2012_Exeter_Council_election
The 2012 Exeter City Council election took place on 3 May 2012, to elect members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. The election was held concurrently with other local elections in England. One third of the council was up for election; the seats up for election were last contested in 2008. The Labour Party gained overall control of the council, which had been under no overall control since 2003.[4] The Liberal Party was wiped off the council.
Quick Facts 14 of the 40 seats to Exeter City Council 21 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...
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14 of the 40 seats to Exeter City Council 21 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 33.57% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the results of the 2012 Exeter City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows the Conservatives. Wards in grey had no election. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2012 Exeter City Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 10 | 6 | 71.4 | 15 | 25 | 62.5 | 10,563 | 44.1 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | 4 | 1 | 28.6 | 6 | 10 | 25.0 | 6,351 | 26.5 | -5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | 10.0 | 3,355 | 14.0 | -1.3 | |
Liberal | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | -1.8 | ||
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,880 | 7.9 | +0.1 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,438 | 6.0 | +2.4 | ||
Your Decision | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 351 | 1.5 | +0.8 | ||
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Alphington
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Robert Crew | 858 | 37.2% | |
Liberal Democrats | Alexandra Newcombe | 618 | 26.8% | |
Conservative | John Corcoran | 435 | 18.8% | |
UKIP | Andrew Dudgeon | 270 | 11.7% | |
Green | Diana Moore | 127 | 5.5% | |
Majority | 260 | 10.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,308 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | ||||
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Exwick
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Oliver Pearson | 993 | 54.5% | |
Conservative | Stephanie Warner | 334 | 18.3% | |
UKIP | Lawrence Harper | 240 | 13.2% | |
Green | Christopher Calvert | 137 | 7.5% | |
Liberal Democrats | Alasdair Wood | 119 | 6.5% | |
Majority | 659 | 36.2% | ||
Turnout | 1,823 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | ||||
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Newtown
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Richard Branston | 927 | 69.0% | |
Conservative | James Roberts | 188 | 14.0% | |
Green | Thomas Milburn | 112 | 8.3% | |
UKIP | Jacqueline Holdstock | 71 | 5.3% | |
Liberal Democrats | John Ashton | 45 | 3.4% | |
Majority | 739 | 55.0% | ||
Turnout | 1,343 | |||
Labour hold | ||||
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Pennsylvania
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Jake Donovan | 595 | 34.1% | |
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Williams | 574 | 32.9% | |
Labour | Gillian Nicholls | 424 | 24.3% | |
Green | Christopher Barnett | 151 | 8.7% | |
Majority | 21 | 1.2% | ||
Turnout | 1,744 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | ||||
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Pinhoe
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Simon Bowkett | 1,022 | 47.7% | |
Conservative | Cynthia Thompson | 742 | 34.7% | |
UKIP | Keith Crawford | 240 | 11.2% | |
Liberal Democrats | Christine Fullam | 69 | 3.2% | |
Green | Elizabeth Woodman | 68 | 3.2% | |
Majority | 280 | 13.0% | ||
Turnout | 2,141 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
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Polsloe
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Rachel Lyons | 681 | 45.9% | |
Conservative | James Taghdissian | 463 | 31.2% | |
Green | Robert Graham | 172 | 11.6% | |
UKIP | Graham Down | 108 | 7.3% | |
Liberal Democrats | David Lockwood | 61 | 4.1% | |
Majority | 218 | 14.7% | ||
Turnout | 1,485 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
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Priory
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Marcel Choules | 1,194 | 54.3% | |
Conservative | Peter Holland | 442 | 20.1% | |
Your Decision | Nicola Guagliardo | 351 | 16.0% | |
Green | Rouben Freeman | 111 | 5.1% | |
Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Noble | 99 | 4.5% | |
Majority | 752 | 34.2% | ||
Turnout | 2,197 | |||
Labour hold | ||||
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St Davids
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Sarah Laws | 386 | 34.0% | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Brock | 354 | 31.2% | |
Green | Andrew Bell | 230 | 20.3% | |
Conservative | Louis Ten-Holter | 165 | 14.5% | |
Majority | 32 | 2.8% | ||
Turnout | 1,135 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | ||||
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St James
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Keith Owen | 543 | 44.7% | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Townsend | 369 | 30.4% | |
Conservative | Natalie Cox | 129 | 10.6% | |
Green | Isaac Price-Sosner | 126 | 10.4% | |
UKIP | Ralph Gay | 47 | 3.9% | |
Majority | 174 | 14.3% | ||
Turnout | 1,214 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | ||||
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St Leonards
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Norman Shiel | 710 | 43.6% | |
Labour | Henry Lee | 623 | 38.2% | |
Green | Alison Harcourt | 216 | 13.3% | |
Liberal Democrats | Patrick Richmond | 81 | 5.0% | |
Majority | 87 | 5.4% | ||
Turnout | 1,630 | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
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St Loyes
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Andrew Leadbetter | 613 | 46.4% | |
Labour | Karl Knill | 450 | 34.1% | |
Liberal Democrats | Sally Wilcox | 143 | 10.8% | |
Green | Mark Cox | 114 | 8.6% | |
Majority | 163 | 12.3% | ||
Turnout | 1,320 | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
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St Thomas
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Robert Hannaford | 854 | 47.2% | |
Liberal Democrats | Graeme Holloway | 609 | 33.6% | |
UKIP | Brian Jeffery | 134 | 7.4% | |
Green | Audaye Elesedy | 113 | 6.2% | |
Conservative | Jordan di Trapani | 100 | 5.5% | |
Majority | 245 | 13.6% | ||
Turnout | 1,810 | |||
Labour hold | ||||
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- Note: Robert Hannaford was elected as a Liberal Democrat at the previous election in 2008, but defected to Labour in 2010.[5]
Topsham
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Margaret Baldwin | 1,100 | 59.8% | |
Labour | Eliot Wright | 506 | 27.5% | |
Green | Susan Greenall | 119 | 6.5% | |
Liberal Democrats | Caroline Nottle | 114 | 6.2% | |
Majority | 594 | 32.3% | ||
Turnout | 1,839 | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
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Whipton & Barton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Anthony Wardle | 1,102 | 56.5% | |
Conservative | Christopher Crow | 335 | 17.2% | |
UKIP | David Smith | 328 | 16.8% | |
Liberal Democrats | Pamela Thickett | 100 | 5.1% | |
Green | David Barker-Hahlo | 84 | 4.3% | |
Majority | 767 | 39.3% | ||
Turnout | 1,949 | |||
Labour hold | ||||
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- Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2015). Exeter City Council Election Results 1973-2012 (PDF). University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. pp. 11–12.
- Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2012". Local Elections Archive Project.
- "Election of City Councillors for the Wards of Exeter City Council Summary of Results" (PDF). Exeter City Council. 3 May 2012.
- "Vote 2012". BBC News.
- "Exeter Lib Dem councillors join Labour". BBC News. 7 June 2010.