Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2012

The 2012 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. This was on the same day as other United Kingdom local elections, 2012. In the ward of Great Bridge, the Conservative Party was criticised for fielding a candidate who had the same name as the Labour Party councillor.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Due to being elected 'in thirds', councillors elected at the Sandwell Council election, 2008 were defending their seats in 2012.

The Labour Party won every seat, increasing their majority.

Election result

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Election, 2012
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	24	8	0	+8	100%
	Conservative	0	0	8	-8	0%
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	2	-2	0%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0%
	National Front	0	0	0	0	0%
	TOTAL	24	10	10	0		100%

Ward Results

Abbey Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Brown	319	11.93	-6.07
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Gibson	99	3.70	-0.60
	Labour	Ann Jaron	2,017	75.43	+6.93
	Green	Barry Lim	239	8.94	-0.26
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackheath Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kerrie Carmichael	1,324	53.19	-5.41
	Sandwell Traditional Independent	Shirley Ching	305	12.25	+12.25
	Conservative	Mary Docker	860	34.56	-6.84
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Bristnall Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Grainger	573	27.79	-5.71
	Labour	Ann Jarvis	1,489	72.21	+5.71
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Charlemont with Grove Vale Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Dell Macefield	151	5.92	-0.98
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Mitchener	96	3.76	-2.94
	Conservative	Ray Nock	849	33.25	-11.55
	Labour	Liam Preece	1,202	47.08	+5.38
	Sandwell Traditional Independent	Hilary Taylor	255	9.99	+9.99
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Cradley Heath and Old Hill Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liz Bowler	673	27.13	-5.07
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Johns	130	5.24	-0.36
	BNP	John Salvage	213	8.58	+8.58
	Labour Co-op	John Tipper	1,465	59.05	-3.15
Majority
Turnout
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

Friar Park Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Farrington	312	18.00	-10.00
	Labour	Geoff Lewis	1,421	82.00	+17.20
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Great Barr with Yew Tree Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Cowles	464	16.12	-0.38
	Liberal Democrat	Sadie Smith	866	30.08	+5.18
	Labour	Christopher Worsey	1,549	53.80	+5.70
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Great Bridge Ward^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Rowley	1561	81.51	+7.71
	Conservative	Derek Joseph Rowley	354	18.49	-7.71
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Greets Green and Lyng Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Edwards	1,790	85.93	+12.83
	Conservative	Bob Fitzpatrick	293	14.07	-5.53
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Hateley Heath Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Colin Bye	89	4.10	+4.10
	Conservative	Steve Dabbs	287	13.22	-15.80
	BNP	Terry Lewin	163	7.51	+7.51
	Labour	Paul Sandars	1,632	75.17	+8.47
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Langley Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dennis Bishop	425	19.61	-12.59
	Labour	Sharon Davies	1,636	75.50	+7.70
	Liberal Democrat	William Murcott	106	4.89	+4.89
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Newton Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Fisher	519	20.65	-8.45
	Independent	Margaret Macklin	104	4.14	+4.14
	Sandwell Traditional Independent	Bert Richards	128	5.09	+2.59
	Labour	Joyce Underhill	1,483	59.01	+9.41
	Conservative	Sandra Vickers	279	11.11	-7.79
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Old Warley Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Crumpton	1,601	59.61	+4.71
	Liberal Democrat	Bryan Manley-Green	99	3.69	-1.21
	Sandwell Traditional Independent	John McHard	148	5.51	+0.11
	Green	Aldo Mussi	132	4.91	-0.09
	Conservative	Lee Pawlowski	706	26.28	-3.62
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Oldbury Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Downing	2,163	85.02	+3.52
	Conservative	Ben Elwell	381	14.98	-3.52
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Princes End Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Cherrington	1,175	69.00	+13.70
	Conservative	Beatrice Owen	528	31.00	+0.20
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Rowley Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Eaves	1,592	75.81	+13.51
	Conservative	Mary Pawlowski	508	24.19	-13.51
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Smethwick Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nagi Daya Singh	298	11.87	-7.53
	Labour	Linda Horton	2,088	83.15	+12.45
	Liberal Democrat	Manjit Lall	125	4.98	+4.98
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Soho and Victoria Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Darren Cooper	2,791	95.16	+4.36
	Conservative	Ewart Johnson	142	4.84	-4.36
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

St Paul's Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Harbhajan Singh Dardi	502	14.50	+14.50
	Sandwell Traditional Independent	Bob Dunn	277	8.00	+8.00
	Conservative	Maurice Gaunt	176	5.09	-13.01
	Labour	Preet Gill	2,506	72.41	-9.49
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Tipton Green Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Jones	1,643	72.41	+8.01
	Conservative	Nathan Poole	365	16.09	-7.41
	National Front	Ade Woodhouse	261	11.50	-0.60
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

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Tividale Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maria Crompton	1,637	80.76	+16.06
	Conservative	Jack Sabharwal	390	19.24	-9.56
Majority
Turnout

Wednesbury North Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Hughes	1,589	73.12	+5.62
	Conservative	Marc Lucock	584	26.88	-2.52
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Wednesbury South Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pam Hughes	1,752
	Conservative	Ian Hunt	590
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

West Bromwich Central Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kim Frazer	2,003
	Green	David Hawkins	256
	Conservative	Robert White	358
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

References

↑ "Two Derek Rowleys on ballot paper". The Press Association. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
↑ "Voters piggy in the middle in Sandwell's battle of the Derek Rowleys". Halesowen News. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
↑ "Derek Rowley v Derek Rowley: Tories accused of election sabotage by fielding candidate with same name as Labour councillor". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
↑ "There's only two Derek Rowleys! Labour cries foul as Tories field namesake in 'lookalike' election". Daily Mail (London). 27 April 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
↑ "Great Bridge Ward - Election 2012". Sandwell. Retrieved 2012-05-04.

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