2012 East Ayrshire Council election

2012 East Ayrshire Council election
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All 32 seats to East Ayrshire Council
17 seats needed for a majority
Registered92,817
Turnout40.4%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Douglas Reid Maureen McKay Tom Cook
Party SNP Labour Conservative
Leader's seat Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse Kilmarnock North Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse
Last election 14 seats, 39.2% 14 seats, 41.1% 3 seats, 12.8%
Seats before 14 15 3
Seats won 15 14 2
Seat change Increase 1 Steady Decrease 1
Popular vote 14,518 15,190 4,134
Percentage 39.5 41.4 11.3
Swing Increase 0.3% Increase 0.3% Decrease 1.5%
The 9 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election

Douglas Reid
SNP

Council Leader after election

Douglas Reid
SNP

Elections to East Ayrshire Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election is the second using 9 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 new wards replaced 32 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.