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.

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:

• Conservative 25 (no change)
• Shoreham Beach Residents Association 2 (no change)
• Labour 1 (+1)
• Liberal Democrats 1 (-1)

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.

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

• Adur District Council: Elections May 2012 Adur District Council