Midlothian Council election, 2012

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3 May 2012 (2012-05-03)

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All 18 seats to Midlothian Council
10 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Derek Milligan	Bob Constable	Ian Baxter
Party	Labour	SNP	Scottish Green
Leader's seat	Bonnyrigg	Midlothian East	Bonnyrigg
Last election	9 seats, 50%	6 seats, 33.3%	0 seats, 0%
Seats before	10	6	0
Seats won	8	8	1
Seat change	1	2	1

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Leader	Peter de Vink	Les Thacker
Party	Independent	Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat	Midlothian East	Midlothian West defeated
Last election	0 seats, 0%	3 seats, 16.7%
Seats before	0	2
Seats won	1	0
Seat change	1	3

Results by ward.

Council Leader before election

Derek Milligan
Labour

Council Leader after election

Bob Constable
SNP

Derek Milligan
Labour

Bob Constable
SNP

The 2012 Midlothian Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Midlothian Council. The election used the six 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, with 18 Councillors being elected.

The election saw Labour retain their traditional position as the largest party on the Council though they lost compared to the 2007 Election. The Scottish National Party significantly increased their representation with 2 net gains and a significant rise in vote share to have the same seat numbers as the Labour Party. The Scottish Green Party gained a seat on the Council for the first time and so to did Independent, former Conservative member, Peter de Vink. The Scottish Liberal Democrats were wiped out from this authority as well losing all their 3 seats although 1 members had defected after 2007.

Following the election the SNP formed a minority administration with the support of the Green Party and the Independent. This is the first time that Labour had not had a role in the running of Midlothian in 84 years.

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.

http://www.midlothian.gov.uk/news/article/492/midlothian_council_local_government_election_results_2012

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