2012 Exeter City Council election

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2012 Exeter City Council election [1] [2] [3]
  2011 3 May 2012 2014  

14 of the 40 seats to Exeter City Council
21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout33.57%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election19119
Seats won1040
Seats after24115
Seat changeIncrease2.svgSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg
Popular vote10,5636,3513,355
Percentage44.1%26.5%14.0%

Exeter UK local election 2012 map.svg
Map showing the results of the 2012 Exeter City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows the Conservatives. Wards in grey had no election.

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

Labour Party

The 2012 Exeter City Council election took place on 3 May 2012, to elect members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. The election was held concurrently with other local elections in England. One third of the council was up for election; the seats up for election were last contested in 2008. The Labour Party gained overall control of the council, which had been under no overall control since 2003. [4] The Liberal Party was wiped off the council.

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Results summary

2012 Exeter City Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 10Increase2.svg 671.4152562.510,56344.1+5.7
  Conservative 4Decrease2.svg 128.661025.06,35126.5-5.8
  Liberal Democrats 0Decrease2.svg 50.04410.03,35514.0-1.3
  Liberal 0Steady2.svg0.0112.500.0-1.8
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01,8807.9+0.1
  UKIP 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01,4386.0+2.4
 Your Decision0Steady2.svg0.0000.03511.5+0.8

Ward results

Alphington

Alphington
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Robert Crew 858 37.2%
Liberal Democrats Alexandra Newcombe61826.8%
Conservative John Corcoran43518.8%
UKIP Andrew Dudgeon27011.7%
Green Diana Moore1275.5%
Majority26010.4
Turnout 2,308
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Exwick

Exwick
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Oliver Pearson 993 54.5%
Conservative Stephanie Warner33418.3%
UKIP Lawrence Harper24013.2%
Green Christopher Calvert1377.5%
Liberal Democrats Alasdair Wood1196.5%
Majority65936.2%
Turnout 1,823
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Newtown

Newtown
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Richard Branston 927 69.0%
Conservative James Roberts18814.0%
Green Thomas Milburn1128.3%
UKIP Jacqueline Holdstock715.3%
Liberal Democrats John Ashton453.4%
Majority73955.0%
Turnout 1,343
Labour hold

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Jake Donovan 595 34.1%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Williams57432.9%
Labour Gillian Nicholls42424.3%
Green Christopher Barnett1518.7%
Majority211.2%
Turnout 1,744
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Pinhoe

Pinhoe
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Simon Bowkett 1,022 47.7%
Conservative Cynthia Thompson74234.7%
UKIP Keith Crawford24011.2%
Liberal Democrats Christine Fullam693.2%
Green Elizabeth Woodman683.2%
Majority28013.0%
Turnout 2,141
Labour gain from Conservative

Polsloe

Polsloe
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Rachel Lyons 681 45.9%
Conservative James Taghdissian46331.2%
Green Robert Graham17211.6%
UKIP Graham Down1087.3%
Liberal Democrats David Lockwood614.1%
Majority21814.7%
Turnout 1,485
Labour gain from Conservative

Priory

Priory
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Marcel Choules 1,194 54.3%
Conservative Peter Holland44220.1%
Your DecisionNicola Guagliardo35116.0%
Green Rouben Freeman1115.1%
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Noble994.5%
Majority75234.2%
Turnout 2,197
Labour hold

St Davids

St Davids
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Sarah Laws 386 34.0%
Liberal Democrats Philip Brock35431.2%
Green Andrew Bell23020.3%
Conservative Louis Ten-Holter16514.5%
Majority322.8%
Turnout 1,135
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

St James

St James
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Keith Owen 543 44.7%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Townsend36930.4%
Conservative Natalie Cox12910.6%
Green Isaac Price-Sosner12610.4%
UKIP Ralph Gay473.9%
Majority17414.3%
Turnout 1,214
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

St Leonards

St Leonards
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Norman Shiel 710 43.6%
Labour Henry Lee62338.2%
Green Alison Harcourt21613.3%
Liberal Democrats Patrick Richmond815.0%
Majority875.4%
Turnout 1,630
Conservative hold

St Loyes

St Loyes
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Andrew Leadbetter 613 46.4%
Labour Karl Knill45034.1%
Liberal Democrats Sally Wilcox14310.8%
Green Mark Cox1148.6%
Majority16312.3%
Turnout 1,320
Conservative hold

St Thomas

St Thomas
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Robert Hannaford 854 47.2%
Liberal Democrats Graeme Holloway60933.6%
UKIP Brian Jeffery1347.4%
Green Audaye Elesedy1136.2%
Conservative Jordan di Trapani1005.5%
Majority24513.6%
Turnout 1,810
Labour hold

Topsham

Topsham
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Margaret Baldwin 1,100 59.8%
Labour Eliot Wright50627.5%
Green Susan Greenall1196.5%
Liberal Democrats Caroline Nottle1146.2%
Majority59432.3%
Turnout 1,839
Conservative hold

Whipton & Barton

Whipton & Barton
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Anthony Wardle 1,102 56.5%
Conservative Christopher Crow33517.2%
UKIP David Smith32816.8%
Liberal Democrats Pamela Thickett1005.1%
Green David Barker-Hahlo844.3%
Majority76739.3%
Turnout 1,949
Labour hold

References

  1. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2015). Exeter City Council Election Results 1973-2012 (PDF). University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. pp. 11–12.
  2. Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2012". Local Elections Archive Project.
  3. "Election of City Councillors for the Wards of Exeter City Council Summary of Results" (PDF). Exeter City Council. 3 May 2012.
  4. "Vote 2012". BBC News.
  5. "Exeter Lib Dem councillors join Labour". BBC News. 7 June 2010.