2012 Newport City Council election explained

2012 Elections to Newport City Council were held on 3 May 2012^[1] along with elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales, community council elections in Wales and 2012 United Kingdom local elections.

Councillors elected in this election served an extended five-year term, after local government minister Carl Sargeant announced the next elections would be moved from 2016 to 2017 to avoid clashing with the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election which in turn had been delayed a year to avoid clashing with the 2015 United Kingdom general election.^[2]

The previous election took place on 1 May 2008.

The next full election took place on 3 May 2017.

Election results: overview

|-bgcolor=#F6F6F6| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total| style="text-align: right;" | 50| colspan=5 || style="text-align: right;" | 37,048 | style="text-align: right;" | |-|}

• The Independent statistics are for all Independents, whether they are members of the Independent group on the council or not.

Ward results

Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election.Vote share changes compared with corresponding 2008 election.

Bettws

• Noel Trigg was elected as an Independent candidate, having previously been elected as a Labour candidate in the 5 June 2008 by-election.

Victoria

References

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Notes and References

1. http://www.newport.gov.uk/_dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=political.homepage&contentid=CONT659415 Newport Local Government Elections
2. Web site: Bodden. Tom. Next council elections in Wales to be postponed for a year. Daily Post. 4 April 2012.