3 May 2012 (2012-05-03) 2017 → Jim Gifford Karen Clark 22 seats, 32.4% 14 seats, 20.6% | Richard Thomson Jim Gifford Ellon and District Mid-Formantine | |
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Mid-Formantine Banchory and Mid-Deeside | ||
Elections to Aberdeenshire Council were held on 3 May 2012, on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election used the 19 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 68 Councillors being elected.
Contents
- Results
- Banff and District
- Troup
- Fraserburgh and District
- Central Buchan
- Peterhead North and Rattray
- Peterhead South and Cruden
- Turriff and District
- Mid Formartine
- Ellon and District
- West Garioch
- Inverurie and District
- East Garioch
- Westhill and District
- Huntly Strathbogie and Howe of Alford
- Aboyne Upper Deeside and Donside
- Banchory and Mid Deeside
- North Kincardine
- Stonehaven and Lower Deeside
- Mearns
- Post Election Changes
- References
The 2007 election saw the Scottish Liberal Democrats form a coalition on the Council with the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
The 2012 election saw the SNP gain an additional 6 seats and become the largest party on the Council, supplanting the Lib Dems. The Tories retained their 14 seats on the Council and as a result became the second largest party. The Lib Dems lost half their Councillors falling from 24 to 12 seats. Independents also increased their overall numbers to 11 seats while Labour and the Scottish Green Party won seats in Aberdeenshire for the first time.
Following the election a Tory-Lib Dem-Independent administration was formed and in 2013 they were joined by the 2 Labour members. On 8 June 2015, a new administration was formed by the SNP and a 'Progressive Alliance' between Scottish Labour and 2 Progressive Independent councilors, who had been members of the previous administration.
Results
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.