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.

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2012 Stirling Council election

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All 22 seats to Stirling Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Graham Houston Corrie McChord Alistair Berrill Party SNP Labour Conservative Leader's seat Dunblane and Bridge of Allan Stirling East Forth and Endrick Last election 7 seats, 31.8% 8 seats, 36.4% 4 seats, 18.2% Seats before 7 8 4 Seats won 9 8 4 Seat change 2 0 0   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Mark Ruskell Graham Reed Party Scottish Green Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Dunblane and Bridge of Allan Castle defeated Last election 0 seat, 0% 3 seat, 13.6% Seats before 0 3 Seats won 1 0 Seat change 1 3
Council Leader before election Graham Houston SNP Council Leader after election Corrie McChord Labour

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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.

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.

†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.