2012_North_Ayrshire_Council_election
2012 North Ayrshire Council election
North Ayrshire Council election
The 2012 North Ayrshire Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of North Ayrshire Council. The election used the eight 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 form of proportional representation, with 30 Councillors being elected.
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The election saw the Scottish National Party make further advances by gaining four seats to become the largest party on the Council while also increasing their vote share significantly. Labour lost one seat to become the second largest party on the Council. Independents gained a seat to have a total of six members. The Conservatives lost two-thirds of their former seats while the Liberal Democrats were wiped out, losing both their seats.
Following the election the SNP formed a minority administration on the Council. This replaced the previous Labour minority administration which existed from 2007 to 2012. This was also the first time Labour had not been part of the administration on the council for over 30 years.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | 12 | 4 | 0 |  4 |
40.0 | 35.6 | 14,623 | 6.1 | |
| Labour | 11 | 0 | 1 |  1 |
36.7 | 31.4 | 12,906 | 1.0 | |
| Independent | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
20.0 | 19.0 | 7,808 | 2.1 | |
| Conservative | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
3.3 | 9.3 | 3,834 | 4.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
0.0 | 1.6 | 655 | 5.1 | |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
0.0 | 1.1 | 443 | 0.6 | |
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.9 | 378 | 0.4 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.5 | 221 | New | |
| Scottish Senior Citizens | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.4 | 163 | New | |
| TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.1 | 51 | New | |
| Total | 30 | 41,082 | |||||||
Source: [1]
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.
Irvine West
Labour (2) and the SNP (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP gained one seat from the Conservatives.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| SNP | Matthew Brown (incumbent) | 31.6 | 1,624 | |||||||||
| Labour | Ian Clarkson (incumbent) | 26.8 | 1,374 | |||||||||
| Labour | David O'Neill (incumbent) | 13.5 | 691 | 720 | 950 | 958 | 995 | 1,039 | ||||
| Conservative | Pat McPhee (incumbent) | 12.0 | 614 | 634 | 652 | 653 | 657 | 682 | 683 | 773 | ||
| SNP | Ruth Maguire[note 1] | 5.2 | 265 | 695 | 704 | 713 | 730 | 769 | 770 | 840 | 945 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gordon Bain | 4.8 | 246 | 272 | 283 | 289 | 300 | 330 | 331 | |||
| Independent | Derek Owen | 3.6 | 187 | 197 | 202 | 216 | 231 | |||||
| Socialist Labour | Bobby Cochrane | 1.6 | 81 | 92 | 112 | 123 | ||||||
| TUSC | Ian Kerr | 1.0 | 51 | 61 | 65 | |||||||
| Electorate: 14,793 Valid: 5,133 Spoilt: 157 Quota: 1,027 Turnout: 34.7% | ||||||||||||
Source: [3]
Irvine East
Labour (2) and the SNP (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP gained one seat from the Liberal Democrats.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| SNP | Joan Sturgeon (incumbent) | 20.6 | 1,045 | ||||||||||
| SNP | Marie Burns | 18.1 | 917 | 941 | 941 | 960 | 998 | 1,039 | |||||
| Labour | Irene Oldfather | 15.0 | 763 | 764 | 766 | 782 | 819 | 851 | 854 | 1,032 | |||
| Labour | John Easdale | 12.7 | 643 | 643 | 645 | 652 | 673 | 697 | 700 | 874 | 886 | 1,098 | |
| Independent | Tom Barr (incumbent) | 10.6 | 537 | 538 | 542 | 558 | 604 | 742 | 746 | 763 | 765 | ||
| Labour | David Logan | 8.1 | 413 | 413 | 415 | 428 | 445 | 452 | 454 | ||||
| Conservative | Chris Barr | 7.4 | 377 | 377 | 377 | 377 | 409 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Ruby Kirkwood (incumbent) | 5.2 | 263 | 263 | 263 | 267 | |||||||
| Scottish Socialist | Denise Morton | 1.7 | 89 | 89 | 98 | ||||||||
| Socialist Labour | James McDaid | 0.5 | 27 | 27 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 14,994 Valid: 5,074 Spoilt: 116 Quota: 1,015 Turnout: 33.8% | |||||||||||||
Source: [4]
Kilwinning
Labour (2) and the SNP (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election while independent candidate Robert Steel gained a seat from the Liberal Democrats.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| SNP | John Ferguson (incumbent) | 29.2 | 1,440 | |||||||||||
| Labour | Joe Cullinane | 21.3 | 1,054 | |||||||||||
| Independent | Robert Steel | 14.1 | 695 | 720 | 722 | 735 | 754 | 771 | 946 | 966 | 1,092 | |||
| Labour | Donald Reid | 10.6 | 525 | 533 | 548 | 548 | 557 | 559 | 590 | 867 | 909 | 929 | 1,012 | |
| Conservative | Scott Gallacher | 7.3 | 363 | 369 | 370 | 372 | 373 | 385 | 398 | 407 | ||||
| Labour | Helen Hainey | 5.6 | 279 | 295 | 335 | 337 | 341 | 352 | 373 | |||||
| Independent | Colin Hedley | 5.1 | 254 | 268 | 270 | 293 | 299 | 319 | ||||||
| SNP | Iain Walker | 3.0 | 148 | 489 | 490 | 490 | 501 | 511 | 532 | 547 | 568 | 581 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Gardiner | 1.7 | 82 | 88 | 90 | 90 | 90 | |||||||
| Scottish Socialist | Andy Jones | 1.1 | 54 | 60 | 61 | 63 | ||||||||
| Independent | Philip Hogg | 0.9 | 45 | 47 | 47 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 13,087 Valid: 4,939 Spoilt: 157 Quota: 988 Turnout: 37.7% | ||||||||||||||
Source: [5]
Saltcoats and Stevenston
Labour (2), the SNP (1) and independent councillor Ronnie McNicol retained the seats they had won at the previous election.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Labour | Jim Montgomerie | 36.2 | 1,926 | ||||||||
| SNP | Willie Gibson (incumbent) | 23.4 | 1,244 | ||||||||
| Independent | Ronnie McNicol (incumbent) | 13.2 | 703 | 771 | 789 | 796 | 816 | 884 | 993 | 1,210 | |
| Labour | Alan Munro (incumbent) | 10.1 | 540 | 1,124 | |||||||
| SNP | Nan Wallace | 9.0 | 481 | 510 | 642 | 650 | 667 | 688 | 729 | ||
| Conservative | David Rocks | 3.6 | 193 | 198 | 199 | 201 | 205 | ||||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | Jimmy Miller | 3.1 | 163 | 210 | 216 | 225 | 239 | 282 | |||
| Socialist Labour | Debbie Anderson | 1.4 | 76 | 91 | 94 | 100 | |||||
| Electorate: 15,274 Valid: 5,326 Spoilt: 138 Quota: 1,066 Turnout: 34.9% | |||||||||||
Source: [6]
Ardrossan and Arran
The SNP, Labour and independent councillor John Hunter retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP gained one seat from former independent councillor Margie Currie.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Tony Gurney (incumbent) | 17.6 | 982 | 986 | 998 | 1,033 | 1,048 | 1,081 | 1,095 | 1,149 | |
| SNP | John Bruce | 15.0 | 837 | 841 | 868 | 889 | 918 | 1,109 | 1,113 | 1,157 | |
| Independent | John Hunter (incumbent) | 14.2 | 792 | 796 | 833 | 895 | 1,025 | 1,191 | |||
| Labour | Peter McNamara (incumbent) | 12.9 | 721 | 730 | 738 | 770 | 812 | 871 | 881 | 1,414 | |
| Labour | Loretta Gardner | 11.8 | 659 | 667 | 692 | 720 | 750 | 793 | 798 | ||
| Independent | Marc A. Head | 10.5 | 588 | 595 | 609 | 620 | 714 | ||||
| Conservative | David Tate | 8.8 | 491 | 507 | 551 | 561 | |||||
| Scottish Socialist | Campbell Martin | 4.2 | 235 | 237 | 250 | ||||||
| UKIP | Gordon Niven Allison | 3.9 | 221 | 227 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Nick Smith | 1.1 | 64 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 13,674 Valid: 5,590 Spoilt: 106 Quota: 1,119 Turnout: 40.9% | |||||||||||
Source: [7]
Dalry and West Kilbride
Independent councillor Elizabeth McLardy retained the seat she had won at the previous election while the SNP and independent councillor Robert Barr each gained a seat from Labour and the Conservatives. In 2007, Cllr Barr had been elected as a Conservative candidate but later left the party.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Independent | Robert Barr (incumbent) | 29.4 | 1,278 | |||||||
| SNP | Catherine McMillan | 22.6 | 982 | 1,010 | 1,018 | 1,041 | 1,077 | 1,084 | 1,340 | |
| Independent | Elizabeth McLardy (incumbent) | 19.6 | 853 | 884 | 899 | 929 | 1,117 | |||
| Labour | John Reid (incumbent) | 16.0 | 697 | 729 | 737 | 765 | 810 | 815 | ||
| Conservative | Davina Saunders | 9.8 | 425 | 447 | 450 | 450 | ||||
| Socialist Labour | Louise McDaid | 2.2 | 94 | 97 | 99 | |||||
| Independent | John Willis | 0.5 | 24 | 41 | ||||||
| Electorate: 9,513 Valid: 4,353 Spoilt: 47 Quota: 1,089 Turnout: 45.8% | ||||||||||
Source: [8]
Kilbirnie and Beith
The SNP, Labour and independent councillor Jean Highgate retained the seats they had won at the previous election.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Anthea Dickson (incumbent) | 24.8 | 1,101 | 1,107 | 1,121 | ||||||
| Independent | Jean Highgate (incumbent) | 17.1 | 758 | 767 | 804 | 804 | 910 | 947 | 1,000 | 1,368 | |
| SNP | Craig Wilson | 17.1 | 762 | 763 | 771 | 778 | 807 | 853 | 886 | ||
| Labour | John Bell (incumbent) | 17.0 | 756 | 765 | 773 | 773 | 785 | 1,370 | |||
| Labour | Allan Wilson | 16.2 | 721 | 727 | 731 | 731 | 745 | ||||
| Conservative | Ted Nevill | 5.1 | 228 | 228 | 231 | 231 | |||||
| Independent | Josh McCormick | 1.7 | 77 | 81 | |||||||
| Socialist Labour | Tristan Lindsay | 0.9 | 41 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 10,662 Valid: 4,444 Spoilt: 97 Quota: 1,112 Turnout: 41.7% | |||||||||||
Source: [9]
North Coast and Cumbraes
The SNP (2), Labour (1) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Alan Hill (incumbent) | 27.4 | 1,705 | ||||||
| Labour | Alex Gallagher (incumbent) | 18.4 | 1,144 | 1,167 | 1,197 | 1,281 | |||
| Conservative | Tom Marshall | 18.4 | 1,143 | 1,161 | 1,173 | 1,176 | 1,182 | 1,599 | |
| SNP | Alex McLean[note 2] | 17.5 | 1,090 | 1,441 | |||||
| Independent | Ian Murdoch | 16.3 | 1,017 | 1,050 | 1,103 | 1,126 | 1,137 | ||
| Socialist Labour | James Anderson | 2.0 | 124 | 128 | 137 | ||||
| Electorate: 13,226 Valid: 6,223 Spoilt: 97 Quota: 1,245 Turnout: 47.0% | |||||||||
Source: [11]
2014 North Coast and Cumbraes by-election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Grace McLean | 38.7 | 2,021 | 2,045 | 2,156 | 2,279 | 2,966 | |
| Independent | Drew Cochrane | 22.8 | 1,190 | 1,234 | 1,411 | 2,000 | ||
| Conservative | Toni Dawson | 21.5 | 1,125 | 1,174 | 1,296 | |||
| Labour | Valerie Reid | 13.2 | 691 | 711 | ||||
| UKIP | Meilan Henderson | 3.6 | 192 | |||||
| Electorate: 14,052 Valid: 5,219 Spoilt: 45 Quota: 2,610 Turnout: 37.5% | ||||||||
Source: [12]
2016 Irvine West by-election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Robin Sturgeon | 37.5 | 1,164 | 1,168 | 1,207 | 1,226 | 1,277 | ||
| Labour | Louise McPhater | 33.1 | 1,029 | 1,046 | 1,060 | 1,118 | 1,301 | 1,697 | |
| Conservative | Angela Stephen | 20.6 | 639 | 650 | 655 | 658 | |||
| Socialist Labour | Bobby Cochrane | 4.2 | 131 | 133 | 146 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Josh McCormick | 3.0 | 94 | 100 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Nick Smith | 1.5 | 48 | ||||||
| Electorate: 14,849 Valid: 3,105 Spoilt: 46 Quota: 1,553 Turnout: 20.9% | |||||||||
Source: [13]
- Irvine West SNP councillor Ruth Maguire was elected as a MSP for Cunninghame South at the 2016 Scottish Parliament election. She resigned her council seat on 25 May 2016 and a by-election was held on 11 August 2016 which was won by Labour's Louise McPhater.[2]
- Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2017 - North Ayrshire". Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- "Declaration of Results Ward 01 - Irvine West" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- "Declaration of Results Ward 02 - Irvine East" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- "Declaration of Results Ward 03 - Kilwinning" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- "Declaration of Results Ward 04 - Saltcoats and Stevenston" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- "Declaration of Results Ward 05 - Ardrossan and Arran" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- "Declaration of Results Ward 06 - Dalry and West Kilbride" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- "Declaration of Results Ward 07 - Kilbirnie and Beith" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- Councillor Alex McLean, North Ayrshire Council, 6 August 2014 (archived version, 2014)
- "Declaration of Results Ward 08 - North Coast and Cumbraes" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
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