The 2012 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England, as part of the 2012 United Kingdom local elections. 26 seats were up for election, and the results saw the Conservatives losing to a majority of 11 seats to Labour.[1]
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Election Result
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 41 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 56.9 | 43.9 | 34,429 | ||
Conservative | 30 | 0 | 13 | -13 | 41.7 | 32.0 | 25,045 | ||
Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 1,820 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 14.5 | 11,366 |
Ward Results
editAmblecote
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christine Perks | 1,049 | |||
Conservative | Colin Banks | 932 | |||
UKIP | Paul Bradley | 474 | |||
Green | Derek Rudd | 101 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Lucas | 100 | |||
Majority | 117 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Belle Vale
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Donella Russell | 1,362 | |||
Conservative | Jennie Dunn | 1,044 | |||
UKIP | Bill Roberts | 361 | |||
Green | John Payne | 151 | |||
Majority | 318 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Brierley Hill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Wilson | 1,334 | |||
Conservative | Dan Horrocks | 401 | |||
UKIP | Stuart Larmer | 365 | |||
Green | Gordon Elcock | 158 | |||
Majority | 933 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Brockmore and Pensnett
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Martin | 1,143 | |||
Conservative | Susan Greenaway | 485 | |||
UKIP | Just Stevens | 285 | |||
Green | Vicky Duckworth | 76 | |||
Majority | 658 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Castle & Priory
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Aston | 1,652 | |||
Conservative | Simon Townend | 527 | |||
UKIP | Tim Byrne | 458 | |||
Green | Bill McComish | 83 | |||
Majority | 1,125 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Coseley East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Henry Davies | 1,366 | 54.23 | ||
Conservative | Martin Richard Duffield | 468 | 18.58 | ||
UKIP | Helen Louise Wimlett | 430 | 17.07 | ||
National Front | Ken Griffiths | 177 | 7.03 | ||
Green | Becky Blatchford | 71 | 2.82 | ||
Majority | 898 | ||||
Turnout | 25.94 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cradley & Wollescote
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gaye Partridge | 1,741 | |||
Conservative | Colin Elcock | 474 | |||
UKIP | Mike Hawkins | 383 | |||
Green | Karlie Owen | 105 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Lois Bramall | 88 | |||
Majority | 1,267 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Gornal
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dave Branwood | 1,409 | |||
Conservative | David Stanley | 1,336 | |||
UKIP | Phillip Rowe | 876 | |||
Green | David Blatchford | 75 | |||
Majority | 73 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Halesowen North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hilary Bills | 1,457 | |||
Conservative | Mike Wood | 1,150 | |||
UKIP | Stuart Henley | 323 | |||
BNP | Simon Foxall | 107 | |||
Green | Quira Blatchford | 122 | |||
Majority | 307 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Halesowen South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Vickers | 1,489 | |||
Labour | John Lewis | 1026 | |||
UKIP | John Marshall | 495 | |||
Green | Tim Weller | 192 | |||
Majority | 463 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hayley Green & Cradley South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hazel Turner | 1,265 | |||
Labour | Ian Cooper | 1,080 | |||
UKIP | Bob Heeley | 404 | |||
Green | Colin Royle | 146 | |||
BNP | Robert Weale | 120 | |||
Majority | 185 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Kingswinford North & Wall Heath
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Tyler | 1,574 | |||
Labour | Lynn Boleyn | 1,482 | |||
Conservative | Dee Harley | 1,464 | |||
Conservative | David Simms | 1,192 | |||
UKIP | Dean Perks | 560 | |||
UKIP | Phil Wimlett | 419 | |||
Green | Liz Jednorog | 151 | |||
Green | Francis Sheppard | 87 | |||
Majority | 18 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Kingswinford South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Blood | 1,588 | |||
Labour | Shaz Saleem | 1,097 | |||
Green | Jenny Rudd | 404 | |||
Majority | 491 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lye & Stourbridge North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tremaine Herbert | 1,241 | |||
Conservative | Adrian Turner | 747 | |||
UKIP | Tony Oliver | 349 | |||
Independent | Abdul Qadus | 305 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Vera Johnson | 100 | |||
Green | Denis Neville | 89 | |||
Majority | 494 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Netherton, Woodside & St. Andrew's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Will Duckworth | 1,525 | |||
Labour | Mahbub Rahman | 1,269 | |||
Conservative | Steven Ridley | 335 | |||
UKIP | Craig Ingram | 257 | |||
Majority | 256 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing |
Norton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mike Attwood | 1,570 | |||
Labour | Michael Kelly | 801 | |||
UKIP | Paul Barton | 441 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Hanson | 237 | |||
Green | Benjamin Sweeney | 215 | |||
Majority | 769 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Pedmore & Stourbridge East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Les Jones | 1,747 | |||
Labour | Joe Gaytten | 1,087 | |||
UKIP | Lynette Wragg | 386 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Simon Hanson | 204 | |||
Green | Roy Sadler | 262 | |||
Majority | 660 | ||||
Turnout | 36.01 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bryan Cotterill | 1,758 | |||
Conservative | Tim Wood | 476 | |||
Green | Pam Archer | 222 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Sheppard | 78 | |||
Majority | 1,282 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Sedgley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Evans | 1,383 | |||
UKIP | Bill Etheridge | 863 | |||
Labour Co-op | Barbara Sykes | 810 | |||
Green | Donna Dodson | 121 | |||
Majority | 520 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. James's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Asif Ahmed | 1,321 | |||
UKIP | Malcolm Davis | 1,132 | |||
Conservative | David Allen | 396 | |||
Green | Daniel Archer | 109 | |||
Majority | 189 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from UKIP | Swing |
St. Thomas's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shaukat Ali | 2,143 | |||
UKIP | Michael Forsyth | 523 | |||
Conservative | Daryl Millward | 317 | |||
Green | Christian Green | 124 | |||
Majority | 1,620 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Upper Gornal & Woodsetton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Keiran Robert Casey | 1,220 | 44.46 | ||
Conservative | Julian Ryder | 859 | 31.3 | ||
UKIP | Star Freedom Marie Etheridge | 452 | 16.47 | ||
National Front | Kevin Inman | 123 | 4.48 | ||
Green | Emma Caroline Harrison | 83 | 3.02 | ||
Majority | 361 | ||||
Turnout | 26.83 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Wollaston & Stourbridge Town
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Hale | 1,397 | |||
Labour | Ian Marrey | 1,317 | |||
Conservative | Nicolas Barlow | 1,213 | |||
Conservative | Matt Rogers | 1,025 | |||
Liberal Democrats | June Collins | 478 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Bramall | 435 | |||
UKIP | Glen Wilson | 365 | |||
UKIP | Pete Lee | 353 | |||
Green | Lawrence Rowlett | 229 | |||
Green | Jane Sheppard | 164 | |||
Majority | 96 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Wordsley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derrick Hemingsley | 1,293 | |||
Conservative | Geoffrey Southall | 1,162 | |||
UKIP | Raymond Franklin | 412 | |||
Green | Maurice Archer | 115 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Lucas | 100 | |||
Majority | 132 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
References
edit- ^ "Surprise results see big swing to Labour". Express & Star. 4 May 2012.