2012 Perth and Kinross Council election

2012 Scottish local government election April 2023 June 2013 2012 Perth and Kinross Council election Scotland parliamentary no 2007 Perth and Kinross Council election 2007 2012 5 3 y Perth and Kinross Council election, 2017 2017 All 41 seats to Perth and Kinross Council 21 Ian Miller Scottish National Party 18 seats, 43.9% Strathmore 18 3 18 Mac Roberts Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Carse of Gowrie 12 seats, 29.3% 13 9 10 2 Peter Barrett Scottish Liberal Democrats Perth City Centre 8 seats, 19.5% 7 13 5 3 Archie MacLellan Scottish Labour Party Perth City Centre 3 seats, 7.3% 3 18 4 1 Mike Barnacle Independent (politician) Kinross-shire 0 seats, 0% 1 21 3 3 Rhona Brock Strathearn 0 seat, 0% 0 21 1 1 Council Leader Ian Miller Scottish National Party Council Leader after election Ian Miller Scottish National Party The 2012 Perth and Kinross Council election was held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election used the twelve 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 form of proportional representation, with 41 Councillors being elected.Local Government Elections results in 2012 http://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/4627/Local-Government-Elections-results-in-2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140812095620/http://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/4627/Local-Government-Elections-results-in-2012 2014-08-12 pkc.gov.uk The council was previously controlled by a Liberal Democrat/Scottish National Party coalition administration from 2007 to 2012. The 2012 elections saw the SNP remain the main party by a significant margin but they did not make further advances. Both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats lost seats to Independents who returned to the Council having been wiped out in 2007. Following the election a Scottish National Party minority administration took over the running of the council with the support of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Results 2012 Perth and Kinross Council election result Scottish National Party 18 0 0 43.9 40.3 19,119 3.1 Scottish Conservatives 10 0 2 2 24.4 25.2 11,941 2.9 Scottish Liberal Democrats 5 0 3 3 12.2 12.7 6,033 7.0 Scottish Labour Party 4 1 0 1 9.8 11.9 5,619 3.4 Independent (politician) 3 3 0 3 7.3 7.3 3,458 2.5 Perth Independent Candidates Party 1 1 0 1 2.4 1.7 805 New Scottish Green Party 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 456 0.7 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. Ward results Carse of Gowrie 2007: 2xSNP; 1xCon 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon 2007-2012 Change: No change Carse of Gowrie – 3 seats 4 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Mac Roberts (incumbent) 1,045 32.45%       Scottish National Party Gordon Walker 755 23.45% 778 801 928 Scottish National Party Douglas Pover 751 23.32% 769 796 925 Scottish Labour Party Lorna Redford 493 15.31% 527 639   Scottish Liberal Democrats Tina Ng-A-Mann 176 5.47% 247     4 - 3,220 47 806 3,267 (%) Strathmore 2007: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem 2007-2012 Change: No change Strathmore – 4 seats 1 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Dennis Melloy (incumbent) 1,252 23.66% Scottish National Party Alan Grant (incumbent) 1,117 21.11% Scottish National Party Ian Miller (incumbent) 1,088 20.56% Scottish Liberal Democrats Lewis Simpson (incumbent) 1,081 20.43% Scottish Labour Party Jamie Glackin 322 6.09% Independent (politician) Michael Gallagher 283 5.35% Scottish Green Party Louise Ramsay 148 2.80% 1 - 5,291 81 1,059 5,372 (%) Blairgowrie and Glens 2007: 2xSNP; 1xCon 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon 2007-2012 Change: No change Blairgowrie and Glens – 3 seats 2 Scottish National Party Bob Ellis (incumbent) 1,340 34.11%   Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Caroline Shiers (incumbent) 1,316 33.49%   Scottish National Party Liz Grant (incumbent) 844 21.48% 1,152 Scottish Labour Party Grant Wallace 322 8.20% 333 Scottish Liberal Democrats Sanjay Samani 107 2.72% 114 2 - 3,929 66 983 3,995 (%) Highland 2007: 2xSNP; 1xCon 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon 2007-2012 Change: No change Highland – 3 seats 6 Scottish National Party Katie Howie (incumbent) 1,141 33.09%           Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Campbell (incumbent) 825 23.93% 839 849 902     Scottish National Party Mike Williamson (incumbent) 527 15.28% 727 742 776 780 879 Independent (politician) Xander McDade 313 9.08% 334 368 410 418 559 Independent (politician) William Leszke 286 8.29% 292 310 370 378   Scottish Liberal Democrats Victor Clements 215 6.24% 227 250       Scottish Labour Party Lorna Ferguson 141 4.09% 147         6 - 3,448 52 863 3,500 (%) Strathtay 2007: 2xSNP; 1xCon 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon 2007-2012 Change: No change Strathtay – 3 seats 1 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Barbara Vaughan (incumbent) 1,003 31.44% Scottish National Party John Kellas (incumbent) 918 28.78% Scottish National Party Grant Laing 822 25.77% Scottish Labour Party Anne Chatt 303 9.50% Scottish Liberal Democrats Neil Henry Gaunt 144 4.51% 1 - 3,190 31 798 3,221 (%) Strathearn 2007: 2xCon; 1xSNP 2012: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xPICP 2007-2012 Change: PICP gain one seat from Con Strathearn – 3 seats 4 Scottish National Party Anne Younger (incumbent) 1,137 30.82%       Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Ann Cowan (incumbent) 874 23.69% 889 910 946 Perth Independent Candidates Party Rhona Brock 674 18.27% 742 779 939 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Bob Ferguson 575 15.59% 588 599 640 Scottish Labour Party Alastair McLean 323 8.76% 356 389   Scottish Liberal Democrats Kenneth Robertson Spittal 106 2.87% 125     4 - 3,689 30 923 3,719 (%) Strathallan 2007: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem 2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem 2007-2012 Change: No change Strathallan – 3 seats 4 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Murray Lyle (incumbent) 1,064 34.02%       Scottish National Party Tom Gray (incumbent) 770 24.62% 790     Scottish Liberal Democrats Ann Gaunt (incumbent) 563 17.99% 700 701 852 Scottish National Party Brian Sculthorp 419 13.40% 426 432 481 Scottish Labour Party Dave MacLurg 312 9.97% 327 328   4 - 3,128 46 783 3,174 (%) Kinross-shire 2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP; 1xCon 2012: 2xIndependent; 1xLib Dem; 1xSNP 2007-2012 Change: Independent gain from Lib Dem and Con Kinross-shire – 4 seats 8 Independent (politician) Dave Cuthbert 897 19.31% 905 915 964         Independent (politician) Mike Barnacle (incumbent) 802 17.27% 819 828 859 871 905 924 930 Scottish Liberal Democrats Willie Robertson (incumbent) 789 16.99% 807 857 902 910 947     Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Kathleen Baird (incumbent) 696 14.98% 701 707 723 726 733 739 743 Scottish National Party Joe Giacopazzi 652 14.04% 658 664 685 689 1,009     Scottish National Party Sandy Miller (incumbent) 411 8.45% 417 418 434 436       Scottish Labour Party Simon Edwin Bramwell 230 4.95% 241 246           Scottish Liberal Democrats Russell Auld 87 1.87% 91             Scottish Green Party Donald Fraser 81 1.74%               4 - 4,645 37 930 4,682 (%) Almond and Earn 2007: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem 2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent 2007-2012 Change: Independent gain from Lib Dem Almond and Earn – 3 seats 6 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Alan Livingstone 1,112 30.14%           Scottish National Party Henry Anderson 892 24.18% 901 923       Scottish National Party Wilma Lumsden (incumbent) 628 17.02% 640 670 671 756   Independent (politician) Alan Jack (incumbent)†† 444 12.04% 493 597 597 771 987 Scottish Labour Party Andrew Dundas 369 10.0% 381 451 451     Scottish Liberal Democrats George Hayton (incumbent) 244 6.61% 284         6 - 3,689 36 923 3,725 (%) Perth City South 2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP 2012: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab 2007-2012 Change: Lab gain from Lib Dem Perth City South – 4 seats 8 Scottish Liberal Democrats William Wilson (incumbent) 1,288 25.70%               Scottish Conservative Party Alexander Stewart (incumbent) 1,066 21.27%               Scottish National Party Bob Band (incumbent) 911 18.18% 936 938 957 998 1,468     Scottish Labour Party Alistair Munro 552 11.02% 568 572 605 669 694 757 937 Scottish National Party Murray Duncan 471 9.4% 486 488 511 546       Scottish Liberal Democrats Lorraine Caddell (incumbent) 287 5.73% 453 467 489 558 568 657   Scottish Green Party Alice Walsh 227 4.53% 237             Independent (politician) Iona MacGregor 209 4.17% 221 231           8 - 5,011 46 1,003 5,057 (%) Perth City North 2007: 2xSNP; 2xLab 2012: 2xSNP; 2xLab 2007-2012 Change: No change Perth City North – 4 seats 7 Scottish National Party Dave Doogan 1,239 31.35%             Scottish Labour Party John Flynn (incumbent) 913 23.10%             Scottish National Party Elspeth Maclachlan (incumbent) 588 14.88% 690 693 707 1,115     Scottish Labour Party Calum Gillies (incumbent) 526 13.31% 554 658 692 706 767 908 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Yvonne Clark 410 10.37% 414 416 457 460 472   Scottish National Party Liam Hannan 150 3.80% 432 435 451       Scottish Liberal Democrats Philip Brown 126 3.19% 131 133         7 - 3,952 100 791 4,052 (%) Perth City Centre 2007: 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xLab 2012: 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xLab; 1xCon 2007-2012 Change: No change Perth City Centre – 4 seats 7 Scottish National Party Jack Coburn (incumbent)† 923 21.77%             Scottish Liberal Democrats Peter Barrett (incumbent) 894 21.09%             Scottish Labour Party Archie MacLellan (incumbent) 739 17.43% 742 751 751 778 834 1,038 Scottish National Party Andy Hay 625 14.74% 691 697 698 716 749   Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Heather Stewart (incumbent) 703 16.58% 704 716 719 729 792 837 Independent (politician) Nathan Shields 224 5.28% 225 230 241 279     Perth Independent Candidates Party Ian Thomson 111 2.62% 112 114 119       Perth Independent Candidates Party Mahesh Rednam 20 0.47% 20 21         7 - 4,239 74 848 4,315 (%) Post Election Changes † On 24 March 2015 Perth City Centre SNP Cllr Jack Coburn announced he was standing down from the council for health reasons.By-election date confirmed – Perth & Kinross Council. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 7 May 2015 and the seat was retained by the SNP's Andrew Parrott. †† On 31 January 2016 Almond and Earn Independent Cllr Alan Jack died after a short illness.Tributes paid to 'Mr Bridge of Earn' councillor Alan Jack A by-election was held on 7 April 2016 and the seat was won by the Conservative's Kathleen Baird. By-Elections since 2012 Perth City Centre By-election (7 May 2015) - 1 SeatBy-Election Results – Perth & Kinross Council http://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/4150/By-Election-Results pkc.gov.uk https://web.archive.org/web/20140814184648/http://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/4150/By-Election-Results 2014-08-14 dead 1 Scottish National Party Andrew Parrott 3,589 51.07 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Ahern 1,679 23.89 Scottish Labour Party Lorna Redford 939 13.36 Scottish Liberal Democrats Philip Brown 701 9.98 Independent (politician) Ian Thomson 119 1.69 1 11,160 7,027 104 3,515 7,131 (63.94%) Almond and Earn By-election (7 April 2016) - 1 Seat 3 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Kathleen Baird 1,651 48.5% 1,681 1,720 Scottish National Party Wilma Lumsden 1,327 38.4% 1,334 1,370 Scottish Labour Party Dave MacKenzie 219 6.3% 228 280 Scottish Liberal Democrats George Hayton 157 4.5% 163   UKIP Denise Baykal 77 2.2%     3 8,772 3,431 19 1,716 3,450 (39.33%) References Category:2012 Scottish local elections 2012