City of Cardiff Council election, 2012

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The 2012 Cardiff Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect members of Cardiff Council in Wales. This was the same day as other United Kingdom local elections.

Election result

Labour gained control of the council from the Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru, after gaining 32 seats.[1] The Liberal Democrat leader of the council, Rodney Berman, lost his seat by 51 votes after two recounts,[2] bringing Labour's gains to 33. Sixty-one-year-old Labour councillor Heather Joyce, nicknamed 'Supernan' by the local newspaper, became the new council leader.[3]

Cardiff Council Election 2012[4][5]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 46 33 +33 61.3 41.4 101597
  Liberal Democrat 16 18 -18 21.3 17.3 42594
  Conservative 7 1 10 -9 9.3 17.5 43087
  Plaid Cymru 2 4 -4 2.6 12.7 31129
  Independent 4 2 -2 5.3 6.6 16334
  Green 0 0 0 = 0.0 3.8 9339
  TUSC 0 0 0 = 0.0 0.2 456
  UKIP 0 0 0 = 0.0 0.2 445
  Communist 0 0 0 = 0.0 0.1 335
  Christian 0 0 0 = 0.0 0.1 205
  Socialist (GB) 0 0 0 = 0.0 0.0 106

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