Southampton City Council election, 2012

Map of the results of the 2012 Southampton council election. Labour in red and Conservatives in blue.

Composition of the whole Southampton City Council after the 2012 elections. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

The 2012 Southampton Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect members of Southampton Unitary 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. Labour won a majority of the seats being contested, and also gained overall control of the council from the Conservatives.^[1]

Southampton Council is elected in thirds, which means the all comparisons are to the corresponding Southampton Council election, 2008.

After the election, the composition of the council was^[1]

Labour 30 (+11)
Conservative 16 (-10)
Liberal Democrat 2 (-1)

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
Party		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 Democrat	0	0	1	-1	0.0	9.8	5,660	-8.8
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.9	2,277	-0.6
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.4	1,390	+1.4
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.1	1,227	+2.1
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.4	790	-0.1
	Southampton First	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.7	416	+0.2

Ward results

Bargate^[2]
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 Democrat	Derrick Murray	127	5.6	-5.8
	Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	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^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Hannides	1,641	49.5	-5.5
	Labour	Ian Atkins	895	27.0	+17.9
	Liberal Democrat	Steven Hulbert	367	11.1	-20.5
	Green	Jonathan Bean	260	7.8	+7.8
	Southampton First	James Knight	93	2.8	+2.8
	Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	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^[2]
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 Democrat	Adrian Ford	149	5.8	-5.1
	Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	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^[2]
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 Democrat	Rob Naish	133	4.4	-8.9
	Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	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)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ivan White	1,216
	Conservative	John Inglis	1,203
	Labour	Frances Murphy	1,135
	Labour	Mike Holder	979
	Liberal Democrat	Robbie Robinson	334
	Independent	Ann MacGillivray	333
	Liberal Democrat	James Read	331
	Green	Cara Sandys	292
	Independent	Charles Caplen	242
	Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	Nick Chaffey	136
Turnout			3,266	30.8	+1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Coxford^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Sally Spicer	1,647	52.9	+22.2
	Conservative	Trevor Glasspool	667	21.4	-10.3
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Galton	334	10.7	-17.9
	UKIP	Leslie Obee	295	9.5	+0.6
	Green	Ronald Meldrum	75	2.4	+2.4
	Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	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^[2]
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 Democrat	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^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Edward Daunt	1,631	44.2
	Labour	Brian Norgate	1,489	40.4
	UKIP	Christine Hotson	305	8.3
	Liberal Democrat	Diane Robinson	190	5.1
	Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	Graham O’Reilly	75	2.0
Majority			142	3.8
Turnout			3,690	35.1	+0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Millbrook^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Georgina Laming	1,769	48.8	+27.6
	Conservative	Steven Galton	1,603	44.2	-3.7
	Liberal Democrat	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)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Eamonn Keogh	1,683
	Labour	Paul Lewzey	1,594
	Conservative	Matthew Jones	1,262
	Conservative	Christopher Grace	1,250
	Liberal Democrat	Eileen Bowers	497
	Liberal Democrat	Sebastian Buckle	384
	Green	Julie Williams	287
	Southampton First	Philip McShee	168
	Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	Josh Asker	139
Turnout			3,751	35.8	+1.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Portswood^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Linda Norris	1,061	31.8	-5.8
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Reed	1,015	30.5	-3.3
	Labour	Olivia Vaughan	891	26.7	+12.7
	Green	Christopher Bluemel	278	8.3	-2.0
	Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	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^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Lee Whitbread	1,775	61.6	+19.9
	Conservative	Spandita Woodman	703	24.4	-19.1
	Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	Pete Wyatt	220	7.6	+7.6
	Liberal Democrat	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^[2]
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 Democrat	Harry Mitchell	184	4.6	-4.3
	Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	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^[2]
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 Democrat	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^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Sharon Mintoff	825	34.2	+22.1
	Conservative	Edward Osmond	746	31.0	-10.6
	Liberal Democrat	Jim Cappleman	477	19.8	-12.9
	Green	Angela Cotton	200	8.3	+3.8
	Southampton First	Anthony Lewis	86	3.6	-1.8
	Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	Kev Hayes	76	3.2	+3.2
Majority			79	3.2
Turnout			2,410	24.9	-4.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Woolston^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Richard Williams	1,607	55.1	+13.7
	Conservative	Alexander Houghton	931	31.9	-5.9
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Bleach	243	8.3	-4.0
	Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	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

1 2 "Southampton". BBC News - Vote 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-04.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Declaration of Results" (PDF). Southampton City Council. 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2012-05-04.

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