2012 Caerphilly County Borough Council election
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All 73 seats to Caerphilly County Borough Council 37 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Map showing the results of the 2012 Caerphilly County Borough Council election. Red showing Welsh Labour, Green showing Plaid Cymru & grey showing independent candidates. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2012 Caerphilly County Borough 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 Welsh local elections.
Election results
The Labour Party won control of the council from Plaid Cymru, after gaining an additional 18 seats.[2] Four council candidates were elected unopposed.[3]
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]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| 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 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 174 | New | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 121 | -1.9 | |||
| Communist | - | - | - | - | - | -0.2 | |||
References
- ^ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ a b c Novaczyk, Wayne (5 May 2012). "Ron's gone with Plaid". South Wales Echo (2012 elections special supplement). pp. 4–5.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2012: Caerffili - Caerphilly". Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2012: Caerffili - Caerphilly". Retrieved 15 November 2016.
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