Who won the most seats in the Local Elections 2012?

The Labour Party won the most seats in the Local Elections 2012, with 2,169 of 4,886 seats filled.

When was the Local Elections 2012?

The Local Elections 2012 was held on 3 May 2012.

Local Elections 2012

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Local Elections 2012 was held on 3 May 2012. 4,886 seats were filled across 3,453 wards and divisions in 201 councils, from 14,695 candidates. The Labour Party won 2,169, Conservative Party won 1,015 and Independent won 544.

Date: 3 May 2012
Seats filled: 4,886
Candidates: 14,695
Councils: 201

Local Elections 2012: seats and votes by party
Party	Candidates	Seats won	Votes	Vote share
The Labour Party	3,707	2,169	3,332,325	40.5%
Conservative Party	3,292	1,015	1,896,540	23.1%
Independent	1,494	544	585,897	7.1%
Liberal Democrats	2,298	434	946,788	11.5%
Scottish National Party	613	425	503,089	6.1%
PC	557	158	203,120	2.5%
Green Party	1,023	40	258,725	3.1%
Independent / other	193	35	62,157	0.8%
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	749	9	228,161	2.8%
Respect	15	5	20,955	0.3%
CIIP	5	5	3,578	0.0%
LIB	50	4	10,956	0.1%
Llantwit	4	4	6,488	0.1%
ICHC	12	4	5,577	0.1%
LlG	6	4	2,040	0.0%
Ashtead	3	3	2,904	0.0%
Bath Northeast Somerset Independent Group (BIG)	13	2	10,268	0.1%
TDWGRA	2	2	2,126	0.0%
PABG	2	2	1,952	0.0%
RIRG	2	2	1,766	0.0%
Loughton	3	2	1,736	0.0%
Merthyr	2	2	1,557	0.0%
Scottish Socialist Party	31	1	4,183	0.1%
Morley Borough Independents	2	1	4,143	0.1%
HBI	3	1	3,539	0.0%
Morley	1	1	2,690	0.0%
SDP	11	1	2,429	0.0%
Other	3	1	1,694	0.0%
CG	2	1	1,618	0.0%
Glas1st	9	1	1,598	0.0%
Walton	2	1	1,559	0.0%
Werr'ton	1	1	1,368	0.0%
CC(Hart)	1	1	976	0.0%
EDIA	1	1	941	0.0%
Molesey	1	1	914	0.0%
StGHI	1	1	836	0.0%
PICP	1	1	674	0.0%
Hersham	1	1	636	0.0%
BNP	131	0	26,256	0.3%
English Democrats Party - Putting England First	82	0	20,195	0.2%

Local Elections 2012: results by council
Council	Wards / divisions	Seats filled	Largest party	Its seats
Aberdeen	12	40	Labour	16
Aberdeenshire	20	71	SNP	28
Adur	14	14	Conservative	12
Amber Valley	15	16	Labour	10
Angus	8	29	SNP	15
Argyll and Bute	11	36	Independent	15
Barnsley	21	21	Labour	18
Basildon	14	15	Conservative	7
Basingstoke and Deane	20	21	Conservative	10
Bassetlaw	16	16	Labour	12
Birmingham	40	40	Labour	29
Blackburn with Darwen	22	22	Labour	16
Blackpool	2	2	Labour	2
Blaenau Gwent	16	42	Labour	33
Bolton	20	22	Labour	14
Bradford	30	30	Labour	12
Brent	1	1	Labour	1
Brentwood	13	13	Conservative	7
Bridgend	39	54	Labour	39
Bromley	1	1	Conservative	1
Broxbourne	10	30	Conservative	27
Broxtowe	1	1	Conservative	1
Burnley	15	15	Labour	11
Bury	17	17	Labour	14
Caerphilly	33	73	Labour	50
Calderdale	17	17	Labour	9
Cambridge	14	14	Labour	8
Camden	1	1	Labour	1
Cannock Chase	13	14	Labour	11
Cardiff	29	75	Labour	46
Carlisle	17	17	Labour	10
Carmarthenshire	58	74	PC	28
Castle Point	13	13	Conservative	8
Ceredigion	40	42	PC	19
Cheltenham	20	20	Liberal Democrats	11
Cherwell	17	17	Conservative	15
Chorley	15	16	Labour	11
Clackmannanshire	5	18	Labour	8
Colchester	20	20	Liberal Democrats	9
Conwy	38	59	Independent	19
Coventry	18	18	Labour	15
Craven	12	12	Conservative	7
Crawley	13	13	Labour	8
Daventry	16	36	Conservative	29
Denbighshire	30	47	Labour	19
Derby	17	17	Labour	10
Doncaster	21	21	Labour	16
Dudley	24	26	Labour	19
Dumfries and Galloway	13	47	Labour	15
Dundee	8	29	SNP	16
East Ayrshire	9	32	SNP	15
East Dunbartonshire	8	24	Labour	8
East Lothian	7	23	Labour	10
East Renfrewshire	6	20	Labour	8
East Riding Of Yorkshire	1	1	Conservative	1
Eastleigh	15	15	Liberal Democrats	13
Edinburgh	17	58	Labour	20
Elmbridge	20	20	Conservative	9
Epping Forest	22	23	Conservative	15
Exeter	14	14	Labour	10
Falkirk	9	32	Labour	14
Fareham	15	15	Conservative	13
Fife	23	78	Labour	35
Flintshire	57	70	Labour	31
Gateshead	22	22	Labour	18
Glasgow	21	76	Labour	42
Gloucester	10	10	Conservative	4
Gosport	17	17	Conservative	12
Great Yarmouth	13	13	Labour	9
Guildford	1	1	Conservative	1
Gwynedd	73	77	PC	37
Hackney	1	1	Labour	1
Halton	20	20	Labour	18
Harlow	11	12	Labour	8
Harrogate	16	16	Conservative	13
Hart	11	11	Conservative	4
Hartlepool	11	33	Labour	21
Hastings	16	16	Labour	13
Havant	14	14	Conservative	11
Hertsmere	13	14	Conservative	12
Highland	23	84	Independent	35
Huntingdonshire	15	15	Conservative	9
Hyndburn	12	12	Labour	9
Inverclyde	6	20	Labour	10
Ipswich	16	17	Labour	12
Islington	1	1	Labour	1
Kingston Upon Hull	20	20	Labour	12
Kingston upon Thames	1	1	Conservative	1
Kirklees	23	23	Labour	12
Knowsley	21	21	Labour	21
Leeds	33	33	Labour	22
Lincoln	11	11	Labour	10
Liverpool	30	30	Labour	27
Maidstone	19	20	Conservative	10
Manchester	32	32	Labour	32
Merthyr Tydfil	11	33	Labour	23
Merton	1	1	Conservative	1
Midlothian	6	18	Labour	8
Milton Keynes	17	17	Labour	9
Mole Valley	13	13	Conservative	5
Monmouthshire	42	43	Conservative	19
Moray	8	26	Independent	10
Neath Port Talbot	41	61	Labour	50
Newcastle Upon Tyne	26	27	Labour	16
Newcastle-under-Lyme	20	20	Labour	11
Newport	20	50	Labour	37
North Ayrshire	8	30	SNP	12
North East Lincolnshire	12	12	Labour	9
North Hertfordshire	15	15	Conservative	9
North Lanarkshire	20	70	Labour	41
North Tyneside	20	20	Labour	15
North Yorkshire	1	1	Independent	1
Norwich	13	15	Labour	8
Nuneaton and Bedworth	17	17	Labour	14
Oldham	20	20	Labour	15
Orkney Islands	6	21	Independent	21
Oxford	24	24	Labour	16
Pembrokeshire	60	60	Independent	42
Pendle	16	17	Labour	7
Perth and Kinross	12	41	SNP	18
Peterborough	19	19	Conservative	9
Plymouth	19	19	Labour	12
Port Talbot	1	3	Labour	2
Portsmouth	14	14	Liberal Democrats	9
Powys	73	73	Independent	48
Preston	19	21	Labour	10
Purbeck	8	8	Liberal Democrats	5
Reading	16	16	Labour	11
Redditch	9	10	Labour	8
Reigate & Banstead	17	17	Conservative	13
Renfrewshire	11	40	Labour	22
Rhondda Cynon Taf	52	75	Labour	60
Richmond upon Thames	1	1	Conservative	1
Richmondshire	1	1	Conservative	1
Rochdale	20	20	Labour	17
Rochford	13	13	Conservative	12
Rossendale	12	12	Labour	8
Rotherham	21	21	Labour	19
Rugby	16	42	Conservative	25
Runnymede	14	14	Conservative	12
Rushmoor	13	39	Conservative	25
Salford	20	20	Labour	18
Sandwell	24	24	Labour	24
Scottish Borders	11	34	Conservative	10
Sefton	22	22	Labour	15
Sheffield	28	28	Labour	21
Shetland	7	22	Independent	22
Slough	14	14	Labour	14
Solihull	17	17	Conservative	9
South Ayrshire	8	30	Conservative	10
South Cambridgeshire	19	19	Conservative	11
South Lakeland	19	19	Liberal Democrats	10
South Lanarkshire	20	67	Labour	33
South Tyneside	18	19	Labour	18
Southampton	16	18	Labour	13
Southend-On-Sea	17	17	Conservative	6
St Albans	18	19	Conservative	8
St. Helens	16	16	Labour	14
Stevenage	13	13	Labour	11
Stirling	7	22	SNP	9
Stockport	21	21	Liberal Democrats	10
Stratford-On-Avon	19	19	Conservative	11
Stroud	18	18	Conservative	9
Suffolk	1	1	Conservative	1
Sunderland	25	26	Labour	22
Swansea	36	72	Labour	49
Swindon	20	57	Conservative	29
Tameside	19	19	Labour	18
Tamworth	10	10	Labour	6
Tandridge	14	14	Conservative	11
Three Rivers	16	16	Liberal Democrats	8
Thurrock	17	17	Labour	8
Torfaen	24	44	Labour	30
Tower Hamlets	1	1	Labour	1
Trafford	21	21	Conservative	10
Tunbridge Wells	16	18	Conservative	13
Vale of Glamorgan	23	47	Labour	22
Wakefield	21	21	Labour	20
Wales	1	1	Independent	1
Walsall	20	20	Labour	9
Warrington	19	19	Labour	15
Watford	12	12	Liberal Democrats	8
Watford Borough Council	1	1	Liberal Democrats	1
Welwyn Hatfield	16	16	Conservative	8
West Dunbartonshire	6	22	Labour	12
West Lancashire	18	18	Labour	11
West Lothian	9	33	Labour	16
West Oxfordshire	17	17	Conservative	12
Western Isles	9	31	Independent	21
Westminster	1	1	Conservative	1
Weymouth and Portland	12	12	Labour	6
Wigan	25	25	Labour	18
Winchester	19	19	Liberal Democrats	10
Wirral	22	22	Labour	13
Woking	12	12	Liberal Democrats	6
Wokingham	18	18	Conservative	13
Wolverhampton	20	20	Labour	17
Worcester	12	12	Labour	7
Worthing	13	14	Conservative	10
Wrexham	47	52	Labour	23
Wyre Forest	14	14	ICHC	4