2012 Tandridge District Council election

The 2012 Tandridge District Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Tandridge District Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]

Map of the results of the 2012 Tandridge District Council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2012.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

14 seats were contested in 2012, with a total of 49 candidates standing for election.[3] Before the election the Conservatives ran the council with 34 of the 42 seats, while the Liberal Democrats had 6 seats.[4] Other parties standing at the election were the UK Independence Party with 13 candidates, the Labour Party with 6 candidates and 3 candidates from the Green Party.[4]

Among the councillors who stood down at the election was the longest serving councillor Richard Butcher of Woldingham ward, after 39 years on the council.[5]

Election result

The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats finished with the same number seats, after each party gained a seat from the other.[6] This left the Conservatives with 34 seats, the Liberal Democrats on 6 seats and there remained 2 Independent councillors.[2] The Conservatives won 11 of the 14 seats contested, after gaining Whyteleafe from the Liberal Democrats by 81 votes, while the council leader Gordon Keymer was among those to hold their seats.[6][7]

However the Liberal Democrats won 3 seats and gained a seat from the Conservatives by 99 votes in Warlingham East, Chelsham and Farleigh, where Jeremy Pursehouse regaining a seat on the council he had lost at the 2008 election.[6][7] Meanwhile, the UK Independence Party failed to win any seats, but did come second in three wards.[6] Overall turnout at the election was 34.53%.[8]

Tandridge local election result 2012[6][8]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 11 1 1 0 78.6 49.8 8,245 -2.7%
  Liberal Democrats 3 1 1 0 21.4 24.5 4,068 +4.2%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 16.5 2,741 +4.3%
  Labour 0 0 0 0 0 7.1 1,182 -1.6%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 288 +1.2%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 48 -5.2%

Ward results
Bletchingley and Nutfield[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Debbie Vickers 760 56.0 -6.3
UKIP Helena Windsor 335 24.7 +12.3
Liberal Democrats Richard Fowler 262 19.3 +7.5
Majority 425 31.3 -18.6
Turnout 1,357 31.7 -13.8
Conservative hold Swing
Burstow, Horne and Outwood[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Jones 841 62.0 -2.6
UKIP Graham Bailey 286 21.1 +8.9
Labour Stephen Case-Green 230 16.9 +3.3
Majority 555 40.9 -10.1
Turnout 1,357 29.9 -14.0
Conservative hold Swing
Godstone[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jules Gascoigne 707 57.2 -2.4
UKIP Richard Grant 530 42.8 +27.0
Majority 177 14.3 -29.4
Turnout 1,237 29.8 -14.1
Conservative hold Swing
Harestone[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Cooper 639 63.3 -2.3
Liberal Democrats Alun Jones 211 20.9 -2.2
UKIP Martin Ferguson 160 15.8 +11.6
Majority 428 42.4 -0.1
Turnout 1,010 33.5 -40.6
Conservative hold Swing
Oxted North and Tandridge[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gordon Keymer 879 53.3 -6.9
Liberal Democrats Stuart Paterson 270 16.4 -12.4
UKIP Christopher Dean 226 13.7 +2.6
Labour Geoffrey Moore 145 8.8 +8.8
Green Charlotte Nicholls 129 7.8 +7.8
Majority 609 36.9 +5.5
Turnout 1,649 37.6 -16.1
Conservative hold Swing
Oxted South[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Liz Parker 776 44.8 -0.6
Labour Barbara Harling 524 30.3 +1.0
UKIP Tony Stone 240 13.9 +4.7
Liberal Democrats Robert Wingate 115 6.6 -4.9
Green James Thompson-Stewart 77 4.4 -0.3
Majority 252 14.5 -1.6
Turnout 1,732 38.8 -15.4
Conservative hold Swing
Portley[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hilary Turner 565 52.3 +9.4
Conservative Ron Marks 347 32.1 -8.3
UKIP Mark Fowler 121 11.2 +2.1
Independent Emma Wheale 48 4.4 +4.4
Majority 218 20.2 +17.7
Turnout 1,081 33.4 -11.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Queens Park[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Duck 503 42.9 -4.7
Liberal Democrats Bob Tomlin 472 40.2 -5.6
UKIP Roger Bird 128 10.9 +10.9
Labour John Watts 70 6.0 -0.6
Majority 31 2.6 +0.8
Turnout 1,173 41.4 -31.2
Conservative hold Swing
Valley[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jane Ingham 399 39.9 +4.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Roberts 294 29.4 -10.3
UKIP Jeffrey Bolter 131 13.1 +0.0
Labour Martha Evans 93 9.3 -2.7
Green Les Adams 82 8.2 +8.2
Majority 105 10.5
Turnout 999 34.0 -12.2
Conservative hold Swing
Warlingham East, Chelsham and Farleigh[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Pursehouse 707 45.0 +7.8
Conservative Chris Camden 608 38.7 -6.9
UKIP Martin Haley 255 16.2 +7.8
Majority 99 6.3
Turnout 1,570 36.9 -9.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Warlingham West[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Cooley 591 62.6 +0.7
Liberal Democrats Wendy Pursehouse 218 23.1 -6.3
UKIP Arthur Haley 135 14.3 +5.6
Majority 373 39.5 +7.0
Turnout 944 35.5 -38.3
Conservative hold Swing
Westway[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Gosling 496 55.2 +12.9
Conservative Peter Brent 204 22.7 -22.1
Labour Robin Clements 120 13.3 +4.9
UKIP Christopher Bailey 79 8.8 +3.2
Majority 292 32.5
Turnout 899 30.4 -33.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Whyteleafe[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Dempsey 457 48.2 -2.2
Liberal Democrats David Lee 376 39.7 -2.5
UKIP Peter Gerlach 115 12.1 +12.1
Majority 81 8.5 +0.2
Turnout 948 34.4 -32.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Woldingham[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sally Marks 534 86.7 +8.1
Liberal Democrats David Martin 82 13.3 +1.1
Majority 452 73.4 +7.0
Turnout 616 41.2 -10.4
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections between 2012 and 2014

A by-election was held in Burstow, Horne and Outwood on 2 May 2013 after the resignation of Conservative councillor Michael Keenan over the introduction of same-sex marriage.[9][10] The seat was held for the Conservatives by Christopher Byrne with a majority of 151 votes over the UK Independence Party candidate Graham Bailey.[11]

Burstow, Horne and Outwood by-election 2 May 2013[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Byrne 699 48.7 -13.3
UKIP Graham Bailey 548 38.2 +17.1
Liberal Democrats Judy Wilkinson 188 13.1 +13.1
Majority 151 10.5 -30.4
Turnout 1,435 31.6 +1.7
Conservative hold Swing

References
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  3. "No clues to council says survey". Caterham Mirror. NewsBank. 19 April 2012. p. 1.
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  5. Haran, Brian (12 April 2012). "Long-serving councillor set to step down". Tandridge Mirror. NewsBank.
  6. Brooks, Angela (4 May 2012). "Election: Seat swap for Tories and Lib Dems". Surrey Advertiser. NewsBank.
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