North Ayrshire Council election, 2012

North Ayrshire Council election, 2012

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All 30 seats to North Ayrshire Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader William Gibson David O'Neill Jean Highgate Party SNP Labour Independent Leader's seat Saltcoats and Stevenston Irvine West Kilbirnie and Beith Last election 8 seats, 26.7% 12 seats, 40.0% 5 seats, 16.7% Seats before 8 12 6 Seats won 12 11 6 Seat change 4 1 1   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Tom Marshall Andrew Scott Chamberlain Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader's seat North Coast and Cumbraes Kilwinning Retired Last election 3 seats, 10.0% 2 seats, 6.7% Seats before 2 2 Seats won 1 0 Seat change 2 2
The 7 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election David O'Neill Labour Council Leader after election William Gibson SNP

David O'Neill
Labour

William Gibson
SNP

The 2012 North Ayrshire Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of North Ayrshire Council. The election used the eight 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 30 Councillors being elected.

The election saw the Scottish National Party make further advances by gaining 4 seats to become the largest party on the Council while also increasing their vote share significantly. The Scottish Labour Party lost 1 seat to become the second largest party on the Council. Independents gained a seat to have a total of 6 members. The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party lost 2 thirds of their former seats while the Scottish Liberal Democrats were wiped out, losing both seats.

Following the election the SNP formed a minority administration on the Council. This replaced the previous Labour minority administration which existed from 2007-2012. This is also the first time that Labour has not been part of the administration of this Council for over 30 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.north-ayrshire.gov.uk/Elections/Results/ResultsPages/ResultsMain.aspx