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2012 East Ayrshire Council election

2012 Scottish local government election

Field	Value
election_name	2012 East Ayrshire Council election
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	2007 East Ayrshire Council election
previous_year	2007
election_date
next_election	2017 East Ayrshire Council election
next_year	2017
seats_for_election	All 32 seats to East Ayrshire Council
majority_seats	17
registered	92,817
turnout	40.4%
leader1	Douglas Reid
party1	Scottish National Party
leaders_seat1	Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse
last_election1	14 seats, 39.2%
seats_before1	14
seats1	15
seat_change1	1
popular_vote1	14,518
percentage1	39.5
swing1	0.3%
leader2	Maureen McKay
party2	Scottish Labour Party
leaders_seat2	Kilmarnock North
last_election2	14 seats, 41.1%
seats_before2	15
seats2	14
seat_change2
popular_vote2	15,190
percentage2	41.4
swing2	0.3%
leader3	Tom Cook
party3	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
leaders_seat3	Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse
last_election3	3 seats, 12.8%
seats_before3	3
seats3	2
seat_change3	1
popular_vote3	4,134
percentage3	11.3
swing3	1.5%
title	Council Leader
before_election	Douglas Reid
before_party	Scottish National Party
posttitle	Council Leader after election
after_election	Douglas Reid
after_party	Scottish National Party
map_image	East Ayrshire Council election 2012.svg
map_caption	The 9 multi-member wards

Elections to East Ayrshire Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election is the second using 9 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. The new wards replaced 32 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

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.

Seats changing hands

Seat	2007	Party	Member	Party
Annick	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party}}"	Conservative	Rose-Ann Cunninghame	Independent (politician)}}"	Independent	Ellen Freel
Ballochmyle	Scottish Labour Party}}"	Labour	Jimmy Kelly	Scottish National Party}}"	SNP	Stephanie Primrose
Doon Valley	Independent (politician)}}"	Independent	Jim Sutherland	Scottish Labour Party}}"	Labour	Elaine Dinwoodie

Ward summary

3

| |2 | |1 | |0

3
Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse

| |2 | |1 | |1 | |0

4

| |2 | |2 | |0

4

| |2 | |1 | |0

3

| |2 | |1 | |1 | |0

4

| |2 | |2 | |0

4

| |1 | |3 | |0 | |0

4

| |1 | |2 | |0 | |0 |3 |- class="unsortable" !align="left"|Total ! !15 ! !14 ! !2 ! !0 ! !1 !32 |}

Ward results

Annick

The SNP and Labour retained the seats they had won at the previous election while independent candidate Ellen Freel gained a seat from the Conservatives

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Kilmarnock North

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

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Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse

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

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Kilmarnock East and Hurlford

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

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Kilmarnock South

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

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Irvine Valley

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

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Ballochmyle

Labour retained two of the three seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP held their only seat and gained one seat from Labour.

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Cumnock and New Cumnock

Labour (3) and the SNP retained the seats that they had won at the previous election.

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Doon Valley

The SNP and Labour retained the seats they had won at the previous election while Labour gained one seat from independent councillor Jim Sutherland. In 2007, independent candidate Drew Filson was elected as an SNP councillor but subsequently left the party. A by-election held following the death of Cllr Sutherland in 2009 was won by Labour.

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By-elections from 2012–2017

Kilmarnock North

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Irvine Valley

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Kilmarnock East and Hurlford

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Notes

References

Faulds, Allan. (25 September 2021). "The Local STV Voting System Explained". Ballot Box Scotland.
"Single Transferable Vote". Electoral Reform Society.
(4 May 2012). "Declaration of Results Report Ward 1 Annick". East Ayrshire Council.
(4 May 2012). "Detailed Results Ward 1 Annick". East Ayrshire Council.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924193009/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-35591388.html Andrew Hershaw – The Herald. HighBeam Research]
(4 May 2012). "Declaration of Results Report Ward 2 Kilmarnock North". East Ayrshire Council.
(4 May 2012). "Detailed Results Ward 2 Kilmarnock North". East Ayrshire Council.
(4 May 2012). "Declaration of Results Report Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse". East Ayrshire Council.
(4 May 2012). "Detailed Results Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse". East Ayrshire Council.
[http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/tributes-pour-councillor-jim-buchanan-9185763 Tributes pour in for Councillor Jim Buchanan after he loses battle with illness]
(4 May 2012). "Declaration of Results Report Ward 4 Kilmarnock East and Hurlford". East Ayrshire Council.
(4 May 2012). "Detailed Results Ward 4 Kilmarnock East and Hurlford". East Ayrshire Council.
(4 May 2012). "Declaration of Results Report Ward 5 Kilmarnock South". East Ayrshire Council.
(4 May 2012). "Detailed Results Ward 5 Kilmarnock South". East Ayrshire Council.
[http://www.westsound.co.uk/localnews/by-election-in-the-irvine-valley/ By-Election In The Irvine Valley]
(4 May 2012). "Declaration of Results Report Ward 6 Irvine Valley". East Ayrshire Council.
(4 May 2012). "Detailed Results Ward 6 Irvine Valley". East Ayrshire Council.
(4 May 2012). "Declaration of Results Report Ward 7 Ballochmyle". East Ayrshire Council.
(4 May 2012). "Detailed Results Ward 7 Ballochmyle". East Ayrshire Council.
(4 May 2012). "Declaration of Results Report Ward 8 Cumnock and New Cumnock". East Ayrshire Council.
(4 May 2012). "Detailed Results Ward 8 Cumnock and New Cumnock". East Ayrshire Council.
(4 May 2012). "Declaration of Results Report Ward 9 Doon Valley". East Ayrshire Council.
(4 May 2012). "Detailed Results Ward 9 Doon Valley". East Ayrshire Council.
(27 March 2014). "Detailed Results Report Ward 2 - Kilmarnock North". East Ayrshire Council.
(1 October 2015). "Detailed Results Report Ward 6 – Irvine Valley". East Ayrshire Council.
(26 January 2017). "Detailed Results Report Ward 4 – Kilmarnock East and Hurlford". East Ayrshire Council.
(26 January 2017). "Transfers Report Ward 4 – Kilmarnock East and Hurlford". East Ayrshire Council.

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