2012 Perth and Kinross Council election

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2012 Perth and Kinross Council election
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All 41 seats to Perth and Kinross Council
21 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderIan MillerMac RobertsPeter Barrett
Party SNP Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader's seatStrathmoreCarse of GowriePerth City Centre
Last election18 seats, 43.9%12 seats, 29.3%8 seats, 19.5%
Seats before18137
Seats won18105
Seat change-Decrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg3
 Fourth partyFifth party
 
LeaderArchie MacLellanMike BarnacleRhona Brock
Party Labour Independent
Leader's seatPerth City CentreKinross-shireStrathearn
Last election3 seats, 7.3%0 seats, 0%0 seat, 0%
Seats before310
Seats after431
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Increase2.svg3Increase2.svg1
Council Leader before election

Ian Miller
SNP

Council Leader after election

Ian Miller
SNP

Elections to Perth and Kinross Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election used the twelve 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 a form of proportional representation, with 41 Councillors being elected. [1]

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The council was previously controlled by a Liberal Democrat/Scottish National Party coalition administration from 2007 to 2012.

The 2012 elections saw the SNP remain the main party by a significant margin but they did not make further advances. Both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats lost seats to Independents who returned to the Council having been wiped out in 2007. Following the election a Scottish National Party minority administration took over the running of the council with the support of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.

Election results

Perth and Kinross Local Election Result 2012
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  SNP 1800-43.90%40.3119,119+3.11
  Conservative 1002-224.39%25.1811,941-2.92
  Liberal Democrats 503-312.20%12.726,033-6.98
  Labour 410+19.76%11.855,619+3.35
  Independent 330+37.32%7.293,458+2.49
 Perth Independent Candidates Party110+12.44%1.70805+1.70
  Green 0----0.96456-0.74

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

Carse of Gowrie

Carse of Gowrie - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234
Conservative Mac Roberts (incumbent)32.45%1,045   
SNP Gordon Walker23.45%755778 801 928
SNP Douglas Pover23.32%751769 796 925
Labour Lorna Redford15.31%493527 639  
Liberal Democrats Tina Ng-A-Mann5.47%176247   
Electorate: -  Valid: 3,220  Spoilt: 47  Quota: 806  Turnout: 3,267 (%)  

    Strathmore

    Strathmore - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    Conservative Dennis Melloy (incumbent)23.66%1,252
    SNP Alan Grant (incumbent)21.11%1,117
    SNP Ian Miller (incumbent)20.56%1,088
    Liberal Democrats Lewis Simpson (incumbent)20.43%1,081
    Labour Jamie Glackin6.09%322
    Independent Michael Gallagher5.35%283
    Green Louise Ramsay2.80%148
    Electorate: -  Valid: 5,291  Spoilt: 81  Quota: 1,059  Turnout: 5,372 (%)  

      Blairgowrie and Glens

      Blairgowrie and Glens - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12
      SNP Bob Ellis (incumbent)34.11%1,340 
      Conservative Caroline Shiers (incumbent)33.49%1,316 
      SNP Liz Grant (incumbent)21.48%8441,152
      Labour Grant Wallace8.20%322333
      Liberal Democrats Sanjay Samani2.72%107114
      Electorate: -  Valid: 3,929  Spoilt: 66  Quota: 983  Turnout: 3,995 (%)  

        Highland

        Highland - 3 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        SNP Katie Howie (incumbent)33.09%1,141     
        Conservative Ian Campbell (incumbent)23.93%825839 849 902  
        SNP Mike Williamson (incumbent)15.28%527727 742 776 780 879
        Independent Xander McDade9.08%313334 368 410 418 559
        Independent William Leszke8.29%286292 310 370 378  
        Liberal Democrats Victor Clements6.24%215227 250    
        Labour Lorna Ferguson4.09%141147     
        Electorate: -  Valid: 3,448  Spoilt: 52  Quota: 863  Turnout: 3,500 (%)  

          Strathtay

          Strathtay - 3 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1
          Conservative Barbara Vaughan (incumbent)31.44%1,003
          SNP John Kellas (incumbent)28.78%918
          SNP Grant Laing25.77%822
          Labour Anne Chatt9.50%303
          Liberal Democrats Neil Henry Gaunt4.51%144
          Electorate: -  Valid: 3,190  Spoilt: 31  Quota: 798  Turnout: 3,221 (%)  

            Strathearn

            Strathearn - 3 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1234
            SNP Anne Younger (incumbent)30.82%1,137   
            Conservative Ann Cowan (incumbent)23.69%874889 910 946
            Perth Independent Candidates PartyRhona Brock18.27%674742 779 939
            Conservative Bob Ferguson15.59%575588 599 640
            Labour Alastair McLean8.76%323356 389  
            Liberal Democrats Kenneth Robertson Spittal2.87%106125   
            Electorate: -  Valid: 3,689  Spoilt: 30  Quota: 923  Turnout: 3,719 (%)  

              Strathallan

              Strathallan - 3 seats
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              1234
              Conservative Murray Lyle (incumbent)34.02%1,064   
              SNP Tom Gray (incumbent)24.62%770790  
              Liberal Democrats Ann Gaunt (incumbent)17.99%563700 701 852
              SNP Brian Sculthorp13.40%419426 432 481
              Labour Dave MacLurg9.97%312327 328  
              Electorate: -  Valid: 3,128  Spoilt: 46  Quota: 783  Turnout: 3,174 (%)  

                Kinross-shire

                Kinross-shire - 4 seats
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                12345678
                Independent Dave Cuthbert19.31%897905 915 964    
                Independent Mike Barnacle (incumbent)17.27%802819 828 859 871 905 924 930
                Liberal Democrats Willie Robertson (incumbent)16.99%789807 857 902 910 947  
                Conservative Kathleen Baird (incumbent)14.98%696701 707 723 726 733 739 743
                SNP Joe Giacopazzi14.04%652658 664 685 689 1,009  
                SNP Sandy Miller (incumbent)8.45%411417 418 434 436    
                Labour Simon Edwin Bramwell4.95%230241 246      
                Liberal Democrats Russell Auld1.87%8791       
                Green Donald Fraser1.74%81       
                Electorate: -  Valid: 4,645  Spoilt: 37  Quota: 930  Turnout: 4,682 (%)  

                  Almond and Earn

                  Almond and Earn - 3 seats
                  PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                  123456
                  Conservative Alan Livingstone30.14%1,112     
                  SNP Henry Anderson24.18%892901 923   
                  SNP Wilma Lumsden (incumbent)17.02%628640 670 671 756  
                  Independent Alan Jack (incumbent)††12.04%444493 597 597 771 987
                  Labour Andrew Dundas10.0%369381 451 451   
                  Liberal Democrats George Hayton (incumbent)6.61%244284     
                  Electorate: -  Valid: 3,689  Spoilt: 36  Quota: 923  Turnout: 3,725 (%)  

                    Perth City South

                    Perth City South - 4 seats
                    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                    12345678
                    Liberal Democrats William Wilson (incumbent)25.70%1,288       
                    Conservative Alexander Stewart (incumbent)21.27%1,066       
                    SNP Bob Band (incumbent)18.18%911936 938 957 998 1,468  
                    Labour Alistair Munro11.02%552568 572 605 669 694 757 937
                    SNP Murray Duncan9.4%471486 488 511 546    
                    Liberal Democrats Lorraine Caddell (incumbent)5.73%287453 467 489 558 568 657  
                    Green Alice Walsh4.53%227237       
                    Independent Iona MacGregor4.17%209221 231      
                    Electorate: -  Valid: 5,011  Spoilt: 46  Quota: 1,003  Turnout: 5,057 (%)  

                      Perth City North

                      Perth City North - 4 seats
                      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                      1234567
                      SNP Dave Doogan 31.35%1,239      
                      Labour John Flynn (incumbent)23.10%913      
                      SNP Elspeth Maclachlan (incumbent)14.88%588690 693 707 1,115  
                      Labour Calum Gillies (incumbent)13.31%526554 658 692 706 767 908
                      Conservative Yvonne Clark10.37%410414 416 457 460 472  
                      SNP Liam Hannan3.80%150432 435 451    
                      Liberal Democrats Philip Brown3.19%126131 133     
                      Electorate: -  Valid: 3,952  Spoilt: 100  Quota: 791  Turnout: 4,052 (%)  

                        Perth City Centre

                        Perth City Centre - 4 seats
                        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                        1234567
                        SNP Jack Coburn (incumbent)†21.77%923      
                        Liberal Democrats Peter Barrett (incumbent)21.09%894      
                        Labour Archie MacLellan (incumbent)17.43%739742 751 751 778 834 1,038
                        SNP Andy Hay14.74%625691 697 698 716 749  
                        Conservative Heather Stewart (incumbent)16.58%703704 716 719 729 792 837
                        Independent Nathan Shields5.28%224225 230 241 279   
                        Perth Independent Candidates PartyIan Thomson2.62%111112 114 119    
                        Perth Independent Candidates PartyMahesh Rednam0.47%2020 21     
                        Electorate: -  Valid: 4,239  Spoilt: 74  Quota: 848  Turnout: 4,315 (%)  

                          Post Election Changes

                          By-Elections since 2012

                          Perth City Centre By-election (7 May 2015)- 1 Seat [2]
                          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                          1
                          SNP Andrew Parrott51.073,589
                          Conservative Chris Ahern23.891,679
                          Labour Lorna Redford13.36939
                          Liberal Democrats Philip Brown9.98701
                          Independent Ian Thomson1.69119
                          Electorate: 11,160  Valid: 7,027  Spoilt: 104  Quota: 3,515  Turnout: 7,131 (63.94%)  
                            Almond and Earn By-election (7 April 2016)- 1 Seat
                            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                            123
                            Conservative Kathleen Baird48.5%16511681 1720
                            SNP Wilma Lumsden38.4%13271334 1370
                            Labour Dave MacKenzie6.3%219228 280
                            Liberal Democrats George Hayton4.5%157163  
                            UKIP Denise Baykal2.2%77  
                            Electorate: 8772  Valid: 3431  Spoilt: 19  Quota: 1716  Turnout: 3450 (39.33%)  

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                              References

                              1. ↑ "Local Government Elections results in 2012". pkc.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014.
                              2. ↑ "By-Election Results - Perth & Kinross Council". pkc.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014.
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