Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council election, 2012

The fifth election to the Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council was held on 3 May 2012.^[1] It was preceded by the 2008 election and will be followed by the 2017 election. On the same day there were elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales and community councils in Wales.

Overview

All council seats were up for election. These were the fifth elections held following local government reorganisation. Labour retained its majority. There was a significant fall in the turnout in many wards and this appears to have worked to Labour's advantage in several instances.

Neath and Port Talbot County Borough Council election result 2012
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrat
	Plaid Cymru
		5
	Social Democratic	2
	Green	0

Candidates

The number of candidates increased compared with 1999.

Results

Aberavon (three seats)

Aberavon 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ceri Golding	751
	Labour	Mark Jones	740
	Social Democratic	Anthony Taylor*	702
	Labour	Barbara Trahar	613
	Social Democratic	Thomas John Sullivan*	556
	Social Democratic	Jeffrey Dinham*	550
	Plaid Cymru	Paul Nicholls-Jones	185
Turnout			1,511	35.8	-3.4
	Labour gain from Social Democratic		Swing
	Labour gain from Social Democratic		Swing
	Social Democratic hold		Swing

Aberdulais (one seat)

Aberdulais 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doreen Jones*	431
	Plaid Cymru	Ken Thomas	290
Majority			141
Turnout			728	40.8	-8.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Alltwen (one seat)

Alltwen 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Lewis*	463
	Plaid Cymru	Huw Evans	210
Majority
Turnout			679	35.9	-7.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Baglan (three seats)

Tallamy was elected as a Ratepayer in 2008

Baglan 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Denis Richards*	1,190
	Labour	Carol Clement	1,038
	Labour	Paul Greenaway	906
	Independent	David Keith Coslett	881
	Independent	John Cardy Tallamy*	862
	Independent	Mike Lewis	861
	Conservative	T.J. Morgan	186
Turnout			2,218	40.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from {{{loser}}}		Swing

Blaengwrach (one seat)

Blaengwrach 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alf Siddley*	363
	Plaid Cymru	Joan Bodman	290
Majority			73
Turnout			654	42.3	-9.3
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Briton Ferry East (one seat)

Briton Ferry East 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Morgan*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Briton Ferry West (one seat)

Briton Ferry West 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Newton James*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Bryn and Cwmavon (three seats)

Bryn and Cwmavon 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ivor David Williams*	1,321
	Labour	Marian Aerona Lewis*	1,168
	Labour	Dave Whitelock	987
	Independent	Brinley Roblin*	631
	Independent	Vincent Gwynfor Williams	500
	Independent	David James Shepherd	358
Turnout			1,995	38.6	-5.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Bryncoch North (one seat)

Bryncoch North 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	John Raymond Bryant*	677
	Labour	Sion Griffiths	178
Majority
Turnout			858	45.8	-7.8
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Bryncoch South (two seats)

Bryncoch South 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rob James	856
	Plaid Cymru	Janice Dudley*	825
	Plaid Cymru	Tony Wyn-Jones*	744
	Labour	Andrew Jenkins	703
Turnout			1,721	37.3	-3.3
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Cadoxton (one seat)

Cadoxton 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Annette Wingrave	296
	Liberal Democrat	Frank Harvey Little*	185
Majority			111
Turnout			494	35.7	-7.4
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Cimla (two seats)

John Warman joined Labour since 2008.

Cimla 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Warman*	949
	Labour	Alan Carter	706
	Liberal Democrat	Desmond James Sparkes*	226
	Independent	John Edgar Williams	183
Turnout			1,194	36.9	-3.6
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Coedffranc Central (two seats)

Coedffranc Central 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Pendry Hodge Davies*	616
	Labour	Paula Bebell	382
	Independent	Betsan Richards*	297
	Independent	Lee Clifford Saunders	206
	Plaid Cymru	Pauline M. Fellows	125
	Plaid Cymru	Russell G. Morris	90
Turnout			971	32.5	-5.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Coedffranc North (one seat)

Coedffranc North 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Harvey	451
	Liberal Democrat	David Keith Davies*	268
Majority
Turnout			727	39.6	-1.4
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Coedffranc West (one seat)

Coedffranc West 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Marney Bebell*	406
	Liberal Democrat	Helen Ceri Clarke	317
Majority
Turnout			733	34.2	-7.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Crynant (one seat)

Crynant 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Pearson	370
	Plaid Cymru	William Edward Morgan*	280
Majority			90
Turnout			651	41.5	-10.2
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Cwmllynfell (one seat)

Cwmllynfell 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clifford Eirion Richards*	348
	Plaid Cymru	David Gerald Oswald James	110
Majority			248
Turnout			461	49.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Cymmer (one seat)

Cymmer 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Scott Jones*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Dyffryn (one seat)

Dyffryn 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	David Martyn Peters*	1,000
	Conservative	Peter Damian Jaques	78
Majority			922
Turnout			1,093	44.1	-5.1
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Glyncorrwg (one seat)

Glyncorrwg 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Horace Glyndwr Rawlins*	271
	Independent	Lindsay David Milsom	201
Majority			70
Turnout			472	56.6	-0.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Glynneath (two seats)

Glynneath 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	John Delwyn Morgan*	711
	Labour	Eddie Jones	593
	Plaid Cymru	Horace Thomas Lewis*	534
	Labour	Chris Pavett	529
Turnout			899	33.1	-15.4
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Godre'r Graig (one seat)

Godre'rgraig 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Rosalyn Davies*	300
	Labour	Jackie Myers	286
Majority			14
Turnout			591	43.8	-1.6
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Gwaun Cae Gurwen (one seat)

Gwaun Cae Gurwen 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynda Ghislaine Williams*	484
	Plaid Cymru	Ron Williams	352
Majority			132
Turnout			843	37.7	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Gwynfi (one seat)

Gwynfi 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ralph Thomas	502
	Independent	Jane Jones*	153
Majority
Turnout			655	63.8	+0.4
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Lower Brynamman (one seat)

Lower Brynamman 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arwyn Nigel Woolcock*	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Margam (one seat)

Margam 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Jones	402
	Independent	Scott John Sullivan	166
	Social Democratic	George Roy Rideway	129
	Conservative	Caroline Yvonne Jones	110
	Liberal Democrat	Mathew Thomas McCarthy	61
Majority
Turnout			868	38.1	-7.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Neath East (three seats)

Neath East 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Marlene Penry*	905
	Labour	John Miller*	826
	Labour	Sandra Miller*	808
	Plaid Cymru	Breandan Seosamh Dominic Mac Cathail	452
	Plaid Cymru	Gareth Thomas	391
	Plaid Cymru	Philippa Jane Richards	365
Turnout			1,330	27.2	-5.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Neath North (two seats)

Neath North 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Lockyer	709
	Labour	Mark Protheroe	628
	Independent	Dai Howells	341
	Conservative	Basil Ip	188
Turnout			1,082	34.7	-9.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Neath South (two seats)

Neath South 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Albert Rees*	718
	Labour	Malcolm Bernard Gunter*	665
	Independent	Helen Christine Morgan	207
	Independent	David Hewitt Morgan	190
	Plaid Cymru	Rob Parry	153
	Plaid Cymru	Chris Williams	146
Turnout			1,135	31.1	-3.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Onllwyn (one seat)

Onllwyn 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Huw Thomas*	328
	Plaid Cymru	Carolyn Edwards	96
Majority			232
Turnout			431	45.0	-7.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Pelenna (one seat)

Pelenna 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Martin Ellis	252
	Plaid Cymru	Jeremy Hurley	227
	Labour	Kelvin George	64
Majority			25
Turnout			545	60.0	+11.0
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Pontardawe (two seats)

Pontardawe 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Linet Purcell*	911
	Labour	Michael Lloyd James*	729
	Plaid Cymru	Sue Northcott	675
	Labour	Vince Hotten	612
Turnout			1,592	38.6	+12.1
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Port Talbot (three seats)

Keogh and Tutton were elected as Ratepayers in 2008.

Port Talbot 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Ben James*	831
	Labour	Dennis Keogh*	782
	Labour	Saifur Rahaman	707
	Independent	Andrew James Tutton*	592
	Independent	Marge Jones	528
	Independent	Stephen Griffiths	479
	Conservative	Keith James Miller	107
Turnout			1,547	35.0	-3.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from {{{loser}}}		Swing
	Labour gain from {{{loser}}}		Swing

Resolven (one seat)

Resolven 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Desmond William Davies*	729
	Plaid Cymru	Helen Williams	278
Majority
Turnout			1,021	41.1	-2.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Rhos (one seat)

Rhos 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alex Thomas	394
	Plaid Cymru	Marcia Spooner*	265
	Independent	David Howell Atkins	223
Majority			129
Turnout			883	43.9	-0.8
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Sandfields East (three seats)

Sandfields East 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Leila Helen James*	1,116
	Labour	Edward Victor Latham	1,041
	Labour	Colin Joseph Crowley*	879
	Labour	Patricia Irene Jones	750
	Independent	Captain Beany	669
	Independent	Len Willis*	622
Turnout			2,174	40.1	-1.5
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Sandfields West (three seats)

Olga Jones and Len Willis were deselected and stood as Independents (Willis in a neighboring ward).

Sandfields West 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Audrey Chaves	1,173
	Labour	James Stephen Evans	1,088
	Labour	Suzanne Paddison	1,078
	Independent	Keith Suter	377
	Independent	Oliver Stewart Davies	368
	Independent	Joan Targett	368
	Independent	Olga Jones*	242
	Social Democratic	Wayne Morris	219
Turnout			1,853	35.5	-0.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Seven Sisters (one seat)

Seven Sisters 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Karl Hunt*	764
	Labour	Jako Davies	240
Majority			524
Turnout			966	62.9	+5.6
	Independent hold		Swing

Taibach (two seats)

Taibach 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Rogers*	1,138
	Labour	Anthony James Taylor*	942
	Independent	Leslie John Davies	494
Turnout			1,507	39.0	-7.5%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Tonna (one seat)

Tonna 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cari Morgans	558
	Independent	William David Walters*	328
Majority			230
Turnout			894	46.1	+3.6
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Trebanos (one seat)

Trebanos 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Rebecca Lewis	302
	Labour	Andrea Paula Davies*	166
	Independent	Jonathan Hywel Jones	53
Majority			72
Turnout			523	47.5	+7.0
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Ystalyfera (one seat)

Ystalyfera 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Llywelyn*	591
	Labour	Noir James	422
Majority
Turnout			1,154	49.1	+3.7
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

By-elections 2012-17

Neath South by-election, 2012

A by-election took place in the Neath South ward on 6 December 2012.

Neath South by-election 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Jenkins	399
	Liberal Democrat	Charlotte May Cross	130
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Sandfields East by-election, 2013

A by-election took place in the Sandfields East ward on 30 October 2014, following the death of Colin Crowley.

Sandfields East by-election 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Davies	718
	Port Talbot Residents	Barry Howard Kirk	222
	UKIP	Keith Suter	154
	Plaid Cymru	Daniel Mark Thomas	69
	Conservative	Richard James Minshull	40
Turnout			1,205	23.3	-16.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Sandfields East by-election, 2014

A further by-election took place in the Sandfields East ward on 30 October 2014, following the death of Mike Davies.

Sandfields East by-election 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Crowley	641
	UKIP	Keith Suter	361
	Conservative	Richard James Minshull	47
Turnout			1,064	20.7	-2.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Cwmllynfell by-election 2015

A by-election took place in the Cwmllynfell ward on 7 May 2015 following the death of Clifford Richards.

Cwmllynfell 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kris Lloyd	365
	Plaid Cymru	Meirion Owen Jordan	222
	Green	Jude Bailey‐Murfin	52
Majority			143
Turnout			641	68.9	+19.1
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "County Borough Council Election" (PDF). Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. Retrieved 26 June 2015.