# 2012 Castle Point Borough Council election

The 2012 Castle Point Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Castle Point Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was
* Conservative 25
* Canvey Island Independent Party 15
* Independent 1

## Background

Since the last election in 2011, 3 councillors for the Canvey Island Independent Party, Joan Liddiard, Anne and Brian Wood, formed their own Canvey Independent Group, after Brian Wood had been expelled from the party in November 2011. Anne and Brian Wood stood at the 2012 election as independent candidates, along with 13 candidates each from the Conservative and Labour parties, 5 from the Canvey Island Independent Party and 2 from the Green party.
One Conservative councillor, Enid Isaacs of Victoria ward, stood down at the election.

## Election result

The Conservatives retained a 9-seat majority on the council after holding all of the seats they had been defending. The closest they came to losing a seat was in St Mary's ward where they held on with a majority of 63 votes over Labour, which meant Labour failed to win any seats at the election. Meanwhile, the Canvey Island Independent Party regained seats in both Canvey East and Canvey South defeating independents Anne and Brian Wood.
Castle Point local election result 2012 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61.5 | 46.8 | 8,018 | -6.3% |
| CIIP | 5 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 38.5 | 20.9 | 3,578 | -0.9% |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.9 | 4,603 | +5.0% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 517 | -0.1% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 2.4 | 410 | +2.4% |

## Ward results

Appleton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Thomas Skipp | 849 | 61.7 | −3.9 |
| | Labour | Elliott Adair | 526 | 38.3 | +3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 323 | 23.5 | −7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,375 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Boyce :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jeffrey Stanley | 983 | 74.1 | −2.1 |
| | Labour | Lorna Trollope | 343 | 25.9 | +2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 640 | 48.3 | −4.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,326 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Canvey Island Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CIIP | John Anderson | 754 | 63.5 | −0.4 |
| | Conservative | Patricia Haunts | 241 | 20.3 | −1.7 |
| | Labour | Bill Deal | 192 | 16.2 | +2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 513 | 43.2 | +1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,187 | | |
| | CIIP hold | CIIP hold | Swing | | |
Canvey Island East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CIIP | Gail Barton | 595 | 48.0 | −8.2 |
| | Conservative | Lydia Parkin | 291 | 23.5 | −6.3 |
| | Independent | Anne Wood | 195 | 15.7 | +15.7 |
| | Labour | Maggie McArthur-Curtis | 158 | 12.8 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 304 | 24.5 | −1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,239 | | |
| | CIIP gain from Independent | CIIP gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Canvey Island North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CIIP | Martin Tucker | 913 | 64.7 | +5.9 |
| | Conservative | Mark Howard | 262 | 18.6 | −6.7 |
| | Labour | Esther Akinnuwa | 236 | 16.7 | +0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 651 | 46.1 | +12.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,411 | | |
| | CIIP hold | CIIP hold | Swing | | |
Canvey Island South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CIIP | Barry Campagna | 624 | 47.8 | −7.8 |
| | Conservative | Chas Mumford | 327 | 25.1 | −8.1 |
| | Independent | Brian Wood | 215 | 16.5 | +16.5 |
| | Labour | Matthew Reilly | 139 | 10.7 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 297 | 22.8 | +0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,305 | | |
| | CIIP gain from Independent | CIIP gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Canvey Island Winter Gardens :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CIIP | Steven Cole | 692 | 62.5 | +7.9 |
| | Conservative | Kay Mullaly | 232 | 20.9 | −10.3 |
| | Labour | Katie Curtis | 184 | 16.6 | +2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 460 | 41.5 | +18.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,108 | | |
| | CIIP hold | CIIP hold | Swing | | |
Cedar Hall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Liz Wass | 720 | 58.7 | +12.4 |
| | Labour | Laura Ward | 507 | 41.3 | +13.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 213 | 17.4 | +6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,227 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. George's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Clive Walter | 607 | 53.7 | −8.1 |
| | Labour | Joe Cooke | 524 | 46.3 | +8.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 83 | 7.3 | −16.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,131 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. James' :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Bill Sharp | 982 | 60.8 | −5.9 |
| | Labour | Fred Jones | 343 | 21.2 | +2.1 |
| | Green | Douglas Copping | 290 | 18.0 | +3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 639 | 39.6 | −8.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,615 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Cross | 762 | 52.2 | −10.9 |
| | Labour | Brian Wilson | 699 | 47.8 | +10.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 63 | 4.3 | −21.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,461 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Beverley Egan | 822 | 64.0 | −1.5 |
| | Labour | Bill Emberson | 463 | 36.0 | +13.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 359 | 27.9 | −14.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,285 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Simon Hart | 940 | 64.6 | −2.3 |
| | Labour | Dina Mehdi | 289 | 19.8 | −0.8 |
| | Green | Lesley Morgan | 227 | 15.6 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 651 | 44.7 | −1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,456 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |