2012 Aberdeen City Council election

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2012 Aberdeen City Council election
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All 43 seats to Aberdeen City Council
22 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  3x4.svg Callum McCaig (SNP).jpg 3x4.svg
Leader Barney Crockett Callum McCaig Aileen Malone
Party Labour SNP Liberal Democrats
Leader's seatDyce/Bucksburn/DanestoneKincorth/LoirstonLower Deeside
Last election10 seats, 23.3%12 seats, 27.9%15 seats, 34.9%
Seats before81511
Seats won17155
Seat changeIncrease2.svg7Increase2.svg3Decrease2.svg10
Popular vote16,26417,1318,293
Percentage29.7%31.3%15.1%
SwingIncrease2.svg6.4%Increase2.svg3.4%Decrease2.svg19.8%
 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Leader Marie Boulton Fraser Forsyth
Party Independent Conservative
Leader's seatLower DeesideMidtsocket/Rosemount
Last election1 seats, 2.3%5 seats, 11.6%
Seats before72
Seats won33
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg2
Popular vote6,1175,285
Percentage11.2%9.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg8.9%Decrease2.svg1.9%
Aberdeen City Council election 2012.svg
The 13 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election

Callum McCaig
SNP

Council Leader after election

Barney Crockett
Labour

The 2012 Aberdeen City Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Aberdeen City Council. The election used the 13 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 43 Councillors elected.

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Local political activist Renee Slater caused controversy when she nominated a mannequin doll as 'Helena Torry' in the Hazlehead/Ashley/Queens Cross ward. This was withdrawn after being spotted and a report issued to Grampian Police. Slater was subsequently prosecuted. [1]

The election saw the Scottish Liberal Democrats lose two-thirds of their councillors. The Scottish National Party made 3 gains, securing their by-election gains during the 2007–2012 term. However, it was Scottish Labour Party who proved the biggest winners with 7 gains and 17 total seats. Independents gained 2 seats while the Tories lost 2 seats.

On 9 May an agreement was reached to form a coalition. The coalition was formed between the Scottish Labour Party (17 seats), the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party (3) and three Independent councillors.

Election results

Aberdeen City local election result 2012
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1770+739.529.716,264+5.1
  SNP 1541+334.931.317,131+1.8
  Liberal Democrats 5010-1011.615.18,293-11.8
  Independent 320+27.011.176,117+8.47
  Conservative 302-27.09.75,285-4.4
  Green 0----2.451,342+0.85
  National Front 0----0.45249+0.45
  UKIP 0----0.1158New

Note: 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

Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone

Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789
Labour Barney Crockett (incumbent)29.4%1,378        
SNP Neil MacGregor (incumbent)25.5%1,198        
SNP Gill Samarai8.8%412419 513.1 525.7 536.4 544.1 948.6  
Conservative Duncan Stewart7.7%360367 370.3 380.7 402.6     
SNP Caroline Elizabeth Little7.6%358367.6 479.8 487.4 507.4 525.3    
Liberal Democrats Brian Malone7.5%353368.3 377.4 392.8 428.1 585.7 607.1 607.7  
Labour Graeme Lawrence7.3%344681.7 693.1 718.1 771 816.2 834.2 835.2 991.4
Independent Angela Joss3.7%174190.2 195.9 232.8      
Green Rhonda Reekie2.5%117128.1 134.9       
Electorate: 14,122  Valid: 4,694  Spoilt: 92  Quota: 939  Turnout: 4,786 (33.24%)  

    Bridge of Don

    Bridge of Don - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456789
    Independent John Reynolds (incumbent)28.0%1,530        
    SNP Muriel Jaffrey (incumbent)20.5%1,119        
    Labour Willie Young (incumbent)18.8%1,0311,085.9 1,087 1,112.5     
    SNP Sandy Stuart9.5%520559.5 570.9 576.8 578.5 595.6 612.5 985.5 1,107.2
    SNP Graham Bennett7.2%396418.2 425.3 433.9 434.8 449.4 465.1   
    Liberal Democrats Millie McLeod6.2%338412.8 414.1 436.1 438.7 498.4 640.7 660.3  
    Conservative Francis Davidson Webster6.1%333360.3 360.5 364.3 365.2 385.1    
    Independent Gordon A. Leslie (incumbent)2.0%107217.6 218.5 238.4 241     
    Green Daniel Kenneth Juett1.8%97107.2 107.5       
    Electorate: 14,188  Valid: 5,471  Spoilt: 68  Quota: 1,095  Turnout: 5,539 (38.56%)  

      Kingswells/Sheddocksley

      Kingswells/Sheddocksley - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      SNP David John Cameron24.9%928936       
      Liberal Democrats Steve Delaney21.5%802803 803.2 812.2 828.2 950.2   
      Labour Len Ironside (incumbent)18.1%675677 677.2 679.2 700.2 719.2 723.7 798.5 1,259.3
      Labour Jason Butcher13.4%499503 503.3 507.3 516.3 532.3 534.5 576.4  
      SNP Wendy Alison Stuart (incumbent)10.1%375381 383.9 392.9 409.9 428 431.1   
      Conservative Steve Robertson6.9%256257 257.1 270.1 280.1     
      Independent Barry James Thomson2.2%8389 89 105      
      UKIP Philip Clarke1.6%5864 64.1       
      National Front Dave MacDonald1.4%51        
      Electorate: 3,798  Valid: 3,727  Spoilt: 71  Quota: 932  Turnout: (35.08%)  

        Northfield

        Northfield - 3 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        SNP Jackie Dunbar (incumbent)34.2%1,314     
        Labour Gordon Graham (incumbent)22.9%879893.5 911.5 924.3 945.3 1,079.3
        Labour Scott Carle22.6%869886.1 892.1 910.9 934.2 1,089.5
        SNP Paula Helen Mann13.9%535831.5 847.3 860.5 877  
        Conservative George Ross2.3%9091.1 98.1 114.6   
        National Front Christopher Sean Willett2.1%8081.3     
        Liberal Democrats David Evans2.1%7984.4 85.6    
        Electorate: 11,419  Valid: 3,846  Spoilt: 128  Quota: 962  Turnout: 3,974 (33.68%)  

          Hilton/Stockethill

          Hilton/Stockethill - 3 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234567891011
          Labour George Adam (incumbent)37.8%1,421          
          SNP Kirsty Blackman (incumbent)†††††21.9%823851.1 857.4 861.8 870.8 890.8 934.5 934.8 960.2  
          SNP John Lind13.6%512522.5 525.5 527.5 536.8 545.8 561.5 577.9 587.9 602.5  
          Labour Lesley Dunbar7.2%271628.8 635.1 641.5 657.5 683.9 708.2 756.7 797.1 798.9 918.8
          Conservative Aric Gilinsky5.4%203206.7 210.7 212.7 216.7 221.7 237.4 272.4    
          Liberal Democrats Brian Dean3.9%145161.6 165.3 166.3 172.9 196.9 213.3     
          Independent David Page Henderson2.7%101108.8 109.8 121.1 161.5 177.8      
          Green Elva Hills2.6%99102 107 117.7 125.4       
          Independent Archibald Robertson2.3%8797.5 100.8 113.5        
          Independent Douglas James Thomson1.5%5558 59         
          National Front Claire Emma O'Rourke1.1%4142.7          
          Electorate: 10,254  Valid: 3,758  Spoilt: 315  Quota: 940  Turnout: 4,073 (36.65%)  

            Tillydrone/Seaton/Old Aberdeen

            Tillydrone/Seaton/Old Aberdeen - 3 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            12345678
            Labour Ross Grant30.4%846       
            SNP Jim Noble (incumbent)25.5%710       
            Labour Ramsay Milne14.1%392513 513.6 516.9 527.7 560.5 614.4 724.4
            SNP Mike Park7.8%218224.6 237.6 241.7 250.9 268.9 304.2 350.4
            Green Gina Ford6.4%179182.4 182.6 185.6 199.8 244.4 290.9  
            Independent Norman Collie (incumbent)5.8%161164.7 165 169 188.2    
            Liberal Democrats David Green4.6%129133.5 133.7 133.7 171.8    
            Conservative Daniel Stephen McCroskrie4.3%119121.1 121.2 123.2     
            National Front Mike Phillips0.9%2525.9 25.9      
            Electorate: 12,655  Valid: 2,779  Spoilt: 92  Quota: 695  Turnout: 2,871 (21.96%)  

              Midstocket/Rosemount

              Midstocket/Rosemount - 3 seats
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              1234567
              Labour Jenny Laing (incumbent)††32.4%1,247      
              SNP Bill Cormie (incumbent)32.1%1,233      
              Conservative Fraser Forsyth†††13.8%531555.7 579.9 600.2 686.1 751.7 867.6
              SNP Iolanda Serci6.9%264292.8 458.5 468.2 498.2 580.9  
              Green John Laing McCallum6.4%245315.8 333.9 360.7 461.3   
              Liberal Democrats William Sell6.4%245282.3 299.2 321.5    
              Independent Patrick McGuire2.1%82102.8 112.2     
              Electorate: 3,895  Valid: 3,847  Spoilt: 48  Quota: 962  Turnout: (33.38%)  

                George Street/Harbour

                George Street/Harbour - 3 seats
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                12345678910
                SNP Andrew May (incumbent)††††††25.3%672         
                Labour Jean Morrison17.2%456456.5 457.5 457.5 458.5 475.5 521.5 534.9 597 710.2
                Labour Nathan Morrison14.3%381381.3 382.3 385.3 386.3 391.3 414.3 443.8 494.8 570.9
                Liberal Democrats Kris Chapman9.9%262262.2 262.2 263.2 265.2 328.2 383.2 419.8 464.9  
                SNP James Wiseman West8.4%224229.3 230.3 237.3 238.3 248.3 268.4    
                Independent Jim Hunter (incumbent)8.4%222222.2 224.2 228.2 244.2 266.2 296.2 327.7   
                Green Richie Brian7.3%194194.2 195.2 197.2 203.2 217.2     
                Conservative Brian George Davidson6.7%178178.1 179.1 179.1 181.1      
                National Front Ross Alexander Willett1.1%2929 29        
                Independent Andrew Lovie0.9%2626 32 33       
                Independent Andy Rudgely0.5%1414         
                Electorate: 12,991  Valid: 2,658  Spoilt: 76  Quota: 665  Turnout: 2,734 (20.46%)  

                  Lower Deeside

                  Lower Deeside - 3 seats
                  PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                  123456
                  Independent Marie Boulton (incumbent)30.7%1,520     
                  Liberal Democrats Aileen Malone (incumbent)15.3%755814.2 823.4 992.7 1,140.9 1,539.9
                  Labour M. Tauqeer Malik15.0%744779 789.4 841.2 1,007.5 1,068.9
                  Conservative Raymond Murchie14.4%712741.4 754.5 881.8 950.2  
                  SNP Dorothy Janet McCaig13.3%659677.4 684.9 739.4   
                  Independent Peter Reiss9.9%490568.6 621.3    
                  Independent Andy Anderson1.3%6494.7     
                  Electorate: 11,301  Valid: 4,944  Spoilt: 33  Quota: 1,237  Turnout: 4,977 (43.75%)  

                    Hazlehead/Ashley/Queens Cross

                    Hazlehead/Ashley/Queens Cross - 4 seats
                    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                    12345678
                    Liberal Democrats Jennifer Stewart (incumbent)25.5%1,498       
                    Liberal Democrats Martin Greig (incumbent)23.8%1,399       
                    Conservative Ross Thomson 15.3%899962.9 1,005.7 1,012.9 1,017.2 1,186.1  
                    Labour Sandra MacDonald12.5%738777.9 805.6 864.1 873.6 922.3 923.3  
                    SNP John Munro Corall *10.8%634654.6 667.1 691.4 931.6 975.2 975.8 1,139.5
                    Independent Jim Farquharson (incumbent)5.6%328379.6 414.9 439.6 441.4    
                    SNP Stephen Mark Flynn 4.2%248262.8 269.1 274     
                    Green Peter Alexander Kennedy2.4%140158.6 173.6      
                    Electorate: 13,658  Valid: 5,884  Spoilt: 65  Quota: 1,177  Turnout: 5,949 (43.08%)  

                      Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee

                      Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee - 3 seats
                      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                      1234
                      Liberal Democrats Ian Yuill (incumbent)34.0%1,626   
                      Labour Angela Taylor22.4%1,0731,157.6 1,193.9 1,260.9
                      SNP Gordon Scott Townson (incumbent)22.3%1,0651,139 1,164.9 1,222.6
                      Conservative Bill Berry15.2%728843 871.3 896.7
                      Green Bex Holmes3.1%149182.3 221.6  
                      Independent Paul Briggs2.9%140166.4   
                      Electorate: 11,858  Valid: 4,781  Spoilt: 47  Quota: 1,196  Turnout: 4,828 (40.32%)  

                        Torry/Ferryhill

                        Torry/Ferryhill - 4 seats
                        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                        12345678910
                        Labour Yvonne Allan (incumbent)26.4%1,134         
                        SNP Graham Robert Dickson16.5%706726.2 726.2 729.4 734.2 741.7 755.1 768.6 804.4 862.1
                        Conservative Alan Donnelly (incumbent)†15.3%657663.8 663.8 667.8 677.1 684.8 690.8 715.3 819.5 890.5
                        SNP Jim Kiddie (incumbent)14.4%619631.7 631.7 634.7 640.1 649.6 667.6 692.6 730.1 797.8
                        Labour Kathryn Russell8.0%345523.6 524.6 527.4 531.3 548.3 575.4 610.4 704.5  
                        Liberal Democrats Richard Robertson *7.7%331335.9 335.9 335.9 340.9 346.4 376.3 400.8   
                        Independent David Fryer3.9%169173.9 177.1 177.1 197.6 234.5 257    
                        Green Andrew Reekie3.1%131137.3 139.6 139.8 139.8 154.3     
                        Independent Suzanne Kelly2.1%91101.2 108.2 111.2 124.9      
                        Independent William Brown1.4%6167.3 71.3 72.3       
                        National Front Billy Watson0.5%2324.9 24.9        
                        Independent Hamish Hay MacKay0.5%2121.5         
                        Electorate: 14,625  Valid: 4,288  Spoilt: 118  Quota: 858  Turnout: 4,406 (29.32%)  

                          Kincorth/Loirston

                          Kincorth/Loirston - 3 seats
                          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                          1234567
                          SNP Callum McCaig (incumbent)††††34.1%1,389      
                          Labour Neil Cooney (incumbent)30.7%1,250      
                          Independent Andrew William Finlayson11.6%471542.3 554.6 630.2 688.3 860.9 1,066.7
                          Liberal Democrats Kate Dean (incumbent)8.1%331372.9 382.9 403.2 468.8   
                          Labour Eleanor Morrison7.1%291366.3 544.3 560.7 589.8 681.9  
                          Conservative Alan Martin5.4%219234.2 237 240.6    
                          Independent Neale Bothwell2.9%120140 144.5     
                          Electorate: 11,848  Valid: 4,071  Spoilt: 78  Quota: 1,018  Turnout: 4,149 (34.36%)  

                            References

                            1. ↑ Peck, Tom (20 April 2012). "Woman arrested after entering mannequin into council elections" . The Independent . London. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2012.

                            https://web.archive.org/web/20120508053322/http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/council_government/councillors/elections_unit/election_results_2012.asp

                            Post-Election Changes

                            By-election since 2012

                            Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill By-election (30 July 2015) - 1 Seat [1]
                            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                            1
                            SNP Neil Copland54.5%1,690
                            Labour Charlie Pirie24.9%771
                            Conservative Roy Alastair Begg11.3%350
                            Green Peter Kennedy4.2%130
                            Liberal Democrats Jonathan Waddell4.1%125
                            Electorate: 12,050  Valid: 3,099  Spoilt: 33  Quota: 1,534  Turnout: 3,132 (25.7%)  
                              Kincorth/Nigg/Cove By-election (30 July 2015) - 1 Seat [2]
                              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                              1
                              SNP Stephen Flynn 60.5%1,939
                              Labour Donna Clark18.9%606
                              Conservative Philip Patrick Sellar9.8%313
                              Liberal Democrats Ken McLeod6.5%207
                              Green Dan Yeats3.6%114
                              Electorate: 12,693  Valid: 3,205  Spoilt: 26  Quota: 1,590  Turnout: 3,231 (25.3%)  
                                Midstocket/Rosemount By-election (1 October 2015) - 1 Seat [3]
                                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                1234
                                SNP Alex Nicoll40.9%1,1681,225 1,275 1,433
                                Conservative Tom Mason 23.6%672687 771 927
                                Labour Howard Gemmell21.2%605629 692  
                                Liberal Democrats Ken McLeod8.3%238270   
                                Green Jennifer Phillips6.0%170   
                                Electorate: 11,825  Valid: 2,853  Spoilt: 19  Quota: 1,427  Turnout: 2,872 (24.29%)  
                                  George Street/Harbour By-election (1 October 2015) - 1 Seat [3]
                                  PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                  1
                                  SNP Michael Hutchison51.2%961
                                  Labour Mike Scott26.1%490
                                  Conservative Brian Davidson10.4%195
                                  Green Alex Jarvis7.2%136
                                  Liberal Democrats Euan Davidson5.1%96
                                  Electorate: 12,179  Valid: 1,878  Spoilt: 20  Quota: 940  Turnout: 1,898 (15.58%)  
                                    1. ↑ "Local Government By-Election – 30 July 2015". aberdeencity.gov.uk. 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
                                    2. ↑ "Local Government By-Election – 30 July 2015". aberdeencity.gov.uk. 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
                                    3. 1 2 "Local Government By-Elections Aberdeen City Council Notice of Poll and Statement of Persons Nominated". aberdeencity.gov.uk. 31 August 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
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