Clackmannanshire Council election, 2012

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Clackmannanshire Council election, 2012
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All 18 seats to Clackmannanshire Council
10 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Gary Womersley Robert McGill Alastair Campbell
Party SNP Labour Conservative
Leader's seat Clackmannanshire Central Clackmannanshire North Clackmannanshire East
Last election7 seats, 38.9%8 seats, 44.4%1 seat, 5.6%
Seats before 8 7 1
Seats won 8 8 1
Seat change -Increase2.svg1 -
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Archie Drummond John Shier Biggam
Party Independent Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Clackmannanshire North Clackmannanshire North defeated
Last election1 seat, 5.6%1 seat, 5.6%
Seats before 1 1
Seats won 1 0
Seat change -Decrease2.svg1
Council Leader before election

Gary Womersley
SNP

Council Leader after election

Gary Womersley
SNP

Elections to Clackmannanshire Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the five wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 18 Councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.

Clackmannanshire Council area of Scotland

Clackmannanshire is a historic county and council area in Scotland, bordering the council areas of Stirling, Fife and Perth & Kinross.

Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 act of the Scottish Parliament making local elections be run under the single transferable vote

The Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament which provided, amongst other things, for the election of councillors to the local authorities in Scotland by the single transferable vote system.

The single transferable vote (STV) is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through ranked voting in multi-seat organizations or constituencies. Under STV, an elector (voter) has a single vote that is initially allocated to their most preferred candidate. Votes are totalled and a quota derived. If their candidate achieves quota, he/she is elected and in some STV systems any surplus vote is transferred to other candidates in proportion to the voters' stated preferences. If more candidates than seats remain, the bottom candidate is eliminated with his/her votes being transferred to other candidates as determined by the voters' stated preferences. These elections and eliminations, and vote transfers if applicable, continue until there are only as many candidates as there are unfilled seats. The specific method of transferring votes varies in different systems.

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The election saw the Scottish National Party gain a seat and increase their vote share on the Council to have the same number of seats as Labour. The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party retained their single seat on the Council and there remains a single Independent. The Scottish Liberal Democrats were wiped out losing their single seat.

The Scottish National Party is a Scottish nationalist and social-democratic political party in Scotland. The SNP supports and campaigns for Scottish independence. It is the second-largest political party by membership in the United Kingdom, behind the Labour Party and ahead of the Conservative Party, it is the third-largest by overall representation in the House of Commons, behind the Conservative Party and the Labour Party, and it is the largest political party in Scotland, where it has the most seats in the Scottish Parliament and 35 out of the 59 Scottish seats in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The current Scottish National Party leader, Nicola Sturgeon, has served as First Minister of Scotland since November 2014.

The Scottish Labour Party is the devolved Scottish section of the UK Labour Party.

The Scottish Liberal Democrats is a liberal and social-liberal political party in Scotland.

After the election a SNP minority administration was formed with the support of the Independent Councillor. The Conservatives abstained on the vote.

Election result

Clackmannanshire Local Election Result 2012
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  SNP 8 0 0 0 44.44 46.05 6,963 +7.95
  Labour 8 1 - +1 44.44 38.12 5,764 +0.32
  Conservative 1 - - - 5.56% 9.88 1,494 -0.92
  Independent 1 1 1 - 5.56% 5.05 764 -1.85
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 1 -1 0 0.89 136 -4.31

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

Clackmannanshire West

Clackmannanshire West - 4 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
Labour George Matchett (incumbent) 32.37%1,037      
SNP Tina Murphy (incumbent) 21.63%693      
Labour Jim Stalker 14.76% 473781.2     
SNP Les Sharp 12.58% 403409.7 416.9422.9443.1474.5767.1
SNP Janis Paterson (incumbent) 7.21% 231247.4 260.9298.2325.3362.4 
Conservative Bill Mason 7.21% 231236.3 249.8250.8293.6  
Independent Eddie Carrick (incumbent) 4.24% 136147.1 168.2170.8   
Electorate: 7,807  Valid: 3,204  Spoilt: 58  Quota: 641  Turnout: 3,262 (41.04%)

    Clackmannanshire North

    Clackmannanshire North - 4 seats
    Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
    SNP Donald Balsillie (incumbent) 20.09%728       
    Labour Robert McGill (incumbent) 18.3% 663663.1 669.1684.11,001.1   
    SNP Walter McAdam (incumbent) 15.02% 544545.8 559.8568.8573.8600.9603.91,055.4
    Independent Archie Drummond† 14.90% 540540.1 587.2664.2683.2743.3  
    SNP May Atkinson 13.91% 504506.7 525.7535.7546.7567570 
    Labour Jacqueline McKay 9.69% 351351 366377    
    Conservative Chris Dixon 4.33% 157157 173     
    Liberal Democrats John Shier Biggam (incumbent) 3.75% 136136.1       
    Electorate: -  Valid: 3,623  Spoilt: 102  Quota: 725  Turnout: 3,725 (%)

      Clackmannanshire Central

      Clackmannanshire Central - 3 seats
      Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
      Labour Derek Stewart (incumbent) 37.37%916     
      SNP Gary Womersley (incumbent) 26.97%661     
      SNP Gaynor Hamilton 17.18% 421438.5 479.5493.8522.7 
      Labour Graham Watt 11.75% 288547.7 549.7556.4583.1751.9
      Independent Brian Gerard Doyle 3.59% 8891.9 92.9118.3  
      Conservative Kate Mason 3.14% 7780.6 80.1   
      Electorate: -  Valid: 2,451  Spoilt: 55  Quota: 613  Turnout: 2,506 (%)

        Clackmannanshire South

        Clackmannanshire South - 4 seats
        Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3
        SNP Craig Holden (incumbent) 32.15%1,042  
        Labour Janet Kerr Cadenhead (incumbent) 24.50%794  
        SNP Ellen Forson 21.47%696  
        Labour Kenneth Earle (incumbent) 15.33% 497604.7 731.4
        Conservative Alan Jamieson 6.54% 212261.7 263.4
        Electorate: -  Valid: 3,241  Spoilt: 99  Quota: 649  Turnout: 3,340 (%)

          Clackmannanshire East

          Clackmannanshire East - 3 seats
          Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1
          Conservative Alastair Campbell (incumbent) 31.40%817
          SNP Irene Hamilton (incumbent) 30.01%781
          Labour Kathleen Martin 28.63%745
          SNP Helen Lewis 9.95% 259
          Electorate: -  Valid: 2,602  Spoilt: 32  Quota: 651  Turnout: 2,634 (%)

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            References

              http://www.clacksweb.org.uk/council/electionresults/?election=31

              Changes since 2012

              † On 11 September 2016 Clackmannanshire North Cllr Archie Drummond joined the SNP and ceased to be an Independent.

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