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2012 Inverclyde Council election
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2012 Scottish local government election
April 2022
parliamentary no 2007 Inverclyde Council election 2007 y 2012 5 3 2017 Inverclyde Council election 2017 All 20 seats to Inverclyde Council 11 Stephen McCabe Scottish Labour Party 9 seats, 45.0% Inverclyde East 8 10 1 Keith Brooks Scottish National Party Inverclyde South 5 seats, 25.0% 5 6 1 Ciano Rebecchi Scottish Liberal Democrats Inverclyde South West 4 seats, 20.3% 3 2 2 Ronald Ahlfeld Independent (politician) Inverclyde West 1 seat, 10.7% 1 1 David Wilson Scottish Conservatives Inverclyde East 1 seat, 5.0% 1 1 Council Leader Stephen McCabe Scottish Labour Party Council Leader after election Stephen McCabe Scottish Labour Party 11,542 44.2% 6.3% 3.9% 25.4% 6,636 12.4% 7.9% 2,063 2,986 11.4% 0.7% 1.2% 10.1% 2,635
Elections to Inverclyde Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other 31 local authorities in Scotland. 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 form of proportional representation, with 20 Councillors being elected in total.
The election saw Labour Councillors remain the largest party as they gained 1 additional seat to hold half the seats on the Council. The Scottish National Party also increased their representation by 1 seat and remained in second place on the authority. The Scottish Liberal Democrats remained in third place but lost half of their seats, falling from 4 seats to 2. The Independent and Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party retained their solitary seats on the authority.
Following the election the Labour Party again formed a minority administration this time with the support of the Independent and the Conservative Party Councillors.
Results
2012 Inverclyde Council election result
Scottish Labour Party
10
1
0
1
50.0
44.2
11,542
6.3
Scottish National Party
6
1
0
1
30.0
25.4
6,636
3.9
Scottish Liberal Democrats
2
0
2
2
10.0
7.9
2,063
12.4Independent politician 1 0 0 5.0 11.4 2,986 0.7
Scottish Conservatives
1
0
0
5.0
10.1
2,635
1.2
Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
0
0
0
0.0
0.9
227
New
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
Inverclyde East
2007: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
2012: 2xLab; 1xCon; 1xSNP
2007-2012: Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem
Inverclyde East - 4 seats
2
Scottish Labour Party
Stephen McCabe (incumbent)
1,607
28.7
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
David Wilson (incumbent)
1,447
25.8
Scottish National Party
Jim MacLeod (incumbent)
1,426
25.4
Scottish Labour Party
James McColgan
812
14.5
1,233.3
Scottish Liberal Democrats
John Watson
313
5.6
332.9
2
12,770
5,605
120
1,122
5,725 (44.83%)
Inverclyde East Central
2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP
2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
2007-2012: No change
Inverclyde East Central - 3 seats
5
Scottish Labour Party
Michael McCormick (incumbent)
1,689
42.4
Scottish National Party
Jim Grieve (incumbent)
890
22.3
925.6
945.9
953.2
1,003.8
Scottish Labour Party
Robert Moran (incumbent)
612
14.5
1,134.4
Independent (politician)
Drew McKenzie
592
14.5
638.7
685.6
702.3
741.6
Scottish Liberal Democrats
Robert Burns
106
2.7
117.1
125.8
136.9
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Harry Osborn
96
2.5
98.5
100.7
5
10,222
3,985
117
997
4,102 (40.13%)
Inverclyde North
2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
2007-2012: No change
Inverclyde North - 4 seats
7
Scottish Labour Party
Martin Brennan
1,804
33.8
Scottish Labour Party
Jim Clocherty (incumbent)
863
16.2
1,419.8
Scottish National Party
Math Campbell-Sturgess
854
16.0
889.1
928.4
954.1
1,334.3
Scottish Liberal Democrats
Kenny Shepherd
628
11.8
651.3
684.6
755.7
794.4
853.9
1,177.8
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Graeme Brooks
508
9.5
525.9
539.4
573.1
583.6
611.2
Scottish National Party
Alex De Ruyter
449
8.4
462.9
476.7
500.4
Independent (politician)
Charles McCallum (incumbent)
224
4.1
237.9
288.6
7
10,222
5,330
192
1,067
5,492 (45.22%)
Inverclyde South
2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP
2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
2007-2012: No change
Inverclyde South - 3 seats
2
Scottish Labour Party
Joe McIlwee (incumbent)
1,392
41.3
Scottish National Party
Keith Brooks (incumbent)
1,004
29.8
Scottish Labour Party
Vaughan Jones†
589
17.5
1,025.9
Independent (politician)
Don Shearer
157
4.7
187.8
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Bill Crawford
114
3.4
117.2
Scottish Liberal Democrats
Kevin Diamond
111
3.0
122.5
2
8,390
3,367
68
842
3,435 (40.94%)
Inverclyde West
2007: 1xIndependent; 1xLab; 1xLib Dem
2012: 1xIndependent; 1xLab; 1xSNP
2007-2012: SNP gain from Lib Dem
Inverclyde West - 3 seats
7
Independent (politician)
Ronald Ahlfeld (incumbent)
1,951
44.8
Scottish Labour Party
Terry Loughran (incumbent)
991
22.5
1,157.9
Scottish National Party
Christopher McEleny
541
12.2
649.2
657.3
682.7
982.4
1,010.3
1,129.2
Scottish National Party
Ralph Roberts
301
6.8
359
361.9
368.8
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Iain D. MacLeod
253
5.7
331.2
333.9
383.9
394.7
Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
George White (incumbent)
227
5.1
383.5
393.2
463.1
482.6
604.3
Scottish Liberal Democrats
Gordon Anderson
146
3.3
207.7
212
7
8,642
4,410
46
1,103
4,456 (51.56%)
Inverclyde South West
2007: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xLib Dem
2012: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
2007-2012: No change
Inverclyde South West - 3 seats
6
Scottish Labour Party
Gerry Dorrian (incumbent)
768
22.6
779
789
792
829.2
873.7
Scottish National Party
Innes Nelson (incumbent)
766
22.6
772
801
804.3
1,117.9
Scottish Liberal Democrats
Ciano Rebecchi (incumbent)
759
22.4
764
865
Scottish Labour Party
Colin Jackson
415
12.2
419
430
432.1
443.3
471.5
Scottish National Party
John Crowther
405
11.9
413
418
419.5
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Duncan Simpson
217
6.4
229
Independent (politician)
Peter Patrick Glancy Campbell
62
1.8
6
8,666
3,392
59
849
3,451 (39.82%)
References
http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/pdf/2012/inverclyde12.pdf
Aftermath
On 13 September 2014 Inverclyde South Labour Cllr Vaughan Jones resigned from the party and became an independent in opposition to her party's stance on the Scottish Independence Referendum.
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