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2012 Dumfries and Galloway Council election

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All 47 seats to Dumfries and Galloway Council 24 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ronnie Nicholson Ivor Alexander Hyslop Brian Collins Party Labour Conservative SNP Leader's seat North West Dumfries Lochar Castle Douglas and Glenkens Last election 14 seats, 29.8% 18 seats, 38.3% 10 seats, 21.3% Seats before 17 17 10 Seats won 15 14 10 Seat change 1 4 Popular vote 14,828 13,446 9,837 Percentage 29.3% 26.6% 19.5% Swing 1.2% 5.6% 0.5%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Jane S. Maitland Richard John Brodie Party Independent Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Dee Annandale South Last election 2 seats, 4.3% 3 seats, 6.4% Seats before 2 3 Seats won 7 1 Seat change 5 2 Popular vote 9,126 1,997 Percentage 18.1% 4.0% Swing 6.9% 4.3%
The 12 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election Ivor Alexander Hyslop Conservative Council Leader after election Ivor Alexander Hyslop Conservative

The 2012 Dumfries and Galloway Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Dumfries and Galloway Council. The election used the thirteen 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 47 councillors being elected.

The election saw Labour replace the Conservatives as the largest party on the council as they gained 1 seat while the Conservatives lost 4 seats. The Scottish National Party retained their third place on the authority but did not gain any additional seats. Independents proved to be the biggest winners as they returned to the council with 7 seats and 5 net gains which included 2 former members of the Labour party. The Liberal Democrats proved to be the worst performers of the election, being reduced to just a single seat.

Following the election the Conservative Party formed a coalition with the support of the SNP. This replaced the previous Conservative-Lib Dem coalition which existed from 2007 to 2012.

Results

2012 Dumfries and Galloway Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	15	2	1	1	31.9	29.3	14,828	1.2
	Conservative	14	0	4	4	29.8	26.6	13,446	5.6
	SNP	10	1	1		21.3	19.5	9,837	0.5
	Independent	7	5	0	5	14.9	18.1	9,126	6.9
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	2	2	2.1	4.0	1,997	4.3
	Scottish Green	0	0	0		0.0	1.8	932	0.8
	UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	0.7	372	0.4

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

Stranraer and North Rhins

• 2007: 1xLab; 1xCon; 1xSNP
• 2012: 1xIndependent; 1xSNP; 1xLab
• 2007-2012 Change: Independent gain one seat from Con

Wigtown West

• 2007: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
• 2012: 1xIndependent; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2007-2012 Change: Independent gain one seat from Lab

Mid Galloway

• 2007: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
• 2012: 1xSNP; 1xIndependent; 1xCon
• 2007-2012 Change: Independent gain one seat from Lib Dem

• = Sitting Councillor for a different Ward.

Dee

• 2007: 1xCon; 1xIndependent; 1xSNP
• 2012: 2xIndependent; 1xCon
• 2007-2012 Change: Independent gain one seat from SNP

Castle Douglas and Glenkens

• 2007: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
• 2012: 1xCon; 1xIndependent; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012 Change: No change

Abbey

• 2007: 2xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
• 2012: 2xLab; 1xCon; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Con

North West Dumfries

• 2007: 2xLab; 1xCon; 1xSNP
• 2012: 2xLab; 1xCon; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012 Change: No change

Mid and Upper Nithsdale

• 2007: 2xLab; 1xCon; 1xSNP
• 2012: 2xLab; 1xCon; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012 Change: No change

Lochar

• 2007: 2xCon; 1xLab; 1xSNP
• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Con

Nith

• 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2007-2012 Change: No change

Annandale South

• 2007: 2xLab; 1xLib Dem; 1xCon
• 2012: 2xLab; 1xLib Dem; 1xCon
• 2007-2012 Change: No change

Annandale North

• 2007: 2xCon; 1xLab; 1xLib Dem
• 2012: 2xCon; 1xLab; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem

Annandale East and Eskdale

• 2007: 3xCon; 1xLab
• 2012: 2xCon; 1xLab; 1xIndependent
• 2007-2012 Change: Independent gain one seat from Con

Aftermath

On 20 September 2013 6 members of the Conservative Party quit their group and became Independents.

In August 2015 Lochar SNP Cllr resigned from the party and became an Independent citing racial prejudice towards her and having lost out at a candidate selection for the Scottish Parliament election, 2016.

By-elections

Annandale North by-election (2012)

Annandale North Labour Cllr Ted Brown died on 4 September 2012. A by-election was held on 15 November 2012 which was won by Graeme Tait of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.

Annandale North by-election (2016)

Annandale North Conservative Cllr Graeme Tait announced on 20 March 2014 that he had defected to the Labour Party stating that he felt its "policies and values" better reflect his own and resigned his Council seat on 22 September 2016. A by-election was held on 17 November 2016 and was won by the Conservative Party's Douglas Fairbairn.

References

1. "Dumfries and Galloway Council : Council Election 2012 Results". 7 May 2012. Archived from the original on 7 May 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
2. "Dumfries and Galloway Council resignations hit ruling group". BBC. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
3. Connor, Laura (8 August 2015). "Scotland's only Chinese SNP councillor Yen Hongmei Jin quits over 'racism and bullying'". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
4. Sanderson, Daniel (10 August 2015). "SNP branches hit back at councillor who quit party over racism claims". The Herald (Glasgow). Retrieved 25 August 2024.
5. "Annandale councillor Ted Brown's death shocks council". BBC. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
6. "Dumfries and Galloway Council – Local Government by-Election – Annandale North Electoral Ward – 15 November 2012". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
7. "Annandale Conservative councillor Graeme Tait joins Labour". BBC. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
8. "Election of One Councillor – Electoral Ward 12 – Annandale North". dumgal.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016.

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