2012 Caerphilly County Borough Council election

The 2012 Caerphilly Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Caerphilly County Borough Council in Wales.[1] This was on the same day as other Welsh local elections.

Caerphilly Council election results 2012

Election results

The Labour Party won control of the council from Plaid Cymru, after gaining an additional 18 seats.[2] Four council candidates were elected unopposed.[3]

Among the notable Plaid Cymru defeated councillors were the current mayor, Vera Jenkins (Crumlin ward) and Ron Davies, the ex-Labour Secretary of State for Wales (Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen ward).[2]

Caerphilly County Borough Council Election 2012[2][4]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	50			+18	68.5	51.0	23,886	+13.7
	Plaid Cymru	20			-12	27.4	29.8	13,970	-6.5
	Independent	3			-6	4.1	14.7	6,906	-2.9
	TUSC	0			0		0.4	174	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	0			0		0.3	121	-1.9
	Communist	-			-	-	-	-	-0.2

References

1. "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
2. Novaczyk, Wayne (5 May 2012). "Ron's gone with Plaid". South Wales Echo (2012 elections special supplement). pp. 4–5.
3. Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2012: Caerffili - Caerphilly". Retrieved 23 June 2020.
4. Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2012: Caerffili - Caerphilly". Retrieved 15 November 2016.