2012 Caerphilly County Borough Council election

2012 Caerphilly County Borough Council election

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All 73 seats to Caerphilly County Borough Council 37 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Lab Pla Ind Leader N/A N/A N/A Party Labour Plaid Cymru Independent Leader's seat N/A N/A N/A Seats before 32 32 9 Seats won 50 20 3 Seat change 18 12 6 Popular vote N/A N/A N/A Percentage N/A N/A N/A
Map showing the results of the 2012 Caerphilly County Borough Council election. Red showing Welsh Labour, Green showing Plaid Cymru & grey showing independent candidates.
Council control before election Welsh Labour Council control after election Welsh Labour

The 2012 Caerphilly County Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Caerphilly County Borough Council in Wales.^[1] This was on the same day as other Welsh local elections.

Election results

The Labour Party won control of the council from Plaid Cymru, after gaining an additional 18 seats.^[2] Four council candidates were elected unopposed.^[3]

Among the notable Plaid Cymru defeated councillors were the current mayor, Vera Jenkins (Crumlin ward) and Ron Davies, the ex-Labour Secretary of State for Wales (Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen ward).^[2]

Caerphilly County Borough Council Election 2012^[2][4]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	50			+18	68.5	51.0	23,886	+13.7
	Plaid Cymru	20			-12	27.4	29.8	13,970	-6.5
	Independent	3			-6	4.1	14.7	6,906	-2.9
	TUSC	0			0	0.0	0.4	174	New
	Liberal Democrats	0			0	0.0	0.3	121	-1.9
	Communist	-			-	-	-	-	-0.2

References

1. "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
2. Novaczyk, Wayne (5 May 2012). "Ron's gone with Plaid". South Wales Echo (2012 elections special supplement). pp. 4–5.
3. Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2012: Caerffili - Caerphilly". Retrieved 23 June 2020.
4. Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2012: Caerffili - Caerphilly". Retrieved 15 November 2016.