All 30 seats to North Ayrshire Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
SNP
Lab
Ind
Leader
William Gibson
David O'Neill
Jean Highgate
Party
SNP
Labour
Independent
Leader's seat
Saltcoats and Stevenston
Irvine West
Kilbirnie and Beith
Last election
8 seats, 26.7%
12 seats, 40.0%
5 seats, 16.7%
Seats before
8
12
6
Seats won
12
11
6
Seat change
4
1
1
Popular vote
14,623
12,906
7,808
Percentage
35.6%
31.4%
19.0%
Swing
6.1
1.0
2.1
Council Leader before election
David O'Neill (Labour)
No overall control
Council Leader after election
William Gibson (SNP)
No overall control
The 2012 North Ayrshire Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of North Ayrshire Council. 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 form of proportional representation, with 30 Councillors being elected.
The election saw the Scottish National Party make further advances by gaining four seats to become the largest party on the Council while also increasing their vote share significantly. Labour lost one seat to become the second-largest party on the Council. Independents gained a seat to have a total of six members. The Conservatives lost two-thirds of their former seats, while the Liberal Democrats were wiped out, losing both their seats.
Following the election, the SNP formed a minority administration on the Council. This replaced the previous Labour minority administration which existed from 2007 to 2012. This was also the first time Labour had not been part of the administration on the council for over 30 years.
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