Angus Council election, 2012

Main article: Scottish local elections, 2012

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	2	2	1

	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	1	2

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

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

Kirriemuir and Dean - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 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

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

Brechin and Edzell - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 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

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

Forfar and District - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 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

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

Monifieth and Sidlaw - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 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

2007: 2xSNP; 1xLab
2012: 2xIndependent; 1xSNP
2007-2012 Change: Independent gain two seats from SNP and Lab

Carnoustie and District - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 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

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

Arbroath West and Letham - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 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

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

Arbroath East and Lunan - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 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

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

Montrose and District - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 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

† On 26 February, 2013 Arbroath West and Letham Scottish National Party Councillor Ewan Smith resigned from the party and became an Independent following a dispute over schooling in Arbroath.

References

http://www.angus.gov.uk/elections/lge2012/

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