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2012 Perth and Kinross Council election
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Ian Miller
Mac Roberts
Peter Barrett
Party
Scottish National
Conservative
Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat
Strathmore
Carse of Gowrie
Perth City Centre
Last election
18 seats, 43.9%
12 seats, 29.3%
8 seats, 19.5%
Seats before
18
13
7
Seats won
18
10
5
Seat change
0
2
3
Fourth party
Fifth party
Leader
Archie MacLellan
Mike Barnacle
Rhona Brock
Party
Labour
Independent
Leader's seat
Perth City Centre
Kinross-shire
Strathearn
Last election
3 seats, 7.3%
0 seats, 0%
0 seat, 0%
Seats before
3
1
0
Seats after
4
3
1
Seat change
1
3
1
Elections to Perth and Kinross Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections . The election used the twelve 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 41 Councillors being elected.[1]
The council was previously controlled by a Liberal Democrat /Scottish National Party coalition administration from 2007 to 2012.
The 2012 elections saw the SNP remain the main party by a significant margin but they did not make further advances. Both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats lost seats to Independents who returned to the Council having been wiped out in 2007. Following the election a Scottish National Party minority administration took over the running of the council with the support of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
Election results [ edit ]
Perth and Kinross Local Election Result 2012
Party
Seats
Gains
Losses
Net gain/loss
Seats %
Votes %
Votes
+/−
Scottish National
18
0
0
0
43.90
40.31
19,119
+3.11
Conservative
10
0
2
-2
24.39
25.18
11,941
-2.92
Liberal Democrats
5
0
3
-3
12.20
12.72
6,033
-6.98
Labour
4
1
0
+1
9.76
11.85
5,619
+3.35
Independent
3
3
0
+3
7.32
7.29
3,458
+2.49
Perth Independent Candidates Party
1
1
0
+1
2.44
1.70
805
New
Scottish Green
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.96
456
-0.74
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 [ edit ]
Carse of Gowrie [ edit ]
2007: 2xSNP; 1xCon
2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
2007-2012 Change: No change
Strathmore [ edit ]
2007: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
2007-2012 Change: No change
Blairgowrie and Glens [ edit ]
2007: 2xSNP; 1xCon
2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
2007-2012 Change: No change
Highland [ edit ]
2007: 2xSNP; 1xCon
2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
2007-2012 Change: No change
Strathtay [ edit ]
2007: 2xSNP; 1xCon
2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
2007-2012 Change: No change
Strathearn [ edit ]
2007: 2xCon; 1xSNP
2012: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xPICP
2007-2012 Change: PICP gain one seat from Con
Strathearn – 3 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
Scottish National
Anne Younger (incumbent )
30.82%
1,137
Conservative
Ann Cowan (incumbent )
23.69%
874
889
910
946
Perth Independent Candidates Party
Rhona Brock
18.27%
674
742
779
939
Conservative
Bob Ferguson
15.59%
575
588
599
640
Labour
Alastair McLean
8.76%
323
356
389
Liberal Democrats
Kenneth Robertson Spittal
2.87%
106
125
Electorate: - Valid: 3,689 Spoilt: 30 Quota: 923 Turnout: 3,719 (%)
Strathallan [ edit ]
2007: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
2007-2012 Change: No change
Kinross-shire [ edit ]
2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP; 1xCon
2012: 2xIndependent; 1xLib Dem; 1xSNP
2007-2012 Change: Independent gain from Lib Dem and Con
Almond and Earn [ edit ]
2007: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: Independent gain from Lib Dem
Perth City South [ edit ]
2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP
2012: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
2007-2012 Change: Lab gain from Lib Dem
Perth City North [ edit ]
2007: 2xSNP; 2xLab
2012: 2xSNP; 2xLab
2007-2012 Change: No change
Perth City Centre [ edit ]
2007: 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xLab
2012: 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xLab; 1xCon
2007-2012 Change: No change
Perth City Centre – 4 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Scottish National
Jack Coburn (incumbent )†
21.77%
923
Liberal Democrats
Peter Barrett (incumbent )
21.09%
894
Labour
Archie MacLellan (incumbent )
17.43%
739
742
751
751
778
834
1,038
Scottish National
Andy Hay
14.74%
625
691
697
698
716
749
Conservative
Heather Stewart (incumbent )
16.58%
703
704
716
719
729
792
837
Independent
Nathan Shields
5.28%
224
225
230
241
279
Perth Independent Candidates Party
Ian Thomson
2.62%
111
112
114
119
Perth Independent Candidates Party
Mahesh Rednam
0.47%
20
20
21
Electorate: - Valid: 4,239 Spoilt: 74 Quota: 848 Turnout: 4,315 (%)
Post Election Changes [ edit ]
By-Elections since 2012 [ edit ]
Perth City Centre By-election (7 May 2015)- 1 Seat[2]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
Scottish National
Andrew Parrott
51.07
3,589
Conservative
Chris Ahern
23.89
1,679
Labour
Lorna Redford
13.36
939
Liberal Democrats
Philip Brown
9.98
701
Independent
Ian Thomson
1.69
119
Electorate: 11,160 Valid: 7,027 Spoilt: 104 Quota: 3,515 Turnout: 7,131 (63.94%)
Almond and Earn By-election (7 April 2016)- 1 Seat
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
Conservative
Kathleen Baird
48.5%
1651
1681
1720
Scottish National
Wilma Lumsden
38.4%
1327
1334
1370
Labour
Dave MacKenzie
6.3%
219
228
280
Liberal Democrats
George Hayton
4.5%
157
163
UKIP
Denise Baykal
2.2%
77
Electorate: 8772 Valid: 3431 Spoilt: 19 Quota: 1716 Turnout: 3450 (39.33%)
References [ edit ]