The 2012 Vale of Glamorgan Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect members of Vale of Glamorgan Council in Wales. This was the same day as other United Kingdom local elections. The previous full council election took place on 1 May 2008 and the next one took place on 4 May 2017.
The Conservatives lost control of the council after losing 14 seats. The Labour Party became the largest grouping, but failed to win enough seats for an overall majority. This meant they could either run a minority administration or form a coalition with one of the smaller political groups. [1] Conservative leader of the council, Gordon Kemp, lost his Rhoose seat to an Independent candidate after a recount. He blamed his party's poor performance on the UK Conservative coalition government. [2]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 22 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 46.8 | 34.8 | 13,871 | +8.3 | |
| Conservative | 11 | 0 | 14 | -14 | 23.4 | 31.1 | 12,431 | -12.3 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 15.4 | 6,150 | -5.5 | |
| Independent | 3 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 6.4 | 10.2 | 4,087 | +8.7 | |
| Llantwit First Independent | 4 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 8.5 | 5.2 | 2,068 | +0.8 | |
| UKIP | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 633 | +0.6 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 452 | New | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 217 | -1.6 | |||
| Liberal | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -0.2 | |
| Ward | Political group | Councillor [3] | Change from last election | |
| Baruc (Barry) | Plaid Cymru | Steffan Wiliam | Plaid Cymru hold | |
| Plaid Cymru | Nicholas Hodges | Plaid Cymru hold | ||
| Buttrills (Barry) | Labour | Margaret Alexander | Labour hold | |
| Labour | Stuart Egan | Labour hold | ||
| Cadoc (Barry) | Labour | Anne Moore | Labour hold | |
| Labour | Fred Johnson | Labour hold | ||
| Labour | Neil Moore | Labour hold | ||
| Castleland (Barry) | Labour | Chris Elmore | Labour hold | |
| Labour | Pamela Drake | Labour hold | ||
| Cornerswell (Penarth) | Labour | Rhiannon Birch | Labour gain from Conservative | |
| Labour | Peter King | Labour gain from Conservative | ||
| Court (Barry) | Labour | Bronwen Brooks | Labour hold | |
| Independent | Richard Bertin | Independent gain from Labour | ||
| Cowbridge | Conservative | Geoffrey Cox | Conservative hold | |
| Conservative | Thomas Jarvie | Conservative hold | ||
| Conservative | Andrew Parker | Conservative hold | ||
| Dinas Powys | Plaid Cymru | Christopher Franks | Plaid Cymru hold | |
| Plaid Cymru | Valerie Hartrey | Plaid Cymru hold | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Keith Hatton | Plaid Cymru hold | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Christopher Williams | Plaid Cymru hold | ||
| Dyfan (Barry) | Labour | Claire Curtis | Labour gain from Conservative | |
| Labour | Anthony Powell | Labour gain from Conservative | ||
| Gibbonsdown (Barry) | Labour | Rob Curtis | Labour hold | |
| Labour | Margaret Wilkinson | Labour hold | ||
| Illtyd (Barry) | Labour | Howard Hamilton | Labour gain from Conservative | |
| Labour | John Drysdale | Labour gain from Conservative | ||
| Labour | Rhona Probert | Labour gain from Conservative | ||
| Llandough | Labour | Kate Edmunds | Labour gain from Conservative | |
| Llandow and Ewenny | Conservative | Ray Thomas | Conservative hold | |
| Llantwit Major | Llantwit First Independent | Gwyn John | Llantwit First Independent hold | |
| Llantwit First Independent | Eric Hacker | Llantwit First Independent hold | ||
| Llantwit First Independent | Edward Williams | Llantwit First Independent hold | ||
| Llantwit First Independent | Keith Geary | Llantwit First Independent gain from Conservative | ||
| Peterston-super-Ely | Conservative | Rhodri Traherne | Conservative hold | |
| Plymouth (Penarth) | Conservative | Maureen Owen | Conservative hold | |
| Conservative | Clive Williams | Conservative hold | ||
| Rhoose | Independent | Philip Clarke | Independent gain from Conservative | |
| Conservative | Jeff James | Conservative hold | ||
| St Athan | Conservative | John Thomas | Conservative hold | |
| St Augustine's (Penarth) | Labour | Lis Burnett | Labour gain from Conservative | |
| Labour | Gwyn Roberts | Labour gain from Conservative | ||
| St Brides Major | Conservative | Audrey Preston | Conservative hold | |
| Stanwell (Penarth) | Labour | Janice Birch | Labour hold | |
| Labour | Mark Wilson | Labour hold | ||
| Sully | Independent | Bob Penrose | Independent gain from Conservative | |
| UKIP | Kevin Mahoney | UKIP gain from Conservative | ||
| Wenvoe | Conservative | Jonathan Bird | Conservative hold | |
Caused by the death of Labour councillor Margaret Alexander, the by-election took place on 2 August 2012 [4] with the vacant seat taken from Labour by Plaid Cymru's Ian Johnson. [5]
Caused by the death in January of Llantwit First councillor Keith Geary, [6] the by-election took place on 26 March 2015, with the vacant seat won by 12 votes by Tony Bennett for the Conservatives. [7]
Caused by the death of Independent councillor Paul Clarke in a motorcycle accident. [8] The by-election, on 30 June 2016, was won by Independent candidate Adam Riley (with the Conservative's ex-council leader Gordon Kemp in second place). [9]
The by-election in this Barry ward was caused by the resignation of Labour councillor Rob Curtis and took place on 3 November 2016. [10] It was won by Labour candidate Julie Aviet, with 47.9% of the vote. [11]
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