2012 Exeter City Council election

2012 Exeter City Council election [1] [2] [3]
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14 of the 40 seats to Exeter City Council
21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout33.57%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 19 11 9
Seats won 10 4 0
Seats after 24 11 5
Seat change Increase Steady Decrease
Popular vote 10,563 6,351 3,355
Percentage 44.1% 26.5% 14.0%
Map showing the results of the 2012 Exeter City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows the Conservatives. Wards in grey had no election.
Council control before election

No overall control

 Council control after election

Labour Party

The 2012 Exeter City Council election took place on 3 May 2012, to elect members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. The election was held concurrently with other local elections in England. One third of the council was up for election; the seats up for election were last contested in 2008. The Labour Party gained overall control of the council, which had been under no overall control since 2003.[4] The Liberal Party was wiped off the council.

  1. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2015). Exeter City Council Election Results 1973-2012 (PDF). University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. pp. 11–12.
  2. ^ Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2012". Local Elections Archive Project.
  3. ^ "Election of City Councillors for the Wards of Exeter City Council Summary of Results" (PDF). Exeter City Council. 3 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Vote 2012". BBC News.