2012_Denbighshire_County_Council_election

2012 Denbighshire County Council election

Welsh local election

The 2012 Denbighshire County Council election took place in Denbighshire, Wales, on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Denbighshire Council.^[1] This was the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. The previous elections took place in 2008 and the next all-council elections took place in 2017.

2012 election results map, showing numbers of councillors per ward and their party affiliations

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	19			+12	40.4	29.2	8,293	+13.2
Conservative	8			-10	17.0	27.2	7,745	-1.8
Independent	12			-1	25.5	25.4	7,217	-6.4
Plaid Cymru	7			-1	14.9	11.5	3,270	-3.6
Liberal Democrats	1			0	2.1	5.0	1,418	-2.2
Green	0			0	0.0	1.0	274	New
Socialist Labour	0			0	0.0	0.4	122	New
UKIP	0			0	0.0	0.3	85	-0.2
BNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-0.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Elizabeth Jones *	294	48.9
	Labour	Stephen Ellison	223	37.1
	Conservative	Nan Jones	84	14.0
Majority			71
Turnout				37.4
Registered electors			1,616
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Huw Jones *	unopposed
Registered electors			1,862
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Gwyneth Kensler *	288	48.7
	Independent	Peter Jones	191	32.3
	Independent	Robert Parkes	87	14.7
	Conservative	Anton Sampson	25	4.2
Majority			97
Turnout				37.7
Registered electors			1,584
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Bartley *	977	60.7
	Independent	Richard Davies	579
	Independent	Mark Young	504
	Plaid Cymru	Jean Gwynn	386	23.8
	Independent	Keith Stevens	204
	Liberal Democrats	William Williams	138	8.5
	Conservative	Diane Highton	118	7.3
Majority			398
Turnout				45.5
Registered electors			3,583
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

2012_Denbighshire_County_Council_election

2012 Denbighshire County Council election

Background

Results

Overview

Election error

Ward results

Bodelwyddan (one seat)

Corwen (one seat)

Denbigh Central (one seat)

Denbigh Lower (two seats)

Denbigh Upper/Henllan (two seats)

Dyserth (one seat)

Efenechtyd (one seat)

Llanarmon-Yn-Lal/Llandelga (one seat)

Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd (one seat)

Llandrillo (one seat)

Llandyrnog (one seat)

Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd Gwyddelwern (one seat)

Llangollen (two seats)

Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch (one seat)

Prestatyn Central (two seats)

Prestatyn East (two seats)

Prestatyn Meliden (one seat)

Prestatyn North (three seats)

Prestatyn South West (two seats)

Rhuddlan (two seats)

Rhyl East (two seats)

Rhyl South (two seats)

Rhyl South East (three seats)

Rhyl South West (two seats)

Rhyl West (two seats)

Ruthin (three seats)

St Asaph East (one seat)

St Asaph West (one seat)

Trefnant (one seat)

Tremeirchion (one seat)

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Colin Hughes *	504	55.8
	Labour	Geraint Lloyd-Williams	392
	Conservative	Diane Highton *	246	27.2
	UKIP	Jean Gwynn	85	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	William Williams	69	7.6
Majority			146
Turnout				34.4
Registered electors			2,336
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Owen *	369	50.7
	Labour	Peter Newell	275	37.8
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Prydderch	84	11.5
Majority			94
Turnout				39.2
Registered electors			1,890
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Eryl Williams *	unopposed
Registered electors			1,306
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Martyn Holland	523	50.2
	Independent	Peter Rees	281	27.0
	Socialist Labour	Robert English	122	11.7
	Independent	Robert Barton	115	11.0
Majority			242
Turnout				53.6
Registered electors			1,968
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Huw Williams	348	60.3
	Independent	Julie Masters	129	22.4
	Labour	Mary Chaffé	100	17.3
Majority			219
Turnout				47.2
Registered electors			1,226
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Cefyn Williams *	unopposed
Registered electors			941
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Thomas Parry	377	50.1
	Independent	Christopher Denman	192	25.5
	Labour	John McGuire	85	11.3
	Plaid Cymru	John McCabe	73	9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Hill	25	3.3
Majority			185
Turnout				44.6
Registered electors			1,694
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Hugh Evans *	unopposed
Registered electors			1,816
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Trefor Hughes *	678	36.4
	Independent	Stuart Davies	459	24.7
	Labour	John Palmer	427	22.9
	Plaid Cymru	Jonathan Haddy	217
	Independent	Michael Edwards	212
	Conservative	Paul Firth	206	11.1
	Green	Robert Spalding	91	4.9
Majority			32
Turnout				39.2
Registered electors			3,362
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Joseph Welch	254	38.2
	Plaid Cymru	Hefin Edwards	219	32.9
	Conservative	Gregory Wynne	146	22.0
	Green	Dominic Oakes	46	6.9
Majority			35
Turnout				44.0
Registered electors			1,524
	Independent hold		Swing

Rhyl South West 2012 ^[4]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Patricia Jones	797	68.2
	Labour	Margaret McCarrol	647
	Independent	David Thomas *	184	15.8
	Independent	Glyn Williams *	141
	Conservative	Harold Bennett	116	9.9
	Conservative	William Dawson	96
	Liberal Democrats	David Dear	71	6.1
Majority			463
Turnout				30.8
Registered electors			3,725
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ruthin 2012 ^[4]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Huw Hilditch-Roberts	805	27.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robina Feeley *	804	27.4
	Independent	David Smith *	634
	Plaid Cymru	Hywel Richards	510	17.4
	Labour	Alun Pugh	473	16.1
	Independent	Patricia Astbury	426
	Plaid Cymru	Peter Ryder	346
	Conservative	Carole Roberts	342	11.7
	Independent	Richard Thomas	271
	Independent	Roger Parry	268
	Plaid Cymru	Shane Brennan	256
	Conservative	Joan Benton	178
	Conservative	John Broughton	119
Majority			124
Turnout				49.9
Registered electors			4,366
	Independent gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Duffy *	611	47.9
	Conservative	Hugh Irvine	578	45.3
	Labour	Sherayne Edwards	551
	Conservative	June Cahill *	487
	Green	Kay Roney	87	6.8
Majority			27
Turnout				44.5
Registered electors			2,822
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Davies *	524	41.6
	Conservative	Julian Thompson-Hill *	463
	Labour	Caroline Holliday	364	28.9
	Labour	Kenneth Wells	341
	Independent	Julie Peters	322	25.6
	Independent	Leanne Knapp	300
	Green	John Roney	50	4.0
Majority			99
Turnout				39.2
Registered electors			3,220
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Peter Evans	264	44.2
	Conservative	Gerald Frobisher	174	29.1
	Labour	Robert Paterson	159	26.6
Majority			90
Turnout				39.1
Registered electors			1,549
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Carys Guy-Davies	633	41.3
	Labour	Paul Penlington ^b	606
	Labour	Jason McLellan	598
	Independent	Michael German	557	36.4
	Independent	Isobel German	538
	Independent	George Flynn	472
	Independent	Gwynn Clague	438
	Conservative	Allan Pennington ^b *	341	22.3
	Conservative	Michael Eckersley *	325
	Conservative	Michelle Pope	314
Majority			41
Turnout				39.9
Registered electors			4,717
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Murray	586	57.0
	Labour	Gareth Sandilands	562
	Conservative	Glyn Jones *	442	43.0
	Conservative	Sharon Frobisher *	424
Majority			120
Turnout				37.9
Registered electors			2,856
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Janet Davies *	665	43.3
	Plaid Cymru	Arwel Roberts	419	27.3
	Independent	John Jones	382	24.9
	Conservative	Nathan Lamb	222
	Independent	William Jones	221
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Prydderch	71	4.6
Majority			37
Turnout				41.9
Registered electors			2,936
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Barry Mellor	667	47.7
	Labour	David Simmons	562
	Conservative	John Bellis *	464	33.2
	Conservative	Diana Hannam *	362
	Independent	Hugh Jones	267	19.1
Majority			98
Turnout				35.0
Registered electors			3,796
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jeanette Chamberlain-Jones *	733	56.3
	Labour	Cheryl Williams	508
	Conservative	David Lee *	361	27.7
	Conservative	Melanie Jones	337
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Edwards	208	16.0
Majority			98
Turnout				39.5
Registered electors			3,022
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brian Blakeley *	1,180	56.1
	Labour	Winifred Mullen-James	984
	Labour	William Tasker	972
	Conservative	Ian Gunning *	641	30.5
	Conservative	Peter Jackson	506
	Conservative	Anthony Thomas	452
	Independent	Daniel Murray	284	13.5
Majority			331
Turnout				34.2
Registered electors			6,025
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joan Butterfield *	378	50.3
	Labour	Ian Armstrong *	361
	Independent	David Thomas	142	18.9
	Plaid Cymru	Norman Shone	125	16.6
	Conservative	Michael Espley	106	14.1
	Conservative	Paul Sumner	99
Majority			219
Turnout				20.0
Registered electors			3,510
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dewi Owens *	252	45.2
	Independent	John Smith	160	28.7
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Linaker	146	26.2
Majority			92
Turnout				40.0
Registered electors			1,400
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Cowie *	181	46.8
	Labour	Richard Gumm	98	25.3
	Conservative	John Horden	98	25.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Hagan	10	2.6
Majority			83
Turnout				29.4
Registered electors			1,326
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Meirick Davies *	364	53.8
	Conservative	Leslie Rees	312	46.2
Majority			52
Turnout				43.8
Registered electors			1,572
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Barbara Smith *	313	54.2
	Conservative	Hugh Hughes	264	45.8
Majority			49
Turnout				44.2
Registered electors			1,325
	Independent hold		Swing