North Ayrshire Council election, 2012

North Ayrshire Council election, 2012

May 3, 2012 (2012-05-03)

All 30 seats to North Ayrshire Council 16 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader William Gibson David O'Neill Jean Highgate Party SNP Labour Independent Leader's seat Saltcoats and Stevenston Irvine West Kilbirnie and Beith Last election 8 seats, 26.7% 12 seats, 40.0% 5 seats, 16.7% Seats before 8 12 6 Seats won 12 11 6 Seat change 4 1 1   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Tom Marshall Andrew Scott Chamberlain Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader's seat North Coast and Cumbraes Kilwinning Retired Last election 3 seats, 10.0% 2 seats, 6.7% Seats before 2 2 Seats won 1 0 Seat change 2 2

The 7 multi-member wards

Council Leader before election David O'Neill Labour Council Leader after election William Gibson SNP

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 a form of proportional representation, with 30 Councillors being elected.

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 2 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 2007-2012. This is also the first time that Labour has not been part of the administration of this Council for over 30 years.

Election result

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

Irvine East

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

Kilwinning

• 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
• 2007-2012 Change: Independent gain from Lib Dem

Saltcoats and Stevenston

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

Ardrossan and Arran

• 2007: 2xIndependent; 1xSNP; 1xLab
• 2012: 2xSNP; 1xIndependent; 1xLab
• 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Independent

Dalry and West Kilbride

• 2007: 1xIndependent; 1xLab; 1xCon
• 2012: 2xIndependent; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012 Change: Independent and SNP gain one seat from Con and Lab

Kilbirnie and Beith

• 2007: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xIndependent
• 2012: 1xSNP; 1xIndependent; 1xLab
• 2007-2012 Change: No change

North Coast and Cumbraes

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

Post-Election Changes

• † North Coast and Cumbraes SNP Cllr Alex McLean died on 1 August 2014. 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 Scottish Parliament election, 2016. 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.

By-Elections

References

http://www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk/Elections/Results/ResultsPages/ResultsMain.aspx

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