All 36 metropolitan boroughs, 18 out of 55 unitary authorities, 74 out of 201 district councils, all 32 Scottish council areas, 21 out of 22 Welsh principal councils, and 3 directly elected mayors
Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
The BBC's projected national vote share put Labour on 38%, the Conservatives on 31%, the Liberal Democrats on 16% and others on 15%.[4]Rallings and Thrasher of Plymouth University estimated 39% for Labour, 33% for the Conservatives, 15% for the Liberal Democrats, and 13% for others.[5]
All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 3 May 2012 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,[6] although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.[7]
The deadline to register to vote in the election was midnight on Wednesday 18 April 2012,[8] though anyone who qualified as an anonymous elector had until midnight on Thursday 26 April 2012 to register.[9]
Map of the results following the elections in England. Black indicates a council in no overall control, whilst white indicates area where no elections took place.
The local authorities having elections in 2012 (excluding mayoral elections) covered about 40% of the total English electorate, with 15.9 million electors entitled to vote. Turnout overall was 31.0%.[2]
In summary, the accumulated local authority vote and seats won by political party was:
Note the equivalent of these figures may not be commonly available for other election years. They represent the actual numbers of votes cast and should not be falsely compared to the more commonly available figures based on the projections for the whole of Great Britain.
Two unitary authorities that would usually have had a third of their seats up for election, actually had elections for all their seats because of the implementation of boundary changes.
Four district councils that would usually have had one-third of their seats due for election, actually had full council elections as a result of the implementation of new ward boundaries.
Referendums were also held in 11 English cities to determine whether or not to introduce the position of a directly elected mayor. These polls took place in Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Coventry, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham, Sheffield and Wakefield.[3] Of these 11 cities, only Bristol chose direct election (rather than council appointment) of a mayor. In addition, the citizens of Doncaster voted on the same day to continue electing their mayors directly.
In 21 out of 22 Welsh authorities, the whole council was up for election. On 17 January 2012, the Welsh Government announced that elections for Anglesey council have been postponed to May 2013.[20]
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^"Local elections 2016" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
^"The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, Schedule Part 1". Legislation.gov.uk. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
^. The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 November 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
^The deadline for the receipt of electoral registration applications is the eleventh working day before election day.
^The deadline for the receipt and determination of anonymous electoral registration applications was the same as the publication date of the notice of alteration to the Electoral Register (i.e. the fifth working day before election day).
^. Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
^. Swindon Borough Council. Archived from the original on 22 April 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
^. Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
^. Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
^. Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
^"Election News Summer 2011 - Rushmoor Borough Council" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011.
^"Salford referendum votes for directly elected mayor". BBC News. 27 January 2012.
^Bradbury, Sean (7 February 2012). "Liverpool Council passes motion to adopt elected mayor system". Liverpool Daily Post.
^Excludes Anglesey in vote and seat data. See individual detailed articles below for the breakdown; this is a summary of the overall result.
^"Anglesey council election postponed for year to 2013". BBC News. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012. Local government elections on Anglesey have been delayed for a year. It will mean people on the island will elect their new council in May 2013, 12 months later than in the rest of Wales.
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The 2012 United Kingdom local elections were held across England Scotland and Wales on 3 May 2012 1 Elections were held in 128 English local authorities 2 all 32 Scottish local authorities and 21 of the 22 Welsh unitary authorities alongside three mayoral elections including the London mayoralty and the London Assembly Referendums were also held in 11 English cities to determine whether or not to introduce directly elected mayors 3 2012 United Kingdom local elections 2011 3 May 2012 2013 All 36 metropolitan boroughs 18 out of 55 unitary authorities 74 out of 201 district councils all 32 Scottish council areas 21 out of 22 Welsh principal councils and 3 directly elected mayors First party Second party Third party Leader Ed Miliband David Cameron Nick Clegg Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader since 25 September 2010 6 December 2005 18 December 2007 Popular vote 38 31 16 Swing 1 4 1 Councils 75 42 6 Councils 32 12 1 Councillors 2 158 1 005 431 Councillors 823 405 336 Fourth party Fifth party Leader Alex Salmond Leanne Wood Party SNP Plaid Cymru Leader since 3 September 2004 16 March 2012 Councils 2 0 Councils 2 1 Councillors 424 158 Councillors 57 41Colours denote the winning party as shown in the main table of results The BBC s projected national vote share put Labour on 38 the Conservatives on 31 the Liberal Democrats on 16 and others on 15 4 Rallings and Thrasher of Plymouth University estimated 39 for Labour 33 for the Conservatives 15 for the Liberal Democrats and 13 for others 5 The inaugural election of police and crime commissioners for 41 of the 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales took place separately in November 2012 Contents 1 Electoral process 2 Results 2 1 Overall results Great Britain 3 England 3 1 Metropolitan boroughs 3 2 Unitary authorities 3 2 1 Whole council up for election 3 2 2 One third of council up for election 3 3 District councils 3 3 1 Whole council up for election 3 3 2 Half of council up for election 3 3 3 One third of council up for election 3 4 Mayoral elections 3 5 Mayoral referendums 4 Scotland 5 Wales 6 See also 7 ReferencesElectoral process editAll registered electors British Irish Commonwealth and European Union citizens who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 3 May 2012 were entitled to vote in the local elections Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address for example away working on holiday in student accommodation or in hospital were also entitled to vote in the local elections 6 although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections It is possible to register to vote at more than one address such as a university student who had a term time address and lives at home during holidays at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election 7 The deadline to register to vote in the election was midnight on Wednesday 18 April 2012 8 though anyone who qualified as an anonymous elector had until midnight on Thursday 26 April 2012 to register 9 Results editOverall results Great Britain edit Party Councils 10 Councillors Number Change Number Change Labour 75 nbsp 32 2 158 nbsp 823 Conservative 32 nbsp 12 1 005 nbsp 405 Liberal Democrats 6 nbsp 1 431 nbsp 336 SNP 2 nbsp 2 424 nbsp 57 Plaid Cymru 0 nbsp 1 158 nbsp 41 Green 0 nbsp 26 nbsp 5 Residents 0 nbsp 21 nbsp 5 Scottish Green 0 nbsp 14 nbsp 6 UKIP 0 nbsp 9 nbsp Health Concern 0 nbsp 5 nbsp 3 Respect 0 nbsp 5 nbsp 5 Liberal 0 nbsp 4 nbsp 6 Others 5 nbsp 2 596 nbsp 151 No overall control 51 nbsp 18 n a n aEngland edit nbsp Map of the results following the elections in England Black indicates a council in no overall control whilst white indicates area where no elections took place The local authorities having elections in 2012 excluding mayoral elections covered about 40 of the total English electorate with 15 9 million electors entitled to vote Turnout overall was 31 0 2 In summary the accumulated local authority vote and seats won by political party was English National vote and seat share 2 Party Vote Seats Labour 43 1 49 4 Conservative 27 5 32 5 Liberal Democrats 14 0 11 9 Green 4 2 1 1 Independent 3 2 2 8 Other 8 0 2 3 Note the equivalent of these figures may not be commonly available for other election years They represent the actual numbers of votes cast and should not be falsely compared to the more commonly available figures based on the projections for the whole of Great Britain Metropolitan boroughs edit All 36 Metropolitan boroughs had one third of their seats up for election Council Previous control Result Details Barnsley Labour Labour hold Details Birmingham No overall control Labour gain Details Bolton Labour Labour hold Details Bradford No overall control No overall control hold Labour Minority with Green support Details Bury Labour Labour hold Details Calderdale No overall control No overall control hold Details Coventry Labour Labour hold Details Doncaster Labour Labour hold Details Dudley Conservative Labour gain Details Gateshead Labour Labour hold Details Kirklees No overall control No overall control hold Details Knowsley Labour Labour hold Details Leeds Labour Labour hold Details Liverpool Labour Labour hold Details Manchester Labour Labour hold Details Newcastle upon Tyne Labour Labour hold Details North Tyneside Labour Labour hold Details Oldham Labour Labour hold Details Rochdale Labour Labour hold Details Rotherham Labour Labour hold Details St Helens Labour Labour hold Details Salford Labour Labour hold Details Sandwell Labour Labour hold Details Sefton No overall control Labour gain Details Sheffield Labour Labour hold Details Solihull Conservative Conservative hold Details South Tyneside Labour Labour hold Details Stockport No overall control No overall control hold Lib Dem Minority Details Sunderland Labour Labour hold Details Tameside Labour Labour hold Details Trafford Conservative Conservative hold Details Wakefield Labour Labour hold Details Walsall No overall control No overall control hold Conservative Minority with Lib Dem Support Details Wigan Labour Labour hold Details Wirral No overall control Labour gain Details Wolverhampton Labour Labour hold Details Unitary authorities edit Whole council up for election edit Two unitary authorities that would usually have had a third of their seats up for election actually had elections for all their seats because of the implementation of boundary changes Council Previous control Result Details Hartlepool 11 Labour Labour hold Details Swindon 12 Conservative Conservative hold Details One third of council up for election edit In 16 English unitary authorities one third of the council was up for election Council Previous control Result Details Blackburn with Darwen Labour Labour hold Details Derby No overall control Labour gain Details Halton Labour Labour hold Details Kingston upon Hull Labour Labour hold Details Milton Keynes No overall control No overall control hold Details North East Lincolnshire No overall control Labour gain Details Peterborough Conservative Conservative hold Details Plymouth Conservative Labour gain Details Portsmouth Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold Details Reading No overall control Labour gain Details Slough Labour Labour hold Details Southampton Conservative Labour gain Details Southend on Sea Conservative No overall control gain Details Thurrock No overall control Labour gain Details Warrington Labour Labour hold Details Wokingham Conservative Conservative hold Details District councils edit Whole council up for election edit Four district councils that would usually have had one third of their seats due for election actually had full council elections as a result of the implementation of new ward boundaries Council Previous control Result Details Broxbourne 13 Conservative Conservative hold Details Daventry 14 Conservative Conservative hold Details Rugby 15 Conservative Conservative hold Details Rushmoor 16 Conservative Conservative hold Details Half of council up for election edit 7 district councils had half of their seats up for election Council Previous control Result Details Adur Conservative Conservative hold Details Cheltenham Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold Details Fareham Conservative Conservative hold Details Gosport Conservative Conservative hold Details Hastings Labour Labour hold Details Nuneaton and Bedworth No overall control Labour gain Details Oxford Labour Labour hold Details One third of council up for election edit In 63 district authorities one third of the seats were up for election Council Previous control Result Details Amber Valley Conservative Conservative hold Details Basildon Conservative Conservative hold Details Basingstoke and Deane Conservative Conservative hold Details Bassetlaw Labour Labour hold Details Brentwood Conservative Conservative hold Details Burnley No overall control Labour gain Details Cambridge Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold casting vote of the Mayor Details Cannock Chase No overall control Labour gain Details Carlisle No overall control Labour gain Details Castle Point Conservative Conservative hold Details Cherwell Conservative Conservative hold Details Chorley No overall control Labour gain Details Colchester No overall control No overall control hold Details Craven Conservative Conservative hold Details Crawley Conservative Conservative hold Details Eastleigh Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold Details Elmbridge Conservative Conservative hold Details Epping Forest Conservative Conservative hold Details Exeter No overall control Labour gain Details Gloucester Conservative No overall control gain Details Great Yarmouth Conservative Labour gain Details Harlow Conservative Labour gain Details Harrogate Conservative Conservative hold Details Hart Conservative No overall control gain Details Havant Conservative Conservative hold Details Hertsmere Conservative Conservative hold Details Huntingdonshire Conservative Conservative hold Details Hyndburn Labour Labour hold Details Ipswich Labour Labour hold Details Lincoln Labour Labour hold Details Maidstone Conservative Conservative hold Details Mole Valley No overall control No overall control hold Details Newcastle under Lyme No overall control Labour gain Details North Hertfordshire Conservative Conservative hold Details Norwich No overall control Labour gain Details Pendle No overall control No overall control hold Details Preston Labour Labour hold Details Purbeck No overall control No overall control hold Details Redditch Conservative Labour gain Details Reigate and Banstead Conservative Conservative hold Details Rochford Conservative Conservative hold Details Rossendale No overall control Labour gain Details Runnymede Conservative Conservative hold Details St Albans No overall control No overall control hold Details South Cambridgeshire Conservative Conservative hold Details South Lakeland Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold Details Stevenage Labour Labour hold Details Stratford on Avon Conservative Conservative hold Details Stroud No overall control No overall control hold Details Tamworth Conservative Conservative hold Details Tandridge Conservative Conservative hold Details Three Rivers Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold Details Tunbridge Wells Conservative Conservative hold Details Watford Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold Details Welwyn Hatfield Conservative Conservative hold Details West Lancashire Conservative Conservative hold Details West Oxfordshire Conservative Conservative hold Details Weymouth and Portland No overall control No overall control hold Details Winchester No overall control Conservative gain Details Woking Conservative Conservative hold Details Worcester Conservative No overall control gain Details Worthing Conservative Conservative hold Details Wyre Forest Conservative No overall control gain Details Mayoral elections edit Three direct mayoral elections were held Local Authority Previous Mayor Mayor elect Details London Boris Johnson Conservative Boris Johnson Conservative Details Salford 17 none Ian Stewart Labour Details Liverpool 18 none Joe Anderson Labour Details Mayoral referendums edit Main article 2012 English mayoral referendums Referendums were also held in 11 English cities to determine whether or not to introduce the position of a directly elected mayor These polls took place in Birmingham Bradford Bristol Coventry Leeds Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne Nottingham Sheffield and Wakefield 3 Of these 11 cities only Bristol chose direct election rather than council appointment of a mayor In addition the citizens of Doncaster voted on the same day to continue electing their mayors directly Scotland editMain article Scottish local elections 2012 nbsp Map of the control of Scottish councils following the 2012 council elections Black indicates no overall control red indicates majority Scottish Labour control and yellow indicates majority Scottish National Party control nbsp Map of the largest party on each Scottish council following the 2012 council elections Red indicates Scottish Labour yellow Scottish National Party white Independents and blue Scottish Conservatives Patterned areas indicate a council where two parties have the same number of seats All council seats were up for election in the 32 Scottish authorities Council Previous control Result Details Aberdeen City No overall control No overall control hold Details Aberdeenshire No overall control No overall control hold Details Angus No overall control SNP gain Details Argyll and Bute No overall control No overall control hold Details Clackmannanshire No overall control No overall control hold Details Dumfries and Galloway No overall control No overall control hold Details Dundee City No overall control SNP gain Details East Ayrshire No overall control No overall control hold Details East Dunbartonshire No overall control No overall control hold Details East Lothian No overall control No overall control hold Details East Renfrewshire No overall control No overall control Details City of Edinburgh No overall control No overall control hold Details Falkirk No overall control No overall control hold Details Fife No overall control No overall control hold Details Glasgow City Labour Labour hold Details Highland No overall control No overall control hold Details Inverclyde No overall control No overall control hold Details Midlothian Labour No overall control gain Details Moray No overall control No overall control Details Na h Eileanan Siar Independent Independent hold Details North Ayrshire No overall control No overall control hold Details North Lanarkshire Labour Labour hold Details Orkney Independent Independent hold Details Perth and Kinross No overall control No overall control hold Details Renfrewshire No overall control Labour gain Details Scottish Borders No overall control No overall control hold Details Shetland Independent Independent hold Details South Ayrshire No overall control No overall control hold Details South Lanarkshire No overall control No overall control hold Details Stirling No overall control No overall control hold Details West Dunbartonshire No overall control Labour gain Details West Lothian No overall control No overall control hold DetailsWales edit nbsp Map showing the results of the elections in WalesKey Labour control Independent control No Overall Control No election held Main article Welsh local elections 2012 Party Votes 19 Councils Seats Labour 304 296 36 0 nbsp 9 4 10 nbsp 8 577 nbsp 237 Plaid Cymru 133 961 15 8 nbsp 1 1 0 nbsp 158 nbsp 39 Conservative 108 365 12 8 nbsp 2 8 0 nbsp 2 105 nbsp 67 Liberal Democrats 68 619 8 1 nbsp 4 8 0 nbsp 72 nbsp 92 Independent Others 231 026 27 3 nbsp 0 7 2 nbsp 1 329 nbsp 40 No overall control n a n a n a 9 nbsp 5 n a n a In 21 out of 22 Welsh authorities the whole council was up for election On 17 January 2012 the Welsh Government announced that elections for Anglesey council have been postponed to May 2013 20 Council 2008 Result 2012 Result Details Blaenau Gwent No overall control Labour gain Details Bridgend No overall control Labour gain Details Caerphilly No overall control Labour gain Details Cardiff No overall control Labour gain Details Carmarthenshire No overall control No overall control hold Details Ceredigion No overall control No overall control hold Details Conwy No overall control No overall control hold Details Denbighshire No overall control No overall control hold Details Flintshire No overall control No overall control hold Details Gwynedd No overall control No overall control hold Details Merthyr Tydfil Independent Labour gain Details Monmouthshire Conservative No overall control gain Details Neath Port Talbot Labour Labour hold Details Newport No overall control Labour gain Details Pembrokeshire Independent Independent hold Details Powys Independent Independent hold Details Rhondda Cynon Taff Labour Labour hold Details Swansea No overall control Labour gain Details Torfaen No overall control Labour gain Details Vale of Glamorgan Conservative No overall control gain Details Wrexham No overall control No overall control hold DetailsSee also editPolitical make up of local councils in the United KingdomReferences edit Local Elections 2012 Conservative Councillors Association Retrieved 15 November 2011 a b c Colin Rallings and Michael Thrashe August 2012 Local Elections in England 2012 PDF Report Electoral Commission Retrieved 10 May 2016 a b Greg Clark Date set for elected city mayors Department of Communities and Local Government 5 December 2011 Retrieved 8 December 2011 At a glance Elections 2012 BBC News 4 May 2012 Local elections 2016 PDF House of Commons Library Retrieved 7 July 2021 The Representation of the People Form of Canvass England and Wales Regulations 2006 Schedule Part 1 Legislation gov uk 13 October 2011 Retrieved 18 April 2012 I have two homes Can I register at both addresses The Electoral Commission Archived from the original on 15 November 2008 Retrieved 5 January 2011 The deadline for the receipt of electoral registration applications is the eleventh working day before election day The deadline for the receipt and determination of anonymous electoral registration applications was the same as the publication date of the notice of alteration to the Electoral Register i e the fifth working day before election day BBC News Vote 2012 BBC News 8 May 2012 Hartlepool electoral review Local Government Boundary Commission for England Archived from the original on 2 April 2012 Retrieved 18 April 2012 Forthcoming Elections Swindon Borough Council Swindon Borough Council Archived from the original on 22 April 2012 Retrieved 18 April 2012 Broxbourne electoral review Local Government Boundary Commission for England Archived from the original on 20 March 2012 Retrieved 18 April 2012 Daventry electoral review Local Government Boundary Commission for England Archived from the original on 2 April 2012 Retrieved 18 April 2012 Rugby electoral review Local Government Boundary Commission for England Archived from the original on 2 April 2012 Retrieved 18 April 2012 Election News Summer 2011 Rushmoor Borough Council PDF Archived from the original PDF on 27 September 2011 Salford referendum votes for directly elected mayor BBC News 27 January 2012 Bradbury Sean 7 February 2012 Liverpool Council passes motion to adopt elected mayor system Liverpool Daily Post Excludes Anglesey in vote and seat data See individual detailed articles below for the breakdown this is a summary of the overall result Anglesey council election postponed for year to 2013 BBC News 17 January 2012 Retrieved 7 February 2012 Local government elections on Anglesey have been delayed for a year It will mean people on the island will elect their new council in May 2013 12 months later than in the rest of Wales 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