2012 South Ayrshire Council election

Results

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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.

Summary by ward

|- class="unsortable" align="center" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|Total Cllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2|Conservative !colspan=2|SNP !colspan=2|Labour !colspan=2|Independents !colspan=2|Others |- |26.9 |1 |21.0 |1 |12.4 |0

Ward results

Troon

The Conservatives (2), Labour (1) and the SNP (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

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Prestwick

The Conservatives (2), Labour (1) and the SNP (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

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Ayr North

Labour (2), the SNP (1) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election. In 2007, Cllr Campbell was elected as a Labour candidate but subsequently resigned from the party and later joined the SNP.

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Ayr East

Labour and the SNP retained the seats they had won at the previous elections while the Conservatives retained one seat and lost one seat to the SNP.

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Ayr West

The Conservatives (2), Labour (1) and the SNP (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

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Kyle

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

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Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton

Labour, the SNP, the Conservatives and independent councillor Brian Connolly retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

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Girvan and South Carrick

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

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By-election

Ayr East SNP councillor Corri Wilson was elected as MP for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock on 7 May 2015. She resigned her council seat on 23 June 2015 and a by-election was held on 17 September 2015. The seat was held by the SNP's John Wallace.

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Notes

References

References

1. Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - South Ayrshire".
2. (4 May 2012). "Election 2012 for South Ayrshire Council Ward 1 Troon". South Ayrshire Council.
3. (4 May 2012). "Election 2012 for South Ayrshire Council Ward 2 Prestwick". South Ayrshire Council.
4. (4 May 2012). "Election 2012 for South Ayrshire Council Ward 3 Ayr North". South Ayrshire Council.
5. (4 May 2012). "Election 2012 for South Ayrshire Council Ward 4 Ayr East". South Ayrshire Council.
6. (4 May 2012). "Election 2012 for South Ayrshire Council Ward 5 Ayr West". South Ayrshire Council.
7. Lawrence, Edwin. (30 August 2013). "Councillor who'll represent Ayrshire people while living in Wales refuses to quit". Daily Record.
8. (4 May 2012). "Election 2012 for South Ayrshire Council Ward 6 Kyle". South Ayrshire Council.
9. (4 May 2012). "Election 2012 for South Ayrshire Council Ward 7 Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton". South Ayrshire Council.
10. (4 May 2012). "Election 2012 for South Ayrshire Council Ward 8 Girvan and South Carrick". South Ayrshire Council.
11. (29 June 2015). "Corri resigns as councillor". Ayr Advertiser.
12. (18 September 2015). "Ward 4 Ayr East By-Election". South Ayrshire Council.
13. "Ayr East by-election, 2015".