The 2012 Flintshire County Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Flintshire Council in Wales. [1] This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 31 | +9 | 44.3 | 39.9 | 16,024 | +11.3 | |||
Independent | 23 | -3 | 32.9 | 38.4 | 15,426 | -0.9 | |||
Conservative | 8 | -1 | 11.4 | 10.2 | 4,080 | -2.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 7 | -5 | 10.0 | 9.4 | 3,792 | -8.6 | |||
Plaid Cymru | 1 | 0 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 796 | +1.4 | |||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 61 | New | |||
BNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -0.7 |
Nine seats (5 Lab, 2 Con, 1 Ind & 1 LD) out of seventy were elected unopposed. [3]
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