Castle Point Borough Council election, 2012
Map of the results of the 2012 Castle Point Borough Council election.
Conservative in blue and Canvey Island Independent Party in light grey.
Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2012.
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.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was
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.[3] 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.[4][5]
One Conservative councillor, Enid Isaacs of Victoria ward, stood down at the election.[4]
Election result
The Conservatives retained a 9-seat majority on the council after holding all of the seats they had been defending.[6] 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.[4][5] Meanwhile the Canvey Island Independent Party regained seats in both Canvey East and Canvey South defeating independents Anne and Brian Wood.[4]
Castle Point local election result 2012[4][5] |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Conservative |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
61.5 |
46.8 |
8,018 |
-6.3% |
|
Canvey Island Independent Party |
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
Canvey Island Central[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Canvey Island Independent Party |
John Anderson |
754 |
63.5 |
-0.4 |
|
Conservative |
Patricia Haunts |
241 |
20.3 |
-1.7 |
|
Labour |
Bill Deal |
192 |
16.2 |
+2.1 |
Majority |
513 |
43.2 |
+1.3 |
Turnout |
1,187 |
|
|
|
Canvey Island Independent Party hold |
Swing |
|
|
Canvey Island East[4][5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Canvey Island Independent Party |
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 |
304 |
24.5 |
-1.9 |
Turnout |
1,239 |
|
|
|
Canvey Island Independent Party gain from Independent |
Swing |
|
|
Canvey Island North[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Canvey Island Independent Party |
Martin Tucker |
913 |
64.7 |
+5.9 |
|
Conservative |
Mark Howard |
262 |
18.6 |
-6.7 |
|
Labour |
Esther Akinnuwa |
236 |
16.7 |
+0.8 |
Majority |
651 |
46.1 |
+12.6 |
Turnout |
1,411 |
|
|
|
Canvey Island Independent Party hold |
Swing |
|
|
Canvey Island South[4][5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Canvey Island Independent Party |
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 |
297 |
22.8 |
+0.5 |
Turnout |
1,305 |
|
|
|
Canvey Island Independent Party gain from Independent |
Swing |
|
|
Canvey Island Winter Gardens[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Canvey Island Independent Party |
Steven Cole |
692 |
62.5 |
+7.9 |
|
Conservative |
Kay Mullaly |
232 |
20.9 |
-10.3 |
|
Labour |
Katie Curtis |
184 |
16.6 |
+2.4 |
Majority |
460 |
41.5 |
+18.0 |
Turnout |
1,108 |
|
|
|
Canvey Island Independent Party hold |
Swing |
|
|
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