Inverclyde Council election, 2012

Inverclyde Council election, 2012

3 May 2012 (2012-05-03)

All 20 seats to Inverclyde Council 11 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Stephen McCabe Chris McEleny Ciano Rebecchi Party Labour SNP Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Inverclyde East Inverclyde South Inverclyde South West Last election 9 seats, 45.0% 5 seats, 25.0% 4 seats, 20.0% Seats before 8 5 3 Seats won 10 6 2 Seat change 1 1 2   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Ronald Ahlfeld David Wilson Party Independent Conservative Leader's seat Inverclyde West Inverclyde East Last election 1 seat, 5.0% 1 seat, 5.0% Seats before 1 1 Seats won 1 1 Seat change - -

Council Leader before election Stephen McCabe Labour Council Leader after election Stephen McCabe Labour

Elections to Inverclyde Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other 31 local authorities in Scotland. The election used the six wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation, with 20 Councillors being elected in total.

The election saw Labour Councillors remain the largest party as they gained 1 additional seat to hold half the seats on the Council. The Scottish National Party also increased their representation by 1 seat and remained in second place on the authority. The Scottish Liberal Democrats remained in third place but lost half of their seats, falling from 4 seats to 2. The Independent and Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party retained their solitary seats on the authority.

Following the election the Labour Party again formed a minority administration this time with the support of the Independent and the Conservative Party Councillors.

Results

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

Inverclyde East

• 2007: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
• 2012: 2xLab; 1xCon; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012: Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem

Inverclyde East Central

• 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012: No change

Inverclyde North

• 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
• 2007-2012: No change

Inverclyde South

• 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012: No change

Inverclyde West

• 2007: 1xIndependent; 1xLab; 1xLib Dem
• 2012: 1xIndependent; 1xLab; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012: SNP gain from Lib Dem

Inverclyde South West

• 2007: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xLib Dem
• 2012: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
• 2007-2012: No change

References

http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/pdf/2012/inverclyde12.pdf

Changes since the 2012 elections

• † On 13 September 2014 Inverclyde South Labour Cllr Vaughan Jones resigned from the party and became an Independent in opposition to her party's stance on the Scottish Independence Referendum.

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