2012 St Albans City and District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2012 St Albans City and District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red, Greens in green and independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2012. St Albans UK local election 2012 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2012 St Albans City and District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red, Greens in green and independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2012.

The 2012 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of St Albans District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

Before the election the Conservatives were the largest party on the council with 29 of the 58 seats. [3] The Liberal Democrats had 23 seats, Labour had 4 seats, the Green Party had 1 seat and there was 1 Independent. [3] Since the last election in 2011 Labour had gained a seat in Batchwood from the Liberal Democrats at a by-election in January 2012. [4]

19 seats were contested in 2012 with both the Conservative and Labour parties having a full 19 candidates, the Liberal Democrats had 18 and the Greens had 17. [5] There were 3 independent candidates as well, the sitting independent councillor Tony Swendell in Redbourn, the former Labour group leader Maurice MacMillan in London Colney, who had left the party a few years before over the imposition of an all-women shortlist, and Conservative councillor John Chambers, who was standing in Harpenden North as an independent after having been deselected by the Conservatives. [5] Of the 19 seats the Conservatives were defending 9, the Liberal Democrats 8 and both the Green Party and an independent were defending 1 seat. [6]

Election result

The Labour Party gained 4 seats to have 8 councillors after taking 3 seats from the Liberal Democrats and 1 seat from the Conservatives. [7] The Conservatives remained the largest party, while the Liberal Democrats dropped to 19 seats and both the Green Party and Independent Tony Swendell held the seats they had been defending. [7]

St Albans local election result 2012 [2] [8]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 811042.137.914,598-4.6
  Liberal Democrats 504-426.325.09,625-4.3
  Labour 440+421.122.08,461+2.4
  Green 10005.38.63,313+0.3
  Independent 10005.35.62,164+5.3
  UKIP 00000.00.7274+0.7
  English Democrat 00000.00.283+0.2

Ward results

Ashley [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Momotaz Rahim 768 35.8 +5.5
Liberal Democrats Nik Alatortsev70232.7+0.1
Conservative Guy Young43120.1−7.8
Green Graham Ward24611.5+2.3
Majority 663.1
Turnout 2,14738−10
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Batchwood [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Malachy Pakenham 896 48.5 +7.6
Conservative Tim Smith39521.4−5.5
Liberal Democrats Allan Witherick38420.8−3.6
Green Naomi Love1719.3+7.6
Majority 50127.1+13.2
Turnout 1,84634−17
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Clarence [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher White 880 42.5 +5.2
Conservative Joe Hames49423.9−8.9
Labour Matthew Wilson38318.5−1.6
Green Jack Easton31215.1+5.3
Majority 38618.7+14.2
Turnout 2,06940−24
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Cunningham [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Geoff Harrison 735 39.5 −1.9
Conservative Jim Vessey39421.2−9.8
Labour John Metcalf38620.7−0.2
UKIP Michael Mason1518.1+8.1
Green Greg Riener1136.1−0.6
English Democrat Alan Malin834.5+4.5
Majority 34118.3+7.9
Turnout 1,86238−12
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Harpenden East [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rosemary Farmer 920 53.2 −0.9
Liberal Democrats Maria Moyes42024.3−0.4
Labour Rosemary Ross25014.5+1.6
Green Lorna Hann1398.0−0.2
Majority 50028.9−0.4
Turnout 1,72932−17
Conservative hold Swing
Harpenden North [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julie Bell 806 46.9 −12.5
Independent John Chambers43425.2+25.2
Labour Linda Spiri22613.1−0.7
Liberal Democrats Gordon Burrow1709.9−8.4
Green Lucy Eggleston844.9−3.5
Majority 37221.6−19.5
Turnout 1,72032−19
Conservative hold Swing
Harpenden South [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Heritage 1,280 71.1 +3.0
Labour Michael Gray-Higgins21511.9−0.1
Liberal Democrats Andrew Crofts19610.9−3.1
Green Pete Eggleston1106.1+0.2
Majority 1,06559.1+4.9
Turnout 1,80134−18
Conservative hold Swing
Harpenden West [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Weaver 1,345 66.8 +3.1
Liberal Democrats Alison Steer28013.9−4.8
Labour Geoffrey Dignum25112.5+0.4
Green Lydia El-Khouri1366.8+1.3
Majority 1,06552.9+7.9
Turnout 2,01235−20
Conservative hold Swing
London Colney (2 seats) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dreda Gordon 1,162 47.1 +2.6
Conservative Simon Calder 912 36.9 −3.4
Conservative Dave Winstone85934.8−5.5
Labour Ian Orton81332.9−11.6
Independent Malcolm MacMillan55622.5N/A
Green Mary Warren1978.0+0.6
Liberal Democrats Vibs Nazeri1144.6−3.2
Liberal Democrats Mark Pedroz843.4−4.4
Turnout 2,46935−5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Marshalswick North [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Janet Churchard 889 44.5 +3.7
Conservative Lyn Bolton71335.7−3.4
Labour John Paton23912.0−1.5
Green Rosalind Paul1557.8+1.2
Majority 1768.8+7.1
Turnout 1,99640−14
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Marshalswick South [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Heidi Allen 929 39.8 −6.8
Liberal Democrats Melvyn Teare65127.9+2.6
Labour Iain Grant44118.9+0.7
Green Jill Mills1888.1−1.8
UKIP Philip Singleton1235.3+5.3
Majority 27811.9−9.5
Turnout 2,33244−14
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Park Street [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Yates 945 45.7 +5.7
Conservative Stella Nash76637.0−4.0
Labour Martin McGrath25812.5−1.9
Green Robert Barton1004.8+0.2
Majority 1798.7
Turnout 2,06936−12
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Redbourn [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Tony Swendell 1,174 59.5 +59.5
Conservative Victoria Mead62431.6−21.1
Labour Richard Windle1758.9−1.1
Majority 55027.9
Turnout 1,97341−12
Independent hold Swing
Sopwell [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janet Smith 881 47.1 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Roger Axworthy48125.7−0.1
Conservative Bruce Snell32417.3−3.0
Green Kate Metcalf1849.8+1.1
Majority 40021.4+2.0
Turnout 1,87035−13
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
St Peters [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Simon Grover 719 34.7 +7.1
Labour Andrew Dixon48523.4+0.1
Conservative Paul Davies45421.9−4.5
Liberal Democrats Liz Needham41219.9−5.3
Majority 23411.3
Turnout 2,07036−11
Green hold Swing
St Stephen [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Gibbard 1,085 57.7 +2.0
Liberal Democrats Jay Baillie43022.9−3.6
Labour Janet Blackwell23812.7+1.7
Green Lesley Baker1276.8−0.1
Majority 65534.8+5.6
Turnout 1,88036−15
Conservative hold Swing
Verulam [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Fred Wartenberg 1,211 50.2 +11.7
Conservative Panos Ifans77632.2−9.6
Labour Dominic Benson2138.8−3.4
Green Margaret Grover2138.8+1.2
Majority 43518.0
Turnout 2,41347−14
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Wheathampstead [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gill Clark 1,091 53.7 +9.2
Liberal Democrats Jon Bareham64131.5−12.2
Labour Gavin Ross1818.9+1.8
Green Ian Troughton1195.9+1.2
Majority 45022.1+21.3
Turnout 2,03242−17
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "St Albans". BBC News. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Election results 2012: Non-Metro". The Guardian. 5 May 2012 – via NewsBank.
  3. 1 2 "Local elections 2012". BBC News. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  4. ↑ White, Debbie (20 January 2012). "Roma Mills wins St Albans by-election". The Herts Advertiser. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  5. 1 2 Burton, Madeleine (16 April 2012). "Surprise independent candidates in St Albans Council elections". The Herts Advertiser. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "2012 local election counting begins". St Albans & Harpenden Review. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  7. 1 2 Mistry, Manisha (4 May 2012). "Conservatives still largest St Albans District Council party". St Albans & Harpenden Review. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "3rd May 2012 District Council Election Results". St Albans City & District Council. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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