2012_Sandwell_Council_election

2012 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
One third (24) seats to Sandwell Borough Council
	Map of the results
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

2012 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election

2012 UK local government election

The 2012 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. In the ward of Great Bridge, the Conservative Party was criticised for fielding a candidate who had the same name as the Labour Party councillor.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Quick Facts One third (24) seats to Sandwell Borough Council, First party ...

Due to being elected 'in thirds', councillors elected at the 2008 Sandwell Council election were defending their seats in 2012.

The Labour Party won every seat, increasing their majority.

Ward Results

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Jaron	2,017	75.4	6.9
	Conservative	Chris Brown	319	11.9	6.1
	Green	Barry Lim	239	8.9	0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Gibson	99	3.7	0.6
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kerrie Carmichael	1,324	53.2	5.4
	Conservative	Mary Docker	860	34.6	6.8
	Sandwell Traditional Independent	Shirley Ching	305	12.3	12.3
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Jarvis	1,489	72.2	5.7
	Conservative	Terry Grainger	573	27.8	5.7
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liam Preece	1,202	47.1	5.4
	Conservative	Ray Nock	849	33.3	11.6
	Sandwell Traditional Independent	Hilary Taylor	255	10.0	10.0
	Green	Dell Macefield	151	5.9	1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Mitchener	96	3.8	2.9
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	John Tipper	1,465	59.1	3.2
	Conservative	Liz Bowler	673	27.13	5.1
	BNP	John Salvage	213	8.6	8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Johns	130	5.24	0.4
Majority
Turnout
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Worsey	1,549	53.8	5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sadie Smith	866	30.1	5.2
	Conservative	Mark Cowles	464	16.1	0.4
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Sandars	1,632	75.2	8.5
	Conservative	Steve Dabbs	287	13.2	15.8
	BNP	Terry Lewin	163	7.5	7.5
	Green	Colin Bye	89	4.1	4.1
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Davies	1,636	75.5	7.7
	Conservative	Dennis Bishop	425	19.6	12.6
	Liberal Democrats	William Murcott	106	4.9	4.9
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joyce Underhill	1,483	59.0	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Fisher	519	20.7	8.5
	Conservative	Sandra Vickers	279	11.1	7.8
	Sandwell Traditional Independent	Bert Richards	128	5.1	2.6
	Independent	Margaret Macklin	104	4.1	4.1
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Crumpton	1,601	59.6	4.7
	Conservative	Lee Pawlowski	706	26.3	3.6
	Sandwell Traditional Independent	John McHard	148	5.5	0.1
	Green	Aldo Mussi	132	4.9	0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Bryan Manley-Green	99	3.7	1.2
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St Paul's Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Preet Gill	2,506	72.4	9.5
	Independent	Harbhajan Singh Dardi	502	14.5	14.5
	Sandwell Traditional Independent	Bob Dunn	277	8.0	8.0
	Conservative	Maurice Gaunt	176	5.1	13.0
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Cherrington	1,175	69.0	13.7
	Conservative	Beatrice Owen	528	31.0	0.2
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Horton	2,088	83.2	12.5
	Conservative	Nagi Daya Singh	298	11.9	7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Manjit Lall	125	5.0	5.0
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Jones	1,643	72.4	8.0
	Conservative	Nathan Poole	365	16.1	7.4
	National Front	Ade Woodhouse	261	11.5	0.6
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Hughes	1,589	73.1	5.6
	Conservative	Marc Lucock	584	26.9	2.5
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Pam Hughes	1,752
	Conservative	Ian Hunt	590
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing