2012 Adur District Council election

The 2012 Adur District Council elections took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Adur District Council in West Sussex, England. Half of the council was up for election, and the Conservative Party remained in overall control of the council.[1]

Map of the results of the 2012 Adur council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Residents in white.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Results

The election saw the Conservatives remain in overall control of the council after winning 13 of the 15 seats which were contested. They gained Eastbrook from the Liberal Democrats having lost it in a double vacancy at the 2010 elections, but this gain was offset by the loss of Cokeham to Labour, who thus gained their first representation on the council since 2006. In addition Labour saw their vote share rise by more than 12% across the district, whilst the UK Independence Party (UKIP) also saw their vote share increase. The Liberal Democrats were the main losers, seeing their vote fall by 14%, pushing their into fourth place, behind UKIP.

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Adur Local Election Result 2012
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 13 1 1 0 86.6 41.0 5,956 -0.3
  Labour 1 1 0 +1 6.6 25.3 3,676 +12.7
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0.0 17.5 2,535 +6.3
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 1 -1 0.0 10.1 1,471 -14.0
  Shoreham Beach Residents' Association 1 0 0 0 6.6 4.1 594 -0.7
  Green 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 293 -4.1

Ward results
Buckingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Debbie Kennard 577 60.8 +4.9
Labour Nicola Carden 167 17.6 N/A
UKIP Mick Clark 128 13.5 +5.0
Liberal Democrats Julie Petrie 77 8.1 -27.5
Majority 410 43.2 +22.9
Turnout 949 30.1 -43.9
Conservative hold Swing -6.4
Churchill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pat Beresford 326 36.1 -6.5
UKIP David Bushell 325 36.0 +20.9
Liberal Democrats Steve Martin 252 27.9 -8.8
Majority 1 0.1 -5.8
Turnout 903 25.9 -34.1
Conservative hold Swing -13.7
Cokeham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barry Mear 393 39.7 +19.3
Conservative Nicholas Pigott 351 35.4 -6.8
UKIP David Bamber 189 19.1 +8.8
Liberal Democrats Nilda Dooraree 58 5.9 -21.2
Majority 42 4.3
Turnout 991 29.1 -34.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +13.1
Eastbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dave Donaldson 370 37.4
Labour Alun Jones 334 33.8
UKIP Jenny Greig 125 12.7
Green Jennie Tindall 88 8.9
Liberal Democrats Tom Hilditch 71 7.2
Majority 36 3.6
Turnout 988 29.0 -34.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Hillside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angus Dunn 499 51.0 +3.2
Labour Julie Scarratt 268 27.4 N/A
UKIP Rupert Greig 150 15.3 +3.4
Liberal Democrats Paul Taylor 61 6.2 -25.4
Majority 231 23.6 +7.4
Turnout 978 28.8 -35.2
Conservative hold Swing -12.1
Manor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Dollemore 391 40.9 -8.0
UKIP Lionel Parsons 326 34.1 +16.9
Labour Michael Rubin 147 15.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Stuart Douch 93 9.7 -24.2
Majority 65 6.8 -8.2
Turnout 957 30.0 -38.0
Conservative hold Swing -12.5
Marine
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Shoreham Beach Residents' Association Liza McKinney 594 67.0 +13.2
UKIP Peter Harvey 122 13.8 0.0
Labour Joyce Burns 109 12.3 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Naira Baboumian 62 7.0 N/A
Majority 472 53.2 +20.3
Turnout 887 25.0 -45.0
Shoreham Beach Residents Associations hold Swing +6.6
Mash Barn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Barnes 269 34.3 -6.2
UKIP Sid Hilsum 190 24.2 +6.6
Labour Douglas Bradley 174 22.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Doris Martin 151 19.3 -22.6
Majority 79 10.1
Turnout 784 23.8 -35.2
Conservative hold Swing -6.4
Peverel
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carson Albury 373 43.1 -4.7
Labour Kenneth Bashford 255 29.4 +9.0
UKIP Reuben Whiting 178 20.6 +10.6
Liberal Democrats Raj Dooraree 60 6.9 -14.9
Majority 118 13.7 -12.3
Turnout 866 25.0 -39.0
Conservative hold Swing -6.9
Southlands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Graysmark 329 38.0 +0.3
Labour Richard Jones 321 37.1 +7.7
UKIP Frank Mills 131 15.1 +5.9
Liberal Democrats Cyril Cannings 85 9.8 -13.9
Majority 8 0.9 -7.4
Turnout 866 28.9 -34.1
Conservative hold Swing -3.7
Southwick Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Metcalfe 511 53.1 +11.2
Labour Steve Carden 238 24.7 +9.3
UKIP Darryl Pledge 123 12.8 +7.4
Liberal Democrats David Edey 91 9.4 -12.7
Majority 273 28.4 +8.6
Turnout 963 27.1 -39.9
Conservative hold Swing +1.0
St. Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rod Hotton 335 35.6 -6.0
Labour Irene Reed 247 26.2 -0.7
Green Lynn Finnigan 205 21.8 +2.3
UKIP Michael Henn 103 10.9 -1.1
Liberal Democrats John Hilditch 51 5.4 N/A
Majority 88 9.4 -5.3
Turnout 941 27.5 -35.5
Conservative hold Swing -4.4
St. Nicholas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Coomber 572 50.0 +2.5
Labour Sami Zeglam 270 23.6 +9.1
Liberal Democrats Janet Kimber 153 13.4 -9.0
UKIP Clive Burghard 149 13.0 +7.4
Majority 302 26.4 +1.3
Turnout 1,144 36.2 -38.8
Conservative hold Swing -3.3
Widewater (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ann Bridges 564
Conservative Fred Lewis 489
Labour David Devoy 390
Labour Michael Thornton 363
UKIP George Osborne 296
Liberal Democrats Kay Vincent 206
Turnout 27.6 -39.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

References
  1. "Adur". BBC News – Vote 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  2. "Declared results from the count". Adur District Council. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
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