2012 Warrington Borough Council election

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2012 Warrington Borough Council Election
  2011 3 May 2012 2014  

19 of the 57 seats to Warrington Borough Council
30 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats won45112
Seat changeIncrease2.svg7Decrease2.svg5Decrease2.svg2
Popular vote22,6657,0048,766
Percentage57.0917.6422.08

Council control before election

Labour Party (UK)

Council control after election

Labour Party (UK)

The 2012 Warrington Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect 19 of the 57 members of the Warrington Borough Council in England. [1] They comprised part of the United Kingdom's local elections of 2012.

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Results

Warrington Council Election, 2012
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 4170+77357.0922,665
  Conservative 402-2722.088,766
  Liberal Democrats 1205-52017.67,004
  BNP 0Steady2.svg000
  Green 0Steady2.svg00.02700
  UKIP 0Steady2.svg00.01563

Ward Results

Appleton

Appleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Patrick Axcell166052.2+10.00
Conservative Phil Marshall106733.6-38.85
Labour Paul Carter45314.2-30.83
Majority59318.6
Turnout 3,24538.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +9.5

Bewsey and Whitecross

Bewsey and Whitecross
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeff Richards1,47882.7
Liberal Democrats Judith Carol Wheeler30917.3
Majority1,16965.4
Turnout 1,78720.3
Labour hold Swing +9.5

Birchwood

Birchwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pauline Nelson166367.8
Conservative Nigel Balding63325.8
Liberal Democrats Charlie Hulse1576.4
Majority1,03042.0
Turnout 2,45329.9
Labour hold Swing +9.5

Burtonwood & Winwick

Burtonwood and Winwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terry O'Neill1,24175.4
Conservative Stefan Krizanac31619.2
Liberal Democrats June Rios895.4
Majority92556.2
Turnout 1,64633.4
Labour hold Swing +7.2

Culceth Glazebury & Croft

Culceth Glazebury and Croft
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Vobe2,13456.9
Conservative Keith Bland1,35036.0
Liberal Democrats Merril Cummerson2647.0
Labour hold Swing +8.2

Fairfield & Howley

Fairfield and Howley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Bennett1,50576.4
Green Lyndsay McAteer24512.4
Liberal Democrats Nicola Jane Brent22011.2
Majority1,26064.0
Turnout 1,97021.2

Grappenhall & Thelwall

Grappenhall and Thelwall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ted Finnegan1,19144.3
Labour Mark Andrew Littler62223.1
Conservative Roger Philip Cawthorne61522.9
UKIP Richard William Vaughan1686.2
Green Michael Victor Smith943.5
Majority56921.2
Turnout 2,69034.8

Great Sankey South

Great Sankey South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Williams1,50767.9
Conservative Sam Baxter37016.7
Liberal Democrats Roy Alfred Smith34315.5

Halton Stretton & Walton

Halton Stretton and Walton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Kennedy53360.9
Labour John Edward Park19722.5
Liberal Democrats Dave Hockenhull14516.6
Majority33638.4
Turnout 87535.5

Lymm

Lymm
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sheila Elizabeth Woodyatt1,45840.1
Labour Su Williams1,19532.8
Liberal Democrats Graham Farrington Gowland59116.2
UKIP James Ashington39510.9
Majority2637.2
Turnout 3,63938.0

Orford

Orford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Hannon1,51788.0
Liberal Democrats John Davies20612.0
Majority1,31130.9
Turnout 1,72322.1

Penketh & Cuerdley

Penketh and Cuerdley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Allin Dirir1,60363.5
Conservative Paul Campbell82432.6
Liberal Democrats Tim Price973.8

Poplars & Hulme

Poplars and Hulme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Maher1,31279.4
Conservative Helena Campbell19611.9
Liberal Democrats Iona Katrine Gillis1448.7

Poulton North

Poulton North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Billy Lines-Rowlands1,22654.0
Liberal Democrats Sandra Joan Bradshaw80235.3
Conservative Mark Chapman24110.6

Poulton South

Poulton South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Froggatt1,10973.8
Liberal Democrats Jeff Butler26217.4
Green Eveline Johanna Van Der Steen1328.8

Rixton & Woolston

Rixton and Woolston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony McCarthy1,44666.6
Conservative Lilian Houghton42619.6
Green Ross Lloyd2089.6
Liberal Democrats Diana Grylls904.1

Stockton Heath

Stockton Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Laurence James Murphy66436.0
Conservative Stephen Taylor60532.8
Liberal Democrats Ann Raymond43423.5
Green Kenneth Robin Wilson1407.6

Westbrook

Westbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Judith Mary Guthrie67449.4
Liberal Democrats David Ernest Earl50737.2
Conservative Michael Foxall18313.4

Whittle Hall

Whittle Hall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Will Hughes1,11945.3
Liberal Democrats Kevin Reynolds86535.0
Conservative Jonathan Levy36114.6
Green Stephanie Davies1265.1

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  1. "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.

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