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2012 Stirling Council election

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All 22 seats to Stirling Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Graham Houston Corrie McChord Party SNP Labour Leader's seat Dunblane and Bridge of Allan Stirling East Last election 7 seats, 29.2% 8 seats, 28.2% Seats before 7 8 Seats won 9 8 Seat change 2 Popular vote 10,626 8,180 Percentage 37.2% 28.6% Swing 8.0% 0.4%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Alistair Berrill Mark Ruskell Party Conservative Scottish Green Leader's seat Forth and Endrick Dunblane and Bridge of Allan Last election 4 seats, 25.3% 0 seats, 1.7% Seats before 4 0 Seats won 4 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 5,689 1,658 Percentage 19.9% 5.8% Swing 5.4% 4.1%
Council Leader before election Graham Houston SNP Council Leader after election Corrie McChord Labour

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

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	9	2	0	2	40.9	37.2	10,626	8.0
	Labour	8	2	2		36.4	28.6	8,180	0.4
	Conservative	4	0	0		18.2	19.9	5,689	5.4
	Scottish Green	1	1	0	1	4.6	5.8	1,658	4.1
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	3	3	0.0	5.5	1,562	6.0
	UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	0.9	261	0.8
	Independent	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

Forth and Endrick

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

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

Castle

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

Stirling West

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

Stirling East

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

Bannockburn

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

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. A by-election was held on 1 October 2015 to fill the vacancy and the seat was held by the SNP's Gerry McLaughlan.

References

1. "Steven Paterson resigns Council role". stirlingsnp.com. 30 June 2015.
2. "Stirling Council – Elections – upcoming elections". stirling.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015.

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