2012 East Renfrewshire Council election First party Second party Third party Leader Jim Fletcher Jim Swift Tony Buchanan Party Labour Conservative SNP Leader's seat Giffnock and Thornliebank Newton Mearns South Neilston, Uplawmoor and Newton Mearns North Last election 7 seats, 35.0% 7 seats, 35% 3 seats, 15% Seats before 7 7 3 Seats won 8 6 4 Seat change 1 1 1 Popular vote 10,228 9,757 6,521 Percentage 31.1% 29.7% 19.8% Fourth party Fifth party Leader Danny Devlin Alex Mackie Party Independent Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Barrhead Giffnock and Thornliebank defeated Last election 2 seats, 10% 1 seat, 5% Seats before 2 1 Seats won 2 0 Seat change 0 1 Popular vote 4,906 1,128 Percentage 14.9% 3.4%
The 6 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election Jim Fletcher Labour
Council Leader after election Jim Fletcher Labour
The 2012 East Renfrewshire Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of East Renfrewshire Council . The election used the six 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 20 Councillors being elected.[1]
The election saw Labour gain 1 seat while also increasing their vote share. The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party lost 1 seat and saw their vote share fall as they now become the second largest party on the Council. The Scottish National Party gained 1 seat to increase their numbers to 4 and remained the third largest party. Independents retained their 2 seats while the Scottish Liberal Democrats were wiped out again losing their single seat on the authority.
Following the election the Labour Party formed a Coalition with SNP and the Independent Danny Devlin. This was in effect a continuation of the previous Labour - SNP - Independent - Lib Dem coalition administration which had existed before 2012.
Election result [ edit ] East Renfrewshire Local Election Result 2012 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Labour 8 1 0 +1 40.0 31.11 10,228 +3.31 Conservative 6 0 1 -1 30.0 29.68 9,757 -4.72 SNP 4 1 0 +1 20.0 19.84 6,521 +3.84 Independent 2 - - - 10.0 14.92 4,906 +4.12 Liberal Democrats 0 0 1 -1 0.0 3.43 1,128 -6.77 Scottish Green 0 - - - - 0.85 278 +0.25 UKIP 0 - - - - 0.17 56 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.
Ward results [ edit ] Neilston, Uplawmoor and Newton Mearns North [ edit ] 2007: 2xCon; 1xLab; 1xSNP 2012: 2xLab; 1xCon; 1xSNP 2007-2012: Lab gain one seat from Con Neilston, Uplawmoor and Newton Mearns North - 4 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Conservative Charlie Gilbert (incumbent ) 23.26 1,417 SNP Tony Buchanan (incumbent ) 17.34 1,052 1,059 1,075 1,090 1,294 Labour Elaine Green (incumbent ) 18.11 1,099 1,113 1,122 1,150 1,164 1,179 1,246 Labour Paul O'Kane 17.11 1,038 1,043 1,059 1,077 1,086 1,095 1,140 1,165 Conservative Leslie Rosin (incumbent ) 10.55 640 773 784 817 827 831 901 902 Scottish Green Grace McCarthy 4.58 278 289 327 372 395 411 SNP Frank Rankin 4.10 249 252 262 272 Liberal Democrats Roy Provan 2.51 152 162 180 Independent Graham Williamson 2.34 142 148
Barrhead [ edit ] 2007: 2xLab; 1xIndependent; 1xSNP 2012: 2xLab; 1xIndependent; 1xSNP 2007-2012: No change Barrhead - 4 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 Independent Danny Devlin (incumbent ) 28.79 1,741 Labour Betty Cunningham (incumbent ) 23.43 1,417 Labour Kenny Hay 10.40 629 726 874 880 923 1,064 SNP Tommy Reilly 11.84 716 799 813 819 854 964 SNP Douglas Yates 11.84 716 776 783 787 824 927 Independent Eddie Phillips 7.09 429 563 574 589 692 Conservative Tariq Parvez 5.69 344 373 377 395 UKIP Sarah-Louise Hemy 0.93 56 70 72
Giffnock and Thornliebank [ edit ] 2007: 1xLab; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem 2012: 1xLab; 1xCon; 1xSNP 2007-2012: SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem Netherlee, Stamperland and Williamwood [ edit ] 2007: 1xLab; 1xIndependent; 1xCon 2012: 1xLab; 1xIndependent; 1xCon 2007-2012: No change Netherlee, Stamperland and Williamwood - 3 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 Labour Mary Montague (incumbent ) 29.79 1,528 Independent Ralph Robertson (incumbent ) 29.10 1,493 Conservative Gordon McCaskill (incumbent )† 20.51 1,052 1,074 1,141 1,205 SNP Irene Anderson 18.19 933 1,006 1,064 1,120 Liberal Democrats Gordon Cochrane 2.42 124 171 198
Newton Mearns South [ edit ] 2007 : 2xCon; 1xLab 2012 : 2xCon; 1xLab 2007-2012: No change Busby, Clarkston and Eaglesham [ edit ] 2007 : 1xLab; 1xCon; 1xSNP 2012 : 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon 2007-2012: No change
Post-Election Changes [ edit ] † Netherlee, Stamperland and Williamwood Conservative Cllr Gordon McCaskill was suspended by the party following comments he made on Twitter about Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon , and Islamic State. He has since been reinstated by the Conservative Group. [1]
References [ edit ] Source: http://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3565