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3 May 2012 (2012-05-03)
  
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Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart
  
Forth

12 seats, 20.32%
  
11 seats, 22.08%

Andrew Burns
  
Steve Cardownie

15 seats, 22.93%
  
12 seats, 20.32%

City of Edinburgh Council election, 2012

Forth
  
Corstorphine/Murrayfield

Elections to the City of Edinburgh Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the Scottish local elections, 2012. The election was the second using 17 new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward elected three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation system of election.

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The main feature of the Elections was the near obliteration of the Scottish Liberal Democrats as they collapsed from 17 to just 3 seats on the City Council which sees the party occupying the position as the smallest party. Their leader, and the leader of the Council, Jenny Dawe, lost her seat in Meadows/Morningside, epitomising the poor performance. The Scottish Labour Party replaced the Lib Dems as the largest party as they made 5 gains, winning 20 seats in total. The Scottish National Party became the second largest party gaining 6 seats and 18 seats in total. The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party retained 11 seats on the Council while the Scottish Green Party doubled their seat numbers to 6.

After the election a Coalition was formed between the Labour Party and the SNP. This replaced the previous Lib Dem – SNP Coalition which had existed from 2007-2012.

Election result

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.

Almond

2007: 1xCon; 1xLib Dem; 1xSNP
2012: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
2007-2012 Change: No Change

Pentland Hills

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

Drum Brae/Gyle

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

  • =Outgoing Councillor from a different Ward.

    • Forth

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

    • Inverleith

  • 2007: 1xLab; 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
  • 2012: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab; 1xGreen
  • 2007-2012 Change: Green gain one seat from Lib Dem

    • Corstorphine/Murrayfield

  • 2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xCon
  • 2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
  • 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem

    • Sighthill/Gorgie

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

    Colinton/Fairmilehead

  • 2007: 2xCon; 1xLab
  • 2012: 2xCon; 1xSNP
  • 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lab

    • Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart

  • 2007: 1xCon; 1xLab; 1xLib Dem
  • 2012: 1xGrn; 1xLab; 1xSNP
  • 2007-2012 Change: Grn and SNP gain one seat each from Con and Lib Dem

    • Meadows/Morningside

  • 2007: 1xCon; 1xLib Dem; 1xGRN; 1xLab
  • 2012: 1xCon; 1xGRN; 1xLab; 1xSNP
  • 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem
  • = Outgoing Councillor from a different Ward.

    • City Centre

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

    • Leith Walk

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

    • Leith

  • 2007: 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xLab
  • 2012: 1xLab; 1xGRN; 1xSNP
  • 2007-2012 Change: GRN gain one seat from Lib Dem

    • Craigentinny/Duddingston

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

    • Southside/Newington

  • 2007: 1xLab; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem; 1xGRN
  • 2012: 1xGrn; 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
  • 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem

    • Liberton/Gilmerton

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

    • Portobello/Craigmillar

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

    • Post Election Changes

  • † Liberton/Gilmerton SNP Cllr Tom Buchanan died on 3 April 2013. The by-election was held on 20 June 2013 and was won by Labour's Keith John Robson. [1]
  • †† Craigentinny/Duddingston Labour Cllr Alex Dunn defected from the Labour Party and joined the SNP on 4 December 2013. [2]
  • ††† Southside/Newington On 1 March 2014 SNP Cllr Jim Orr resigned from the party and became an Independent citing disillusionment with internal political spats.[3]
  • †††† Leith Walk SNP Cllr Deidre Brock was elected as a MP for Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency) on 7 May 2015 and she resigned her Council seat on 24 June 2015.[4] A by-election was held on 10 September 2015 and it was held by the SNP's John Ritchie.[5]
  • ††††† Leith Walk Green Councillor Maggie Chapman resigned her seat on 30 June 2015 to focus her efforts on winning a Scottish Parliament seat in North East Scotland [6] A by-election was held on 10 September 2015 and it was won by Labour's Marion Donaldson.[7]
  • †††††† Almond Liberal Democrat Councillor Alastair Shields resigned from the party and became an Independent after having been de-selected and will contest the 2017 local elections as an Independent.[8]

    • References

    City of Edinburgh Council election, 2012 Wikipedia
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