2012 Clackmannanshire Council election

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2012 Clackmannanshire Council election

3 May 2012 (2012-05-03)
All 18 seats to Clackmannanshire Council 10 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Gary Womersley Robert McGill Alastair Campbell Party SNP Labour Conservative Leader's seat Clackmannanshire Central Clackmannanshire North Clackmannanshire East Last election 7 seats, 38.9% 8 seats, 44.4% 1 seat, 5.6% Seats before 8 7 1 Seats won 8 8 1 Seat change 0 1 0   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Archie Drummond John Shier Biggam Party Independent Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Clackmannanshire North Clackmannanshire North defeated Last election 1 seat, 5.6% 1 seat, 5.6% Seats before 1 1 Seats won 1 0 Seat change 0 1
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.

Election result

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.

Ward results

Clackmannanshire West

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

Clackmannanshire West – 4 seats

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

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

Clackmannanshire North – 4 seats

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

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

Clackmannanshire Central – 3 seats

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

• 2007: 2xLab; 1xIndependent; 1xSNP
• 2012: 2xSNP; 2xLab
• 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain from Independent

Clackmannanshire South – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	SNP	Craig Holden (incumbent)	32.15%	1,042
	Labour	Janet Kerr Cadenhead (incumbent)	24.50%	794
	SNP	Ellen Forson	21.47%	696
	Labour	Kenneth Earle (incumbent)	15.33%	497	604.7	731.4
	Conservative	Alan Jamieson	6.54%	212	261.7	263.4
Electorate: -   Valid: 3,241   Spoilt: 99   Quota: 649   Turnout: 3,340 (%)

Clackmannanshire East

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

Clackmannanshire East – 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Conservative	Alastair Campbell (incumbent)	31.40%	817
	SNP	Irene Hamilton (incumbent)	30.01%	781
	Labour	Kathleen Martin	28.63%	745
	SNP	Helen Lewis	9.95%	259
Electorate: -   Valid: 2,602   Spoilt: 32   Quota: 651   Turnout: 2,634 (%)

Changes since 2012

† On 11 September 2016, Clackmannanshire North Cllr Archie Drummond joined the SNP and ceased to be an Independent.