2012 Scottish local government election
2012 Clackmannanshire Council election Council Leader before election Gary Womersley SNP
Council Leader after election Gary Womersley SNP
Elections to Clackmannanshire Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the five wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 , with 18 Councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system .
The election saw the Scottish National Party gain a seat and increase their vote share on the council to have the same number of seats as Labour . The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party retained their single seat on the council and there remains a single Independent . The Scottish Liberal Democrats were wiped out losing their single seat.
After the election an SNP minority administration was formed with the support of the Independent Councillor. The Conservatives abstained on the vote.
Clackmannanshire Local Election Result 2012 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− SNP 8 0 0 0 44.44 46.05 6,963 +7.95 Labour 8 1 0 +1 44.44 38.12 5,764 +0.32 Conservative 1 0 0 0 5.56 9.88 1,494 -0.92 Independent 1 1 1 0 5.56 5.05 764 -1.85 Liberal Democrats 0 0 1 -1 0.00 0.89 136 -4.31
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.
Clackmannanshire West [ edit ] 2007: 2xLab; 2xSNP 2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP 2007-2012 Change: No change Clackmannanshire West – 4 seats[ 1] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Labour George Matchett (incumbent ) 32.37% 1,037 SNP Tina Murphy (incumbent ) 21.63% 693 Labour Jim Stalker 14.76% 473 781.2 SNP Les Sharp 12.58% 403 409.7 416.9 422.9 443.1 474.5 767.1 SNP Janis Paterson (incumbent ) 7.21% 231 247.4 260.9 298.2 325.3 362.4 Conservative Bill Mason 7.21% 231 236.3 249.8 250.8 293.6 Independent Eddie Carrick (incumbent ) 4.24% 136 147.1 168.2 170.8 Electorate: 7,807 Valid: 3,204 Spoilt: 58 Quota: 641 Turnout: 3,262 (41.04%)
Clackmannanshire North [ edit ] 2007: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xLib Dem 2012: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xIndependent 2007-2012 Change: Independent gain one seat from Lib Dem Clackmannanshire North – 4 seats[ 1] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SNP Donald Balsillie (incumbent ) 20.09% 728 Labour Robert McGill (incumbent ) 18.3% 663 663.1 669.1 684.1 1,001.1 SNP Walter McAdam (incumbent ) 15.02% 544 545.8 559.8 568.8 573.8 600.9 603.9 1,055.4 Independent Archie Drummond † 14.90% 540 540.1 587.2 664.2 683.2 743.3 SNP May Atkinson 13.91% 504 506.7 525.7 535.7 546.7 567 570 Labour Jacqueline McKay 9.69% 351 351 366 377 Conservative Chris Dixon 4.33% 157 157 173 Liberal Democrats John Shier Biggam (incumbent ) 3.75% 136 136.1 Electorate: - Valid: 3,623 Spoilt: 102 Quota: 725 Turnout: 3,725 (%)
Clackmannanshire Central [ edit ] 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP 2007-2012 Change: No change Clackmannanshire Central – 3 seats[ 1] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 Labour Derek Stewart (incumbent ) 37.37% 916 SNP Gary Womersley (incumbent ) 26.97% 661 SNP Gaynor Hamilton 17.18% 421 438.5 479.5 493.8 522.7 Labour Graham Watt 11.75% 288 547.7 549.7 556.4 583.1 751.9 Independent Brian Gerard Doyle 3.59% 88 91.9 92.9 118.3 Conservative Kate Mason 3.14% 77 80.6 80.1 Electorate: - Valid: 2,451 Spoilt: 55 Quota: 613 Turnout: 2,506 (%)
Clackmannanshire South [ edit ] 2007: 2xLab; 1xIndependent; 1xSNP 2012: 2xSNP; 2xLab 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain from Independent
Clackmannanshire East [ edit ] 2007: 1xCon; 1xLab; 1xSNP 2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab 2007-2012 Change: No change
† On 11 September 2016, Clackmannanshire North Cllr Archie Drummond joined the SNP and ceased to be an Independent.[ 2]