2012 City and County of Swansea Council election
2012 Welsh local government election
The fifth election to the City and County of Swansea Council was held in May 2012. It was preceded by the 2008 election and was followed by the 2017 election.
Overview
All council seats were up for election. These were the fifth elections held following local government reorganisation and the abolition of West Glamorgan County Council. The Labour Party made substantial gains and won back control of the authority, having lost their majority in 2004
Candidates
The contests were fought by most of the main parties but Labour was the only one to contest all of the seats.
Overall result
Results by ward
* = sitting councillor in this ward prior to election
Bishopston (one seat)
Bonymaen (two seats)
Long-serving Labour councillor Mair Gibbs was de-selected and failed to be returned as an Independent.
Castle (four seats)
Clydach (two seats)
Roger Llewellyn Smith had been elected as a Labour councillor in 2008.
Cockett (four seats)
Labour captured all four seats from the Liberal Democrats by a substantial margin. One of the four Lib Dems elected in 2008 stood as an Independent.
Cwmbwrla (three seats)
Dunvant (two seats)
Lib Dem councilor Nick Tregoning stood unsuccessfully as an Independent, leading to the loss of one seat to Labour who increased their vote significantly compared to 2008.
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