2012 Denbighshire County Council election
The 2012 Denbighshire County Council election took place in Denbighshire, Wales, on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Denbighshire Council.[1] This was the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. The previous elections took place in 2008 and the next all-council elections took place in 2017.
Background
[edit]Labour Party and Independent candidates were hoping to take seats from the governing Conservatives. Topical issues included the county's Local Development Plan and redevelopment of Rhyl's seafront, as well as the usual funding pressures and unemployment.[2] Four of the 30 electoral wards were uncontested, while in the Ruthin ward there were 12 candidates competing for the 3 seats.[2]
Results
[edit]Overview
[edit]The 39.1% turnout was even lower than the turnout in 2008 (42%), despite the weather being sunny. It was particularly low in areas of social deprivation, such as Rhyl West.[3]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 19 | +12 | 40.4 | 29.2 | 8,293 | +13.2 | |||
| Conservative | 8 | -10 | 17.0 | 27.2 | 7,745 | -1.8 | |||
| Independent | 12 | -1 | 25.5 | 25.4 | 7,217 | -6.4 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | 7 | -1 | 14.9 | 11.5 | 3,270 | -3.6 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 2.1 | 5.0 | 1,418 | -2.2 | |||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 274 | New | |||
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 122 | New | |||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 85 | -0.2 | |||
| BNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -0.4 | |
Election error
[edit]In the Prestatyn North ward, the incorrect councillor was declared the winner, due to his similar surname. Conservative councillor Allan Pennington became councillor for the ward, after 265 votes for the Labour candidate, Paul Penlington, were allocated to him. Penlington was not able to take his rightful seat until 14 February 2013, after a court case involving three High Court judges.[5]
Ward results
[edit]Bodelwyddan (one seat)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Elizabeth Jones * | 294 | 48.9 | ||
| Labour | Stephen Ellison | 223 | 37.1 | ||
| Conservative | Nan Jones | 84 | 14.0 | ||
| Majority | 71 | ||||
| Turnout | 37.4 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,616 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Corwen (one seat)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Huw Jones * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,862 | ||||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Denbigh Central (one seat)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Gwyneth Kensler * | 288 | 48.7 | ||
| Independent | Peter Jones | 191 | 32.3 | ||
| Independent | Robert Parkes | 87 | 14.7 | ||
| Conservative | Anton Sampson | 25 | 4.2 | ||
| Majority | 97 | ||||
| Turnout | 37.7 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,584 | ||||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Denbigh Lower (two seats)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Bartley * | 977 | 60.7 | ||
| Independent | Richard Davies | 579 | |||
| Independent | Mark Young | 504 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Jean Gwynn | 386 | 23.8 | ||
| Independent | Keith Stevens | 204 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | William Williams | 138 | 8.5 | ||
| Conservative | Diane Highton | 118 | 7.3 | ||
| Majority | 398 | ||||
| Turnout | 45.5 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,583 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Denbigh Upper/Henllan (two seats)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Colin Hughes * | 504 | 55.8 | ||
| Labour | Geraint Lloyd-Williams | 392 | |||
| Conservative | Diane Highton * | 246 | 27.2 | ||
| UKIP | Jean Gwynn | 85 | 9.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | William Williams | 69 | 7.6 | ||
| Majority | 146 | ||||
| Turnout | 34.4 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,336 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Dyserth (one seat)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Owen * | 369 | 50.7 | ||
| Labour | Peter Newell | 275 | 37.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Heather Prydderch | 84 | 11.5 | ||
| Majority | 94 | ||||
| Turnout | 39.2 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,890 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Efenechtyd (one seat)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Eryl Williams * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,306 | ||||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Llanarmon-Yn-Lal/Llandelga (one seat)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Martyn Holland | 523 | 50.2 | ||
| Independent | Peter Rees | 281 | 27.0 | ||
| Socialist Labour | Robert English | 122 | 11.7 | ||
| Independent | Robert Barton | 115 | 11.0 | ||
| Majority | 242 | ||||
| Turnout | 53.6 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,968 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd (one seat)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Huw Williams | 348 | 60.3 | ||
| Independent | Julie Masters | 129 | 22.4 | ||
| Labour | Mary Chaffé | 100 | 17.3 | ||
| Majority | 219 | ||||
| Turnout | 47.2 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,226 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Llandrillo (one seat)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Cefyn Williams * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 941 | ||||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Llandyrnog (one seat)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Thomas Parry | 377 | 50.1 | ||
| Independent | Christopher Denman | 192 | 25.5 | ||
| Labour | John McGuire | 85 | 11.3 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | John McCabe | 73 | 9.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Hill | 25 | 3.3 | ||
| Majority | 185 | ||||
| Turnout | 44.6 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,694 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd Gwyddelwern (one seat)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Hugh Evans * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,816 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llangollen (two seats)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Trefor Hughes * | 678 | 36.4 | ||
| Independent | Stuart Davies | 459 | 24.7 | ||
| Labour | John Palmer | 427 | 22.9 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Jonathan Haddy | 217 | |||
| Independent | Michael Edwards | 212 | |||
| Conservative | Paul Firth | 206 | 11.1 | ||
| Green | Robert Spalding | 91 | 4.9 | ||
| Majority | 32 | ||||
| Turnout | 39.2 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,362 | ||||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch (one seat)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Joseph Welch | 254 | 38.2 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Hefin Edwards | 219 | 32.9 | ||
| Conservative | Gregory Wynne | 146 | 22.0 | ||
| Green | Dominic Oakes | 46 | 6.9 | ||
| Majority | 35 | ||||
| Turnout | 44.0 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,524 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Prestatyn Central (two seats)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Peter Duffy * | 611 | 47.9 | ||
| Conservative | Hugh Irvine | 578 | 45.3 | ||
| Labour | Sherayne Edwards | 551 | |||
| Conservative | June Cahill * | 487 | |||
| Green | Kay Roney | 87 | 6.8 | ||
| Majority | 27 | ||||
| Turnout | 44.5 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,822 | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Prestatyn East (two seats)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Davies * | 524 | 41.6 | ||
| Conservative | Julian Thompson-Hill * | 463 | |||
| Labour | Caroline Holliday | 364 | 28.9 | ||
| Labour | Kenneth Wells | 341 | |||
| Independent | Julie Peters | 322 | 25.6 | ||
| Independent | Leanne Knapp | 300 | |||
| Green | John Roney | 50 | 4.0 | ||
| Majority | 99 | ||||
| Turnout | 39.2 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,220 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Prestatyn Meliden (one seat)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Peter Evans | 264 | 44.2 | ||
| Conservative | Gerald Frobisher | 174 | 29.1 | ||
| Labour | Robert Paterson | 159 | 26.6 | ||
| Majority | 90 | ||||
| Turnout | 39.1 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,549 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Prestatyn North (three seats)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Carys Guy-Davies | 633 | 41.3 | ||
| Labour | Paul Penlington b | 606 | |||
| Labour | Jason McLellan | 598 | |||
| Independent | Michael German | 557 | 36.4 | ||
| Independent | Isobel German | 538 | |||
| Independent | George Flynn | 472 | |||
| Independent | Gwynn Clague | 438 | |||
| Conservative | Allan Pennington b * | 341 | 22.3 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Eckersley * | 325 | |||
| Conservative | Michelle Pope | 314 | |||
| Majority | 41 | ||||
| Turnout | 39.9 | ||||
| Registered electors | 4,717 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Prestatyn South West (two seats)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Robert Murray | 586 | 57.0 | ||
| Labour | Gareth Sandilands | 562 | |||
| Conservative | Glyn Jones * | 442 | 43.0 | ||
| Conservative | Sharon Frobisher * | 424 | |||
| Majority | 120 | ||||
| Turnout | 37.9 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,856 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Rhuddlan (two seats)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Janet Davies * | 665 | 43.3 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Arwel Roberts | 419 | 27.3 | ||
| Independent | John Jones | 382 | 24.9 | ||
| Conservative | Nathan Lamb | 222 | |||
| Independent | William Jones | 221 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Prydderch | 71 | 4.6 | ||
| Majority | 37 | ||||
| Turnout | 41.9 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,936 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Rhyl East (two seats)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Barry Mellor | 667 | 47.7 | ||
| Labour | David Simmons | 562 | |||
| Conservative | John Bellis * | 464 | 33.2 | ||
| Conservative | Diana Hannam * | 362 | |||
| Independent | Hugh Jones | 267 | 19.1 | ||
| Majority | 98 | ||||
| Turnout | 35.0 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,796 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Rhyl South (two seats)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jeanette Chamberlain-Jones * | 733 | 56.3 | ||
| Labour | Cheryl Williams | 508 | |||
| Conservative | David Lee * | 361 | 27.7 | ||
| Conservative | Melanie Jones | 337 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Alun Edwards | 208 | 16.0 | ||
| Majority | 98 | ||||
| Turnout | 39.5 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,022 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Rhyl South East (three seats)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Brian Blakeley * | 1,180 | 56.1 | ||
| Labour | Winifred Mullen-James | 984 | |||
| Labour | William Tasker | 972 | |||
| Conservative | Ian Gunning * | 641 | 30.5 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Jackson | 506 | |||
| Conservative | Anthony Thomas | 452 | |||
| Independent | Daniel Murray | 284 | 13.5 | ||
| Majority | 331 | ||||
| Turnout | 34.2 | ||||
| Registered electors | 6,025 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Rhyl South West (two seats)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Patricia Jones | 797 | 68.2 | ||
| Labour | Margaret McCarrol | 647 | |||
| Independent | David Thomas * | 184 | 15.8 | ||
| Independent | Glyn Williams * | 141 | |||
| Conservative | Harold Bennett | 116 | 9.9 | ||
| Conservative | William Dawson | 96 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David Dear | 71 | 6.1 | ||
| Majority | 463 | ||||
| Turnout | 30.8 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,725 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Previous Labour councillors stood as Independents.
Rhyl West (two seats)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joan Butterfield * | 378 | 50.3 | ||
| Labour | Ian Armstrong * | 361 | |||
| Independent | David Thomas | 142 | 18.9 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Norman Shone | 125 | 16.6 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Espley | 106 | 14.1 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Sumner | 99 | |||
| Majority | 219 | ||||
| Turnout | 20.0 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,510 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Ruthin (three seats)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Huw Hilditch-Roberts | 805 | 27.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robina Feeley * | 804 | 27.4 | ||
| Independent | David Smith * | 634 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Hywel Richards | 510 | 17.4 | ||
| Labour | Alun Pugh | 473 | 16.1 | ||
| Independent | Patricia Astbury | 426 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Peter Ryder | 346 | |||
| Conservative | Carole Roberts | 342 | 11.7 | ||
| Independent | Richard Thomas | 271 | |||
| Independent | Roger Parry | 268 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Shane Brennan | 256 | |||
| Conservative | Joan Benton | 178 | |||
| Conservative | John Broughton | 119 | |||
| Majority | 124 | ||||
| Turnout | 49.9 | ||||
| Registered electors | 4,366 | ||||
| Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
St Asaph East (one seat)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Dewi Owens * | 252 | 45.2 | ||
| Independent | John Smith | 160 | 28.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Linda Linaker | 146 | 26.2 | ||
| Majority | 92 | ||||
| Turnout | 40.0 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,400 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St Asaph West (one seat)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | William Cowie * | 181 | 46.8 | ||
| Labour | Richard Gumm | 98 | 25.3 | ||
| Conservative | John Horden | 98 | 25.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sean Hagan | 10 | 2.6 | ||
| Majority | 83 | ||||
| Turnout | 29.4 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,326 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Trefnant (one seat)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Meirick Davies * | 364 | 53.8 | ||
| Conservative | Leslie Rees | 312 | 46.2 | ||
| Majority | 52 | ||||
| Turnout | 43.8 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,572 | ||||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Tremeirchion (one seat)
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Barbara Smith * | 313 | 54.2 | ||
| Conservative | Hugh Hughes | 264 | 45.8 | ||
| Majority | 49 | ||||
| Turnout | 44.2 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,325 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
(a) Election Centre/Andrew Teale source also compares the percentage vote of the lead candidate for each party in the ward
(b) Prestatyn North result corrected by election petition
* = sitting ward councillor prior to election
References
[edit]- ^ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ a b "Election special Denbighshire". Wales Online. 28 April 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ "Low election turnout for council vote". Wales Online. 5 May 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2012: Denbighshire". Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ "Wronged Prestatyn councillor finally handed his seat - nine months after election blunder". Wales Online. 16 February 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Denbighshire County Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
