Dumfries and Galloway Council election, 2012

Dumfries and Galloway Council election, 2012
Scotland
3 May 2012 (2012-05-03)
All 47 seats to Dumfries and Galloway Council
24 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ronnie Nicholson Ivor Alexander Hyslop Brian Collins
Party Labour Conservative SNP
Leader's seat North West Dumfries Lochar Castle Douglas and Glenkens
Last election 14 seats, 29.8% 18 seats, 38.3% 10 seats, 21.3%
Seats before 17 17 10
Seats won 15 14 10
Seat change Increase1 Decrease4 -
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Jane S. Maitland Richard John Brodie
Party Independent Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Dee Annadale South
Last election 2 seats, 4.3% 3 seats, 6.4%
Seats before 2 3
Seats won 7 1
Seat change Increase5 Decrease2

The 12 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election

Ivor Alexander Hyslop
Conservative

 Council Leader after election

Ivor Alexander Hyslop
Conservative

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.

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

Dumfries and Galloway Local Election Result 2012
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 15 2 1 +1 31.91 29.34 14,828 +1.24
  Conservative 14 0 4 -4 29.79 26.61 13,446 -5.59
  SNP 10 1 1 - 21.28 19.46 9,837 +0.46
  Independent 7 5 0 +5 14.89 18.06 9,126 +3.69
  Liberal Democrats 1 0 2 -2 2.13 3.95 1,997 -4.35
  Scottish Green 0 - - - - 1.84 932 +0.84
  UKIP 0 - - - - 0.74 372 +0.44

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

Stranraer and North Rhins

Stranraer and North Rhins - 3 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3
Independent Willie Scobie (incumbent) 62.15 2,057    
Conservative John Dougan (incumbent) 15.02 497 643.9  
SNP Iain Dick (incumbent) 13.60 450 678.8 836.62
Labour Marion McCutcheon 9.24 306 679.4 808.2
Electorate: 7,185   Valid: 3,310   Spoilt: 38   Quota: 828   Turnout: 3,348 (46.07%)

    Wigtown West

    Wigtown West - 3 seats
    Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4
    Independent Grahame Forster (incumbent) 45.1 1,330      
    SNP Jim McClung 25.13 741      
    Conservative Roberta Tuckfield (incumbent)†† 16.11 475 643.3 643.7 859.3
    Labour John McCutcheon 13.67 403 585.5 586.7  
    Electorate: 6,753   Valid: 2,949   Spoilt: 26   Quota: 738   Turnout: 2,975 (43.67%)

      Mid Galloway

      Mid Galloway - 3 seats
      Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
      SNP Alistair Geddes (incumbent) 29.66 1,027          
      Independent Jim McColm 28.68 993          
      Conservative Graham Nicol (incumbent) 18.6 644 665.6 699.2 776.2 819.6 948.2
      Labour Heather Meldrum 13.6 471 495.5 523.4 530.7 612.5  
      SNP Doug Snell * 6.56 227 301.9 318.7 324.2    
      Conservative Sheila Stewart 2.89 100 106.9 120.2      
      Electorate: 7,539   Valid: 3,462   Spoilt: 49   Quota: 866   Turnout: 3,511 (45.92%)

        Dee

        Dee - 3 seats
        Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
        Independent Colin Wyper 36.51 1,473              
        Independent Jane Maitland (incumbent) 18.39 742 815.4 849.4 889.9 956.9 1,055.2    
        Conservative Patsy Gilroy (incumbent) 18.05 728 780.9 795.4 801.3 831.9 849.4 868.4 1,021.2
        SNP Thomas Jacques (incumbent) 11.48 463 525.4 536.2 567.4 600.3 693.6 701.6  
        Labour Marsali Caig 7.06 285 355.6 369.2 386.4 422.2      
        Independent Franca Bruno 3.5 141 181.9 196.7 220.3        
        Scottish Green James Smyth 2.85 115 127.9 140.5          
        Liberal Democrats John Womersley 2.16 87 116.3            
        Electorate: 7,373   Valid: 4,034   Spoilt: 38   Quota: 1,009   Turnout: 4,072 (54.71%)

          Castle Douglas and Glenkens

          Castle Douglas and Glenkens - 3 seats
          Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5
          Conservative Finlay Carson 27.08 904        
          Independent George Nicol Prentice (incumbent) 23.88 797 813 826.5    
          SNP Brian Collins (incumbent) 23.88 797 800 811.2 811.5 899.6
          Labour Daniel Scheffer 10.04 335 350.6 376.8 376.9 430.9
          Scottish Green Paul Taylorson 6.05 202 203.2 229.4 229.6  
          Conservative Gary Wardell 5.90 197 235 249.9 250.2 265
          Liberal Democrats Andrew Metcalf 3.18 106 109      
          Electorate: 8,014   Valid: 3,338   Spoilt: 34   Quota: 835   Turnout: 3,372 (41.65%)

            Abbey

            Abbey - 4 seats
            Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2
            Labour Tom McAughtrie (incumbent) 22.95 903  
            Conservative Ian Blake (incumbent) 21.75 856  
            SNP Rob Davidson (incumbent) 20.69 814  
            Labour Davie Stitt (incumbent) 19.9 783 870.2
            Conservative Charles Milroy 10.29 405 411.1
            UKIP Bill Wright 4.42 174 178.6
            Electorate: 9,019   Valid: 3,935   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 788   Turnout: 4,000 (43.63%)

              North West Dumfries

              North West Dumfries - 4 seats
              Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5
              Labour Ronnie Nicholson (incumbent) 23.25 932        
              Conservative John Graham Bell (incumbent)†† 22.43 899        
              Labour David John McKie (incumbent) 21.38 857        
              SNP Andy Ferguson 18.44 739 746.1 768.5 773.2 982.1
              Labour Paula Stevenson 14.50 581 690.1 702.2 746.7  
              Electorate: 9,906   Valid: 4,008   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 802   Turnout: 4,074 (40.46%)

                Mid and Upper Nithsdale

                Mid and Upper Nithsdale - 4 seats
                Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2
                Labour Jim Dempster (incumbent) 27.45 1,194  
                Conservative Gill Dykes (incumbent) 26.53 1,154  
                SNP Andrew Stuart Wood (incumbent) 20.51 892  
                Labour John Syme (incumbent) 19.08 830 1,098.6
                UKIP Douglas Watters 4.55 198 209.1
                Conservative Elly Hurren 1.86 81 88.3
                Electorate: 9,239   Valid: 4,349   Spoilt: 67   Quota: 870   Turnout: 4,416 (47.07%)

                  Lochar

                  Lochar - 4 seats
                  Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5
                  SNP Yen Hongmei Jin†††† 28.46 1,190        
                  Labour Jeff Leaver (incumbent) 27.73 1,159        
                  Conservative Ivor Alexander Hyslop (incumbent) 15.86 663 703 710.5 723.7 1,266.4
                  Conservative John Anthony Charteris (incumbent) 15.05 629 675.9 685.6 700.3  
                  Labour Ted Thompson 12.89 539 660 941.7    
                  Electorate: 9,295   Valid: 4,180   Spoilt: 62   Quota: 837   Turnout: 4,242 (44.97%)

                    Nith

                    Nith - 4 seats
                    Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
                    Labour John Allan Martin (incumbent) 25.93 1,079            
                    Labour Colin Smyth (incumbent) 19.20 799 1,010.3          
                    SNP Alastair Witts (incumbent) 18.84 784 789.7 822 830.2 850.9    
                    Conservative Jack Groom (incumbent)†† 15.67 652 657.5 669.5 675.9 687.8 689.9 900.9
                    Conservative David Slater 8.56 356 361 366.5 369.5 382.5 383.6  
                    Independent Andrew Crosbie 8.36 348 352.8 376.2 391.6 430.4 435.1 514.1
                    Independent Nello Paoletti 2.19 91 93.1 103.1 108.4      
                    Independent Lee Vann-Wakelin 1.25 52 53.6 59.81        
                    Electorate: 9,844   Valid: 4,161   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 833   Turnout: 4,227 (42.27%)

                      Annandale South

                      Annandale South - 4 seats
                      Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
                      Liberal Democrats Richard John Brodie (incumbent) 21.09 959          
                      Labour Sean William Marshall (incumbent) 19.55 889 901.3 903.3 905.7 1,005.7  
                      Conservative Ian Brian Carruthers (incumbent)†† 19.38 881 889.6 933      
                      Labour Ronnie Ogilvie (incumbent) 16.74 761 764.6 766.7 767.4 842.6 916.3
                      SNP Andrew Wilson 12.49 568 573.9 577 578.9 664.9 670.9
                      Independent Marion F.B. Stewart 9.15 416 424.7 432.9 438.6    
                      Conservative Brian Pope 1.61 73 73.9        
                      Electorate: 10,864   Valid: 4,547   Spoilt: 55   Quota: 910   Turnout: 4,602 (41.85%)

                        Annandale North

                        Annandale North - 4 seats
                        Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
                        Labour Ted Brown (incumbent)† 19.59 845 923          
                        SNP Stephen Thompson 16.78 724 768 782.5 796.9 799.1 800.4 1,067.9
                        Conservative Peter Diggle†† 15.11 652 690 693.1 875.4      
                        Scottish Green Alis Ballance 14.26 615 673 687.3 755.7 759.4 761.4  
                        Conservative Gail MacGregor (incumbent) 13.07 564 641 645.5 885.3      
                        Conservative Roger Brian Grant (incumbent) 12.31 531 566 568.7        
                        Liberal Democrats Hugh Young 8.88 383            
                        Electorate: 10,175   Valid: 4,314   Spoilt: 34   Quota: 863   Turnout: 4,348 (42.4%)

                          Annandale East and Eskdale

                          Annandale East and Eskdale - 4 seats
                          Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
                          Labour Archie Dryburgh (incumbent) 22.20 877              
                          Conservative Denis Raymond Male (incumbent) 15.29 604 609.8 609.8 618.9 732.3 778.3 778.9 963.2
                          Independent Craig Peacock 14.98 592 607.3 621.9 654.9 716.8 797.1    
                          Conservative Karen Carruthers†† 13.92 550 554.8 554.8 560.8 661.2 690.9 691.6 808.4
                          Liberal Democrats Jock Dinwoodie 11.69 462 473.8 479.5 483.7 513.4 587.8 588.9  
                          SNP Brian Richardson 10.66 421 430.2 434.4 436.8 447      
                          Conservative Stuart Thompson 8.88 351 353.3 356.6 363.9        
                          Independent Allan Graham (incumbent) 1.24 49 52.2 68.8          
                          Independent Sidney John Elder 1.14 45 50.2            
                          Electorate: 9,663   Valid: 3,951   Spoilt: 36   Quota: 791   Turnout: 4,348 (40.89%)

                            Changes since election

                            By-elections since 2012

                            Annandale North By-election (15 November 2012) - 1 Seat[1]
                            Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4
                            Conservative Graeme Tait††† 46.0 1,819 1,857 1,922 1,980
                            Labour Peter Glanton 25.3 1,002 1,008 1,053 1,149
                            Scottish Green Alis Ballance 11.7 464 475 508 617
                            SNP Frank MacGregor 9.4 371 375 399  
                            Liberal Democrats Hugh Young 5.3 208 211    
                            UKIP Bill Wright 2.3 89      
                            Conservative gain from Labour Swing
                              Annandale North By-election (17 November 2016) - 1 Seat[2]
                              Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1
                              Conservative Douglas Fairbairn 57.4 2041
                              SNP Sylvia Moffat 21.1 749
                              Labour Adam Wilson 17.2 611
                              Scottish Green Chris Ballance 4.3 152
                              Conservative hold Swing

                                References

                                1. ↑ http://www.dumgal.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=11182&p=0
                                2. ↑ http://www.dumgal.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=18764&p=0
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