2012 Inverclyde Council election

2012 Inverclyde Council election

3 May 2012 (2012-05-03)
All 20 seats to Inverclyde Council 11 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Stephen McCabe Keith Brooks Ciano Rebecchi Party Labour SNP Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Inverclyde East Inverclyde South Inverclyde South West Last election 9 seats, 45.0% 5 seats, 25.0% 4 seats, 20.3% Seats before 8 5 3 Seats won 10 6 2 Seat change 1 1 2 Popular vote 11,542 6,636 2,063 Percentage 44.2% 25.4% 7.9% Swing 6.3% 3.9% 12.4%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Ronald Ahlfeld David Wilson Party Independent Conservative Leader's seat Inverclyde West Inverclyde East Last election 1 seat, 10.7% 1 seat, 5.0% Seats before 1 1 Seats won 1 1 Seat change Popular vote 2,986 2,635 Percentage 11.4% 10.1% Swing 0.7% 1.2%
Council Leader before election Stephen McCabe Labour Council Leader after election Stephen McCabe Labour

Elections to Inverclyde Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other 31 local authorities in Scotland. The election used the six 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 form of proportional representation, with 20 Councillors being elected in total.

The election saw Labour Councillors remain the largest party as they gained 1 additional seat to hold half the seats on the Council. The Scottish National Party also increased their representation by 1 seat and remained in second place on the authority. The Scottish Liberal Democrats remained in third place but lost half of their seats, falling from 4 seats to 2. The Independent and Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party retained their solitary seats on the authority.

Following the election the Labour Party again formed a minority administration this time with the support of the Independent and the Conservative Party Councillors.

Results

2012 Inverclyde Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	10	1	0	1	50.0	44.2	11,542	6.3
	SNP	6	1	0	1	30.0	25.4	6,636	3.9
	Liberal Democrats	2	0	2	2	10.0	7.9	2,063	12.4
	Independent	1	0	0		5.0	11.4	2,986	0.7
	Conservative	1	0	0		5.0	10.1	2,635	1.2
	Liberal	0	0	0		0.0	0.9	227	New

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

Inverclyde East

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

Inverclyde East - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Labour	Stephen McCabe (incumbent)	28.7	1,607
	Conservative	David Wilson (incumbent)	25.8	1,447
	SNP	Jim MacLeod (incumbent)	25.4	1,426
	Labour	James McColgan	14.5	812	1,233.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Watson	5.6	313	332.9
Electorate: 12,770   Valid: 5,605   Spoilt: 120   Quota: 1,122   Turnout: 5,725 (44.83%)

Inverclyde East Central

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

Inverclyde East Central - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Michael McCormick (incumbent)	42.4	1,689
	SNP	Jim Grieve (incumbent)	22.3	890	925.6	945.9	953.2	1,003.8
	Labour	Robert Moran (incumbent)	14.5	612	1,134.4
	Independent	Drew McKenzie	14.5	592	638.7	685.6	702.3	741.6
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Burns	2.7	106	117.1	125.8	136.9
	Conservative	Harry Osborn	2.5	96	98.5	100.7
Electorate: 10,222   Valid: 3,985   Spoilt: 117   Quota: 997   Turnout: 4,102 (40.13%)

Inverclyde North

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

Inverclyde North - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Martin Brennan	33.8	1,804
	Labour	Jim Clocherty (incumbent)	16.2	863	1,419.8
	SNP	Math Campbell-Sturgess	16.0	854	889.1	928.4	954.1	1,334.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kenny Shepherd	11.8	628	651.3	684.6	755.7	794.4	853.9	1,177.8
	Conservative	Graeme Brooks	9.5	508	525.9	539.4	573.1	583.6	611.2
	SNP	Alex De Ruyter	8.4	449	462.9	476.7	500.4
	Independent	Charles McCallum (incumbent)	4.1	224	237.9	288.6
Electorate: 10,222   Valid: 5,330   Spoilt: 192   Quota: 1067   Turnout: 5,492 (45.22%)

Inverclyde South

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

Inverclyde South - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Labour	Joe McIlwee (incumbent)	41.3	1,392
	SNP	Keith Brooks (incumbent)	29.8	1,004
	Labour	Vaughan Jones†	17.5	589	1,025.9
	Independent	Don Shearer	4.7	157	187.8
	Conservative	Bill Crawford	3.4	114	117.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Diamond	3.0	111	122.5
Electorate: 8,390   Valid: 3,367   Spoilt: 68   Quota: 842   Turnout: 3,435 (40.94%)

Inverclyde West

• 2007: 1xIndependent; 1xLab; 1xLib Dem
• 2012: 1xIndependent; 1xLab; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012: SNP gain from Lib Dem

Inverclyde West - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Ronald Ahlfeld (incumbent)	44.8	1,951
	Labour	Terry Loughran (incumbent)	22.5	991	1,157.9
	SNP	Christopher McEleny	12.2	541	649.2	657.3	682.7	982.4	1,010.3	1,129.2
	SNP	Ralph Roberts	6.8	301	359	361.9	368.8
	Conservative	Iain D. MacLeod	5.7	253	331.2	333.9	383.9	394.7
	Liberal	George White (incumbent)	5.1	227	383.5	393.2	463.1	482.6	604.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Anderson	3.3	146	207.7	212
Electorate: 8,642   Valid: 4,410   Spoilt: 46   Quota: 1,103   Turnout: 4,456 (51.56%)

Inverclyde South West

• 2007: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xLib Dem
• 2012: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
• 2007-2012: No change

Inverclyde South West - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Gerry Dorrian (incumbent)	22.6	768	779	789	792	829.2	873.7
	SNP	Innes Nelson (incumbent)	22.6	766	772	801	804.3	1,117.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ciano Rebecchi (incumbent)	22.4	759	764	865
	Labour	Colin Jackson	12.2	415	419	430	432.1	443.3	471.5
	SNP	John Crowther	11.9	405	413	418	419.5
	Conservative	Duncan Simpson	6.4	217	229
	Independent	Peter Patrick Glancy Campbell	1.8	62
Electorate: 8,666   Valid: 3,392   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 849   Turnout: 3,451 (39.82%)

References

http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/pdf/2012/inverclyde12.pdf

Aftermath

On 13 September 2014 Inverclyde South Labour Cllr Vaughan Jones resigned from the party and became an Independent in opposition to her party's stance on the Scottish Independence Referendum.