2012 Southampton City Council election

2012 Southampton City Council election
A third of seats to Southampton City Council; 23 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the election results. Each ward represents 1 seat
Majority party before election; Conservative;	Majority party after election ; Labour;

The 2012 Southampton Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect members of Southampton City Council in Hampshire, 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] Labour won a majority of the seats being contested, and also gained overall control of the council from the Conservatives.^[2]

Election result

This summary box compares each party vote share with the corresponding elections in 2008, the last elections at which the majority of this tranche of seats were elected.

Southampton Local Election Result 2012
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	13	11	0	11	72.2	43.7	25,311	17.4
Conservative	5	0	10	10	27.7	35.9	20,785	11.5
Liberal Democrats	0	0	1	1	0.0	9.8	5,660	8.8
Green	0	0	0		0.0	3.9	2,277	0.6
UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	2.4	1,390	1.4
TUSC	0	0	0		0.0	2.1	1,227	2.1
Independent	0	0	0		0.0	1.4	790	0.1
Southampton First	0	0	0		0.0	0.7	416	0.2

Changes in council composition

After the election, the composition of the council was:^[2]

Party		Previous council	New council	+/-
	Labour	19	30	11
	Conservatives	26	16	10
	Liberal Democrat	3	2	1
Total		48	48
Working majority		3	4

Ward results

Bargate^[3]
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
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+11.0

Bassett^[3]
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
	Conservative hold		Swing	-11.7

Bevois^[3]
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
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.5

Bitterne^[3]
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
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+10.7

Bitterne Park (2)^[3]
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
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Coxford^[3]
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
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+16.3

Freemantle^[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
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+16.5

Harefield^[3]
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
	Conservative hold		Swing

Millbrook^[3]
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
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+15.7

Peartree (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Portswood^[3]
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
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.3

Redbridge^[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
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+19.5

Shirley^[3]
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
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+14.4

Sholing^[3]
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
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+13.6

Swaythling^[3]
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
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Woolston^[3]
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
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.8

References

^ Anna Bawden (25 June 2013). "Local government: a new era of co-operation". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Vote 2012 - Southampton". BBC News. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Declaration of Results" (PDF). Southampton City Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.

Preceded by 2011 Southampton Council election	Southampton local elections	Succeeded by 2014 Southampton Council election

[1] Anna Bawden (25 June 2013). "Local government: a new era of co-operation". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 September 2018.

[hold-2] "Vote 2012 - Southampton". BBC News. Retrieved 14 September 2018.

[results-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Declaration of Results" (PDF). Southampton City Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.

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