The 2012 Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council in Wales. [1] This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. The Council shifted from Independent to Labour.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 23 | +15 | 69.7 | 45.5 | 8,145 | +12.5 | |||
Independent | 7 | -9 | 21.2 | 35.4 | 6,343 | -7.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | -6 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 910 | -10.9 | |||
Merthyr Independents | 2 | -1 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 797 | -1.1 | |||
Plaid Cymru | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 703 | +1.2 | |||
UKIP | 1 | +1 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 588 | New | |||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 383 | +1.7 | |||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 50 | New |
The Liberal Democrats lost all the gains they had made in 2008. The Independent coalition council leader also lost his seat. [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | L. Smart* | 534 | 54.8 | ||
Independent | G. Jones* | 517 | |||
Labour | O. Thomas | 292 | 30.0 | ||
Labour | D. Thomas | 224 | |||
Liberal Democrats | B. Setters | 92 | 9.4 | ||
Communist | C. Ashton | 56 | 5.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | J. Pappas | 33 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 37.1 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | L. Elliott* | 797 | 44.3 | ||
Independent | P. Brown* | 760 | |||
Labour | T. Chaplin | 683 | 38.0 | ||
Independent | M. Jenkins | 655 | |||
Labour | M. Davies | 640 | |||
Labour | D. Chaplin | 601 | |||
Plaid Cymru | M. Evans | 318 | 17.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 33.1 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P. Williams* | 971 | 58.0 | ||
Labour | R. Thomas* | 948 | |||
Labour | P. Williams | 863 | |||
Labour | T. Lewis | 806 | |||
Independent | T. Rogers* | 703 | 42.0 | ||
Independent | J. Amos* | 591 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 33.1 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Braithwaite | 591 | 54.2 | ||
Labour | B. Smith* | 586 | |||
Independent | C. Tovey* | 500 | 45.8 | ||
Labour | D. Jarrett | 496 | |||
Labour | S. Bevan | 492 | |||
Independent | R. Llewellyn | 419 | |||
Independent | G. Canavan | 417 | |||
Independent | A. Brown* | 408 | |||
Turnout | 33.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | B. Mansbridge* | 905 | 63.7 | ||
Labour | D. Roberts | 770 | |||
Independent | Jeff Edwards* | 516 | 36.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 46.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Independent coalition leader of the council, Jeff Edwards, lost his seat at this election. [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | B. Toomey* | 913 | 63.2 | ||
Labour | C. Jones* | 888 | |||
Labour | C. Barry* | 822 | |||
Independent | S. Davies | 532 | 36.8 | ||
Independent | G. Price | 482 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 41.1 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A. Jones* | 656 | 36.2 | ||
UKIP | N. Greer* | 588 | 32.4 | ||
Labour | D. Issac | 569 | 31.4 | ||
Independent | C. Barsi | 438 | |||
Labour | J. McCarthy | 435 | |||
Labour | J. Johal | 337 | |||
Independent | K. Baker | 315 | |||
Independent | M. Regan | 230 | |||
Turnout | 36.2 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
UKIP gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Jones | 949 | 47.8 | ||
Labour | B. Carter* | 830 | |||
Labour | G. Lewis | 803 | |||
Independent | D. Games* | 738 | 37.2 | ||
Independent | P. Watkins | 523 | |||
Independent | S. Thomas | 414 | |||
Liberal Democrats | K. O'Connor* | 247 | 12.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | A. Sims | 117 | |||
Liberal Democrats | C. Lambourne | 112 | |||
Conservative | H. Kumar | 50 | 2.5 | ||
Turnout | 44.1 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Jones | 1,192 | 41.6 | ||
Labour | D. Davies | 986 | |||
Labour | G. Davies | 926 | |||
Labour | L. Matthews | 907 | |||
Liberal Democrats | A. Kitcher* | 571 | 19.9 | ||
Independent | I. Clark | 458 | 16.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru | V. Pugh | 385 | 13.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | B. Griffin* | 363 | |||
Plaid Cymru | D. Griffiths | 356 | |||
Liberal Democrats | A. Austin | 324 | |||
Independent | M. Thomas | 323 | |||
Independent | S. Taylor | 316 | |||
Independent | G. Powles | 305 | |||
Liberal Democrats | L. Heritage | 271 | |||
Communist | T. Roberts | 261 | 9.1 | ||
Turnout | 38.8 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | K. Moran | 829 | 50.2 | ||
Independent | R. Thomas* | 821 | 49.8 | ||
Labour | E. Galsworthy | 808 | |||
Labour | G. Watkins | 782 | |||
Independent | G. Price* | 611 | |||
Independent | P. Smithers* | 583 | |||
Turnout | 44.1 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | L. Mytton* | 885 | 73.6 | ||
Independent | H. Barrett* | 883 | |||
Labour | T. Reid | 251 | 20.9 | ||
Labour | A. Barry | 222 | |||
Communist | R. Evans | 66 | 5.5 | ||
Turnout | 44.2 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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