2012 Perth and Kinross Council election

2012 Perth and Kinross Council election

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All 41 seats to Perth and Kinross Council 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ian Miller Mac Roberts Peter Barrett Party SNP Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Strathmore Carse of Gowrie Perth City Centre Last election 18 seats, 43.9% 12 seats, 29.3% 8 seats, 19.5% Seats before 18 13 7 Seats won 18 10 5 Seat change 0 2 3   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Archie MacLellan Mike Barnacle Rhona Brock Party Labour Independent Leader's seat Perth City Centre Kinross-shire Strathearn Last election 3 seats, 7.3% 0 seats, 0% 0 seat, 0% Seats before 3 1 0 Seats after 4 3 1 Seat change 1 3 1
Council Leader before election Ian Miller SNP Council Leader after election Ian Miller SNP

The 2012 Perth and Kinross Council election was held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election used the twelve 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 41 Councillors being elected.^[1]

The council was previously controlled by a Liberal Democrat/Scottish National Party coalition administration from 2007 to 2012.

The 2012 elections saw the SNP remain the main party by a significant margin but they did not make further advances. Both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats lost seats to Independents who returned to the Council having been wiped out in 2007. Following the election a Scottish National Party minority administration took over the running of the council with the support of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.