Angus Council election, 2012

Angus Council election, 2012
Scotland
3 May 2012 (2012-05-03)

All 29 seats to Angus Council
15 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Iain Gaul No appointed group leader
Party SNP Independent Conservative
Leader's seat Kirriemuir and Dean
Last election 13 seats, 44.8% 6 seats, 20.7% 5 seats, 17.2%
Seats before 13 6 5
Seats won 15 8 4
Seat change Increase2 Increase2 Decrease1

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Margaret Thomson David May
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Monifieth and Sidlaw Montrose and District
Last election 2 seats, 6.9% 3 seat, 10.3%
Seats before 2 3
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Decrease1 Decrease2

The multi-member wards

Council Leader before election

Bob Myles
Independent

Council Leader after election

Iain Gaul
SNP

Elections to Angus Council were held on 3 May 2012 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election used the eight 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 29 Councillors being elected.

The 2007 Election saw the Scottish National Party lose majority control on the Council. In their stead the Angus Alliance took over the leadership of the Council made up of all parties and groupings opposed to the SNP. Two independent councillors (one elected in 2007, the other elected at a by-election in 2011) remained outside the Angus Alliance.

The 2012 election saw the SNP gain 2 additional seats and regain their overall majority on the Council. Independents also increased their overall numbers and became the second largest grouping while all other parties; the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Labour and the Scottish Liberal Democrats lost seats. The Conservative and Unionist Party are the second largest political party represented on the council.

Following the election the Scottish National Party formed the administration on the Council. Cllr Ian Gaul (Kirriemuir and Dean)was appointed Leader of the Council at the subsequent statutory meeting, Cllr Paul Valentine (Montrose) Depute Leader. Cllr Helen Oswald (Carnoustie and District) was elected Provost.

Election result

Angus Local Election Result 2012
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SNP 15 3 1 +2 51.72 44.38 14,689 +6.08
  Independent 8 3 1 +2 27.59 24.24 8,023 +3.34
  Conservative 4 0 1 -1 13.79 17.71 5,863 -1.39
  Labour 1 0 1 -1 3.45 7.34 2,429 -4.46
  Liberal Democrats 1 0 2 -2 3.45 5.77 1,911 -3.93

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

Kirriemuir and Dean

Kirriemuir and Dean - 3 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4
Conservative Ronnie Proctor 39.99 1,375      
SNP Iain Gaul (incumbent) 37.84 1,301      
Liberal Democrats Alison Andrews (incumbent) 12.48 429 691.9 717.7  
SNP Jeanette Gaul 9.69 333 389.9 783.5 1,034.9
Electorate: 8,264   Valid: 3,438   Spoilt: 78   Quota: 860   Turnout: 3,516 (41.6%)

    Brechin and Edzell

    Brechin and Edzell - 3 seats
    Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5
    SNP Mairi Evans (incumbent) 35.36 1,145        
    Independent Bob Myles (incumbent) 19.49 631 641.8 666.9 878.2  
    Conservative Jane Ferguson 15.01 486 495.7 533.4 617.7 645.6
    SNP Jim Houston 14.18 459 736.6 752.9 799.1 812.1
    Independent Douglas Murray 12.04 390 400.8 429.4    
    Liberal Democrats Janet Cowan 3.92 127 133.1      
    Electorate: 8,386   Valid: 3,238   Spoilt: 62   Quota: 810   Turnout: 3,300 (38.61%)

      Forfar and District

      Forfar and District - 4 seats
      Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5
      SNP Lynne Devine 21.8% 986        
      SNP Glennis Middleton (incumbent) 20.52% 928        
      Independent Ian McLaren 18.59% 841 855.5 859.5 890.2 972
      Independent Colin Brown (incumbent) 17.4% 787 798.3 802.4 820.9 1,050.4
      Conservative John Rymer (incumbent) 10.78% 487 490.2 491.1 526.6 546.1
      Independent Charlie Brown 7.89% 357 367 369.3 383.9  
      Liberal Democrats Avril Simpson 3.03% 137 141.4 142.6    
      Electorate: 11,218   Valid: 4,523   Spoilt: 53   Quota: 905   Turnout: 4,578 (40.32%)

        Monifieth and Sidlaw

        Monifieth and Sidlaw - 4 seats
        Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5
        Conservative Craig Fotheringham 21.5% 1,170        
        SNP Sheila Hands 21.32% 1,160        
        SNP Rob Murray (incumbent) 20.69% 1,126        
        Labour Margaret Thomson (incumbent) 17.64% 960 970.4 973.7 975.6 1,098.1
        SNP Sandy Ritchie 14.5% 789 796.9 855.5 887.7 933.9
        Liberal Democrats Liz Petrie 4.32% 235 266.6 269.8 270.6  
        Electorate: 12,692   Valid: 5,441   Spoilt: 40   Quota: 1,089   Turnout: 5,481 (42.87%)

          Carnoustie and District

          Carnoustie and District - 3 seats
          Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
          Independent Brian Boyd (incumbent) 39.5% 1,750          
          SNP Helen Oswald (incumbent)††† 23.23% 1,029 1,135.4        
          SNP Fiona Gibb 13.14% 582 613.2 632.8 636.9 654.4 712.5
          Independent Bill Bowles 10.9% 483 841.4 844.7 856.2 970.4 1,084
          Labour Hamid Rasheed 6.19% 274 297.1 298.8 311.2 337.9  
          Conservative Adam Cormie 6.12% 271 299.5 299.7 306.2    
          Liberal Democrats Lorraine Barthorpe 1% 41.4 49.8 49.8      
          Electorate: 9,955   Valid: 4,430   Spoilt: 54   Quota: 1,108   Turnout: 4,484 (44.5%)

            Arbroath West and Letham

            Arbroath West and Letham - 4 seats
            Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
            SNP Alex King (incumbent) 23.57% 1,033            
            Conservative David Lumgair (incumbent) 21.91% 960            
            Independent David Fairweather (incumbent) 17.05% 747 751.8 768.2 829.5 883.8    
            SNP Ewan Smith 14.90% 653 785.7 791.3 812.9 851.8 852.7 894.4
            Labour Alec Mollison 9.65% 423 426.8 431.1 446.5 487.1 487.9 537.4
            Independent Peter Nield (incumbent) 4.36% 191 194.2 201.4 238.6 268.9 271.9  
            Liberal Democrats Kevin Barthorpe 4.36% 191 193.7 205.7 223.5      
            Independent Ian Watson 4.2% 184 185.2 192.9        
            Electorate: 11,230   Valid: 4,382   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 877   Turnout: 4,441 (39.02%)

              Arbroath East and Lunan

              Arbroath East and Lunan - 4 seats
              Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
              Independent Bob Spink (incumbent)†† 25.76% 955          
              SNP Sheena Welsh (incumbent) 23.15% 858          
              SNP Donald Morrison (incumbent) 20.66% 766          
              Conservative Martyn Geddes 14.76% 547 600.3 609.4 610.8 641.9 784.2
              Labour Alastair Stuart 12.73% 472 509 529.6 533.8 577.3  
              Liberal Democrats Ginny Graham 2.9% 109 142.8 153.7 155.4    
              Electorate: 11,032   Valid: 3,707   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 742   Turnout: 3,777 (33.6%)

                Montrose and District

                Montrose and District - 4 seats
                Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
                Independent Mark Salmond (incumbent) 22.61% 891          
                SNP Bill Duff 20.69% 815          
                SNP Paul Michael Valentine (incumbent) 18.43% 726 743.1 764.1 821.1    
                Liberal Democrats David May (incumbent) 16.29% 642 678.2 680.9 757.7 765.1 1,119.2
                Conservative Andrew Boyd 14.37% 566 588.9 589.6 617 621.2  
                Labour Ina Paton 7.61% 300 308.4 309.1      
                Electorate: 11,434   Valid: 3,940   Spoilt: 54   Quota: 789   Turnout: 3,994 (34.46%)

                  Changes since 2012 Election

                  By-elections Since 2012

                  Arbroath East and Lunan By-election (28 November 2016)- [1] 1 Seat
                  Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
                  SNP Brenda Dunro 35.0 919 925 956 1,010 1,172 1,357
                  Conservative Derek Wann 27.0 709 723 741 799 928  
                  Independent Lois Speed 17.2 452 457 482 619 &nbsp:  
                  Independent Kevin Smith 11.8 309 315 352      
                  Labour John Ruddy 6.7 177 191        
                  Liberal Democrats Richard Moore 2.3 60          
                    Carnoustie and District By-election (5 December 2016)- [2] 1 Seat
                    Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1
                    Independent David Cheape
                    SNP Mark McDonald
                    Liberal Democrats Beth Morrison
                    Conservative Derek Shaw
                    Labour Ray Strachan

                      References

                      https://web.archive.org/web/20120508160218/http://www.angus.gov.uk:80/elections/lge2012/

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