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]

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2012 East Renfrewshire Council election

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All 20 seats to East Renfrewshire Council 11 seats needed for a majority
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

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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.

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.

• † 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.