2012 Bridgend County Borough Council election

The 2012 Bridgend Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Bridgend County Borough Council in Wales.[1] This was the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections.

Result

With a 34.99% turnout of the electorate, the Labour Party won an additional 12 seats. This gave the Labour Group an overall majority, which they had not had for the previous eight years. However, Labour's council cabinet member, Alana Davies, lost her seat (Porthcawl East) to an Independent candidate. The Conservatives retained only the Newton seat, losing five councillors.[2]

Bridgend County Borough Council Election 2012[2][3]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	39			+12	72.2	47.4	16,867	+8.3
	Independent	10			+1	18.5	21.2	7,537	+3.4
	Conservative	1			-5	1.8	12.2	4,335	-4.2
	Liberal Democrats	3			-3	5.5	10.0	3,546	-13.0
	Plaid Cymru	1			0	1.8	7.0	2,497	+3.6
	Green	0			0	0	2.2	770	N/A
	National Front	0			0	0	0.1	46	N/A

Five out of the fifty four seats were elected unopposed.

Ward results

Aberkenfig

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mel Winter	323	42.9
	Labour	Gary Haines	285	37.8
	Plaid Cymru	Nicola Thomas	145	19.3
Majority			38	5.0
Turnout			753
	Independent hold		Swing

Bettws

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Michaelides	273	76.3
	Green	Gareth Harris	85	23.7
Majority			188	52.5
Turnout			358
	Labour hold		Swing

Brackla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Sage	1,247
	Labour	John Spanswick	1,188
	Labour	Craig Jones	1,003
	Labour	Hailey Townsend	984
	Conservative	Pat Hacking	628
	Conservative	Terry Hacking	589
	Independent	Michael Quick	469
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte Berrow	416
	Plaid Cymru	Daniel Thomas	287
	Plaid Cymru	Nicholas Thomas	258
Turnout			753
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Llangewydd & Brynhyfryd

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm David Francis	397	66.27
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Hughes	156	26.04
	National Front	Adam John Lloyd	46	7.67	N/A
Majority			241
Turnout			599

References

1. "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
2. Law, Peter (5 May 2012). "Nott's Group Seize Power". South Wales Echo (Election 2012 Special). p. 4.
3. Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2012: Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr - Bridgend". Retrieved 15 November 2016.