2012 Cardiff Council election explained

Election Name:2012 Cardiff City and County Council election
Country:Wales
Flag Image:Flag of Cardiff.svg
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Majority Seats:38
Election Date:3 May 2012
Leader1:Heather Joyce
Party1:Welsh Labour
Leaders Seat1:Llanrumney
Seats Before1:14
Seats1:46/75
Seat Change1:32
Popular Vote1:36,148
Percentage1:37.3
Party2:Welsh Liberal Democrats
Leaders Seat2:Plasnewydd
Seats Before2:35
Seats2:16/75
Seat Change2:19
Popular Vote2:15,878
Percentage2:18.5
Leader3:David Walker
Party3:Welsh Conservatives
Leaders Seat3:Lisvane
Seats Before3:17
Seats3:7/74
Seat Change3:10
Popular Vote3:17,886
Percentage3:25.5
Party4:Plaid Cymru
Leaders Seat4:Fairwater
Seats Before4:7
Seats4:2/70
Seat Change4:5
Popular Vote4:12,397
Percentage4:12.8
Leader5:Adrian Robson
Party5:Rhiwbina Independents
Leaders Seat5:Rhiwbina
Seats Before5:3
Seats5:3/3
Seat Change5:0
Popular Vote5:4,581 (Rhiwbina)
Percentage5:4.7
Leader6:Fenella Bowden
Party6:Heath Independent
Leaders Seat6:Heath
Seats Before6:0
Seats6:1/3
Seat Change6:1
Popular Vote6:1,500 (Heath)
Percentage6:1.5
Map Size:325px
Council control
Posttitle:Council control after election
Before Election:Lib Dem / Plaid Cymru Coalition

The 2012 Cardiff Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect members of Cardiff Council in Wales.[1] This was the same day as the national 2012 Welsh local elections.[2] It was preceded by the 2008 election and followed by the 2017 election

Election result

Labour gained control of the council from the Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru, after gaining 32 seats.[3] The Liberal Democrat leader of the council, Rodney Berman, lost his seat by 51 votes after two recounts,[4] bringing Labour's gains to 33. Sixty-one-year-old Labour councillor Heather Joyce, nicknamed 'Supernan' by the local newspaper, became the new council leader.[5]

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The consolidated vote figures used in the above table appear to represent the total votes cast for the highest placed candidates in each ward. The figures are not the popular vote cast for each party in the 2012 elections.

The figures below are the total votes cast for all candidates for each party in the 2012 elections, based on data from The Elections Centre at Plymouth University - Lab: 99,391 (46/75); Con: 45,293 (7/74); LD: 43,418 (16/75); PC: 30,989 (2/70); Rhiwbina Ind: 10,908 (3/3); Green: 8,925 (0/37); Heath Ind: 3,539 (1/3); LN Ind: 1,114 (0/2); Ind: 773 (0/4); TUSC: 456 (0/6); UKIP: 445 (0/2); Communist: 335 (0/4); Christian: 205 (0/3); Socialist Lab: 106 (0/1)[2]

Manifestos

Cardiff Greens[6]

Cardiff Labour[7]

Cardiff Liberal Democrats[8]

Cardiff Plaid Cymru[9] [10]

Ward results

* = sitting councillor in this ward prior to election

Heath (3 seats)

Fenella Bowden, elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2012, stood as a Heath & Birchgrove Independent.

Rumney (2 seats)

Duncan Macdonald had been elected as a Conservative in 2008.

Whitchurch and Tongwynlais (4 seats)

By-elections between 2012 and 2017

Riverside

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Labour councillor Phil Hawkins for personal reasons.

Splott

A by-election was caused by the resignation of Labour councillor Luke Holland following accusations of non-attendance at council meetings. He stated that he planned to move to London.[11]

Canton

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Labour Councillor Cerys Furlong on 30 December 2013.[12] [13]

Llandaff North

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Labour councillor Siobhan Corria for personal reasons.[14]

Pentyrch

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Conservative Councillor Craig Williams, following his election as MP for Cardiff North.[15]

Riverside

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Labour councillor Cecilia Love for family reasons.[16]

Plasnewydd

The by-election was caused by the death of Labour councillor Mohammed Javed.[17]

Grangetown

The by-election was caused by the death of Labour councillor Chris Lomax.[18]

Defections 2012–17

Vacant seats by 2017 local election

Three seats were vacant by the end of the term caused by the resignation of Margaret Jones (Lib Dem) in Cyncoed,[27] the resignation of Susan White (Labour) in Llandaff North[28] and the death of Derrick Morgan[29] (elected as Labour, then sitting as an Independent) in Llanrumny, all of happened within six months of the 2017 election, so no by-elections were held.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2012 Local Council Election. Cardiff Council. 3 May 2012 . 26 May 2020.
  2. Web site: Cardiff Council Election Results 1995-2012. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. 23 June 2016.
  3. News: Cardiff council elections: The story in each ward. Your Cardiff (WalesOnline). 3 May 2012. 2012-05-05. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120508061242/http://yourcardiff.walesonline.co.uk/2012/05/03/cardiff-council-elections-the-results. 8 May 2012.
  4. News: Cardiff council's Rodney Berman toppled in cull of leaders. BBC News . 4 May 2012. 2012-05-05.
  5. News: Shipton. Martin. Supernan Leads Labour Victory. South Wales Echo . 5 May 2012. 1,4.
  6. Web site: Coates, Sam. Cardiff Green Party Local Election Manifesto 2012 Cardiff County Council election on Thursday 3rd May. Cardiff Green Party. 10 April 2020.
  7. Web site: Walesonline (12 July 2012). Labour reveals its manifesto for Cardiff - aiming to make city Neet free. 10 July 2012 . Walesonline. 10 April 2020.
  8. Web site: Cardiff Liberal Democrats. Keeping Cardiff on the up Manifesto from the Cardiff Liberal Democrats for the 2012 local elections. Welsh Liberal Democrats. 10 April 2020.
  9. Web site: Bumford, Matthew & Nicholas, Luke (May 2012). Delivering for Cardiff - A new alternative for the Welsh Capital (English). Plaid Cymru. 10 April 2020.
  10. Web site: Bumford, Matthew & Nicholas, Luke (Mai 2012). Cyflawni dros Gaerdydd - Dewis Newydd i Brifddinas Cymru (Cymraeg). Plaid Cymru. 10 April 2020.
  11. News: Two Cardiff Labour councillors resign their seats . Wales Online . 21 October 2013 . 2018-05-04 .
  12. News: Alison Sanders . Labour wins Canton by-election with 1,201 votes . Wales Online . 21 February 2014 . 2018-05-07 .
  13. News: Martin Shipton . Cardiff councillor Cerys Furlong resigns citing demands of work, family and council duties. Wales Online . 31 December 2013 . 2020-05-29 .
  14. News: Five candidates to battle it out for Llandaff North by-election in Cardiff. Wales Online . 25 September 2014 . 2020-05-26 .
  15. News: Huw Silk . New Cardiff North MP Craig Williams steps down as city councillor. Wales Online . 21 May 2015 . 2020-05-26 .
  16. Web site: Martin Shipton. Riverside Labour councillor Cecilia Love resigns her seat on Cardiff council . Wales Online . 17 August 2015 . 2020-05-26.
  17. News: Labour has lost a by-election in Cardiff's Roath ward amid a surge in Lib Dem votes . Wales Online . 21 September 2016 . 2018-05-02 .
  18. News: Labour loses second Cardiff council seat in two months . The Cardiffian . School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies . 8 November 2016 . 2018-05-02 .
  19. News: Peter Law . Lib Dem councillor leaves party in anger at coalition government. Wales Online . 21 Jan 2013 . 3 June 2021.
  20. News: Ruth Mosalski . Labour loses second Cardiff council seat in three months as Plaid win by-election. Wales Online . 4 November 2016. 3 June 2021.
  21. News: Ruth Mosalski . Husband and wife councillor team announce they will re-join Conservative group in bid to take control of Cardiff council. Wales Online . 8 June 2015. 3 June 2021.
  22. News: Martin Shipton . Former Cardiff council deputy leader Ralph Cook quits the Labour group. Wales Online . 13 Jan 2016. 3 June 2021.
  23. News: Ruth Mosalski . A third Labour councillor in Cardiff has quit the party's bitterly divided ruling group. Wales Online . 24 May 2016. 3 June 2021.
  24. News: Ruth Mosalski . A Cardiff councillor has defected from Labour saying the party has a 'culture of bullying and harassment'. Wales Online . 2 August 2016. 3 June 2021.
  25. News: Huw Silk . Another Cardiff councillor resigns after accusing Labour group of racism. Wales Online . 30 November 2016. 3 June 2021.
  26. News: Ruth Mosalski . A councillor who quit Labour claiming it was 'racist' has joined the Liberal Democrats. Wales Online . 7 February 2017. 3 June 2021.
  27. News: Huw Silk . Cardiff councillor quits with immediate effect to spend more time with her family. Wales Online . 28 December 2016. 3 June 2021.
  28. News: Huw Silk . 'Sickened' Labour councillor quits alleging 'bullying' and 'racial discrimination'. Wales Online . 30 November 2016. 3 June 2021.
  29. News: Sam Tegeltija. Tributes have been paid to a former Lord Mayor of Cardiff who has died. Wales Online . 22 January 2017. 3 June 2021.

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