2012_Welsh_local_elections
The 2012 Welsh local elections took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of all twenty-two local authorities in Wales. They were held alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom. The previous elections were held in 2008.
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 Colours denote the winning party with outright control (left), and the largest party by ward (right) Key:
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The Labour Party made gains at the expense of the other three major parties and of independents. Labour won majority control of ten councils—up eight from the 2008 local elections—while two remained under the control of independents and nine councils had no overall control.
The Welsh Government announced that elections for Anglesey council would be postponed to May 2013.[4]
| Party | Votes[5] | % | +/- | Councils | +/- | Seats | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 304,466 | 35.6% |  8.6% |
10 | 8 |
577 | 237 | |
| Independent | 201,110 | 23.5% | 1.5% |
2 |  1 |
286 | 25 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 134,201 | 15.7% | 1.0% |
0 |  |
158 | 40 | |
| Conservative | 108,580 | 12.7% | 3.2% |
0 | 2 |
105 | 68 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 68,619 | 8.0% | 5.2% |
0 | |
72 | 92 | |
| Green | 10,310 | 1.2% | 0.5% |
0 | |
0 | | |
| UKIP | 2,552 | 0.3% | 0.1% |
0 | |
2 | 2 | |
| Other | 25,542 | 3.0% | 1.3% |
0 | |
25 | 15 | |
| No overall control | n/a | n/a | n/a | 9 | 5 |
n/a | n/a | |
For comparative purposes, the table above shows changes since 2008 excluding Anglesey, which was not up for election.
Isle of Anglesey
Elections to the Isle of Anglesey County Council were postponed for a year, to May 2013, because of a review of electoral arrangements for the island.[4] The result of the postponed election saw the Independents lose their majority, with Plaid Cymru hoping to form a coalition with Labour.[6]
| Date(s) conducted |
Polling organisation/client | Sample size | Lab | Con | PC | Lib Dem | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2012 | 2012 Welsh local elections | 853,593 | 36.0% | 12.8% | 15.8% | 8.1% | 27.3% | 20.2% |
| 12-16 Apr 2012 | YouGov | 1039 | 48% | 17% | 14% | 7% | 14% | 31% |
| 1 May 2008 | 2008 Welsh local elections | 950,216 | 27.0% | 15.9% | 16.7% | 13.2% | 28.2% | 11.1% |
- "Local Election Results 2012" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. May 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- "Local Elections Handbook 2008" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth. 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- Note that these 2008 results exclude Anglesey for the purposes of comparison and thus do not match up exactly to the 2008 Wales-wide results
- "Anglesey council election postponed for year to 2013". BBC News. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
Local government elections on Anglesey have been delayed for a year. It will mean people on the island will elect their new council in May 2013, 12 months later than in the rest of Wales.
- "Year Tables | Elections Centre". electionscentre.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 June 2016.
- "Anglesey election: Plaid to seek Labour council deal". BBC News. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2022.