2012 Torfaen County Borough Council election

The 2012 Torfaen County Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Torfaen County Borough Council in Wales.^[1] This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. The Council shifted from no overall control to Labour.

Results

2012 Torfaen County Borough Council election^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	30			+12	68.2	41.8	11,362	+6.9
Independent	8			-5	18.2	31.4	8,530	+2.5
Plaid Cymru	2			-1	4.5	11.9	3,226	+3.9
Conservative	4			-1	9.1	11.6	3,147	-0.4
Liberal Democrats	0			-2	0.0	1.3	362	-4.8
UKIP	0			0	0.0	1.1	289	New
Green	0			0	0.0	0.7	178	-0.8
Communist	0			0	0.0	0.3	95	New
Blaenau Gwent PV	-	-	-	-3	-	-	0	-8.3
BNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-0.2

Ward results

Abersychan

Abersychan ward (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gwyneira Clark	845	45.8
	Labour	Wayne Tomlinson	679
	Labour	Giles Davies	623
	Independent	Raymond Williams	570	30.9
	Plaid Cymru	David Bath	252	13.7
	Independent	Thomas Burgess	244
	Independent	Nicola Yeates	238
	Independent	Anthony Thomas	199
	Green	Robert Clarke	178	9.6
	Independent	David Donnelly	175
	Independent	Sheree Rowlands	157
Turnout				35.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Blaenafon/Blaenavon

Blaenavon ward (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Stuart Evans	854	46.9
	Labour	Alan Jones	671	36.8
	Labour	Alun Furzer	653
	Independent	Janet Jones	608
	Labour	Lewis Evans	526
	Independent	Brian Whitcombe	512
	Independent	Thomas Huish	485
	Liberal Democrats	Warren Perks	202	11.1
	Communist	David Brown	95	5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Higgins	89
Turnout				41.3
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Bryn-wern

Bryn-wern ward (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Leonard Constance	319	58.7
	Independent	Brian Matthews	105	19.3
	Independent	Nigel Harris	82	15.1
	Plaid Cymru	Glyn Page	37	6.8
Turnout				40.8
	Labour gain from Blaenau Gwent PV		Swing

Coed Efa/Coed Eva

Coed Eva ward (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	F. Cross*	300	50.1
	Independent	M. Gibbs	135	22.5
	Labour	J. James	118	19.7
	Conservative	K. Thomas	46	7.7
Turnout				40.8
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Gogledd Croesyceiliog/Croesyceiliog North

Croesyceiliog North ward (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Clark*	627	59.3
	Labour	Cynthia Beynon	479
	Independent	John Jenner	256	24.2
	Independent	Terence Irons	224
	Conservative	Charles Ashton	175	16.5
	Independent	Richard Turner-Thomas	92
Turnout				40.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

De Croesyceiliog/Croesyceiliog South

Croesyceiliog South ward (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Veronica Crick	304	51.1
	Conservative	Nicholas Jones	87	14.6
	Independent	Vaughan Sterry	80	13.4
	UKIP	David Rowlands	54	9.1
	Independent	Susan Chaloner	35	5.9
	Independent	Nadine Whitty	20	3.4
	Plaid Cymru	Phillip Jones	15	2.5
Turnout				40.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Cwmynysgoi/Cwmynyscoy

Cwmynyscoy ward (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Neil Waite	274	52.9
	Independent	Adrian Bold	225	43.4
	Plaid Cymru	Mark Adams	10	1.9
	Conservative	Hannah Murphy	9	1.7
Turnout				49.0
	Labour gain from Blaenau Gwent PV		Swing

Fairwater

Fairwater ward (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Jeff Rees	530	40.8
	Labour	Philip Seabourne	474	36.5
	Labour	Rosemarie Seabourne	392
	Plaid Cymru	Natalie Salkeld	382
	Independent	Anthony Devlin	294	22.7
	Independent	David Brown	174
	Independent	Steven Bonera	130
Turnout				31.4
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Greenmeadow

Greenmeadow ward (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Wellington	424	53.8
	Labour	Amanda Owen	365
	Independent	Catherine Lewis	364	46.2
	Independent	Keith Williams	231
	Independent	Polly Cunnington	172
Turnout				31.4
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llantarnam

Llantarnam ward (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Maria Graham	609	38.1
	Labour	David Daniels	496	31.0
	Conservative	Paul Williams	495	30.9
	Labour	Linda Joseph	455
	Independent	Anthony Burnett	363
	Independent	Graham Pitt	261
Turnout				38.0
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Gogledd Llanyrafon/Llanyrafon North

Llanyrafon ward (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Glyn Caron	434	69.6
	Independent	Cora Reeve	139	22.3
	Conservative	Scott Murphy	51	8.2
Turnout				39.5
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

De Llanyrafon/Llanyrafon South

Llanyrafon ward (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Huw Bevan	487	49.6
	Labour	David Dewar	350	35.7
	Independent	Claire Elliott	144	14.7
Turnout				43.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Inn

New Inn ward (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Raymond Mills	1086	53.1
	Conservative	Graham Smith	1061
	Conservative	David James	1050
	Labour	Marian Williams	739	36.2
	Labour	John Turner	724
	Labour	Maurice Morgan	671
	Plaid Cymru	Bryan Bale	219	10.7
Turnout				41.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Panteg

Panteg ward (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Norma Parrish	1079	39.0
	Labour	Anthony Hunt	989
	Labour	David Yeowell	971
	Independent	Kathleen Williams	566	20.4
	Plaid Cymru	Marcus Warner	481	17.4
	Independent	Brian Lovelock	456
	Independent	Deborah Smyth	452
	Conservative	Lyndon Bishop	299	10.8
	UKIP	Keiron Austwick	184	6.6
	Independent	Richard Overton	184
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Edwards	160
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan Richards	82
Turnout				41.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Pontnewydd

Pontnewydd ward (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jessica Powell	811	44.0
	Labour	Brian Mawby	791
	Labour	Stuart Ashley	707
	Plaid Cymru	Thomas Davies	419	22.7
	Independent	Peter Cathcart	403	21.9
	Independent	Martyn Stinton	261
	Conservative	Damian Edmunds	209	11.3
	Conservative	Louise McLeod	195
Turnout				35.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Pontnewynydd

Pontnewynydd ward (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Kelvin Harnett	145	37.1
	Labour	Gaynor James	117	29.9
	Independent	Ronald Jones	65	16.6
	Independent	Steven Joy	55	14.1
	Plaid Cymru	Yvonne Balakrishnan	9	2.3
Turnout				35.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Pont-y-pŵl/Pontypool

Pontypool ward (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Michael Harris	309	52.1
	Labour	John Killick	213	35.9
	Plaid Cymru	Paul Valente	71	12.0
Turnout				42.0
	Independent hold		Swing

St Cadocs a Phen-y-garn/St Cadocs and Penygarn

Pontypool ward (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Neil Mason	216	42.3
	Independent	Ian Williams	202	39.5
	Plaid Cymru	Philip Davies	93	18.2
Turnout				44.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Llantarnam/St Dials

St Dials ward (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Elizabeth Haynes	579	54.6
	Labour	Stephen Brooks	326	30.7
	Independent	Michelle Corrigan	320
	Labour	Kebba Manneh	296
	Independent	Sarah Cunnington	179
	Plaid Cymru	Gareth White	156	14.7
Turnout				35.9
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Snatchwood

Snatchwood ward (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Barry Taylor	343	58.3
	Independent	Christopher Tew	194	33.0
	UKIP	Kevin Boucher	51	8.7
Turnout				36.6
	Labour gain from People's Vote		Swing

Trefddyn/Trevethin

Trevethin ward (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lewis Jones	399	52.3
	Labour	John Marshall	323
	Independent	Mervyn Horlor	227	29.8
	Independent	David Millett	169
	Plaid Cymru	Neil Johnson	137	18.0
Turnout				30.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Two Locks

Two Locks ward (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Colette Thomas	919	44.9
	Labour	Pamela Cameron	693
	Independent	Ronald Burnett	679	33.2
	Labour	Peter Jones	678
	Independent	Lorraine Hobin	426
	Independent	Alastair Cunnington	303
	Independent	Keith Jones	269
	Plaid Cymru	Sian Hanlon	245	12.0
	Conservative	Jonathan Lewis	203	9.9
	Conservative	Jatinderpal Singh Bajwa	144
Turnout				37.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Cwmbrân/Upper Cwmbran

Upper Cwmbran ward (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Robert Kemp	684	42.7
	Labour	Bernard Cunningham	665	41.5
	Labour	Mary Barnett	610
	Labour	Robert Jones	484
	Independent	Leslie Thomas	328
	Plaid Cymru	Eli Jones	252	15.7
Turnout				31.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Waunfelin/Wainfelin

Wainfelin ward (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Michael Jeremiah	373	52.6
	Labour	Robert Benjamin	199	28.1
	Independent	Benjamin Cunnington	137	19.3
Turnout				37.6
	Independent hold		Swing

References

^ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2012: Torfaen". Local Elections Archive Project. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.

[BBC-1] "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.

[2] Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2012: Torfaen". Local Elections Archive Project. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.

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