2012 Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council election

2012 Welsh local government election

The 2012 Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council in Wales. This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. The Council shifted from Independent to Labour.

Results

2012 Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council Election
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	23	+15	69.7	45.5	8,145	+12.5
Independent	7	-9	21.2	35.4	6,343	-7.0
Liberal Democrats	0	-6	0.0	5.1	910	-10.9
Merthyr Independents	2	-1	6.1	4.4	797	-1.1
Plaid Cymru	0	0	0.0	3.9	703	+1.2
UKIP	1	+1	3.0	3.3	588	New
Communist	0	0	0.0	2.1	383	+1.7
Conservative	0	0	0.0	0.3	50	New

The Liberal Democrats lost all the gains they had made in 2008. The Independent coalition council leader also lost his seat.

Ward results

Bedlinog

Bedlinog ward (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	L. Smart*	534	54.8
	Independent	G. Jones*	517
	Labour	O. Thomas	292	30.0
	Labour	D. Thomas	224
	Liberal Democrats	B. Setters	92	9.4
	Communist	C. Ashton	56	5.7
	Liberal Democrats	J. Pappas	33
Majority
Turnout				37.1
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Cyfarthfa

Cyfarthfa ward (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	L. Elliott*	797	44.3
	Independent	P. Brown*	760
	Labour	T. Chaplin	683	38.0
	Independent	M. Jenkins	655
	Labour	M. Davies	640
	Labour	D. Chaplin	601
	Plaid Cymru	M. Evans	318	17.7
Majority
Turnout				33.1
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Dowlais

Dowlais ward (4 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Williams*	971	58.0
	Labour	R. Thomas*	948
	Labour	P. Williams	863
	Labour	T. Lewis	806
	Independent	T. Rogers*	703	42.0
	Independent	J. Amos*	591
Majority
Turnout				33.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Gurnos

Gurnos ward (4 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Braithwaite	591	54.2
	Labour	B. Smith*	586
	Independent	C. Tovey*	500	45.8
	Labour	D. Jarrett	496
	Labour	S. Bevan	492
	Independent	R. Llewellyn	419
	Independent	G. Canavan	417
	Independent	A. Brown*	408
Turnout				33.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Merthyr Vale

Merthyr Vale ward (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Mansbridge*	905	63.7
	Labour	D. Roberts	770
	Independent	Jeff Edwards*	516	36.3
Majority
Turnout				46.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Independent coalition leader of the council, Jeff Edwards, lost his seat at this election.

Park

Park ward (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Toomey*	913	63.2
	Labour	C. Jones*	888
	Labour	C. Barry*	822
	Independent	S. Davies	532	36.8
	Independent	G. Price	482
Majority
Turnout				41.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Penydarren

Penydarren ward (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A. Jones*	656	36.2
	UKIP	N. Greer*	588	32.4
	Labour	D. Issac	569	31.4
	Independent	C. Barsi	438
	Labour	J. McCarthy	435
	Labour	J. Johal	337
	Independent	K. Baker	315
	Independent	M. Regan	230
Turnout				36.2
	Independent hold		Swing
	UKIP gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Plymouth

Plymouth ward (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Jones	949	47.8
	Labour	B. Carter*	830
	Labour	G. Lewis	803
	Independent	D. Games*	738	37.2
	Independent	P. Watkins	523
	Independent	S. Thomas	414
	Liberal Democrats	K. O'Connor*	247	12.4
	Liberal Democrats	A. Sims	117
	Liberal Democrats	C. Lambourne	112
	Conservative	H. Kumar	50	2.5
Turnout				44.1
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Town

Town ward (4 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Jones	1,192	41.6
	Labour	D. Davies	986
	Labour	G. Davies	926
	Labour	L. Matthews	907
	Liberal Democrats	A. Kitcher*	571	19.9
	Independent	I. Clark	458	16.0
	Plaid Cymru	V. Pugh	385	13.4
	Liberal Democrats	B. Griffin*	363
	Plaid Cymru	D. Griffiths	356
	Liberal Democrats	A. Austin	324
	Independent	M. Thomas	323
	Independent	S. Taylor	316
	Independent	G. Powles	305
	Liberal Democrats	L. Heritage	271
	Communist	T. Roberts	261	9.1
Turnout				38.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Treharris

Treharris ward (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	K. Moran	829	50.2
	Independent	R. Thomas*	821	49.8
	Labour	E. Galsworthy	808
	Labour	G. Watkins	782
	Independent	G. Price*	611
	Independent	P. Smithers*	583
Turnout				44.1
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Vaynor

Vaynor ward (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	L. Mytton*	885	73.6
	Independent	H. Barrett*	883
	Labour	T. Reid	251	20.9
	Labour	A. Barry	222
	Communist	R. Evans	66	5.5
Turnout				44.2
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

References

"Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
"Local Election Results 2012: Merthyr Tydfil". Andrew Teale. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
^ "Merthyr Tydfil: Full results, Labour gain". ITV News. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University.

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