2012 Southampton City Council election
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The2012 Southampton Council electiontook place on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect members ofSouthampton City CouncilinHampshire,England.One third of the council (16 seats) was scheduled for election, whilst two additional vacancies, caused by the resignation of sitting councillors, were also filled in Bitterne Park and Peartree wards, meaning a total of 18 of the city's 48 seats were elected.
The ruling Conservative party had come under intense public scrutiny for their sweeping programme of privatisation of council services and implementing pay cuts to council jobs, which led to union disputes.[1]Labourwon a majority of the seats being contested, and also gained overall control of the council from theConservatives.[2]
Election result
[edit]This summary box compares each party vote share with thecorresponding elections in 2008,the last elections at which the majority of this tranche of seats were elected.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 13 | 11 | 0 | ![]() |
72.2 | 43.7 | 25,311 | ![]() | |
Conservative | 5 | 0 | 10 | ![]() |
27.7 | 35.9 | 20,785 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
0.0 | 9.8 | 5,660 | ![]() | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 3.9 | 2,277 | ![]() | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 2.4 | 1,390 | ![]() | |
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 2.1 | 1,227 | ![]() | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.4 | 790 | ![]() | |
Southampton First | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.7 | 416 | ![]() |
Changes in council composition
[edit]After the election, the composition of the council was:[2]
Party | Previous council | New council | +/- | |
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Labour | 19 | 30 | ![]() | |
Conservatives | 26 | 16 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrat | 3 | 2 | ![]() | |
Total | 48 | 48 | ||
Working majority | 3 | 4 |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Matt Tucker | 1,100 | 48.7 | +13.4 | |
Conservative | Amy Willacy | 745 | 33.0 | −8.5 | |
Green | Joe Cox | 140 | 6.2 | −0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Derrick Murray | 127 | 5.6 | −5.8 | |
TUSC | Sharon Cutler | 82 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Independent | Matt Rose | 67 | 3.0 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 355 | 15.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,261 | 16.3 | +0.2 | ||
LabourgainfromConservative | Swing | +11.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hannides | 1,641 | 49.5 | −5.5 | |
Labour | Ian Atkins | 895 | 27.0 | +17.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steven Hulbert | 367 | 11.1 | −20.5 | |
Green | Jonathan Bean | 260 | 7.8 | +7.8 | |
Southampton First | James Knight | 93 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
TUSC | Neil Kelly | 62 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 746 | 22.5 | −0.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,318 | 30.3 | −3.7 | ||
Conservativehold | Swing | -11.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Barnes-Andrews | 1,473 | 57.6 | +14.3 | |
Conservative | Zahir Ahmed | 642 | 25.1 | −8.7 | |
Green | Shaw Green | 201 | 7.9 | −4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Ford | 149 | 5.8 | −5.1 | |
TUSC | Andrew Howe | 63 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Southampton First | Max McNamara | 31 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 831 | 32.5 | +23.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,559 | 22.2 | +1.4 | ||
Labourhold | Swing | +11.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Lloyd | 1,416 | 46.4 | +10.9 | |
Conservative | David Fuller | 1,217 | 39.9 | −10.4 | |
UKIP | William Withers | 210 | 6.9 | +6.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rob Naish | 133 | 4.4 | −8.9 | |
TUSC | Perry McMillan | 77 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 199 | 6.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,053 | 30.3 | +0.9 | ||
LabourgainfromConservative | Swing | +10.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ivan White | 1,216 | |||
Conservative | John Inglis | 1,203 | |||
Labour | Frances Murphy | 1,135 | |||
Labour | Mike Holder | 979 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Robbie Robinson | 334 | |||
Independent | Ann MacGillivray | 333 | |||
Liberal Democrats | James Read | 331 | |||
Green | Cara Sandys | 292 | |||
Independent | Charles Caplen | 242 | |||
TUSC | Nick Chaffey | 136 | |||
Turnout | 3,266 | 30.8 | +1.4 | ||
Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sally Spicer | 1,647 | 52.9 | +22.2 | |
Conservative | Trevor Glasspool | 667 | 21.4 | −10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Galton | 334 | 10.7 | −17.9 | |
UKIP | Leslie Obee | 295 | 9.5 | +0.6 | |
Green | Ronald Meldrum | 75 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
TUSC | Tim Cutter | 57 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Independent | Ricky Lambert | 39 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 980 | 31.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,114 | 30.0 | −1.3 | ||
LabourgainfromConservative | Swing | +16.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dave Shields | 1,403 | 41.7 | +18.9 | |
Conservative | Michael Ball | 1,330 | 39.5 | −14.1 | |
Green | Paul Garratt | 288 | 7.9 | −2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Abbott | 233 | 6.4 | −7.3 | |
Independent | Steve Mullane | 109 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 73 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,363 | 30.6 | +3.1 | ||
LabourgainfromConservative | Swing | +16.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Daunt | 1,631 | 44.2 | ||
Labour | Brian Norgate | 1,489 | 40.4 | ||
UKIP | Christine Hotson | 305 | 8.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Diane Robinson | 190 | 5.1 | ||
TUSC | Graham O’Reilly | 75 | 2.0 | ||
Majority | 142 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,690 | 35.1 | +0.8 | ||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Georgina Laming | 1,769 | 48.8 | +27.6 | |
Conservative | Steven Galton | 1,603 | 44.2 | −3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Darke | 251 | 6.9 | −15.1 | |
Majority | 166 | 4.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,623 | 33.0 | +3.7 | ||
LabourgainfromConservative | Swing | +15.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Eamonn Keogh | 1,683 | |||
Labour | Paul Lewzey | 1,594 | |||
Conservative | Matthew Jones | 1,262 | |||
Conservative | Christopher Grace | 1,250 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Eileen Bowers | 497 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sebastian Buckle | 384 | |||
Green | Julie Williams | 287 | |||
Southampton First | Philip McShee | 168 | |||
TUSC | Josh Asker | 139 | |||
Turnout | 3,751 | 35.8 | +1.8 | ||
LabourgainfromConservative | Swing | ||||
LabourgainfromLiberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Linda Norris | 1,061 | 31.8 | −5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Reed | 1,015 | 30.5 | −3.3 | |
Labour | Olivia Vaughan | 891 | 26.7 | +12.7 | |
Green | Christopher Bluemel | 278 | 8.3 | −2.0 | |
TUSC | David Rawlinson | 50 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Southampton First | Joseph Malone | 38 | 1.1 | −3.1 | |
Majority | 46 | 1.3 | −2.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,333 | 31.6 | −0.1 | ||
Conservativehold | Swing | -1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lee Whitbread | 1,775 | 61.6 | +19.9 | |
Conservative | Spandita Woodman | 703 | 24.4 | −19.1 | |
TUSC | Pete Wyatt | 220 | 7.6 | +7.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Stokes | 182 | 6.3 | −8.5 | |
Majority | 1,072 | 37.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,880 | 27.8 | +0.1 | ||
LabourgainfromConservative | Swing | +19.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Chaloner | 1,825 | 45.3 | +13.8 | |
Conservative | Terry Matthews | 1,474 | 36.6 | −15.0 | |
Green | Dudley Clark | 256 | 6.4 | −2.6 | |
UKIP | David Nightingale | 235 | 5.8 | +5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Harry Mitchell | 184 | 4.6 | −4.3 | |
TUSC | Mike King | 52 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 351 | 8.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,026 | 38.6 | +2.5 | ||
LabourgainfromConservative | Swing | +14.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dan Jeffery | 1,805 | 47.0 | +11.1 | |
Conservative | Casey Baldwin | 1,463 | 38.1 | −16.0 | |
UKIP | Helena Ridd | 345 | 9.0 | +9.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Dennis | 229 | 6.0 | −4.0 | |
Majority | 342 | 8.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,842 | 35.7 | +0.4 | ||
LabourgainfromConservative | Swing | +13.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sharon Mintoff | 825 | 34.2 | +22.1 | |
Conservative | Edward Osmond | 746 | 31.0 | −10.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jim Cappleman | 477 | 19.8 | −12.9 | |
Green | Angela Cotton | 200 | 8.3 | +3.8 | |
Southampton First | Anthony Lewis | 86 | 3.6 | −1.8 | |
TUSC | Kev Hayes | 76 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 79 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,410 | 24.9 | −4.0 | ||
LabourgainfromConservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Williams | 1,607 | 55.1 | +13.7 | |
Conservative | Alexander Houghton | 931 | 31.9 | −5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Colin Bleach | 243 | 8.3 | −4.0 | |
TUSC | Gavin Marsh | 138 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 676 | 23.2 | +19.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,919 | 29.4 | −1.1 | ||
Labourhold | Swing | +9.8 |
References
[edit]Preceded by 2011 Southampton Council election |
Southampton local elections | Succeeded by 2014 Southampton Council election |