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2012 Ceredigion County Council election

2012 Welsh local government election

Field	Value
election_name	2012 Ceredigion County Council election
country	Wales
type	Parliamentary
ongoing	no
party_colour	yes
previous_election	2008 Ceredigion County Council election
previous_year	2008
next_election	2017 Ceredigion County Council election
next_year	2017
seats_for_election	All 42 seats to Ceredigion County Council
majority_seats	22
election_date	3 May 2012
leader1	Ellen ap Gwynn
party1	Plaid Cymru
leaders_seat1	Ceulanamaesmawr
last_election1	19 seats, 43.8%
seats_before1	20
seats1	19
seat_change1	1
popular_vote1	10,461
percentage1	39.2%
swing1	4.6%
leader2	Keith Evans
party2	Independent (politician)
leaders_seat2	Llandysul Town (defeated)
last_election2	12 seats, 25.7%
seats_before2	12
seats2	15
seat_change2	3
popular_vote2	7,647
percentage2	28.6%
swing2	2.9%
leader4	Ceredig Davies
party4	Welsh Liberal Democrats
leaders_seat4	Aberystwyth, Central
last_election4	10 seats, 23.9%
seats_before4	9
seats4	7
seat_change4	2
popular_vote4	6,787
percentage4	25.4%
swing4	1.5%
leader5	Hag Harris
party5	Welsh Labour Party
leaders_seat5	Lampeter
last_election5	1 seat, 3.2%
seats_before5	1
seats5	1
seat_change5	0
popular_vote5	844
percentage5	3.2%
swing5	0.0%
map	[[File:Ceredigion county council election 2012 map.png	360px]]
map_caption	Ceredigion local election results 2012
title	Council control
posttitle	Council control after election
before_election	Keith Evans
before_party	Independent, Liberal Democrat & Labour coalition
after_election	Ellen ap Gwynn
after_party	Plaid Cymru, Independent & Labour coalition

The 2012 election to Ceredigion County Council was held on 3 May 2012 along with elections to 20 of the other 21 local authorities in Wales (all except Anglesey), community council elections in Wales and other elections elsewhere in the United Kingdom. It was followed by the 2017 election.

All 42 council seats were up for election. The previous council was controlled by Independents in coalition with the Liberal Democrat group and the single Labour member. Since 2008, there had been two by-elections in Aberystwyth, Rheidol and Ciliau Aeron which were both won by Plaid Cymru. The composition of the council prior to the elections was:

Plaid Cymru 20
Independents 12
Liberal Democrats 9
Labour 1

Councillors elected in this election were to serve an extended five-year term, after local government minister Carl Sargeant announced the next elections would be moved from 2016 to 2017 to avoid clashing with the next Welsh Assembly election in 2016 (which in turn had been delayed a year to avoid clashing with the next general election).

Election results: overview

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The Independent statistics are for all Independents, whether they are members of the Independent group on the council or not.

Following the election, no party was left with a majority (22 seats) on the council. Plaid Cymru won a total of 19 seats, the Liberal Democrats won 7, Labour retained their single member, and the remaining seats were won by Independent candidates.

The leader of the Independent group on the council - Keith Evans - lost his seat to Plaid Cymru. As a result, Ray Quant (Councillor for Borth) was elected as the leader of a group of 12 of the independent councillors. Negotiations were held between the various groups, and eventually a coalition between Plaid Cymru, the one Labour councillor and a number of independent councillors was agreed upon. The Liberal Democrat group now form the opposition.

Candidates

For a total of 42 seats, Plaid Cymru were fielding 34 candidates, the Liberal Democrats were fielding 28 candidates, 22 candidates were standing as Independents, the Conservatives were fielding 21 candidates, while Labour were fielding just one. The Green Party were not fielding any candidates in this election, compared to two candidates in 2008.

Ward results

Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Vote share changes compared with corresponding 2008 election.

Aberaeron ward

Aberporth ward

Aberystwyth, Bronglais ward

Aberystwyth, Central ward

Aberystwyth, North ward

Aberystwyth, Penparcau ward

Aberystwyth, Rheidol ward

In 2008, Rheidol ward was won by the Liberal Democrats. It was then won by Aled Davies for Plaid Cymru in a by-election. Davies then left Plaid Cymru in 2012 to stand as an Independent candidate. The vote changes here compare this election to the 2008 election.

Beulah ward

Borth ward

Capel Dewi ward

In 2008, the election in Capel Dewi ward was won unopposed by Peter Davies.

Cardigan, Mwldan ward

Cardigan, Rhydyfwuch ward

Cardigan, Teifi ward

Ceulanamaesmawr ward

Ciliau Aeron ward

Faenor ward

Lampeter ward

Llanarth ward

In 2008, the election in Llanarth ward was won by the unopposed Liberal Democrat candidate.

Llanbadarn Fawr, Padarn ward

Llanbadarn Fawr, Sulien ward

Llandyfriog ward

Llandysiliogogo ward

Llandysul Town ward

Llanfarian ward

Llanfihangel Ystrad ward

Llangeitho ward

In 2008, the election in Llangeitho ward was won by an unopposed Plaid Cymru candidate.

Llangybi ward

Llanrhystud ward

The independent candidate in 2008 received 34.73% of the vote, giving an Independent vote change of -10.06%.

Llansantffraed ward

Llanwenog ward

Lledrod ward

Melindwr ward

New Quay ward

Penbryn ward

Penparc ward

Tirymynach ward

Trefeurig ward

The independent candidate in 2008 received 14.82% of the vote, giving an Independent vote change of +43.63%.

Tregaron ward

Catherine Hughes also won the election unopposed for Plaid Cymru in 2008.

Troedyraur ward

The independent candidate in 2008 received 71.62% of the vote, giving an Independent vote change of -3.89%.

Ystwyth ward

References

link. (24 April 2012 Ceredigion County Council)
[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/08/map/html/map.stm BBC Vote 2008] BBC News
link. (25 December 2010)
Bodden, Tom. "Next council elections in Wales to be postponed for a year". Daily Post.

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