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2012 North Lanarkshire Council election

2012 Scottish local government election

2012 Scottish local government election

FieldValue
election_name2012 North Lanarkshire Council election
countryScotland
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
previous_election2007 North Lanarkshire Council election
previous_year2007
election_date
next_election2017 North Lanarkshire Council election
next_year2017
seats_for_electionAll 70 seats to North Lanarkshire Council
majority_seats36
turnout
1blankFirst preferences
2blankFirst preferences (%)
3blankSwing (pp)
leader1Jim McCabe
party1Scottish Labour Party
last_election140 seats, 57.1%
leaders_seat1Thorniewood
seats_before1*43*
seats_needed14
seats141
seat_change11
3data1
leader2David Stocks
party2Scottish National Party
leaders_seat2Airdrie Central
last_election223 seats, 32.9%
seats_before222
seats_needed213
seats226
seat_change23
3data2
leader3Robert McKendrick
party3Independent (politician)
leaders_seat3Murdostoun
last_election35 seats, 7.1%
seats_before35
seats_needed331
seats32
seat_change33
3data3
party4Cumbernauld Independent Councillors Alliance
leader4Alan O'Brien
leaders_seat4Cumbernauld North
last_election40 seats, 0%
seats_before41
seats_needed436
seats41
seat_change41
3data4
leader5Linsey McKay
party5Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
leaders_seat5Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig
last_election51 seats, 1.4%
seats_before51
seats_needed535
seats50
seat_change51
3data5
leader6John Love
party6Scottish Liberal Democrats
leaders_seat6Airdrie South
last_election61 seat, 1.4%
seats_before61
seats_needed635
seats60
seat_change61
3data6
titleCouncil Leader
before_electionJim McCabe
before_partyScottish Labour Party
posttitleCouncil Leader after election
after_electionJim McCabe
after_partyScottish Labour Party

Main article: 2012 Scottish local elections

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Elections to North Lanarkshire Council were held on 3 May 2012 on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the twenty wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 70 Councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.

The election saw Labour retain their traditional position as the largest party on the Council as they gained 1 seat from 2007 and retained their overall majority. The Scottish National Party also increased their representation and remained in second place on the authority with 3 net gains. Both the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party and the Scottish Liberal Democrats were wiped out losing their single Council seats. Independents saw their seat numbers fall from 5 to 2 while former SNP Councillor, Alan O'Brien, was elected for the Cumbernauld Independent Councillors Alliance.

Following the election the Labour Party again formed an administration.

Election result

|seats % = 58.6 |votes % = 50.8 |plus/minus = +1.2 |seats % = 37.1 |votes % = 34.6 |plus/minus = +2.9 |seats % = 3.0 |votes % = 6.1 |plus/minus = +0.8 |seats % = 1.4 |votes % = 2.0 |plus/minus = New |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 5.5 |plus/minus = -2.0 |seats % = - |votes % = 0.4 |plus/minus = -1.1 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.4 |plus/minus = -1.4 |seats % = - |votes % = 0.1 |plus/minus = New |seats % = - |votes % = 0.1 |plus/minus = -0.2 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

Kilsyth

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

Cumbernauld North

  • 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
  • 2012: 2xLab; 1xCICA; 1xSNP;
  • 2007-2012 Change: CICA gain one seat from Independent

Cumbernauld South

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

Abronhill, Kildrum and the Village

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

Strathkelvin

  • 2007: 3xLab; 1xSNP
  • 2012: 3xLab; 1xSNP
  • 2007-2012 Change: No change

Coatbridge North and Glenboig

  • 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
  • 2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP
  • 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Independent

Airdrie North

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

Airdrie Central

  • 2007: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xIndependent

  • 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP

  • 2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Independent

  • Sitting Councillor for a different Ward.

Coatbridge West

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

Coatbridge South

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

Airdrie South

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

Fortissat

  • 2007: 1xLab; 1xIndependent; 1xSNP
  • 2012: 1xIndependent; 1xSNP; 1xLab
  • 2007-2012 Change: No change

Thorniewood

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

Bellshill

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

Mossend and Holytown

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

Motherwell West

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

Motherwell North

  • 2007: 3xLab; 1xSNP
  • 2012: 3xLab; 1xSNP
  • 2007-2012 Change: No change

Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig

  • 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
  • 2012: 3xLab; 1xSNP
  • 2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Con

Murdostoun

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

Wishaw

  • 2007: 3xLab; 1xSNP
  • 2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP
  • 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lab

Changes Since Election

  • † Strathkelvin Scottish National Party Cllr Frances McGlinchey resigned from the party on 24 October 2012 in protest at the vote to overturn its long-standing opposition to Nato.
  • †† Coatbridge West Labour Party Cllr Tom Maginnis died on 29 November 2012. A by-election was held on 28 February 2013 and the seat was retained by Labour's Kevin Docherty.
  • ††† Motherwell North Labour Party Cllr Annita McAuley died on 23 October 2013. A by-election was held on 23 January 2014 and the seat was retained by Labour's Pat O'Rourke.
  • †††† Airdrie North and Murdostoun SNP Cllrs Alan Beveridge and John Taggart resigned from the party and became Independents on 10 February 2015 in opposition to the party's 2015 Westminster Election selection procedures.
  • ††††† Thorniewood SNP Cllr Duncan McShannon resigned his seat in May 2015. A by-election was held on 9 July 2015 and the seat was held by the party's Stephen Bonnar.
  • †††††† Wishaw SNP Cllr Marion Fellows was elected as an MP for Motherwell and Wishaw on 7 May 2015. She resigned her Council seat on 25 May 2015 and a by-election was held 13 August 2015 and the seat was held by the party's Rosa Zambonini.
  • ††††††† On 8 March 2016 Labour Party Motherwell North Cllrs Helen McKenna and Peter Nolan, Wishaw Cllr Sam Love and Coatbridge West Cllr Jim Smith resigned from the party and became Independents.
  • †††††††† Coatbridge North and Glenboig Cllr Fulton James McGregor was elected as a MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston in the 2016 Scottish Parliament election. On 29 June 2016 he resigned his council seat. A by-election was held on 22 September 2016 which was won by Labour's Alex McVey.
  • ††††††††† Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig and Wishaw Labour Party Cllrs Gary O'Rorke and Frank McKay resigned from the party and became Independents on 21 November 2016.
  • †††††††††† Airdrie South Labour Cllr David Fagan was suspended from the party on 4 October 2016 over allegations of possession of child pornography.
  • ††††††††††† Airdrie South Labour Cllr Tom Curley resigned from the party on 29 October 2016 and announced he would stand as an Independent in 2016.

By-elections since 2012

References

References

  1. (25 October 2012). "Councillor quits SNP over Nato".
  2. (Dec 6, 2012). "Councillor Tom Maginnis dies while on holiday in Tenerife | Local democracy | Coatbridge | STV".
  3. "Tributes are paid to Annita McAuley - Motherwell Times".
  4. (Feb 10, 2015). "Lanarkshire councillors quit in SNP target area". BBC News.
  5. "North Lanarkshire Council - By-Election Result Announced".
  6. "North Lanarkshire Council - Council by-election in Wishaw".
  7. (Mar 8, 2016). "North Lanarkshire councillors resign from Labour group". BBC News.
  8. Tonner, Judith. (Jun 29, 2016). "Fulton MacGregor resigns as Coatbridge councillor".
  9. (22 November 2016). "Labour duo quit party amid allegations of coup attempts and 'parasite' slurs".
  10. Clements, Chris. (Oct 4, 2016). "Labour councillor David Fagan suspended by party after child porn arrest".
  11. (29 October 2016). "Axed Labour veterans stand against party".
  12. "Coatbridge by-election result. New councillor elected".
  13. "Motherwell North, 2014".
  14. "Council by-election 13 August 2015".
  15. (September 22, 2016). "Coatbridge North and Glenboig by-election".
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