2012 North Ayrshire Council election

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All 30 seats toNorth Ayrshire Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   SNP Lab Ind Leader William Gibson David O'Neill Jean Highgate Party SNP Labour Independent Leader's seat Saltcoats and Stevenston Irvine West Kilbirnie and Beith Last election 8 seats, 26.7% 12 seats, 40.0% 5 seats, 16.7% Seats before 8 12 6 Seats won 12 11 6 Seat change 4 1 1 Popular vote 14,623 12,906 7,808 Percentage 35.6% 31.4% 19.0% Swing 6.1 1.0 2.1
Council Leader before election David O'Neill (Labour) No overall control Council Leader after election William Gibson (SNP) No overall control

The2012 North Ayrshire Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members ofNorth Ayrshire Council. The election used the eightwards created as a result of theLocal Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four councillors using thesingle transferable vote system form ofproportional representation, with 30 Councillors being elected.

The election saw theScottish National Party make further advances by gaining four seats to become the largest party on the Council while also increasing their vote share significantly.Labour lost one seat to become the second-largest party on the Council.Independents gained a seat to have a total of six members. TheConservatives lost two-thirds of their former seats, while theLiberal Democrats were wiped out, losing both their seats.

Following the election, the SNP formed a minority administration on the Council. This replaced the previous Labour minority administration which existed from 2007 to 2012. This was also the first time Labour had not been part of the administration on the council for over 30 years.

2012 North Ayrshire Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	12	4	0	4	40.0	35.6	14,623	6.1
	Labour	11	0	1	1	36.7	31.4	12,906	1.0
	Independent	6	2	1	1	20.0	19.0	7,808	2.1
	Conservative	1	0	2	2	3.3	9.3	3,834	4.1
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	2	2	0.0	1.6	655	5.1
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0		0.0	1.1	443	0.6
	Scottish Socialist	0	0	0		0.0	0.9	378	0.4
	UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	221	New
	Scottish Senior Citizens	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	163	New
	TUSC	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	51	New
Total		30						41,082

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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.

Labour (2) and the SNP (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP gained one seat from the Conservatives.

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Labour (2) and the SNP (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP gained one seat from the Liberal Democrats.

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Labour (2) and the SNP (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election while independent candidate Robert Steel gained a seat from the Liberal Democrats.

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Labour (2), the SNP (1) and independent councillor Ronnie McNicol retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

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The SNP, Labour and independent councillor John Hunter retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP gained one seat from former independent councillor Margie Currie.

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Independent councillor Elizabeth McLardy retained the seat she had won at the previous election while the SNP and independent councillor Robert Barr each gained a seat from Labour and the Conservatives. In 2007, Cllr Barr had been elected as a Conservative candidate but later left the party.

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The SNP, Labour and independent councillor Jean Highgate retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

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The SNP (2), Labour (1) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

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