2012 Scottish local government 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 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.
Perth and Kinross Local Election Result 2012
Party
Seats
Gains
Losses
Net gain/loss
Seats %
Votes %
Votes
+/−
SNP
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.
2007: 2xSNP; 1xCon
2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
2007-2012 Change: No change
Carse of Gowrie – 3 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
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 (%)
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
Blairgowrie and Glens – 3 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
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 (%)
2007: 2xSNP; 1xCon
2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
2007-2012 Change: No change
Highland – 3 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
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 (%)
2007: 2xSNP; 1xCon
2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
2007-2012 Change: No change
Strathtay – 3 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
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 (%)
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
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 (%)
2007: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
2007-2012 Change: No change
Strathallan – 3 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
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 (%)
2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP; 1xCon
2012: 2xIndependent; 1xLib Dem; 1xSNP
2007-2012 Change: Independent gain from Lib Dem and Con
Kinross-shire – 4 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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 (%)
2007: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: Independent gain from Lib Dem
Almond and Earn – 3 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
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 (%)
2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP
2012: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
2007-2012 Change: Lab gain from Lib Dem
2007: 2xSNP; 2xLab
2012: 2xSNP; 2xLab
2007-2012 Change: No change
Perth City North – 4 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
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 (%)
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
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 [ edit ]
By-Elections since 2012 [ edit ]
Perth City Centre By-election (7 May 2015)- 1 Seat[ 2]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
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
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
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%)