2012 Rugby Borough Council election

Map of the results

Elections to Rugby Borough Council took place on Thursday 3 May 2012.

All 42 seats were up for election. This is because a boundary review took place and reduced the size of the council and adjusted the ward boundaries.^[1] The Conservative Party retained their majority.

New Wards

• Admirals & Cawston Ward (3 councillors)
• Benn Ward (3 councillors)
• Bilton Ward (3 councillors)
• Clifton, Newton and Churchover Ward (1 councillor)
• Coton and Boughton Ward (3 councillors)
• Dunsmore Ward (3 councillors)
• Eastlands Ward (3 councillors)
• Hillmorton Ward (3 councillors)
• Leam Valley Ward (1 councillor)
• New Bilton Ward (3 councillors)
• Newbold and Brownsover Ward (3 councillors)
• Paddox Ward (3 councillors)
• Revel and Binley Woods Ward (3 councillors)
• Rokeby and Overslade Ward (3 councillors)
• Wolston and the Lawfords Ward (3 councillors)
• Wolvey and Shilton Ward (1 councillor)

Election results

Rugby Borough Council Election, 2012

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	25
	Labour	10
	Liberal Democrats	6
	Independent	1
	Green	0
	TUSC	0

Ward Results

Note: Because of the boundary changes and the lack of any nominal results under the new boundaries, all results are listed as holds, even when seats have de facto changed hands. Percentage results are only shown for single-seat wards.

Admirals & Cawston Ward^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter James Butlin	709
	Conservative	Michael Thomas Stokes	691
	Conservative	Mark Antony Williams	685
	Labour	Steve Birkett	641
	Labour	Marie Angela McNally	617
	Labour	Alan Charles Webb	571
	Green	Kate Crowley	179
	Liberal Democrats	Hilda Esme Fletcher	102
	Liberal Democrats	Richard John Allanach	100
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Hardgrave	91
Majority
Turnout				30.16%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Benn Ward^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maggie O'Rourke	824
	Labour	Tom Mahoney	820
	Labour	James Masih Shera	819
	Conservative	Lorna Lyttle	258
	Conservative	Nicola Williams	256
	Conservative	Ian James Picker	255
	Green	Steven Michael Wright	252
	Liberal Democrats	Ted Pallot	180
	TUSC	Bert Harris	177
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Louise Sandison	175
Majority
Turnout				26.53%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bilton Ward^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Craig Humphrey	1134
	Conservative	Lisa Anne Parker	1004
	Conservative	David Alan Wright	698
	Labour	Stephanie Jones	643
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Mary Kennedy-George	397
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Holman	373
	TUSC	Stephen James Roberts	229
Majority
Turnout				38.77%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clifton, Newton and Churchover Ward^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leigh Simone Hunt	332	65.48%
	Labour	Steve Weston	175	34.52%
Majority			157	30.97%
Turnout				34.59%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Coton and Boughton Ward^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carolyn Ann Robbins	647
	Conservative	Helen Barbara Walton	535
	Conservative	David Dick Cranham	512
	Labour	Mary Jean Webb	484
	Green	Adam William Bastock	287
Majority
Turnout				23.62%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dunsmore Ward^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Howard David Roberts	1281
	Conservative	Graham Lawrence Francis	1058
	Conservative	Ian Stanley Lowe	1033
	Conservative	Ian Spires	868
	Labour	Doreen Cox	460
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Louise Davies	324
	Liberal Democrats	Beatrice Josephine O'Dwyer	304
Majority
Turnout				39.48%
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastlands Ward^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Roodhouse	810
	Liberal Democrats	Neil James Sandison	722
	Liberal Democrats	Dale Keeling	567
	Labour	Owen Keir Richards	497
	Conservative	Scott Oliver Whyment	340
	Conservative	Ian Graham Francis	326
	Green	Phil Godden	306
	Conservative	Paul Michael Samuel Newsom	300
	TUSC	Robert Johnson	223
Majority
Turnout				27.92%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hillmorton Ward^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Sewell	804
	Conservative	Kathryn Margaret Lawrence	706
	Conservative	Nigel David Allen	662
	Labour	Kieren Brown	534
	Labour	Maria Arungwa	451
	Labour	John Anthony Slinger	427
	Liberal Democrats	Jess Upstone	334
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Elson	255
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Douglas	207
	TUSC	David John Goodwin	119
Majority
Turnout				38.90%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leam Valley Ward^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Hazelton	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Bilton Ward^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ish Mistry	709
	Labour	Tina Avis	683
	Labour	Rob McNally	630
	Conservative	Chris Cade	406
	Conservative	Emma Harrington	390
	Conservative	Charlie Hull	334
	Green	Roy Leonard Sandison	241
	Green	Peter Stephen Reynolds	195
	TUSC	Ally MacGregor	141
Majority
Turnout				25.52%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Newbold and Brownsover Ward^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andy Coles	649
	Labour	Claire Edwards	628
	Labour	Ram Srivastava	576
	Conservative	Martin Walton	467
	Conservative	Rachel Elizabeth Watts	465
	Conservative	Yousef Dahmash	415
	Green	Lorna Beryl Dunleavy	173
	TUSC	Bill Smith	145
	Green	James Bryans	115
Majority
Turnout				25.53%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Paddox Ward^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard James Dodd	1231
	Liberal Democrats	Jerry Roodhouse	1164
	Liberal Democrats	Noreen Coral Marion New	1077
	Labour	Nigel Edward Stanley	480
	Conservative	Stephen Anthony Tompsett	396
	Conservative	Hash Mistry	340
	Conservative	Marc James Pooler	299
	Green	David Wolfskehl	280
Majority
Turnout				37.69%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Revel and Binley Woods Ward^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Gillias	1211
	Conservative	Heather Mary Timms	1132
	Conservative	Belinda Garcia	972
	Labour	Jo Watson	700
Majority
Turnout				35.51%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rokeby and Overslade Ward^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Howard Mark Avis	615
	Conservative	Matthew David Francis	613
	Conservative	Kam Kaur	612
	Labour	Emma Daynes	564
	Conservative	Teri Watts	557
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Lewis	504
	Labour	John Francis Wells	496
	Liberal Democrats	Gwen Hotten	491
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Merritt	372
	Green	Laurence Stephen Goodchild	205
	TUSC	Julie Weekes	125
Majority
Turnout				37.49%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wolston and the Lawfords Ward^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sally Drayton Bragg	939
	Conservative	Derek Poole	894
	Conservative	Claire Watson	833
	Labour	Paul Castle	489
	Green	Ellie Roderick	361
	Independent	Pat Wyatt	324
	TUSC	Pete McLaren	289
Majority
Turnout				33.76%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wolvey and Shilton Ward^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Pacey-Day	465	67.39%
	Labour	Robert Charles Bevin	225	32.61%
Majority			240	34.78%
Turnout			690	36.18%
	Conservative hold		Swing

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