2012 Gloucester City Council election

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2012 Gloucester City Council election
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  2011 3 May 2012 (2012-05-03) 2014  

10 seats of 36 on council
19 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderPaul JamesKate HaighJeremy Hilton
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats before19710
Seats after18810
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Increase2.svg1Steady2.svg

The 2012 Gloucester City Council local elections took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Gloucester City Council in Gloucester, England. [1] This was on the same day as other United Kingdom local elections were taking place across the country. The Conservatives lost one seat to Labour, leaving the Conservatives with exactly half the seats on the council, putting it under no overall control. The Conservatives continued to run the council, with their leader Paul James remaining leader of the council after the election. [2]

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Results

The overall results were as follows: [3]

Gloucester City Council election, 2012
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 41-140%37%7,852
  Labour 41+140%33%7,064
  Liberal Democrats 220%23%4,956
  UKIP 04%874
  Green 02%338
  TUSC 01%170

Turnout for the election was 32%, [3] down 7% from the previous year. [2]

Results by ward

The results, by ward (candidates with an asterisk* were the previous incumbent standing for re-election): [4]

Abbey ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gordon Taylor* 1,131 49%
Labour Jean Grigg67029%
UKIP Danny Sparkes29113%
Liberal Democrats Mike Anderton1416%
Green Charley Bircher924%
Turnout 2,32531%
Conservative hold Swing
Barnwood ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lise Noakes* 1,050 42%
Liberal Democrats Peter Richard Barnes95538%
Labour Shaun James Shute51921%
Turnout 2,52432%
Conservative hold Swing
Barton and Tredworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Usman Bhaimia* 1,323 59%
Conservative Nasreen Akhtar61628%
TUSC Catherine Abigail Bailey1708%
Liberal Democrats Paul Harris1215%
Turnout 2,23028%
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Elmbridge ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Witts* 791 52%
Conservative Joseph Laxton McAleer41727%
Labour David Hitchings31621%
Turnout 1,52433%
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Grange ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Harry Chatterton 729 44%
Conservative Steve Morgan*70242%
UKIP Steve Carl Roffey16610%
Liberal Democrats Stephen John Power573%
Turnout 1,65436%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Hucclecote ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Brown* 1,448 59%
Conservative Chris Etheridge62826%
Labour Daniel Edward King36215%
Turnout 2,43834%
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Longlevens ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jim Porter* 1,425 47%
Liberal Democrats Di Docksey1,11137%
Labour Terry Haines37212%
Green Eva Langrock-Bircher1274%
Turnout 3,03540%
Conservative hold Swing
Matson and Robinswood ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Smith* 1,219 59%
Conservative Rebecca Lianne Byczok47223%
UKIP Gary Frederick Cleaver27413%
Liberal Democrats Derek Golightly1085%
Turnout 2,07327%
Labour hold Swing
Moreland ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Hobbs* 931 49%
Conservative Lyn Ackroyd65534%
UKIP Richard John Edwards1437%
Green Matthew John Sidford1196%
Liberal Democrats Timothy Robin Beck593%
Turnout 1,90726%
Labour hold Swing
Tuffley ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gerald Dee* 756 49%
Labour Maria Louise Griffin62340%
Liberal Democrats Matthew Eade16511%
Turnout 1,54433%
Conservative hold Swing

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