Scottish Borders Council election, 2012

Main article: Scottish local elections, 2012

3 May 2012 (2012-05-03)

All 34 seats to Scottish Borders Council 18 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Jim Fullarton	John Mitchell	David Parker
Party	Conservative	SNP	Independent
Leader's seat	East Berwickshire	Galashiels and District	Leaderdale and Melrose
Last election	11 seats, 32.4%	6 seats, 17.6%	5 seats, 14.7%
Seats before	12	6	4
Seats won	10	9	7
Seat change	1	3	2

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Leader	Graham Garvie	Sandy Aitchison
Party	Liberal Democrats	Borders Party
Leader's seat	Tweeddale East	Galashiels and District
Last election	10 seats, 29.4%	2 seats, 5.9%
Seats before	10	2
Seats won	6	2
Seat change	4	-

The 11 multi-member wards

Council Leader before election

David Parker
Independent

Council Leader after election

David Parker
Independent

Elections to Scottish Borders Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election used the 11 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 34 Councillors elected.

The election saw the Scottish Conservative Party remain the largest party on the Council though they lost 1 seat. The Scottish National Party replaced the Scottish Liberal Democrats as the second largest party by gaining 3 seats at the expense of the latter. The Lib Dems were reduced to 6 seats. Independents increased their numbers to 7 seats while the Borders Party retained their 2 seats.

Following the election the Scottish National Party formed a coalition with the support of the Independents and the Liberal Democrats. The Borders Party are also supporting this administration. This replaced the previous Conservative-Lib Dem-Independent coalition which existed from 2007-2012.

Election results

Scottish Borders Local Election Result 2012
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10	1	2	-1	29.41	23.22	8,644	-3.58
	SNP	9	4	1	+3	26.47	20.75	7,723	+1.95
	Independent	7	3	1	+2	20.59	22.71	8,454	-1.61
	Liberal Democrats	6	0	4	-4	17.65	16.49	6,138	-8.11
	Borders Party	2	0	0	0	5.88	10.09	3,755	+4.79
	Labour	0	-	-	-	-	6.31	2,347	+4.41
	Scottish Green	0	-	-	-	-	0.44	161	-0.46

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

Tweeddale West

2007: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP
2012: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP
2007-2012 Change: No change

Tweeddale West - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Liberal Democrats	Catriona Bhatia (incumbent)	25.62	919
	Conservative	Nathaniel Buckingham††	24.67	885	887.4	978.6
	SNP	Willie Archibald (incumbent)	21.75	780	782.1	833.4	839.6	934.3
	Labour	Julia Reid	9.37	336	337.2	389.3	393.1
	Liberal Democrats	Nancy Norman	9.31	334	347.9	415.5	449.4	548.9
	Borders Party	David Pye	9.28	333	334.4
Electorate: 7,577 Valid: 3,587 Spoilt: 34 Quota: 897 Turnout: 3,621 (47.34%)

Tweeddale East

2007: 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xCon
2012: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
2007-2012 Change: No change

Tweeddale East
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	SNP	Stuart Bell	26.41	990
	Conservative	Gavin Logan (incumbent)	24.78	929	934.4	971.8
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Garvie (incumbent)	16.38	614	622.3	674.5	686.7	811.9	1,087.9
	Labour	Robin Tatler	15.23	571	579.6	629.9	631.2	731.2
	Borders Party	Frances Pringle	9.20	345	352.9	439	448.7
	Independent	David Cox	8.00	300	307.1
Electorate: 8,106 Valid: 3,749 Spoilt: 32 Quota: 938 Turnout: 3,781 (46.25%)

Galashiels and District

2007: 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xBP
2012: 2xSNP; 1xBP; 1xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: SNP and Independent gain one seat from Lib Dem and Con

Galashiels and District - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Borders Party	Sandy Aitchison (incumbent)	22.45	822
	SNP	Bill Herd *	20.95	766
	Independent	Bill White	13.69	501	522.9	524.6	590.6	701	894.8
	SNP	John Mitchell (incumbent)	13.45	492	506	532.5	593.5	639.9	762
	Liberal Democrats	Rick Kenney	11.40	417	432.9	434.8	490.3	609.4
	Conservative	Fiona Lackenby (incumbent)	10.56	386	402.5	403.2	409.6
	Labour	Robbie Tatler	7.47	273	280.8	281.7
Electorate: 10,813 Valid: 3,657 Spoilt: 69 Quota: 732 Turnout: 3,726 (33.82%)

= Outgoing Councillor from a different Ward.

Selkirkshire

2007: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP
2012: 1xCon; 1xLib Dem; 1xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: Independent gain one seat from SNP

Selkirkshire - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Conservative	Michelle Ballantyne	24.28	799	832
	SNP	Kenneth Gunn (incumbent)	20.39	671	696	696.8	744.9
	Liberal Democrats	Vicky Davidson (incumbent)	19.72	649	708	710.8	821.4	1,042.6
	Independent	Gordon Edgar	18.14	597	673	674.1	762.4	983.5
	Borders Party	Leven Brown	9.09	299	340	341.7
	Independent	Gordon Harrison	8.39	276
Electorate: 7,714 Valid: 3,291 Spoilt: 36 Quota: 823 Turnout: 3,327 (42.66%)

Leaderdale and Melrose

2007: 1xIndependent; 1xLib Dem; 1xBP
2012: 1xIndependent; 1xBP; 1xSNP
2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem

Leaderdale and Melrose - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Independent	David Parker (incumbent)	36.34	1,304
	Borders Party	Nicholas Watson (incumbent)†	17.31	621	705.9	758.9	929.6
	SNP	Jim Torrance††††	15.55	558	632.4	706.8	742.6	747.6	969.6
	Conservative	Peter Duncan	12.29	441	488.3	500.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Paton-Day (incumbent)	12.24	439	527.1	568.3	715.8	726.8
	Labour	Agnes Craig	6.27	225	258.6
Electorate: 8,292 Valid: 3,588 Spoilt: 21 Quota: 898 Turnout: 3,609 (43.27%)

Mid Berwickshire

2007: 1xLib Dem; 1xSNP; 1xCon
2012: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
2007-2012 Change: No change

Mid Berwickshire - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	SNP	Donald Moffat (incumbent)	31.97	1,133
	Conservative	John Greenwell	21.46	747	768.9	1,085.9
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Renton (incumbent)	18.24	635	703.3	753.9	804.6	1,110.9
	Borders Party	Tom Miers	15.34	534	598.5	635.3	688.3
	Conservative	Trevor Jones (incumbent)	12.41	432	446.6
Electorate: 8,209 Valid: 3,481 Spoilt: 43 Quota: 871 Turnout: 3,524 (42.4%)

East Berwickshire

2007: 1xIndependent; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
2012: 1xIndependent; 1xCon; 1xSNP
2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem

East Berwickshire - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Independent	Michael Cook (incumbent)	35.96	1,236
	Conservative	Jim Fullarton (incumbent)	21.24	730	835.9	875.4
	SNP	Joan Umpherston Campbell	15.74	541	583.3	600.9	602.2	629.5	699	906.9
	Labour	Kenryck Lloyd-Jones	12.66	435	472.1	485.9	486.6	521.9	596.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Webb	6.58	226	263.1	285.9	289.5	329
	Independent	Jack Johnston	3.96	136	192.9	226.9	229.7
	Borders Party	Cat MacDonald-Home	3.87	133	161.6
Electorate: 8,383 Valid: 3,437 Spoilt: 37 Quota: 860 Turnout: 3,474 (41%)

Kelso and District

2007: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xIndependent
2012: 2xCon; 1xLib Dem
2007-2012 Change: Con gain from Independent

Kelso and District - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Conservative	Tom Weatherston (incumbent)	23.98	777	777	794	824
	Liberal Democrats	Alec Nicol (incumbent)	22.5	729	756	791	832
	Conservative	Simon Mountford	14.29	463	471	482	518	522.6	529.2	610.1	703.7
	SNP	Maggie Stanfield	12.75	413	444	462	507	510.5	511.6	590.1
	Independent	Yvonne Huggins-Haig	10.0	324	331	365	435	438.7	440.2
	Borders Party	Diana Miers	7.81	253	269	306
	Independent	Colin McGrath	5.09	165	176
	Scottish Green	Michael Scott	3.58	116
Electorate: 8,242 Valid: 3,240 Spoilt: 24 Quota: 811 Turnout: 3,264 (39.31%)

Jedburgh and District

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

Jedburgh and District - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	SNP	Jim Brown (incumbent)	23.44	759	793	837
	Conservative	Sandy Scott (incumbent)	21.68	702	704	769	771.1	948.5
	Independent	Rory Stewart	16.95	549	580	642	650.2	781.1	801.9	1,050.6
	Conservative	Len Wyse (incumbent)	12.75	413	417	430	432.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Bathgate	11.98	388	409	459	464.7	539	567.4
	Borders Party	Trevor Jackson	7.97	258	292
	Labour	David Robert Scott Sharp	5.22	169
Electorate: 8,242 Valid: 3,238 Spoilt: 45 Quota: 810 Turnout: 3,283 (45.24%)

Hawick and Denholm

2007: 1xCon; 1xIndependent; 1xLib Dem
2012: 1xIndependent; 1xCon; 1xSNP
2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem

Hawick and Denholm - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Independent	Stuart Marshall (incumbent)	56.72	1,734
	Conservative	Zandra Elliott (incumbent)†††	13.97	427	580.1	589.3	618.2	633.2	802.3
	SNP	Alastair Cranston	12.46	381	506.2	523.9	539.3	593.1	749.9
	Liberal Democrats	Watson McAteer	8.60	263	482.6	493.8	507.2	542.3
	Labour	Michael A Grieve	4.81	147	191.1	205.9	215.2
	Borders Party	Mary Douglas	2.45	75	96.8	105.8
	Independent	Craig Bryson	0.98	30	88.1
Electorate: 7,183 Valid: 3,057 Spoilt: 34 Quota: 765 Turnout: 3,091 (42.56%)

Hawick and Hermitage

2007: 1xIndependent; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
2012: 1xIndependent; 1xLib Dem; 1xCon
2007-2012 Change: No change

Hawick and Hermitage - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Independent	Davie Paterson (incumbent)	44.93	1,302
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Smith (incumbent)	18.12	525	676.1	687.7	706.4	785.2
	Conservative	George Turnbull (incumbent)	17.70	513	614	616.5	641.2	657.6	686.3	779.9
	SNP	Tommy Stevenson	8.25	239	300.2	309.5	323.9	368.9	377.2
	Labour	Bill Cumming	6.59	191	246.8	258.4	270.3
	Borders Party	Frank Little	2.83	82	115.2	124.8
	Scottish Green	Kevin Ferguson	1.59	46	65.5
Electorate: 7,041 Valid: 2,898 Spoilt: 34 Quota: 725 Turnout: 2,932 (41.16%)

Post Election Changes

† On 4 February, 2012 Leaderdale and Melrose Borders Party Cllr Nicholas Watson resigned his seat on the Council to pursue employment in Cumbria. The by-election was won by Iain Gillespie, also of the Borders Party, on 2 May 2013.
†† On 29 July, 2013 Tweedale West Conservative and Unionist Party Cllr Nathaniel Buckingham resigned his seat on the Council due to work pressures and family commitments. The by-election was held on 10 October 2013 and was held by the Conservatives Keith Cockburn.
††† On 22 February, 2014 Hawick and Denholm Conservative and Unionist Cllr Zandra Elliot died. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy and was won by the Independent Watson McAteer.
†††† On 2 June 2016 Leaderdale and Melrose SNP Cllr Jim Torrance resigned from the party and became an Independent citing lack of support from Christine Graham MSP over the Council's plans to house the Great Tapestry of Scotland at Tweedbank.

By-elections since 2012

Leaderdale and Melrose By-election (2 May 2013) - 1 Seat^[1]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Conservative	Rachael Hamilton	27.57	956	975	982	1,038	1,283
	Borders Party	Iain Gillespie	23.48	814	844	900	1,118	1,444	2,066
	Liberal Democrats	John Paton-Day	21.46	744	756	816	983
	SNP	Harry Cummings	17.68	613	623	666
	Labour	Robin Tatler	6.78	235	238
	UKIP	Sherry Fowler	3.03	105
Electorate: 8,386 Valid: 3,467 Spoilt: 20 Quota: 1,734 Turnout: 3,487 (41.58%)

Tweeddale West By-election (10 October 2013) - 1 Seat^[2]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Conservative	Keith Cockburn	42.65	1,155	1,165	1,176	1,193	1,255	1,288	1,616
	Liberal Democrats	Nancy Norman	25	677	682	690	759	858	1,034
	SNP	Morag Kerr	13.26	359	369	373	409	444
	Borders Party	David Pye	8.4	228	237	245	272
	Labour	Veronica McTernan	7.5	203	204	207
	UKIP	Mars Goodman	1.56	43	44
	Independent	David Cox	1.56	43
Electorate: 7,707 Valid: 2,708 Spoilt: 21 Quota: 1,355 Turnout: 2,729 (35.41%)

Hawick and Denholm By-election (22 May 2014) - 1 Seat^[3]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Independent	Watson McAteer	25.5	732	750	803	900	1,010	1,222	1,505
	Conservative	Trevor Adams	21.6	622	627	638	665	692	798
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Turnbull	15.7	450	455	485	545	637
	SNP	Harry Stoddart	14.6	419	423	461	505
	Independent	Marion Short	11.3	326	334	385
	Independent	Davie Paterson	8.7	250	269
	Independent	Craig Bryson	2.6	74

References

http://www.scotborders.gov.uk/info/799/elections_and_voting/1072/results_for_council_election_2012

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