Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2012

2012 local election results in Dudley

The 2012 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England, as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2012. 26 seats were up for election, and the results saw the Conservatives losing to a majority of 11 seats to Labour.^[1]

Election Result

Dudley Local Election Result 2012
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	41	13	0	+13	56.9	43.9	34,429
	Conservative	30	0	13	-13	41.7	32.0	25,045
	Green	1	1	0	+1	1.4	2.3	1,820
	UKIP	0	0	1	-1	0	14.5	11,366

Ward Results

Amblecote

Amblecote Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Christine Perks	1,049
	Conservative	Colin Banks	932
	UKIP	Paul Bradley	474
	Green	Derek Rudd	101
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Lucas	100
Majority			117
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Belle Vale

Belle Vale Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Donella Russell	1,362
	Conservative	Jennie Dunn	1,044
	UKIP	Bill Roberts	361
	Green	John Payne	151
Majority			318
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Brierley Hill

Brierley Hill Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Margaret Wilson	1,334
	Conservative	Dan Horrocks	401
	UKIP	Stuart Larmer	365
	Green	Gordon Elcock	158
Majority			933
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Brockmore and Pensnett

Brockmore and Pensnett Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John Martin	1,143
	Conservative	Susan Greenaway	485
	UKIP	Just Stevens	285
	Green	Vicky Duckworth	76
Majority			658
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Castle & Priory

Castle & Priory Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Margaret Aston	1,652
	Conservative	Simon Townend	527
	UKIP	Tim Byrne	458
	Green	Bill McComish	83
Majority			1,125
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Coseley East

Coseley East Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Henry Davies	1,366	54.23
	Conservative	Martin Richard Duffield	468	18.58
	UKIP	Helen Louise Wimlett	430	17.07
	National Front	Ken Griffiths	177	7.03
	Green	Becky Blatchford	71	2.82
Majority			898
Turnout				25.94
	Labour hold		Swing

Cradley & Wollescote

Cradley & Wollescote Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Gaye Partridge	1,741
	Conservative	Colin Elcock	474
	UKIP	Mike Hawkins	383
	Green	Karlie Owen	105
	Liberal Democrat	Lois Bramall	88
Majority			1,267
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Gornal

Gornal Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Dave Branwood	1,409
	Conservative	David Stanley	1,336
	UKIP	Phillip Rowe	876
	Green	David Blatchford	75
Majority			73
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Halesowen North

Halesowen North Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Hilary Bills	1,457
	Conservative	Mike Wood	1,150
	UKIP	Stuart Henley	323
	BNP	Simon Foxall	107
	Green	Quira Blatchford	122
Majority			307
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Halesowen South

Halesowen South Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Vickers	1,489
	Labour	John Lewis	1026
	UKIP	John Marshall	495
	Green	Tim Weller	192
Majority			463
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hayley Green & Cradley South

Hayley Green & Cradley South Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hazel Turner	1,265
	Labour	Ian Cooper	1,080
	UKIP	Bob Heeley	404
	Green	Colin Royle	146
	BNP	Robert Weale	120
Majority			185
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kingswinford North & Wall Heath

Kingswinford North & Wall Heath Ward (2 candidates)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	David Tyler	1,574
	Labour	Lynn Boleyn	1,482
	Conservative	Dee Harley	1,464
	Conservative	David Simms	1,192
	UKIP	Dean Perks	560
	UKIP	Phil Wimlett	419
	Green	Liz Jednorog	151
	Green	Francis Sheppard	87
Majority			18
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Kingswinford South

Kingswinford South Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Blood	1,588
	Labour	Shaz Saleem	1,097
	Green	Jenny Rudd	404
Majority			491
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lye & Stourbridge North

Lye & Stourbridge North Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Tremaine Herbert	1,241
	Conservative	Adrian Turner	747
	UKIP	Tony Oliver	349
	Independent	Abdul Qadus	305
	Liberal Democrat	Vera Johnson	100
	Green	Denis Neville	89
Majority			494
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Netherton, Woodside & St. Andrew's

Netherton, Woodside & St. Andrew's Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Will Duckworth	1,525
	Labour	Mahbub Rahman	1,269
	Conservative	Steven Ridley	335
	UKIP	Craig Ingram	257
Majority			256
Turnout
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Norton

Norton Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mike Attwood	1,570
	Labour	Michael Kelly	801
	UKIP	Paul Barton	441
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Hanson	237
	Green	Benjamin Sweeney	215
Majority			769
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pedmore & Stourbridge East

Pedmore & Stourbridge East Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Les Jones	1,747
	Labour	Joe Gaytten	1,087
	UKIP	Lynette Wragg	386
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Hanson	204
	Green	Roy Sadler	262
Majority			660
Turnout				36.01
	Conservative hold		Swing

Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood

Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Bryan Cotterill	1,758
	Conservative	Tim Wood	476
	Green	Pam Archer	222
	Liberal Democrat	David Sheppard	78
Majority			1,282
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Sedgley

Sedgley Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Michael Evans	1,383
	UKIP	Bill Etheridge	863
	Labour Co-op	Barbara Sykes	810
	Green	Donna Dodson	121
Majority			520
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. James's

St. James's Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Asif Ahmed	1,321
	UKIP	Malcolm Davis	1,132
	Conservative	David Allen	396
	Green	Daniel Archer	109
Majority			189
Turnout
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing

St. Thomas's

St. Thomas's Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Shaukat Ali	2,143
	UKIP	Michael Forsyth	523
	Conservative	Daryl Millward	317
	Green	Christian Green	124
Majority			1,620
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Upper Gornal & Woodsetton

Upper Gornal & Woodsetton Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Keiran Robert Casey	1,220	44.46
	Conservative	Julian Ryder	859	31.3
	UKIP	Star Freedom Marie Etheridge	452	16.47
	National Front	Kevin Inman	123	4.48
	Green	Emma Caroline Harrison	83	3.02
Majority			361
Turnout				26.83
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Wollaston & Stourbridge Town

Wollaston & Stourbridge Town Ward (2 candidates)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Chris Hale	1,397
	Labour	Ian Marrey	1,317
	Conservative	Nicolas Barlow	1,213
	Conservative	Matt Rogers	1,025
	Liberal Democrat	June Collins	478
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Bramall	435
	UKIP	Glen Wilson	365
	UKIP	Pete Lee	353
	Green	Lawrence Rowlett	229
	Green	Jane Sheppard	164
Majority			96
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Wordsley

Wordsley Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Derrick Hemingsley	1,293
	Conservative	Geoffrey Southall	1,162
	UKIP	Raymond Franklin	412
	Green	Maurice Archer	115
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Lucas	100
Majority			132
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

↑ "Surprise results see big swing to Labour". Express & Star. 4 May 2012. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

2012 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election (BBC)

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