2012 Exeter City Council election

2012 Exeter City Council election

3 May 2012
14 of the 40 seats to Exeter City Council 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	33.57%
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 19 11 9 Seats won 10 4 0 Seats after 24 11 5 Seat change Popular vote 10,563 6,351 3,355 Percentage 44.1% 26.5% 14.0%
Map showing the results of the 2012 Exeter City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows the Conservatives. Wards in grey had no election.
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election Labour Party

The 2012 Exeter City Council election took place on 3 May 2012, to elect members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. The election was held concurrently with other local elections in England. One third of the council was up for election; the seats up for election were last contested in 2008. The Labour Party gained overall control of the council, which had been under no overall control since 2003. The Liberal Party was wiped off the council.

Results summary

2012 Exeter City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	10	6	71.4	15	25	62.5	10,563	44.1	+5.7
	Conservative	4	1	28.6	6	10	25.0	6,351	26.5	-5.8
	Liberal Democrats	0	5	0.0	4	4	10.0	3,355	14.0	-1.3
	Liberal	0		0.0	1	1	2.5	0	0.0	-1.8
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,880	7.9	+0.1
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,438	6.0	+2.4
	Your Decision	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	351	1.5	+0.8

Ward results

Alphington

Alphington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Crew	858	37.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Alexandra Newcombe	618	26.8%
	Conservative	John Corcoran	435	18.8%
	UKIP	Andrew Dudgeon	270	11.7%
	Green	Diana Moore	127	5.5%
Majority			260	10.4
Turnout			2,308
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Exwick

Exwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Oliver Pearson	993	54.5%
	Conservative	Stephanie Warner	334	18.3%
	UKIP	Lawrence Harper	240	13.2%
	Green	Christopher Calvert	137	7.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Alasdair Wood	119	6.5%
Majority			659	36.2%
Turnout			1,823
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Newtown

Newtown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Branston	927	69.0%
	Conservative	James Roberts	188	14.0%
	Green	Thomas Milburn	112	8.3%
	UKIP	Jacqueline Holdstock	71	5.3%
	Liberal Democrats	John Ashton	45	3.4%
Majority			739	55.0%
Turnout			1,343
	Labour hold

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jake Donovan	595	34.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Williams	574	32.9%
	Labour	Gillian Nicholls	424	24.3%
	Green	Christopher Barnett	151	8.7%
Majority			21	1.2%
Turnout			1,744
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Pinhoe

Pinhoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Simon Bowkett	1,022	47.7%
	Conservative	Cynthia Thompson	742	34.7%
	UKIP	Keith Crawford	240	11.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Fullam	69	3.2%
	Green	Elizabeth Woodman	68	3.2%
Majority			280	13.0%
Turnout			2,141
	Labour gain from Conservative

Polsloe

Polsloe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rachel Lyons	681	45.9%
	Conservative	James Taghdissian	463	31.2%
	Green	Robert Graham	172	11.6%
	UKIP	Graham Down	108	7.3%
	Liberal Democrats	David Lockwood	61	4.1%
Majority			218	14.7%
Turnout			1,485
	Labour gain from Conservative

Priory

Priory

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Marcel Choules	1,194	54.3%
	Conservative	Peter Holland	442	20.1%
	Your Decision	Nicola Guagliardo	351	16.0%
	Green	Rouben Freeman	111	5.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Noble	99	4.5%
Majority			752	34.2%
Turnout			2,197
	Labour hold

St Davids

St Davids

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sarah Laws	386	34.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Brock	354	31.2%
	Green	Andrew Bell	230	20.3%
	Conservative	Louis Ten-Holter	165	14.5%
Majority			32	2.8%
Turnout			1,135
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

St James

St James

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Keith Owen	543	44.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Townsend	369	30.4%
	Conservative	Natalie Cox	129	10.6%
	Green	Isaac Price-Sosner	126	10.4%
	UKIP	Ralph Gay	47	3.9%
Majority			174	14.3%
Turnout			1,214
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

St Leonards

St Leonards

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Norman Shiel	710	43.6%
	Labour	Henry Lee	623	38.2%
	Green	Alison Harcourt	216	13.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Richmond	81	5.0%
Majority			87	5.4%
Turnout			1,630
	Conservative hold

St Loyes

St Loyes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Leadbetter	613	46.4%
	Labour	Karl Knill	450	34.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Wilcox	143	10.8%
	Green	Mark Cox	114	8.6%
Majority			163	12.3%
Turnout			1,320
	Conservative hold

St Thomas

St Thomas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Hannaford	854	47.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Graeme Holloway	609	33.6%
	UKIP	Brian Jeffery	134	7.4%
	Green	Audaye Elesedy	113	6.2%
	Conservative	Jordan di Trapani	100	5.5%
Majority			245	13.6%
Turnout			1,810
	Labour hold

• Note: Robert Hannaford was elected as a Liberal Democrat at the previous election in 2008, but defected to Labour in 2010.

Topsham

Topsham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margaret Baldwin	1,100	59.8%
	Labour	Eliot Wright	506	27.5%
	Green	Susan Greenall	119	6.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Nottle	114	6.2%
Majority			594	32.3%
Turnout			1,839
	Conservative hold

Whipton & Barton

Whipton & Barton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Wardle	1,102	56.5%
	Conservative	Christopher Crow	335	17.2%
	UKIP	David Smith	328	16.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Thickett	100	5.1%
	Green	David Barker-Hahlo	84	4.3%
Majority			767	39.3%
Turnout			1,949
	Labour hold