The 2012 Caerphilly Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Caerphilly County Borough Council in Wales. [1] This was on the same day as other United Kingdom local elections.
Caerphilly County Borough Council is the governing body for Caerphilly, one of the Principal Areas of Wales.
The Labour Party won control of the council from Plaid Cymru, after gaining an additional 18 seats. [2] Among the notable Plaid Cymru defeated councillors were the current mayor, Vera Jenkins (Crumlin ward) and Ron Davies, the ex-Labour Secretary of State for Wales (Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen ward). [2]
The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom which has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The party's platform emphasises greater state intervention, social justice and strengthening workers' rights.
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Ronald Davies is a Welsh politician, former Secretary of State for Wales, former Member of Parliament and former member of the Welsh Assembly. He describes himself as a politician belonging to the "traditional left" who had "spent his life looking for a socialist progressive party". He was a member of the Labour Party until 2004, then joining Forward Wales. He was an Independent from 2009 to 2010 before joining Plaid Cymru in that year.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 50 | +18 | 68.5 | 51.0 | 23,886 | +13.7 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | 20 | -12 | 27.4 | 29.8 | 13,970 | -6.5 | |||
| Independent | 3 | -6 | 4.1 | 14.7 | 6,906 | -2.9 | |||
| TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 174 | N/A | ||||
| Liberal Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 121 | -1.9 | ||||
| Communist | - | - | - | - | - | -0.2 | |||
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