2012 North Ayrshire Council election
The 2012 North Ayrshire Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of North Ayrshire Council. The election used the eight wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation, with 30 Councillors being elected.[1]
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The election saw the Scottish National Party make further advances by gaining 4 seats to become the largest party on the Council while also increasing their vote share significantly. The Scottish Labour Party lost 1 seat to become the second largest party on the Council. Independents gained a seat to have a total of 6 members. The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party lost two-thirds of their former seats while the Scottish Liberal Democrats were wiped out, losing both seats.
Following the election the SNP formed a minority administration on the Council. This replaced the previous Labour minority administration which existed from 2007 to 2012. This is also the first time that Labour has not been part of the administration of this Council for over 30 years.
Election result
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| SNP | 12 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 40.0 | 35.59 | 14,623 | +6.08 | |
| Labour | 11 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 36.67 | 31.42 | 12,906 | -1.0 | |
| Independent | 6 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 20.0 | 19.01 | 7,808 | +2.14 | |
| Conservative | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3.33 | 9.33 | 3,834 | -4.12 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | - | 2 | -2 | - | 1.59 | 655 | -5.08 | |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1.08 | 443 | +0.59 | |
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0.92 | 378 | +0.44 | |
| UKIP | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0.54 | 221 | New | |
| Scottish Senior Citizens | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | 163 | New | |
| TUSC | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0.12 | 51 | New | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.
Ward results
Irvine West
- 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
- 2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP
- 2007-2012: SNP gain one seat from Con
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| SNP | Matthew Brown (incumbent) | 31.64 | 1,624 | |||||||||
| Labour | Ian Clarkson (incumbent) | 26.77 | 1,374 | |||||||||
| Labour | David O'Neill (incumbent) | 13.46 | 691 | 720.8 | 950.3 | 958.2 | 995.1 | 1,039.6 | ||||
| Conservative | Pat McPhee (incumbent) | 11.96 | 614 | 634.6 | 652.3 | 653.3 | 657.1 | 682.2 | 683.2 | 773.3 | ||
| SNP | Ruth Maguire†† | 5.16 | 265 | 695.5 | 704.6 | 713.2 | 730.1 | 769.1 | 770.6 | 840.7 | 945.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gordon Bain | 4.79 | 246 | 272.1 | 283.9 | 289.7 | 300.3 | 330.8 | 331.9 | |||
| Independent | Derek Owen | 3.64 | 187 | 197.3 | 202.8 | 216.6 | 231.1 | |||||
| Socialist Labour | Bobby Cochrane | 1.58 | 81 | 92.8 | 112.9 | 123.8 | ||||||
| TUSC | Ian Kerr | 0.99 | 51 | 61.7 | 65.2 | |||||||
| Electorate: 14,793 Valid: 5,133 Spoilt: 157 Quota: 1,027 Turnout: 5,290 (34.7%) | ||||||||||||
Irvine East
- 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
- 2012: 2xSNP; 2xLab
- 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| SNP | Joan Sturgeon (incumbent) | 20.60 | 1,045 | ||||||||||
| SNP | Marie Burns | 18.07 | 917 | 941.1 | 941.1 | 960.3 | 998.4 | 1,039.6 | |||||
| Labour | Irene Oldfather | 15.04 | 763 | 764.4 | 766.4 | 782.4 | 819.6 | 851.6 | 854.1 | 1,032.5 | |||
| Labour | John Easdale | 12.67 | 643 | 643.3 | 645.3 | 652.3 | 673.3 | 697.3 | 700.1 | 874.6 | 886.6 | 1,098.8 | |
| Independent | Tom Barr (incumbent) | 10.58 | 537 | 538.5 | 542.5 | 558.5 | 604.7 | 742.8 | 746.8 | 763.9 | 765.2 | ||
| Labour | David Logan | 8.14 | 413 | 413.7 | 415.7 | 428.7 | 445.7 | 452.7 | 454.5 | ||||
| Conservative | Chris Barr | 7.43 | 377 | 377.4 | 377.4 | 377.4 | 409.4 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Ruby Kirkwood (incumbent) | 5.18 | 263 | 263.5 | 263.5 | 267.5 | |||||||
| Scottish Socialist | Denise Morton | 1.75 | 89 | 89.3 | 98.3 | ||||||||
| Socialist Labour | James McDaid | 0.53 | 27 | 27 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 14,994 Valid: 5,074 Spoilt: 116 Quota: 1,015 Turnout: 5,190 (33.84%) | |||||||||||||
Kilwinning
- 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
- 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
- 2007-2012 Change: Independent gain from Lib Dem
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| SNP | John Ferguson (incumbent) | 29.16 | 1,440 | |||||||||||
| Labour | Joe Cullinane | 21.34 | 1,054 | |||||||||||
| Independent | Robert Steel | 14.07 | 695 | 720.4 | 722.6 | 735.7 | 754.4 | 771.7 | 946.3 | 966.9 | 1,092.2 | |||
| Labour | Donald Reid | 10.63 | 525 | 533.8 | 548.7 | 548.7 | 557.7 | 559.9 | 590.7 | 867.5 | 909.2 | 929.6 | 1,012.7 | |
| Conservative | Scott Gallacher | 7.35 | 363 | 369.6 | 370.8 | 372.8 | 373.8 | 385.8 | 398.5 | 407.2 | ||||
| Labour | Helen Hainey | 5.65 | 279 | 295.9 | 335.1 | 337.1 | 341.3 | 352.3 | 373.2 | |||||
| Independent | Colin Hedley | 5.14 | 254 | 268.4 | 270.3 | 293.9 | 299.9 | 319.8 | ||||||
| SNP | Iain Walker | 3.0 | 148 | 489.5 | 490 | 490.9 | 501.1 | 511.3 | 532.1 | 547.9 | 568.5 | 581.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Gardiner | 1.66 | 82 | 88.9 | 90.5 | 90.5 | 90.8 | |||||||
| Scottish Socialist | Andy Jones | 1.09 | 54 | 60.9 | 61.8 | 63.2 | ||||||||
| Independent | Philip Hogg | 0.91 | 45 | 47.5 | 47.6 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 13,087 Valid: 4,939 Spoilt: 157 Quota: 988 Turnout: 5,096 (37.74%) | ||||||||||||||
Saltcoats and Stevenston
- 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
- 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
- 2007-2012 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Labour | Jim Montgomerie | 36.16 | 1,926 | ||||||||
| SNP | Willie Gibson (incumbent) | 23.36 | 1,244 | ||||||||
| Independent | Ronnie McNicol (incumbent) | 13.20 | 703 | 771.3 | 789.5 | 796 | 816.8 | 884.6 | 993.8 | 1,210.1 | |
| Labour | Alan Munro (incumbent) | 10.14 | 540 | 1,124.9 | |||||||
| SNP | Nan Wallace | 9.03 | 481 | 510.5 | 642.1 | 650.6 | 667.4 | 688.1 | 729.5 | ||
| Conservative | David Rocks | 3.62 | 193 | 198.8 | 199.5 | 201.1 | 205.8 | ||||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | Jimmy Miller | 3.06 | 163 | 210.8 | 216.8 | 225.1 | 239.1 | 282.4 | |||
| Socialist Labour | Debbie Anderson | 1.43 | 76 | 91.2 | 94.8 | 100.9 | |||||
| Electorate: 15,274 Valid: 5,326 Spoilt: 138 Quota: 1,066 Turnout: 5,464 (34.87%) | |||||||||||
Ardrossan and Arran
- 2007: 2xIndependent; 1xSNP; 1xLab
- 2012: 2xSNP; 1xIndependent; 1xLab
- 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Independent
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Tony Gurney (incumbent) | 17.57 | 982 | 986 | 998 | 1,033 | 1,048 | 1,081 | 1,095.1 | 1,149.9 | |
| SNP | John Bruce | 14.97 | 837 | 841 | 868 | 889 | 918 | 1,109 | 1,113.2 | 1,157.4 | |
| Independent | John Hunter (incumbent) | 14.17 | 792 | 796 | 833 | 895 | 1,025 | 1,191 | |||
| Labour | Peter McNamara (incumbent) | 12.90 | 721 | 730 | 738 | 770 | 812 | 871 | 881.8 | 1,414.6 | |
| Labour | Loretta Gardner | 11.79 | 659 | 667 | 692 | 720 | 750 | 793 | 798.7 | ||
| Independent | Marc A. Head | 10.52 | 588 | 595 | 609 | 620 | 714 | ||||
| Conservative | David Tate | 8.78 | 491 | 507 | 551 | 561 | |||||
| Scottish Socialist | Campbell Martin | 4.20 | 235 | 237 | 250 | ||||||
| UKIP | Gordon Niven Allison | 3.95 | 221 | 227 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Nick Smith | 1.14 | 64 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 13,674 Valid: 5,590 Spoilt: 106 Quota: 1,119 Turnout: 5,696 (40.88%) | |||||||||||
Dalry and West Kilbride
- 2007: 1xIndependent; 1xLab; 1xCon
- 2012: 2xIndependent; 1xSNP
- 2007-2012 Change: Independent and SNP gain one seat from Con and Lab
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Independent | Robert Barr (incumbent) | 29.36 | 1,278 | |||||||
| SNP | Catherine McMillan | 22.56 | 982 | 1,010.9 | 1,018.1 | 1,041.6 | 1,077.7 | 1,084.3 | 1,340.9 | |
| Independent | Elizabeth McLardy (incumbent) | 19.60 | 853 | 884.9 | 899.2 | 929.8 | 1,117.1 | |||
| Labour | John Reid (incumbent) | 16.01 | 697 | 729.1 | 737.1 | 765.8 | 810 | 815.8 | ||
| Conservative | Davina Saunders | 9.76 | 425 | 447 | 450.5 | 450.8 | ||||
| Socialist Labour | Louise McDaid | 2.16 | 94 | 97.7 | 99.7 | |||||
| Independent | John Willis | 0.55 | 24 | 41.6 | ||||||
| Electorate: 9,513 Valid: 4,353 Spoilt: 47 Quota: 1,089 Turnout: 4,400 (45.76%) | ||||||||||
Kilbirnie and Beith
- 2007: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xIndependent
- 2012: 1xSNP; 1xIndependent; 1xLab
- 2007-2012 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Anthea Dickson (incumbent) | 24.77 | 1,101 | 1,107 | 1,121 | ||||||
| Independent | Jean Highgate (incumbent) | 17.06 | 758 | 767 | 804 | 804.5 | 910.6 | 947.6 | 1,000.1 | 1,368.6 | |
| SNP | Craig Wilson | 17.15 | 762 | 763 | 771 | 778 | 807 | 853.1 | 886.4 | ||
| Labour | John Bell (incumbent) | 17.01 | 756 | 765 | 773 | 773.6 | 785.6 | 1,370.6 | |||
| Labour | Allan Wilson | 16.22 | 721 | 727 | 731 | 731.4 | 745.4 | ||||
| Conservative | Ted Nevill | 5.13 | 228 | 228 | 231 | 231.1 | |||||
| Independent | Josh McCormick | 1.73 | 77 | 81 | |||||||
| Socialist Labour | Tristan Lindsay | 0.92 | 41 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 10,662 Valid: 4,444 Spoilt: 97 Quota: 1,112 Turnout: 4,541 (41.68%) | |||||||||||
North Coast and Cumbraes
- 2007: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
- 2012: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
- 2007-2012 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Alan Hill (incumbent) | 27.40 | 1,705 | ||||||
| Labour | Alex Gallagher (incumbent) | 18.38 | 1,144 | 1,167.5 | 1,197.2 | 1,281.9 | |||
| Conservative | Tom Marshall | 18.37 | 1,143 | 1,161.3 | 1,173.7 | 1,176.7 | 1,182.6 | 1,599.7 | |
| SNP | Alex McLean † | 17.52 | 1,090 | 1,441.8 | |||||
| Independent | Ian Murdoch | 16.34 | 1,017 | 1,050.5 | 1,103.5 | 1,126.9 | 1,137.7 | ||
| Socialist Labour | James Anderson | 1.99 | 124 | 128.6 | 137.5 | ||||
| Electorate: 13,226 Valid: 6,223 Spoilt: 97 Quota: 1,245 Turnout: 6,320 (47.05%) | |||||||||
Post-Election Changes
- † North Coast and Cumbraes SNP Cllr Alex McLean died on 1 August 2014.[2] A by-election was held on 30 October 2014 and was won by his widow Grace McLean, also of the SNP.
- †† Irvine West SNP Cllr Ruth Maguire was elected as a MSP for Cunninghame South at the 2016 Scottish Parliament election. She resigned her Council seat on 25 May 2016 and a by-election was held on 11 August 2016 which was won by Labour's Louise McPhater.[3]
By-Elections
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Grace McLean | 38.7% | 2,021 | 2,045 | 2,156 | 2,279 | 2,966 | |
| Independent | Drew Cochrane | 22.8% | 1,190 | 1,234 | 1,411 | 2,000 | ||
| Conservative | Toni Dawson | 21.5% | 1,125 | 1,174 | 1,296 | |||
| Labour | Valerie Reid | 13.2% | 691 | 711 | ||||
| UKIP | Meilan Henderson | 3.6% | 192 | |||||
| Valid: 5,219 Spoilt: 45 Quota: 2,610 Turnout: 5,264 (37.46%) | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Robin Sturgeon | 37.49% | 1,164 | 1,168 | 1,207 | 1,226 | 1,277 | ||
| Labour | Louise McPhater | 33.14% | 1,029 | 1,046 | 1,060 | 1,118 | 1,301 | 1,697 | |
| Conservative | Angela Stephen | 20.58% | 639 | 650 | 655 | 658 | |||
| Socialist Labour | Bobby Cochrane | 4.22% | 131 | 133 | 146 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Josh McCormick | 3.03% | 94 | 100 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Nick Smith | 1.54% | 48 | ||||||
| Electorate: 14,849 Valid: 3,105 Spoilt: 46 Quota: Turnout: 3,151 (20.91%) | |||||||||
References
- Murray, Elma. "Results of the 2012 North Ayrshire Council elections". North Ayrshire Council. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012.
- Councillor Alex McLean, North Ayrshire Council, 6 August 2014 (archived version, 2014)
- Ruth Maguire resigns as North Ayrshire councillor to focus on MSP role - triggering by-election for Irvine West seat, Irvine Times, 26 May 2016
- "North Coast and Cumbraes by-election, 2014". scottishelections.org.uk. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- "North Ayrshire Council By Election, Ward 1 - Irvine West, Notice of Poll" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. North Ayrshire Council. 11 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- "Election ResultsWard 1 - Irvine WestBreakdown" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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