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The 2012 Gloucester City Council local elections took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Gloucester City Council in Gloucester, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other United Kingdom local elections were taking place across the country. At the previous Gloucester local elections in 2011, the first after the 2010 general election, of which the result was a hung parliament and subsequently, a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government was formed, both parties shared similar success, winning 9 out of the total 11 seats available (the Conservatives with 6 seats, the Liberal Democrats with 3).^[2]

Election results by party

Party name

Seats won

Percentage of votes

The Conservative Party

37%

The Labour Party

33%

Liberal Democrats

23%

UK Independence Party

The Green Party

Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts

< 1%

Turnout for the election was 32%,^[3] down 7% from the previous year.^[2] 7 wards from the 2011 elections were contested once more in the 2012 elections. Out of these 7 wards, only 1 gain was made, with Labour gaining control of the Barton and Tredworth seat from the Conservative incumbent.

Election results by ward

Ward

Elected candidate

Elected party or parties

Abbey

Gordon Taylor

The Conservative Party

Barnwood

Lise Noakes

The Conservative Party

Barton and Tredworth

Usman Bhaimia

The Labour Party

Elmbridge

Susan A. Witts

Liberal Democrats

Grange

Christopher Harry Chatterton

The Labour Party

Hucclecote

David Brown

Liberal Democrats

Longlevens

Jim Porter

The Conservative Party

Matson and Robinswood

Mary Smith

The Labour Party

Moreland

Mark Hobbs

The Labour Party

Tuffley

Gerard Dee

The Conservative Party

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17299200 |title=Local elections 2012 |accessdate=2012-04-30 |work=BBC News}}
2. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://democracy.gloucester.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?ID=9&RPID=4036916 |title=Gloucester City Council - Thursday, 5th May 2011 |accessdate=2012-08-12 |work=Gloucester City Council}}
3. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://democracy.gloucester.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?ID=10&RPID=3955778 |title=Gloucester City Council - Thursday, 3rd May 2012 |accessdate=2012-08-12 |work=Gloucester City Council}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://democracy.gloucester.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?ID=9&RPID=4036916 |title=Gloucester City Council, detailed results by ward - Thursday, 5th May 2012 |accessdate=2013-07-23 |work=Gloucester City Council}}