2012 Ceredigion County Council election

2012 Ceredigion County Council election

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All 42 seats to Ceredigion County Council 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Ellen ap Gwynn Keith Evans Party Plaid Cymru Independent Leader's seat Ceulanamaesmawr Llandysul Town (defeated) Last election 19 seats, 43.8% 12 seats, 25.7% Seats before 20 12 Seats won 19 15 Seat change 1 3 Popular vote 10,461 7,647 Percentage 39.2% 28.6% Swing 4.6% 2.9%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Ceredig Davies Hag Harris Party Liberal Democrats Labour Leader's seat Aberystwyth, Central Lampeter Last election 10 seats, 23.9% 1 seat, 3.2% Seats before 9 1 Seats won 7 1 Seat change 2 0 Popular vote 6,787 844 Percentage 25.4% 3.2% Swing 1.5% 0.0%
Ceredigion local election results 2012
Council control before election Keith Evans Independent, Liberal Democrat & Labour coalition Council control after election Ellen ap Gwynn Plaid Cymru & Independent coalition

The 2012 election to Ceredigion County Council was held on 3 May 2012^[1] along with elections to 20 of the other 21 local authorities in Wales (all except Anglesey), community council elections in Wales and other elections elsewhere in the United Kingdom. It was followed by the 2017 election.

All 42 council seats were up for election. The previous council was controlled by Independents in coalition with the Liberal Democrat group and the single Labour member.^[2] Since 2008, there had been two by-elections in Aberystwyth, Rheidol and Ciliau Aeron which were both won by Plaid Cymru. The composition of the council prior to the elections was:

• Plaid Cymru 20^[3]
• Independents 12
• Liberal Democrats 9
• Labour 1

Councillors elected in this election were to serve an extended five-year term, after local government minister Carl Sargeant announced the next elections would be moved from 2016 to 2017 to avoid clashing with the next Welsh Assembly election in 2016 (which in turn had been delayed a year to avoid clashing with the next general election).^[4]