Elections to Stirling Council were 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.
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.
†On 7 May 2015, Stirling East SNP Cllr Steven Paterson was elected as the MP for Stirling. He resigned his Council seat on 30 June 2015.[1] A by-election was held on 1 October 2015 to fill the vacancy and the seat was held by the SNP's Gerry McLaughlan.
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Main article 2012 Scottish local elections Elections to Stirling Council were 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 2012 Stirling Council election 2007 3 May 2012 2012 05 03 2017 All 22 seats to Stirling Council12 seats needed for a majority First party Second party Third party Leader Graham Houston Corrie McChord Alistair Berrill Party SNP Labour Conservative Leader s seat Dunblane and Bridge of Allan Stirling East Forth and Endrick Last election 7 seats 31 8 8 seats 36 4 4 seats 18 2 Seats before 7 8 4 Seats won 9 8 4 Seat change 2 0 0 Fourth party Fifth party Leader Mark Ruskell Graham Reed Party Scottish Green Liberal Democrats Leader s seat Dunblane and Bridge of Allan Castle defeated Last election 0 seat 0 3 seat 13 6 Seats before 0 3 Seats won 1 0 Seat change 1 3Council Leader before election Graham Houston SNP Council Leader after election Corrie McChord Labour 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 The Scottish Labour Party and the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party retained their 8 and 4 seats respectively while the Scottish Green Party gained a seat on the authority By contrast the Scottish Liberal Democrats were wiped out losing all their three seats Following the election a coalition was formed between the Labour Party and the Conservatives which replaced the previous SNP minority administration Contents 1 Election result 2 Ward results 2 1 Trossachs and Teith 2 2 Forth and Endrick 2 3 Dunblane and Bridge of Allan 2 4 Castle 2 5 Stirling West 2 6 Stirling East 2 7 Bannockburn 3 Post Election Changes 4 By Elections since 2012 5 References 6 External linksElection result editStirling Local Election Result 2012 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain loss Seats Votes Votes SNP 9 2 0 2 40 91 37 17 10 626 7 97 Labour 8 2 2 0 36 36 28 61 8 180 0 41 Conservative 4 0 0 0 18 18 19 90 5 689 5 40 Scottish Green 1 1 0 1 4 55 5 80 1 658 4 10 Liberal Democrats 0 0 3 3 0 00 5 46 1 562 6 04 UKIP 0 0 92 261 0 82 Independent 0 1 58 449 2 12 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 editTrossachs and Teith edit 2007 1xSNP 1xCon 1xLab 2012 2xSNP 1xCon 2007 2012 Change SNP gain from Lab Trossachs and Teith 3 seats Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 Conservative Martin Earl 30 29 1 285 SNP Alycia Hayes 23 76 1 008 1 027 2 1 054 1 1 109 6 SNP Fergus Wood incumbent 21 28 903 925 7 947 3 984 3 1 023 6 1 283 2 Labour Gerry McGarvey 15 84 672 690 3 732 5 804 1 808 1 Independent Jack Black 5 23 222 260 2 307 7 Liberal Democrats Galen Milne 3 61 153 199 9 Electorate 8 464 Valid 4 243 Spoilt 72 Quota 1 061 Turnout 4 315 50 13 Forth and Endrick edit 2007 1xLab 1xSNP 1xCon 2012 2xSNP 1xCon 2007 2012 Change SNP gain one seat from Lab Forth and Endrick 3 seats Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Conservative Alistair Berrill incumbent 23 58 1 097 1 128 1 198 SNP Graham Lambie incumbent 19 60 912 927 944 945 2 1 016 3 1 041 4 1 171 4 SNP Ian Muirhead 18 49 860 894 928 929 3 991 4 1 020 4 1 201 7 Labour Alistair William Weir 16 14 751 788 824 824 9 917 0 982 4 Conservative Philip Graves 6 64 309 328 356 383 2 408 7 UKIP Paul Henke 5 61 261 271 Scottish Green Gordon Kerr Cowtan 5 55 258 298 335 336 2 Liberal Democrats Alison McGilvray 4 39 204 Electorate 8 464 Valid 4 652 Spoilt 56 Quota 1 164 Turnout 4 708 48 79 Dunblane and Bridge of Allan edit 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 Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 SNP Graham Houston incumbent 27 31 1 494 Conservative Callum Campbell incumbent 23 07 1 262 Labour Mike Robbins 21 29 1 165 Scottish Green Mark Ruskell 16 63 910 951 1 981 1 006 1 1 251 Liberal Democrats Gary Airnes 6 32 346 368 4 427 1 442 4 SNP Ian Smith 5 37 294 604 1 615 8 624 4 683 9 Electorate 12 193 Valid 5 471 Spoilt 76 Quota 1 095 Turnout 5 547 44 87 Castle edit 2007 1xSNP 1xLab 1xLib Dem 2012 2xLab 1xSNP 2007 2012 Change Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem Castle 3 seats Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SNP Jim Thomson incumbent 27 54 828 Labour John Hendry incumbent 18 89 568 570 1 581 2 606 5 643 2 673 3 759 8 Labour Johanna Boyd 17 59 529 530 6 544 7 556 5 588 3 631 3 748 1 Scottish Green Zara Kitson 10 87 327 331 366 5 409 9 497 3 575 7 Conservative Jennifer Gordon 8 71 262 262 6 287 9 294 1 326 4 Independent Steve Sankey 7 55 227 228 8 250 2 288 1 SNP David Wilson 4 72 142 201 7 207 9 Liberal Democrats Graham Reed incumbent 4 12 124 126 8 Electorate 7 843 Valid 3 007 Spoilt 67 Quota 752 Turnout 3 074 38 34 Stirling West edit 2007 1xSNP 1xLab 1xCon 2012 1xLab 1xSNP 1xCon 2007 2012 Change No change Stirling West 3 seats Party Candidate FPv Count 1 SNP Scott Farmer 36 61 1 484 Labour Christine Simpson 31 01 1 257 Conservative Neil Benny 25 04 1 015 Liberal Democrats Gordon Bruce 7 35 298 Electorate 8 611 Valid 4 054 Spoilt 44 Quota 1 014 Turnout 4 098 47 08 Stirling East edit 2007 1xSNP 1xLab 1xLib Dem 2012 2xLab 1xSNP 2007 2012 Change Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem Stirling East 3 seats Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 SNP Steven Paterson incumbent 33 06 1 278 Labour Corrie McChord incumbent 22 30 862 925 8 961 6 992 2 Labour Danny Gibson 22 19 858 892 6 929 1 957 6 978 3 Liberal Democrats Ian Alexander Brown incumbent 10 42 403 436 3 507 9 642 642 9 Conservative Benjamin Kerr 7 81 302 320 5 333 2 Scottish Green Johannes Butscher 4 22 163 224 6 Electorate 8 611 Valid 3 866 Spoilt 77 Quota 967 Turnout 3 943 41 09 Bannockburn edit 2007 2xLab 1xSNP 2012 2xLab 1xSNP 2007 2012 Change No change Bannockburn 3 seats Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SNP Alasdair MacPherson incumbent 37 49 1 236 Labour Margaret Brisley incumbent 34 36 1 133 Labour Violet Weir incumbent 11 68 385 409 9 664 7 671 4 704 6 766 1 910 1 SNP Gerry McLaughlan 5 67 187 516 2 527 3 531 6 549 9 596 6 Independent Bill McDonald 5 0 165 181 3 190 8 203 6 259 6 Conservative Lesley Stein 4 76 157 160 7 162 3 170 3 Liberal Democrats David Kaufman 1 0 34 38 2 44 3 Electorate 8 611 Valid 3 297 Spoilt 118 Quota 825 Turnout 3 415 40 8 Post Election Changes edit On 7 May 2015 Stirling East SNP Cllr Steven Paterson was elected as the MP for Stirling He resigned his Council seat on 30 June 2015 1 A by election was held on 1 October 2015 to fill the vacancy and the seat was held by the SNP s Gerry McLaughlan By Elections since 2012 editStirling East By election 1 October 2015 1 Seat 2 Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 SNP Gerry McLaughlan 45 2 1 311 1 367 1 388 Labour Chris Kane 37 7 1 094 1 134 1 272 Conservative Luke Davison 11 8 343 352 Scottish Green Alasdair Tollemache 5 2 152 Electorate 10 460 Valid 2 900 Spoilt 28 Quota 1 451 Turnout 2 928 References edit Steven Paterson resigns Council role stirlingsnp com 30 June 2015 Stirling Council Elections upcoming elections stirling gov uk Archived from the original on 4 October 2015 External links editOfficial website permanent dead link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2012 Stirling Council election amp oldid 1184485490, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
