The 2012 West Lothian Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of West Lothian Council. The election will use the 9 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 33 Councillors being elected. The Bathgate Ward gained an additional seat for the 2012 elections. The election saw Labour remain the largest party on the Council as they gained 2 seats. The Scottish National Party also made 2 net gains and significantly increased their vote share, outpolling Labour in terms of votes cast. The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party retained their single seat on the Council and so to did the Independents. The Action to Save St. John's Hospital group were completely wiped out from the authority losing all of their 3 seats.

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2012 West Lothian Council election

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All 33 seats to West Lothian Council 17 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader John McGinty Peter Johnston Party Labour SNP Leader's seat Bathgate Livingston South Last election 14 seats, 36.6% 13 seats, 36.3% Seats before 14 13 Seats won 16 15 Seat change 2 2 First preference 19,909 21,083 Percentage 38.1% 40.4% Swing 1.5% 4.1%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Tom Kerr Stuart Borrowman Party Conservative Independent Leader's seat Linlithgow Armadale and Blackridge Last election 1 seat, 9.4% 1 seat, 4.6% Seats before 1 1 Seats won 1 1 Seat change 0 0 First preference 4,591 2,752 Percentage 8.8% 5.3% Swing 0.6% 0.7%
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Council Leader before election Peter Johnston SNP Council Leader after election John McGinty Labour

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Following the election the Labour formed a minority administration with the support of the Conservative and Independent Councillors. This replaced the SNP minority administration which had been supported by the Conservative and Action to Save St. John's Hospital group Councillors from 2007-2012.

Note: Bathgate ward is represented by four councillors, rather than three from 2012. "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.

• † Armadale and Blackridge SNP Cllr Isabel Hutton was disqualified for non-attendance on 16 February 2015. The by-election was held on 26 March 2015 and the seat was won by the SNP's Sarah King.
• †† Linlithgow SNP Cllr Martyn Day was elected MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk on 7 May 2015. He resigned his Council seat in July 2015 and a by-election was held on 1 October 2015 and the seat was held by the party's David Tait.