All 40 seats to Renfrewshire Council 21 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Mark MacMillan
Brian Lawson
James MacLaren
Party
Labour
SNP
Conservative
Leader's seat
Paisley Southwest
Paisley East and Ralston
Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank
Last election
17 seats, 42.5%
17 seats, 42.5.5%
2 seats, 5%
Seats before
19
16
1
Seats won
22
15
1
Seat change
5
2
1
Fourth party
Fifth party
Leader
Eileen McCartin
Paul Mack
Party
Liberal Democrats
Independent
Leader's seat
Paisley Southwest
Paisley South
Last election
4 seat, 10.0%
0 seat, 0%
Seats before
1
0
Seats won
1
1
Seat change
3
1
Map of council wards
Council Leader before election
Brian Lawson
SNP
Council Leader after election
Mark MacMillan
Labour
The 2012 Renfrewshire Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Renfrewshire Council. The election used the eleven 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 40 Councillors being elected.
The election saw the Scottish Labour Party gain five seats to regain an overall majority on the council that they had lost at the time of the 2007 Local Elections, while also significantly increasing their vote. The Scottish National Party remained in second place on the council but recorded a disappointing performance as the party lost two seats and saw a slight drop in its vote share. Both the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party and the Scottish Liberal Democrats declined in numbers to just one seat each. Meanwhile, Independent and former Labour Party member, Paul Mack, secured a seat on the council.
Following the election the Labour majority administration was formed. This replaced the previous SNP – Lib Dem coalition that had existed from 2007 to 2012.
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