TUSC Election Results

A TOTAL of 134 candidates, standing in 133 wards in 40 councils, contested the English and Welsh local elections on May 3rd under the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) umbrella. In addition, TUSC stood a candidate in the Liverpool mayoral contest and a list of candidates for the all-London Assembly Member part of the Greater London Authority (GLA) elections (it did not stand candidates for the London mayor or the 14 GLA Constituency Member seats).

Most candidates stood in the name of TUSC, typically in one of its registered variants, Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts. In 17 candidates appeared on the ballot paper as Socialist Alternative and there were three Democratic Labour Party candidates in Walsall, one Cambridge Socialists candidate, and one Wigan Borough Green Socialists candidate, who endorsed the TUSC local elections policy platform but who contested the elections under their established electoral names.

In the local elections in England and Wales TUSC candidates averaged 6.2% of the poll. This was up from last year’s average 5.2% vote.

The full results for each ward contested by TUSC candidates are given below (including one or two corrections to the reports posted up earlier). Significant features of the results include:

The total vote for all TUSC candidates was 43,671.
In the local elections in England and Wales TUSC candidates averaged 6.2% of the poll. This was up from last year’s average 5.2% vote.
There were 74 council wards contested by TUSC candidates in 2012 where there was also a TUSC candidate in 2011. In these direct ‘comparator wards’ our average share of the vote rose, from 5.4% in 2011 to 6.8% this year.
In the local council wards that TUSC contested, the ratio of Labour voters to TUSC voters this year was nine. In other words, for every person who voted for TUSC (21,124 in the local council elections), there were nine people who voted Labour (187,015). Last year the ratio was ten Labour voters to every one TUSC supporter.
There were 98 wards which TUSC candidates contested with Liberal Democrats. But in the others – one quarter of the wards we stood in – one of the ‘parties of government’ was unable to field a candidate!
Where there was a clash, TUSC candidates outpolled a Liberal Democrat candidate in one in five wards (22). Last year the Lib Dems outpolled TUSC in seven out of eight contests.
Regional breakdown of TUSC results in England
Below is a regional breakdown of the results achieved by TUSC candidates in the local elections in England. Listed are the votes received by every candidate in the ward contested, with a percentage of the vote figure also given for the TUSC candidate (see Note on Statistical Methods on how this was calculated in multi-seat wards). The political composition of each council before May 3rd is indicated in parentheses.
Eastern
Four councils contested with nine candidates in nine wards, all with one seat up for election.
Cambridge (Lib Dem)
NB The TUSC candidate is a member of Cambridge Socialists and appeared on the ballot paper under that established electoral name.
Romsey
2011 result: TUSC 356 (12%)
Tom Woodcock
LD 1,020; Lab 813; CS 457 (18.5%); Con 175
Peterborough (Conservative)
Orton Longueville
Mary Cooke
Lab 886; Con 599; UKIP 283; TUSC 103 (5.5%)
Stevenage (Labour)
Bedwell
2011 result: TUSC 53 (2.8%)
Steve Glennon
Lab 897; Con 258; UKIP 218; Green 88; LD 78; TUSC 39 (2.5%)
Roebuck
2011 result: TUSC 61 (3.3%)
Bryan Clare
Lab 758; Con 424; Green 130; LD 83; TUSC 41 (2.8%)
Longmeadow
2011 result: TUSC 62 (3.1%)
Helen Kerr
Lab 778; Con 596; LD 172; TUSC 109 (6.6%)
Bandley Hill
2011 result: TUSC 61 (3.18%)
Amanda Dilley
Lab 814; Con 492; LD 105; TUSC 101 (6.7%)
Shephall
2011 result: TUSC 75 (4.6%)
Barbara Clare
Lab 760; Con 215; UKIP 181; LD 91; TUSC 48 (3.7%)
Chells
Mark Pickersgill
Lab 875; Con 382; LD 201; TUSC 100 (6.4%)
Welwyn Hatfield (Conservative)
Hatfield East
Craig Huteson-Stewart
Con 692; Lab 453; LD 138; Green 129 TUSC 53 (3.6%)
East Midlands
One council contested with five candidates in five wards, all with one seat up for election.
Lincoln (Labour)
Abbey
2011 result: TUSC 120 (5.5%)
Gavyn Graham
Lab 892; Con 386; LD 141; TUSC 139 (8.9%)
Carholme
2011 result: TUSC 62 (2.4%)
Nick Parker
Lab 1,042; Con 413; LD 173; UKIP 138; TUSC 106 (5.7%)
Moorland
2011 result: TUSC 37 (1.8%)
Liz Williams
Lab 836; Con 634; TUSC 78 (4.8%); LD 64
Park
2011 result: TUSC 55 (3.5%)
Lucy Bland
Lab 674; Con 197; UKIP 124; LD 94; TUSC 59 (5.1%)
Minster
2011 result: TUSC 57 (2.4%)
Emma Woodhall
Lab 909; Con 684; UKIP 173; LD 72; TUSC 41 (2.2%)
London
TUSC stood a list of candidates for the all-London Assembly Member part of the Greater London Authority (GLA) elections. See the TUSC website for the list of candidates selected. It did not stand candidates for the mayor or the 14 geographical constituencies.
GLA London-wide Assembly Member election
City-wide poll
Lab 911,204; Con 708,528; Green 189,215; LD 150,447; UKIP 100,040; BNP 47,024; CPA 38,758; ED 22,025; TUSC 17,686 (0.8%); Ind 9,114; Ind 8,126; NF 8,006; Ind 4,835
Northern
Three councils contested with four candidates in four wards, all with one seat up for election.
Carlisle (No overall control)
Currock
2011 result: TUSC 104 (7.1%)
Brent Kennedy
Lab 850; Con 185; TUSC 97 (7.9%); BNP 88
Gateshead (Labour)
Deckham
2011 result: TUSC 189 (7.9%)
Norman Hall
Lab 1,407; Con 214; LD 146; NF 124; TUSC 118 (5.9%)
High Fell
2011 result: TUSC 165 (7.5%)
Elaine Brunskill
Lab 1,393; TUSC 248 (13.3%); Con 109; LD 106
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (Labour)
South Heaton
Paul Phillips
Lab 1,188; Green 210; LD 158; Con 81; TUSC 74 (4.3%)
North West
Eight councils contested with 24 candidates in 24 wards, all with one seat up for election. Plus the Liverpool Mayoral election.
Liverpool Mayoral election
City-wide poll
Tony Mulhearn
Lab 58,448 (57.7%); Ind 8,292 (8.2%); LD 6,238 (6.2%); Green 5,175 (5.1%); TUSC 4,792 (4.73%); Lib 4,442 (4.4%); Con 4,425 (4.4%); UKIP 2,352 (2.3%); ED 1,400 (1.4%); Ind 1,362 (1.3%); BNP 1,015 (1%); NF 566 (0.6%)
Liverpool council (Labour)
Clubmoor
Alison Nelson
Lab 2,587; UKIP 215; Lib 124; LD 106; TUSC 97 (2.9%)
Riverside
2011 result: TUSC 88 (2.5%)
Cecilia Ralph
Lab 2,666; Green 191; Con 139; TUSC 109 (3.3%); ED 103; Lib 66
Princes Park
2011 result: TUSC 104 (3.3%)
Paul Humphreys
Lab 1,920; Green 437; TUSC 161 (6%); Con 104; Lib 75
Central
Daren Ireland
Lab 1,164; Green 195; Con 145; TUSC 80 (4.9%); Lib 45
Knotty Ash
John Marston
Lab 2,443; LD 448; Green 193; Con 145; Lib 97; TUSC 96 (2.8%)
Old Swan
2011 result: TUSC 74 (1.8%)
Martin Ralph
Lab 2,577; Lib 267; LD 221; Green 185; TUSC 123 (3.4%); ED 111; Con 98
Kirkdale
2011 result: TUSC 162 (4.7%)
Roger Bannister
Lab 2,771; TUSC 143 (4.5%); Green 89; Ind 76; Con 59; LD 38; Lib 13
Yew Tree
2011 result: TUSC 66 (1.8%)
Charley Cosgrove
Lab 2,489; LD 271; Con 159; TUSC 129 (4%); Green 97; Lib 95
Belle Vale
Lynne Wilde
Lab 2,709; Lib 200; Con 159; BNP 134; TUSC 128 (3.7%); Green 127
Kensington & Fairfield
Dave Jones
Lab 2,099; LD 155; Green 139; Lib 130; TUSC 109 (4%); Con 64
Knowsley (Labour)
Halewood South
Brendan Tyrrell
Lab 987; TUSC 282 (18.3%); LD 220; Con 53
Prescot West
Steve Whatham
Lab 819; LD 667; TUSC 172 (9.8%); Con 101
Manchester (Labour)
Ardwick
2011 result: TUSC 100 (3.6%)
Sharon Holden
Lab 1,729; Green 146; Con 111; LD 101; TUSC 64 (3%)
Fallowfield
2011 result: TUSC 83 (2.6%)
Katen Verma
Lab 1,733; Green 198; Con 144; LD 80; TUSC 70 (3.1%)
Baguley
2011 result: TUSC 74 (2.8%)
Lynn Worthington
Lab 1,485; UKIP 281; Con 259; TUSC 115 (4.9%); LD 102; Green 101
Sharston
2011 result: TUSC 70 (2.4%)
Trevor Prior
Lab 1,666; UKIP 244; Con 218; LD 100; Green 91; TUSC 78 (3.2%)
Chorlton
Mark Krantz
Lab 2,433; LD 797; Green 503; TUSC 368 (8.7%); Con 180
Moss Side
Colette Williams
Lab 2,545; Green 153; TUSC 121 (4%); Con 120; LD 79
Ancoats & Clayton
Alex Davidson
Lab 1,862; Green 215: Con 173; LD 100; TUSC 82 (3.3%); Pirate UK 75
Preston (Labour)
Town Centre
2011 result: TUSC 840 (39.8%)
Michael Lavalette
TUSC 967 (48.5%); Lab 872; Con 154
Salford (Labour)
Ordsall
2011 result: TUSC 381 (16.1%)
George Tapp
Lab 1,079; TUSC 335 (18.7%); Con 225; LD 151
Sefton (No overall control)
Netherton & Orrell
2011 result: TUSC 181 (6.1%)
Pete Glover
Lab 1,804; UKIP 241; TUSC 227 (9.3%); Con 108; LD 59
Wigan (Labour)
NB TUSC is supported in Wigan by the Wigan Borough Green Socialists and the candidate contested the election under that name.
Atherton
Stephen Hall
Ind 1,695; Lab 1,235; TUSC 190 (5.8%); Con 179
Wirral (No overall control)
Rock Ferry
Morag Reid
Lab 1,941; Con 202; UKIP 195; TUSC 130 (4.7%); Green 115; LD 85; Ind 76
Southern
Three councils contested with 22 candidates in 22 wards, in two of which there were two-seats being elected.
Portsmouth (Lib Dem)
Central Southsea
2011 result: TUSC 234 (6.2%)
Frances Pilling
LD 1,192; Lab 722; Con 479; Green 270; TUSC 151 (5.4%)
Fratton
2011 result: TUSC 177 (6%)
John Pickett
LD 1,091; Lab 558; Con 376; TUSC 173 (7.9%)
Copnor
Mick Tosh
Con 828; Lab 576; LD 539; Ind 487; TUSC 131 (5.1%)
St Jude
Andy Waterman
LD 1,247; Con 966; Lab 439; TUSC 128 (4.6%)
Eastney & Craneswater
Ben Norman
LD 1,400; Con 1,080; Lab 474; TUSC 136 (4.4%)
Charles Dickens
Aron Fielder
LD 1,135; Lab 782; Con 282; Green 168; TUSC 96 (3.9%)
Cosham
Simon Wade
LD 1,019; Lab 976; Con 924; TUSC 141 (4.6%)
St Thomas
Billy Perry
LD 1,433; Con 1,002; Lab 442; TUSC 137 (4.5%)
Southampton (Conservative)
Coxford
Tim Cutter
Lab 1,647; Con 667; LD 334; UKIP 295; Green 75; TUSC 57 (1.8%)
Redbridge
2011 result: TUSC 212 (6.1%)
Pete Wyatt
Lab 1,771; Con 703; TUSC 220 (7.6%); LD 182
Shirley
2011 result: TUSC 124 (2.9%)
Mike King
Lab 1,825; Con 1,475; Green 256; LD 184; TUSC 52 (1.4%)
Bassett
2011 result: TUSC 110 (2.4%)
Neil Kelly
Con 1,641; Lab 895; LD 367; Green 260; Ind 93; TUSC 62 (1.9 %)
Swaythling
2011 result: TUSC 104 (3.4%)
Kevin Hayes
Lab 825; Con 746; LD 477; Green 200; Ind 86; TUSC 76 (3.1%)
Portswood
2011 result: TUSC 88 (2.2%)
David Rawlinson
Con 1,061; LD 1,015; Lab 810; Green 278; TUSC 50 (1.5%); Ind 38
Bevois
2011 result: TUSC 74 (2.1%)
Andrew Howe
Lab 1,973; Con 642; Green 201; LD 149; TUSC 63 (2.1%);
Bargate
2011 result: TUSC 158 (5.1%)
Sharon Cutler
Lab 1,110; Con 745; Green 140; LD 127; TUSC 82 (3.6%); Ind 67
Bitterne Park (two cllrs elected)
2011 result: TUSC 264 (6.1%)
Nick Chaffey
Con 1,216; Con 1,203; Lab 1,135; Lab 979; LD 334; Ind 333; LD 331; Green 292; Ind 242; TUSC 136 (3.9%)
Harefield
2011 result: TUSC 117 (2.7%)
Graham O’Reilly
Con 1,631; Lab 1,489; UKIP 305; LD 190; TUSC 75 (2.0%)
Bitterne
2011 result: TUSC 163 (4.8%)
Perry McMillan
Lab 1,416; Con 1,217; UKIP 210; LD 133; TUSC 77 (2.5%)
Peartree (two cllrs elected)
Josh Asker
Lab 1,693; Lab 1,594; Con 1,262; Con 1,250; LD 497; LD 384; Green 287; Ind 168; TUSC 139 (3.4%)
Woolston
2011 result: TUSC 163 (4.8%)
Gavin Marsh
Lab 1,607; Con 931; LD 243; TUSC 138 (4.7%);
Winchester (No overall control)
St Johns & All Saints
Adele Guntrip
Lab 682; LD 324; Con 301; Ind 158; TUSC 31 (2%)
South West
Three councils contested with three candidates in three wards.
Gloucester (Conservative)
Barton & Tredworth
2011 result: TUSC 190 (6.8%)
Katy Bailey
Lab 1,323; Con 616; TUSC 170 (7.6%); LD 121
Plymouth (Conservative)
Sutton & Mount Gould
2011 result: TUSC 75 (2%)
Louise Parker
Lab 1,403; Con 560; UKIP 401; Green 158; LD 124; TUSC 85 (3.1%)
Stroud (No overall control)
Cainscross
Chris Moore
Lab 893; Con 495; Green 212; TUSC 152 (8.1%); LD 105
West Midlands
Seven councils contested with 35 candidates standing in 35 wards, eight of which (in Rugby) were ‘all-seat’ elections on new boundaries.
Birmingham (No overall control)
Acocks Green
Ben Rubery
Lab 2,170; LD 1,993; UKIP 269; Con 247; Green 168; BNP 166; TUSC 58 (1.1%); SDP 15
Coventry (Labour)
NB TUSC candidates in Coventry appeared on the ballot paper as Socialist Alternative, having used that electoral name in the city over a number of years.
Bablake
2011 result: SA 45 (0.8%)
Jethro Waldron
Lab 1,502; Con 1,302; Ind 669; BNP 179; Green 141; LD 122; SA 48 (1.2%); Ind 35
Binley & Willenhall
2011 result: SA 79 (1.9%)
Ross Armstrong
Lab 1,898; Con 570; UKIP 503; BNP 100; Green 95; SA 67 (2.1%)
Cheylesmore
2011 result: SA 161 (3.1%)
Judy Griffiths
Con 1,992; Lab 1,688; Green 266; SA 141 (3.4%)
Earlsdon
2011 result: SA 136 (2.2%)
Fiona Pashazadeh
Con 2,137; Lab 1,442; UKIP 272; LD 261; SA 116 (2.7%)
Henley
2011 result: SA 113 (2.6%)
Siobhan Friel
Lab 2,036; LD 488; Con 393; BNP 243; Green 121; SA 80 (2.4%)
Holbrook
2011 result: SA 57 (1.3%)
Jim Hensman
Lab 2,087; Con 404; Green 215; BNP 211; SA 99 (3.3%)
Longford
2011 result: SA 101 (2.4%)
Craig Davenport
Lab 2,409; Ind 362; BNP 203; Green 163; SA 111 (3.4%)
Lower Stoke
2011 result: SA 291 (6.4%)
Rob McArdle
Lab 1,748; Con 484; SA 310 (9.7%); UKIP 233; LD 168; Green 161; BNP 101
Radford
2011 result: SA 94 (2.3%)
Glen Watson
Lab 1,896; Con 498; Green 210; SA 142 (4.9%); BNP 126
Sherbourne
2011 result: SA 117 (2.5%)
Jason Toynbee
Lab 1,833; Con 705; Green 225; BNP 173; SA 145 (4.6%); LD 96
St Michaels
2011 result: SA 1,263 (30.3%)
Dave Nellist
Lab 1,673; SA 1,469 (43.4%); Con 243
Upper Stoke
2011 result: SA 95 (2.2%)
Paul Smith
Lab 2,024; LD 682; Con 275; Green 213; BNP 156; SA 120 (3.5%)
Wainbody
2011 result: SA 83 (1.5%)
Dan Crowther
Con 1,540; Lab 1,214; UKIP 449; Green 210; LD 172; SA 54 (1.5%)
Westwood
2011 result: SA 95 (2%)
Jim Donnelly
Lab 1,418; Con 1,346; Green 183; BNP 165; LD 145; SA 122 (3.6%)
Whoberley
2011 result: SA 109 (2.1%)
Richard Groves
Lab 1,693; Con 1,014; Green 320; SA 206 (6.1%); LD 160
Woodlands
2011 result: SA 44 (0.8%)
Sunara Begum
Lab 1,853; Con 1,534; Green 222; LD 192; SA 82 (2.1%)
Wyken
2011 result: SA 121 (2.5%)
Jodie Hannis
Lab 1,888; Con 1,146; Ind 203; Green 160; SA 89 (2.5%)
Newcastle-Under-Lyme (No overall control)
Kidsgrove
Claire Vodrey
Lab 802; Con 153; LD 146; TUSC 109 (9%)
Wolstanton
Richard Steele
Lab 566; Con 359; UKIP 284; LD 131; TUSC 43 (3.1%)
Nuneaton & Bedworth (Conservative)
Camp Hill
Paul Reilly
Lab 756; Con 215; TUSC 115 (9.7%); BNP 100
Exhall
Eileen Hunter
Lab 1,091; Con 333; Green 204; TUSC 149 (8.4%)
Rugby (Conservative)
Newbold & Brownsover
(three cllrs elected)
Bill Smith
Lab 649; Lab 628; Lab 576; Con 467; Con 465; Con 415; Green 173; Green 155; TUSC 145 (10.1%)
New Bilton
(three cllrs elected)
Alistair MacGregor
Lab 709; Lab 683; Lab 630; Con 406; Con 390; Con 334; Green 241; Green 195; TUSC 141 (9.4%)
Benn
(three cllrs elected)
Bert Harris
Lab 824; Lab 820; Lab 819; Con 258; Con 256; Con 255; Green 252; LD 180; TUSC 177 (10.5%); LD 175
Hillmorton
(three cllrs elected)
David Goodwin
Con 804; Con 706; Con 662; Lab 534; Lab 451; Lab 427; LD 334; LD 255; LD 207; TUSC 119 (6.6%)
Rokeby & Oversalde
(three cllrs elected)
Julie Weekes
Lab 649; Con 613; Con 612; Lab 564; Con 557; LD 504; Lab 496; LD 491; LD 372; Green 205; TUSC 125 (6%)
Wolston & the Lawfords
(three cllrs elected)
Pete McLaren
Con 894; Con 839; Con 833; Lab 481; Green 361; Ind 324; TUSC 289 (12.3%)
Eastlands
(three cllrs elected)
Rob Johnson
LD 810; LD 722; LD 567; Lab 497; Con 340; Con 326; Con 300; TUSC 223 (11.9%)
Bilton
(three cllrs elected)
Steve Roberts
Con 1,134; Con 1,004; Con 968; Lab 643; LD 397; LD 373; TUSC 299 (12.1%)
Walsall (No overall control)
NB TUSC is supported in Walsall by the Democratic Labour Party who contested the elections under that name.
Blakenall
2011 result: DLP 928 (34%)
Peter Smith
DLP 1,025 (45.8%); Lab 1,012; Con 201
Bloxwich East
2011 result: DLP 107 (4.1%)
Stephen Baggott
Lab 1,282; Ind 595; Con 364; DLP 70 (3%)
Bloxwich West
2011 result: DLP 234 (7.4%)
Mick Ross
Lab 1,463; Con 888; DLP 250 (9.3%); LD 85
Worcester (Conservative)
St Johns
2011 result: TUSC 88 (4%)
Mark Davies
Lab 933; Con 433; Green 151; TUSC 102 (6.3%)
Bedwardine
2011 result: TUSC 99 (3.4%)
Pete McNally
Con 969; Lab 597; Green 203; TUSC 94 (5%)
Yorkshire
Seven councils contested with 18 candidates in 18 wards.
Barnsley (Labour)
Milton
Brian Caton
Lab 1,524; Ind 635; ED 243; Con 183; TUSC 125 (4.6%)
Central
2011 result: TUSC 150 (5.9%)
Dave Gibson
Lab 1,262; TUSC 347 (17.1%); ED 286; Con 129
Calderdale (Labour)
Rastrick
Rob Bailey
Con 1,311; Lab 1,046; TUSC 258 (9.8%)
Kirklees (No overall control)
Crossland Moor & Netherton
2011 result: TUSC 866 (14.8%)
Jackie Grunsell
Lab 2,943; Con 731; TUSC 375 (7.9%); Green 333; Ind 190; LD 169
Newsome
2011 result: TUSC 150 (3.1%)
Ian Slattery
Green 2,354; Lab 1,552; Con 344; TUSC 119 (2.7%); LD 76
Dewsbury South
Paul Wheelhouse
Lab 3,341; Con 1,784; ED 566; Green 238; LD 118; TUSC 63 (1%)
Leeds (Labour)
Headingley
2011 result: TUSC 88 (2.3%)
Ian Dalton
Lab 1,053; LD 1,021; Green 457; Con 147; TUSC 82 (3%)
Horsforth
2011 result: TUSC 164 (2.1%)
Andrew Smith
LD 2,636; Con 1,725; Lab 1,381; UKIP 453; TUSC 77 (1.2%)
Otley & Yeadon
Ryan Preston
LD 3,259; Lab 2,615; Con 947; Green 474; TUSC 176 (2.4%)
Armley
Steve Hobson
Lab 2,686; Green 596; Con 554; LD 326; TUSC 229 (5.2%)
Rotherham (Labour)
Boston Castle
2011 result: TUSC 211 (5.1%)
Chris Bingham
Lab 2,141; UKIP 654; Con 499; TUSC 189 (5.1%); LD 134; Ind 64
Sheffield (Labour)
Walkley
2011 result: TUSC 102 (1.6%)
Chaz Lockett
Lab 2,494; LD 1,163; Green 630; UKIP 392; Con 179; TUSC 136 (2.7%)
Graves Park
2011 result: TUSC 147 (2.3%)
Sam Morecroft
LD 2,093; Lab 1,994; UKIP 398; Green 393; Con 342; TUSC 116 (2.3%)
Gleadless Valley
2011 result: TUSC 186 (3%)
Alan Munro
Lab 2,693; Green 748; LD 479; UKIP 421; Con 247; TUSC 176 (3.7%)
Burngreave
2011 result: TUSC 831 (14%)
Maxine Bowler
Lab 3,373; TUSC 708 (14.1%); UKIP 271; Green 247; LD 241; Con 181
Hillsborough
Wyllie Hume
Lab 2,424; LD 682; UKIP 570; Green 481; Con 261; TUSC 130 (2.9%)
Wakefield (Labour)
Wakefield East
2011 result: TUSC 355 (9%)
Mick Griffiths
Lab 1,741; Ind 659; Con 596; TUSC 337 (9.9%); Ind 86
Pontefract North
Dan Dearden
Lab 1,649; Ind 769; Con 481; UKIP 368; Green 103; TUSC 76 (2.2%)
Breakdown of TUSC results in Wales
Below is a council breakdown of the results achieved by TUSC candidates in the local elections in Wales. The political composition of each council before May 3rd is indicated in parentheses.
Councils in Wales are elected on a four-yearly cycle, with every council seat up for election. TUSC candidates stood in four councils, with fourteen candidates contesting thirteen wards. The number of councillors up for election in each ward is indicated in italics.
Caerphilly (No overall control)
Penyrheol
(four cllrs elected)
Lloyd James
PC 1,361; PC 1,196; PC 1,110; Lab 1,074; PC 992; Lab 917; Lab 871; Lab 851; Ind 398; TUSC 174 (5.8%)
Cardiff (No overall control)
Splott
(three cllrs elected)
James Connolly
Lab 1,686; Lab 1,624; Lab 1,432; LD 1,055; LD 805; LD 775; PC 250; PC 197; PC 167; Green 157; Con 151; Con 137; Con 130; Com 117; TUSC 105 (3%)
Canton
(three cllrs elected)
Ross Saunders
Lab 2,230; Lab 2,130; Lab 2,128; PC 910; PC 837; PC 824; Green 730; Green 564; Con 505; Green 503; Con 468; Con 426; LD 118; SLP 106; LD 98; TUSC 90 (1.9%); LD 84
Gabalfa
(two cllrs elected)
David Hamblin
LD 936; LD 891; Lab 500; Lab 497; PC 125; Con 115; Green 106; Con 91; PC 86; TUSC 51 (2.8%)
Riverside
(three cllrs elected)
Garmon Gruffydd
Lab 1,731; Lab 1,555; Lab 1,431; PC 1,153; PC 944; PC 940; Green 294; Con 286; Con 276; Green 272; Con 263; Green 189; LD 142; LD 129; LD 122; TUSC 99 (2.7%)
Adamsdown
(two cllrs elected)
Dave Bartlett
LD 731; Lab 719; LD 683; Lab 681; Green 117; PC 97; TUSC 68 (3.8%); PC 67; Con 53; Com 50; Con 37
Rumney
(two cllrs elected)
Andrew Wilkes
Lab 1,095; Lab 1,087; Con 628; Con 473; Ind 262; PC 78; PC 63; Ind 57; Green 53; LD 48; TUSC 43 (2%); LD 37
Rhondda-Cynon-Taf (Labour)
Porth
(two cllrs elected)
Cliff Jones
Lab 941; Lab 809; PC 662; PC 582; TUSC 155 (8.9%)
Graig
(one cllr elected)
Glyn Matthews
Lab 339; Ind 140; PC 65; LD 21; TUSC 8 (1.4%)
Penrhiwceiber
(two cllrs elected)
Mia Hollsing
Lab 1,104; Lab 947; PC 473; TUSC 135 (7.9%)
Swansea (No overall control)
Gowerton
(one cllr elected)
Les Woodward
Ind 660; Lab 608; Con 163; TUSC 58 (3.9%)
Castle
(four cllrs elected)
Martin White
Lab 1,629; Lab 1,623; Lab 1,610; Lab 1,582; LD 533; LD 531; LD 511; LD 440; PC 274; PC 261; PC 254; Green 248; PC 248; Con 241; Con 230; Con 228; Con 207; Ind 207; Green 193; TUSC 148 (4.5%)
Sketty
(five cllrs elected)
Robert P Williams, Ronnie Job
LD 1,860; LD 1,624; LD 1,573; LD 1,433; LD 1,293; Lab 1,286; Lab 1,272; Lab 1,253; Lab 1,172; Lab 1,082; Con 1,014; Con 866; Con 848; Con 771; Con 665; Ind 600; PC 529; PC 450; PC 412; PC 411; TUSC 195 (3.6%); TUSC 147
A note on statistical methods
The TUSC results are listed with a figure for the percentage of the vote won in each ward. How this later figure is worked out is straightforward in a contest for one seat – the percentage figure for the TUSC candidate being the percentage of all the votes cast.
But some of the wards contested by TUSC were ‘all-seat elections’ where every seat in the ward was up for election. How to present such results, particularly where a party fields just one candidate in a two or three-seat contest, is a controversial question of psephology.
In an example from last year’s elections, in Leicester’s Rushey Mead ward the single TUSC candidate polled 272 votes, outpolling one of the Liberal Democrat candidates. It is a fact that 4.9% of the 5,524 people who voted in Rushey Mead used one of their three votes for TUSC. But they actually cast 13,917 votes. So if all the ward’s candidates’ votes were recorded as a percentage of the 5,524 actual voters, the total number of votes would be 300%.
So the method we have used is to record the TUSC vote (or the highest TUSC vote in a multi-candidate ward) as a percentage of the aggregate of the highest votes of all the parties contesting the ward, the highest vote being taken as a maximum expression of a particular party’s support.
In the Rushey Mead example, this aggregated the highest Labour vote (2,789), the highest Independent (1,039), the Tories’ highest vote (861), the top Lib Dem vote (556), and TUSC’s 272 votes, a total of 5,517. On this calculation, TUSC polled 4.9% in the ward.
This method is neither a ‘correct’ nor ‘incorrect’ way of presenting the support there for TUSC. It is just another method, with its limitations openly acknowledged.