2012 Torfaen County Borough Council election

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The 2012 Torfaen County Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Torfaen County Borough Council in Wales. [1] This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. The Council shifted from no overall control to Labour.

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Results

2012 Torfaen County Borough Council election [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 30+1268.241.811,362+6.9
  Independent 8-518.231.48,530+2.5
  Plaid Cymru 2-14.511.93,226+3.9
  Conservative 4-19.111.63,147-0.4
  Liberal Democrats 0-20.01.3362-4.8
  UKIP 000.01.1289New
  Green 000.00.7178-0.8
  Communist 000.00.395New
  Blaenau Gwent PV ----3--0-8.3
  BNP ------0-0.2

Ward results

Abersychan

Abersychan ward (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gwyneira Clark84545.8
Labour Wayne Tomlinson679
Labour Giles Davies623
Independent Raymond Williams57030.9
Plaid Cymru David Bath25213.7
Independent Thomas Burgess244
Independent Nicola Yeates238
Independent Anthony Thomas199
Green Robert Clarke1789.6
Independent David Donnelly175
Independent Sheree Rowlands157
Turnout 35.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Blaenafon/Blaenavon

Blaenavon ward (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Stuart Evans85446.9
Labour Alan Jones67136.8
Labour Alun Furzer653
Independent Janet Jones608
Labour Lewis Evans526
Independent Brian Whitcombe512
Independent Thomas Huish485
Liberal Democrats Warren Perks20211.1
Communist David Brown955.2
Liberal Democrats Claire Higgins89
Turnout 41.3
Independent hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Bryn-wern

Bryn-wern ward (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leonard Constance31958.7
Independent Brian Matthews10519.3
Independent Nigel Harris8215.1
Plaid Cymru Glyn Page376.8
Turnout 40.8
Labour gain from Blaenau Gwent PV Swing

Coed Efa/Coed Eva

Coed Eva ward (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru F. Cross*30050.1
Independent M. Gibbs13522.5
Labour J. James11819.7
Conservative K. Thomas467.7
Turnout 40.8
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Gogledd Croesyceiliog/Croesyceiliog North

Croesyceiliog North ward (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Clark*62759.3
Labour Cynthia Beynon479
Independent John Jenner25624.2
Independent Terence Irons224
Conservative Charles Ashton17516.5
Independent Richard Turner-Thomas92
Turnout 40.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

De Croesyceiliog/Croesyceiliog South

Croesyceiliog South ward (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Veronica Crick30451.1
Conservative Nicholas Jones8714.6
Independent Vaughan Sterry8013.4
UKIP David Rowlands549.1
Independent Susan Chaloner355.9
Independent Nadine Whitty203.4
Plaid Cymru Phillip Jones152.5
Turnout 40.6
Labour hold Swing

Cwmynysgoi/Cwmynyscoy

Cwmynyscoy ward (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Waite27452.9
Independent Adrian Bold22543.4
Plaid Cymru Mark Adams101.9
Conservative Hannah Murphy91.7
Turnout 49.0
Labour gain from Blaenau Gwent PV Swing

Fairwater

Fairwater ward (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Jeff Rees53040.8
Labour Philip Seabourne47436.5
Labour Rosemarie Seabourne392
Plaid Cymru Natalie Salkeld382
Independent Anthony Devlin29422.7
Independent David Brown174
Independent Steven Bonera130
Turnout 31.4
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Greenmeadow

Greenmeadow ward (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Wellington42453.8
Labour Amanda Owen365
Independent Catherine Lewis36446.2
Independent Keith Williams231
Independent Polly Cunnington172
Turnout 31.4
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Labour hold Swing

Llantarnam

Llantarnam ward (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Maria Graham60938.1
Labour David Daniels49631.0
Conservative Paul Williams49530.9
Labour Linda Joseph455
Independent Anthony Burnett363
Independent Graham Pitt261
Turnout 38.0
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Gogledd Llanyrafon/Llanyrafon North

Llanyrafon North ward (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Glyn Caron43469.6
Independent Cora Reeve13922.3
Conservative Scott Murphy518.2
Turnout 39.5
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

De Llanyrafon/Llanyrafon South

Llanyrafon South ward (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Huw Bevan48749.6
Labour David Dewar35035.7
Independent Claire Elliott14414.7
Turnout 43.9
Conservative hold Swing

New Inn

New Inn ward (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raymond Mills108653.1
Conservative Graham Smith1061
Conservative David James1050
Labour Marian Williams73936.2
Labour John Turner724
Labour Maurice Morgan671
Plaid Cymru Bryan Bale21910.7
Turnout 41.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Panteg

Panteg ward (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norma Parrish107939.0
Labour Anthony Hunt989
Labour David Yeowell971
Independent Kathleen Williams56620.4
Plaid Cymru Marcus Warner48117.4
Independent Brian Lovelock456
Independent Deborah Smyth452
Conservative Lyndon Bishop29910.8
UKIP Keiron Austwick1846.6
Independent Richard Overton184
Liberal Democrats Brenda Edwards160
Liberal Democrats Ryan Richards82
Turnout 41.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Pontnewydd

Pontnewydd ward (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jessica Powell81144.0
Labour Brian Mawby791
Labour Stuart Ashley707
Plaid Cymru Thomas Davies41922.7
Independent Peter Cathcart40321.9
Independent Martyn Stinton261
Conservative Damian Edmunds20911.3
Conservative Louise McLeod195
Turnout 35.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Pontnewynydd

Pontnewynydd ward (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Kelvin Harnett14537.1
Labour Gaynor James11729.9
Independent Ronald Jones6516.6
Independent Steven Joy5514.1
Plaid Cymru Yvonne Balakrishnan92.3
Turnout 35.4
Independent hold Swing

Pont-y-pŵl/Pontypool

Pontypool ward (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Michael Harris30952.1
Labour John Killick21335.9
Plaid Cymru Paul Valente7112.0
Turnout 42.0
Independent hold Swing

St Cadocs a Phen-y-garn/St Cadocs and Penygarn

St Cadocs and Penygarn ward (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Mason21642.3
Independent Ian Williams20239.5
Plaid Cymru Philip Davies9318.2
Turnout 44.7
Labour hold Swing

Llanfihangel Llantarnam/St Dials

St Dials ward (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Elizabeth Haynes57954.6
Labour Stephen Brooks32630.7
Independent Michelle Corrigan320
Labour Kebba Manneh296
Independent Sarah Cunnington179
Plaid Cymru Gareth White15614.7
Turnout 35.9
Independent hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Snatchwood

Snatchwood ward (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barry Taylor34358.3
Independent Christopher Tew19433.0
UKIP Kevin Boucher518.7
Turnout 36.6
Labour gain from People's Vote Swing

Trefddyn/Trevethin

Trevethin ward (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lewis Jones39952.3
Labour John Marshall323
Independent Mervyn Horlor22729.8
Independent David Millett169
Plaid Cymru Neil Johnson13718.0
Turnout 30.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Two Locks

Two Locks ward (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colette Thomas91944.9
Labour Pamela Cameron693
Independent Ronald Burnett67933.2
Labour Peter Jones678
Independent Lorraine Hobin426
Independent Alastair Cunnington303
Independent Keith Jones269
Plaid Cymru Sian Hanlon24512.0
Conservative Jonathan Lewis2039.9
Conservative Jatinderpal Singh Bajwa144
Turnout 37.9
Labour hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Cwmbrân/Upper Cwmbran

Upper Cwmbran ward (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Robert Kemp68442.7
Labour Bernard Cunningham66541.5
Labour Mary Barnett610
Labour Robert Jones484
Independent Leslie Thomas328
Plaid Cymru Eli Jones25215.7
Turnout 31.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Waunfelin/Wainfelin

Wainfelin ward (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Michael Jeremiah37352.6
Labour Robert Benjamin19928.1
Independent Benjamin Cunnington13719.3
Turnout 37.6
Independent hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  2. ↑ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2012: Torfaen". Local Elections Archive Project. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
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