All 30 seats to South Ayrshire Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Bill McIntosh
Allan Dorrans
John McDowall
Party
Conservative
SNP
Labour
Leader's seat
Troon
Ayr West
Girvan and South Carrick
Last election
12 seats, 37.2%
8 seats, 25.3%
9 seats, 28.4%
Seats before
12
8
9
Seats won
10
9
9
Seats after
10 seats, 31.5%
9 seats, 29.3%
9 seats, 25.0%
Seat change
2
1
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Fourth party
Leader
Brian Connolly
Party
Independent
Leader's seat
Maybole, North Carrick & Coylton
Last election
1 seat, 8.3%
Seats before
1
Seats won
2
Seats after
2 seat, 13.5%
Seat change
1
The 8 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election
Bill McIntosh Conservative
Council Leader after election
Bill McIntosh Conservative
The 2012 South Ayrshire Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of South 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 Conservative Party remain the largest party on the Council though they lost 2 seats. The Scottish National Party gained 1 seat and replaced the Scottish Labour Party as the second largest party as the party also increased its vote share at the expense of the other parties. Labour retained its 9 seats an achievement as she had suffered 3 defections during 2007-2012. Independents doubled their numbers to 2 seats.
Following the election the Conservative Party formed a minority administration working in a Partnership Agreement with the Labour Party members. Both Independents are also supporting the administration. This replaced the previous Conservative minority administration which existed from 2007-2012.
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.
Summary by ward[]
Results of the South Ayrshire Council election, 2012 by ward
† Ayr East SNP Cllr Corri Wilson was elected as an MP for Ayr Carrick and Cumnock on 7 May 2015. She resigned her Council seat on 23 June 2015 [1] and a by-election was held on 17 September 2015 and the seat was held by the SNP's John Wallace.
By-elections since 2012[]
Ayr East By-election (17 September 2015) - 1 Seat[2]
2
1
