2012 Gwynedd Council election

The 2012 Gwynedd County Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Gwynedd Council in Wales.^[1] Seventy four council seats were up for re-election, however, no candidates were nominated for the Bryncrug/Llanfihangel ward, and a by-election was held in June 2012.

The Gwynedd election was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections.

Results

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The council shifted from Plaid Cymru majority to No Overall Control (Plaid had taken control of the council between elections).^[2] With no candidates nominated for the Bryncrug/Llanfihangel ward,^[3] a by-election was held in June 2012 and the outcome could have led to a Plaid majority had the Plaid candidate won.^[2] However, an independent won.^[4] Plaid remained holding exactly half of the total seats, per the table below:

Gwynedd Council election 2012^[5]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Plaid Cymru	37			2	50.0	43.4	13,426	3.4
Llais Gwynedd	13			0	17.6	23.7	7,326	2.4
Independent	19			1	25.7	19.4	5,996	5.6
Labour	4			0	5.4	9.8	2,678	2.4
Liberal Democrats	2			3	2.7	1.9	578	2.6
Conservative	0			0	0.0	1.3	405	0.1
Socialist Labour	0			0	0.0	0.6	175	New
Green	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	0.4

References

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^ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Vote 2012: By-election in Bryncrug to decide Gwynedd control". BBC News. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
^ "Local elections: Gwynedd council ward has no candidates". BBC News. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
^ "Welsh Elections :: Bryncrug/Llanfihangel By-Election 2012 - election candidates, election coverage". Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2012: Gwynedd". Retrieved 17 November 2016.

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