2012 Vale of Glamorgan Council election

The 2012 Vale of Glamorgan Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect members of Vale of Glamorgan Council in Wales. This was the same day as other United Kingdom local elections. The previous full council election took place on 1 May 2008 and the next one took place on 4 May 2017.

Election result

The

Conservative coalition government.^[2]

Vale of Glamorgan Council Election 2012^[1]^[3]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	22	10	1	+9	46.8	34.8	13,871	+8.3
Conservative	11	0	14	-14	23.4	31.1	12,431	-12.3
Plaid Cymru	6	0	0	0	12.7	15.4	6,150	-5.5
Independent	3	3	0	+3	6.4	10.2	4,087	+8.7
Llantwit First Independent	4	1	0	+1	8.5	5.2	2,068	+0.8
UKIP	1	1	0	+1	2.1	1.6	633	+0.6
Green	0			0	0.0	1.1	452	New
Liberal Democrats	0			0	0.0	0.5	217	-1.6
Liberal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-0.2

Ward results

Ward	Political group		Councillor ^[3]	Change from last election
Baruc (Barry)		Plaid Cymru	Steffan Wiliam	Plaid Cymru hold
Baruc (Barry)		Plaid Cymru	Nicholas Hodges	Plaid Cymru hold
Buttrills (Barry)		Labour	Margaret Alexander	Labour hold
Buttrills (Barry)		Labour	Stuart Egan	Labour hold
Cadoc (Barry)		Labour	Anne Moore	Labour hold
		Labour	Fred Johnson	Labour hold
		Labour	Neil Moore	Labour hold
Castleland (Barry)		Labour	Chris Elmore	Labour hold
Castleland (Barry)		Labour	Pamela Drake	Labour hold
Cornerswell (Penarth)		Labour	Rhiannon Birch	Labour gain from Conservative
Cornerswell (Penarth)		Labour	Peter King	Labour gain from Conservative
Court (Barry)		Labour	Bronwen Brooks	Labour hold
Court (Barry)		Independent	Richard Bertin	Independent gain from Labour
Cowbridge		Conservative	Geoffrey Cox	Conservative hold
		Conservative	Thomas Jarvie	Conservative hold
		Conservative	Andrew Parker	Conservative hold
Dinas Powys		Plaid Cymru	Christopher Franks	Plaid Cymru hold
		Plaid Cymru	Valerie Hartrey	Plaid Cymru hold
		Plaid Cymru	Keith Hatton	Plaid Cymru hold
		Plaid Cymru	Christopher Williams	Plaid Cymru hold
Dyfan (Barry)		Labour	Claire Curtis	Labour gain from Conservative
Dyfan (Barry)		Labour	Anthony Powell	Labour gain from Conservative
Gibbonsdown (Barry)		Labour	Rob Curtis	Labour hold
Gibbonsdown (Barry)		Labour	Margaret Wilkinson	Labour hold
Illtyd (Barry)		Labour	Howard Hamilton	Labour gain from Conservative
		Labour	John Drysdale	Labour gain from Conservative
		Labour	Rhona Probert	Labour gain from Conservative
Llandough		Labour	Kate Edmunds	Labour gain from Conservative
Llandow and Ewenny		Conservative	Ray Thomas	Conservative hold
Llantwit Major		Llantwit First Independent	Gwyn John	Llantwit First Independent hold
		Llantwit First Independent	Eric Hacker	Llantwit First Independent hold
		Llantwit First Independent	Edward Williams	Llantwit First Independent hold
		Llantwit First Independent	Keith Geary	Llantwit First Independent gain from Conservative
Peterston-super-Ely		Conservative	Rhodri Traherne	Conservative hold
Plymouth (Penarth)		Conservative	Maureen Owen	Conservative hold
Plymouth (Penarth)		Conservative	Clive Williams	Conservative hold
Rhoose		Independent	Philip Clarke	Independent gain from Conservative
Rhoose		Conservative	Jeff James	Conservative hold
St Athan		Conservative	John Thomas	Conservative hold
St Augustine's (Penarth)		Labour	Lis Burnett	Labour gain from Conservative
St Augustine's (Penarth)		Labour	Gwyn Roberts	Labour gain from Conservative
St Brides Major		Conservative	Audrey Preston	Conservative hold
Stanwell (Penarth)		Labour	Janice Birch	Labour hold
Stanwell (Penarth)		Labour	Mark Wilson	Labour hold
Sully		Independent	Bob Penrose	Independent gain from Conservative
Sully		UKIP	Kevin Mahoney	UKIP gain from Conservative
Wenvoe		Conservative	Jonathan Bird	Conservative hold

By-elections 2012-2017

Buttrills (2012)

Caused by the death of Labour councillor Margaret Alexander, the by-election took place on 2 August 2012 [4] with the vacant seat taken from Labour by Plaid Cymru's Ian Johnson.^[5]

Llantwit Major (2015)

Caused by the death in January of Llantwit First councillor Keith Geary,^[6] the by-election took place on 26 March 2015, with the vacant seat won by 12 votes by Tony Bennett for the Conservatives.^[7]

Rhoose (2016)

Caused by the death of Independent councillor Paul Clarke in a motorcycle accident.^[8] The by-election, on 30 June 2016, was won by Independent candidate Adam Riley (with the Conservative's ex-council leader Gordon Kemp in second place).^[9]

Gibbonsdown (2016)

The by-election in this Barry ward was caused by the resignation of Labour councillor Rob Curtis and took place on 3 November 2016.^[10] It was won by Labour candidate Julie Aviet, with 47.9% of the vote.^[11]

References

^ ^a ^b Law, Peter (5 May 2012). "No Tory leader breezing in this time - just one going". South Wales Echo (2012 elections special supplement). p. 3.
^ Harris, Sharon (10 May 2012). "Vale of Glamorgan Council elections: Winners and losers". Penarth Times. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2012: Vale of Glamorgan". Retrieved 15 November 2016.
^ "By-election set for Barry's Buttrills ward". Barry & District News. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
^ "Buttrills, 2012". WelshElections.org.uk. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
^ "Vale councillor dies". Barry & District News. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
^ "Llantwit Major by-election, 2015 - Conservative gain from Llantwit First". WelshElections.org.uk. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
^ "Date set for by-election to replace councillor who died in collision near karting centre". Wales Online. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
^ Sharon Harris (1 July 2016). "Library campaigner Adam Riley elected in Rhoose by-election". Barry & District News. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
^ Sharon Harris (11 October 2016). "Your list of Gibbonsdown by-election candidates". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
^ "Gibbonsdown by-election, 2016". Welshelections.org.uk. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

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[SWE_Election_Special-1] Law, Peter (5 May 2012). "No Tory leader breezing in this time - just one going". South Wales Echo (2012 elections special supplement). p. 3.

[2] Harris, Sharon (10 May 2012). "Vale of Glamorgan Council elections: Winners and losers". Penarth Times. Retrieved 15 November 2017.

[Andrew_Teale-3] Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2012: Vale of Glamorgan". Retrieved 15 November 2016.

[4] "By-election set for Barry's Buttrills ward". Barry & District News. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

[5] "Buttrills, 2012". WelshElections.org.uk. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

[6] "Vale councillor dies". Barry & District News. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

[7] "Llantwit Major by-election, 2015 - Conservative gain from Llantwit First". WelshElections.org.uk. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

[8] "Date set for by-election to replace councillor who died in collision near karting centre". Wales Online. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

[9] Sharon Harris (1 July 2016). "Library campaigner Adam Riley elected in Rhoose by-election". Barry & District News. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

[10] Sharon Harris (11 October 2016). "Your list of Gibbonsdown by-election candidates". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

[11] "Gibbonsdown by-election, 2016". Welshelections.org.uk. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

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