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2012 City of Edinburgh Council election

2012 Scottish local government election

Field	Value
election_name	2012 City of Edinburgh Council election
country	Scotland
flag_image	Flag of Edinburgh.svg
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	2007 City of Edinburgh Council election
previous_year	2007
election_date
next_election	2017 City of Edinburgh Council election
next_year	2017
seats_for_election	All 58 seats to City of Edinburgh Council
majority_seats	30
leader1	Andrew Burns
party1	Scottish Labour
last_election1	15 seats, 22.93%
leaders_seat1	Fountainbridge
/Craiglockhart
seats_before1	15
seats1	20
seat_change1	5
popular_vote1	39,286
percentage1	28.13%
swing1	5.45%
leader2	Steve Cardownie
party2	Scottish National Party
last_election2	12 seats, 20.32%
leaders_seat2	Forth
seats_before2	13
seats2	18
seat_change2	6
popular_vote2	37,537
percentage2	26.87%
swing2	6.55%
leader3	Jeremy Balfour
party3	Scottish Conservatives
last_election3	11 seats, 22.08%
leaders_seat3	Corstorphine
/Murrayfield
seats_before3	11
seats3	11
seat_change3	0
popular_vote3	27,588
percentage3	19.75%
swing3	2.33%
leader4	Maggie Chapman
and Steve Burgess
party4	Scottish Greens
last_election4	3 seats, 8.23%
leaders_seat4	Leith Walk,
Southside
/Newington
seats_before4	3
seats4	6
seat_change4	3
popular_vote4	15,978
percentage4	11.44%
swing4	3.21%
leader5	Paul Edie
party5	Scottish Liberal Democrats
last_election5	17 seats, 21.99%
leaders_seat5	Corstorphine
/Murrayfield
seats_before5	17
seats5	3
seat_change5	14
popular_vote5	13,040
percentage5	9.34%
swing5	12.65%
<!-- map -->	map_image	City of Edinburgh Council election 2012 - Alternate.svg
map_size	400px
map_caption	Map of council wards
<!-- Leader before/after -->	title	Leader of the Council
before_election	Jenny Dawe defeated
before_party	Scottish Liberal Democrats
posttitle	Leader of the council after election
after_election	Andrew Burns
after_party	Scottish Labour

Main article: 2012 Scottish local elections

/Craiglockhart](fountainbridge-craiglockhart)

/Murrayfield](corstorphine-murrayfield-edinburgh-ward)

and Steve Burgess Southside /Newington

/Murrayfield](corstorphine-murrayfield-edinburgh-ward)

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

The main feature of the elections was the near obliteration of the Scottish Liberal Democrats as they collapsed from 17 seats on the city council to just 3, which saw them 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. Scottish Labour 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 Conservatives retained 11 seats on the council while the Scottish Greens 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 to 2012.

Election result

Ward summary

Map of Council Wards showing parties elected in each ward

|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Seats ! % !Seats ! % !Seats ! % !Seats ! % !Seats ! % !Seats !rowspan=2|Total |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 | Labour !colspan=2 | SNP !colspan=2 | Conservative !colspan=2 | Green !colspan=2 | Lib Dem !colspan=2 | Others |- |14.92 |0 |32.55 |1 |26.24 |1 |6.17 |0 |15.89 |1 |4.22 |0

3
28.85
1
29.16
1
27.70
1
4.05
0
4.66
0
5.59
0
3
-
26.46
1
27.00
1
16.04
0
3.62
0
18.77
1
8.12
0
3
-
34.01
2
29.06
1
22.64
1
7.08
0
5.06
0
2.14
0
4
-
24.99
1
20.22
1
29.50
1
14.92
1
10.38
0
-
-
4
-
20.45
0
24.74
1
24.96
1
6.11
0
22.77
1
1.96
0
3
-
42.1
2
37.4
2
9.2
0
8.2
0
3.2
0

-
4
-
17.87
0
20.59
1
52.00
2
4.91
0
3.62
0
1.01
0
3
-
23.24
1
23.54
1
21.15
0
24.07
1
7.34
0
0.66
0
3
-
19.64
1
15.78
1
29.90
1
19.75
1
12.30
0
2.63
0
4
-
21.33
1
24.97
1
27.69
1
17.06
0
7.94
0
1.01
0
3
-
33.24
2
28.48
1
8.11
0
20.28
1
5.09
0
4.81
0
4
-
32.1
1
32.4
1
6.5
0
18.9
1
9.0
0
1.1
0
3
-
36.2
2
36.9
1
10.2
0
7.0
0
8.0
0
1.8
0
3
-
19.78
1
18.34
1
16.72
1
19.97
1
13.97
0
11.22
0
4
-
40.9
2
31.6
1
12.3
1
5.2
0
7.6
0
2.5
0
4
-
47.4
2
32.0
1
7.2
0
8.5
0
1.9
0
2.9
0
3
- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom"
!align="left"
!28.13
!20
!26.87
!18
!19.75
!11
!11.55
!6
!9.34
!3
!
!0
!58
-
}

Ward results

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 councillor Tom Buchanan died on 3 April 2013. A by-election was held on 20 June 2013 and was won by Labour's Keith John Robson.
†† Craigentinny/Duddingston Labour councillor Alex Dunn defected from the Labour Party and joined the SNP on 4 December 2013.
††† On 1 March 2014 Southside/Newington SNP councillor Jim Orr resigned from the party and became an Independent citing disillusionment with internal political spats.
†††† Leith Walk SNP councillor Deidre Brock was elected as an MP for Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency) on 7 May 2015 and resigned her Council seat on 24 June 2015. 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. A by-election for both seats was held on 10 September 2015, Lewis Ritchie defending the SNP seat and Labour's Marion Donaldson taking the other.
†††††† Almond Liberal Democrat councillor Alastair Shields resigned from the party and became an Independent after having been de-selected. He originally indicated that he would contest the 2017 local elections as an Independent, but ruled this out in October 2016.

By Elections since 2012

References

"Council Election Results 2012 {{!}} The City of Edinburgh Council".
(25 June 2013). "Information for the Public – Ward 16 Liberton/Gilmerton By-Election – City of Edinburgh Council".
(2013-12-04). "councillor Alex Lunn defects from Labour to SNP – Edinburgh Evening News".
McCann, David. (2014-03-01). "Jim Orr quits SNP over 'internal spats' – Edinburgh Evening News".
(2015-06-24). "BROCK STEPS DOWN FROM WARD 12 {{!}} Broughton Spurtle".
Brooks, Cameron. (2015-06-30). "Edinburgh councillor resigns to focus on becoming north-east MSP".
(2015-08-14). "Notices for the Leith Walk Ward By-Election {{!}} Leith Walk Ward By-Election {{!}} The City of Edinburgh Council".
(2016-01-13). "Alastair Shields leaves Lib Dems after being dumped for vote – Edinburgh Evening News".
"Ex-Lib dem councillor to quit at next election".

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