2012 Torfaen County Borough Council election
The 2012 Torfaen County Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Torfaen County Borough Council in Wales.[1] This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. The Council shifted from no overall control to Labour.
Results
[edit]| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 30 | +12 | 68.2 | 41.8 | 11,362 | +6.9 | |||
| Independent | 8 | -5 | 18.2 | 31.4 | 8,530 | +2.5 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | 2 | -1 | 4.5 | 11.9 | 3,226 | +3.9 | |||
| Conservative | 4 | -1 | 9.1 | 11.6 | 3,147 | -0.4 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | -2 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 362 | -4.8 | |||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 289 | New | |||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 178 | -0.8 | |||
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 95 | New | |||
| Blaenau Gwent PV | - | - | - | -3 | - | - | 0 | -8.3 | |
| BNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | -0.2 | |
Ward results
[edit]Abersychan
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gwyneira Clark | 845 | 45.8 | ||
| Labour | Wayne Tomlinson | 679 | |||
| Labour | Giles Davies | 623 | |||
| Independent | Raymond Williams | 570 | 30.9 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | David Bath | 252 | 13.7 | ||
| Independent | Thomas Burgess | 244 | |||
| Independent | Nicola Yeates | 238 | |||
| Independent | Anthony Thomas | 199 | |||
| Green | Robert Clarke | 178 | 9.6 | ||
| Independent | David Donnelly | 175 | |||
| Independent | Sheree Rowlands | 157 | |||
| Turnout | 35.9 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Blaenafon/Blaenavon
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Stuart Evans | 854 | 46.9 | ||
| Labour | Alan Jones | 671 | 36.8 | ||
| Labour | Alun Furzer | 653 | |||
| Independent | Janet Jones | 608 | |||
| Labour | Lewis Evans | 526 | |||
| Independent | Brian Whitcombe | 512 | |||
| Independent | Thomas Huish | 485 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Warren Perks | 202 | 11.1 | ||
| Communist | David Brown | 95 | 5.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Claire Higgins | 89 | |||
| Turnout | 41.3 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Bryn-wern
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Leonard Constance | 319 | 58.7 | ||
| Independent | Brian Matthews | 105 | 19.3 | ||
| Independent | Nigel Harris | 82 | 15.1 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Glyn Page | 37 | 6.8 | ||
| Turnout | 40.8 | ||||
| Labour gain from Blaenau Gwent PV | Swing | ||||
Coed Efa/Coed Eva
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | F. Cross* | 300 | 50.1 | ||
| Independent | M. Gibbs | 135 | 22.5 | ||
| Labour | J. James | 118 | 19.7 | ||
| Conservative | K. Thomas | 46 | 7.7 | ||
| Turnout | 40.8 | ||||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Gogledd Croesyceiliog/Croesyceiliog North
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Richard Clark* | 627 | 59.3 | ||
| Labour | Cynthia Beynon | 479 | |||
| Independent | John Jenner | 256 | 24.2 | ||
| Independent | Terence Irons | 224 | |||
| Conservative | Charles Ashton | 175 | 16.5 | ||
| Independent | Richard Turner-Thomas | 92 | |||
| Turnout | 40.6 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
De Croesyceiliog/Croesyceiliog South
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Veronica Crick | 304 | 51.1 | ||
| Conservative | Nicholas Jones | 87 | 14.6 | ||
| Independent | Vaughan Sterry | 80 | 13.4 | ||
| UKIP | David Rowlands | 54 | 9.1 | ||
| Independent | Susan Chaloner | 35 | 5.9 | ||
| Independent | Nadine Whitty | 20 | 3.4 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Phillip Jones | 15 | 2.5 | ||
| Turnout | 40.6 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Cwmynysgoi/Cwmynyscoy
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Neil Waite | 274 | 52.9 | ||
| Independent | Adrian Bold | 225 | 43.4 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Mark Adams | 10 | 1.9 | ||
| Conservative | Hannah Murphy | 9 | 1.7 | ||
| Turnout | 49.0 | ||||
| Labour gain from Blaenau Gwent PV | Swing | ||||
Fairwater
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Jeff Rees | 530 | 40.8 | ||
| Labour | Philip Seabourne | 474 | 36.5 | ||
| Labour | Rosemarie Seabourne | 392 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Natalie Salkeld | 382 | |||
| Independent | Anthony Devlin | 294 | 22.7 | ||
| Independent | David Brown | 174 | |||
| Independent | Steven Bonera | 130 | |||
| Turnout | 31.4 | ||||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Greenmeadow
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Robert Wellington | 424 | 53.8 | ||
| Labour | Amanda Owen | 365 | |||
| Independent | Catherine Lewis | 364 | 46.2 | ||
| Independent | Keith Williams | 231 | |||
| Independent | Polly Cunnington | 172 | |||
| Turnout | 31.4 | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Llantarnam
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Maria Graham | 609 | 38.1 | ||
| Labour | David Daniels | 496 | 31.0 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Williams | 495 | 30.9 | ||
| Labour | Linda Joseph | 455 | |||
| Independent | Anthony Burnett | 363 | |||
| Independent | Graham Pitt | 261 | |||
| Turnout | 38.0 | ||||
| Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Gogledd Llanyrafon/Llanyrafon North
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Glyn Caron | 434 | 69.6 | ||
| Independent | Cora Reeve | 139 | 22.3 | ||
| Conservative | Scott Murphy | 51 | 8.2 | ||
| Turnout | 39.5 | ||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
De Llanyrafon/Llanyrafon South
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Huw Bevan | 487 | 49.6 | ||
| Labour | David Dewar | 350 | 35.7 | ||
| Independent | Claire Elliott | 144 | 14.7 | ||
| Turnout | 43.9 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
New Inn
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Raymond Mills | 1086 | 53.1 | ||
| Conservative | Graham Smith | 1061 | |||
| Conservative | David James | 1050 | |||
| Labour | Marian Williams | 739 | 36.2 | ||
| Labour | John Turner | 724 | |||
| Labour | Maurice Morgan | 671 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Bryan Bale | 219 | 10.7 | ||
| Turnout | 41.0 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Panteg
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Norma Parrish | 1079 | 39.0 | ||
| Labour | Anthony Hunt | 989 | |||
| Labour | David Yeowell | 971 | |||
| Independent | Kathleen Williams | 566 | 20.4 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Marcus Warner | 481 | 17.4 | ||
| Independent | Brian Lovelock | 456 | |||
| Independent | Deborah Smyth | 452 | |||
| Conservative | Lyndon Bishop | 299 | 10.8 | ||
| UKIP | Keiron Austwick | 184 | 6.6 | ||
| Independent | Richard Overton | 184 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Brenda Edwards | 160 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Ryan Richards | 82 | |||
| Turnout | 41.0 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Pontnewydd
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jessica Powell | 811 | 44.0 | ||
| Labour | Brian Mawby | 791 | |||
| Labour | Stuart Ashley | 707 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Thomas Davies | 419 | 22.7 | ||
| Independent | Peter Cathcart | 403 | 21.9 | ||
| Independent | Martyn Stinton | 261 | |||
| Conservative | Damian Edmunds | 209 | 11.3 | ||
| Conservative | Louise McLeod | 195 | |||
| Turnout | 35.4 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Pontnewynydd
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Kelvin Harnett | 145 | 37.1 | ||
| Labour | Gaynor James | 117 | 29.9 | ||
| Independent | Ronald Jones | 65 | 16.6 | ||
| Independent | Steven Joy | 55 | 14.1 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Yvonne Balakrishnan | 9 | 2.3 | ||
| Turnout | 35.4 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Pont-y-pŵl/Pontypool
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Michael Harris | 309 | 52.1 | ||
| Labour | John Killick | 213 | 35.9 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Paul Valente | 71 | 12.0 | ||
| Turnout | 42.0 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
St Cadocs a Phen-y-garn/St Cadocs and Penygarn
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Neil Mason | 216 | 42.3 | ||
| Independent | Ian Williams | 202 | 39.5 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Philip Davies | 93 | 18.2 | ||
| Turnout | 44.7 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Llanfihangel Llantarnam/St Dials
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Elizabeth Haynes | 579 | 54.6 | ||
| Labour | Stephen Brooks | 326 | 30.7 | ||
| Independent | Michelle Corrigan | 320 | |||
| Labour | Kebba Manneh | 296 | |||
| Independent | Sarah Cunnington | 179 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Gareth White | 156 | 14.7 | ||
| Turnout | 35.9 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Snatchwood
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Barry Taylor | 343 | 58.3 | ||
| Independent | Christopher Tew | 194 | 33.0 | ||
| UKIP | Kevin Boucher | 51 | 8.7 | ||
| Turnout | 36.6 | ||||
| Labour gain from People's Vote | Swing | ||||
Trefddyn/Trevethin
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lewis Jones | 399 | 52.3 | ||
| Labour | John Marshall | 323 | |||
| Independent | Mervyn Horlor | 227 | 29.8 | ||
| Independent | David Millett | 169 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Neil Johnson | 137 | 18.0 | ||
| Turnout | 30.8 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Two Locks
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Colette Thomas | 919 | 44.9 | ||
| Labour | Pamela Cameron | 693 | |||
| Independent | Ronald Burnett | 679 | 33.2 | ||
| Labour | Peter Jones | 678 | |||
| Independent | Lorraine Hobin | 426 | |||
| Independent | Alastair Cunnington | 303 | |||
| Independent | Keith Jones | 269 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Sian Hanlon | 245 | 12.0 | ||
| Conservative | Jonathan Lewis | 203 | 9.9 | ||
| Conservative | Jatinderpal Singh Bajwa | 144 | |||
| Turnout | 37.9 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Cwmbrân/Upper Cwmbran
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Robert Kemp | 684 | 42.7 | ||
| Labour | Bernard Cunningham | 665 | 41.5 | ||
| Labour | Mary Barnett | 610 | |||
| Labour | Robert Jones | 484 | |||
| Independent | Leslie Thomas | 328 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Eli Jones | 252 | 15.7 | ||
| Turnout | 31.4 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Waunfelin/Wainfelin
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Michael Jeremiah | 373 | 52.6 | ||
| Labour | Robert Benjamin | 199 | 28.1 | ||
| Independent | Benjamin Cunnington | 137 | 19.3 | ||
| Turnout | 37.6 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2012: Torfaen". Local Elections Archive Project. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
