The 2012 Tameside Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council in England.
This was on the same day as other
2012 United Kingdom local elections
The 2012 United Kingdom local elections were held across England, Scotland and Wales on 3 May 2012. Elections were held in 128 English local authorities, all 32 Scottish local authorities and 21 of the 22 Welsh unitary authorities, alongside ...
.
One third of the council was up for election, with councillors elected in
2008 Tameside Council election defending their seats with vote share changes calculated on that basis.
Results
''An asterisk denotes an incumbent.''
Ashton Hurst ward
Ashton St. Michael's ward
Ashton Waterloo ward
Audenshaw ward
Denton North East ward
Denton South ward
Denton West ward
Droylsden East ward
Droylsden West ward
Dukinfield ward
''In 2008, Roy West stood in this ward as a
British National Party
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candidate.''
Dukinfield / Stalybridge ward
''The previous councillor for Dukinfield / Stalybridge, Dorothy Cartwright, defected from the Conservative Party to the Labour Party in December 2010.''
Hyde Godley ward
Hyde Newton ward
Hyde Werneth ward
Longdendale ward
Mossley ward
St Peter's ward
Stalybridge North ward
Stalybridge South ward
References
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Tameside
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2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
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