2012 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council election

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The 2012 Rhondda Cynon Taf Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect members of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council in Wales. This was the same day as other United Kingdom local elections. It was preceded by the 2008 election and the next full council election took place on 4 May 2017.

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Election result

Labour remained in firm control of the council, after gaining an additional 16 seats. [1] [2] However, the leader of the council, Labour councillor Russell Roberts, lost his seat to an Independent candidate (in the Tonyrefail East ward) by 34 votes. [1]

Rhondda Cynon Taf Borough Council Election 2012 [1] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 60+1680.054.635,568+6.4
  Plaid Cymru 9-1212.027.918,162-9.7
  Independent 4-15.39.36,085+2.4
  Liberal Democrats 1-31.33.62,350-1.7
  Conservative 101.32.61,700+1.8
  Green 000.00.7460+0.1
  TUSC 000.00.5298New
  Socialist Labour 000.00.5275New
  UKIP 000.00.3217-0.2
  Communist --------0.1

Ward results

Aberaman North (2 seats)

Aberaman North 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Christopher* 900 69.4
Labour Linda De Vet* 781
Plaid Cymru Wayne Lloyd39630.6
Turnout 32.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Aberaman South (2 seats)

Aberaman South 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anita Calvert 890 64.0
Labour Tina Williams 861
Plaid Cymru Howard Davies*50136.0
Plaid Cymru Lea Dempsey350
Turnout 39.6
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Abercynon (2 seats)

Abercynon 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alby Davies* 903 45.6
Labour Rhys Lewis 681
Independent Stuart Gregory*51926.2
Plaid Cymru Rhodri Owen33416.9
Green John Matthews1618.1
Liberal Democrats Sean Hackett653.3
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Aberdare East (2 seats)

Aberdare East 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steve Bradwick* 1,414 71.0
Labour Mike Forey* 1,269
Plaid Cymru David Alun Walters57829.0
Turnout 36.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Aberdare West / Llwydcoed (3 seats)

Aberdare West 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ann Crimmings* 1,306 55.5
Labour John Davies 1,118
Labour Sharon Rees 1,095
Plaid Cymru John Daniel*104944.5
Plaid Cymru Liz Walters*934
Plaid Cymru Wayne Richards899
Turnout 32.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Beddau (1 seat)

Beddau 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Yeo 661 69.5
Independent Mike Sinclair-Thomson17418.3
Plaid Cymru James Radcliffe11612.2
Turnout 29.5
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Brynna (1 seat)

Roger Turner, elected as an Independent in 2004 and 2008 stood as a Labour candidate.

Brynna 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Turner* 771 78.4
Plaid Cymru Mick Tems21321.6
Turnout 32.7
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Church Village (1 seat)

Church Village 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Stacey* 657 18.6
Plaid Cymru Rhys Watkins18964.7
Conservative Christopher Norton16916.7
Turnout 29.0
Labour hold Swing

Cilfynydd (1 seat)

Cilfynydd 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barrie Morgan 354 48.4
Independent Stephen Belzak18925.8
Liberal Democrats James Hackett13218.0
Plaid Cymru Stuart Fisher577.8
Turnout 35.0
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Cwm Clydach (1 seat)

Cwm Clydach 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Norris* 508 69.8
Plaid Cymru Heidi Whitter22030.2
Turnout 33.6
Labour hold Swing

Cwmbach (1 seat)

Cwmbach 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeffrey Elliot* 757 63.5
Plaid Cymru Adrian Jarman43636.5
Turnout 35.8
Labour hold Swing

Cymmer (2 seats)

Cymmer 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Williams 989 69.7
Labour Margaret Tegg* 972
Plaid Cymru Nicole Griffiths43030.3
Plaid Cymru Edwyn Parry331
Turnout 34.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Ferndale (2 seats)

Ferndale 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Philip Howe 952 49.0
Labour Annette Davies* 604 31.1
Labour Ceri Jones*463
Plaid Cymru Norma Williams38519.8
Independent Martin Rees323
Turnout 46.8
Labour hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Gilfach Goch (1 seat)

Gilfach Goch 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Aufron Roberts 826 77.3
Liberal Democrats Gerald Francis21319.9
Conservative Emyr Wilkinson302.8
Turnout 46.8
Labour hold Swing

Glyncoch (1 seat)

Glyncoch 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Doug Williams*Unopposed
Labour hold Swing

Graig (1 seat)

Graig 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joyce Cass* 339 59.2
Independent Bob Fox14024.4
Plaid Cymru Jennifer Hughes6511.3
Liberal Democrats George Summers213.7
TUSC Glyn Matthews81.4
Turnout 33.1
Labour hold Swing

Hawthorn (1 seat)

Hawthorn 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Teressa Bates* 482 52.6
Plaid Cymru Iago ap Steffan35238.4
Liberal Democrats Jeanette Jones839.1
Turnout 32.7
Labour hold Swing

Hirwaun (1 seat)

Hirwaun 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Karen Morgan* 712 61.2
Labour Jennifer Hartwell45238.8
Turnout 36.6
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Llanharan (1 seat)

Llanharan 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Geraint Hopkins* 510 66.1
Plaid Cymru J. Dilworth26233.9
Turnout 31.0
Labour hold Swing

Llanharry (1 seat)

Llanharry 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barry Stephens 600 70.8
Plaid Cymru Julie Dilworth24729.2
Turnout 31.6
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Llantrisant Town (1 seat)

Llantrisant Town 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Glynne Holmes* 940 69.6
Plaid Cymru Steven Harry24818.4
Conservative Ann-Marie Mason16212.0
Turnout 35.9
Labour hold Swing

Llantwit Fardre (2 seats)

Llantwit Fardre 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joel James* 630 37.4
Labour Jacqui Bunnage 535 31.8
Labour Bev Channon481
Conservative Alex Coombs421
Independent Jools Jones27516.3
Independent Margaret Burtonwood*260
Plaid Cymru Steven Owen243
Plaid Cymru Steven Thomas175
Turnout 35.0
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Llwyn-y-pia (1 seat)

Llwyn-Y-Pia 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sylvia Jones* 357 63.2
Plaid Cymru Naethan Jones20836.8
Turnout 33.1
Labour hold Swing

Maerdy (1 seats)

Maerdy 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keiron Montague 832 79.3
Plaid Cymru Gerwyn Evans*21720.7
Turnout 44.3
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Mountain Ash East (1 seat)

Mountain Ash East 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Pauline Jarman* 544 60.4
Labour Wendy Treeby35639.6
Turnout 40.9
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Mountain Ash West (2 seats)

Mountain Ash West 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Morgan* 885 75.5
Labour Simon Lloyd* 770
Plaid Cymru Danny Allen28724.5
Plaid Cymru Nicola Benney287
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Penrhiwceiber (2 seats)

Penrhiwceiber 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adam Fox* 1,104 64.5
Labour Jane Ward* 947 64.5
Plaid Cymru Lyn Warner47327.6
TUSC Mia Hollsing1357.9
Turnout 33.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Pentre (2 seats)

Pentre 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Shelley Rees-Owen 867 51.2
Plaid Cymru Maureen Weaver 789
Labour Eilane Barnett74143.7
Labour Kris Evans724
Green Leigh Evans875.1
Green Linda Evans82
Turnout 43.6
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour Swing

Pen-Y-Graig (2 seats)

Pen-Y-Graig 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ken Privett* 755 60.2
Labour Dennis Weeks* 754 60.2
Plaid Cymru Alison Jones51339.8
Plaid Cymru Mark Lewis421
Turnout 32.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Pen-Y-Waun (1 seat)

Pen-Y-Waun 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Helen Boggis 378 48.8
Independent Anthony Edwards22829.4
Plaid Cymru Paul James16921.8
Turnout 36.5
Labour hold Swing

Pont-Y-Clun (2 seats)

Pont-Y-Clun 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Griffiths 651 27.3
Labour Margaret Griffiths 642
Independent Brendan O'Reilly56723.8
Plaid Cymru Jonathan Huish*52722.1
Plaid Cymru Merfyn Rea*487
Conservative Dan Saxton42217.7
Independent Ken Forsdyke334
Independent Gordon Norman332
UKIP David Bevan2179.1
Turnout 37.0
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Pontypridd Town (1 seat)

Pontypridd Town 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steve Carter 372 41.4
Independent Joe Payne31234.7
Plaid Cymru Richard Martin12313.7
Liberal Democrats Dewi Gray9210.2
Turnout 40.9
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Porth (2 seats)

Porth 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Davies*94153.5
Labour Graham Smith809
Plaid Cymru Julie Williams*66237.7
Plaid Cymru Alun Cox582
TUSC Cliff Jones1558.8
Turnout 38.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Rhigos (1 seat)

Rhigos 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Thomas34156.6
Plaid Cymru Beverley Hall18731.0
Independent Colin Woodley7512.4
Turnout 42.6
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Rhondda (2 seats)

Rhondda 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tina Leyshon62344.4
Labour Rob Smith531
Independent Graeme Beard43431.0
Independent Philip Price303
Green Richard Reast17612.6
Plaid Cymru Hannah Fisher16912.1
Independent Ken Owen155
Turnout 36.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Rhydfelen Central / Ilan (1 seat)

Rhydfelen Central / Ilan 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Webber71479.2
Plaid Cymru Bob Humphries12814.2
Liberal Democrats Lee Thacker596.5
Turnout 28.3
Labour hold Swing

Taffs Well (1 seat)

Taffs Well 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jill Bonetto58962.1
Plaid Cymru Adrian Hobson35937.9
Turnout 33.3
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Talbot Green (1 seat)

Talbot Green 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Paul Baccara40044.9
Labour Jeff Woodington37542.1
Plaid Cymru Emyr Williams667.4
Conservative Gregory Zuckerman495.5
Turnout 44.8
Independent hold Swing

Ton-Teg (2 seats)

Ton-Teg 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Lyndon Walker64534.6
Labour John David59331.8
Labour Ray Butler536
Liberal Democrats Karen Roberts28215.1
Conservative Anna Rees1839.8
Conservative Ian Rees175
Plaid Cymru Geraint Day1618.6
Turnout 44.3
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru Swing
Labour hold Swing

Tonypandy (1 seat)

Tonypandy 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Craig Middle65165.4
Plaid Cymru Tina Davies34434.6
Turnout 36.6
Labour hold Swing

Tonyrefail East (2 seats)

Tonyrefail East 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Paul Wasley62934.1
Labour Bob McDonald61033.0
Labour Russell Roberts576
Independent Phil Doyle549
Plaid Cymru Greg Powell43023.3
Liberal Democrats Hendrik Haye1789.6
Turnout 38.4
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Tonyrefail West (1 seat)

Tonyrefail West 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eudine Hanagan79253.4
Plaid Cymru Danny Greham36024.3
Independent Shawn Stevens33122.3
Turnout 32.1
Labour hold Swing

Trallwng (1 seat)

Trallwng 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mike Powell53746.4
Labour Allen Bevan41736.0
Independent Adrian Dumphy12010.4
Plaid Cymru Tony Richards847.3
Turnout 40.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Trealaw (1 seat)

Trealaw 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Rebecca Winter24422.4
Labour Joy Rosser74968.8
Independent Tina Ludlow958.7
Turnout 37.0
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Treforest (1 seat)

Treforest 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steve Powderhill42462.9
Liberal Democrats Royston O'Reilly15322.7
Plaid Cymru Ceri Carter619.1
Green Paul Carter365.3
Turnout 17.6
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Treherbert (2 seats)

Treherbert 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Geraint Rhys Davies 108156.4
Plaid Cymru Irene Pearce978
Labour Luke Bouchard83543.6
Labour Paul Russell726
Turnout 43.2
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Treorchy (3 seats)

Treorchy 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Cennard Davies125253.3
Plaid Cymru Sera Evans-Fear1247
Plaid Cymru Emyr Webster1140
Labour Graham Thomas109946.7
Labour Ron Jones1096
Labour Hardev Singh1012
Turnout 41.3
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Tylorstown (2 seats)

Tylorstown 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Bevan100367.0
Labour Mark Adams910
Socialist Labour Craig Jones27518.4
Plaid Cymru Gareth Taylor21814.6
Turnout 38.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Tyn-Y-Nant (1 seat)

Tyn-Y-Nant 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Carole Willis11612.8
Labour Clayton Willis79187.2
Turnout 35.2
Labour hold Swing

Ynyshir (1 seat)

Ynyshir 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lionel Langford60662.0
Plaid Cymru Christian Reed37238.0
Turnout 39.5
Labour hold Swing

Ynysybwl (1 seat)

Ynysybwl 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sue Pickering58742.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Isaac41430.2
Plaid Cymru Elaine Williams31623.0
Conservative Andrew Williams-Jones554.0
Turnout 38.8
Labour hold Swing

Ystrad (2 seats)

Ystrad 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Cannon97957.9
Labour Malcolm Watts804
Plaid Cymru Larraine Jones59134.9
Plaid Cymru Esther Nagle536
Liberal Democrats Angharad Jones1217.2
Turnout 37.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Smith, Mark. "Council leader loses seat by 34 votes in big poll shock". South Wales Echo (2012 elections special supplement).
  2. ↑ Smith, Mark (10 May 2012). "Labour celebrates huge majority in RCT". Rhondda Leader(WalesOnline). Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  3. ↑ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2012: Rhondda Cynon Taf" . Retrieved 15 November 2016.
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