2012 South Ayrshire Council election

The 2012 South Ayrshire Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of South 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.

Main article: 2012 Scottish local elections
2012 South Ayrshire Council election
3 May 2012 (2012-05-03)
All 30 seats to South Ayrshire Council
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Bill McIntosh Allan Dorrans John McDowall
Party Conservative SNP Labour
Leader's seat Troon Ayr West Girvan and South Carrick
Last election 12 seats, 37.2% 8 seats, 25.3% 9 seats, 28.4%
Seats before 12 8 9
Seats won 10 9 9
Seats after 10 seats, 31.5% 9 seats, 29.3% 9 seats, 25.0%
Seat change Decrease2 Increase1 -
  Fourth party
 
Leader Brian Connolly
Party Independent
Leader's seat Maybole, North Carrick & Coylton
Last election 1 seat, 8.3%
Seats before 1
Seats won 2
Seats after 2 seat, 13.5%
Seat change Increase1
The 8 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election

Bill McIntosh
Conservative

 Council Leader after election

Bill McIntosh
Conservative

The election saw the Scottish Conservative Party remain the largest party on the Council though they lost 2 seats. The Scottish National Party gained 1 seat and replaced the Scottish Labour Party as the second largest party as the party also increased its vote share at the expense of the other parties. Labour retained its 9 seats an achievement as she had suffered 3 defections during 2007-2012. Independents doubled their numbers to 2 seats.

Following the election the Conservative Party formed a minority administration working in a Partnership Agreement with the Labour Party members. Both Independents are also supporting the administration. This replaced the previous Conservative minority administration which existed from 2007-2012.

Election result
South Ayrshire Local Election Result 2012
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 10 0 2 -2 33.33 31.51 12,050 -5.69
  SNP 9 1 0 +1 30.0 29.3 11,203 +4.0
  Labour 9 0 0 - 30.0 25.01 9,563 -3.39
  Independent 2 1 0 +1 6.67 13.51 5,166 +5.21
  Liberal Democrats 0 - - - - 0.67 255 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.

Summary by ward
Results of the South Ayrshire Council election, 2012
by ward
Ward  %
Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
Conservative SNP Labour Independents Others
Troon 39.6 2 26.9 1 21.0 1 12.4 0 - - 4
Prestwick 38.9 2 32.9 1 25.9 1 - - 2.3 0 4
Ayr North 15.9 1 38.2 1 45.9 2 - - - - 4
Ayr East 33.0 1 31.4 2 23.4 1 12.2 0 - - 4
Ayr West 48.2 2 25.0 1 15.3 1 9.3 0 2.2 0 4
Kyle 23.5 1 28.7 1 32.8 1 15.1 0 - - 3
Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton 21.3 1 30.3 1 22.9 1 25.6 1 - - 4
Girvan and South Carrick 15.8 0 19.7 1 17.0 1 47.4 1 - - 3
Total 31.5 10 29.3 9 25.0 9 13.5 2 0.7 0 30

Ward results

Troon
  • 2007: 2xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
  • 2012: 2xCon; 1xLab; 1xSNP
  • 2007-2012 Change: No change
Troon - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
Conservative Peter Convery (incumbent) 21.98 1,289        
Labour Philip Saxton (incumbent) 21.03 1,233        
Conservative Bill McIntosh (incumbent) 17.65 1,035 1,130.7 1,137.6 1,160.3 1,207.6
SNP Nan McFarlane (incumbent) 17.50 1,026 1,033.2 1,043.8 1,495.4  
Independent Pat Brown 12.45 730 734.6 750.5 801.7 912.2
SNP Elaine McBean Little * 9.40 551 553.1 557.2    
Electorate: 12,146   Valid: 5,864   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 1,173   Turnout: 5,923 (48.28%)  

    * = Sitting Councillor from a different Ward.

    Prestwick
    • 2007: 2xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
    • 2012: 2xCon; 1xLab; 1xSNP
    • 2007-2012 Change: No change
    Prestwick - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Labour Helen Moonie (incumbent) 25.94 1,458        
    SNP Ian Cochrane 24.89 1,399        
    Conservative Hugh Hunter (incumbent) 23.06 1,296        
    Conservative Margaret Toner (incumbent) 15.87 892 933.1 941.1 1,089.3 1,154.9
    SNP John Wallace 7.97 448 513.8 754.5 760.5 806.3
    Liberal Democrats Allan MacBain 2.28 128 185.8 193.6 199.4  
    Electorate: 12,238   Valid: 5,621   Spoilt: 102   Quota: 1,125   Turnout: 5,723 (45.93%)  

      Ayr North
      • 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
      • 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
      • 2007-2012 Change: No change
      Ayr North - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      Labour Ian Cavana (incumbent) 33.98 1,481        
      SNP Douglas Campbell (incumbent) 31.23 1,361        
      Conservative John Hampton (incumbent) 15.88 692 715 744.8 762.9 975.4
      Labour Rita Miller 11.91 519 1,003.4      
      SNP Tom Slider (incumbent) 6.99 305 332.9 724.9 751.6  
      Electorate: 12,643   Valid: 4,358   Spoilt: 115   Quota: 872   Turnout: 4,473 (34.47%)  

        Ayr East
        • 2007: 2xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
        • 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
        • 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Con
        Ayr East - 4 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        SNP Ian Douglas (incumbent) 24.18 1,238            
        Conservative Mary Kilpatrick (incumbent) 22.17 1,135            
        Labour Brian McGinley 23.42 1,199            
        Conservative Patricia McKeand 10.82 554 557.6 571.5 665.2 691.2 758.9  
        SNP Corri Wilson† 7.25 371 552.5 583.1 586.9 664.5 788.9 902.2
        Independent Andrew Bryden 6.47 331 337.9 364.3 367.6 495.2    
        Independent Eddie Bulik (incumbent) 5.68 291 298.3 323.9 326.6      
        Electorate: 11,669   Valid: 5,119   Spoilt: 84   Quota: 1,024   Turnout: 5,203 (43.87%)  

          Ayr West
          • 2007: 2xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
          • 2012: 2xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
          • 2007-2012 Change: No change
          Ayr West - 4 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234567
          Conservative Bill Grant (incumbent) 33.83 1,992            
          Labour Kirsty Darwent 15.30 901 929.2 939.4 976.6 1,007.3 1,049.2 1,267.9
          Conservative Robin Reid (incumbent) 14.37 846 1,456.9          
          SNP Allan Hopkins Dorans 14.19 836 858.1 867.4 874.9 1,410.8    
          SNP Roddy MacDonald 10.83 638 660.1 673.6 688.4      
          Independent Brian McKinlay 9.32 549 607.8 671.3 734.9 781.2 846.5  
          Liberal Democrats Nicola Prigg 2.16 127 143.8 177        
          Electorate: 12,401   Valid: 5,889   Spoilt: 57   Quota: 1,178   Turnout: 5,946 (47.49%)  

            Kyle
            • 2007: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
            • 2012: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
            • 2007-2012 Change: No change
            Kyle - 3 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            12
            Labour Andy Campbell (incumbent) 32.75 1,207  
            SNP John Allan (incumbent) 28.68 1,057  
            Conservative Hywel Davies (incumbent)† 23.47 865 923.6
            Independent Arthur Spurling 15.09 556 647.9
            Electorate: 8,918   Valid: 3,685   Spoilt: 43   Quota: 922   Turnout: 3,728 (41.32%)  

              Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton
              • 2007: 1xSNP; 1xIndependent; 1xCon; 1xLab
              • 2012: 1xIndependent; 1xLab; 1xCon; 1xSNP
              • 2007-2012 Change: No change
              Maybole, North Carrick & Coylton - 4 seats
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              12
              Independent Brian Connolly (incumbent) 25.55 1,100  
              Labour Sandra Goldie (incumbent) 22.90 986  
              Conservative Ann Galbraith (incumbent) 21.28 916  
              SNP William James Grant 18.82 810 894.2
              SNP Mairi Low (incumbent) 11.45 493 527.4
              Electorate: 8,918   Valid: 4,305   Spoilt: 57   Quota: 862   Turnout: 4,362 (38.84%)  

                Girvan and South Carrick
                • 2007: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
                • 2012: 1xIndependent; 1xSNP; 1xLab
                • 2007-2012 Change: Independent gain one seat from Con
                Girvan and South Carrick - 3 seats
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                123
                Independent Alec Clark 47.38 1,609    
                SNP Alec Oattes (incumbent) 19.73 670 822.8 985.9
                Labour John McDowall (incumbent) 17.05 579 766.7 956.9
                Conservative Iain Fitzsimmons (incumbent) 15.84 538 741.3  
                Electorate: 7,920   Valid: 3,396   Spoilt: 31   Quota: 850   Turnout: 3,427 (42.88%)  

                  Post-election changes
                  • † Ayr East SNP Cllr Corri Wilson was elected as an MP for Ayr Carrick and Cumnock on 7 May 2015. She resigned her Council seat on 23 June 2015 [1] and a by-election was held on 17 September 2015 and the seat was held by the SNP's John Wallace.

                  By-elections since 2012
                  Ayr East By-election (17 September 2015) - 1 Seat[2]
                  PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                  1234
                  Conservative Dan McCroskrie 38.5% 1,527 1,534 1,589 1,740
                  SNP John Wallace 38% 1,507 1,540 1,600 1,775
                  Labour Susan Wilson 16.2% 642 654 708  
                  Independent Andrew Bryden 5.5% 218 227    
                  Scottish Green Boyd Murdoch 1.9% 76      
                  Electorate: 11,638   Valid: 3,970   Spoilt: 36   Quota: 1,986   Turnout: 4,006 (34.4%)  

                    References
                    1. "Corri resigns as councillor". Ayr Advertiser. 29 June 2015. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
                    2. "Ward 4 Ayr East By-Election". South Ayrshire Council.
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