3 May 2012 (2012-05-03) 2017 → Ivor Alexander Hyslop Brian Collins 14 seats, 29.8% 18 seats, 38.3% | Ronnie Nicholson Ivor Alexander Hyslop North West Dumfries Lochar | |
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Lochar Castle Douglas and Glenkens | ||
The 2012 Dumfries and Galloway Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Dumfries and Galloway Council. The election used the thirteen 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 47 councillors being elected.
Contents
- Election result
- Stranraer and North Rhins
- Wigtown West
- Mid Galloway
- Dee
- Castle Douglas and Glenkens
- Abbey
- North West Dumfries
- Mid and Upper Nithsdale
- Lochar
- Nith
- Annandale South
- Annandale North
- Annandale East and Eskdale
- Changes since election
- References
The election saw Labour replace the Scottish Conservative Party as the largest party on the Council as they gained 1 seat while the Tories lost 4 seats. The Scottish National Party retained their third place on the authority but did not gain any additional seats. Independents proved to be the biggest winners as they returned to the Council with 7 seats and 5 net gains which included 2 former members of the Labour party. The Scottish Liberal Democrats proved to be the worst performers of the election, being reduced to just a single seat.
Following the election the Conservative Party formed a coalition with the support of the SNP. This replaced the previous Conservative-Lib Dem coalition which 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.