2012 Moray Council election
Elections to the Moray Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other 31 local authorities in Scotland. The election used the eight wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 26 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.
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The election saw the Scottish National Party increase their representation by 1 seat, equalling the seat numbers of the Independents who lost 2 seats, while becoming the largest party on the Council in terms of vote share. The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party retained their 3 seats while the Scottish Labour Party gained an additional seat.
Following the election a coalition was formed between the Independents and the Conservatives which was a continuance of the arrangement from 2007-2012.
Election summary
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | 10 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 38.46 | 39.45 | 10,124 | +4.26 | |
| Independent | 10 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 38.46 | 28.78 | 7,386 | -8.16 | |
| Conservative | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11.54% | 17.54 | 4,501 | +1.70 | |
| Labour | 3 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 11.54% | 9.16 | 2,351 | +0.48 | |
| Scottish Green | 0 | - | - | - | - | 2.8 | 719 | +2.8 | |
| UKIP | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1.34 | 340 | +1.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0.65 | 167 | -1.08 | |
| Scottish Senior Citizens | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0.3 | 78 | -0.99 | |
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
Speyside Glenlivet
- 2007: 2xSNP; 1xIndependent
- 2012: 2xSNP; 1xIndependent
- 2007-2012 Change: No change
| Speyside Glenlivet - 3 seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | ||
| Independent | Fiona Murdoch (incumbent) | 27.59% | 771 | ||||
| SNP | Pearl Paul (incumbent) | 27.17% | 759 | ||||
| SNP | Mike McConnachie (incumbent) | 22.87% | 639 | 656.6 | 705.6 | ||
| Conservative | David Gambles | 13.46% | 376 | 393.2 | 395 | ||
| UKIP | Matthew Desmond | 5.73% | 160 | 168 | 170.1 | ||
| UKIP | Don Gatt | 3.19% | 89 | 96.1 | 97.9 | ||
| Electorate: 7,059 Valid: 2,794 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 699 Turnout: 2,834 (39.58%) | |||||||
Keith and Cullen
- 2007: 2xIndependent; 1xSNP
- 2012: 2xIndependent; 1xSNP
- 2007-2012 Change: No change
| Keith and Cullen - 3 seats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | ||
| SNP | Gary Coull (incumbent) | 42.45% | 1,319 | ||||||
| Independent | Ron Shepherd (incumbent) | 22.59% | 702 | 750.5 | 866.7 | ||||
| Independent | Stewart Cree (incumbent) | 15.25% | 474 | 591.5 | 706.1 | 752.5 | 964.8 | ||
| Conservative | Valery Dickson | 10.04% | 312 | 336.2 | |||||
| SNP | Hazel Thain | 9.66 | 300 | 615.2 | 633.5 | 650.6 | |||
| Electorate: 7,810 Valid: 3,107 Spoilt: 33 Quota: 777 Turnout: 3,140 (39.78%) | |||||||||
Buckie
- 2007: 2xIndependent; 1xSNP
- 2012: 2xIndependent; 1xSNP
- 2007-2012 Change: No change
| Buckie - 3 seats | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | ||
| SNP | Gordon McDonald (incumbent) | 38.37% | 967 | |||||
| Independent | Anne McKay (incumbent) †† | 25.71% | 648 | |||||
| Independent | Joe Mackay (incumbent) †††† | 22.10% | 557 | 596.9 | 607.2 | 728.6 | ||
| Conservative | Margaret Gambles | 7.1% | 179 | 183.2 | 184.9 | |||
| SNP | Linda Scobie McDonald | 6.71% | 169 | 449.1 | 451.7 | 457.5 | ||
| Electorate: 7,336 Valid: 2,520 Spoilt: 39 Quota: 631 Turnout: 2,559 (34.35%) | ||||||||
Fochabers Lhanbryde
- 2007: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xIndependent
- 2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
- 2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Independent
| Fochabers Lhanbryde - 3 seats | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | ||
| Conservative | Douglas Ross (incumbent) | 39.5% | 1,318 | |||||
| SNP | Margo Howe | 21.82% | 728 | 768.7 | 810.2 | 1,335 | ||
| SNP | Anita McDonald (incumbent) | 18.34% | 612 | 676.1 | 708.2 | |||
| Labour | Sean Morton | 15.34% | 512 | 583.5 | 714.7 | 793.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Horton | 5.0% | 167 | 304.1 | ||||
| Electorate: 7,717 Valid: 3,337 Spoilt: 28 Quota: 835 Turnout: 3,365 (43.24%) | ||||||||
Heldon and Laich
- 2007: 2xIndependent; 1xSNP; 1xCon
- 2012: 2xIndependent; 1xSNP; 1xCon
- 2007-2012 Change: No change
| Heldon and Laich - 4 seats | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | ||
| SNP | Carolle Ralph† | 20.0% | 797 | 807 | ||||||
| Independent | Eric McGillivray (incumbent)††††† | 18.44% | 735 | 828 | ||||||
| Conservative | Allan Wright (incumbent) | 17.26% | 688 | 699 | 703.4 | 703.5 | 763.7 | 835.8 | ||
| SNP | David Stewart (incumbent) | 17.01% | 678 | 687 | 692.1 | 699.4 | 740.9 | |||
| Independent | Chris Tuke | 14.65% | 584 | 659 | 670 | 670.4 | 764.1 | 921.7 | ||
| Scottish Green | James Mackessack-Leitch | 6.57% | 262 | 279 | 281.3 | 281.7 | ||||
| Independent | John Gordon | 6.05% | 241 | |||||||
| Electorate: 10,287 Valid: 3,985 Spoilt: 56 Quota: 798 Turnout: 4,041 (38.74%) | ||||||||||
Elgin City North
- 2007: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xIndependent
- 2012: 2xSNP; 1xLab
- 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Independent
| Elgin City North - 3 seats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | ||
| Labour | Barry Jarvis (incumbent) ††† | 29.85% | 766 | ||||||
| SNP | Mike Shand (incumbent) | 23.23% | 596 | 612.5 | 661.7 | ||||
| SNP | Patsy Gowans | 20.07% | 515 | 526.9 | 550.4 | 566.8 | 688.3 | ||
| Conservative | Frank Brown | 17.46% | 448 | 466.9 | 565.8 | 566.3 | |||
| Independent | Darren Margach | 9.39% | 241 | 274.2 | |||||
| Electorate: 8,386 Valid: 2,566 Spoilt: 31 Quota: 642 Turnout: 2,597 (30.6%) | |||||||||
Elgin City South
- 2007: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xIndependent
- 2012: 1xLab; 1xCon; 1xSNP
- 2007-2012 Change: Con gain from Independent
| Elgin City South - 3 seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | ||
| Labour | John Divers (incumbent) | 37.57% | 1,073 | |||
| Conservative | James Allan | 25.0% | 714 | 810.1 | ||
| SNP | Graham Leadbitter (incumbent) | 23.63% | 675 | 771.1 | ||
| SNP | John Sharp (incumbent) | 13.8% | 394 | 434 | ||
| Electorate: 8,356 Valid: 2,856 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 715 Turnout: 2,896 (34.18%) | ||||||
Forres
- 2007: 2xIndependent; 1xSNP; 1xCon
- 2012: 3xIndependent; 1xSNP
- 2007-2012 Change: Independent gain one seat from Con
| Forres - 4 seats | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | ||
| Independent | George Alexander | 25.19% | 1,134 | |||||||||||
| Independent | Lorna Creswell (incumbent) | 12.77% | 575 | 650.4 | 675.5 | 690.1 | 814.9 | 866.5 | 870.6 | 987.2 | ||||
| SNP | Aaron McLean | 12.15% | 547 | 559.1 | 568.5 | 574.7 | 588.4 | 924.1 | ||||||
| Conservative | Paul McBain | 10.35% | 466 | 483.5 | 486.7 | 507.1 | 529.4 | 540.2 | 541 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Fabio Villani | 10.15% | 457 | 474.7 | 488.1 | 492.1 | 524.2 | 548.6 | 551.9 | 614.2 | 630.7 | |||
| SNP | Irene Ogilvie (incumbent) | 9.53% | 429 | 440.3 | 443.7 | 446.9 | 478.2 | |||||||
| Independent | Anne Audrey Skene | 9.11% | 410 | 441.2 | 450.8 | 468.7 | 549.9 | 569.3 | 571.7 | 731.6 | 764.2 | 1,072.5 | ||
| Independent | Jeff Hamilton (incumbent) | 6.98% | 314 | 343.8 | 349.8 | 356.2 | ||||||||
| UKIP | Ian Meiklejohn | 2.02% | 91 | 96.1 | 98.5 | |||||||||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | Andy Anderson | 1.73% | 78 | 85.4 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 10,999 Valid: 4,501 Spoilt: 50 Quota: 901 Turnout: 4,551 (40.92%) | ||||||||||||||
Changes since last election
- † Heldon and Laich SNP Cllr Carolle Ralph resigned her seat on 7 December 2012. The by-election was held on 7 March 2013 and was won by the Independent, John Cowe.
- †† Buckie Independent Cllr Anne McKay resigned her seat on 13 November 2013. A by-election was held on 30 January 2014 and was won by the Independent, Gordon Cowie.
- ††† Elgin City North Labour Cllr Barry Jarvis resigned his seat on 26 September 2014 to train as a teacher. A by-election was held on 11 December 2014 and the seat was won by the SNP's Kirsty Reid.
- †††† Buckie Independent Cllr Joe Mackay died on 12 January 2015 after a fall from his mobility scooter. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 26 March 2015 and the seat was won by the SNP's Sonya Warren.
- ††††† Heldon and Laich Independent Cllr Eric McGillivray announced on 31 July 2015 he was standing down from the Council for personal reasons. A by-election was held on 1 October 2015 and the seat was won by the Independent Dennis Slater.
By-elections since 2012
| Heldon and Laich By-election (7 March 2013) - 1 Seat[1] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | ||
| Independent | John Cowe | 31.36% | 972 | 1,020 | 1,058 | 1,273 | 1,507 | ||
| SNP | Stuart Crowther | 26.88% | 833 | 844 | 891 | 960 | 1,005 | ||
| Conservative | Pete Bloomfield | 15.26% | 473 | 490 | 516 | 558 | |||
| Independent | Nick Traynor | 13.49% | 418 | 459 | 496 | ||||
| Scottish Green | James Edward Mackessack-Leitch | 7.36% | 228 | 242 | |||||
| Independent | Jeff Hamilton | 5.65% | 175 | ||||||
| Electorate: 10,579 Valid: 3,099 Spoilt: 38 (1.21%) Quota: 1,550 Turnout: 3,137 (29.65%) | |||||||||
| Buckie By-election (30 January 2014) - 1 Seat[2] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | ||
| Independent | Gordon Cowie | 43.94 | 830 | 907 | 1,034 | ||
| SNP | Linda McDonald | 35.47 | 670 | 679 | 710 | ||
| Independent | Marc Macrae | 11.65 | 220 | 248 | |||
| Conservative | Margaret Gambles | 7.57 | 143 | ||||
| Electorate: 7,872 Valid: 1,889 Spoilt: 26 Quota: 933 Turnout: 1,915 (24.33%) | |||||||
| Elgin City North By-election (11 December 2014) - 1 Seat[3] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | ||
| SNP | Kirsty Ella Reid | 37.96 | 728 | 748 | 764 | 773 | 850 | ||
| Independent | Sandy Cooper | 24.61 | 472 | 483 | 499 | 595 | 693 | ||
| UKIP | Captain Craig Ahab Graham | 14.96 | 287 | 305 | 316 | 368 | |||
| Conservative | Alex Griffiths | 14.23 | 273 | 280 | 299 | ||||
| Labour | Ramsay Urquhart | 4.22 | 81 | 84 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Morvern Forrest | 4.01 | 77 | ||||||
| Electorate: 9,263 Valid: 1,918 Spoilt: 20 Quota: 960 Turnout: (20.9%) 1,938 | |||||||||
| Buckie By-election (26 March 2015) - 1 Seat[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | ||
| SNP | Sonya Warren | 59.5% | 1,485 | ||
| Independent | Norman Calder | 27.9% | 696 | ||
| Conservative | Tim Eagle | 12.6% | 315 | ||
| Electorate: 7,798 Valid: 2,496 Spoilt: 25 Quota: 1,249 Turnout: 2,521 (32.3%) | |||||
| Heldon and Laich By-election (1 October 2015) - 1 Seat[5] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | ||
| Independent | Dennis Slater | 41.1% | 1,323 | 1,382 | 1,775 | ||
| SNP | Joyce O'Hara | 31.1% | 1,003 | 1,054 | 1,100 | ||
| Conservative | Pete Bloomfield | 21.8% | 703 | 725 | |||
| Scottish Green | James Edward Mackessack-Leitch | 6% | 192 | ||||
| Electorate: 11,070 Valid: 3,221 Spoilt: 27 Quota: 1,612 Turnout: 3,248 (29.3%) | |||||||
References
- http://www.moray.gov.uk/downloads/file85052.pdf
- http://www.moray.gov.uk/downloads/file91297.pdf
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.moray.gov.uk/downloads/file98529.pdf
- http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_97135.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20120501201517/http://moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_76775.html
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