The 2012 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England, as part of the 2012 United Kingdom local elections. 26 seats were up for election, and the results saw the Conservatives losing to a majority of 11 seats to Labour. [1]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 41 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 56.9 | 43.9 | 34,429 | ||
Conservative | 30 | 0 | 13 | -13 | 41.7 | 32.0 | 25,045 | ||
Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 1,820 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 14.5 | 11,366 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christine Perks | 1,049 | |||
Conservative | Colin Banks | 932 | |||
UKIP | Paul Bradley | 474 | |||
Green | Derek Rudd | 101 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Lucas | 100 | |||
Majority | 117 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Donella Russell | 1,362 | |||
Conservative | Jennie Dunn | 1,044 | |||
UKIP | Bill Roberts | 361 | |||
Green | John Payne | 151 | |||
Majority | 318 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Wilson | 1,334 | |||
Conservative | Dan Horrocks | 401 | |||
UKIP | Stuart Larmer | 365 | |||
Green | Gordon Elcock | 158 | |||
Majority | 933 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Martin | 1,143 | |||
Conservative | Susan Greenaway | 485 | |||
UKIP | Just Stevens | 285 | |||
Green | Vicky Duckworth | 76 | |||
Majority | 658 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Aston | 1,652 | |||
Conservative | Simon Townend | 527 | |||
UKIP | Tim Byrne | 458 | |||
Green | Bill McComish | 83 | |||
Majority | 1,125 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Henry Davies | 1,366 | 54.23 | ||
Conservative | Martin Richard Duffield | 468 | 18.58 | ||
UKIP | Helen Louise Wimlett | 430 | 17.07 | ||
National Front | Ken Griffiths | 177 | 7.03 | ||
Green | Becky Blatchford | 71 | 2.82 | ||
Majority | 898 | ||||
Turnout | 25.94 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gaye Partridge | 1,741 | |||
Conservative | Colin Elcock | 474 | |||
UKIP | Mike Hawkins | 383 | |||
Green | Karlie Owen | 105 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Lois Bramall | 88 | |||
Majority | 1,267 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dave Branwood | 1,409 | |||
Conservative | David Stanley | 1,336 | |||
UKIP | Phillip Rowe | 876 | |||
Green | David Blatchford | 75 | |||
Majority | 73 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hilary Bills | 1,457 | |||
Conservative | Mike Wood | 1,150 | |||
UKIP | Stuart Henley | 323 | |||
BNP | Simon Foxall | 107 | |||
Green | Quira Blatchford | 122 | |||
Majority | 307 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Vickers | 1,489 | |||
Labour | John Lewis | 1026 | |||
UKIP | John Marshall | 495 | |||
Green | Tim Weller | 192 | |||
Majority | 463 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hazel Turner | 1,265 | |||
Labour | Ian Cooper | 1,080 | |||
UKIP | Bob Heeley | 404 | |||
Green | Colin Royle | 146 | |||
BNP | Robert Weale | 120 | |||
Majority | 185 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Tyler | 1,574 | |||
Labour | Lynn Boleyn | 1,482 | |||
Conservative | Dee Harley | 1,464 | |||
Conservative | David Simms | 1,192 | |||
UKIP | Dean Perks | 560 | |||
UKIP | Phil Wimlett | 419 | |||
Green | Liz Jednorog | 151 | |||
Green | Francis Sheppard | 87 | |||
Majority | 18 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Blood | 1,588 | |||
Labour | Shaz Saleem | 1,097 | |||
Green | Jenny Rudd | 404 | |||
Majority | 491 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tremaine Herbert | 1,241 | |||
Conservative | Adrian Turner | 747 | |||
UKIP | Tony Oliver | 349 | |||
Independent | Abdul Qadus | 305 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Vera Johnson | 100 | |||
Green | Denis Neville | 89 | |||
Majority | 494 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Will Duckworth | 1,525 | |||
Labour | Mahbub Rahman | 1,269 | |||
Conservative | Steven Ridley | 335 | |||
UKIP | Craig Ingram | 257 | |||
Majority | 256 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mike Attwood | 1,570 | |||
Labour | Michael Kelly | 801 | |||
UKIP | Paul Barton | 441 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Hanson | 237 | |||
Green | Benjamin Sweeney | 215 | |||
Majority | 769 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Les Jones | 1,747 | |||
Labour | Joe Gaytten | 1,087 | |||
UKIP | Lynette Wragg | 386 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Simon Hanson | 204 | |||
Green | Roy Sadler | 262 | |||
Majority | 660 | ||||
Turnout | 36.01 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bryan Cotterill | 1,758 | |||
Conservative | Tim Wood | 476 | |||
Green | Pam Archer | 222 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Sheppard | 78 | |||
Majority | 1,282 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Evans | 1,383 | |||
UKIP | Bill Etheridge | 863 | |||
Labour Co-op | Barbara Sykes | 810 | |||
Green | Donna Dodson | 121 | |||
Majority | 520 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Asif Ahmed | 1,321 | |||
UKIP | Malcolm Davis | 1,132 | |||
Conservative | David Allen | 396 | |||
Green | Daniel Archer | 109 | |||
Majority | 189 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from UKIP | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shaukat Ali | 2,143 | |||
UKIP | Michael Forsyth | 523 | |||
Conservative | Daryl Millward | 317 | |||
Green | Christian Green | 124 | |||
Majority | 1,620 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Keiran Robert Casey | 1,220 | 44.46 | ||
Conservative | Julian Ryder | 859 | 31.3 | ||
UKIP | Star Freedom Marie Etheridge | 452 | 16.47 | ||
National Front | Kevin Inman | 123 | 4.48 | ||
Green | Emma Caroline Harrison | 83 | 3.02 | ||
Majority | 361 | ||||
Turnout | 26.83 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Hale | 1,397 | |||
Labour | Ian Marrey | 1,317 | |||
Conservative | Nicolas Barlow | 1,213 | |||
Conservative | Matt Rogers | 1,025 | |||
Liberal Democrats | June Collins | 478 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Bramall | 435 | |||
UKIP | Glen Wilson | 365 | |||
UKIP | Pete Lee | 353 | |||
Green | Lawrence Rowlett | 229 | |||
Green | Jane Sheppard | 164 | |||
Majority | 96 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derrick Hemingsley | 1,293 | |||
Conservative | Geoffrey Southall | 1,162 | |||
UKIP | Raymond Franklin | 412 | |||
Green | Maurice Archer | 115 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Lucas | 100 | |||
Majority | 132 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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