Milton Keynes Council election, 2012

The 2012 Milton Keynes Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect members of Milton Keynes Unitary Council in Buckinghamshire, England. One third of the council – the 17 seats contested in the 2008 election – was up for election and the council, which totals 51 seats, was under no overall control in advance of and after the vote.^[1][2] 7 of the Conservative Party's 21 seats were up for election, 4 of the Liberal Democrats's 17, 2 of the Labour's 9 and all 4 Independents.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 20 (–1)
• Labour 16 (+7)
• Liberal Democrat 15 (–2)
• Others 0 (–4)

One Liberal Democrat had become independent between the 2011 and 2012 elections.

Election results

Ward results

Campbell Park^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Paul Williams	1,187	41.8	+11.1
	Liberal Democrat	Darron Kendrick	976	34.3	-8.9
	Conservative	Reginald Chopra	444	15.6	-10.5
	Independent	Isabella Fraser	221	7.8	+7.8
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
Denbigh[3] Party Candidate Votes % ± Labour Michael Legg 965 50.7 -1.3 Green Elizabeth Campbell 420 22.1 +22.1 Conservative Margaret Geaney 323 -16.7 -16.5 UKIP Steven Beaumont 153 8 +0.2 Liberal Democrat Edis Bevan 32 1.7 -5.3 Labour gain from Green Swing Eaton Manor[3] Party Candidate Votes % ± Labour Alan Webb 832 53.4 +12.3 Conservative Kevin Geaney 294 18.9 -8.8 UKIP Arnold Leeming 239 15.3 +8 Liberal Democrat Alfred Vella 79 5.1 -2.5 Labour hold Swing Emerson Valley[3] Party Candidate Votes % ± Conservative Gerald Small 1,136 34.5 -18.3 Liberal Democrat Sean Barnes 991 30.1 -6.1 Labour Mohammed Khan 749 22.7 +11.7 UKIP Joseph Pinto 268 8.1 +8.1 Green Philip Buckley 142 4.3 +4.3 Conservative hold Swing Loughton Park[3] Party Candidate Votes % ± Conservative Donald Hoyle 1,314 43.2 -15.5 Labour Peter Todd 1144 37.6 +15.1 Green Michael Lovell 318 10.4 +10.4 Liberal Democrat Christopher Thompson 252 8.3 -2.9 Conservative hold Swing Middleton[3] Party Candidate Votes % ± Conservative Peter McDonald 1,139 38 -5.6 Liberal Democrat Samuel Crooks 1,135 37.8 -9.9 Labour Rachael Martin-Smith 465 15.5 +9.7 Green Katrina Creaser 153 5.1 +2.2 UKIP Roger Nye 108 3.6 +3.6 Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing +10 Newport Pagnell North[3] Party Candidate Votes % ± Liberal Democrat Paul Alexander 802 45 -18 Independent Mike Barry 328 18.4 +18.4 Conservative James Orr 257 14.4 -14.2 Labour Alan Price 219 12.3 +3.8 UKIP Marc O'Brien 96 5.4 +5.4 Green Graham Findlay 72 4 +4 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Newport Pagnell South[3] Party Candidate Votes % ± Liberal Democrat Douglas McCall 968 55.2 -2.7 Conservative Richard Abery 421 24 -9.5 Labour Martin Petchey 212 12.1 +3.5 UKIP Robert Dunckley 152 8.7 +8.7 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Olney[3] Party Candidate Votes % ± Conservative Peter Geary 1,473 62.2 +8.8 Labour David Jones 421 17.8 +14.7 UKIP Judith Green 242 10.2 +10.2 Liberal Democrat Alice Tootill 223 9.4 -28.3 Conservative hold Swing Stantonbury[3] Party Candidate Votes % ± Labour Margaret Burke 935 44.5 +20.3 Conservative Barbara Wright 707 33.6 -1.1 UKIP Helen Davies 217 10.3 +2.5 Liberal Democrat Thomas Mallyon 129 6.1 -23.7 Green Thomas Bulman 112 5.3 +5.3 Labour gain from Conservative Swing Stony Stratford[3] Party Candidate Votes % ± Conservative Denise Brunning 1,225 41.6 -2.5 Labour Arshad Majid 919 31.2 +8.2 UKIP David Tavener 332 11.3 +7.5 Green Michael Sheppard 251 8.5 +8.5 Liberal Democrat Tahl Macnair-Kay 204 6.9 -0.7 Conservative hold Swing Walton Park[3] Party Candidate Votes % ± Conservative Alice Bramall 1,390 43.4 +0.2 Liberal Democrat Vanessa McPake 978 30.5 -16 Labour Suzanne Nti 528 16.5 +6.1 UKIP Sandra Lindley 153 4.8 +4.8 Green Francesca Hill 131 4.1 +4.1 Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing Whaddon[3] Party Candidate Votes % ± Labour Elaine Wales 934 42 -0.2 Conservative Uroy Clarke 642 28.9 -15.5 UKIP Stuart Moore 281 12.6 +4.4 Green Antony Mabbott 259 11.6 +11.6 Liberal Democrat Rosemary Snell 96 3.5 +4.3 Labour gain from Conservative Swing Wolverton[3] Party Candidate Votes % ± Labour Robert Middleton 1,639 51.5 +19 Liberal Democrat Mike Galloway 618 19.4 -17.1 Conservative Richard Gates 353 11.1 -6.2 UKIP Ronen Ghose 284 8.9 +3 Green Alan Francis 265 8.3 +0.6 Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing Woughton[3] Party Candidate Votes % ± Labour Hannah O'Neill 1,273 68 +14.3 Conservative Lorraine Brusby 262 14 -11.1 UKIP Michael Kearney 189 10.1 -0.2 Green John Creaser 92 4.9 +4.9 Liberal Democrat Ozoyah Oyakhire 51 2.7 -8.2 Labour hold Swing References ↑ "Wards up for election in 2010 - 2012". 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