2012 Moray Council election

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2012 Moray Council election
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All 26 seats to Moray Council
14 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderGary CoullStewart CreeAllan Wright
Party SNP Independent Conservative
Leader's seatSpeyside GlenlivetKeith and CullenHeldon and Laich
Last election9 seats, 34.62%12 seats, 46.2%3 seats, 11.54%
Seats before10123
Seats won10103
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg2Steady2.svg0
 Fourth party
 
LeaderJohn Divers
Party Labour
Leader's seatElgin City South
Last election2 seats, 7.7%
Seats before2
Seats won3
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1
Moray Council election 2012.svg
Results by ward.
Council Leader before election

Gordon McDonald
Independent

Council Leader after election

Allan Wright
Conservative

Elections to the Moray Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other 31 local authorities in Scotland. The election used the eight wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 26 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.

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The election saw the Scottish National Party increase their representation by 1 seat, equalling the seat numbers of the Independents who lost 2 seats, while becoming the largest party on the Council in terms of vote share. The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party retained their 3 seats while the Scottish Labour Party gained an additional seat.

Following the election a coalition was formed between the Independents and the Conservatives which was a continuance of the arrangement from 2007 to 2012.

Election summary

Moray Council elections 2012
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  SNP 1010+138.4639.4510,124+4.26
  Independent 1013-238.4628.787,386-8.16
  Conservative 311011.5417.544,501+1.70
  Labour 310+111.549.162,351+0.48
  Scottish Green 0----2.8719New
  UKIP 0----1.34340+1.0
  Liberal Democrats 0----0.65167-1.08
  Scottish Senior Citizens 0----0.378-0.99

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

Speyside Glenlivet

Speyside Glenlivet – 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123
Independent Fiona Murdoch (incumbent)27.59%771  
SNP Pearl Paul (incumbent)27.17%759  
SNP Mike McConnachie (incumbent)22.87%639656.6 705.6
Conservative David Gambles13.46%376393.2 395
UKIP Matthew Desmond5.73%160168 170.1
UKIP Don Gatt3.19%8996.1 97.9
Electorate: 7,059  Valid: 2,794  Spoilt: 40  Quota: 699  Turnout: 2,834 (39.58%)  

    Keith and Cullen

    Keith and Cullen – 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    SNP Gary Coull (incumbent)42.45%1,319    
    Independent Ron Shepherd (incumbent)22.59%702750.5 866.7  
    Independent Stewart Cree (incumbent)15.25%474591.5 706.1 752.5 964.8
    Conservative Valery Dickson10.04%312336.2    
    SNP Hazel Thain9.66%300615.2 633.5 650.6  
    Electorate: 7,810  Valid: 3,107  Spoilt: 33  Quota: 777  Turnout: 3,140 (39.78%)  

      Buckie

      Buckie – 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234
      SNP Gordon McDonald (incumbent)38.37%967   
      Independent Anne McKay (incumbent) ††25.71%648   
      Independent Joe Mackay (incumbent) ††††22.10%557596.9 607.2 728.6
      Conservative Margaret Gambles7.1%179183.2 184.9  
      SNP Linda Scobie McDonald6.71%169449.1 451.7 457.5
      Electorate: 7,336  Valid: 2,520  Spoilt: 39  Quota: 631  Turnout: 2,559 (34.35%)  

        Fochabers Lhanbryde

        Fochabers Lhanbryde – 3 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234
        Conservative Douglas Ross (incumbent)39.5%1,318   
        SNP Margo Howe21.82%728768.7 810.2 1,335
        SNP Anita McDonald (incumbent)18.34%612676.1 708.2  
        Labour Sean Morton15.34%512583.5 714.7 793.9
        Liberal Democrats Peter Horton5.0%167304.1   
        Electorate: 7,717  Valid: 3,337  Spoilt: 28  Quota: 835  Turnout: 3,365 (43.24%)  

          Heldon and Laich

          Heldon and Laich – 4 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          123456
          SNP Carolle Ralph†20.0%797807    
          Independent Eric McGillivray (incumbent)†††††18.44%735828    
          Conservative Allan Wright (incumbent)17.26%688699 703.4 703.5 763.7 835.8
          SNP David Stewart (incumbent)17.01%678687 692.1 699.4 740.9  
          Independent Chris Tuke14.65%584659 670 670.4 764.1 921.7
          Scottish Green James Mackessack-Leitch6.57%262279 281.3 281.7   
          Independent John Gordon6.05%241     
          Electorate: 10,287  Valid: 3,985  Spoilt: 56  Quota: 798  Turnout: 4,041 (38.74%)  

            Elgin City North

            Elgin City North – 3 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            12345
            Labour Barry Jarvis (incumbent) †††29.85%766    
            SNP Mike Shand (incumbent)23.23%596612.5 661.7  
            SNP Patsy Gowans20.07%515526.9 550.4 566.8 688.3
            Conservative Frank Brown17.46%448466.9 565.8 566.3  
            Independent Darren Margach9.39%241274.2    
            Electorate: 8,386  Valid: 2,566  Spoilt: 31  Quota: 642  Turnout: 2,597 (30.6%)  

              Elgin City South

              Elgin City South – 3 seats
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              12
              Labour John Divers (incumbent)37.57%1,073 
              Conservative James Allan25.0%714810.1
              SNP Graham Leadbitter (incumbent)23.63%675771.1
              SNP John Sharp (incumbent)13.8%394434
              Electorate: 8,356  Valid: 2,856  Spoilt: 40  Quota: 715  Turnout: 2,896 (34.18%)  

                Forres

                Forres – 4 seats
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                12345678910
                Independent George Alexander25.19%1,134         
                Independent Lorna Creswell (incumbent)12.77%575650.4 675.5 690.1 814.9 866.5 870.6 987.2  
                SNP Aaron McLean12.15%547559.1 568.5 574.7 588.4 924.1    
                Conservative Paul McBain10.35%466483.5 486.7 507.1 529.4 540.2 541    
                Scottish Green Fabio Villani10.15%457474.7 488.1 492.1 524.2 548.6 551.9 614.2 630.7  
                SNP Irene Ogilvie (incumbent)9.53%429440.3 443.7 446.9 478.2      
                Independent Anne Audrey Skene9.11%410441.2 450.8 468.7 549.9 569.3 571.7 731.6 764.2 1,072.5
                Independent Jeff Hamilton (incumbent)6.98%314343.8 349.8 356.2       
                UKIP Ian Meiklejohn2.02%9196.1 98.5        
                Scottish Senior Citizens Andy Anderson1.73%7885.4         
                Electorate: 10,999  Valid: 4,501  Spoilt: 50  Quota: 901  Turnout: 4,551 (40.92%)  

                  Changes since last election

                  By-elections since 2012

                  Heldon and Laich By-election (7 March 2013) – 1 Seat [1]
                  PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                  12345
                  Independent John Cowe31.36%9721,020 1,058 1,273 1,507
                  SNP Stuart Crowther26.88%833844 891 960 1,005
                  Conservative Pete Bloomfield15.26%473490 516 558  
                  Independent Nick Traynor13.49%418459 496   
                  Scottish Green James Edward Mackessack-Leitch7.36%228242    
                  Independent Jeff Hamilton5.65%175    
                  Electorate: 10,579  Valid: 3,099  Spoilt: 38 (1.21%)  Quota: 1,550  Turnout: 3,137 (29.65%)  
                    Buckie By-election (30 January 2014) – 1 Seat [2]
                    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                    123
                    Independent Gordon Cowie43.94830907 1,034
                    SNP Linda McDonald35.47670679 710
                    Independent Marc Macrae11.65220248  
                    Conservative Margaret Gambles7.57143  
                    Electorate: 7,872  Valid: 1,889  Spoilt: 26  Quota: 933  Turnout: 1,915 (24.33%)  
                      Elgin City North By-election (11 December 2014) – 1 Seat [3]
                      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                      12345
                      SNP Kirsty Ella Reid37.96728748 764 773 850
                      Independent Sandy Cooper24.61472483 499 595 693
                      UKIP Captain Craig Ahab Graham14.96287305 316 368  
                      Conservative Alex Griffiths14.23273280 299   
                      Labour Ramsay Urquhart4.228184    
                      Scottish Green Morvern Forrest4.0177    
                      Electorate: 9,263  Valid: 1,918  Spoilt: 20  Quota: 960  Turnout: (20.9%) 1,938  
                        Buckie By-election (26 March 2015) – 1 Seat [4]
                        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                        1
                        SNP Sonya Warren59.5%1,485
                        Independent Norman Calder27.9%696
                        Conservative Tim Eagle12.6%315
                        Electorate: 7,798  Valid: 2,496  Spoilt: 25  Quota: 1,249  Turnout: 2,521 (32.3%)  
                          Heldon and Laich By-election (1 October 2015) – 1 Seat [5]
                          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                          123
                          Independent Dennis Slater41.1%1,3231,382 1,775
                          SNP Joyce O'Hara31.1%1,0031,054 1,100
                          Conservative Pete Bloomfield21.8%703725  
                          Scottish Green James Edward Mackessack-Leitch6%192  
                          Electorate: 11,070  Valid: 3,221  Spoilt: 27  Quota: 1,612  Turnout: 3,248 (29.3%)  

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                            References

                            1. ↑ Palmer, Mark. "Local Government By- Election – Thursday 7 March 2013 – Electoral Ward No. 5 – Heldon and Laich" (PDF). moray.gov.uk.
                            2. ↑ Palmer, Mark (30 January 2014). "Local Government By-Election Ward 3 – Buckie" (PDF). moray.gov.uk.
                            3. ↑ "SNP gain seat in Elgin by-election". Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
                            4. ↑ Palmer, Mark (26 March 2015). "Local Government By-Election Ward 3 – Buckie" (PDF). moray.gov.uk.
                            5. ↑ "Local Government By-Election Ward 5 Heldon and Laich 2015 – Moray Council". moray.gov.uk. 28 November 2013.
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