2012 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election

2012 UK local government election April 2025 November 2013 thumb|250px|right|Map of the results of the 2012 Sefton council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue. The 2012 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council in England, as part of the 2012 United Kingdom local elections.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17299200 Local elections 2012 30 April 2012 BBC News 22 seats, representing one third of the total Council membership, were up for election in single-member wards. Ten – nearly half – of the members elected were newcomers to the council; five of these defeated sitting Councillors seeking re-election, whilst in the other five wards, the incumbent retired. Two incumbents stood under different labels to those they were elected under in 2008; both were defeated in their wards. The election resulted in a landslide for the Labour Party, which won 48% of the popular vote and 15 of the seats up for election – more than double the seven it went into the election with. Labour won a clean sweep in the southern constituencies of Sefton Central and Bootle. This brought the total number of seats controlled by Labour on the Council up to 36 giving the party an overall majority of six. As a result, the Sefton Labour Group formed a majority administration for the first time since the council's creation in 1973.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17299200 Labour takes control of Sefton Council in the 2012 local elections 29 June 2012 Southport Visiter Although the party failed to make a breakthrough in the northern town of Southport, it did win more than 20% of the popular vote there, a feat it has not achieved at a general election since 1966. The party also out-polled Conservative Party in three of Southport's seven wards and out-polled a sitting Councillor (in Duke's Ward) for the first time in years. The election representing a serious defeat for the other three parties defending seats. All incumbent Conservatives seeking re-election were defeated, including group leader Paula Parry who lost her Blundellsands ward to Labour on a swing of nearly 22%. Only one Conservative was elected; newcomer Ted Hartill successfully defended outgoing deputy leader Brenda Porter's seat of Ainsdale, though the Conservative margin of victory was cut from 45 in 2008 to just 15 points. They lost a third of the support they had attained in the 2011 borough election, falling into third place in terms of votes and being left with just eight seats on the council. Their 17% share of the vote was well below the national party's 31%. For the Liberal Democrats, the result was slightly better but still represented a crushing defeat for a party that only two years previously had been the largest on Sefton Council. They gained two seats in Southport from the Conservatives (including one Independent Conservative) and retained all the seats they were defending there but lost all five they were defending in the south of the borough to Labour, reducing their overall strength from 23 to 20. Their share of the vote was only 19% across all of Sefton however, scarcely more than the party's national average of 16% and leaving them nearly thirty points behind Labour. In roughly a third of the seats up for election the Lib Dems won less than 100 votes. Additionally, the UK Independence Party lost its sole seat on the council. Former Conservative Councillor and mayor Alf Doran, who had crossed the floor to join UKIP in 2011,http://www.ukip.org/content/latest-news/2077-another-tory-jumps-ship-to-ukip Another Tory Jumps Ship to UKIP 29 June 2012 UKIP Website was defeated in his bid to be re-elected. He finished a close third, just 77 votes behind the Conservatives and 85 behind the victorious Labour Party. No other party was able to return members to the council; only the local issues Southport Party came remotely close in Norwood, where its candidate finished a distant third behind Labour and the Lib Dems. The only independent, a former Conservative Councillor seeking re-election, was defeated. Ward results Asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent seeking re-election. Ainsdale Conservative Party (UK) Ted Hartill 1,446 38 Liberal Democrats (UK) Lynne Thompson 869 23 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Jowett 653 17 UK Independence Party Jim Doyle 624 17 Green Party of England and Wales Barbara Dutton 180 5 577 3,772 39 Conservative Party (UK) 3% Con to Lib Dem Birkdale Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Hands* 1,225 39 UK Independence Party Terry Durrance 707 22 Labour Party (UK) Ged Wright 688 22 Conservative Party (UK) Nigel Ball 555 17 518 3,175 33 Liberal Democrats (UK) 6.5% Con to Lib Dem Blundellsands Labour Party (UK) Veronica Bennett 2,117 53 Conservative Party (UK) Paula Parry* 1,448 36 UK Independence Party Tony Ledgerton 179 5 Green Party of England and Wales Laurence Rankin 138 3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kris Brown 87 2 669 3,969 45 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Cambridge Liberal Democrats (UK) Pat Keith* 1,459 42 Conservative Party (UK) Cath Regan 734 21 UK Independence Party Gordon Ferguson 720 21 Labour Party (UK) Muriel Langley 566 16 725 3,479 37 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 11.5% Con to Lib Dem Church Labour Party (UK) Paul Cummins* 1,930 73 UK Independence Party Joseph Hedgecock 265 10 Conservative Party (UK) Helen Barber 187 7 Green Party of England and Wales Julia Thorne 185 7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sylvia Mainey 75 3 1,665 2,642 30 Labour Party (UK) Derby Labour Party (UK) Carol Gustafson* 1,809 81 UK Independence Party John Rice 302 14 Conservative Party (UK) Alex McIvor 64 3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jennifer Robertson 56 3 1,507 2,231 25 Labour Party (UK) Dukes Liberal Democrats (UK) Tony Dawson 996 30 Conservative Party (UK) Bob Ayres 827 25 Labour Party (UK) Peter Gaffney 473 14 UK Independence Party John Lyon-Taylor 390 12 Southport Party Harry Forster 359 11 Independent (politician) David Pearson*Originally elected as the Conservative Party candidate, Pearson was one of four Conservatives who resigned the party whip to sit as "Conservative Independent Members". Having last been elected in 2008, he was the incumbent defending his seat in 2012, but as he was elected as the official Conservative candidate, Duke's ward was a notional gain from the Conservative Party. 288 9 169 2,387 Liberal Democrats (UK) Independent (politician) 6.5% Con to Lib Dem Ford Labour Party (UK) Paulette Lappin 1,872 81 UK Independence Party Philip Wordley 307 13 Conservative Party (UK) Veronica Murphy 84 4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Winifred Maher 54 2 1,565 2,317 26 Labour Party (UK) Harington Labour Party (UK) Nina Killen 1,146 31 Conservative Party (UK) Simon Jamieson 1,138 31 UK Independence Party Alf Doran*Alf Doran was elected a Conservative Party candidate in 2008 but subsequently defected to UKIP. As in the case above, his seat was thus a notional Labour gain from the Conservatives rather than UKIP. 1,061 29 Liberal Democrats (UK) Dru Haydon 321 9 8 3,666 38 Labour Party (UK) UK Independence Party Kew Liberal Democrats (UK) Maureen Fearn* 1,028 37 Labour Party (UK) Janet Harrison 800 29 UK Independence Party Michael Lewtas 578 21 Conservative Party (UK) Chris Cross 390 14 228 2,796 30 Liberal Democrats (UK) Linacre Labour Party (UK) Doreen Kerrigan* 1,682 92 Liberal Democrats (UK) James Murray 74 4 Conservative Party (UK) Marika Jenkins 73 4 1,608 1,829 23 Labour Party (UK) Litherland Labour Party (UK) Patricia Hardy* 1,705 80 UK Independence Party Sheila Grace 174 8 Conservative Party (UK) Jessamine Hounslea 159 7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Daniel Lewis 95 4 1,531 2,133 26 Labour Party (UK) Manor Labour Party (UK) John Kelly 1,908 59 Conservative Party (UK) Sharon Hutchinson 749 23 UK Independence Party Craig Hughes 362 11 Liberal Democrats (UK) Carol Tonkiss 235 7 1,159 3,254 33 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Meols Liberal Democrats (UK) John Dodd* 1,327 40 Conservative Party (UK) Sarah Jackson 600 18 Labour Party (UK) Maureen Stoker 560 17 Southport Party Margaret Brown 489 15 UK Independence Party Patricia Shanks 372 11 727 3,348 35 Liberal Democrats (UK) 10% Con to Lib Dem Molyneux Labour Party (UK) Paula Murphy 1,888 59 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Gill 659 20 UK Independence Party Peter Harper 405 13 Conservative Party (UK) Nigel Barber 201 6 Green Party of England and Wales Tony Christian 69 2 1,229 3,222 33 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Netherton & Orrell Labour Party (UK) Robert Brennan* 1,804 74 UK Independence Party Pat Gaskell 241 10 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Peter Glover 227 9 Conservative Party (UK) Viv Becker 108 4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Carol Hill 59 2 1,503 2,439 28 Labour Party (UK) Norwood Liberal Democrats (UK) Ronnie Fearn* 1,215 39 Labour Party (UK) Lesley Delves 820 27 Southport Party Jacqueline Barlow 555 18 Conservative Party (UK) Graham Campbell 343 11 Green Party of England and Wales Neville Grundy 147 5 395 3,080 31 Liberal Democrats (UK) Park Labour Party (UK) Stephen Kermode 2,027 53 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robbie Fenton* 1,145 30 UK Independence Party Peter Gannon 304 8 Conservative Party (UK) Martyn Barber 295 8 Green Party of England and Wales Roy Greason 81 2 882 3,852 40 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Ravenmeols Labour Party (UK) Peter Maguire 2,163 54 Conservative Party (UK) Barry Griffiths 1,260 32 UK Independence Party Nicola Ledgerton 380 10 Green Party of England and Wales Richard Willis 172 4 903 3,975 43 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) St. Oswald Labour Party (UK) James Mahon* 2,035 91 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Dandy 112 5 Liberal Democrats (UK) James Ludley 79 4 1,923 2,226 27 Labour Party (UK) Sudell Labour Party (UK) Lynn Gatherer 2,124 59 Liberal Democrats (UK) Clifford Mainey* 820 23 UK Independence Party Gordon Kinread 286 8 Conservative Party (UK) Wendy Moore 285 8 Green Party of England and Wales Andrew Rossall 86 2 1,304 3,601 36 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Victoria Labour Party (UK) Michael Roche 2,114 59 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jack Colbert 889 25 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Barber 329 9 UK Independence Party Mike Kelly 267 7 1,225 3,599 36 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) References Sefton 2012 Category:2010s in Merseyside