Swindon Borough Council election, 2012

Elections to Swindon Borough Council were held on 3 May 2012, with every ward up for election after the implementation of boundary changes. The Conservatives were the largest party on the council going into the elections, and were looking to hold on to power, while Labour were aiming to oust the Conservatives and take control of the council. The election resulted in the Conservatives maintaining control of the council with a majority of one seat, while Labour made gains but not enough to win control.

Following this election, the Borough Council will be elected a third at a time. The candidates who finished third in their three-seat ward in 2012 will serve a two-year term before facing re-election in 2014. Those who finished second will face re-election in 2015, and those who finished first will serve until 2016. In the two-seat Chiseldon & Lawn Ward, the candidate who finished second will face re-election in 2014, and the first place candidate the following year, while the single councillor for Ridgeway Ward will sit until 2016.^[1]^[2]

Overall Result

Swindon Council Election, 2012
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	29				50.9
	Labour	24				42.1
	Liberal Democrat	4				7.0
	UKIP	0				0.0
	Green	0				0.0
	Independent	0				0.0
Total		57

Ward Elections

The results of the election are:^[3]

Blunsdon & Highworth Ward

Blunsdon & Highworth Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maureen Penny	1530	51.45
	Conservative	Alan Bishop	1528	51.38
	Conservative	Doreen Dart	1489	50.07
	Labour	Phil Beaumont	1067	35.88
	Labour	Alison Durrant	968	32.55
	Labour	Phillip Gaskin	824	27.71
	Green	Andrew Day	442	14.86
	Liberal Democrat	Jenny Shorten	374	12.58
Rejected ballots			13	0.44
Majority
Turnout			2974	34.23

Central Ward

Central Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Wright	1947
	Labour	Bob Wright	1899
	Labour	Junab Ali	1788
	Conservative	Tim French	356
	Conservative	Jaki Fairbrother	341
	Conservative	Kashif Khan	276
	Green	Simon Smith	273
	Liberal Democrat	Joan Mortimer	200
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Shepherd	164
	Liberal Democrat	John Williams	159
Majority
Turnout				31.00

Chiseldon & Lawn Ward

Chiseldon & Lawn Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fionuala Foley	938
	Conservative	Mike Bawden	910
	Independent	Jim Boyd	626
	Labour	Geraint Day	387
	Labour	Helen Thompson	315
	Liberal Democrat	Louise Cole	242
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor Smith	223
Majority
Turnout				41.73

Covingham & Dorcan Ward

Covingham & Dorcan Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Hurley	1475
	Conservative	Dale Heenan	1469
	Labour	Julian Price	1314
	Conservative	Kevin Parry	1294
	Labour	Pamela Adams	1283
	Labour	Brett Sparkes	1151
	UKIP	Corinna Allen	603
	Liberal Democrat	Clive Hooper	207
Majority
Turnout				37.33

Eastcott Ward

Eastcott Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stan Pajak	1497
	Liberal Democrat	Nicky Sewell	1365
	Liberal Democrat	Dave Wood	1320
	Labour	Emma Bushell	1046
	Labour	Chris Watts	1021
	Labour	Andy Newman	961
	Conservative	Valerie Butt	249
	Green	Bill Hughes	224
	Conservative	Emma Carter	215
	Conservative	Bruce Kingstree	203
Majority
Turnout				35.70

Gorse Hill & Pinehurst Ward

Gorse Hill & Pinehurst Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Ballman	1619
	Labour	Ray Ballman	1537
	Labour	Rochelle Russell	1450
	Conservative	Janet Heenan	512
	Conservative	Trudy Heenan	481
	Conservative	Frits Oostendorp	432
	Liberal Democrat	John Kurton	266
Majority
Turnout				26.15

Haydon Wick Ward

Haydon Wick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rex Barnett	1390
	Conservative	David Renard	1299
	Conservative	Claire Ellis	1168
	Labour	Maura Clarke	993
	Labour	Mark Viner	904
	Labour	Wayne Smith	897
	UKIP	Ed Gerrard	339
	Green	Chris Brock	263
	Liberal Democrat	Deborah King	202
Majority
Turnout				32.58

Liden, Eldene & Park South Ward

Liden, Eldene & Park South Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fay Howard	1334
	Labour	Neil Heavens	1305
	Labour	Derique Montaut	1233
	Conservative	Sinéad Darker	1049
	Conservative	David Wren	1027
	Conservative	Andy Albinson	960
	UKIP	Robert Sheppard	524
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Baxter	218
Majority
Turnout				32.87

Lydiard and Freshbrook Ward

Lydiard and Freshbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mick Bray	1302
	Labour	Cindy Matthews	1173
	Conservative	Michael Dickinson	1115
	Conservative	Dwynwen Martin	1085
	Labour	Ged Meheran	1015
	Labour	Jamal MIAH	943
	UKIP	John Lenton	467
	Liberal Democrat	Juliet Hughes	404
	Green	Marilyn Harrison	391
Majority
Turnout				33.38

Mannington & Western Ward

Mannington & Western Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Small	1119
	Labour	Steve Wakefield	1084
	Labour	James Robbins	1049
	Conservative	David Gould	547
	Conservative	Tim Swinyard	531
	Conservative	Caryl Sydney-Smith	485
	Green	Karl North	310
Majority
Turnout				26.33

Old Town Ward

Old Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Mattock	971
	Conservative	Roderick Bluh	871
	Labour	Nadine Watts	785
	Conservative	Peter Mallinson	777
	Labour	Paul Dixon	754
	Labour	Norman Butler	683
	Independent	Kareen Boyd	626
	Liberal Democrat	Lynda Barber	276
	Green	David Miles	252
	Liberal Democrat	Tracey Ockley	251
	Liberal Democrat	Rachael Smith	238
	UKIP	John Short	225
	UKIP	Terry Davis	207
	UKIP	Noel Gardner	185
Majority
Turnout				34.59

Penhill and Upper Stratton Ward

Penhill and Upper Stratton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Baker	1142
	Labour	Teresa Page	1134
	Labour	Joseph Tray	1109
	Conservative	Ray Fisher	531
	Conservative	Lucy Britton	443
	Conservative	Ceej Ntsiu	396
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Pajak	144
Majority
Turnout				28.83

Priory Vale Ward

Priory Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Edwards	1227
	Conservative	Toby Elliott	1161
	Conservative	Emma Faramarzi	1109
	Labour	Stephen Adams	466
	Labour	Patrick Murphy	464
	Labour	Tara Page	459
	UKIP	Gary Belben	308
	Liberal Democrat	Ray James	145
Majority
Turnout				23.48

Ridgeway Ward

Ridgeway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Bennett	460
	Liberal Democrat	Gina Akers	384
	Labour	Carol Heavens	128
	UKIP	Paul Kosidowski	107
Majority
Turnout				41.99

Rodbourne Cheney Ward

Rodbourne Cheney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Des Moffatt	1663
	Labour	James Grant	1557
	Labour	Peter Watts	1480
	Conservative	Harriet Maltby	846
	Conservative	Oliver Donachie	845
	Conservative	Di Rodgers	776
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey King	193
Majority
Turnout				30.12

Shaw Ward

Shaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Williams	1316
	Conservative	Nick Martin	1312
	Conservative	Garry Perkins	1157
	Labour	Mike Heal	852
	Labour	Andy Smart	739
	Labour	John Firmin	689
	Liberal Democrat	James Farr	296
	Monster Raving Loony	Carl Morecroft	194
Majority
Turnout				28.71

St Andrews Ward

St Andrews
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vera Tomlinson	1209
	Conservative	Peter Heaton-Jones	1179
	Conservative	Mary Friend	1079
	Labour	Amanda Harrison	562
	Labour	John Sefton	485
	Labour	Paul Wright	450
	Liberal Democrat	Glyn Perrett	151
Majority
Turnout				24.44

St Margaret & South Marston Ward

St Margaret & South Marston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell Holland	1409
	Conservative	John Haines	1174
	Conservative	Colin Lovell	1105
	Labour	Nigel Chalk	1009
	Labour	John Foley	1009
	Labour	Timothy Page	941
	Green	Howard March	437
	Liberal Democrat	Victor Godman	229
Majority
Turnout				30.15

Walcott & Park North Ward

Walcott & Park North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Allsopp	1504
	Labour	Mark Dempsey	1303
	Labour	Abdul Amin	1274
	Conservative	Mavis Childs	596
	Conservative	Sue Stephens	580
	Conservative	Dave Bell	577
	UKIP	Terry Hayward	392
	Green	Jennifer Miles	281
	Liberal Democrat	Kathleen McCarthy	248
	Social Democratic	Steve Halden	112
	Social Democratic	Pavlos Chatzinopoulous	97
Majority
Turnout				28.70

Wroughton and Wichelstowe Ward

Wroughton and Wichelstowe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Ford	1028
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Richards	909
	Conservative	Wayne Crabbe	847
	Conservative	Eric Shaw	711
	Independent	Paul Hurst	654
	Labour	Ruairi Tobin	463
	Labour	Mary Gladman	371
	Labour	Barrie Thompson	361
	Liberal Democrat	Garry Porter	433
	Liberal Democrat	David Pajak	380
	Independent	John Newman	359
	Green	Bob Heritage	167
Majority
Turnout				37.37

References

↑ "Forthcoming Elections". Retrieved 11 May 2012.
↑ "Order of retirement 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 11 May 2012.
↑ "Election Results" (PDF). Swindon Borough Council. Retrieved 17 May 2012.

Council elections in Wiltshire

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