Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2012
The 2012 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other United Kingdom local elections, 2012.
Ward results
Spoilt ballots are not included in the below results.
Adwick ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ted Kitchen | 2,058 | 76.2 | +24.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Dave Farrell | 358 | 13.2 | −12.6 | |
Conservative | Kerry Wood | 286 | 10.6 | −5.2 | |
Majority | 1,700 | 62.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,702 | 25.3 | −4.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Armthorpe ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sue McGuinness | 1,677 | 52.5 | +23.3 | |
Independent | Scott Pickles | 1,289 | 40.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Chris Allen | 226 | 7.1 | −5.9 | |
Majority | 388 | 12.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,192 | 29.2 | −2.1 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Askern Spa ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Austen White | 2,269 | 70.4 | +38.3 | |
Conservative | Martin Greenhalgh | 954 | 29.6 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 1,315 | 40.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,223 | 33.3 | −4.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Balby ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nuala Fennelly | 1,436 | 45.7 | +17.3 | |
Independent | Mark Thompson | 1,136 | 36.2 | −7.5 | |
Conservative | Richard Eaton | 435 | 13.8 | −2.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Edwin Simpson | 135 | 4.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 300 | 9.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,142 | 28.3 | −3.7 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Bentley ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jane Nightingale | 1,750 | 64.5 | +26.4 | |
English Democrat | Barbara Hewitt | 681 | 25.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Alexandra Allen | 282 | 10.4 | −6.4 | |
Majority | 1,069 | 39.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,713 | 27.4 | −4.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Bessacarr & Cantley ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Monty Cuthbert | 1,764 | 42.5 | −9.9 | |
Labour | Paul Bissett | 1,230 | 29.6 | +15.2 | |
Conservative | Mark Wells | 623 | 15.0 | −13.5 | |
English Democrat | Glenn Bluff | 535 | 12.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 534 | 12.9 | |||
Turnout | 4,152 | 36.8 | −4.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Central ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Glyn Jones | 1,957 | 64.5 | +21.6 | |
English Democrat | Howard Dove | 533 | 17.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ian Hutchinson | 297 | 9.8 | −4.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Barbara Bell | 226 | 7.5 | −25.9 | |
Majority | 1,424 | 47.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,033 | 26.0 | −6.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conisbrough & Denaby ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christine Mills | 2,420 | 87.3 | +26.9 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Broughton | 352 | 12.7 | −7.0 | |
Majority | 2,068 | 74.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,772 | 26.8 | −3.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Edenthorpe, Kirk Sandall & Barnby Dun ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Pat Hall | 1,409 | 38.4 | +16.4 | |
English Democrat | Keith Hewitt | 731 | 19.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Karen Hampson | 579 | 15.8 | −39.2 | |
Conservative | Barbara Fletcher | 518 | 14.1 | −9.0 | |
Independent | Karl Goodman | 437 | 11.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 678 | 18.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,674 | 34.6 | −2.9 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Edlington & Warmsworth ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Phil Cole | 1,830 | 53.1 | +12.7 | |
Independent | Ray Mullis | 1,356 | 39.3 | −4.4 | |
Conservative | Liz Jones | 261 | 7.6 | −8.3 | |
Majority | 474 | 13.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,447 | 33.2 | −1.2 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Finningley ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Yvonne Woodcock | 1,803 | 40.3 | −8.4 | |
Labour | Thomas Scott-Chambers | 1,237 | 27.7 | +15.9 | |
English Democrat | Nigel Berry | 1,163 | 26.0 | +4.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Brown | 270 | 6.0 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 566 | 12.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,473 | 37.3 | −4.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Great North Road ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Debbie Hutchinson | 2,378 | 62.2 | +34.5 | |
Conservative | Frank Calladine | 643 | 16.8 | −3.8 | |
Green | Stephen Platt | 575 | 15.0 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Butterfield | 227 | 5.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,735 | 45.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,823 | 32.8 | −3.6 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Hatfield ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Pat Haith | 1,049 | 32.9 | ? | |
English Democrat | Mick Glynn | 827 | 26.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Jessie Credland | 791 | 24.8 | −1.4 | |
Conservative | James Hart | 343 | 10.8 | −17.6 | |
Community Group | Stewart Rayner | 176 | 5.5 | −9.1 | |
Majority | 222 | +7.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,186 | 37.7 | +2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Mexborough ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tracey Leyland-Jepson | 1,577 | 55.6 | +23.1 | |
Independent | Andrew Pickering | 687 | 24.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Malcolm Jevons | 472 | 16.7 | −38.8 | |
Conservative | Phyllis Calladine | 98 | 3.5 | −8.5 | |
Majority | 890 | 31.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,834 | 24.6 | −5.9 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Rossington ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Cooper-Holmes | 1,581 | 56.3 | +30.5 | |
Independent | Terry Wilde | 880 | 31.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Kathleen Beard | 240 | 8.5 | −5.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Richard Johnson | 108 | 3.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 701 | 25.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,809 | 28.5 | −4.9 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Sprotbrough ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jonathan Wood | 1,637 | 46.6 | −7.8 | |
Labour | Peter Millar | 1,565 | 44.5 | +26.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Diana Simpson | 312 | 8.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 72 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,514 | 37.9 | −2.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Stainforth & Moorends ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ken Keegan | 1,627 | 65.8 | +30.1 | |
Conservative | Martin Drake | 436 | 17.6 | −4.6 | |
Democratic Nationalists | Dave Owen | 410 | 16.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,191 | +48.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,473 | 25.4 | −3.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Thorne ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Community Group | Martin Williams | 1,442 | 46.7 | −3.6 | |
Labour | Susan Durant | 1,176 | 38.1 | +24.8 | |
Conservative | Richard Walker | 467 | 15.1 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 266 | 8.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,085 | 28.8 | −5.7 | ||
Community Group hold | Swing | ||||
Torne Valley ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bob Ford | 1,563 | 42.7 | −8.8 | |
Labour | Shane McAleavey | 1,112 | 30.4 | +16.0 | |
UKIP | Rebecca Walters | 643 | 17.6 | +10.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Adgar | 339 | 9.3 | −3.7 | |
Majority | 451 | 12.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,657 | 37.1 | −5.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Town Moor ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Wray | 1,569 | 49.0 | +20.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Cliff Hampson | 831 | 25.9 | −12.5 | |
Conservative | Stephen Cox | 432 | 13.5 | −5.6 | |
Independent | Michelle Goodman | 373 | 11.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 738 | 23.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,205 | 31.4 | −3.3 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Wheatley ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eva Hughes | 1,696 | 59.4 | +22.0 | |
English Democrat | Roy Penketh | 806 | 28.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Malcolm Knight | 351 | 12.3 | −7.6 | |
Majority | 890 | 31.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,853 | 29.1 | −4.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Mayoral referendum
Alongside the council election, and election took place to decide whether to have an elected mayor in Doncaster. Doncaster was one of the two cities on the night to vote 'Yes'.
Choice | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Yes | 42,196 | 61.7 |
No | 25,879 | 37.8 |
Total votes | 68,075 | 100.00 |
References
- ↑ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
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