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2012 Scottish local government election
2012 Stirling Council election parliamentary no 2007 Stirling Council election 2007 2012 5 3 y Stirling Council election, 2017 2017 All 22 seats to Stirling Council 12 Graham Houston Scottish National Party 7 seats, 29.2% Dunblane and Bridge of Allan 7 9 2 Corrie McChord Scottish Labour Party Stirling East 8 seats, 28.2% 8 8 Alistair Berrill Scottish Conservatives Forth and Endrick 4 seats, 25.3% 4 4 Mark Ruskell Scottish Green Party Dunblane and Bridge of Allan 0 seats, 1.7% 0 1 1 Council Leader Graham Houston Scottish National Party Council Leader after election Corrie McChord Scottish Labour Party 37.2% 10,626 8.0% 0.4% 28.6% 8,180 5.4% 19.9% 5,689 4.1% 5.8% 1,658
February 2022
December 2012
The 2012 Stirling Council election was held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the seven wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 22 councillors being elected. Each ward will elect either three or four members, using the STV electoral system.
The election saw the Scottish National Party increase their representation by 2 seats and significantly increase their vote share to become the largest party on the council. Labour and the Conservatives retained their 8 and 4 seats respectively while the Greens gained a seat on the authority. By contrast the Liberal Democrats lost all of their seats.
Following the election a coalition was formed between the Labour Party and the Conservatives which replaced the previous SNP minority administration.
Results
2012 Stirling Council election result
Scottish National Party
9
2
0
2
40.9
37.2
10,626
8.0
Scottish Labour Party
8
2
2
36.4
28.6
8,180
0.4
Scottish Conservative Party
4
0
0
18.2
19.9
5,689
5.4
Scottish Green Party
1
1
0
1
4.6
5.8
1,658
4.1
Scottish Liberal Democrats
0
0
3
3
0.0
5.5
1,562
6.0
United Kingdom Independence Party
0
0
0
0.0
0.9
261
0.8
Independent (politician)
0
0
0
0.0
1.6
449
2.1
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
Trossachs and Teith
2007: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
2007-2012 Change: SNP gain from Lab
Trossachs and Teith – 3 seats
6
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Martin Earl
1,285
30.29%
Scottish National Party
Alycia Hayes
1,008
23.76%
1,027.2
1,054.1
1,109.6
Scottish National Party
Fergus Wood (incumbent)
903
21.28%
925.7
947.3
984.3
1,023.6
1,283.2
Scottish Labour Party
Gerry McGarvey
672
15.84%
690.3
732.5
804.1
808.1
Independent (politician)
Jack Black
222
5.23%
260.2
307.7
Scottish Liberal Democrats
Galen Milne
153
3.61%
199.9
6
8,464
4,243
72
1,061
4,315 (50.13%)
Forth and Endrick
2007: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lab
Forth and Endrick – 3 seats
7
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Alistair Berrill (incumbent)
1,097
23.58%
1,128
1,198
Scottish National Party
Graham Lambie (incumbent)
912
19.60%
927
944
945.2
1,016.3
1,041.4
1,171.4
Scottish National Party
Ian Muirhead
860
18.49%
894
928
929.3
991.4
1,020.4
1,201.7
Scottish Labour Party
Alistair William Weir
751
16.14%
788
824
824.9
917.0
982.4
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Philip Graves
309
6.64%
328
356
383.2
408.7
United Kingdom Independence Party
Paul Henke
261
5.61%
271
Scottish Green Party
Gordon Kerr Cowtan
258
5.55%
298
335
336.2
Scottish Liberal Democrats
Alison McGilvray
204
4.39%
7
8,464
4,652
56
1,164
4,708 (48.79%)
Dunblane and Bridge of Allan
2007: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab; 1xLib Dem
2012: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab; 1xGRN
2007-2012 Change: GRN gain one seat from Lib Dem
Dunblane and Bridge of Allan – 4 seats
5
Scottish National Party
Graham Houston (incumbent)
1,494
27.31%
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Callum Campbell (incumbent)
1,262
23.07%
Scottish Labour Party
Mike Robbins
1,165
21.29%
Scottish Green Party
Mark Ruskell
910
16.63%
951.1
981
1,006.1
1,251
Scottish Liberal Democrats
Gary Airnes
346
6.32%
368.4
427.1
442.4
Scottish National Party
Ian Smith
294
5.37%
604.1
615.8
624.4
683.9
5
12,193
5,471
76
1,095
5,547 (44.87%)
Castle
2007: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xLib Dem
2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem
Castle – 3 seats
7
Scottish National Party
Jim Thomson (incumbent)
828
27.54%
Scottish Labour Party
John Hendry (incumbent)
568
18.89%
570.1
581.2
606.5
643.2
673.3
759.8
Scottish Labour Party
Johanna Boyd
529
17.59%
530.6
544.7
556.5
588.3
631.3
748.1
Scottish Green Party
Zara Kitson
327
10.87%
331
366.5
409.9
497.3
575.7
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Jennifer Gordon
262
8.71%
262.6
287.9
294.1
326.4
Independent (politician)
Steve Sankey
227
7.55%
228.8
250.2
288.1
Scottish National Party
David Wilson
142
4.72%
201.7
207.9
Scottish Liberal Democrats
Graham Reed (incumbent)
124
4.12%
126.8
5
7,843
3,007
67
752
3,074 (38.34%)
Stirling West
2007: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
2012: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
2007-2012 Change: No change
Stirling West – 3 seats
1
Scottish National Party
Scott Farmer
1,484
36.61%
Scottish Labour Party
Christine Simpson
1,257
31.01
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Neil Benny
1,015
25.04
Scottish Liberal Democrats
Gordon Bruce
298
7.35
1
8,611
4,054
44
1,014
4,098 (47.08%)
Stirling East
2007: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xLib Dem
2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
2007-2012: Change: Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem
Stirling East – 3 seats
5
Scottish National Party
Steven Paterson (incumbent)†
1,278
33.06
Scottish Labour Party
Corrie McChord (incumbent)
862
22.30
925.8
961.6
992.2
Scottish Labour Party
Danny Gibson
858
22.19
892.6
929.1
957.6
978.3
Scottish Liberal Democrats
Ian Alexander Brown (incumbent)
403
10.42
436.3
507.9
642
642.9
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Benjamin Kerr
302
7.81
320.5
333.2
Scottish Green Party
Johannes Butscher
163
4.22
224.6
5
8,611
3,866
77
967
3,943 (41.09%)
Bannockburn
2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP
2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
2007-2012 Change: No change
Bannockburn – 3 seats
7
Scottish National Party
Alasdair MacPherson (incumbent)
1,236
37.49%
Scottish Labour Party
Margaret Brisley (incumbent)
1,133
34.36%
Scottish Labour Party
Violet Weir (incumbent)
385
11.68%
409.9
664.7
671.4
704.6
766.1
910.1
Scottish National Party
Gerry McLaughlan
187
5.67%
516.2
527.3
531.6
549.9
596.6
Independent (politician)
Bill McDonald
165
5.0%
181.3
190.8
203.6
259.6
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Lesley Stein
157
4.76%
160.7
162.3
170.3
Scottish Liberal Democrats
David Kaufman
34
1.0%
38.2
44.3
7
8,611
3,297
118
825
3,415 (40.8%)
Aftermath
Stirling East by-election
On 7 May 2015, Stirling East SNP councillor Steven Paterson was elected as the MP for Stirling. He resigned his Council seat on 30 June 2015.http://www.stirlingsnp.com/steven-paterson-resigns-council-role/ Steven Paterson resigns Council role stirlingsnp.com 30 June 2015 A by-election was held on 1 October 2015 to fill the vacancy and the seat was held by the SNP's Gerry McLaughlan. Stirling East By-election (1 October 2015) – 1 SeatStirling Council – Elections – upcoming elections http://my.stirling.gov.uk/services/council-and-government/politicians-elections-and-democracy/elections-and-voting/elections-upcoming-elections?refresh=true&theme=MyStirling stirling.gov.uk https://web.archive.org/web/20151004033949/http://my.stirling.gov.uk/services/council-and-government/politicians-elections-and-democracy/elections-and-voting/elections-upcoming-elections?refresh=true&theme=MyStirling 2015-10-04 dead
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Scottish National Party
Gerry McLaughlan
1,311
45.2%
1,367
1,388
Scottish Labour Party
Chris Kane
1,094
37.7%
1,134
1,272
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Luke Davison
343
11.8%
352
Scottish Green Party
Alasdair Tollemache
152
5.2%
3
10,460
2,900
28
1,451
2,928
References
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