Gloucester City Council election, 2012

The 2012 Gloucester City Council local elections took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Gloucester City Council in Gloucester, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other United Kingdom local elections were taking place across the country. At the previous Gloucester local elections in 2011, the first after the 2010 general election, of which the result was a hung parliament and subsequently, a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government was formed, both parties shared similar success, winning 9 out of the total 11 seats available (the Conservatives with 6 seats, the Liberal Democrats with 3).^[2]

The city-wide results were as follows:^[3]

Election results by party
Party name	Seats won	Percentage of votes
The Conservative Party	4	37%
The Labour Party	4	33%
Liberal Democrats	2	23%
UK Independence Party	0	4%
The Green Party	0	2%
Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	0	< 1%

Turnout for the election was 32%,^[3] down 7% from the previous year.^[2] 7 wards from the 2011 elections were contested once more in the 2012 elections. Out of these 7 wards, only 1 gain was made, with Labour gaining control of the Barton and Tredworth seat from the Conservative incumbent.

The results, by ward:^[4]

Election results by ward
Ward	Elected candidate	Elected party or parties
Abbey	Gordon Taylor	The Conservative Party
Barnwood	Lise Noakes	The Conservative Party
Barton and Tredworth	Usman Bhaimia	The Labour Party
Elmbridge	Susan A. Witts	Liberal Democrats
Grange	Christopher Harry Chatterton	The Labour Party
Hucclecote	David Brown	Liberal Democrats
Longlevens	Jim Porter	The Conservative Party
Matson and Robinswood	Mary Smith	The Labour Party
Moreland	Mark Hobbs	The Labour Party
Tuffley	Gerard Dee	The Conservative Party

References

↑ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
1 2 "Gloucester City Council - Thursday, 5th May 2011". Gloucester City Council. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
1 2 "Gloucester City Council - Thursday, 3rd May 2012". Gloucester City Council. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
↑ "Gloucester City Council, detailed results by ward - Thursday, 5th May 2012". Gloucester City Council. Retrieved 2013-07-23.

Council elections in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire County Council	Covered Gloucestershire, except for Kingswood and Northavon 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Cheltenham Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

Cotswolds District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Forest of Dean District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Gloucester City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

South Gloucestershire Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Stroud District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Tewkesbury Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Avon County Council	Covered Kingswood and Northavon only 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished

Kingswood Borough Council	Kingswood District Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 Kingswood Borough Council 1987 1991 Abolished

Northavon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

(2011 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2012 (→ 2013)

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