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2012 Wrexham County Borough Council election
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Welsh council election
August 2019
thumb|300px|2012 election results map, showing party affiliations of successful councillors (stripes indicate mixed representation)
The 2012 Wrexham County Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Wrexham County Borough Council in Wales.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17299200 Local elections 2012 2012-04-30 BBC News This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. The previous all-council elections took place in 2008 and the next elections took place in May 2017.
Background
Prior to the election no party or group had overall control. The council had been run by an all-party coalition.Vote 2012: Labour gains in Wrexham, Flintshire and Denbighshire https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17959350 BBC News 4 May 2012 2021-01-10
Results
No group gained a majority after the election, though Labour gained 10 seats while the Liberal Democrats lost seven seats,Wrexham Votes 2012 – Live Updates https://www.wrexham.com/news/wrexham-votes-live-updates-6673.html Wrexham.com 3 May 2012 2021-01-10 including that of their group leader, Ron Davies, who was also leader of the council. Labour planned to discuss forming a coalition with the Independents.
Wrexham Council election 2012Teale Andrew Local Election Results 2012: Wrexham https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2012/426/ 2016-11-20
Labour Party (UK)
23
+12
44.2
40.3
13,642
+12.0
Independent (politician)
19
-1
36.5
26.6
9,045
-5.3
Conservative Party (UK)
5
0
9.6
13.4
4,557
+0.8
Liberal Democrats (UK)
4
-8
7.7
12.4
4,204
-8.6
Plaid Cymru
1
-3
1.9
6.9
2,355
+3.3
British National Party
0
0
0.0
0.3
110
-1.6
UK Independence Party
0
0
0.0
0.2
65
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References
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