South Ayrshire Council election, 2012

South Ayrshire Council election, 2012

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All 30 seats to South Ayrshire Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Bill McIntosh Allan Dorrans John McDowall Party Conservative SNP Labour Leader's seat Troon Ayr West Girvan and South Carrick Last election 12 seats, 37.2% 8 seats, 25.3% 9 seats, 28.4% Seats before 12 8 9 Seats won 10 9 9 Seats after 10 seats, 31.5% 9 seats, 29.3% 9 seats, 25.0% Seat change 2 1 -   Fourth party   Leader Brian Connolly Party Independent Leader's seat Maybole, North Carrick & Coylton Last election 1 seat, 8.3% Seats before 1 Seats won 2 Seats after 2 seat, 13.5% Seat change 1
The 8 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election Bill McIntosh Conservative Council Leader after election Bill McIntosh Conservative

Bill McIntosh
Conservative

Bill McIntosh
Conservative

The 2012 South Ayrshire Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of South 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 Conservative Party remain the largest party on the Council though they lost 2 seats. The Scottish National Party gained 1 seat and replaced the Scottish Labour Party as the second largest party as the party also increased its vote share at the expense of the other parties. Labour retained its 9 seats an achievement as she had suffered 3 defections during 2007-2012. Independents doubled their numbers to 2 seats.

Following the election the Conservative Party formed a minority administration working in a Partnership Agreement with the Labour Party members. Both Independents are also supporting the administration. This replaced the previous Conservative minority administration which existed from 2007-2012.

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.