2012 East Dunbartonshire Council election

Elections to East Dunbartonshire Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the eight wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 24 Councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.

Main article: 2012 Scottish local elections

2012 East Dunbartonshire Council election

3 May 2012 (2012-05-03)
All 24 seats to East Dunbartonshire Council 13 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Rhondda Geekie Ian Mackay Ashay Ghai Party Labour SNP Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Lenzie & Kirkintilloch South Bearsden North Bearsden North Last election 6 seats, 25.0% 8 seats, 33.3% 3 seats, 12.5% Seats before 6 8 2 Seats won 8 8 3 Seat change 2 - -   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Billy Hendry Charles Kennedy Duncan Cumming Party Conservative EDIA Independent Leader's seat Bishopbriggs North and Torrance Campsie & Kirkintilloch North Bearsden North Last election 5 seats, 20.8% 2 seats, 8.3% 0 seats, 0% Seats before 5 2 0 Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 3 - 1
Council Leader before election Rhondda Geekie Labour Council Leader after election Rhondda Geekie Labour

The election saw Labour gain 2 seats to draw level with the Scottish National Party. However, Labour remained the largest party in terms of vote share. The Scottish National Party retained all their existing 8 seats and did not run any additional candidates though did significantly raised their vote share. The Scottish Liberal Democrats retained their 3 seats on the Council. The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party lost 3 seats, just 2 in number, the equivalent numbers of the East Dunbartonshire Independent Alliance. Former Lib Dem Cllr Duncan Cumming was elected as an Independent.

Following the election the Labour Party formed a Coalition with Liberal Democrats and the Conservative Party. This replaced the previous Labour - Conservative coalition administration which had existed from 2007-2012.

Election result

East Dunbartonshire Local Election Result 2012[1][2]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	8	2	0	+2	33.3	28.3	10,334	+ 2.4%
	SNP	8	-	-	-	33.3	25.4	9,277	+ 7.2%
	Liberal Democrats	3	-	-	-	12.5	14.9	5,450	- 3.0%
	Conservative	2	0	3	-3	8.3	15.4	5,629	- 6.1%
	EDIA	2	-	-	-	8.3	8.1	2,973	- 3.3%
	Independent	1	1	0	+1	4.2	6.1	2,224	+ 3.7%
	Scottish Green	0	-	-	-	-	0.7	247	- 1.1%
	Scottish Christian	0	-	-	-	-	0.5	183	+ 0.3%
	Scottish Socialist	0	-	-	-	-	0.4	134	- 0.3%
	UKIP	0	-	-	-	-	0.1	42	+ 0.1%

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

Milngavie

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

Milngavie - 3 seats [2][3][4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Gotts (incumbent)	36.6	1,751
	SNP	Jim Gibbons (incumbent)	28.0	1,338
	Labour	Maureen Henry	20.0	955	1,177	1,283
	Conservative	Bill Binks (incumbent)	14.6	696	866	889
Electorate: 10,289   Valid: 4,740   Spoilt: 42   Quota: 1,186   Turnout: 46.07%

Bearsden North

• 2007: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
• 2012: 1xIndependent; 1xLib Dem; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012 Change: Independent gain one seat from Con

Bearsden North - 3 seats[2][3][5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Independent	Duncan Cumming (incumbent)	33.2	1,837
	Liberal Democrats	Ashay Ghai *	17.1	944	1,082	1,087	1,093	1,100	1,337	1,801
	SNP	Ian Mackay (incumbent)	17.4	962	1,030	1,041	1,050	1,063	1,205	1,335
	Conservative	Amanda Stewart (incumbent)	16.7	921	1,017	1,019	1,039	1,066	1,141
	Labour	Stewart Moohan	12.7	700	758	770	774	785
	Scottish Christian	Bob Handyside	1.1	59	70	71	79
	UKIP	Mitch Sorbie	0.8	42	59	61
	Scottish Socialist	Neil Scott	0.6	34	40
Electorate: 10,801   Valid: 5,499   Spoilt: 28   Quota: 1,375   Turnout: 50.91%

• = Sitting Councillor from a different Ward.

Bearsden South

• 2007: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
• 2012: 1xLib Dem; 1xSNP; 1xLab
• 2007-2012: Lab gain one seat from Con

Bearsden South - 3 seats[2][3][6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Liberal Democrats	Vaughan Moody (incumbent)	26.8	1,309
	SNP	Keith Small	25.4	1,243
	Labour	Manjinder Shergill	20.4	996	1,022	1,028	1,046	1,178	1,408
	Conservative	David Mason	19.2	937	963	966	1,018	1,049
	Scottish Green	Scott Ferguson	5.0	247	263	272	292
	Scottish Christian	Christine Cormack	2.5	124	127	129
Electorate: 10,452   Valid: 4,856   Spoilt: 28   Quota: 1,215   Turnout: 46.46%

Campsie & Kirkintilloch North

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

Campsie & Kirkintilloch North - 3 seats[2][7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2
	EDIA	Charles Kennedy (incumbent) †	50.8	2,032
	Labour	John Dempsey (incumbent)	21.8	872	1,197
	SNP	David Ritchie (incumbent)	20.3	813	1,066
	Conservative	Andrew Lothian	4.6	183	253
	Liberal Democrats	Morag Daly	2.4	97	155
Electorate: 8,948   Valid: 3,997   Spoilt: 47   Quota: 1,000   Turnout: 44.67%

Bishopbriggs North and Torrance

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

Bishopbriggs North and Torrance - 3 seats[2][8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2
	Labour	Una Walker (incumbent)	29.7	1,557
	SNP	Anne McNair (incumbent)	26.4	1,384
	Conservative	Billy Hendry (incumbent)	24.4	1,279	1,316
	Liberal Democrats	Cathy McInnes	12.1	633	693
	Independent	Alan Brown	7.4	387	441
Electorate: 10,771   Valid: 5,240   Spoilt: 36   Quota: 1,311   Turnout: 48.65%

Bishopbriggs South

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

Bishopbriggs South - 3 seats[2][9]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2
	Labour	Alan Moir (incumbent)	32.8	1,267
	SNP	Gordan Low (incumbent)	29.9	1,158
	Labour	Michael O'Donnell (incumbent)	18.7	724	985
	Conservative	Alisdair Sinclair	9.4	362	373
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Pews	7.7	297	307
	Scottish Socialist	Mark Callaghan	1.5	59	62
Electorate: 9,406   Valid: 3,930   Spoilt: 63   Quota: 967   Turnout: 41.78%

Lenzie & Kirkintilloch South

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

Lenzie & Kirkintilloch South - 3 seats[2][10]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2
	Labour	Rhondda Geekie (incumbent)	36.6	1,729
	SNP	Gillian Renwick (incumbent)	32.0	1,511
	Conservative	Anne Jarvis (incumbent)	24.0	1,133	1,240
	Liberal Democrats	John Duncan	7.5	353	533
Electorate: 10,412   Valid: 4,726   Spoilt: 38   Quota: 1182   Turnout: 45.39%

Kirkintilloch East & Twechar

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

Kirkintilloch East & Twechar - 3 seats[2][11]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	Labour	Stewart MacDonald (incumbent)	36.2	1,293
	EDIA	Jack Young (incumbent)	26.4	941
	SNP	John Jamieson (incumbent)	24.3	868	892	904
	Labour	Jim Neill	6.8	241	571	583
	Conservative	Alison Lothian	3.3	118	121	124
	Liberal Democrats	Samantha Johnstone	1.8	66	70	72
	Scottish Socialist	Willie Telfer	1.1	41	47	51
Electorate: 8,918   Valid: 3,568   Spoilt: 72   Quota: 893   Turnout: 40.01%

Post Election Changes

• † Campsie and Kirkintilloch North EDIA Cllr Charles Kennedy died on 13 July 2012. The by-election was held on 14 September 2012 and was won by Labour's Gemma Welsh.

By Elections since 2012

Campsie & Kirkintilloch North By-election (14 September 2012)- 1 Seat[12]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Labour	Gemma Welsh	30.8	851	860	874	939	1,146
	SNP	Billy Hutchinson	26.9	743	762	767	845	1,044
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Murray	25.0	693	702	740	788
	Independent	Brian Reid	9.9	274	284	318
	Conservative	Alisdair Sinclair	5.1	141	143
	Scottish Green	Ross Greer	2.3	65
	Labour gain from EDIA		Swing
Electorate: 9,277   Valid: 2,767   Spoilt: 28   Quota: 1,384   Turnout: 2,795 (30.1%)

References

1. "Vote 2012 - East Dunbartonshire". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
2. "East Dunbartonshire Election Results". East Dunbartonshire Council. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
3. "Local elections latest - massive win for Independent Cumming, joy for Labour and misery for Tories". Milngavie Herald. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
4. "Election Results Milngavie Ward 04/05/2012" (PDF). EDC website. East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
5. "Election Results Bearsden North Ward 04/05/2012" (PDF). EDC website. East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
6. "Election Results Bearsden South Ward 04/05/2012" (PDF). EDC website. East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
7. "Election Results Campsie & Kirkintilloch North Ward 04/05/2012" (PDF). EDC website. East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
8. "Election Results Bishopbriggs North and Torrance Ward 04/05/2012" (PDF). EDC website. East Dunbartonshire Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
9. "Election Results Bishopbriggs South Ward 04/05/2012" (PDF). EDC website. East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
10. "Election Results Lenzie & Kirkintilloch South Ward 04/05/2012" (PDF). EDC website. East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
11. "Election Results Kirkintilloch East & Twechar Ward 04/05/2012" (PDF). EDC website. East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
12. http://www.kirkintilloch-herald.co.uk/news/local-headlines/labour-triumph-in-council-by-election-1-2527653