2012 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election

2012 local election in England March 2025 November 2013 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2012 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. The 2012 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/vote2012/council/E08000013.stm Vote 2012 4 May 2012 BBC News 6 March 2015 At the end of the election, the composition of the council was: Labour 40 Liberal Democrats 5 Conservative 3Election results 2012: Metro 5 May 2012 The Guardian NewsBank Background Before the start of the election, Labour ran the council with 35 seats, while the Liberal Democrats had 9 seats and the Conservatives had 4 seats.St Helens Council set for injection of fresh blood 12 April 2012 St Helens Star NewsBank 16 seats were contested in 2012, with Labour defending 9, Liberal Democrats 5 and the Conservatives 2. Five councillors stood down at the election, two Conservatives, Betty Lowe and the former leader of the Conservative group Wally Ashcroft, two Labour members Leon McGuire and Eric Smith, and one Liberal Democrat, John Beirne. Meanwhile, a former Liberal Democrat cabinet member, Carole Kavanagh, resigned her membership of the party over the policies of the national coalition government and defended her seat as an independent candidate. While the Conservative, Labour and the Green parties contested every seat, the Liberal Democrats only put up candidates in 9 of the 16 wards.Lib Dems in fight for future 30 April 2012 Liverpool Echo NewsBank Election result Labour gained 5 seats at the election to have 40 of the 48 councillors on St Helens council.Scuffles as Lib Dems suffer in St Helens 4 May 2012 Liverpool Echo NewsBank The Liberal Democrats lost 4 seats to Labour to be reduced to 5 councillors, while the Conservatives lost 1 seat to have 3 councillors. The Labour gains included defeating both the Liberal Democrat group leader and councillor for 27 years,Labour confident as the counts under way 4 May 2012 Liverpool Echo NewsBank Brian Spencer, in Sutton and the Liberal Democrat deputy leader Suzanne Knight in Newton. The Liberal Democrats held only one seat at the 2012 election in Eccleston, while the Conservatives held one seat in Rainford.Election latest: Lib Dem leader led away by police after alleged election night scuffle 4 May 2012 St Helens Star NewsBank Meanwhile, after contesting every seat at the election, the Greens failed to win any seats, but did come second in Blackbrook, Thatto Heath and West Park wards.Greens grows in stature 18 May 2012 St Helens Star NewsBank Brian Spencer, the former Liberal Democrat leader of St Helens council, was involved in an altercation with an Labour candidate, Mark Johnson, at the election count and would later in 2012 be convicted and fined for assault over the incident.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-20127301 Ex-St Helens council leader fined after election assault 30 October 2012 BBC News 7 March 2015 St Helens local election result 2012http://www.sthelens.gov.uk/media/255292/local_3_may_2012.pdf Declaration of Result of Poll St Helens Council 6 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070240/http://www.sthelens.gov.uk/media/255292/local_3_may_2012.pdf 4 March 2016 dead Labour Party (UK) 14 5 0 +5 87.5 62.1 26,580 +2.0 Conservative Party (UK) 1 0 1 -1 6.3 12.9 5,532 -4.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) 1 0 4 -4 6.3 12.5 5,338 -5.0 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0.0 8.0 3,421 +6.0 Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.5 1,506 +1.8 British National Party 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.9 391 -0.1 Socialist Equality Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 68 +0.2 Ward results Billinge and Seneley Green Labour Party (UK) Alison Bacon 1,802 63.3 +10.4 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Hodgson 536 18.8 -8.1 Independent (politician) Peter Peers 371 13.0 -2.5 Green Party of England and Wales Susan Rahman 140 4.9 +4.9 1,266 44.4 +18.4 2,849 31.8 -8.3 Labour Party (UK) Blackbrook Labour Party (UK) Alan Cunliffe 2,005 77.6 +0.6 Green Party of England and Wales Ellen Finney 321 12.4 +12.4 Conservative Party (UK) Judith Collins 258 10.0 -1.4 1,684 65.2 -0.3 2,584 30.8 -5.6 Labour Party (UK) Bold Labour Party (UK) Thomas Hargreaves 1,560 74.3 +4.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Marise Roberts 220 10.5 -4.5 Green Party of England and Wales David Hughes 177 8.4 +8.4 Conservative Party (UK) Barbara Woodcock 144 6.9 -1.4 1,340 63.8 +8.5 2,101 27.0 -9.5 Labour Party (UK) Earlestown Labour Party (UK) Charles Preston 1,676 72.1 +2.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Smith 239 10.3 -5.6 Conservative Party (UK) David Skeech 218 9.4 -5.4 Green Party of England and Wales Brian Banawich 192 8.3 +8.3 1,437 61.8 +8.3 2,325 28.2 -4.7 Labour Party (UK) Eccleston Liberal Democrats (UK) Teresa Sims 1,961 52.0 +15.2 Labour Party (UK) Mark Johnson 1,122 29.8 -3.7 Conservative Party (UK) Kathleen Barton 365 9.7 -11.9 Green Party of England and Wales Francis Williams 323 8.6 +0.6 839 22.2 +18.9 3,771 40.6 -4.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Haydock Labour Party (UK) Anthony Burns 2,132 78.6 +16.6 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Rigby 310 11.4 +4.6 Green Party of England and Wales Andrew Brownlow 270 10.0 +10.0 1,822 67.2 +28.8 2,712 30.0 -5.6 Labour Party (UK) Moss Bank Labour Party (UK) Paul Lynch 1,628 53.9 -0.1 Independent (politician) Carole Kavanagh 1,135 37.6 +28.4 Green Party of England and Wales Ian Donnelly 144 4.8 +4.8 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Harvey 115 3.8 -1.1 493 16.3 -5.8 3,022 35.0 -8.9 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Newton Labour Party (UK) Severiano Gomez-Aspron 1,453 46.8 +0.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Suzanne Knight 1,349 43.4 +1.3 Conservative Party (UK) Brian Honey 168 5.4 -6.5 Green Party of England and Wales Ann Shacklady-Smith 138 4.4 +4.4 104 3.3 -0.6 3,108 36.1 -0.5 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Parr Labour Party (UK) Andrew Bowden 1,601 84.2 +0.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Brown 120 6.3 -2.9 Green Party of England and Wales Carys Claffey 104 5.5 +5.5 Conservative Party (UK) Madeleine Wilcock 76 4.0 -3.0 1,481 77.9 +3.2 1,901 21.0 -6.9 Labour Party (UK) Rainford Conservative Party (UK) Rupert Nichols 1,381 53.7 -0.1 Labour Party (UK) Keith Aspinall 980 38.1 +2.6 Green Party of England and Wales William Fitzpatrick 210 8.2 +0.5 401 15.6 -2.6 2,571 38.5 -11.4 Conservative Party (UK) Rainhill Labour Party (UK) Barrie Grunewald 2,088 67.1 +2.4 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Reynolds 685 22.0 +0.5 Green Party of England and Wales Sandra Banawich 341 11.0 +11.0 1,403 45.1 +1.9 3,114 35.0 -9.3 Labour Party (UK) Sutton Labour Party (UK) Donald Jackson 1,765 59.7 -3.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Brian Spencer 901 30.5 +5.8 British National Party Peter Clayton 124 4.2 -1.2 Green Party of England and Wales David Parr 106 3.6 +3.6 Conservative Party (UK) Charmian Pyke 61 2.1 -4.3 864 29.2 -9.6 2,957 32.5 -4.8 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Thatto Heath Labour Party (UK) Sheila Seddon 1,857 74.8 -3.3 Green Party of England and Wales Karen Atherton 187 7.5 +7.5 Conservative Party (UK) Henry Spriggs 178 7.2 -5.6 British National Party Paul Telford 136 5.5 +5.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Carol Pearl 124 5.0 -4.1 1,670 67.3 +2.0 2,482 25.7 -7.0 Labour Party (UK) Town Centre Labour Party (UK) Jo-Ann Willmitt 1,502 70.3 -2.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Julie Ollerhead 239 11.2 -9.7 British National Party Leila Bentham 131 6.1 +6.1 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Barton 102 4.8 -1.3 Green Party of England and Wales Winifred Brodie 96 4.5 +4.5 Socialist Equality Party (UK) Danny Dickinson 68 3.2 +3.2 1,263 59.1 +7.0 2,138 25.9 -6.8 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) West Park Labour Party (UK) Robert Ayres 1,992 73.5 +4.2 Green Party of England and Wales Alison Donnelly 286 10.5 +3.7 Conservative Party (UK) David Foster 248 9.1 -2.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mandy Stanley 185 6.8 -0.6 1,706 62.9 +5.3 2,711 30.6 -6.5 Labour Party (UK) Windle Labour Party (UK) Sophie Robinson 1,417 56.9 +6.1 Conservative Party (UK) John Cunliffe 687 27.6 -10.5 Green Party of England and Wales Andrew Donnelly 386 15.5 +8.0 730 29.3 +16.6 2,490 30.8 -9.8 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) By-elections between 2012 and 2014 Windle A by-election was held in Windle on 2 May 2013 after the death of Labour councillor Pat Martinez-Williams.http://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/10398080.Labour_holds_Windle_ward_following_by_election/ Labour holds Windle ward following by-election 3 May 2013 St Helens Star 7 March 2015 The seat was held for Labour by David Baines with a majority of 717 votes over Conservative Robert Reynolds. Windle by-election 2 May 2013http://www.sthelens.gov.uk/media/434063/by-election_windle_2_may_2013.pdf Declaration of Result of Poll St Helens Council 7 March 2015September 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Labour Party (UK) David Baines 1,329 58.1 +1.2 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Reynolds 612 26.8 -0.8 Green Party of England and Wales Francis Williams 345 15.1 -0.4 717 31.4 +2.1 2,286 28.2 -2.6 Labour Party (UK) Billinge and Seneley Green A by-election was held in Billinge and Seneley Green on 28 November 2013 after the resignation of Labour councillor Alison Bacon.http://www.sthelens.gov.uk/newsroom/2013/05/22/2013/06/05/vacancy-in-the-billinge-ward/ Vacancy for councillor in Billinge ward St Helens Council 7 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150307100649/http://www.sthelens.gov.uk/newsroom/2013/05/22/2013/06/05/vacancy-in-the-billinge-ward/ 7 March 2015 deadhttp://www.sthelens.gov.uk/media/519208/billinge___seneley_green_28_november_2013.pdf Declaration of Result of Poll St Helens Council 7 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001944/http://www.sthelens.gov.uk/media/519208/billinge___seneley_green_28_november_2013.pdf 4 March 2016 dead The seat was held for Labour by Dennis McDonnell with a majority of 494 votes over UK Independence Party candidate Laurence Allen. Billinge and Seneley Green by-election 28 November 2013 Labour Party (UK) Dennis McDonnell 936 50.7 -12.6 UK Independence Party Laurence Allen 442 24.0 +24.0 Conservative Party (UK) John Cunliffe 248 13.4 -5.4 Green Party of England and Wales Sue Rahman 94 5.1 +0.2 British National Party Alan Brindle 73 4.0 +4.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Noreen Knowles 52 2.8 +2.8 494 26.8 -17.6 1,845 19.8 -12.0 Labour Party (UK) References Saint Helens 2012 Category:2010s in Merseyside