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All 1,223 seats to 32 Scottish councils | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 39.6% (13.2%)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Colours denote the party with the most seats | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colours denote the party with largest share of first preference votes by ward |
The 2012 Scottish local elections were held on 3 May 2012 in all 32 local authorities. The Scottish National Party (SNP) overtook Labour to win the highest share of the vote, and retained and strengthened its position as the party with most councillors. Labour also made gains, while the Liberal Democrats experienced meltdown, losing over half their seats and falling behind the Conservatives. For the first time since the introduction of the Single Transferable Vote system, the SNP won majority control of 2 councils, from no overall control. Labour also won majority control of 2 councils from no overall control, while retaining majority control over 2 councils.
Independent councillors retained majority control over the 3 island councils. The 23 other councils remained under no overall control.