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Elections to East Dunbartonshire Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the eight wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 24 Councillors being elected. Each ward elected 3 members, using the STV electoral system.
The election saw Labour gain 2 seats to draw level with the Scottish National Party. However, Labour remained the largest party in terms of vote share. The Scottish National Party retained all their existing 8 seats and did not run any additional candidates though did significantly raised their vote share. The Scottish Liberal Democrats retained their 3 seats on the Council. The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party lost 3 seats, just 2 in number, the equivalent numbers of the East Dunbartonshire Independent Alliance. Former Lib Dem Cllr Duncan Cumming was elected as an Independent.
Following the election the Labour Party formed a Coalition with Liberal Democrats and the Conservative Party. This replaced the previous Labour - Conservative coalition administration which had existed from 2007 to 2012.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 8 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 33.3 | 28.3 | 10,334 | +2.4 | |
SNP | 8 | - | - | - | 33.3 | 25.4 | 9,277 | +7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3 | - | - | - | 12.5 | 14.9 | 5,450 | -3.0 | |
Conservative | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 8.3 | 15.4 | 5,629 | -6.1 | |
EDIA | 2 | - | - | - | 8.3 | 8.1 | 2,973 | -3.3 | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4.2 | 6.1 | 2,224 | +3.7 | |
Green | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0.7 | 247 | -1.1 | |
Scottish Christian | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | 183 | +0.3 | |
Scottish Socialist | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | 134 | -0.3 | |
UKIP | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0.1 | 42 | 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.
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Eric Gotts (incumbent) | 36.6 | 1,751 | |||
SNP | Jim Gibbons (incumbent) | 28.0 | 1,338 | |||
Labour | Maureen Henry | 20.0 | 955 | 1,177 | 1,283 | |
Conservative | Bill Binks (incumbent) | 14.6 | 696 | 866 | 889 | |
Electorate: 10,289 Valid: 4,740 Spoilt: 42 Quota: 1,186 Turnout: 46.07% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Independent | Duncan Cumming (incumbent) | 33.2 | 1,837 | |||||||
Liberal Democrats | Ashay Ghai * | 17.1 | 944 | 1,082 | 1,087 | 1,093 | 1,100 | 1,337 | 1,801 | |
SNP | Ian Mackay (incumbent) | 17.4 | 962 | 1,030 | 1,041 | 1,050 | 1,063 | 1,205 | 1,335 | |
Conservative | Amanda Stewart (incumbent) | 16.7 | 921 | 1,017 | 1,019 | 1,039 | 1,066 | 1,141 | ||
Labour | Stewart Moohan | 12.7 | 700 | 758 | 770 | 774 | 785 | |||
Scottish Christian | Bob Handyside | 1.1 | 59 | 70 | 71 | 79 | ||||
UKIP | Mitch Sorbie | 0.8 | 42 | 59 | 61 | |||||
Scottish Socialist | Neil Scott | 0.6 | 34 | 40 | ||||||
Electorate: 10,801 Valid: 5,499 Spoilt: 28 Quota: 1,375 Turnout: 50.91% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Vaughan Moody (incumbent) | 26.8 | 1,309 | ||||||
SNP | Keith Small | 25.4 | 1,243 | ||||||
Labour | Manjinder Shergill | 20.4 | 996 | 1,022 | 1,028 | 1,046 | 1,178 | 1,408 | |
Conservative | David Mason | 19.2 | 937 | 963 | 966 | 1,018 | 1,049 | ||
Green | Scott Ferguson | 5.0 | 247 | 263 | 272 | 292 | |||
Scottish Christian | Christine Cormack | 2.5 | 124 | 127 | 129 | ||||
Electorate: 10,452 Valid: 4,856 Spoilt: 28 Quota: 1,215 Turnout: 46.46% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
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1 | 2 | ||||
EDIA | Charles Kennedy (incumbent) † | 50.8 | 2,032 | ||
Labour | John Dempsey (incumbent) | 21.8 | 872 | 1,197 | |
SNP | David Ritchie (incumbent) | 20.3 | 813 | 1,066 | |
Conservative | Andrew Lothian | 4.6 | 183 | 253 | |
Liberal Democrats | Morag Daly | 2.4 | 97 | 155 | |
Electorate: 8,948 Valid: 3,997 Spoilt: 47 Quota: 1,000 Turnout: 44.67% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
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1 | 2 | ||||
Labour | Una Walker (incumbent) | 29.7 | 1,557 | ||
SNP | Anne McNair (incumbent) | 26.4 | 1,384 | ||
Conservative | Billy Hendry (incumbent) | 24.4 | 1,279 | 1,316 | |
Liberal Democrats | Cathy McInnes | 12.1 | 633 | 693 | |
Independent | Alan Brown | 7.4 | 387 | 441 | |
Electorate: 10,771 Valid: 5,240 Spoilt: 36 Quota: 1,311 Turnout: 48.65% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
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1 | 2 | ||||
Labour | Alan Moir (incumbent) | 32.8 | 1,267 | ||
SNP | Gordan Low (incumbent) | 29.9 | 1,158 | ||
Labour | Michael O'Donnell (incumbent) | 18.7 | 724 | 985 | |
Conservative | Alisdair Sinclair | 9.4 | 362 | 373 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gary Pews | 7.7 | 297 | 307 | |
Scottish Socialist | Mark Callaghan | 1.5 | 59 | 62 | |
Electorate: 9,406 Valid: 3,930 Spoilt: 63 Quota: 967 Turnout: 41.78% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
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1 | 2 | ||||
Labour | Rhondda Geekie (incumbent) | 36.6 | 1,729 | ||
SNP | Gillian Renwick (incumbent) | 32.0 | 1,511 | ||
Conservative | Anne Jarvis (incumbent) | 24.0 | 1,133 | 1,240 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Duncan | 7.5 | 353 | 533 | |
Electorate: 10,412 Valid: 4,726 Spoilt: 38 Quota: 1182 Turnout: 45.39% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Labour | Stewart MacDonald (incumbent) | 36.2 | 1,293 | |||
EDIA | Jack Young (incumbent) | 26.4 | 941 | |||
SNP | John Jamieson (incumbent) | 24.3 | 868 | 892 | 904 | |
Labour | Jim Neill | 6.8 | 241 | 571 | 583 | |
Conservative | Alison Lothian | 3.3 | 118 | 121 | 124 | |
Liberal Democrats | Samantha Johnstone | 1.8 | 66 | 70 | 72 | |
Scottish Socialist | Willie Telfer | 1.1 | 41 | 47 | 51 | |
Electorate: 8,918 Valid: 3,568 Spoilt: 72 Quota: 893 Turnout: 40.01% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Labour | Gemma Welsh | 30.8 | 851 | 860 | 874 | 939 | 1,146 | |
SNP | Billy Hutchinson | 26.9 | 743 | 762 | 767 | 845 | 1,044 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Murray | 25.0 | 693 | 702 | 740 | 788 | ||
Independent | Brian Reid | 9.9 | 274 | 284 | 318 | |||
Conservative | Alisdair Sinclair | 5.1 | 141 | 143 | ||||
Green | Ross Greer | 2.3 | 65 | |||||
Labour gain from EDIA | Swing | |||||||
Electorate: 9,277 Valid: 2,767 Spoilt: 28 Quota: 1,384 Turnout: 2,795 (30.1%) |
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