2012 Plymouth City Council election
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![]() Map showing the results of contested positions in the 2012 Plymouth City Council elections. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2012 Plymouth City Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The election was won by the Labour Party, who gained control of the council from the Conservative Party.
Background
[edit]Plymouth City Council held local elections on 7 May 2012 as part of the 2012 local elections.[2] The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.[3][4] Councillors defending their seats in this election were previously elected in 2008. In that election, fourteen Conservative candidates and five Labour candidates were elected.[5]
Ahead of the election, the council was split between the Labour Party and the Conservative Party, with the Conservatives having held a majority for five years.[6]
Overall results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 12 | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
63.2 | 43.6 | 25,261 | ![]() | |
Conservative | 7 | 0 | 5 | ![]() |
36.8 | 31.0 | 17,968 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 3.0 | 1,741 | ![]() | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
0.0 | 20.6 | 11,935 | ![]() | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.6 | 921 | ![]() | |
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.1 | 85 | New | |
Vivamus | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.0 | 25 | New | |
Total | 19 | 57,936 |
Note: All changes in vote share are in comparison to the corresponding 2008 election.
The Conservatives lost their overall majority on the council to the Labour Party.
After the previous election, the composition of the council was:
32 | 25 |
Conservative | Labour |
Before this election, the composition of the council was:
31 | 25 | 1 |
Conservative | Labour | UKIP |
After this election, the composition of the council was:
31 | 26 |
Labour | Conservative |
Ward results
[edit]Plymouth City Council maintains records of past election results.[7]
Budshead
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Jon Taylor | 1,626 | 45.9 | |
Conservative | Jack Thompson | 1,375 | 30.4 | |
UKIP | Hugh Williams | 544 | 12.0 | |
Majority | 241 | 1.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,525 | 36.8 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Compton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Ball | 1,233 | 40.4 | |
Labour | Neil Hendy | 840 | 27.5 | |
UKIP | Michael Cooke | 560 | 18.3 | |
Green | Colin Trier | 221 | 7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steven Smith | 198 | 6.5 | |
Majority | 397 | 12.9 | ||
Turnout | 33.5 | |||
Conservative hold |
Devonport
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Kate Taylor | 1,309 | 52.0 | |
UKIP | Syd Brooks | 470 | 18.7 | |
Conservative | Diane Jasper-Eustis | 445 | 17.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Brooks | 176 | 7.0 | |
Green | Andrew Pratt | 117 | 4.6 | |
Majority | 839 | 33.3 | ||
Turnout | 27.1 | |||
Labour hold |
Efford and Lipson
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Brian Vincent | 1,823 | 65.2 | |
UKIP | Ray Fereday | 519 | 18.6 | |
Conservative | Judy Tottey | 455 | 16.3 | |
Majority | 1,304 | 46.6 | ||
Turnout | 30.6 | |||
Labour hold |
Eggbuckland
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Paul Jarvis | 1,419 | 39.5 | |
Conservative | Peter Brookshaw | 1,357 | 37.8 | |
UKIP | Roger Thomas | 816 | 22.7 | |
Majority | 62 | 1.7 | ||
Turnout | 34.7 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Ham
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Tina Tuohy | 1,667 | 58.6 | |
UKIP | John Read | 660 | 23.2 | |
Conservative | David Downie | 520 | 18.3 | |
Majority | 1,007 | 35.4 | ||
Turnout | 31.3 | |||
Labour hold |
Honicknowle
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Pete Smith | 1,560 | 56.2 | |
UKIP | Ron Northcott | 715 | 25.7 | |
Conservative | Paul Rielly | 367 | 13.2 | |
Green | David Wildman | 136 | 4.9 | |
Majority | 845 | 30.5 | ||
Turnout | 27.4 | |||
Labour hold |
Moor View
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour Co-op | Mike Fox | 1,703 | 51.4 | |
Conservative | Mark Christie | 919 | 27.7 | |
UKIP | Stuart Munnery | 573 | 17.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Bray | 117 | 3.5 | |
Majority | 784 | 23.7 | ||
Turnout | 36.0 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Peverell
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patricia Nicholson | 1,320 | 37.4 | |
Labour | Stephen Randall | 1,211 | 34.3 | |
UKIP | Catherine Bullock | 499 | 14.1 | |
Green | Wendy Miller | 289 | 8.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Lawrie | 190 | 5.4 | |
Vivamus | Bernard Toolan | 25 | 0.7 | |
Majority | 109 | 3.1 | ||
Turnout | 35.1 | |||
Conservative hold |
Plympton Chaddlewood
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | David Salter | 704 | 44.2 | |
Labour | Mark Thompson | 478 | 30.0 | |
UKIP | Jonathan Frost | 411 | 25.8 | |
Majority | 226 | 14.2 | ||
Turnout | 25.7 | |||
Conservative hold |
Plympton Erle
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Darcy | 900 | 38.0 | |
Labour | Chris Mavin | 739 | 31.2 | |
UKIP | John Roberts | 480 | 20.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter York | 248 | 10.5 | |
Majority | 161 | 6.8 | ||
Turnout | 34.8 | |||
Conservative hold |
Plympton St Mary
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Sam Leaves | 1,542 | 44.7 | |
Labour | Seetha Cheesman | 1,034 | 30.0 | |
UKIP | Steve Stephenson | 875 | 25.4 | |
Majority | 508 | 14.7 | ||
Turnout | 34.6 | |||
Conservative hold |
Plymstock Dunstone
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kevin Wigens | 1,542 | 44.0 | |
UKIP | David Salmon | 1,138 | 32.4 | |
Labour | Prathees Kishore | 828 | 23.6 | |
Majority | 404 | 11.6 | ||
Turnout | 36.3 | |||
Conservative hold |
Plymstock Radford
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Michael Leaves | 1,282 | 37.9 | |
UKIP | John Wheeler | 1,010 | 29.9 | |
Labour Co-op | Shirley Smith | 912 | 27.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Byatt | 179 | 5.3 | |
Majority | 172 | 8.0 | ||
Turnout | 34.7 | |||
Conservative hold |
Southway
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Lorraine Parker | 1,845 | 51.3 | |
Conservative | Brian Roberts | 967 | 26.9 | |
UKIP | Peter Berrow | 785 | 21.8 | |
Majority | 878 | 24.4 | ||
Turnout | 36.4 | |||
Labour gain from UKIP |
Note: Peter Berrow won this seat for the Conservative Party the previous time it was contested in 2008, but defected to UKIP in January 2012.[8]
St Budeaux
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Danny Damarell | 1,817 | 61.1 | |
UKIP | Mark Burton | 592 | 19.9 | |
Conservative | Charlotte Bladen | 470 | 15.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jon May | 97 | 3.3 | |
Majority | 1,225 | 41.2 | ||
Turnout | 31.9 | |||
Labour hold |
Stoke
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Sam Davey | 1,602 | 46.5 | |
Conservative | Craig Duncan | 1,205 | 35.0 | |
UKIP | Fiona Hurst-Baird | 443 | 12.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Fleur Ball | 197 | 5.7 | |
Majority | 397 | 11.5 | ||
Turnout | 37.1 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative |
St Peter and the Waterfront
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Ian Tuffin | 1,445 | 49.7 | |
Conservative | Tam McPherson | 805 | 27.7 | |
UKIP | Roy Kettle | 444 | 15.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hugh Janes | 215 | 7.4 | |
Majority | 640 | 22.0 | ||
Turnout | 31.1 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Sutton and Mount Gould
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Eddie Rennie | 1,403 | 51.4 | |
Conservative | Nick Kelly | 560 | 20.5 | |
UKIP | Jonquil Webber | 401 | 14.7 | |
Green | Tean Mitchell | 158 | 5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Huntley | 124 | 4.5 | |
TUSC | Louise Parker | 85 | 3.1 | |
Majority | 843 | 30.9 | ||
Turnout | 29.6 | |||
Labour hold |
Aftermath
[edit]Following the election, the Labour Party had an overall majority on the council, meaning their group leader Tudor Evans returned as council leader.[6] Labour's newly elected councillor in Devonport, Kate Taylor, was one of the youngest councillors in the country at eighteen years old.[6][9] Despite significantly increasing it's overall vote count, the UK Independence Party lost its only seat on the council.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Vote 2012 - Plymouth". BBC News.
- ^ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).
- ^ "Past election results | PLYMOUTH.GOV.UK". www.plymouth.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 28 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ a b c "Labour take Exeter and Plymouth". BBC News. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ "Past election results | PLYMOUTH.GOV.UK". www.plymouth.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ "Plymouth Conservative councillor defects to UKIP". BBC News. 11 January 2012.
- ^ Bowater, Donna (4 May 2012). "London Mayor election and local election results 2012: as it happened". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ Davies, Lizzy (4 May 2012). "Ukip enjoys record local election results". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 November 2018.