2012 Fareham Borough Council election

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2012 Fareham Borough Council election
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15 of 31 seats to Fareham Borough Council
16 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats before229
Seats won132
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote15,5137,510
Percentage52.7%25.5%
SwingIncrease2.svg4.3%Decrease2.svg13.5%
Fareham UK local election 2012 map.svg
Council control before election

Conservatives

Council control after election

Conservatives

The 2012 Fareham Borough Council elections took take place on 3 May 2012 to elect half the members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire, England. The Conservative Party are currently the largest party on the council.

Contents

The Conservative Party held every seat they defended and gained one from the Lib Dems, in Fareham North West, which saw Dave Whittingham unseat Eric Dunn.

The closest to an upset came in Stubbington where 22-year-old Christopher Wood for the UK Independence Party came second with 34.4% of the vote, behind the Conservative's Kay Mandry, who won 38.8%. [1] [2]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election results

The election saw the Conservatives retain control of the council after winning 13 seats compared to 2 for the Liberal Democrats.

Fareham Local Election Result 2012 [3] [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1310086.752.715,513+4.3%
  Liberal Democrats 201013.325.57,510-13.5%
  Labour 0000014.54,282+4.3%
  UKIP 000005.41,584+4.4%
  Green 000001.9566+1.0%

Ward results

Fareham East

Fareham East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Katrina Trott1,30459.9+11.2
Conservative Keith Barton63529.1-16.2
Labour Conor Morris23911.0+5.0
Majority66930.7+27.3
Turnout 2,17837.5-3.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Fareham North

Fareham North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Bryant1,17558.2-14.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Trott36518.1+5.3
Labour Stuart Rose25212.4+4.9
Green David Harrison22811.3+3.9
Majority81040.1-19.4
Turnout 2,02035.9-6.3
Conservative hold Swing

Fareham North West

Fareham North West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Whittingham57336.2-4.1
Liberal Democrats Jim Palmer54734.6-18.3
Labour Michael Prior24915.7+8.9
UKIP Bob Ingram21413.5+13.5
Majority261.6+1.6
Turnout 1,58328.2-7.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Fareham South

Fareham South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Trevor Howard69946.8-12.4
Labour James Carr47131.5+14.5
Green John Vivian20413.7+5.4
Liberal Democrats Gina Dungworth1198.0-7.8
Majority22815.3-26.9
Turnout 1,49327.5-5.5
Conservative hold Swing

Fareham West

Fareham West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nick Gregory1,13854.3-14.1
Liberal Democrats Rowena Palmer39919.0+5.8
UKIP Steve Richards33215.9+3.2
Labour Cameron Crouchman22615.9+5.1
Majority73935.3-19.9
Turnout 2,09538.6-7.4
Conservative hold Swing

Hill Head

Hill Head
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tim Knight1,60867.1-7.0
Liberal Democrats Sandra Abrams46519.4-1.4
Labour Nicholas Knight32513.5+8.5
Majority1,14347.7-5.6
Turnout 2,39839.9-8.6
Conservative hold Swing

Locks Heath

Locks Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Evans1,13563.5+3.1
Liberal Democrats Hugh Pritchard34719.4-+6.9
Labour Angela Carr30417.1+11.1
Majority78844.1+4.8
Turnout 1,78631.6-8.1
Conservative hold Swing

Park Gate

Park Gate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marian Ellerton1,04264.5-11.5
Labour Helen Price36022.2+13.9
Liberal Democrats Lizette Van Niekirk21513.3-2.4
Majority68242.2-18.1
Turnout 161727.2-5.7
Conservative hold Swing

Portchester East

Portchester East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Norris1,51654.2+2.8
Conservative Alison Walker79128.2-1.9
Labour Richard Ryan49217.6+8.3
Majority72525.9+4.6
Turnout 2,79931.8-8.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Portchester West

Portchester West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nick Walker99750.2-10.0
Liberal Democrats Bob Gray43121.6-5.4
Labour Les Ricketts22011.1+4.4
UKIP Pete White20510.4+10.4
Green Rosemary Byatt1346.7+6.7
Majority56628.5-5.7
Turnout 198731.5-9.3
Conservative hold Swing

Sarisbury

Sarisbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Swanbrow1,23875.6-7.0
Labour Ian Pike24114.5+9
Liberal Democrats Brenda Caines26210.9-2
Majority99760.1-8.6
Turnout 1,65929.8-9.4
Conservative hold Swing

Stubbington

Stubbington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kay Mandry94038.8-16.5
UKIP Christopher Wood83334.4+34.4
Liberal Democrats Craig Lewis65026.8-14.5
Majority1074.4-9.5
Turnout 2,42342.8-4.3
Conservative hold Swing

Titchfield

Titchfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tiffany Harper1,23867.4-4.7
Labour Simon Brown35019.1+11.1
Liberal Democrats David Leonard24813.5-0.8
Majority88848.4-9.4
Turnout 1,83631.8-7.3
Conservative hold Swing

Titchfield Common

Titchfield Common
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Pankhurst87352.7+2.2
Liberal Democrats Sue Hardie49630.0-16.6
Labour Andrew Mooney28717.3+14.4
Majority37722.8+18.9
Turnout 165629.2-9.3
Conservative hold Swing

Warsash

Warsash
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Ford1,43177.6-3.6
Labour Nicola Moore26614.4+9.2
Liberal Democrats Deborah Hughes1468.0-0.8
Majority1,16563.2-9.3
Turnout 1,84333.5-6.6
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ Broom, Chris (4 May 2012). "Fareham Borough Council election results". portsmouth.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Fareham victory for Tories" – via www.youtube.com.
  3. 1 2 "Local elections 2012". The Guardian . London. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Results of Elections for Borough Councillors". Fareham Borough Council. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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