East Ayrshire Council election, 2012

East Ayrshire Council election, 2012

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All 32 seats to East Ayrshire Council 17 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Douglas Reid Maureen McKay Tom Cook Party SNP Labour Conservative Leader's seat Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse Kilmarnock North Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse Last election 14 seats, 39.21% 14 seats, 41.12% 3 seats, 12.80% Seats before 14 15 3 Seats won 15 14 2 Seat change 1 - 1
The 9 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election Douglas Reid SNP Council Leader after election TBC

Douglas Reid
SNP

TBC

Elections to East Ayrshire Council are to be held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election is the second using 9 new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replaced 32 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

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.

2007: 2xSNP; 1xLab

2012: 2xSNP; 1xLab

2007: 2xSNP, 1xLab, 1xCon

2012: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon

2007: 2xSNP; 2xLab

2012: 2xSNP; 2xLab