Glasgow City Council election, 2012

Glasgow City Council election, 2012

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All 79 seats to Glasgow City Council 40 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Gordon Matheson Allison Hunter Martha Wardrop Party Labour SNP Scottish Green Leader's seat Anderston/City Govan Hillhead Last election 45 seats, 43.31% 22 seats, 24.58% 5 seats, 6.48% Seats won 44 27 5 Seat change 1 5 0 Popular vote 67,341 46,947 7,999 Percentage 46.72% 32.57% 5.55% Swing 3.40% 7.99% 0.93%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader David Meikle Margot Clark Stephen Dornan Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Glasgow First Leader's seat Pollokshields Linn Govan Last election 1 seat, 7.67% 5 seats, 7.91% New party Seats before 6 Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 0 4 1 Popular vote 8,567 4,221 2,544 Percentage 5.94% 2.93% 1.76% Swing 1.73% 4.98% 1.76%
The 21 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election Gordon Matheson Labour Council Leader after election Gordon Matheson Labour

Gordon Matheson
Labour

Gordon Matheson
Labour

Elections to Glasgow City Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election was the second using 21 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 election in Glasgow attracted the most attention out of the local elections in Scotland as there were many predictions that the Scottish Labour Party would lose control of the council due to losses of seats to the Scottish National Party. The Labour administration had suffered from a number of defections of council members to the newly formed Glasgow First party and controversy surrounding Councillor's salaries and contracts. In the end, Labour remained in control, losing just 1 seat, while the SNP gained 5. The Scottish Liberal Democrats were reduced to holding just 1 seat on the Council, the same numbers as the Glasgow First party and the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party who retained their solitary seat. The Scottish Green Party retained 5 seats on the authority.

After the elections Labour again formed a controlling administration on the City Council.

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.