City of Cardiff Council election, 2012

The 2012 Cardiff Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect members of Cardiff Council in Wales. This was the same day as other United Kingdom local elections.

Election result

Labour gained control of the council from the Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru, after gaining 32 seats.^[1] The Liberal Democrat leader of the council, Rodney Berman, lost his seat by 51 votes after two recounts,^[2] 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.^[3]

Cardiff Council Election 2012^[4]^[5]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	46	33		+33	61.3	41.4	101597
	Liberal Democrat	16		18	-18	21.3	17.3	42594
	Conservative	7	1	10	-9	9.3	17.5	43087
	Plaid Cymru	2		4	-4	2.6	12.7	31129
	Independent	4		2	-2	5.3	6.6	16334
	Green	0	0	0	=	0.0	3.8	9339
	TUSC	0	0	0	=	0.0	0.2	456
	UKIP	0	0	0	=	0.0	0.2	445
	Communist	0	0	0	=	0.0	0.1	335
	Christian	0	0	0	=	0.0	0.1	205
	Socialist (GB)	0	0	0	=	0.0	0.0	106

References

↑ "Cardiff council elections: The story in each ward". Your Cardiff (WalesOnline). 3 May 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
↑ "Cardiff council's Rodney Berman toppled in cull of leaders". BBC News. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
↑ Shipton, Martin (5 May 2012). "Supernan Leads Labour Victory". South Wales Echo. p. 1,4.
↑ Law, Peter (5 May 2012). "Triumph before hard reality". South Wales Echo. p. 7.
↑ House, Jon (Returning Officer). "Election Results" (PDF). www.cardiff.gov.uk. Cardiff Council. Retrieved 2014-06-13.

External links

2012 Local Council Election, Cardiff Council website

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