City and County of Swansea Council election, 2012
The fifth election to the City and County of Swansea Council was held in May 2012.[1] It was preceded by the 2008 election and will be followed by the 2017 election.
Overview
All council seats were up for election. These were the fifth elections held following local government reorganisation and the abolition of West Glamorgan County Council. The Labour Party made substantial gains and won back control of the authority, having lost their majority in 2004
Candidates
The contests were fought by most of the main parties but Labour was the only one to contest the majority of seats.
Overall Result
City and County of Swansea Council election result 2012 | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Labour | 49 | +19 | 68.1 | 45.5 | 30,173 | +19.6 | ||||
Liberal Democrat | 12 | -11 | 16.7 | 15.4 | 10,226 | -6.5 | ||||
Independent | 3 | -4 | 4.2 | 14.6 | 9,692 | +4.3 | ||||
Conservative | 4 | 0 | 5.6 | 10.9 | 7,228 | -5.8 | ||||
Plaid Cymru | 0 | -1 | 5.4 | 3,564 | -3.1 | |||||
Independents @ Swansea | 3 | -3 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 3,297 | -4.2 | ||||
Green | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 1,404 | -1.8 | |||||
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 401 | N/A | |||||
People's Representative | 1 | 0 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 295 | -0.2 | ||||
National Front | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 92 | N/A | |||||
BNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -2.6 | ||
Socialist Alternative | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -0.2 | ||
Communist | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -0.1 | ||
Left List | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -0.1 |
Results
Bishopston (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Keith Edmund Marsh* | 645 | |||
Conservative | Gareth Davies | 267 | |||
Labour | David Dorsett | 175 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 40.1 | -9.6 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Bonymaen (two seats)
Long-serving Labour councillor Mair Gibbs was de-selected and failed to be returned as an Independent.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Lloyd | 959 | |||
Labour | Mandy Evans | 893 | |||
Independent | Mair Eluned Gibbs* | 514 | |||
Independent | John Brian Hague* | 493 | |||
National Front | Sion Lynford Owens | 92 | |||
Turnout | 32.2 | -2,0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Castle (four seats)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Erika Theresa Kirchner* | 1,629 | |||
Labour | Sybil Crouch | 1,623 | |||
Labour | David Phillips* | 1,610 | |||
Labour | Fiona Margaret Gordon | 1,582 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Gareth Peter Jones | 533 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Alan Jeffery | 531 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Tanya Auxiliadora May | 511 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Vicky Lewis | 440 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Patrick John Powell | 274 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Gez Couch | 261 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Harri Llwyd Roberts | 254 | |||
Green | Steve Clegg | 248 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Damian Paul Martin | 248 | |||
Conservative | Paul Raymond Morris | 241 | |||
Conservative | Stephen Joseph Gallagher | 230 | |||
Conservative | Sonya Winifred Rachel Morris | 228 | |||
Conservative | Natasha Rhian Tomaszewski | 207 | |||
Independent | Phil Crayford | 207 | |||
Green | Ross Walters | 193 | |||
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Martin John White | 148 | |||
Turnout | 29.0 | +0.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Clydach (two seats)
Roger Llewellyn Smith has been elected as a Labour councillor in 2008.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paulette Bradley Smith* | 1,055 | |||
Independent | Gordon Walker | 1,040 | |||
Independent | Roger Llewellyn Smith* | 915 | |||
Labour | Gillian Wakeman | 702 | |||
Turnout | 36.4 | -1.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Cockett (four seats)
Labour captured all four seats from the Liberal Democrats by a substantial margin. One of the four Lib Dems elected in 2008 stood as an Independent.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ann Cook | 1,949 | |||
Labour | Andrew John Jones | 1,913 | |||
Labour | Geraint Owens
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1,707 | |||
Labour | Mitchell Theaker | 1,601 | |||
Plaid Cymru | David Rhys Lloyd | 895 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Nicola Anne Holley* | 728 | |||
Liberal Democrat | William Keith Morgan* | 723 | |||
Liberal Democrat | James Bernard Kelleher* | 637 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Hazel Morgan | 580 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Patricia Christine Sanderson | 533 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Enid Vanessa Webb | 498 | |||
Plaid Cymru | John Rhodri Thomas | 484 | |||
Independent | Veronyca Anne Bates Hughes* | 248 | |||
Conservative | Matthew David Johnson | 192 | |||
Conservative | Liam Kelly | 166 | |||
Conservative | Victoria Steventon | 155 | |||
Conservative | Michael Overthrow | 154 | |||
Turnout | 32.9 | -0.6 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Cwmbwrla (three seats)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Peter Malcolm Black* | 1,028 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Christopher Ashleigh Holley* | 1,045 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Lewis Graham Thomas* | 1,023 | |||
Labour | Cyril Anderson | 965 | |||
Labour | Peter David Meehan | 824 | |||
Labour | Joy Richards | 807 | |||
Turnout | 35.2 | -3.6 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Dunvant (two seats)
Lib Dem councilor Nick Tregoning stood unsuccessfully as an Independent, leading to the loss of one seat to Labour who increasedtheir vote significantly compared to 2008.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | John Newbury* | 575 | |||
Labour | Jennifer Anne Raynor | 420 | |||
Labour | Mick Harper | 354 | |||
Independent | Nicholas John Tregoning* | 351 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Graham Isted | 302 | |||
Independent | Rowland Bevan | 231 | |||
Independent | Lis Davies | 213 | |||
Conservative | Jordan Slater | 100 | |||
Conservative | Robert Thornton Dowdle | 89 | |||
Turnout | 38.9 | -6.9 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Fairwood (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paxton Richard Hood‐Williams* | 583 | |||
Liberal Democrat | John Gunther Bushell | 317 | |||
Labour | Mike Durke | 247 | |||
Turnout | 49.7 | -2.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Gorseinon (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Lewis | 538 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Darren Jeffery Thomas | 275 | |||
Independent | Beverley Howard | 184 | |||
Conservative | Elizabeth Grace Thomas | 58 | |||
Turnout | 32.7 | -2.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Gower (one seat)
Sitting member Richard Lewis switched from the Independents to the Lib Dems.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Richard David Lewis* | 826 | |||
Labour | Roy Collins | 358 | |||
Conservative | Robert Fisher | 232 | |||
Turnout | 47.55 | -5.9 | |||
Liberal Democrat gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Gowerton (one seat)
Ron Thomas narrowly failed in his bid to win back the seat he lost in 2008.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Susan Mary Jones* | 660 | |||
Labour | Ronald Morgan Thomas | 608 | |||
Conservative | Gordon Howells | 163 | |||
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Les Woodward | 58 | |||
Turnout | 37.0 | -4.9 | |||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Killay North (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Mary Helen Jones* | 435 | |||
Labour | Hannah Farrar | 198 | |||
Conservative | Gareth Raymond Milne | 127 | |||
Turnout | 22.7 | -11.6 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Killay South (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Jeffrey William Jones | 429 | |||
Labour | Peter Kenneth Jones | 327 | |||
Conservative | Graham Richard Coombs | 111 | |||
Turnout | 43.7 | -6.8 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Kingsbridge (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Gethin Evans* | 889 | |||
Independent | Pat Griffiths | 285 | |||
Turnout | 36.3 | -9.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Landore (two seats)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Beverley Hopkins | 1,040 | |||
Labour | Thomas Michael White | 1,030 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Vivian Nigel Abbott* | 472 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Robert Speht* | 423 | |||
Independent | Roger Berry | 77 | |||
Conservative | Kate Horton | 39 | |||
Conservative | Henri Lloyd Davies | 28 | |||
Turnout | 35.1 | -0.8 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Llangyfelach (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Gareth Sullivan* | 776 | |||
Labour | Richard Simpson | 344 | |||
Green | John Edward Rasbridge | 72 | |||
Turnout | 29.9 | -6.3 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llansamlet (four seats)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher Ryland Doyle* | 2,185 | |||
Labour | Penelope Margaret Matthews* | 2,154 | |||
Labour | Uta Clay | 2,051 | |||
Labour | Dennis Henry James* | 1,971 | |||
Independent | June Evans* | 952 | |||
Conservative | Roger George Campbell Evans | 354 | |||
Conservative | Joshua Mark Gaskell | 335 | |||
Conservative | Leigh Kristyn Moss | 328 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 30.3 | -0.9 | |||
Lower Loughor (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Julie Christine Richards* | 436 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Mike Sheehan | 100 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Leigh Richards | 56 | |||
Turnout | 33.0 | -3.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Mawr (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
People's Representative | Ioan Merritt Richard* | 295 | |||
Labour | Rhys Aeron Jones | 213 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Linda Mary Frame | 149 | |||
Others hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 44.8 | -3.8 | |||
Mayals(one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Linda Tyler-Lloyd | 283 | |||
Independent | Peter Geoffrey Birch | 264 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Keith Jones | 257 | |||
Labour | Peter Rowlands | 163 | |||
Independent | David Charles Evans | 29 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 46.1 | -8.6 | |||
Morriston (five seats)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Davies | 2,599 | |||
Labour | Robert Charles Stewart* | 2,500 | |||
Labour | Robert Francis-Davies* | 2,342 | |||
Labour | Andrea Harrington | 2,302 | |||
Labour | Yvonne Jardine | 2,190 | |||
Independent | Adrian Davies | 869 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Richard Jones Jones | 800 | |||
Conservative | James Peter Hatton | 504 | |||
Conservative | William Hughes | 501 | |||
Conservative | Sheila Morgan | 467 | |||
Conservative | Richard James Strick-Jenkins | 404 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Ken Anderson | 351 | |||
Conservative | Jennifer Margaret Bickerstaff | 341 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Rosemarie Bridgeman | 276 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Owen John Roberts | 254 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Anjali Kadam | 187 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 30.0 | -4.7 | |||
Mynyddbach (three seats)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ceinwen Thomas* | 1,348 | |||
Labour | Byron George Owen* | 1,321 | |||
Labour | Gloria Tanner | 1,190 | |||
Independent | Austin Raymond Welsby | 699 | |||
Independent | Audrey Rose Ann Clement* | 683 | |||
Independent | Noel Gordon West | 476 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Ann Amina Jamal | 215 | |||
Conservative | John Ward | 199 | |||
Conservative | Emma Alice Lynall | 135 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 34.9 | -1.8 | |||
Newton (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Crawshay Miles Thomas | 625 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Simon Hugh Arthur | 423 | |||
Labour | Greg Kaminaris | 228 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 45.9 | -2.0 | |||
Oystermouth (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Charles Saunders Colburn* | 500 | |||
Labour | Pam Erasmus | 444 | |||
Independent | Dorian Davies | 311 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 47.2 | -5.7 | |||
Penclawdd (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Thomas | 819 | |||
Independent | David Paul Tucker* | 493 | |||
Conservative | Carole Maureen Hyde | 89 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 46.6 | -3.0 | |||
Penderry (three seats)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Terry Hennegan | 1,216 | |||
Labour | June Elizabeth Burtonshaw* | 1,182 | |||
Labour | Hazel Mary Morris* | 1,092 | |||
Green | James Anthony Young | 470 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 22.2 | -1.0 | |||
Penllergaer (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Elizabeth Wendy Fitzgerald* | 744 | |||
Labour | Tom Hoyles | 183 | |||
Conservative | Lyndon Richard Jones | 25 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 42.5 | -3.1 | |||
Pennard (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Lynda James | 442 | |||
Independent | Peter Hugh Lanfear | 215 | |||
Conservative | Patrick Morgan | 211 | |||
Labour | Terry Scales | 131 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Arthur John Rogers | 116 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Andrew Crawford Thomas | 35 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 52.3 | -4.9 | |||
Penyrheol (two seats)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David William Cole | 1,036 | |||
Labour | Jan Curtice | 904 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Jim Dunckley | 346 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Hannah Lowe | 248 | |||
Independent | Victor Bruno | 200 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 34.2 | ||||
Pontarddulais (two seats)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Downing | 837 | |||
Labour | Jane Harris | 657 | |||
Independent | Byron Calvin Lewis | 495 | |||
Independent | Don Richards | 452 | |||
Independent | Valerie Anne Hedges | 437 | |||
Independent | Dai Beynon | 346 | |||
Independent | David Thomas Howells* | 227 | |||
Conservative | Garath Williams | 124 | |||
Conservative | Glen Brian Routledge | 92 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 39.0 | -8.2 | |||
Sketty (five seats)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Rosina June Stanton* | 1,860 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Arthur Michael Day* | 1,624 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Cheryl Lynne Philpott* | 1,573 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Thomas Huw Rees* | 1,433 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Paul Michael Meara* | 1,293 | |||
Labour | Paul Elliott | 1,286 | |||
Labour | Carolyn Brown | 1.272 | |||
Labour | Ian James | 1,253 | |||
Labour | Paula Pritchard | 1,172 | |||
Labour | Ashaa Rasul Iftikhar | 1,082 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Trevor Lloyd | 1,014 | |||
Conservative | Steve Jenkins | 866 | |||
Conservative | Craig James Robert Lawton | 848 | |||
Conservative | Daniel Stephen Boucher | 771 | |||
Conservative | Dayne Ryan Powell | 665 | |||
Independent | Ian Anthony McCloy | 600 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Carl Harris | 529 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Thomas Caldas | 450 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Shan Couch | 412 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Jon Howes | 411 | |||
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Rob Williams | 195 | |||
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Ronnie Job | 147 | |||
Turnout | 38.0 | -5.5 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
St Thomas (two seats)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joe Hale | 1,116 | |||
Labour | Clive Lloyd | 968 | |||
Independent | David Alan Robinson* | 554 | |||
Independent | Terry Porter | 301 | |||
Conservative | Ruth Lloyd | 73 | |||
Conservative | Owain James Thomas | 64 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 29.9 | -8.5 | |||
Townhill (three seats)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nicholas Stuart Bradley* | 1,116 | |||
Labour | Lesley Virginia Walton | 1,110 | |||
Labour | David Henry Hopkins* | 1,093 | |||
Independent | Samantha Jayne Davies | 225 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Douglas Hunt | 191 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Christopher McColgan | 173 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Samuel Rees | 144 | |||
Conservative | Myles Langstone | 72 | |||
Conservative | David Helliwell | 67 | |||
Conservative | Amir Akhtar | 54 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 25.7 | -1.3 | |||
Uplands (four seats)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nick Davies | 1,302 | |||
Labour | John Bayliss | 1,207 | |||
Labour | Neil Ronconi-Woollard | 1,161 | |||
Labour | Pearleen Sangha | 1,099 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Peter Nicholas May* | 1,089 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Stuart James Rice* | 975 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Janet Mary Thomas* | 812 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jayne Woodman* | 782 | |||
Green | Keith Malcolm Ross | 614 | |||
Green | Andrew Russell Lumley Smith | 465 | |||
Conservative | Millie Elizabeth Balkan | 319 | |||
Conservative | Christian Peter Bickerstaff | 313 | |||
Conservative | Thomas Giffard | 306 | |||
Conservative | Sarah Anne Bickerstaff | 301 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 26.8 | -3.0 | |||
Upper Loughor (one seat)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Vaughan Beverley Smith | 488 | |||
Liberal Democrat | John Sebastian Carpenter | 162 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Rob Lowe | 124 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 35.8 | -6.9 | |||
West Cross (two seats)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Clive Child* | 1,276 | |||
Labour | Desmond Wilfred William Thomas* | 1,249 | |||
Conservative | Lynne Davies | 723 | |||
Conservative | Rebecca Taylor | 608 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 38.9 | ||||
By-Elections 2012-2017
Llansamlet by-election 2013
A by-election was held in Llansamlet on 4 July 2013 following the death of Labour councilor Dennis James. A former Labour MP held the seat.[2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Clay | 1,368 | 75.0 | ||
Conservative | James Hatton | 236 | 12.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Samuel Rees | 113 | 6.2 | ||
National Front | Claire Thomas | 108 | 5.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Uplands by-election 2014
A by-election was held in Uplands ward on 20 November 2014 following the resignation of Labour councillor Pearleen Sangha. A former Liberal Democrat councilor won the seat as an Independent.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Peter May | 671 | 32.8 | ||
Labour | Fran Griffiths | 533 | 26.1 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Janet Thomas | 215 | 10.5 | ||
Green | Ashley Wakeling | 179 | 8.8 | ||
Independent | Pat Dwan | 158 | 7.7 | ||
Conservative | Josh Allard | 154 | 7.5 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Rhydian Fitter | 104 | 5.1 | ||
TUSC | Ronnie Job | 31 | 1.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "City and County Elections 2012". City and County of Swansea. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ↑ "Welsh Elections". Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ↑ "Welsh Elections". Retrieved 8 November 2016.