Winchester City Council election, 2012

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The 2012 Winchester Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Winchester Council in England, [1] on the same day as other local elections.

The Conservative party gained an overall majority on the council, which previously had been under no overall control. [2]

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. The governing party since 2010, it is the largest in the House of Commons, with 313 Members of Parliament, and also has 249 members of the House of Lords, 18 members of the European Parliament, 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 12 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 8,916 local councillors.

In the context of local authorities in the United Kingdom, the term no overall control refers to a situation in which no single political group achieves a majority of seats; and is analogous to a hung parliament. Of the 310 councils who had members up for election in the 2007 local elections, 85 resulted in a NOC administration.

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References

  1. "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  2. "Vote 2012". BBC News Online . Retrieved 6 March 2017.