2012 Stirling Council election

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2012 Stirling Council election
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All 22 seats to Stirling Council
12 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
LeaderGraham HoustonCorrie McChord
Party SNP Labour
Leader's seat Dunblane and Bridge of Allan Stirling East
Last election7 seats, 29.2%8 seats, 28.2%
Seats before78
Seats won98
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Steady2.svg
Popular vote10,6268,180
Percentage37.2%28.6%
SwingIncrease2.svg 8.0%Increase2.svg 0.4%
 Third partyFourth party
 
LeaderAlistair Berrill Mark Ruskell
Party Conservative Scottish Green
Leader's seat Forth and Endrick Dunblane and Bridge of Allan
Last election4 seats, 25.3%0 seats, 1.7%
Seats before40
Seats won41
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 1
Popular vote5,6891,658
Percentage19.9%5.8%
SwingDecrease2.svg 5.4%Increase2.svg 4.1%
Council Leader before election

Graham Houston
SNP

Council Leader after election

Corrie McChord
Labour

The 2012 Stirling Council election was held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the seven wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 22 councillors being elected. Each ward will elect either three or four members, using the STV electoral system.

Contents

The election saw the Scottish National Party increase their representation by 2 seats and significantly increase their vote share to become the largest party on the council. Labour and the Conservatives retained their 8 and 4 seats respectively while the Greens gained a seat on the authority. By contrast the Liberal Democrats lost all of their seats.

Following the election a coalition was formed between the Labour Party and the Conservatives which replaced the previous SNP minority administration.

Results

2012 Stirling Council election result
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  SNP 920Increase2.svg 240.937.210,626Increase2.svg 8.0
  Labour 822Steady2.svg36.428.68,180Increase2.svg 0.4
  Conservative 400Steady2.svg18.219.95,689Decrease2.svg 5.4
  Scottish Green 110Increase2.svg 14.65.81,658Increase2.svg 4.1
  Liberal Democrats 003Decrease2.svg 30.05.51,562Decrease2.svg 6.0
  UKIP 000Steady2.svg0.00.9261Increase2.svg 0.8
  Independent 000Steady2.svg0.01.6449Decrease2.svg 2.1

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

Trossachs and Teith

Trossachs and Teith – 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Conservative Martin Earl30.29%1,285     
SNP Alycia Hayes23.76%1,0081,027.2 1,054.1 1,109.6  
SNP Fergus Wood (incumbent)21.28%903925.7 947.3 984.3 1,023.6 1,283.2
Labour Gerry McGarvey15.84%672690.3 732.5 804.1 808.1  
Independent Jack Black5.23%222260.2 307.7    
Liberal Democrats Galen Milne3.61%153199.9     
Electorate: 8,464  Valid: 4,243  Spoilt: 72  Quota: 1,061  Turnout: 4,315 (50.13%)  

    Forth and Endrick

    Forth and Endrick – 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Conservative Alistair Berrill (incumbent)23.58%1,0971,128 1,198    
    SNP Graham Lambie (incumbent)19.60%912927 944 945.2 1,016.3 1,041.4 1,171.4
    SNP Ian Muirhead18.49%860894 928 929.3 991.4 1,020.4 1,201.7
    Labour Alistair William Weir16.14%751788 824 824.9 917.0 982.4  
    Conservative Philip Graves6.64%309328 356 383.2 408.7   
    UKIP Paul Henke5.61%261271      
    Scottish Green Gordon Kerr Cowtan5.55%258298 335 336.2    
    Liberal Democrats Alison McGilvray4.39%204      
    Electorate: 8,464  Valid: 4,652  Spoilt: 56  Quota: 1,164  Turnout: 4,708 (48.79%)  

      Dunblane and Bridge of Allan

      Dunblane and Bridge of Allan – 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      SNP Graham Houston (incumbent)27.31%1,494    
      Conservative Callum Campbell (incumbent)23.07%1,262    
      Labour Mike Robbins21.29%1,165    
      Scottish Green Mark Ruskell 16.63%910951.1 981 1,006.1 1,251
      Liberal Democrats Gary Airnes6.32%346368.4 427.1 442.4  
      SNP Ian Smith5.37%294604.1 615.8 624.4 683.9
      Electorate: 12,193  Valid: 5,471  Spoilt: 76  Quota: 1,095  Turnout: 5,547 (44.87%)  

        Castle

        Castle – 3 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        SNP Jim Thomson (incumbent)27.54%828      
        Labour John Hendry (incumbent)18.89%568570.1 581.2 606.5 643.2 673.3 759.8
        Labour Johanna Boyd17.59%529530.6 544.7 556.5 588.3 631.3 748.1
        Scottish Green Zara Kitson10.87%327331 366.5 409.9 497.3 575.7  
        Conservative Jennifer Gordon8.71%262262.6 287.9 294.1 326.4   
        Independent Steve Sankey7.55%227228.8 250.2 288.1    
        SNP David Wilson4.72%142201.7 207.9     
        Liberal Democrats Graham Reed (incumbent)4.12%124126.8      
        Electorate: 7,843  Valid: 3,007  Spoilt: 67  Quota: 752  Turnout: 3,074 (38.34%)  

          Stirling West

          Stirling West – 3 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1
          SNP Scott Farmer36.61%1,484
          Labour Christine Simpson31.011,257
          Conservative Neil Benny25.041,015
          Liberal Democrats Gordon Bruce7.35298
          Electorate: 8,611  Valid: 4,054  Spoilt: 44  Quota: 1,014  Turnout: 4,098 (47.08%)  

            Stirling East

            Stirling East – 3 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            12345
            SNP Steven Paterson (incumbent)†33.061,278    
            Labour Corrie McChord (incumbent)22.30862925.8 961.6 992.2 
            Labour Danny Gibson22.19858892.6 929.1 957.6 978.3
            Liberal Democrats Ian Alexander Brown (incumbent)10.42403436.3 507.9 642 642.9
            Conservative Benjamin Kerr7.81302320.5 333.2   
            Scottish Green Johannes Butscher4.22163224.6    
            Electorate: 8,611  Valid: 3,866  Spoilt: 77  Quota: 967  Turnout: 3,943 (41.09%)  

              Bannockburn

              Bannockburn – 3 seats
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              1234567
              SNP Alasdair MacPherson (incumbent)37.49%1,236      
              Labour Margaret Brisley (incumbent)34.36%1,133      
              Labour Violet Weir (incumbent)11.68%385409.9 664.7 671.4 704.6 766.1 910.1
              SNP Gerry McLaughlan5.67%187516.2 527.3 531.6 549.9 596.6  
              Independent Bill McDonald5.0%165181.3 190.8 203.6 259.6   
              Conservative Lesley Stein4.76%157160.7 162.3 170.3    
              Liberal Democrats David Kaufman1.0%3438.2 44.3     
              Electorate: 8,611  Valid: 3,297  Spoilt: 118  Quota: 825  Turnout: 3,415 (40.8%)  

                Aftermath

                Stirling East by-election

                On 7 May 2015, Stirling East SNP councillor Steven Paterson was elected as the MP for Stirling. He resigned his Council seat on 30 June 2015. [1] A by-election was held on 1 October 2015 to fill the vacancy and the seat was held by the SNP's Gerry McLaughlan.

                Stirling East By-election (1 October 2015) – 1 Seat [2]
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                123
                SNP Gerry McLaughlan45.2%1,3111,367 1,388
                Labour Chris Kane37.7%1,0941,134 1,272
                Conservative Luke Davison11.8%343352  
                Scottish Green Alasdair Tollemache5.2%152  
                Electorate: 10,460  Valid: 2,900  Spoilt: 28  Quota: 1,451  Turnout: 2,928  

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                  References

                  1. ↑ "Steven Paterson resigns Council role". stirlingsnp.com. 30 June 2015.
                  2. ↑ "Stirling Council – Elections – upcoming elections". stirling.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015.
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