2012 Southampton City Council election

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2012 Southampton City Council election
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A third of seats to Southampton City Council
23 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won30162
Seat changeIncrease2.svg11Decrease2.svg10Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote25,31120,7855,660
Percentage43.7%35.9%9.8%
SwingIncrease2.svg17.4%Decrease2.svg11.5%Decrease2.svg8.8%
Southampton UK local election 2012 map.svg
Map showing the election results. Each ward represents 1 seat
Majority party before election

Conservative

Majority party after election

Labour

The 2012 Southampton Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect members of Southampton City Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council (16 seats) was scheduled for election, whilst two additional vacancies, caused by the resignation of sitting councillors, were also filled in Bitterne Park and Peartree wards, meaning a total of 18 of the city's 48 seats were elected.

Contents

The ruling Conservative party had come under intense public scrutiny for their sweeping programme of privatisation of council services and implementing pay cuts to council jobs, which led to union disputes. [1] Labour won a majority of the seats being contested, and also gained overall control of the council from the Conservatives. [2]

Election result

This summary box compares each party vote share with the corresponding elections in 2008, the last elections at which the majority of this tranche of seats were elected.

Southampton Local Election Result 2012
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 13110Increase2.svg1172.243.725,311Increase2.svg17.4
  Conservative 5010Decrease2.svg1027.735.920,785Decrease2.svg11.5
  Liberal Democrats 001Decrease2.svg10.09.85,660Decrease2.svg8.8
  Green 000Steady2.svg0.03.92,277Decrease2.svg0.6
  UKIP 000Steady2.svg0.02.41,390Increase2.svg1.4
  TUSC 000Steady2.svg0.02.11,227Increase2.svg2.1
  Independent 000Steady2.svg0.01.4790Decrease2.svg0.1
 Southampton First000Steady2.svg0.00.7416Increase2.svg0.2

Changes in council composition

After the election, the composition of the council was: [2]

PartyPrevious councilNew council+/-
Labour 1930Increase2.svg11
Conservatives 2616Decrease2.svg10
Liberal Democrat 32Decrease2.svg1
Total4848
Working majority 3  4 

Ward results

Bargate [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matt Tucker 1,100 48.7 +13.4
Conservative Amy Willacy74533.0-8.5
Green Joe Cox1406.2-0.9
Liberal Democrats Derrick Murray1275.6-5.8
TUSC Sharon Cutler823.6+3.6
Independent Matt Rose673.0-1.7
Majority35515.7
Turnout 2,26116.3+0.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +11.0
Bassett [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hannides 1,641 49.5 -5.5
Labour Ian Atkins89527.0+17.9
Liberal Democrats Steven Hulbert36711.1-20.5
Green Jonathan Bean2607.8+7.8
Southampton FirstJames Knight932.8+2.8
TUSC Neil Kelly621.9+1.9
Majority74622.5-0.9
Turnout 3,31830.3-3.7
Conservative hold Swing -11.7
Bevois [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Barnes-Andrews 1,473 57.6 +14.3
Conservative Zahir Ahmed64225.1-8.7
Green Shaw Green2017.9-4.2
Liberal Democrats Adrian Ford1495.8-5.1
TUSC Andrew Howe632.5+2.5
Southampton FirstMax McNamara311.2+1.2
Majority83132.5+23.0
Turnout 2,55922.2+1.4
Labour hold Swing +11.5
Bitterne [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Lloyd 1,416 46.4 +10.9
Conservative David Fuller1,21739.9-10.4
UKIP William Withers2106.9+6.9
Liberal Democrats Rob Naish1334.4-8.9
TUSC Perry McMillan772.5+2.5
Majority1996.5
Turnout 3,05330.3+0.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +10.7
Bitterne Park (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ivan White 1,216
Conservative John Inglis 1,203
Labour Frances Murphy1,135
Labour Mike Holder979
Liberal Democrats Robbie Robinson334
Independent Ann MacGillivray333
Liberal Democrats James Read331
Green Cara Sandys292
Independent Charles Caplen242
TUSC Nick Chaffey136
Turnout 3,26630.8+1.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Coxford [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sally Spicer 1,647 52.9 +22.2
Conservative Trevor Glasspool66721.4-10.3
Liberal Democrats Peter Galton33410.7-17.9
UKIP Leslie Obee2959.5+0.6
Green Ronald Meldrum752.4+2.4
TUSC Tim Cutter571.8+1.8
Independent Ricky Lambert391.3+1.3
Majority98031.5
Turnout 3,11430.0-1.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +16.3
Freemantle [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dave Shields 1,403 41.7 +18.9
Conservative Michael Ball1,33039.5-14.1
Green Paul Garratt2887.9-2.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Abbott2336.4-7.3
Independent Steve Mullane1093.0+3.0
Majority732.2
Turnout 3,36330.6+3.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +16.5
Harefield [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Daunt 1,631 44.2
Labour Brian Norgate1,48940.4
UKIP Christine Hotson3058.3
Liberal Democrats Diane Robinson1905.1
TUSC Graham O’Reilly752.0
Majority1423.8
Turnout 3,69035.1+0.8
Conservative hold Swing
Millbrook [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Georgina Laming 1,769 48.8 +27.6
Conservative Steven Galton1,60344.2-3.7
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Darke2516.9-15.1
Majority1664.6
Turnout 3,62333.0+3.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +15.7
Peartree (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eamonn Keogh 1,683
Labour Paul Lewzey 1,594
Conservative Matthew Jones1,262
Conservative Christopher Grace1,250
Liberal Democrats Eileen Bowers497
Liberal Democrats Sebastian Buckle384
Green Julie Williams287
Southampton FirstPhilip McShee168
TUSC Josh Asker139
Turnout 3,75135.8+1.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Portswood [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Linda Norris 1,061 31.8 -5.8
Liberal Democrats Keith Reed1,01530.5-3.3
Labour Olivia Vaughan89126.7+12.7
Green Christopher Bluemel2788.3-2.0
TUSC David Rawlinson501.5+1.5
Southampton FirstJoseph Malone381.1-3.1
Majority461.3-2.5
Turnout 3,33331.6-0.1
Conservative hold Swing -1.3
Redbridge [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lee Whitbread 1,775 61.6 +19.9
Conservative Spandita Woodman70324.4-19.1
TUSC Pete Wyatt2207.6+7.6
Liberal Democrats Simon Stokes1826.3-8.5
Majority1,07237.2
Turnout 2,88027.8+0.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +19.5
Shirley [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Chaloner 1,825 45.3 +13.8
Conservative Terry Matthews1,47436.6-15.0
Green Dudley Clark2566.4-2.6
UKIP David Nightingale2355.8+5.8
Liberal Democrats Harry Mitchell1844.6-4.3
TUSC Mike King521.3+1.3
Majority3518.7
Turnout 4,02638.6+2.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +14.4
Sholing [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dan Jeffery 1,805 47.0 +11.1
Conservative Casey Baldwin1,46338.1-16.0
UKIP Helena Ridd3459.0+9.0
Liberal Democrats John Dennis2296.0-4.0
Majority3428.9
Turnout 3,84235.7+0.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +13.6
Swaythling [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sharon Mintoff 825 34.2 +22.1
Conservative Edward Osmond74631.0-10.6
Liberal Democrats Jim Cappleman47719.8-12.9
Green Angela Cotton2008.3+3.8
Southampton FirstAnthony Lewis863.6-1.8
TUSC Kev Hayes763.2+3.2
Majority793.2
Turnout 2,41024.9-4.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Woolston [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Williams 1,607 55.1 +13.7
Conservative Alexander Houghton93131.9-5.9
Liberal Democrats Colin Bleach2438.3-4.0
TUSC Gavin Marsh1384.7+4.7
Majority67623.2+19.7
Turnout 2,91929.4-1.1
Labour hold Swing +9.8

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References

  1. ↑ Anna Bawden (25 June 2013). "Local government: a new era of co-operation". The Guardian . Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Vote 2012 - Southampton". BBC News . Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Declaration of Results" (PDF). Southampton City Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
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