Local Election Results 2012
Abertawe
Swansea
Whole council up for election.
I@S = Independents @ Swansea
PRep = People's Representative
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— 27th April 2023 (Penderry)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
30173 |
45.5% |
49 |
| Liberal Democrat |
10226 |
15.4% |
12 |
| Independent |
9692 |
14.6% |
3 |
| Conservative |
7228 |
10.9% |
4 |
| Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales |
3564 |
5.4% |
0 |
| Independents @ Swansea |
3297 |
5.0% |
3 |
| Green Party |
1404 |
2.1% |
0 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |
401 |
0.6% |
0 |
| People's Representative |
295 |
0.4% |
1 |
| National Front |
92 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Keith Marsh |
Ind |
645 |
59.3% |
| Gareth Davies |
C |
267 |
24.6% |
| David Dorsett |
Lab |
175 |
16.1% |
| Paul Lloyd |
Lab |
959 |
61.3% |
| Mandy Evans |
Lab |
893 |
|
| Mair Gibbs |
Ind |
514 |
32.8% |
| John Hague |
Ind |
493 |
|
| Sion Owens |
NF |
92 |
5.9% |
| Erika Kirchner |
Lab |
1629 |
49.7% |
| Sybil Crouch |
Lab |
1623 |
|
| David Phillips |
Lab |
1610 |
|
| Fiona Gordon |
Lab |
1582 |
|
| Gareth Jones |
LD |
533 |
16.3% |
| Allan Jeffery |
LD |
531 |
|
| Tanya May |
LD |
511 |
|
| Vicky Lewis |
LD |
440 |
|
| Patrick Powell |
PC |
274 |
8.4% |
| Gez Couch |
PC |
261 |
|
| Harri Roberts |
PC |
254 |
|
| Steve Clegg |
Grn |
248 |
7.6% |
| Damien Martin |
PC |
248 |
|
| Paul Morris |
C |
241 |
7.3% |
| Stephen Gallagher |
C |
230 |
|
| Sonya Morris |
C |
228 |
|
| Phil Crayford |
I@S |
207 |
6.3% |
| Natasha Tomaszewski |
C |
207 |
|
| Ross Walters |
Grn |
193 |
|
| Martin White |
TUSC |
148 |
4.5% |
| Paulette Smith |
Lab |
1055 |
50.4% |
| Gordon Walker |
Ind |
1040 |
49.6% |
| Roger Smith |
Ind |
915 |
|
| Gillian Wakeman |
Lab |
702 |
|
| Ann Cook |
Lab |
1949 |
48.6% |
| Andrew Jones |
Lab |
1913 |
|
| Geraint Owens |
Lab |
1707 |
|
| Mitchell Theaker |
Lab |
1601 |
|
| Dai Lloyd |
PC |
895 |
22.3% |
| Nicola Holley |
LD |
728 |
18.1% |
| Keith Morgan |
LD |
723 |
|
| Jim Kelleher |
LD |
637 |
|
| Hazel Morgan |
LD |
580 |
|
| Patricia Sanderson |
PC |
533 |
|
| Vanessa Webb |
PC |
498 |
|
| Rhodri Thomas |
PC |
484 |
|
| Veronyca Hughes |
Ind |
248 |
6.2% |
| Matthew Johnson |
C |
192 |
4.8% |
| Liam Kelly |
C |
166 |
|
| Victoria Steventon |
C |
155 |
|
| Michael Overthrow |
C |
154 |
|
| Peter Black |
LD |
1228 |
56.0% |
| Christopher Holley |
LD |
1045 |
|
| Lewis Thomas |
LD |
1023 |
|
| Cyril Anderson |
Lab |
965 |
44.0% |
| Peter Meehan |
Lab |
824 |
|
| Joy Richards |
Lab |
807 |
|
| John Newbury |
LD |
575 |
39.8% |
| Jennifer Raynor |
Lab |
420 |
29.0% |
| Mick Harper |
Lab |
354 |
|
| Nick Tregoning |
Ind |
351 |
24.3% |
| Graham Isted |
LD |
302 |
|
| Rowly Bevan |
Ind |
231 |
|
| Lis Davies |
Ind |
213 |
|
| Jordan Slater |
C |
100 |
6.9% |
| Robert Dowdle |
C |
89 |
|
| Paxton Hood-Williams |
C |
583 |
50.8% |
| John Bushell |
LD |
317 |
27.6% |
| Mike Durke |
Lab |
247 |
21.5% |
| David Lewis |
Lab |
538 |
51.0% |
| Darren Thomas |
PC |
275 |
26.1% |
| Beverley Howard |
Ind |
184 |
17.4% |
| Elizabeth Thomas |
C |
58 |
5.5% |
| Richard Lewis |
LD |
826 |
58.3% |
| Roy Collins |
Lab |
358 |
25.3% |
| Robert Fisher |
C |
232 |
16.4% |
| Sue Jones |
I@S |
660 |
44.3% |
| Ron Thomas |
Lab |
608 |
40.8% |
| Gordon Howells |
C |
163 |
10.9% |
| Les Woodward |
TUSC |
58 |
3.9% |
| Mary Jones |
LD |
435 |
57.2% |
| Hannah Farrar |
Lab |
198 |
26.1% |
| Gareth Milne |
C |
127 |
16.7% |
| Jeff Jones |
LD |
429 |
49.5% |
| Peter Jones |
Lab |
327 |
37.7% |
| Graham Coombs |
C |
111 |
12.8% |
| William Evans |
Lab |
889 |
75.7% |
| Pat Griffiths |
Ind |
285 |
24.3% |
| Beverley Hopkins |
Lab |
1040 |
63.9% |
| Mike White |
Lab |
1030 |
|
| Viv Abbott |
LD |
472 |
29.0% |
| Rob Speht |
LD |
423 |
|
| Roger Berry |
Ind |
77 |
4.7% |
| Kate Horton |
C |
39 |
2.4% |
| Henri Lloyd-Davies |
C |
28 |
|
| Gareth Sullivan |
I@S |
776 |
65.1% |
| Richard Simpson |
Lab |
344 |
28.9% |
| John Rasbridge |
Grn |
72 |
6.0% |
| Ryland Doyle |
Lab |
2185 |
62.6% |
| Penny Matthews |
Lab |
2154 |
|
| Uta Clay |
Lab |
2051 |
|
| Dennis James |
Lab |
1971 |
|
| June Evans |
Ind |
952 |
27.3% |
| Roger Evans |
C |
354 |
10.1% |
| Joshua Gaskell |
C |
335 |
|
| Leigh Moss |
C |
328 |
|
| Christine Richards |
Lab |
436 |
73.6% |
| Mike Sheehan |
LD |
100 |
16.9% |
| Leigh Richards |
PC |
56 |
9.5% |
| Ioan Richard |
PRep |
295 |
44.9% |
| Rhys Jones |
Lab |
213 |
32.4% |
| Linda Frame |
PC |
149 |
22.7% |
| Linda Tyler-Lloyd |
C |
283 |
28.4% |
| Peter Birch |
Ind |
264 |
26.5% |
| Keith Jones |
LD |
257 |
25.8% |
| Peter Rowlands |
Lab |
163 |
16.4% |
| David Evans |
Ind |
29 |
2.9% |
| John Davies |
Lab |
2599 |
50.7% |
| Rob Stewart |
Lab |
2500 |
|
| Robert Francis-Davies |
Lab |
2342 |
|
| Andrea Harrington |
Lab |
2302 |
|
| Yvonne Jardine |
Lab |
2190 |
|
| Adrian Davies |
Ind |
869 |
17.0% |
| Dic Jones |
PC |
800 |
15.6% |
| James Hatton |
C |
504 |
9.8% |
| Bill Hughes |
C |
501 |
|
| Sheila Morgan |
C |
467 |
|
| Richard Strick-Jenkins |
C |
404 |
|
| Ken Anderson |
LD |
351 |
6.9% |
| Jennifer Bickerstaff |
C |
341 |
|
| Rosemarie Bridgeman |
LD |
276 |
|
| Owen Roberts |
LD |
254 |
|
| Anjali Kadam |
LD |
187 |
|
| Ceinwen Thomas |
Lab |
1348 |
42.9% |
| Byron Owen |
Lab |
1321 |
|
| Gloria Tanner |
Lab |
1190 |
|
| Ray Welsby |
Ind |
699 |
22.2% |
| Audrey Clement |
I@S |
683 |
21.7% |
| Noel West |
I@S |
476 |
|
| Ann Jamal |
LD |
215 |
6.8% |
| John Ward |
C |
199 |
6.3% |
| Emma Lynall |
C |
135 |
|
| Crawshay Thomas |
C |
625 |
49.0% |
| Simon Arthur |
LD |
423 |
33.2% |
| Greg Kaminaris |
Lab |
228 |
17.9% |
| Tony Colburn |
C |
500 |
39.8% |
| Pam Erasmus |
Lab |
444 |
35.4% |
| Dorian Davies |
Ind |
311 |
24.8% |
| Mark Thomas |
Lab |
819 |
58.5% |
| David Tucker |
Ind |
493 |
35.2% |
| Carole Hyde |
C |
89 |
6.4% |
| Terry Hennegan |
Lab |
1216 |
72.1% |
| June Burtonshaw |
Lab |
1182 |
|
| Hazel Morris |
Lab |
1092 |
|
| Tony Young |
Grn |
470 |
27.9% |
| Wendy Fitzgerald |
I@S |
744 |
78.2% |
| Tom Hoyles |
Lab |
183 |
19.2% |
| Lyndon Jones |
C |
25 |
2.6% |
| Lynda James |
Ind |
442 |
38.4% |
| Peter Lanfear |
Ind |
215 |
18.7% |
| Patrick Morgan |
C |
211 |
18.3% |
| Terry Scales |
Lab |
131 |
11.4% |
| Arthur Rogers |
PC |
116 |
10.1% |
| Andrew Thomas |
LD |
35 |
3.0% |
| David Cole |
Lab |
1036 |
65.5% |
| Jan Curtice |
Lab |
904 |
|
| Jim Dunckley |
PC |
346 |
21.9% |
| Hannah Lowe |
PC |
248 |
|
| Victor Bruno |
Ind |
200 |
12.6% |
| Philip Downing |
Lab |
837 |
49.7% |
| Jane Harris |
Lab |
657 |
|
| Byron Lewis |
Ind |
495 |
29.4% |
| Don Richards |
Ind |
452 |
|
| Valerie Hedges |
Ind |
437 |
|
| Dai Beynon |
Ind |
346 |
|
| Dai Howells |
I@S |
227 |
13.5% |
| Garath Williams |
C |
124 |
7.4% |
| Glen Routledge |
C |
92 |
|
| Joe Hale |
Lab |
1116 |
64.0% |
| Clive Lloyd |
Lab |
968 |
|
| Alan Robinson |
Ind |
554 |
31.8% |
| Terry Porter |
Ind |
301 |
|
| Ruth Lloyd |
C |
73 |
4.2% |
| Owain Thomas |
C |
64 |
|
| June Stanton |
LD |
1860 |
33.9% |
| Mike Day |
LD |
1624 |
|
| Cheryl Philpott |
LD |
1573 |
|
| Huw Rees |
LD |
1433 |
|
| Paul Meara |
LD |
1293 |
|
| Paul Elliott |
Lab |
1286 |
23.5% |
| Carolyn Brown |
Lab |
1272 |
|
| Ian James |
Lab |
1253 |
|
| Paula Pritchard |
Lab |
1172 |
|
| Aisha Iftikhar |
Lab |
1082 |
|
| Tony Lloyd |
C |
1014 |
18.5% |
| Steve Jenkins |
C |
866 |
|
| Craig Lawton |
C |
848 |
|
| Daniel Boucher |
C |
771 |
|
| Dayne Powell |
C |
665 |
|
| Ian McCloy |
Ind |
600 |
10.9% |
| Carl Harris |
PC |
529 |
9.6% |
| Thomas Caldas |
PC |
450 |
|
| Shan Couch |
PC |
412 |
|
| Jon Howes |
PC |
411 |
|
| Rob Williams |
TUSC |
195 |
3.6% |
| Ronnie Job |
TUSC |
147 |
|
| Nick Bradley |
Lab |
1166 |
70.5% |
| Lesley Walton |
Lab |
1110 |
|
| David Hopkins |
Lab |
1093 |
|
| Samantha Davies |
Ind |
225 |
13.6% |
| Douglas Hunt |
LD |
191 |
11.5% |
| Christopher McColgan |
LD |
173 |
|
| Samuel Rees |
LD |
144 |
|
| Myles Langstone |
C |
72 |
4.4% |
| David Helliwell |
C |
67 |
|
| Amir Akhtar |
C |
54 |
|
| Nick Davies |
Lab |
1302 |
39.2% |
| John Bayliss |
Lab |
1207 |
|
| Neil Ronconi-Woollard |
Lab |
1161 |
|
| Pearleen Sangha |
Lab |
1099 |
|
| Peter May |
LD |
1089 |
32.8% |
| Stuart Rice |
LD |
975 |
|
| Janet Thomas |
LD |
812 |
|
| Jayne Woodman |
LD |
782 |
|
| Keith Ross |
Grn |
614 |
18.5% |
| Andrew Smith |
Grn |
465 |
|
| Millie Balkan |
C |
319 |
9.6% |
| Christian Bickerstaff |
C |
313 |
|
| Thomas Giffard |
C |
306 |
|
| Sarah Bickerstaff |
C |
301 |
|
| Robert Smith |
Lab |
488 |
63.0% |
| John Carpenter |
LD |
162 |
20.9% |
| Rob Lowe |
PC |
124 |
16.0% |
| Mark Child |
Lab |
1276 |
63.8% |
| Des Thomas |
Lab |
1249 |
|
| Lynne Davies |
C |
723 |
36.2% |
| Rebecca Taylor |
C |
608 |
|
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