# 2012 Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council election

The 2012 Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council in Wales. This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. The Council shifted from Independent to Labour.

## Results

2012 Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council Election :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 23 | +15 | 69.7 | 45.5 | 8,145 | +12.5 |
| Independent | 7 | -9 | 21.2 | 35.4 | 6,343 | -7.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | -6 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 910 | -10.9 |
| Merthyr Independents | 2 | -1 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 797 | -1.1 |
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 703 | +1.2 |
| UKIP | 1 | +1 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 588 | New |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 383 | +1.7 |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 50 | New |
The Liberal Democrats lost all the gains they had made in 2008. The Independent coalition council leader also lost his seat.

## Ward results
### Bedlinog

Bedlinog ward (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | L. Smart* | 534 | 54.8 |
| | Independent | G. Jones* | 517 | |
| | Labour | O. Thomas | 292 | 30.0 |
| | Labour | D. Thomas | 224 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | B. Setters | 92 | 9.4 |
| | Communist | C. Ashton | 56 | 5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | J. Pappas | 33 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.1 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |

### Cyfarthfa

Cyfarthfa ward (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | L. Elliott* | 797 | 44.3 |
| | Independent | P. Brown* | 760 | |
| | Labour | T. Chaplin | 683 | 38.0 |
| | Independent | M. Jenkins | 655 | |
| | Labour | M. Davies | 640 | |
| | Labour | D. Chaplin | 601 | |
| | Plaid Cymru | M. Evans | 318 | 17.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 33.1 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |

### Dowlais

Dowlais ward (4 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | P. Williams* | 971 | 58.0 |
| | Labour | R. Thomas* | 948 | |
| | Labour | P. Williams | 863 | |
| | Labour | T. Lewis | 806 | |
| | Independent | T. Rogers* | 703 | 42.0 |
| | Independent | J. Amos* | 591 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 33.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |

### Gurnos

Gurnos ward (4 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | R. Braithwaite | 591 | 54.2 |
| | Labour | B. Smith* | 586 | |
| | Independent | C. Tovey* | 500 | 45.8 |
| | Labour | D. Jarrett | 496 | |
| | Labour | S. Bevan | 492 | |
| | Independent | R. Llewellyn | 419 | |
| | Independent | G. Canavan | 417 | |
| | Independent | A. Brown* | 408 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 33.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |

### Merthyr Vale

Merthyr Vale ward (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | B. Mansbridge* | 905 | 63.7 |
| | Labour | D. Roberts | 770 | |
| | Independent | Jeff Edwards* | 516 | 36.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |
Independent coalition leader of the council, Jeff Edwards, lost his seat at this election.

### Park

Park ward (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | B. Toomey* | 913 | 63.2 |
| | Labour | C. Jones* | 888 | |
| | Labour | C. Barry* | 822 | |
| | Independent | S. Davies | 532 | 36.8 |
| | Independent | G. Price | 482 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Penydarren

Penydarren ward (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | A. Jones* | 656 | 36.2 |
| | UKIP | N. Greer* | 588 | 32.4 |
| | Labour | D. Issac | 569 | 31.4 |
| | Independent | C. Barsi | 438 | |
| | Labour | J. McCarthy | 435 | |
| | Labour | J. Johal | 337 | |
| | Independent | K. Baker | 315 | |
| | Independent | M. Regan | 230 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 36.2 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
| | UKIP gain from Independent | UKIP gain from Independent | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |

### Plymouth

Plymouth ward (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | H. Jones | 949 | 47.8 |
| | Labour | B. Carter* | 830 | |
| | Labour | G. Lewis | 803 | |
| | Independent | D. Games* | 738 | 37.2 |
| | Independent | P. Watkins | 523 | |
| | Independent | S. Thomas | 414 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | K. O'Connor* | 247 | 12.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | A. Sims | 117 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | C. Lambourne | 112 | |
| | Conservative | H. Kumar | 50 | 2.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.1 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |

### Town

Town ward (4 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | D. Jones | 1,192 | 41.6 |
| | Labour | D. Davies | 986 | |
| | Labour | G. Davies | 926 | |
| | Labour | L. Matthews | 907 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | A. Kitcher* | 571 | 19.9 |
| | Independent | I. Clark | 458 | 16.0 |
| | Plaid Cymru | V. Pugh | 385 | 13.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | B. Griffin* | 363 | |
| | Plaid Cymru | D. Griffiths | 356 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | A. Austin | 324 | |
| | Independent | M. Thomas | 323 | |
| | Independent | S. Taylor | 316 | |
| | Independent | G. Powles | 305 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | L. Heritage | 271 | |
| | Communist | T. Roberts | 261 | 9.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.8 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |

### Treharris

Treharris ward (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | K. Moran | 829 | 50.2 |
| | Independent | R. Thomas* | 821 | 49.8 |
| | Labour | E. Galsworthy | 808 | |
| | Labour | G. Watkins | 782 | |
| | Independent | G. Price* | 611 | |
| | Independent | P. Smithers* | 583 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.1 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |

### Vaynor

Vaynor ward (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | L. Mytton* | 885 | 73.6 |
| | Independent | H. Barrett* | 883 | |
| | Labour | T. Reid | 251 | 20.9 |
| | Labour | A. Barry | 222 | |
| | Communist | R. Evans | 66 | 5.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.2 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |