2012 Vale of Glamorgan Council election

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2012 election results map, showing numbers of councillors per ward and their party affiliations

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.

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Election result

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]

Vale of Glamorgan Council Election 2012 [1] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 22101+946.834.813,871+8.3
  Conservative 11014-1423.431.112,431-12.3
  Plaid Cymru 600012.715.46,150-5.5
  Independent 330+36.410.24,087+8.7
  Llantwit First Independent 410+18.55.22,068+0.8
  UKIP 110+12.11.6633+0.6
  Green 000.01.1452New
  Liberal Democrats 000.00.5217-1.6
  Liberal --------0.2

Ward results

WardPolitical groupCouncillor [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 MooreLabour hold
Labour Fred JohnsonLabour hold
Labour Neil MooreLabour hold
Castleland (Barry) Labour Chris ElmoreLabour hold
Labour Pamela DrakeLabour hold
Cornerswell (Penarth) Labour Rhiannon BirchLabour gain from Conservative
Labour Peter KingLabour gain from Conservative
Court (Barry) Labour Bronwen BrooksLabour hold
Independent Richard Bertin Independent gain from Labour
Cowbridge Conservative Geoffrey CoxConservative hold
Conservative Thomas JarvieConservative hold
Conservative Andrew ParkerConservative hold
Dinas Powys Plaid Cymru Christopher Franks Plaid Cymru hold
Plaid Cymru Valerie Hartrey Plaid Cymru hold
Plaid Cymru Keith HattonPlaid Cymru hold
Plaid Cymru Christopher WilliamsPlaid Cymru hold
Dyfan (Barry) Labour Claire CurtisLabour gain from Conservative
Labour Anthony PowellLabour gain from Conservative
Gibbonsdown (Barry) Labour Rob CurtisLabour hold
Labour Margaret WilkinsonLabour hold
Illtyd (Barry) Labour Howard HamiltonLabour gain from Conservative
Labour John DrysdaleLabour gain from Conservative
Labour Rhona ProbertLabour gain from Conservative
Llandough Labour Kate EdmundsLabour gain from Conservative
Llandow and Ewenny Conservative Ray ThomasConservative 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 WilliamsLlantwit First Independent hold
Llantwit First Independent Keith GearyLlantwit First Independent gain from Conservative
Peterston-super-Ely Conservative Rhodri TraherneConservative hold
Plymouth (Penarth) Conservative Maureen OwenConservative hold
Conservative Clive WilliamsConservative hold
Rhoose Independent Philip ClarkeIndependent gain from Conservative
Conservative Jeff JamesConservative hold
St Athan Conservative John ThomasConservative hold
St Augustine's (Penarth) Labour Lis BurnettLabour gain from Conservative
Labour Gwyn RobertsLabour gain from Conservative
St Brides Major Conservative Audrey PrestonConservative hold
Stanwell (Penarth) Labour Janice BirchLabour hold
Labour Mark WilsonLabour hold
Sully Independent Bob Penrose Independent gain from Conservative
UKIP Kevin Mahoney UKIP gain from Conservative
Wenvoe Conservative Jonathan BirdConservative hold

By-elections 2012-2017

Buttrills (2012)

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]

Llantwit Major (2015)

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]

Rhoose (2016)

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]

Gibbonsdown (2016)

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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