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2012 Glasgow City Council election

2012 Scottish local government election

Field	Value
election_name	2012 Glasgow City Council election
country	Glasgow
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	2007 Glasgow City Council election
previous_year	2007
election_date
next_election	2017 Glasgow City Council election
next_year	2017
seats_for_election	All 79 seats to Glasgow City Council
majority_seats	40
1blank	First preferences
2blank	First preferences (%)
3blank	Swing (pp)
leader1	Gordon Matheson
party1	Scottish Labour
last_election1	45 seats, 43.3%
leaders_seat1	Anderston/City
seats1	44
popular_vote1	67,341
seat_change1	1
percentage1	46.7%
swing1	3.4%
leader2	Allison Hunter
party2	Scottish National Party
leaders_seat2	Govan
last_election2	22 seats, 24.6%
seats_needed2	20
seats2	27
popular_vote2	46,947
seat_change2	5
percentage2	32.6%
swing2	8.0%
party3	Scottish Greens
leader3	Martha Wardrop
leaders_seat3	Hillhead
last_election3	5 seats, 6.5%
seats_needed3	35
seats3	5
popular_vote3	7,999
seat_change3	0
percentage3	5.5%
swing3	1.0%
party4	Scottish Conservatives
leader4	David Meikle
leaders_seat4	Pollokshields
last_election4	1 seat, 7.7%
seats_needed4	39
seats4	1
popular_vote4	8,567
seat_change4	0
percentage4	5.9%
swing4	1.8%
leader5	Margot Clark
party5	Scottish Liberal Democrats
leaders_seat5	Linn
last_election5	5 seats, 7.9%
seats_before5	6
seats_needed5	34
seats5	1
popular_vote5	4,221
seat_change5	4
percentage5	2.9%
swing5	5.0%
party6	Glasgow First
leader6	Stephen Dornan
leaders_seat6	Govan
last_election6	New party
seats_needed6	34
seats6	1
popular_vote6	2,544
seat_change6	1
percentage6	1.8%
swing6	1.8%
map_image	2012 Glasgow City Council Election.svg
map_caption	The 21 multi-member wards
map2_image	Glasgow City Council 2012.svg
title	Council Leader
before_election	Gordon Matheson
before_party	Scottish Labour
posttitle	Council Leader after election
after_election	Gordon Matheson
after_party	Scottish Labour

Main article: 2012 Scottish local elections

Elections to Glasgow City Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election was the second using 21 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation.

The election in Glasgow attracted the most attention out of the local elections in Scotland as there were many predictions that the Scottish Labour would lose control of the council due to losses of seats to the Scottish National Party. The Labour administration had suffered from a number of defections of council members to the newly formed Glasgow First party and controversy surrounding Councillor's salaries and contracts. In the end, Labour remained in control, losing just one seat, while the SNP gained five. The Scottish Liberal Democrats were reduced to holding just one seat on the council, the same numbers as the Scottish Conservatives (who retained their solitary seat) and Glasgow First. The Scottish Greens retained five seats on the authority.

After the elections Labour again formed a controlling administration on the City Council.

Election result

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 summary

|- class= "unsortable" align= "centre" ! rowspan= "2" style= "text-align:left;"|Ward ! % !Seats ! % !Seats ! % !Seats ! % !Seats ! % !Seats ! % !Seats ! % !Seats !rowspan= 2|Total |- class= "unsortable" style= "text-align:center;" !colspan= 2 | Labour !colspan= 2 | SNP !colspan= 2 | Conservative !colspan= 2 | Green !colspan= 2 | Lib Dem !colspan= 2 | Glasgow First ! colspan= "2" | Others |- |46.04 |2 |29.44 |1 |7.03 |0 |2.73 |0 |12.09 |1 |1.06 |0 |1.61 |0

4
40.98
2
36.11
1
10.77
0
3.61
0
1.56
0
0.71
0
6.26
0
3
-
47.65
2
34.03
2
3.73
0
2.11
0
1.12
0
8.23
0
3.13
0
4
-
53.4
2
31.4
2
3.6
0
2.1
0
0.9
0
1.8
0
6.8
0
4
-
32.22
2
32.63
1
3.16
0
3.31
0
1.26
0
14.46
1
12.98
0
4
-
24.19
1
40.93
1
22.15
1
8.04
0
2.91
0
0.57
0
1.20
0
3
-
35.80
1
37.61
1
7.38
0
8.50
1
7.25
0
1.03
0
2.42
0
3
-
44.3
2
35.81
2
2.50
0
6.40
0
0.79
0
0.0
0
10.19
0
4
-
54.6
2
30
1
2.6
0
3.0
0
0.9
0
2.9
0
6
0
3
-
50.3
2
29.6
1
4.7
0
10.5
1
1.7
0
0.4
0
2.9
0
4
-
29.45
2
33.06
1
6.54
0
17.62
1
4.10
0
0.22
0
9.01
0
4
-
32.1
1
33.5
2
10.33
0
14.71
1
5.54
0
0.29
0
3.53
0
4
-
61.6
3
27.1
1
2.6
0
2.7
0
1.1
0
0.3
0
4.6
0
4
-
61.36
3
29.26
1
3.62
0
2.63
0
1.96
0
0.30
0
0.87
0
4
-
39.6
2
34.4
2
7.7
0
7.3
0
9.2
0
0.0
0.0
1.9
0
4
-
44.5
2
31.27
1
2.34
0
9.27
1
1.84
0
0.54
0
10.23
0
4
-
57.7
2
30
1
2.7
0
1.5
0
1.1
0
0.5
0
6.4
0
3
-
58.6
3
27.7
1
4.0
0
4.8
0
0.9
0
0.6
0
3.4
0
4
-
60.5
3
30.9
1
4.2
0
1.5
0
0.7
0
1.4
0
0.9
0
4
-
50.8
2
37.2
2
5.2
0
1.8
0
0.8
0
1.8
0
2.4
0
4
-
63.61
3
29.65
1
3.13
0
1.76
0
1.13
0
0.00
0
0.72
0
4
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!1
!5.55
!5
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Ward results

Ward 1: Linn

Ward 2: Newlands/Auldburn

2007: 2×Lab; 1×SNP

2012: 2×Lab; 1×SNP

2007–2012 change: No change

Ward 3: Greater Pollok

2007: 3×Lab; 1×SNP

2012: 2×Lab; 2×SNP

2007–2012 change: SNP gain one seat from Lab

Ward 4: Craigton

2007: 2×Lab; 1×SNP; 1×Sol

2012: 2×Lab; 2×SNP

2007–2012 change: SNP gain one seat from Sol

Ward 5: Govan

2007: 3×Lab; 1×SNP

2012: 2×Lab; 1×SNP; 1×Glasgow First

2007–2012 change: Glasgow First gain one seat from Lab

Ward 6: Pollokshields

2007: 1×Lab; 1×SNP; 1×Con

2012: 1×Lab; 1×SNP; 1×Con

2007–2012 change: No change

Ward 7: Langside

2007: 1×SNP; 1×Lab; 1×Lib Dem

2012: 1×SNP; 1×Lab; 1×Green

2007–2012 change: Green gain one seat from Lib Dem

October 2013 Govan by-election

On 23 July 2013 SNP councillor Allison Hunter died from cancer. A by-election was held on 10 October 2013 and was won by Labour's John Kane.

December 2013 Shettleston by-election

On 7 October 2013 Shettleston Labour councillor George Ryan died suddenly. A by-election was held on 5 December 2013 and the seat was retained by Labour's Martin Neill.

August 2015 by-elections

On 14 May 2015, Green Party councillor Liam Hainey (Langside) resigned his seat for family and health reasons. On the same day, SNP councillors Alison Thewliss (Calton) and Martin Docherty (Anderston/City) resigned their seats after having been elected as MPs for the constituencies of, respectively, Glasgow Central and West Dunbartonshire. Finally, on 10 June 2015, SNP councillor Iris Gibson (Craigton) retired due to ill health. By-elections for all of these were held on 6 August 2015.

May 2016 Anderston/City by-election

On 14 March 2016, Labour councillor Matheson resigned his seat as he had been appointed a visiting professor at Strathclyde University. As a result, a by-election happened on 5 May 2016: it was won by the SNP's Angus Millar.

October 2016 Garscadden/Scotstounhill by-election

On 25 July 2016, Labour councillor John Kelly died as a result of motor neuron disease. A by-election was held on 6 October 2016 and was won by the SNP's Chris Cunningham.

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(28 April 2012). "Two left feet". The Economist.
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"Election Results 2012".
(2015-02-06). "BBC News – Ex-Labour councillor Stephen Dornan joins SNP". Bbc.co.uk.
(2012-05-10). "Mistake in election count process for Langside ward of Glasgow City Council".
[http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/recount-upholds-election-outcome.17605617 Recount upholds election outcome], ''Glasgow Evening Times'', 17 May 2012, Retrieved 17 May 2012
"Labour council chief quits amid indyref fallout". HeraldScotland.
(21 November 2016). "Glasgow's balance of power on knife-edge as Labour member Chris Kelly quits politics". The Herald.
(24 April 2016). "Glasgow SNP councillor quits "Stalinist" party". The Herald.
"Glasgow Labour councillor defects to the SNP". HeraldScotland.
"Labour ousts SNP in Glasgow council by-election | Glasgow Times". Eveningtimes.co.uk.
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(7 October 2013). "Glasgow Labour councillor George Ryan dies aged 51 - BBC News". BBC News.
"Local Government By-Election NOTICE OF POLL Ward 19 Shettleston Date of Election 5 December 2013".
Cass Macgregor. "Glasgow - Scottish Greens". Glasgowgreens.org.uk.
(June 2023). "Notice of election agents". Glasgow City Council.
(2015-06-11). "Council By-Elections in Glasgow".
"SNP veteran quits sparking another by-election | Glasgow Times". Eveningtimes.co.uk.
(14 March 2016). "Former leader Gordon Matheson to leave Glasgow City Council - BBC News". BBC News.
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