2012 Perth and Kinross Council election

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 a form of proportional representation, with 41 Councillors being elected.

Main article: 2012 Scottish local elections
2012 Perth and Kinross Council election
3 May 2012 (2012-05-03)
All 41 seats to Perth and Kinross Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ian Miller Mac Roberts Peter Barrett
Party SNP 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 - 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
Council Leader before election

Ian Miller
SNP

 Council Leader after election

Ian Miller
SNP

The Council was previously controlled by a Liberal Democrat/Scottish National Party coalition administration from 2007-2012.

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
Perth and Kinross Local Election Result 2012
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SNP 18 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 +1.70
  Scottish Green 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

Carse of Gowrie
  • 2007: 2xSNP; 1xCon
  • 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
  • 2007-2012 Change: No change
Carse of Gowrie - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234
Conservative Mac Roberts (incumbent) 32.45% 1,045      
SNP Gordon Walker 23.45% 755 778 801 928
SNP Douglas Pover 23.32% 751 769 796 925
Labour Lorna Redford 15.31% 493 527 639  
Liberal Democrats Tina Ng-A-Mann 5.47% 176 247    
Electorate: -   Valid: 3,220   Spoilt: 47   Quota: 806   Turnout: 3,267 (%)

    Strathmore
    • 2007: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
    • 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
    • 2007-2012 Change: No change
    Strathmore - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    Conservative Dennis Melloy (incumbent) 23.66% 1,252
    SNP Alan Grant (incumbent) 21.11% 1,117
    SNP Ian Miller (incumbent) 20.56% 1,088
    Liberal Democrats Lewis Simpson (incumbent) 20.43% 1,081
    Labour Jamie Glackin 6.09% 322
    Independent Michael Gallagher 5.35% 283
    Scottish Green Louise Ramsay 2.80% 148
    Electorate: -   Valid: 5,291   Spoilt: 81   Quota: 1,059   Turnout: 5,372 (%)

      Blairgowrie and Glens
      • 2007: 2xSNP; 1xCon
      • 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
      • 2007-2012 Change: No change
      Blairgowrie and Glens - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12
      SNP Bob Ellis (incumbent) 34.11% 1,340  
      Conservative Caroline Shiers (incumbent) 33.49% 1,316  
      SNP Liz Grant (incumbent) 21.48% 844 1,152
      Labour Grant Wallace 8.20% 322 333
      Liberal Democrats Sanjay Samani 2.72% 107 114
      Electorate: -   Valid: 3,929   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 983   Turnout: 3,995 (%)

        Highland
        • 2007: 2xSNP; 1xCon
        • 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
        • 2007-2012 Change: No change
        Highland - 3 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        SNP Katie Howie (incumbent) 33.09% 1,141          
        Conservative Ian Campbell (incumbent) 23.93% 825 839 849 902    
        SNP Mike Williamson (incumbent) 15.28% 527 727 742 776 780 879
        Independent Xander McDade 9.08% 313 334 368 410 418 559
        Independent William Leszke 8.29% 286 292 310 370 378  
        Liberal Democrats Victor Clements 6.24% 215 227 250      
        Labour Lorna Ferguson 4.09% 141 147        
        Electorate: -   Valid: 3,448   Spoilt: 52   Quota: 863   Turnout: 3,500 (%)

          Strathtay
          • 2007: 2xSNP; 1xCon
          • 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
          • 2007-2012 Change: No change
          Strathtay - 3 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1
          Conservative Barbara Vaughan (incumbent) 31.44% 1,003
          SNP John Kellas (incumbent) 28.78% 918
          SNP Grant Laing 25.77% 822
          Labour Anne Chatt 9.50% 303
          Liberal Democrats Neil Henry Gaunt 4.51% 144
          Electorate: -   Valid: 3,190   Spoilt: 31   Quota: 798   Turnout: 3,221 (%)

            Strathearn
            • 2007: 2xCon; 1xSNP
            • 2012: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xPICP
            • 2007-2012 Change: PICP gain one seat from Con
            Strathearn - 3 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1234
            SNP 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
              • 2007: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
              • 2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
              • 2007-2012 Change: No change
              Strathallan - 3 seats
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              1234
              Conservative Murray Lyle (incumbent) 34.02% 1,064      
              SNP Tom Gray (incumbent) 24.62% 770 790    
              Liberal Democrats Ann Gaunt (incumbent) 17.99% 563 700 701 852
              SNP Brian Sculthorp 13.40% 419 426 432 481
              Labour Dave MacLurg 9.97% 312 327 328  
              Electorate: -   Valid: 3,128   Spoilt: 46   Quota: 783   Turnout: 3,174 (%)

                Kinross-shire
                • 2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP; 1xCon
                • 2012: 2xIndependent; 1xLib Dem; 1xSNP
                • 2007-2012 Change: Independent gain from Lib Dem and Con
                Kinross-shire - 4 seats
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                12345678
                Independent Dave Cuthbert 19.31% 897 905 915 964        
                Independent Mike Barnacle (incumbent) 17.27% 802 819 828 859 871 905 924 930
                Liberal Democrats Willie Robertson (incumbent) 16.99% 789 807 857 902 910 947    
                Conservative Kathleen Baird (incumbent) 14.98% 696 701 707 723 726 733 739 743
                SNP Joe Giacopazzi 14.04% 652 658 664 685 689 1,009    
                SNP Sandy Miller (incumbent) 8.45% 411 417 418 434 436      
                Labour Simon Edwin Bramwell 4.95% 230 241 246          
                Liberal Democrats Russell Auld 1.87% 87 91            
                Scottish Green Donald Fraser 1.74% 81              
                Electorate: -   Valid: 4,645   Spoilt: 37   Quota: 930   Turnout: 4,682 (%)

                  Almond and Earn
                  • 2007: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
                  • 2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
                  • 2007-2012 Change: Independent gain from Lib Dem
                  Almond and Earn - 3 seats
                  PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                  123456
                  Conservative Alan Livingstone 30.14% 1,112          
                  SNP Henry Anderson 24.18% 892 901 923      
                  SNP Wilma Lumsden (incumbent) 17.02% 628 640 670 671 756  
                  Independent Alan Jack (incumbent)†† 12.04% 444 493 597 597 771 987
                  Labour Andrew Dundas 10.0% 369 381 451 451    
                  Liberal Democrats George Hayton (incumbent) 6.61% 244 284        
                  Electorate: -   Valid: 3,689   Spoilt: 36   Quota: 923   Turnout: 3,725 (%)

                    Perth City South
                    • 2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP
                    • 2012: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
                    • 2007-2012 Change: Lab gain from Lib Dem
                    Perth City South - 4 seats
                    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                    12345678
                    Liberal Democrats William Wilson (incumbent) 25.70% 1,288              
                    Conservative Alexander Stewart (incumbent) 21.27% 1,066              
                    SNP Bob Band (incumbent) 18.18% 911 936 938 957 998 1,468    
                    Labour Alistair Munro 11.02% 552 568 572 605 669 694 757 937
                    SNP Murray Duncan 9.4% 471 486 488 511 546      
                    Liberal Democrats Lorraine Caddell (incumbent) 5.73% 287 453 467 489 558 568 657  
                    Scottish Green Alice Walsh 4.53% 227 237            
                    Independent Iona MacGregor 4.17% 209 221 231          
                    Electorate: -   Valid: 5,011   Spoilt: 46   Quota: 1,003   Turnout: 5,057 (%)

                      Perth City North
                      • 2007: 2xSNP; 2xLab
                      • 2012: 2xSNP; 2xLab
                      • 2007-2012 Change: No change
                      Perth City North - 4 seats
                      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                      1234567
                      SNP Dave Doogan 31.35% 1,239            
                      Labour John Flynn (incumbent) 23.10% 913            
                      SNP Elspeth Maclachlan (incumbent) 14.88% 588 690 693 707 1,115    
                      Labour Calum Gillies (incumbent) 13.31% 526 554 658 692 706 767 908
                      Conservative Yvonne Clark 10.37% 410 414 416 457 460 472  
                      SNP Liam Hannan 3.80% 150 432 435 451      
                      Liberal Democrats Philip Brown 3.19% 126 131 133        
                      Electorate: -   Valid: 3,952   Spoilt: 100   Quota: 791   Turnout: 4,052 (%)

                        Perth City Centre
                        • 2007: 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xLab
                        • 2012: 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xLab; 1xCon
                        • 2007-2012 Change: No change
                        Perth City Centre - 4 seats
                        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                        1234567
                        SNP 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
                        SNP 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
                          • † On 24 March 2015 Perth City Centre SNP Cllr Jack Coburn announced he was standing down from the Council for health reasons.. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 7 May 2015 and the seat was retained by the SNP's Andrew Parrott.
                          • †† On 31 January 2016 Almond and Earn Independent Cllr Alan Jack died after a short illness. A by-election was held on 7 April 2016 and the seat was won by the Conservative's Kathleen Baird.

                          By-Elections since 2012
                          Perth City Centre By-election (7 May 2015)- 1 Seat[1]
                          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                          1
                          SNP 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[2]
                            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                            123
                            Conservative Kathleen Baird 48.5% 1651 1681 1720
                            SNP 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
                              1. http://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/4150/By-Election-Results
                              2. http://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/4150/By-Election-Results#Ward 9
                              1. Local Government Elections results 2012
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