.68 | |||
Turnout | 669 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dafydd Edwards* | 842 | 85.66 | +33.97 | |
Liberal Democrats | Harry Hayfield | 141 | 14.34 | +14.34 | |
Majority | 701 | 71.32 | |||
Turnout | 983 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Euros Davies | 395 | 47.42 | +47.42 | |
Plaid Cymru | Geraint Davies | 366 | 43.94 | -41.49 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kathy Bracy | 72 | 8.64 | -5.92 | |
Majority | 29 | 3.48 | |||
Turnout | 833 | ||||
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ifan Davies* | 0 | 0.00 | -54.85 | |
Majority | 0 | 0.00 | -9.69 | ||
Turnout | 0 | 0.00 | -56.03 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | -4.85 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Rhodri Davies* | 601 | 70.21 | +17.12 | |
Liberal Democrats | Fred Williams | 255 | 29.79 | -17.12 | |
Majority | 346 | 40.42 | |||
Turnout | 856 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sarah Gillian Hopley* | 249 | 61.03 | -7.54 | |
Conservative | Luke Evetts | 159 | 38.97 | +7.54 | |
Majority | 90 | 22.06 | |||
Turnout | 408 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gwyn James | 431 | 51.93 | +51.93 | |
Plaid Cymru | Ian ap Dewi* | 318 | 38.31 | -34.45 | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Flower | 81 | 9.76 | -17.47 | |
Majority | 113 | 13.62 | |||
Turnout | 830 | ||||
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Haydn Lewis* | 584 | 68.87 | -3.40 | |
Plaid Cymru | Shân Williams | 264 | 31.13 | +3.40 | |
Majority | 320 | 37.74 | |||
Turnout | 848 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Hinge* | 544 | 68.51 | +17.69 | |
Plaid Cymru | Jaci Taylor | 250 | 31.49 | -17.69 | |
Majority | 294 | 37.02 | |||
Turnout | 794 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David James Mason | 422 | 58.45 | +58.45 | |
Plaid Cymru | Dai Suter* | 300 | 41.55 | -27.46 | |
Majority | 122 | 16.90 | |||
Turnout | 722 | ||||
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Catherine Jane Hughes | 0 | 0.00 | +/-0.00 | |
Majority | 0 | 0.00 | +/-0.00 | ||
Turnout | 0 | 0.00 | +/-0.00 | ||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | +/-0.00 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Maldwyn Benjamin Lewis | 361 | 67.73 | +67.73 | |
Plaid Cymru | Gerwyn James | 172 | 32.27 | +3.89 | |
Majority | 189 | 35.46 | |||
Turnout | 533 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John David Rowland Jones* | 432 | 62.79 | -3.37 | |
Plaid Cymru | Mererid Jones | 222 | 32.27 | +7.71 | |
Conservative | 34 | 4.94 | +4.94 | ||
Majority | 210 | 30.52 | |||
Turnout | 688 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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