2012 Stirling Council election Council Leader before election Graham Houston SNP
Council Leader after election Corrie McChord Labour
Elections to Stirling Council were 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 .
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. The Scottish Labour Party and the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party retained their 8 and 4 seats respectively while the Scottish Green Party gained a seat on the authority. By contrast the Scottish Liberal Democrats were wiped out losing all their three seats.
Following the election a coalition was formed between the Labour Party and the Conservatives which replaced the previous SNP minority administration.
Election result [ edit ] Stirling Local Election Result 2012 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− SNP 9 2 0 +2 40.91 37.17 10,626 +7.97 Labour 8 2 2 0 36.36 28.61 8,180 +0.41 Conservative 4 0 0 0 18.18 19.90 5,689 -5.40 Scottish Green 1 1 0 +1 4.55 5.80 1,658 +4.10 Liberal Democrats 0 0 3 -3 0.00 5.46 1,562 -6.04 UKIP 0 - - - - 0.92 261 +0.82 Independent 0 - - - - 1.58 449 -2.12
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 ] Trossachs and Teith [ edit ] 2007: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain from Lab Trossachs and Teith – 3 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 Conservative Martin Earl 30.29% 1,285 SNP Alycia Hayes 23.76% 1,008 1,027.2 1,054.1 1,109.6 SNP Fergus Wood (incumbent ) 21.28% 903 925.7 947.3 984.3 1,023.6 1,283.2 Labour Gerry McGarvey 15.84% 672 690.3 732.5 804.1 808.1 Independent Jack Black 5.23% 222 260.2 307.7 Liberal Democrats Galen Milne 3.61% 153 199.9 Electorate: 8,464 Valid: 4,243 Spoilt: 72 Quota: 1,061 Turnout: 4,315 (50.13%)
Forth and Endrick [ edit ] 2007: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lab Forth and Endrick – 3 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Conservative Alistair Berrill (incumbent ) 23.58% 1,097 1,128 1,198 SNP Graham Lambie (incumbent ) 19.60% 912 927 944 945.2 1,016.3 1,041.4 1,171.4 SNP Ian Muirhead 18.49% 860 894 928 929.3 991.4 1,020.4 1,201.7 Labour Alistair William Weir 16.14% 751 788 824 824.9 917.0 982.4 Conservative Philip Graves 6.64% 309 328 356 383.2 408.7 UKIP Paul Henke 5.61% 261 271 Scottish Green Gordon Kerr Cowtan 5.55% 258 298 335 336.2 Liberal Democrats Alison McGilvray 4.39% 204 Electorate: 8,464 Valid: 4,652 Spoilt: 56 Quota: 1,164 Turnout: 4,708 (48.79%)
Dunblane and Bridge of Allan [ edit ] 2007: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab; 1xLib Dem 2012: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab; 1xGRN 2007-2012 Change: GRN gain one seat from Lib Dem
2007: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xLib Dem 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP 2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem Castle – 3 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SNP Jim Thomson (incumbent ) 27.54% 828 Labour John Hendry (incumbent ) 18.89% 568 570.1 581.2 606.5 643.2 673.3 759.8 Labour Johanna Boyd 17.59% 529 530.6 544.7 556.5 588.3 631.3 748.1 Scottish Green Zara Kitson 10.87% 327 331 366.5 409.9 497.3 575.7 Conservative Jennifer Gordon 8.71% 262 262.6 287.9 294.1 326.4 Independent Steve Sankey 7.55% 227 228.8 250.2 288.1 SNP David Wilson 4.72% 142 201.7 207.9 Liberal Democrats Graham Reed (incumbent ) 4.12% 124 126.8 Electorate: 7,843 Valid: 3,007 Spoilt: 67 Quota: 752 Turnout: 3,074 (38.34%)
Stirling West [ edit ] 2007: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon 2012: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon 2007-2012 Change: No change Stirling West – 3 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 SNP Scott Farmer 36.61% 1,484 Labour Christine Simpson 31.01 1,257 Conservative Neil Benny 25.04 1,015 Liberal Democrats Gordon Bruce 7.35 298 Electorate: 8,611 Valid: 4,054 Spoilt: 44 Quota: 1,014 Turnout: 4,098 (47.08%)
Stirling East [ edit ] 2007: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xLib Dem 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP 2007-2012: Change: Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem
Bannockburn [ edit ] 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP 2007-2012 Change: No change Bannockburn – 3 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SNP Alasdair MacPherson (incumbent ) 37.49% 1,236 Labour Margaret Brisley (incumbent ) 34.36% 1,133 Labour Violet Weir (incumbent ) 11.68% 385 409.9 664.7 671.4 704.6 766.1 910.1 SNP Gerry McLaughlan 5.67% 187 516.2 527.3 531.6 549.9 596.6 Independent Bill McDonald 5.0% 165 181.3 190.8 203.6 259.6 Conservative Lesley Stein 4.76% 157 160.7 162.3 170.3 Liberal Democrats David Kaufman 1.0% 34 38.2 44.3 Electorate: 8,611 Valid: 3,297 Spoilt: 118 Quota: 825 Turnout: 3,415 (40.8%)
Post-Election Changes [ edit ] †On 7 May 2015, Stirling East SNP Cllr 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.
By-Elections since 2012 [ edit ] Stirling East By-election (1 October 2015) – 1 Seat[2] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 SNP Gerry McLaughlan 45.2% 1,311 1,367 1,388 Labour Chris Kane 37.7% 1,094 1,134 1,272 Conservative Luke Davison 11.8% 343 352 Scottish Green Alasdair Tollemache 5.2% 152 Electorate: 10,460 Valid: 2,900 Spoilt: 28 Quota: 1,451 Turnout: 2,928
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