Moray Council election, 2012

Main article: Scottish local elections, 2012

3 May 2012 (2012-05-03)

All 26 seats to Moray Council 14 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Gary Coull	Stewart Cree	Allan Wright
Party	SNP	Independent	Conservative
Leader's seat	Speyside Glenlivet	Keith and Cullen	Heldon and Laich
Last election	9 seats, 34.62%	12 seats, 46.2%	3 seats, 11.54%
Seats before	10	12	2
Seats won	10	10	3
Seat change	1	2	-

	Fourth party

Leader	John Divers
Party	Labour
Leader's seat	Elgin City South
Last election	2 seats, 7.7%
Seats before	2
Seats won	3
Seat change	1

Results by ward.

Council Leader before election

Gordon McDonald
Independent

Council Leader after election

Allan Wright
Conservative

Elections to the Moray Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other 31 local authorities in Scotland. The election used the eight wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 26 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.

The election saw the Scottish National Party increase their representation by 1 seat, equalling the seat numbers of the Independents who lost 2 seats, while becoming the largest party on the Council in terms of vote share. The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party retained their 3 seats while the Scottish Labour Party gained an additional seat.

Following the election a coalition was formed between the Independents and the Conservatives which was a continuance of the arrangement from 2007-2012.

Election summary

The Moray Council elections 2012
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	10	1	0	+1	38.46	39.45	10,124	+4.26
	Independent	10	1	3	-2	38.46	28.78	7,386	-8.16
	Conservative	3	1	1	0	11.54%	17.54	4,501	+1.70
	Labour	3	1	0	+1	11.54%	9.16	2,351	+0.48
	Scottish Green	0	-	-	-	-	2.8	719	+2.8
	UKIP	0	-	-	-	-	1.34	340	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	0	-	-	-	-	0.65	167	-1.08
	Scottish Senior Citizens	0	-	-	-	-	0.3	78	-0.99

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

Speyside Glenlivet

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

Speyside Glenlivet - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	Independent	Fiona Murdoch (incumbent)	27.59%	771
	SNP	Pearl Paul (incumbent)	27.17%	759
	SNP	Mike McConnachie (incumbent)	22.87%	639	656.6	705.6
	Conservative	David Gambles	13.46%	376	393.2	395
	UKIP	Matthew Desmond	5.73%	160	168	170.1
	UKIP	Don Gatt	3.19%	89	96.1	97.9
Electorate: 7,059 Valid: 2,794 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 699 Turnout: 2,834 (39.58%)

Keith and Cullen

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

Keith and Cullen - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	SNP	Gary Coull (incumbent)	42.45%	1,319
	Independent	Ron Shepherd (incumbent)	22.59%	702	750.5	866.7
	Independent	Stewart Cree (incumbent)	15.25%	474	591.5	706.1	752.5	964.8
	Conservative	Valery Dickson	10.04%	312	336.2
	SNP	Hazel Thain	9.66	300	615.2	633.5	650.6
Electorate: 7,810 Valid: 3,107 Spoilt: 33 Quota: 777 Turnout: 3,140 (39.78%)

Buckie

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

Buckie - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	SNP	Gordon McDonald (incumbent)	38.37%	967
	Independent	Anne McKay (incumbent) ††	25.71%	648
	Independent	Joe Mackay (incumbent) ††††	22.10%	557	596.9	607.2	728.6
	Conservative	Margaret Gambles	7.1%	179	183.2	184.9
	SNP	Linda Scobie McDonald	6.71%	169	449.1	451.7	457.5
Electorate: 7,336 Valid: 2,520 Spoilt: 39 Quota: 631 Turnout: 2,559 (34.35%)

Fochabers Lhanbryde

2007: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xIndependent
2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Independent

Fochabers Lhanbryde - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Conservative	Douglas Ross (incumbent)	39.5%	1,318
	SNP	Margo Howe	21.82%	728	768.7	810.2	1,335
	SNP	Anita McDonald (incumbent)	18.34%	612	676.1	708.2
	Labour	Sean Morton	15.34%	512	583.5	714.7	793.9
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Horton	5.0%	167	304.1
Electorate: 7,717 Valid: 3,337 Spoilt: 28 Quota: 835 Turnout: 3,365 (43.24%)

Heldon and Laich

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

Heldon and Laich - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	SNP	Carolle Ralph†	20.0%	797	807
	Independent	Eric McGillivray (incumbent)†††††	18.44%	735	828
	Conservative	Allan Wright (incumbent)	17.26%	688	699	703.4	703.5	763.7	835.8
	SNP	David Stewart (incumbent)	17.01%	678	687	692.1	699.4	740.9
	Independent	Chris Tuke	14.65%	584	659	670	670.4	764.1	921.7
	Scottish Green	James Mackessack-Leitch	6.57%	262	279	281.3	281.7
	Independent	John Gordon	6.05%	241
Electorate: 10,287 Valid: 3,985 Spoilt: 56 Quota: 798 Turnout: 4,041 (38.74%)

Elgin City North

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

Elgin City North - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Labour	Barry Jarvis (incumbent) †††	29.85%	766
	SNP	Mike Shand (incumbent)	23.23%	596	612.5	661.7
	SNP	Patsy Gowans	20.07%	515	526.9	550.4	566.8	688.3
	Conservative	Frank Brown	17.46%	448	466.9	565.8	566.3
	Independent	Darren Margach	9.39%	241	274.2
Electorate: 8,386 Valid: 2,566 Spoilt: 31 Quota: 642 Turnout: 2,597 (30.6%)

Elgin City South

2007: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xIndependent
2012: 1xLab; 1xCon; 1xSNP
2007-2012 Change: Con gain from Independent

Elgin City South - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2
	Labour	John Divers (incumbent)	37.57%	1,073
	Conservative	James Allan	25.0%	714	810.1
	SNP	Graham Leadbitter (incumbent)	23.63%	675	771.1
	SNP	John Sharp (incumbent)	13.8%	394	434
Electorate: 8,356 Valid: 2,856 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 715 Turnout: 2,896 (34.18%)

Forres

2007: 2xIndependent; 1xSNP; 1xCon
2012: 3xIndependent; 1xSNP
2007-2012 Change: Independent gain one seat from Con

Forres - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Independent	George Alexander	25.19%	1,134
	Independent	Lorna Creswell (incumbent)	12.77%	575	650.4	675.5	690.1	814.9	866.5	870.6	987.2
	SNP	Aaron McLean	12.15%	547	559.1	568.5	574.7	588.4	924.1
	Conservative	Paul McBain	10.35%	466	483.5	486.7	507.1	529.4	540.2	541
	Scottish Green	Fabio Villani	10.15%	457	474.7	488.1	492.1	524.2	548.6	551.9	614.2	630.7
	SNP	Irene Ogilvie (incumbent)	9.53%	429	440.3	443.7	446.9	478.2
	Independent	Anne Audrey Skene	9.11%	410	441.2	450.8	468.7	549.9	569.3	571.7	731.6	764.2	1,072.5
	Independent	Jeff Hamilton (incumbent)	6.98%	314	343.8	349.8	356.2
	UKIP	Ian Meiklejohn	2.02%	91	96.1	98.5
	Scottish Senior Citizens	Andy Anderson	1.73%	78	85.4
Electorate: 10,999 Valid: 4,501 Spoilt: 50 Quota: 901 Turnout: 4,551 (40.92%)

Changes since last election

† Heldon and Laich SNP Cllr Carolle Ralph resigned her seat on 7 December 2012. The by-election was held on 7 March 2013 and was won by the Independent, John Cowe.
†† Buckie Independent Cllr Anne McKay resigned her seat on 13 November 2013. A by-election was held on 30 January 2014 and was won by the Independent, Gordon Cowie.
††† Elgin City North Labour Cllr Barry Jarvis resigned his seat on 26 September 2014 to train as a teacher. A by-election was held on 11 December 2014 and the seat was won by the SNP's Kirsty Reid.
†††† Buckie Independent Cllr Joe Mackay died on 12 January 2015 after a fall from his mobility scooter. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 26 March 2015 and the seat was won by the SNP's Sonya Warren.
††††† Heldon and Laich Independent Cllr Eric McGillivray announced on 31 July 2015 he was standing down from the Council for personal reasons. A by-election was held on 1 October 2015 and the seat was won by the Independent Dennis Slater.

By-elections since 2012

Heldon and Laich By-election (7 March 2013) - 1 Seat^[1]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Independent	John Cowe	31.36%	972	1,020	1,058	1,273	1,507
	SNP	Stuart Crowther	26.88%	833	844	891	960	1,005
	Conservative	Pete Bloomfield	15.26%	473	490	516	558
	Independent	Nick Traynor	13.49%	418	459	496
	Scottish Green	James Edward Mackessack-Leitch	7.36%	228	242
	Independent	Jeff Hamilton	5.65%	175
	Electorate: 10,579 Valid: 3,099 Spoilt: 38 (1.21%) Quota: 1,550 Turnout: 3,137 (29.65%)

Buckie By-election (30 January 2014) - 1 Seat^[2]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	Independent	Gordon Cowie	43.94	830	907	1,034
	SNP	Linda McDonald	35.47	670	679	710
	Independent	Marc Macrae	11.65	220	248
	Conservative	Margaret Gambles	7.57	143
Electorate: 7,872 Valid: 1,889 Spoilt: 26 Quota: 933 Turnout: 1,915 (24.33%)

Elgin City North By-election (11 December 2014) - 1 Seat^[3]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	SNP	Kirsty Ella Reid	37.96	728	748	764	773	850
	Independent	Sandy Cooper	24.61	472	483	499	595	693
	Labour	Craig Graham	14.96	287	305	316	368
	Conservative	Alex Griffiths	14.23	273	280	299
	UKIP	Ramsay Urquhart	4.22	81	84
	Scottish Green	Morvern Forrest	4.01	77
Electorate: 9,263 Valid: 1,918 Spoilt: 20 Quota: 960 Turnout: (20.9%) 1,938

Buckie By-election (26 March 2015) - 1 Seat^[4]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1
	SNP	Sonya Warren	59.5%	1,485
	Independent	Norman Calder	27.9%	696
	Conservative	Tim Eagle	12.6%	315
Electorate: 7,798 Valid: 2,496 Spoilt: 25 Quota: 1,249 Turnout: 2,521 (32.3%)

Heldon and Laich By-election (1 October 2015) - 1 Seat^[5]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	Independent	Dennis Slater	41.1%	1,323	1,382	1,775
	SNP	Joyce O'Hara	31.1%	1,003	1,054	1,100
	Conservative	Pete Bloomfield	21.8%	703	725
	Scottish Green	James Edward Mackessack-Leitch	6%	192
Electorate: 11,070 Valid: 3,221 Spoilt: 27 Quota: 1,612 Turnout: 3,248 (29.3%)

References

http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_76775.html

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