May 2012 local election results

62 candidates contested 19 seats at the local Stratford-on-Avon District Council elections on Thursday 3 May.

The results are as follows:

Alcester – Turnout 34.6%
Sue Adams (Cons) – 1,000 Elected
Andrew Foster (Lab) - 319
Karyl Rees (Lib Dem) - 229
Karen Varga (Green) - 106

Aston Cantlow – Turnout 36.1%
Sir William Lawrence Bt (Cons) – 343 Elected
Laura Nelson (Lib Dem) - 106
Charles Samuda (Lab) - 89

Bardon – Turnout   28.9%
John Insoll (Lib Dem) - 78
David Talbot (Lab) - 121
Robert Vaudry (Cons) - 322 Elected

Bidford & Salford – Turnout 35.1%
Barry Doherty (Lab) - 231
Bill Fleming - 542
Jonathan Spence (Cons) – 928 Elected
Marjolein Turner (Lib Dem) - 206

Burton Dassett – Turnout 39%
Wendy Handy (Lib Dem) - 55
Simon Jackson (Cons) – 550 Elected
Janice Sewell (Lab) - 93

Claverdon – Turnout 41.2%
Megan Dyer (Lib Dem) - 76
Philip Heath (Lab) - 114
John Horner (Cons) – 571 Elected

Ettington – Turnout 37.7%
George Hathaway (Lab) - 86
Bruce Robertson (Lib Dem) - 91
Izzi Seccombe (Cons) – 533 Elected

Harbury – Turnout 38.6%
Bev Mann (Ind) - 830 Elected
James Parker (Cons) - 593

Henley – Turnout 39%
Tracy Doherty (Lab) - 266
Stephen Thirlwell (Cons) - 964
Diane Walden (Lib Dem) - 179

Kineton – Turnout 36.1%
Jacqueline Abbott (Lab) - 217
Rob Ballantyne (Green) - 193
Alan Scorer (Cons) – 820 Elected

Shipston – Turnout 42.7%
Richard Cheney (Lib Dem) - 752 Elected
Jacqui Jones (Green) - 61
Jeffrey Kenner (Lab) - 501
Abdul Shahid (Cons) - 423

Southam – Turnout 28.2%
Andrew Crump (Cons) – 757 Elected
Peter Hedges (Lib Dem) - 120
Carol Pratt (Lab) - 579

Stratford Alveston – Turnout 38.4%
Phil Applin (Cons) - 845
Gill Davies (Stratford First Independent) - 201
Samuel Hargreaves (Lab) - 174
Kate Rolfe (Lib Dem) – 1035 Elected  

Stratford Avenue and New Town – Turnout 27.8%
Roy Dyer (Lib Dem) - 351
Jason Fojtik (Lab) - 344
Tony Jefferson (Cons) - 478
Juliet Short (Stratford First Independent) – 615 Elected

Stratford Guild and Hathaway – Turnout 35.5%
Ron Cockings (Cons) - 818
Bill Dowling (Lib Dem) – 973 Elected
Andrew Henderson (Lab) - 350

Stratford Mount Pleasant – Turnout 27.8%
Paul Offer (Cons) - 218
Joyce Taylor (Lib Dem) – 600 Elected
Stephen Troup (Lab) - 131

Studley – Turnout 34.4%
Wayne Bates (Lab) - 385
Paul Beaman (Lib Dem) – 830 Elected
Paul Martin (Cons) - 350

Tanworth – Turnout 31.9%
George Atkinson (Cons) – 818 Elected
Valerie Gaize (Lib Dem) - 87
Janet Ladyman (Lab) - 102

Wellesbourne – Turnout 38.5%
Christopher Aston (Lab) - 220
Roger Fisher (Green) - 129
David Johnston (Lib Dem) – 963 Elected
Ryan Podmore (Cons) - 809

Turnout 35%

Councillors who were fighting for their seat are in italics.

The current political standings of the Council's 53 seats are:
Conservatives - 33 seats
Liberal Democrats - 16 seats
Independents – 2 seat
Stratford First Independent – 2 seats