Swindon Borough Council election, 2012

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Elections to Swindon Borough Council were held on 3 May 2012, with every ward up for election after the implementation of boundary changes. The Conservatives were the largest party on the council going into the elections, and were looking to hold on to power, while Labour were aiming to oust the Conservatives and take control of the council. The election resulted in the Conservatives maintaining control of the council with a majority of one seat, while Labour made gains but not enough to win control.

Swindon Borough Council

Swindon Borough Council is the local authority of the Borough of Swindon in Wiltshire, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. As such, it is administratively separate from the rest of Wiltshire. It was formed in 1997, replacing Thamesdown Borough Council.

Conservative Party (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. Presently led by Theresa May, it has been the governing party since 2010. It presently has 314 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 249 members of the House of Lords, and 18 members of the European Parliament. It also has 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 12 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 9,008 local councillors. One of the major parties of UK politics, it has formed the government on 45 occasions, more than any other party.

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. Labour is a full member of the Party of European Socialists and Progressive Alliance, and holds observer status in the Socialist International. As of 2017, the party was considered the "largest party in Western Europe" in terms of party membership, with more than half a million members.

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Following this election, the Borough Council will be elected a third at a time. The candidates who finished third in their three-seat ward in 2012 will serve a two-year term before facing re-election in 2014. Those who finished second will face re-election in 2015, and those who finished first will serve until 2016. In the two-seat Chiseldon & Lawn Ward, the candidate who finished second will face re-election in 2014, and the first place candidate the following year, while the single councillor for Ridgeway Ward will sit until 2016. [1] [2]

Overall Result

Swindon Council Election, 2012
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 2950.9
  Labour 2442.1
  Liberal Democrat 47.0
  UKIP 00.0
  Green 00.0
  Independent 00.0
Total57

Ward Elections

The results of the election are: [3]

Blunsdon & Highworth Ward

Blunsdon & Highworth Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Maureen Penny153051.45
Conservative Alan Bishop152851.38
Conservative Doreen Dart148950.07
Labour Phil Beaumont106735.88
Labour Alison Durrant96832.55
Labour Phillip Gaskin82427.71
Green Andrew Day44214.86
Liberal Democrat Jenny Shorten37412.58
Rejected ballots130.44
Majority
Turnout 297434.23

Central Ward

Central Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Julie Wright1947
Labour Bob Wright1899
Labour Junab Ali1788
Conservative Tim French356
Conservative Jaki Fairbrother341
Conservative Kashif Khan276
Green Simon Smith273
Liberal Democrat Joan Mortimer200
Liberal Democrat Christopher Shepherd164
Liberal Democrat John Williams159
Majority
Turnout 31.00

Chiseldon & Lawn Ward

Chiseldon & Lawn Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Fionuala Foley938
Conservative Mike Bawden910
Independent Jim Boyd626
Labour Geraint Day387
Labour Helen Thompson315
Liberal Democrat Louise Cole242
Liberal Democrat Trevor Smith223
Majority
Turnout 41.73

Covingham & Dorcan Ward

Covingham & Dorcan Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Richard Hurley1475
Conservative Dale Heenan1469
Labour Julian Price1314
Conservative Kevin Parry1294
Labour Pamela Adams1283
Labour Brett Sparkes1151
UKIP Corinna Allen603
Liberal Democrat Clive Hooper207
Majority
Turnout 37.33

Eastcott Ward

Eastcott Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Stan Pajak1497
Liberal Democrat Nicky Sewell1365
Liberal Democrat Dave Wood1320
Labour Emma Bushell1046
Labour Chris Watts1021
Labour Andy Newman961
Conservative Valerie Butt249
Green Bill Hughes224
Conservative Emma Carter215
Conservative Bruce Kingstree203
Majority
Turnout 35.70

Gorse Hill & Pinehurst Ward

Gorse Hill & Pinehurst Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Ballman1619
Labour Ray Ballman1537
Labour Rochelle Russell1450
Conservative Janet Heenan512
Conservative Trudy Heenan481
Conservative Frits Oostendorp432
Liberal Democrat John Kurton266
Majority
Turnout 26.15

Haydon Wick Ward

Haydon Wick
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Rex Barnett1390
Conservative David Renard1299
Conservative Claire Ellis1168
Labour Maura Clarke993
Labour Mark Viner904
Labour Wayne Smith897
UKIP Ed Gerrard339
Green Chris Brock263
Liberal Democrat Deborah King202
Majority
Turnout 32.58

Liden, Eldene & Park South Ward

Liden, Eldene & Park South Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Fay Howard1334
Labour Neil Heavens1305
Labour Derique Montaut1233
Conservative Sinéad Darker1049
Conservative David Wren1027
Conservative Andy Albinson960
UKIP Robert Sheppard524
Liberal Democrat Anne Baxter218
Majority
Turnout 32.87

Lydiard and Freshbrook Ward

Lydiard and Freshbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Mick Bray1302
Labour Cindy Matthews1173
Conservative Michael Dickinson1115
Conservative Dwynwen Martin1085
Labour Ged Meheran1015
Labour Jamal MIAH943
UKIP John Lenton467
Liberal Democrat Juliet Hughes404
Green Marilyn Harrison391
Majority
Turnout 33.38

Mannington & Western Ward

Mannington & Western Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Kevin Small1119
Labour Steve Wakefield1084
Labour James Robbins1049
Conservative David Gould547
Conservative Tim Swinyard531
Conservative Caryl Sydney-Smith485
Green Karl North310
Majority
Turnout 26.33

Old Town Ward

Old Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Brian Mattock971
Conservative Roderick Bluh871
Labour Nadine Watts785
Conservative Peter Mallinson777
Labour Paul Dixon754
Labour Norman Butler683
Independent Kareen Boyd626
Liberal Democrat Lynda Barber276
Green David Miles252
Liberal Democrat Tracey Ockley251
Liberal Democrat Rachael Smith238
UKIP John Short225
UKIP Terry Davis207
UKIP Noel Gardner185
Majority
Turnout 34.59

Penhill and Upper Stratton Ward

Penhill and Upper Stratton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Paul Baker1142
Labour Teresa Page1134
Labour Joseph Tray1109
Conservative Ray Fisher531
Conservative Lucy Britton443
Conservative Ceej Ntsiu396
Liberal Democrat Tom Pajak144
Majority
Turnout 28.83

Priory Vale Ward

Priory Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Mark Edwards1227
Conservative Toby Elliott1161
Conservative Emma Faramarzi1109
Labour Stephen Adams466
Labour Patrick Murphy464
Labour Tara Page459
UKIP Gary Belben308
Liberal Democrat Ray James145
Majority
Turnout 23.48

Ridgeway Ward

Ridgeway
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Andrew Bennett460
Liberal Democrat Gina Akers384
Labour Carol Heavens128
UKIP Paul Kosidowski107
Majority
Turnout 41.99

Rodbourne Cheney Ward

Rodbourne Cheney
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Des Moffatt1663
Labour James Grant 1557
Labour Peter Watts1480
Conservative Harriet Maltby846
Conservative Oliver Donachie845
Conservative Di Rodgers776
Liberal Democrat Geoffrey King193
Majority
Turnout 30.12

Shaw Ward

Shaw
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Keith Williams1316
Conservative Nick Martin1312
Conservative Garry Perkins1157
Labour Mike Heal852
Labour Andy Smart739
Labour John Firmin689
Liberal Democrat James Farr296
Monster Raving Loony Carl Morecroft194
Majority
Turnout 28.71

St Andrews Ward

St Andrews
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Vera Tomlinson1209
Conservative Peter Heaton-Jones 1179
Conservative Mary Friend1079
Labour Amanda Harrison562
Labour John Sefton485
Labour Paul Wright450
Liberal Democrat Glyn Perrett151
Majority
Turnout 24.44

St Margaret & South Marston Ward

St Margaret & South Marston
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Russell Holland1409
Conservative John Haines1174
Conservative Colin Lovell1105
Labour Nigel Chalk1009
Labour John Foley1009
Labour Timothy Page941
Green Howard March437
Liberal Democrat Victor Godman229
Majority
Turnout 30.15

Walcott & Park North Ward

Walcott & Park North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Steve Allsopp1504
Labour Mark Dempsey1303
Labour Abdul Amin1274
Conservative Mavis Childs596
Conservative Sue Stephens580
Conservative Dave Bell577
UKIP Terry Hayward392
Green Jennifer Miles281
Liberal Democrat Kathleen McCarthy248
Social Democratic Steve Halden112
Social Democratic Pavlos Chatzinopoulous97
Majority
Turnout 28.70

Wroughton and Wichelstowe Ward

Wroughton and Wichelstowe
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Brian Ford1028
Liberal Democrat Ann Richards909
Conservative Wayne Crabbe847
Conservative Eric Shaw711
Independent Paul Hurst654
Labour Ruairi Tobin463
Labour Mary Gladman371
Labour Barrie Thompson361
Liberal Democrat Garry Porter433
Liberal Democrat David Pajak380
Independent John Newman359
Green Bob Heritage167
Majority
Turnout 37.37

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References

  1. ↑ "Forthcoming Elections" . Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Order of retirement 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Election Results" (PDF). Swindon Borough Council. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
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