All 20 seats to Inverclyde Council 11 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Stephen McCabe
Chris McEleny
Ciano Rebecchi
Party
Labour
SNP
Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat
Inverclyde East
Inverclyde South
Inverclyde South West
Last election
9 seats, 45.0%
5 seats, 25.0%
4 seats, 20.0%
Seats before
8
5
3
Seats won
10
6
2
Seat change
1
1
2
Fourth party
Fifth party
Leader
Ronald Ahlfeld
David Wilson
Party
Independent
Conservative
Leader's seat
Inverclyde West
Inverclyde East
Last election
1 seat, 5.0%
1 seat, 5.0%
Seats before
1
1
Seats won
1
1
Seat change
Council Leader before election
Stephen McCabe Labour
Council Leader after election
Stephen McCabe Labour
Elections to Inverclyde Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other 31 local authorities in Scotland. The election used the six 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 20 Councillors being elected in total.
The election saw Labour Councillors remain the largest party as they gained 1 additional seat to hold half the seats on the Council. The Scottish National Party also increased their representation by 1 seat and remained in second place on the authority. The Scottish Liberal Democrats remained in third place but lost half of their seats, falling from 4 seats to 2. The Independent and Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party retained their solitary seats on the authority.
Following the election the Labour Party again formed a minority administration this time with the support of the Independent and the Conservative Party Councillors.
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.
† On 13 September 2014 Inverclyde South Labour Cllr Vaughan Jones resigned from the party and became an Independent in opposition to her party's stance on the Scottish Independence Referendum. [1]