2012 Powys County Council election

The fifth election to the Powys County Council since local government reorganization in Wales in 1995 was held on 1 May 2012.^[1] It was preceded by the 2008 election and was followed by the 2017 election. The Independent group retained a majority on the authority

Results Overview

Independents Retained Overall control.

Powys County Council election result 2012
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Independent	48	+3	65.8	51.9	16,938	-1.3
Liberal Democrats	9	-6	12.3	19.1	6,244	-2.8
Conservative	10	+1	13.7	18.8	6,152	-0.9
Labour	6	+2	8.2	9.1	2,956	+4.7
Christian	0	0	0.0	0.3	104	New
Plaid Cymru	0	0	0.0	0.3	87	-0.1

Ward Results (Brecknockshire)

Aber-craf (one seat)

Incumbent elected unopposed at last election (not standing again)

Aber-craf 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Louise Williams	387	69.9	N/A
	Independent	Alun Thomas	87	15.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Aubrey Jenkins	80	14.4	N/A
Majority			300	54.2	N/A
Turnout			554	49.0	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Bronllys (one seat)

Bronllys 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Davies	174	30.9	−4.2
	Independent	Karen Elizabeth Laurie-Parry	173	30.7	+30.7
	Independent	Sue Richards	94	16.7	+16.7
	Conservative	Liz Davies	64	11.3	−8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Hurford	59	10.5	−34.3
Majority			1	0.2	−9.5
Turnout			564	58.0	−1.1
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	-17.5

Builth (one seat)

Builth 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Avril York*	362	63.2	−2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Megan Jane Lloyd	211	36.8	+36.8
Majority			151	26.4	−4.0
Turnout			573	31.0	−19.3
	Independent hold		Swing	-19.4

Bwlch (one seat)

Bwlch 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Susan Silk*	301	80.7	+20.0
	Conservative	Mary Fellowes	72	19.3	−20.0
Majority			229	61.4	+40.0
Turnout			373	61.4	+40.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+20.0

Crickhowell (one seat)

Crickhowell 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Gerwyn Morris*	unopposed
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cwmtwrch (one seat)

Cwmtwrch 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Christine Davies*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Felin-fach (one seat)

Felin-fach 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tony Thomas*	274	53.1	+9.2
	Conservative	John Pratt	194	37.6	+37.6
	Labour	Tim Ashcroft	48	9.3	+9.3
Majority			80	15.5	+4.1
Turnout			516	47.3	−2.8
	Independent hold		Swing	-14.2

Gwernyfed (one seat)

Incumbent elected unopposed at last election

Gwernyfed 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Geraint George Hopkins*	209	44.8	N/A
	Conservative	Robert Golesworthy	205	44.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Debra Helen Williams	52	11.2	N/A
Majority			4	0.8	N/A
Turnout			466	39.0	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Hay (one seat)

Hay 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gareth William Ratcliffe*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llanafanfawr (one seat)

Llanafanfawr 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Rowland Price*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangattock (one seat)

Jeff Holmes was elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2008.

Llangattock 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jeff Holmes*	215	48.0	+48.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Charlton	140	31.3	−19.0
	Conservative	Andrew Stuart Lennox	93	20.8	−28.9
Majority			75	16.7	+16.2
Turnout			448	57.6	+13.3
	Independent hold		Swing	+33.5

Llangors (one seat)

The sitting member was previously a Liberal Democrat. Incumbent elected unopposed at last election.

Llangors 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Melanie Jade Brookes Davies*	313	63.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Kenneth Jones	181	36.6	N/A
Majority			132	26.8	N/A
Turnout			494	55.8	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Llangynidr (one seat)

Llangynidr 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rosemarie Harris	368	80.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Sharman	87	19.1	N/A
Majority			281	61.8	N/A
Turnout			455	55.0	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Llanwrtyd Wells (one seat)

Llanwrtyd Wells 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Timothy John Van Rees*	563	72.8	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Bernice Benton	210	27.2	+27.2
Majority			353	45.6	−16.0
Turnout			773	53.0	+2.0
	Independent hold		Swing	-15.4

Maescar / Llywel (one seat)

Maescar / Llywel 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Evan Thomas Morgan*	571
	Conservative	Edward Lewis	212
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

St Davids Within (one seat)

The successful candidate had been elected as an Independent councilor for St John Ward in 2008 but now captured this ward from the Independents

St Davids Within 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	David William Meredith	218
	Independent	Andrew Martin Charles Weale*	194
Majority
Turnout
	Independent		Swing

St John (one seat)

St John 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Matthew James Dorrance	778
	Independent	Gareth Geoffrey Phillips	158
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Morgan	154
Majority
Turnout
	Independent		Swing

St Mary (one seat)

St Mary 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Paul James Ashton*	361
	Conservative	Mary Phillips	301
	Labour	Ieuan Williams	265
Majority			60
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Talgarth (one seat)

Talgarth 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Denston Powell*	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats hold

Talybont-on-Usk (one seat)

The sitting member was elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2008.

Talybont-on-Usk 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Liam Fitzpatrick *	331
	Conservative	Jan Harris	240
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Thomas	128
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Tawe Uchaf (one seat)

Tawe Uchaf 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	David Arnold Thomas	506
	Independent	Krish Pathak*	336
Majority
Turnout
	Independent		Swing

Ynyscedwyn (one seat)

Ynyscedwyn 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan McNicholas*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Yscir (one seat)

Yscir 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Dorothy Gillian Thomas*	255
	Liberal Democrats	John Williams	241
Majority			14
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Ystradgynlais (one seat)

Ystradgynlais 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Hugo Williams	606
	Labour	John Steadman*	378
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Ward Results (Montgomeryshire)

Banwy (one seat)

Banwy 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Myfanwy Catherine Alexander	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Berriew (one seat)

Berriew 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Edward Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Blaen Hafren (one seat)

Blaen Hafren 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Maurice Jones	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Caersws (one seat)

Caersws 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Elizabeth Rachel Davies*	528
	Conservative	Ann Lewis	309
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Churchstoke (one seat)

Churchstoke 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Michael John Jones*	333
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Harper	273
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Dolforwyn (one seat)

Dolforwyn 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Wynne Thomas Jones*	405
	Conservative	Ian Christopher Harrison	308
	Independent	John Rowland	63
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Forden (one seat)

Forden 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Linda Veronica Corfield*	257
	Conservative	Jan Chilton	254
Majority			3
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Glantwymyn (one seat)

Glantwymyn 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gwilym Pughe Vaughan*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Guilsfield (one seat)

Guilsfield 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Richard Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Kerry (one seat)

Kerry 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Kathryn Mary Roberts-Jones*	334
	Conservative	Benjamin John Breeze	308
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanbrynmair (one seat)

Llanbrynmair 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Dai Charles Jones	181
	Independent	Sarah Reast	148
	Conservative	Harry Hughes	81
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandinam (one seat)

Llandinam 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Leonard Roche Elvet Davies*	404
	Independent	Philip Anthony Freeman	219
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandrinio (one seat)

Llandrinio 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Graham Brown*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandysilio (one seat)

Llandysilio 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Evan Arwel Jones*	348
	Conservative	Leigh Kellaway	87
	Independent	Nick Savage	56
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfair Caereinion (one seat)

Llanfair Caereinion 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Viola Elizabeth Evans*	300
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Callery	122
	UKIP	Christine Williams	108
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfihangel (one seat)

Llanfihangel 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Barry Thomas*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfyllin (one seat)

Llanfyllin 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Edward Lewis*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llanidloes (one seat)

Llanidloes 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Gareth Morgan*	661
	Conservative	John Whittal-Williams	306
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanwddyn (one seat)

Llanwddyn 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Darren Mayor	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant (one seat)

Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Aled Wyn Davies*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llansantffraid (one seat)

Llansantffraid 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Gwynfor Thomas	441
	Independent	Digby Davies	244
	UKIP	Nick Powell	65
Majority
Turnout
	Independent		Swing

Machynlleth (one seat)

Machynlleth 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Michael Williams*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Meifod (one seat)

Meifod 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eldrydd Mary Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Montgomery (one seat)

Montgomery 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Stephen Muray Hayes*	374
	Conservative	Nicholas John Bardsley	71
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Newtown Llanllwchaiaran North (one seat)

Newtown Llanllwchaiaran North 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Gemma-Jane Bowker	524
	Conservative	Francis Alexander Torrens*	189
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Newtown Llanllwchaiaran West

Newtown Llanllwchaiaran West 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Harris*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newtown Central (one seat)

Newtown Central 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell Ian George*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newtown East (one seat)

The sitting member had been elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2008 but subsequently joined the Conservatives.

Newtown East 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Joy Rachel Jones	266
	Conservative	Richard John White*	103
	Plaid Cymru	Richard Gerrard Edwards	87
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Newtown South (one seat)

Newtown South 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Robert Henry Mills	177
	Labour	Matt Tisdale	85
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Bowell Watkins	42
	Conservative	Rex Shayler	27
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Rhiwcynon (one seat)

Rhiwcynon 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Joyce Gethin Shearer*	487
	Independent	David Lyn Oliver	447
Majority			40
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Trewern (one seat)

Trewern 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Dawn Bailey*	290
	Conservative	Jessica Bradley	159
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Welshpool Castle (one seat)

Welshpool Castle 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Philip Charles Pritchard*	192
	Independent	Estelle Blevais	98
	Conservative	Ian David Bradley	61
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Welshpool Gungrog (one seat)

Welshpool Gungrog 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Francesca Helen Jump*	445
	Conservative	Stephen Thomas Kaye	242
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Welshpool Llanerchyddol (one seat)

Welshpool Llanerchyddol 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Ann Florence Holloway*	358
	Liberal Democrats	John Morgan	355
Majority			3
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Ward Results (Radnorshire)

Beguildy (one seat)

Beguildy 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	John Harold Brunt*	281
	Independent	Alan Cecil Watson	181
	Independent	Geoff Morgan	164
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Disserth and Trecoed (one seat)

Disserth and Trecoed 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Gwilym Ioan Snead Williams	346
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Gwyn Davies*	230
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Glasbury (one seat)

Glasbury 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Paul Davies	502
	Independent	Margaret Elizabeth Morris*	299
	Independent	David Roger Hood	180
Majority				N/A
Turnout
	Independent		Swing

Knighton (one seat)

Knighton 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Peter James Medlicott	496
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Albert Harris*	274
	Independent	Penny Nicholson	134
	Independent	John Llewellyn Morgan	57
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Llanbadarn Fawr (one seat)

Llanbadarn Fawr 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Powell	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandrindod East/West (one seat)

Llandrindod East/West 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Keith Francis Tampin	172
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Arthur Lopez	151
	Christian	Nathan Edward Charles Casey	49
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Llandrindod North (one seat)

Gary Price previously represented a different ward as an Independent.

Llandrindod North 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Gary David Price*	393
	Conservative	Mike Hodges*	215
	Labour	Mike Sivier	88
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Lopez	21
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Llandrindod South (one seat)

The previous Conservative councilor stood as an Independent.

Llandrindod South 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Tom Turner	356
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Ann Gitoes	255
	Independent	Sarah Jayne Millington*	181
Majority			101
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llanelwedd (one seat)

Llanelwedd 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Mackenzie*	unopposed
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Llangunllo (one seat)

Llangunllo
2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hywel Lewis	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanyre (one seat)

Llanyre 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	John Evans*	286
	Independent	Geraint Owain Rees	213
	Christian	Jefrey David Green	44
	Liberal Democrats	Forbes Neil Lopez	8
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Nantmel (one seat)

Nantmel 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	David Owen Evans*	351
	Conservative	Catrin Edwards	277
	Liberal Democrats	Peter David Roberts	36
	Christian	Adam Bridgman	11
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Old Radnor (one seat)

Old Radnor 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Evan Michael Jones*	305
	Liberal Democrats	John Stuart Milsom	264
	Independent	Bob Simcock	104
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Presteigne (one seat)

The sitting member had previously stood as a Liberal Democrat.

Presteigne 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Garry Richard Banks*	492
	Independent	John Edward Wilding	462
	Liberal Democrats	Nat Green	244
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Rhayader (one seat)

Rhayader 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Kelvyn Watson Curry*	481
	Labour	Bryan the Blacksmith	203
	Conservative	Gemma Morris	91
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

By-Elections 2012-2017

Glasbury by-election 2015

A by-election was held in Glasbury on 13 August 2015 following the resignation of

Brecon and Radnor at the 2015 General Election.^[2]

Glasbury 2015 by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Gibson-Watt	457	44.4	+44.4
	Conservative	David Evans	415	40.3	−10.9
	Independent	David Roger Hood	106	10.3	−8.0
	Green	Louise Davies	52	5.0	+5.0
Majority			42	4.1
Turnout				56.5	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Welshpool Llanerchyddol by-election 2016

A by-election was held in Welshpool Llanerchyddol on 15 December 2016 following the death of Ann Holloway.

Welshpool Llanerchyddol 2016 by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Graham Breeze	323	48.9	+48.9
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Church	212	32.1	−17.7
	Conservative	Ruth Canning	126	19.1	+19.1
Majority			111	16.8
Turnout				36.0
	Independent hold		Swing

References

^ "Election Results 2012". Powys County Council. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
^ "Welsh Elections". Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

[Carms_2012_results_web-1] "Election Results 2012". Powys County Council. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

[2] "Welsh Elections". Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

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