Highland Council election, 2012

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3 May 2012 (2012-05-03)

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All 80 seats to Highland Council
41 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Carolyn Wilson	Drew Hendry	David Alston
Party	Independent	SNP	Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat	Cromarty Firth	Aird and Loch Ness	Black Isle
Last election	35 seats, 40.9%	17 seats, 20.4%	21 seats, 19.3%
Seats before	35	18	23
Seats won	35 seats, 40.2%	22 seats, 25.8%	15 seats, 13.5%
Seat change	-	5	6

	Fourth party

Leader	Jimmy Gray
Party	Labour
Leader's seat	Inverness Millburn
Last election	7 seats, 10.5%
Seats before	6
Seats won	8 seats, 12.6%
Seat change	1

Results by ward.

Council Leader before election

Sandy Park retired
Independent

Council Leader after election

Drew Hendry
SNP

Sandy Park retired
Independent

Drew Hendry
SNP

The 2012 Highland Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Highland Council. The election used the twenty-two 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 (a form of proportional representation) and 80 Councillors being elected.

The election saw Independent Councillors remain the largest group, while the Scottish National Party increased their representation, replacing the Scottish Liberal Democrats in second place. The Scottish Labour Party also gained an additional seat. Following the election an administration was formed between the Scottish National Party, the Scottish Liberal Democrats and the Scottish Labour Party. This was the first time that the Independents have not had any role in the administration of the 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.

* = Sitting Councillor from a different Ward.

http://www.highland.gov.uk/yourcouncil/elections/highlandcouncilelections/2012results/default.htm

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